My Dog...DEAD!

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:49 am

Had our ten-month-old puppy kick it from Parvo this weekend. That shit is BRUTAL. The OL is a freak about sick animals, so we took the pup to the vet Friday morning after showing symptoms Thursday night. It was already too late.

Call it a hunch, but I'm guessing that catching the canine version of the Ebola virus is a shitty way to go.

Unrack Darwin hitting paydirt on your soil.

poptart · Post by **poptart** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:20 am

What kind of pup was it, Mike .... ?

Trollfessor · Post by **Trollfessor** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:53 am

Ebola?? WTF?? :?

:(

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:08 pm

PARVO

The canine parvovirus can be transmitted by direct contact or indirectly by contact with vomit, diarrhea or any contaminated discharges from an infected dog. It strikes with a quick vengeance, and pet owners often make the comment that their dog was up and playing a few hours prior to the animal becoming extremely ill. Unfortunately, parvo is often fatal.

Do not Take your puppy out of your home where it can infect or be infected until it has had the complete series of shots. By keeping it isolated you may save its life.

Talk with a reputable Veterinarian about the recommended shots or vaccination for your puppy.

If you've recently lost a dog to Parvo, veterinarians recommend that you wait six months to a year before putting a new puppy or non-vaccinated dog in to an infected environment (even if you have disinfected it). To immediately bring an animal into a situation where one has recently died of Parvo is a virtual death sentence for the new puppy. Common sense and regular visits to the veterinarian can save your dog's life.

The symptoms of Parvo include... a sudden onset of vomiting, bloody diarrhea, dehydration, lethargy, high temperature and sometimes sudden death. Symptoms are similar in adults, although they can be less acute.

Because Parvo attacks swiftly, time is of the essence. If you feel your dog has been exposed to Parvo, or it is showing symptoms, contact your veterinarian or an emergency veterinary hospital immediately.

F-Strain Virus

There is a recent mutation of the parvo virus which is more virulent. It attacks the lower intestinal tract or large intestine. Dogs contracting this new strain will have accelerated symptoms. Care should be given immediately!

Symptoms to watch for:
Gelatin-like stool with some blood.
Vomiting with bile and foam.
Rapid weight loss (within a few hours after becoming ill.)

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:18 pm

Even dogs as awesomely powerful as those featured on tattoos on Zyclone's ass fall prey to parvo.

Cicero · Post by **Cicero** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:44 pm

Sucks man. Losing a dog can be painful.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:28 pm

poptart wrote:What kind of pup was it, Mike .... ?

1/2 Minature Pincher and 1/2 Rat Terrier. Small pooch.

Trampis · Post by **Trampis** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:34 pm

That sucks.

My wifes dog drowned in the ditch behind our place this past summer.Its the second dog i've had thats drowned in there.They always wash up on a weed grate a mile or so down stream.

My brother had his family dog run over and killed this past spring.I cant count how many dogs hes had that have been run over.In fact,I ran over one of his with our biggest tracter...he hated the dog anyways and when I told him what had happened,he said"Good!,I hated that dog anyways,saves me a trip to the pound"

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:34 pm

Do not take your puppy out of your home where it can infect or be infected until it has had the complete series of shots.

So did you skip the shots, or take it for a walk in Parvo Park?

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:45 pm

So did you skip the shots, or take it for a walk in Parvo Park?

Skipped the shots, then recently moved to TX, which is Parvo central according to the vet.

All of our other dogs are fully vaccinated. We just put it off because in CA you could have your pooch french kiss some parvo'ed up dog whore and still not get it. It just wasn't a priority there. Then we moved and never even thought about it until it was too late.

Sucks man. Losing a dog can be painful.

Yeah, it was a lot harder on the OL than it was on me though. I never bonded with the pup like she did because we had always planned on giving her away after she was born. Less bonding with a pooch that I'm planning on saying goodbye to. All the same though, she was a solid dog.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:55 pm

recently moved to TX,

Filling in for poptart?

We're not getting M2 down in so cal as a replacement for you now, are we? That would suck.

change your location btw, decepticon.

Jay in Phoenix · Post by **Jay in Phoenix** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:56 pm

Mike,

I owned a golden Lab/German Shepherd mix that got parvo a few years ago. I have never seen an animal get that sick, that quickly. As a pet owner, one of the nastiest and scariest things that can happen, is parvo. Luckily, I got it into a damn good vet on time, and after about a month or so in isolation under his care, the dog survived and came back strong.

My sympathies to you and your wife.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:02 pm

Thanks, Jay.

Bushice, I'm on it.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:03 pm

You like living in those dry windy places, don't ya? ;)

TXMiguel · Post by **TXMiguel** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:07 pm

Mister Bushice wrote:You like living in those dry windy places, don't ya? ;)

Seems like it, doesn't it?

Happy with the new nic? :D

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:07 pm

Trampis wrote:My wifes dog drowned in the ditch behind our place this past summer.

What was that dog doing in Boss' ditch?

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:11 pm

A year ago this coming Saturday, my dog was euthanized. He was about 15, and had visceral (splenic) hemangiosarcoma, a nasty form of cancer. He'd had a splenectomy about six weeks earlier, with his spleen having grown to about two pounds, several times its normal size. I took him in as a stray when he was roughly six months old, so needless to say, we had bonded. He was quintessentially man's best friend.

Sorry about your loss, Mike.

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 3:14 pm

Bizzarofelice wrote:
Trampis wrote:My wifes dog drowned in the ditch behind our place this past summer.
What was that dog doing in Boss' ditch?

Diggin' dirt into Boss' yard.

My dog's name was Luke, for reasons not hard to figure out.

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:03 pm

I thought this was going to be a War Wagon call-out thread.

Sorry, OCM, but...

10 months old & no parvo vaccination?

Let me guess: the first time this pup saw a vet was the last time?

silvurna · Post by **silvurna** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:20 pm

Fetch my rifle.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:49 pm

Cuda wrote:I thought this was going to be a War Wagon call-out thread.

Sorry, OCM, but...

10 months old & no parvo vaccination?

Let me guess: the first time this pup saw a vet was the last time?

yep, yep and yep. We blew it, but like I said, it wasn't a concern in SoCal.

The vet said that with the kickass strain they have in Texas (I guess even Parvo is bigger here too), it doesn't always matter. There was another dog in there with ours over the weekend that HAD been vaccinated and it kicked too.

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:18 pm

Head for the pound. I’m sure they have more.

[AP’sspreadsheet]Or just have Bace hook you up. [/AP’sspreadsheet]

Luther · Post by **Luther** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:35 pm

What kind of board is this? We've got War broken latch on the gate Wagon, Jsc 4xdog runnin' over, and for awhile we used to have yt in Htown throwin' dead dog in the river and let it float downstream to skeer lil' kids swimmin' by gramma's back yard. We've got a board deficient in compassion. Now we've got ParvoMike and his Amsterdam beliefs of "You want a shot, you go get a shot."

I'd probably be really upset but I don't care much for dogs and cats anymore. I'm tired of barking dogs and I'm tired of shedding cats stinking up a home. I don't have either, but it pisses me off when I go and play poker somewhere and some dog has his cold, slimy nose on my gnarlie sack. One guy has this pitbull and if you say the word "squirrel", he goes absolutely bonkers. One of the other poker guys was petting the pitbull and whispered it backwards "Earl Skay" or whatever and the dog bit him in the nose. I would have taken the dog out and OCParvo'd him right then and there.

Rip City

A.C. Crut · Post by **A.C. Crut** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:12 pm

gnarlie sack......OCParvo'd....?!

Bwahahhahahahha...outstanding!

Bizzarofelice · Post by **Bizzarofelice** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:23 pm

Luther wrote:I'd probably be really upset but I don't care much for dogs and cats anymore.

So add dogs and cats to the list of things Luth don't like:

dogs
cats
Buzzer
macular degeneration
maintaining calcium in your bones
lovebuzz
electricity
barbers
zzubevol
driving the speed limit

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:29 pm

and we should also add:

Aggressive toe eating washing machines
rocks that bite knees
infected blood

Jay in Phoenix · Post by **Jay in Phoenix** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:46 pm

And lest we forget them there nasty butane torch-style lighters.

Yer supposed to light the cigar, not the finger.

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 11:48 pm

how the hell has jsc4x not made an appearance yet?

Smackie Chan · Post by **Smackie Chan** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:01 am

smackaholic wrote:how the hell has jsc4x not made an appearance yet?

See top of this page much?

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:06 am

Bizzarofelice wrote: So add dogs and cats to the list of things Luth don't like:

dogs
cats
Buzzer
macular degeneration
maintaining calcium in your bones
lovebuzz
electricity
barbers
zzubevol
driving the speed limit

Throw in a "toddowen" and we're good.

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:32 am

Cuda wrote:I thought this was going to be a War Wagon call-out thread.

No shit. Well, here I am. Whatcha' got?

Sorry for your pooch, Mike... that sucks.

Ironically enough, the dog that I got to replace the dog that escaped the confines of Fort Wagon and got smooshed by a van on N. Oak Trfway, also came down with parvo.

This was a dog that I picked out from the KC animal shelter, a sweet little German Shepard pup that the cops had rescued from some meth house in the inner city that was tied to a tree and abused. Dumbshits at the shelter had placed a tag on his cage saying that he was a pitbull. They don't adopt out pitbulls, they give 'em the needle if a responsible owner doesn't show up and claim him.

So I explain to the people there that no, there must be a mistake, this is NOT a pitbull. They're like ok, but you'll have to wait 2 weeks to get him in case someone shows up to claim him.

I'm like, WTF? Do you people really think some crackhead is going to come get this little guy? But whatever, them's the rules, so ok here's my money to have him vaccinated and fixed and I'll be back in two weeks to pick him up. I want this dog.

Two weeks later, I bring "Toby" home. Two days later he's sicker than shit with parvo. Gee, I wonder how that happened? Stuck an extra two weeks in the fucking hoosegow because of some dipshit rules. :mad:

Wifey calls me from the vet and tells me that it's going to cost like $500 for them to treat him, and there's no guarantee he'll even make it. Like only a 50/50 chance.

I'm like, fuck that noise, woman. So I call the shelter and explain the situation. They tell me to bring the dog back, and they'll give my money back... and no you can't pick out another one, because once we verify that this dog has parvo, we're going to put the entire shelter down. We're talking hundreds of animals.

Errr...ok, you're getting this defective dog back.

So I call wifey back and tell her that she has to take him back to the shelter and she starts crying hysterically. She's not taking this poor creature back to a death sentence, I'll have to be the one to do it.

Ok. I'm at work. Bring this money pit of a worthless mutt down here, and I'll do the dirty work.

So, she does that. I grab his sick ass up. I've got him in the car and we're going to the Big House. That is my intention. Then he lays his head on my lap and looks up at me with these great big trusting brown eyes.... and I freaking melt.

I race down the road and catch up with wifey at the stop light. I jump out the car and tell her that I can't do it. I'm taking him back to the vet, no matter what it costs. If there's any chance of saving this pooch, we'll take that risk.

That was about 3 years ago. As I type this now, he's laying with-in arms reach snoring blissfully... the fattest, dumbest, and happiest dog on the planet.

Scoreboard, Toby

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:05 pm

War Wagon wrote:... the fattest, dumbest, and happiest dog on the planet.

Proof once again that after a while dogs do start to resemble their owner.

OCmike · Post by **OCmike** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 4:10 pm

I guess he left that one right in the wheelhouse.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:10 pm

RACK Goober for hitting the fat pitch outa the park. :)

Cuda · Post by **Cuda** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 5:41 pm

Mister Bushice wrote:RACK Goober for hitting the fat pitch outa the park. :)

I must need reading glasses or something.

For a minute, I thought that was a NoCal/Blondie/LK_Pick reset

War Wagon · Post by **War Wagon** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:32 am

Goober McTuber wrote:
War Wagon wrote:... the fattest, dumbest, and happiest dog on the planet.

Proof once again that after a while dogs do start to resemble their owner.

Or vice versa, except that I'm not fat.

Good one, Goobs....

Google any fresh tuna noodle casserole recipes lately?

Goober McTuber · Post by **Goober McTuber** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:27 pm

Whitey, I don’t know what you’ve got against tuna noodle casserole. It’s what we call comfort food. Not to be confused with what you felch out of Toby’s hinder hole. That would be cum-fart food.

And props to you for not arguing the dumb and happy angles.