I DEVELOPED SUCH A FEAR OF THAT DISEASE THT I DROVE/DRIVE MY DOGS/DOG NUTS CECKING GUMS. THAT IS IT WITH HUNER. I WAS LOOKING AT HIS TEETTH TO SEE IF HE NEEDED A DENTAL (HE WAS 4 YEARS AND 2MONTHS OLD WHEN I LOST HIM AND HIS TEETH WERE AS WHITE AND CLEAN AS THE DAY THEY CAME IN)) AND I SAW THE WHITE GUMS.
I HAD SEEN WHITE GUMS WITH OOK WORMS IN MY YOUTH AND THAT WS MY FIRST GHOUHT--WE HAD CHANGED HUNTER FROM INTERCEPTOR WHICH TOOK CARE OF HOOK WORMS TO THAT PROHEART6 WHICH DID NOT, AND HE HAD PICKED UP HEART WORMS. I CAME RIGHT IN CALLED MY VET AND GOT AN APPOINTMENT FOR 11:20. FUNNY, I STILL REMEMBER THAT TIME AFTER MORE THAN 5 YEARS. WEHILE WAITING FOR TIME TO GO, I WAS SITTING ON THE PATIO AND HE PEED JUST OFF THE PATIO AND I SAW HIS URINE WAS THE COLOR OF RUSTY WATER.
IN HIND SIGHT, I REALIZED HE HAD NOT BEEN UITE RIGT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. HE HAD SPENT MORE TIME SITTING ON THE PATIO WATCHING SQUIRRELS INSTEAD OF CHASING THEM. I ASSUMED THAT HE HAD FINALLY LEANRED TO STALK FROM OUR OLDER GOLDEN. ALSO, HE WOULD BRIG HIS TOY FOR ME TO THROW, BUT IF HIS SISTER OR THE OLDER GOLDEN GOT A JUMP ON HIM HE DID NOT GO AFTER IT. KayCee HAD ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT AND WE ASSUMED HE HAD FIGURED OUT IF YOU ARE NOT FIRST, YOU DO NOT GET THE TOY. BUT AFTER LEARNING OF THE DISEASE, WE KNEW THAT IT HAD ALREADY TAKEN HOLD AND HE DID NOT HAVE THE ENERGY TO EXERT.
NOW WITH HONEY, IF SHE SPENDS TO MUCH TIME SLEEPING OR LAYING AROUND, I GETWORRIED. IF SHE DECIDES SHE DOES NOT WANT BREAKFAST, I GET WORRIED. I AM ALWAYS LOOKINGATHE GUMS.
WHEN HUNTER WAS DIAGNOSED, MY VET WAS SEEING ONE CASE EVERY YEAR TO YEAR AND HALF. NOW HE SEES SEVERAL EVERY YEAR. HE BELIEVES OVER VACCINATION IS PLAYING A PARTIAL ROLL IN THE INCREASE OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE AND ALSO WITH CANCER. AND OF COURSE ALL THE POLTION, ETC IS NOT HELPING EITHER. HE HAS GONE TO THE 3 EAR VAX SCHEDUE AND IS TRYING TO GET THE CITY AND COUNTY TO GO 3 YEAS ON RABIES VAX.
OUR GREAT STATE OF TEXAS HAS RULED RABIES VAX EERY 3 YEARS, BUT LETS EACH COUNTY AND TOWN/CITY DECIDE FOR ITSELF. TOWN/CITY OVER RIDES THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY OVER RIDES THE STATE. BOTH OUR COUNTY AND LITTLE TOWN SAY RABIES EVERY YEAR. HOWEVER, HE WAS ONLY GIVING KayCee RABIES EVERY 3 YEARS BECAUSE SHE HAD HAD A REACTION TO HER 2ED SET OF ANNUALS. HE WAS PRETTY SURE IT WAS THE LEPTO PARTY, BUT DECIDED IT WAS BEST TO ACTUALLY SKIP ALL VAX FROM THEN ON EXCEPT LAW REQUIRED RABIES. AND EVEN THAT HE WAS BUCKING TH LAW AND DOING IT EVERY 3 YEARS.
FOR THE RECORD, OF THE 45 OR SO FOLKS THAT I FOUND OR THAT FOUND ME WHOSE DOGS DEVELOPED aiha FOLLOWING PROHEART6, THE BIGGEST MAJORITY WERE SCHAUNZZERS, PUGS, COCKERS AND SHIH TZUS. THE ONLY 2 STILL ALIVE WAS A BEAGLE IN CHICAGO AND A BUFF COCKER IN GEORGIA. I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY SURVIVED TO REACH OLD AGES OR NOT. SOME DOGS THAT HAD OTHER REACTIONS SURVIVD MONTHS OR EVEN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN WERE LOST. I REMEMBER A PIT BULL NAMED OZZIE THAT WENT FROM A YOUNG DOG OF JUST ABOUT 2 TO AN OLD DOG IN WEEKS OF GETTING THE PROHEARRT6. HE LIVED 2 YEARS AND THAN DIED.
I TRULY FEEL FOR ALL HERE WHO LOST THEIR DOGS OR HAVE DOGS FIGHTING THIS MOST HORRIBLE DISEASE. OR ONE LIE IT. IT IS A NIGHTMARE.