Recent content by Nocona

One of the things that I have learned from this is no matter how much you trust your Vet, if after 3 days and they dont have a diagnosis take them to a specialist.The thing that haunts me with Mason is he had to spend 9 days in a hospital in a cage where he hated and at a cost of over 900.00 for...

I want to update everyone on Mason and say thanks for your support, I know the people on this board can understand what we have been through and what our precious little buddies mean to us. To keep from having to go through the pain of reliving last Sunday by writing about it, here is a copy of...

The Preds. dont seem to be doing any good, still wont eat anything and getting weaker. Just want this weekend to love and hold our big baby boy. The thought of him not being here another day just tears my heart out, but cant stand to see him suffer so I will just thank God and my best buddie for...

Took my dog Mason to a internal medicine specialist today to have him scoped and biopsy taken. Was told he has Lymphoma in his intestine. Put him on 20 mg. prednisone twice a day to see if there is any shrinkage to at least stop the diarehea and vomiting to try and give him a little more time...

My 9 year old male has been sick for 10 days and in the hospital for 7 days. Cant keep water down and refuses to eat any food. Brought him for the weekend and he drank about a cup of chicken broth and kept it down but later that night threw up his water. Took him back monday morning to the vet...

Thanks for your reply. I have been told Boxers are prone to getting Perineal hernias and was hoping someone on this board has had the surgery done on their dog and what the results were. One vet told me if it doesnt get any larger or cause any problems let it go and wait because the surgery can...

I have a 7yr old male with a Perineal Hernia and would like to know if anyone else has some experience with them, and could give some information on the risks of surgery, pervention and is surgery the only solution. Any Info. would be appreciated. can't seem to get much help from the vets in my...