Western Tanager (by kevincole)
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Follow Up Friday: Doin’ Good
Today is Follow-up Friday hosted by Jodi from Heart Like A Dog. This is where we review the week behind so that we can launch into the week ahead (or something like that).
Louise appears to be doing well on her medicine. I told you about her PeriAnal Fistular Disease on Monday. It was kind of a shock, but she is doing well so far and some of the sores seem to be healing. She likes that I give her a meatball of dog food at meal time (with her smelly pills hidden in them). Even Sofie benefits from the extra yummy. They do love their meatballs. I am also adding canned veggies, like carrots and green beans, to give added roughage to the digestive system. Time will tell.
Thank you all for sending your prayers. I truly believe that your healing energy, even through cyberspace, will give her a better chance of making it through. And several of you mentioned holistic medicine, and I need to study up on what might help with this particular autoimmune disease.
Thank you all so much! Here she is taking a nap on K8’s bed.
My local shelter is starting to do these cool collages of their animals and I posted one of senior cates on Tuesday’s Tails. The shelter is full, so they really need people to be adopting. I wish I had the room and money to take them all home forever.
Louise and I were having fun on the front steps on Wordless Wednesday. She is always in my face, especially when I am sitting on the steps or the ground. Sometimes I think she just wants to crawl inside me. I really like the one picture that pointed up at the house shingles; they make this cool stripe pattern, don’t you think?
Thankful Thursday was all about the people that are fighting for animal rights and animal welfare. I posted a quote that Peanut sent me (my Vegan PETA child). It hit home because I know that I want to shut off the pictures of abused animals that come into my reader because they upset me, but what I have to do is stop the violence, and only then will the pictures finally stop.
That’s it for the week. Thanks for playing along with us. Check out the hop below and you can go play with others.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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Follow Up Friday is part of the blog hop hosted by Heart Like A Dog.
Tuesday’s Tails Blog Hop: Senior Kitties Galore!
So glad you are joining me today for the Dogs N Pawz Blog Hop called Tuesday’s Tails! New posts go up on Tuesday but you can link up and post when you want all week-long. The whole purpose is to feature cats, dogs, rabbits, birds, etc. so when you link up is up to you! Even pets from PetFinder, are fine. Let’s just get them all homes!
Dogs N Pawz said “I also want to encourage all of you to share each other’s Tuesday’s Tails posts on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and whatever other social media channels you use. The more we share the more likely we are to get the word out!”
Let’s hop to it! Today we are featuring lots of senior cats. The shelter is full to capacity – that is not good for these wonderful seniors with lots of life left.
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Tuesday’s Tails pets can all be found at the Anne Arundel County Animal Control. For more information please call (410) 222-8900 (this is Annapolis, Maryland, USA).
Click here for the Pet of the Week Video
Click here to View ALL Pets Available for Adoption
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Please remember that all pets need loving homes. If you are looking for a new pet to take home and live in Maryland, please come visit the Anne Arundel County (Maryland) Animal Control today!
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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Please Send Prayers For Louise
Warning: This post may be a little graphic for weak stomachs.
Lulu the day she came to live with us
Remember a few month’s ago I told you that I thought Louise had squatted on a rose-bush or something and cut her behind? She was on antibiotics and I thought it healed. Well the other day I noticed not only one cut but multiple and an abscess on her anus.
I am very upset to report that Louise has been diagnosed with Perianal Fistula Disease. This is a serious condition and I am very worried about her.
A perianal fistula is a severe lesion that develops around a dog’s anus. A fistula is an abnormal pathway from something inside the body to the surface of the body. “Perianal” simply means the area around the anus.
In perianal fistula disease, there is often more than one lesion. The result is chronic, persistent draining ulcers that are very painful for the dog.
Perianal fistula disease is also known as anal furunculosis.
The vet says that they are not sure but think this disease is auto-immune (it just is, she did not catch it from something or someone). There appears to be some genetic basis, especially in German Shepherds who are predisposed to this condition. Approximately 80% of the dogs affected are German Shepards and most are male. (Louise is neither a German Shepard nor male, but…)
From what I am reading, they use to think the problem was related to how the dog carried its tail and the presence of a type of sweat gland that produces a stinky oily sweat in the anal area (common in German Shepard). Some articles said that they cut off the dog’s tail to try to treat this – but that does not seem to be suggested today. (The Pet Health Library)
Lulu is being treated now with a heavy antibiotic, then we will move to a cyclosporine, and ultimately, if we have to, prednisone. This is not going away but maybe we can make it so unremarkable, it will not hurt her.
She is OK, but I am concerned about long term drug treatment on a 3 1/2 year old dog. I pray that we caught this early and she will respond well. Right now, I am just trying to keep her from the constant butt licking (and Sofie nosing her – which she never did until recently.)
Please light a candle that she does well on the treatment.
Have any of you ever had a dog with this problem and what have you done about it?
NOT Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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