Glacier
11-01-2006, 05:26 PM
Anvik was back to the vet again today. 8 weeks he's lived with me and he's already been to the vet 5 times! He's famous at the clinic--for both cleaning out the treat bowl on the counter and doing the Death Howl whenever he's had to stay. Fortunately, he didn't have to stay today. He was doing the death howl when I dropped him at home. I think he would have prefered to stay in the truck all day!
He blew out some of his stitches a couple days ago. Left a nice, gapping hole in his side. Annie has no idea that he's sick, not a clue. He thinks he should be running and playing as usual!
The vet says he has to keep a t-shirt or his doggy jacket on, but the hole will heal on it's own eventually. He didn't want to resuture it yet as he doesn't think it would hold anyway. Annie has to go back in next week to get it checked again. He's going to be the death of me! He's lucky he's a sweetie!
Now the question, I have discovered who used to own Anvik. I know of him, but don't know him personally. He has a decent reputation for his dog care and Anvik doesn't show any overt signs that he was ever abused(he's not handshy, not afraid of people, ect, ect.) I'd really like to email this guy and ask him a few questions about Anvik's past health and behavior. Maybe he's got a trick for stopping the Death Howl! I'd be very polite and not confrontational at all about dumping his dogs at the shelter(annie is not the first dog he's brought in). Would you contact him?
He blew out some of his stitches a couple days ago. Left a nice, gapping hole in his side. Annie has no idea that he's sick, not a clue. He thinks he should be running and playing as usual!
The vet says he has to keep a t-shirt or his doggy jacket on, but the hole will heal on it's own eventually. He didn't want to resuture it yet as he doesn't think it would hold anyway. Annie has to go back in next week to get it checked again. He's going to be the death of me! He's lucky he's a sweetie!
Now the question, I have discovered who used to own Anvik. I know of him, but don't know him personally. He has a decent reputation for his dog care and Anvik doesn't show any overt signs that he was ever abused(he's not handshy, not afraid of people, ect, ect.) I'd really like to email this guy and ask him a few questions about Anvik's past health and behavior. Maybe he's got a trick for stopping the Death Howl! I'd be very polite and not confrontational at all about dumping his dogs at the shelter(annie is not the first dog he's brought in). Would you contact him?