Power of the Paw Needed For Cleo

Cleo Needs the Power of the Paw

The last couple of weeks Cleo was going through what we thought some tummy troubles.  She got some meds, soft dog food (super bland prescription stuff).  Appeared to be on the up swing of things but still wasn't eating the best after she completed all her meds.  


Then today she would not eat her breakfast at all.  At lunch she was on the bed sleeping and then finally came out.  I noticed that when she went to lay down in the kitchen she looked very uncomfortable and just slid into her back legs on the floor to lay down.  I felt her tummy and it was very hard, I am immediately thinking bloat.  I call the vet and tell him that what her symptoms are and that I am bringing her in to be looked at while I was at work.  I didn't want to wait until after work to take her.  I told them that as soon as she got done potty outside I would bring her in.  But then I noticed that she was having trouble with her back legs as she walked down the ramp out to the yard.  I told them this as well and they said bring her right in.  If you remember right she had something similar happen at the waddle last year, but they found nothing wrong with her.


Well the vet finally called around 3:30pm to let me know that he didn't think that it was not bloat (thank goodness), and he does not believe she has a tummy issue (thank goodness).  He found that while placing her rear foot behind her she would take about 15 seconds before she could bring it back the right way to support herself.  He found, she was very tender in the shoulder, and back area.  So he did additional x-rays of her neck, back after her x-ray of her tummy.  In look at her neck x-ray he found that her second vertebrae is out of alignment about 1/8 of an inch or so.  This is putting pressure on her spine which is pressuring nerves that are suppose to send the information from her brain to her back legs.  He gave her a shot of super juice to help her pain and hopefully take away the pressure on her spine.  So he said I could bring her home and we would see what the extra blood work said in the morning and we would possible see about getting her into a Chiropractor Vet that is near buy to get her spine back in alignment.


Cleo came out all happy, dancing around and very excited to be going home.  We went to the car and I picked her up and loaded her in the BUV.  We headed down the road and when I came to a stop light that had just turned red, I turned around to check on her.  I noticed that she was all hunched over and her right root was all turned under and she could not stand on it or walk.  I immediately turned the BUV around and headed back to the vet.  We went in and he looked at her and he was totally shocked at how quickly this had moved to her left leg as well, she was showing signs of her right leg having delayed responses as well.  I immediately told the vet that I was not taking her home for fear that she could move and paralyze herself.  He agreed that things were progressing more quickly and if she would have had these signs when we talked on the phone, he would not have allowed me to take her home.

I made the decision to leave her for the night so they could run the super juice through an IV in hope to relieve the pressure on her spine quicker.  We will know more in the morning on how things are looking.


Please say an extra prayer and keep your paws crossed for her to have her pain managed and to be able to come home to us soon.


Sniffs,
Cleo, Winton, Amiee
HoundDogMom and HoundDogDad

Wordless Wednesday - 7/6/2011

Wordless Wednesday "Zoo Style"

Funky Squirrel at the Zoo

Sniffs, The HoundDogs

Breakfast With The Bassets

On Saturday, June 18th GABR held its 1st Annual Breakfast With The Bassets.  This event was attended by HoundDogMom only as she volunteered to work that day.  And since she couldn't work and handle all three of us we all just stayed home and enjoyed the sniffs when she returned.

This event was being held to invite everyone up to show off the new building that was built at the GABR this past fall.  This building will be used for multiple different things and just really sets the park off.  Enjoy the pictures that I snapped while I worked the food table and then walked out and snapped more pictures of all the visitors that day.

It wasn't looking like it was going to be a great day

But it began to look a little brighter the further we I got from Bloomington 

I just had to snap a picture of this truck going down the road.  It looked so real. 

Pictures of the new building and GABR Park

This is looking out of the big doors on the new building into the park area 

Adoptable dogs getting settled in 

People and bassets socialized 

Breakfast goodies were provided and enjoyed by all 

Random picture of the inside of the new building 

This is looking out into the parking lot area 

Oh, this is Benjamin.....He will for sure melt your heart.  He was trying to talk me into giving him a little piece of that muffin sitting there. 

Oh, PLEASE.....I won't tell anyone 

Decided to pout after not getting anything 

Oh, did someone say "TREAT" 

Benjamin came all the way from Japan 2 years ago.  He was in one of their "airport hangers" waiting to die.  In Japan they don't believe in putting them to sleep, but allow them to suffer in pain.  Benjamin was hit by a car and left on the roadside for dead.  He was found by some people but they could not care for him so he was placed in just another area, left to die.  Benjamin was in severe pain, could not walk, and had huge sores on his back end from dragging himself on the concrete floors.  A wonderful lady volunteering there, thought he had more life to give so she started contacting places in Canada.  Canada Rescue could not bring him across their boarders so they told her to contact GABR.  Benjamin was prepared and placed on a plane to the United States.  He was greeted by GABR board members when arrived at Chicago O'Hare Airport.  He was vetted, then placed with a wonderful foster mom who decided to adopt Benjamin.  Benjamin went to various therapy's including water therapy.  He was fitted for a cart and know uses his back legs to some degree.  And believe there is nothing that slows Benjamin down.  He is such a happy hound.

People enjoying the breakfast goodies 

This is Benjamin's brother BJ 

More People and Hounds coming to enjoy the day 

This will be the new sign on the building.  It was going to be a surprise to Fran at this year's waddle.  But Fran passed away in April so she will only be seeing this from above, and I know she is smiling down upon us with each and every basset that GABR brings into rescue. 

Everyone attending was asked to bring an item to be used in the Silent Auction at this year's Waddle. 

Adoptable Bassets 

Lounging People and Lounging Bassets 

This lady adopted Walker T one of my transports.  You could tell they were made for each other.

This is Ridgeley going to his new fur-ever home.  He was a transport I did in early June. 

It was a great day for everyone including the hounds.  I do believe that there were 5-6 bassets that were adopted that day.

HoundDogMom

GABR Transport - Wills and Kate (6/24/2011)

Things have been so busy here in the Hound household at least for Mom anyway.  She is working on getting caught up on some much needed posts and hopefully getting around to visiting some blogs this weekend. 

Her latest journey took her on a transport with Wills and Kate a brother/sister pair that were two years old.  Wills was very skinny and had lots of various worms, but not Heartworm, thankgoodness.  This journey also brought us to the picture that we posted this past Wednesday for "Wordless Wednesday".



Wills

Kate

Kate very excited to be out of the kennel.  We had stopped for a potty break and I allowed them outside of the kennels for the last 10 minutes of the ride to Dwight.

I think I smell another hounddog here

Wills very excited to be free of the kennel

Checking out the view

Kate looking forwad to her new life

Here we are at the Dwight Vet Clinic in Dwight.  This was a drop off point for them until their foster mom could get them picked up.

Kate the more red basset and Wills the more liver colored basset.

They were definately a bonded brother/sister pair.  Wills would lay in the back and clean Kate's face.  So sweet and loving.

Wills and Kate we wish you all the best in finding a fur-ever home real soon.

In dropping off Wills and Kate I noticed something new to the Dwight Veterinary Clinic wall.  A painted basset hound statue.  Know I have been up to the Clinic several times over the last few months and have never noticed it before, so I assume it is a pretty new addition.  I don't have much detail about it, but assume it must be something that was done for the Illinois Basset Waddle last year.  I will be asking some questions to find out how you can acquire one of these lovely statues.

Sniffs, The HoundDogs and HoundDogMom

GABR Transport - Ridgeley (6/3/2011)

On Friday, June 3rd I have the honor or doing yet another transport for GABR.  Here is Ridgely a three year old male basset, he has since been adopted into his fur-ever home.

Ridgeley

He really liked riding in the back of the BUV 

Why is it they always settle down for a long nap when you are just minutes from your destination.

Ridgeley we are so glad you found your fur-ever home so quickly.

HoundDogMom and The HoundDogs