Can a dog get asthma??

 *sigh* another trip to the vet.. I'll be taking Maze to the vet on Friday to talk to them. I don't have the money right now for a full exam but I will consider heartworms or laryngeal paralysis....  Damn damn damn!! Why does this stuff have to happen to Maze!!!

Tiffy: We don't smoke around the dogs. When there are a lot of people in the house smoking, I put the dogs outside or in the bedroom with me.  I hate the fact everyone smokes inside but really there's nothing I can do about it.  I have voiced my opinion and the best compromise we came up with was to have all the window's open and an air filter going at all times. 

oranges81

I hate the fact everyone smokes inside but really there's nothing I can do about it.

I understand your difficulty.  It never ceases to amaze me that smokers think that their right to be drug addicts is as important a right as the right of others to simply breathe.  They think they have a right to make others sick so that they can avoid the effects of withdrawal or the inconvenience of going outside. 

I have been excluded from many social events and even made sick at work events (migraines and asthma) by smokers.

Things are a lot better today than they used to be, but I am still angry about being excluded from so many social events.  Before I can go to any restaurant or group event I have to first check to see if smoking will be permitted - if so, I can't go.  Most no-smoking areas in restaurants/bars are a joke since they don't have separate ventilation areas. 

And smokers wonder why their smoking makes me hostile.    Once had a co-worker that I had known for several years say "I just realized something.  Smoking is actually threatening to you."   DUH???  Years of complaints had just penetrated.   

 Here in Canada, there is no smoking inside at all and you can't have a lit smoke within 5 meters of a public doorway. As well as no smoking in cars with small children in them.

oranges81

no smoking in cars with small children in them.

Canada rocks!I want to live there

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oranges81

no smoking in cars with small children in them.

 

Canada rocks!I want to live there

LOL!

 The ex's mother smokes, a lot. Her little pom/chi mix Buddy always smells like a cigarette. We're still in touch and I don't even like holding Buddy cause he stinks.

Did you take Maze to find out what is wrong?

 I have an appointment on the 30th. Until then the vet says to keep her eating, and keep on the limited exercise.  Unfortunately some more issues have cropped up.... *bangs head on desk* Thank god I have the next month off to treat Maze.

I guess you will have to wait a few more weeks...it will be good to get it over..

 I know. The only reason I'm waiting until the 30th is so my mom can be here. She's offered to help pay the vet bill.

oranges81

 I know. The only reason I'm waiting until the 30th is so my mom can be here. She's offered to help pay the vet bill.

Thats very sweet of her...thank goodness,,huh?

 Yeah. I don't know what I'd do if she wasn't able to help.