Meet Karma! She is a one year old German shepherd with suspected hip dysplasia. We adopted Karma one month ago with the intention of her being a Service Animal for my daughter, who has a heart condition. The ‘breeder’ assured me that Karma was up to date on all her shots and in pristine health. I asked about her parents’ health history, especially hips. The breeder assured us that her parents’ hips had been checked and cleared, as well as Karma’s. The day after we brought her home, we noticed some strange behavior. She was having difficulty holding toys; she was very hesitant to touch to her face; and she had irregular and runny stools. Upon closer inspection, we discovered sores lining her cheeks and lips; large slivers in her mouth, cheeks, and nose; as …show more content…
At first, we thought she had something in her paw, or she possibly strained something during play, so we put her on bed rest. She definitely seemed to appreciate the rest, but she wasn’t getting any better. A few days into her restricted exercise, she refused to put any weight on her right side, she bunny hopped around and cried before she fell to the ground and then refused to back get up. We immediately rushed her to the emergency vet clinic. After observation and physical tests, the vet said she was fairly certain it was hip dysplasia. With the way her hips popped with specific extension and touch; how loose her hips felt; the way her hind end swiveled and swayed when she walked; how she was whining and kept moving around in an antsy, uncomfortable way; and the biggest sign was the extreme lack of muscle mass in her hindquarters. The vet said she had seen these signs throughout her career and 99 times out of 100, X-rays proved her hip dysplasia suspected diagnosis. She went on to say with the extent of her symptoms (Mainly the near nonexistent muscle mass); her condition was obvious at the age of 6-8 months. So this just further proves our neglect theory with her
Everything for a year had been leading up to this point and here I was in the middle of the happiest place on earth in tears because my friends had abandoned me in the middle of Disney on the senior trip.
Nala, a two-year, eight-month-old spayed female Cane Corso was presented to Heritage Animal Hospital for vomiting on February 1, 2017. Her owner complained that she had not been able to hold any food down since January 31, 2017. Nala had a foreign body surgery last month here at the clinic. The owner informed our staff that Nala had a rash around her incision for roughly the past two weeks. The owner stated she does not believe her dog ingested anything. During the physical exam, Nala appeared quiet, alert, and responsive. The technician assessed the oral cavity and Nala had tacky mucous membranes and pink gums. The capillary refill time was quoted to be less than 2 seconds. The dental exam was clinically normal. The eyes were bright, clear,
Credibility: A few years ago, my roommate Anna was desperate to find a new puppy. The easiest place for her to find one was an online site full of cute Pomeranian puppies. Although she really wanted to save a dog from a nearby shelter, she completely fell in love with a picture online of a beautiful brown and white Pomeranian puppy. Immediately Anna purchased the puppy online and ended up receiving the dog soon after. Paisley was a ball full of what seemed like healthy energy. Anna took great care of her and made sure she had everything a puppy needs. About three months Paisley started having seizures and was taken to the vet. The vet said that Paisley had a blood defect that was commonly seen in dogs that came from puppy mills. Sadly enough, Paisley had to be put down because she was in too much pain to recover.
Hip Dysplasia is a genetic attribute which is affected by environmental factors such as excessive growth, exercise, the dog’s weight and the dog’s nutrition intake. This chronic disease often arises while the dog is still young and physically underdeveloped around the five-month mark the symptoms will appear and it will deteriorate as they grow. This abnormality can eventually cause lameness and agonizing arthritis or even loss of function of the hip joint altogether. The larger breeds of dog such as Great Danes, Saint Bernards, Labrador Retriever and German Shepards are most likely to hold this genetic
On admission, a complete physical assessment was performed along with a blood and metabolic panel. The assessment revealed many positive and negative findings. J.P. was positive for dyspnea and a productive cough. She also was positive for dysuria and hematuria, but negative for flank pain. After close examination of her integumentary and musculoskeletal system, the examiner discovered a shiny firm shin on the right lower extremity with +2 edema complemented by severe pain. A set of baseline vitals were also performed revealing a blood pressure of 124/80, pulse of 87 beats per minute, oxygen saturation of 99%, temperature of 97.3 degrees Fahrenheit, and respiration of 12 breaths per minute. The blood and metabolic panel exposed several abnormal labs. A red blood cell count of 3.99, white blood cell count of 22.5, hemoglobin of 10.9, hematocrit of 33.7%, sodium level of 13, potassium level of 3.1, carbon dioxide level of 10, creatinine level of 3.24, glucose level of 200, and a BUN level of 33 were the abnormal labs.
Her blood pressure earlier is 130/70. Her heart rate is irregularly irregular at about 115 beats a minute, SpO2 on two liters is 96, although her respiratory rate is 26. Temp is normal. Head, eyes, ears, nose and throat reveal no abnormalities. No temporal artery tenderness. Neck is supple. I see no JVD. I hear no carotid bruits. There is coarse rhonchi and wheezes bilaterally. I do not hear a rub. Consolidation is not well heard. Heart rhythm is irregular regular. PMI is displaced lateral on mid clavicular line. Abdomen is soft and nontender. The low ribcage impacts on the superior iliac crest bilaterally. No organomegaly is detected. There is a midline scar. There is trace ankle edema bilaterally and no calf tenderness. Peripheral pulses are reduced.
History- Owner says Bella has been acting unfriendly for about two weeks (e.g. wont let owner pet or hold her anymore, also she hides under the bed constantly) owner also says Bella’s appetite has gone very low, she used to feed her one cup of dry every morning and one half a can of wet food at night and now she wont eat ‘hardly any of either’. Owner has seen diarrhea in litter box for 3 days. Bella had her kitten shots and boosters but no Hx of fiv/felv testing, deforming, fecal or blood analysis.
Other: He doesn’t have any skin rash or any bleeding or bruising at any part of his body.
...e, mouth, face, or whole body; involuntary chewing, sucking, and lip smacking; and jerky movements of the arms, legs, or entire body” (Comer, 2011, p. 379).
The Tibetan Mastiff is a large, impressive, powerful, robust dog, which has always been appreciated by breeders due to its good health and longevity. Tibetan Mastiff has an average lifespan of 16 years, but may also exceed this age. Hard to believe, this dog almost never gets sick. Most of the large dog breeds suffer from hip dysplasia, but in Tibetan Mastiffs this disease is extremely rare, still we coulndn’t say that the dog makes an exception from it. The fact is that there are very few reported cases of Mastiff dogs that suffer from this condition.
On February 21, 2016, I, Deputy John Arnold, went to 11747 West 105th Street South to assist another deputy in reference to a fight in progress.
Moving from a highly diverse community to a less diverse community has to be the weirdest yet interesting culture shock I ever had to deal with. As a young child, I did not know about the outside world. I thought everyone rides the bus or the metro, graffiti on the wall is normal and traffic wouldn’t matter as much since everything I needed was within walking distance sometimes. There were shocking things I learned once I moved to Nebraska.
All my life ,I’ve always wanted to be someone in life who can actually make a difference to this world in a positive way. Ever since I was a little girl I pushed myself to always best I can be just . I lived in a town outside Los Angeles, California , it was called Van Nuys,California.The elementary school (Kittridge Elementary) I had went to was in a low income area, mainly spanish community had lived in the area I was living in at the time .I had a lot of friends (mainly mexicans) I focused a lot on being on time for school , staying on task in class, and finishing my homework. At such a young age I had felt such ambition and was doing very good for myself. At the age of 10 was when reality start to really hit me , even though I was very young I started to see things differently.
“Why don’t you use your locker? You’re going to have back problems before you even graduate”. These are words that are repeated to me daily, almost like clockwork. I carry my twenty-pound backpack, full of papers upon papers from my AP classes. The middle pouch of my backpack houses my book in which I get lost to distract me from my unrelenting stress. The top pouch holds several erasers, foreshadowing the mistakes I will make - and extra lead, to combat and mend these mistakes. Thick, wordy textbooks full of knowledge that has yet to become engraved in my brain, dig the straps of my backpack into my shoulders. This feeling, ironically enough, gives me relief - my potential and future success reside in my folders and on the pages of my notebooks.
What a mess the poor lady was when we got her. They said she was an outside dog, think Aussie Shep outside all summer long, with long , thick matted fur! Her fur made Bob Marley jealous! Did I mention I live in the desert? Her fur was so matted that when we took her to the groomer they shaved it off it three chunks. She had been so neglected she had sat with her head down, depressed so long that her muscles in her head and neck had started to atrophy. She could barely chew it was so bad. She was so dehydrated that her nose was dry, cracked and even raw in spots from where he had tried to lick moisture back onto it. She was so afraid of everything that she cowered and hid at the slightest noise, and she absolutely refused to go outside unless you leashed her and made her go out because she was terrified she was going to get locked out.