geaux_lsu_tigah

Here's a couple pics of her. They are rare. I was on a wait list for 8 months and then had her flown in from Iowa. Keep that in mind because it is difficult to find a vet or groomer that is familiar with the breed. If you have questions, feel free to ask.

I can't thank your gf, along with the other vets and students, enough for the care and love they showed my dog. It is because of those people she was released from care this evening.

She has made tremendous progress. She has eaten 3 times today without vomiting. She is back to her normal 3sec attention span and habit of chewing any and everything (I use "anything and everything" loosely, I'm not looking to repeat). Only thing standing in the way of 100%, she needs to take a crap by tomorrow, or its back to the vet. 5 days bland diet and slowest reintroduce puppy food. 5 days of Pepcid AC every 12 hours.
Its looking like we are in the home stretch.

Can't put a price on a 10-15 year companion man.

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First week home with my WPG, and a lot has happened.
The Good:
She is incredibly intelligent. Though we haven't mastered the concept of restroom outside, (she's only 9 weeks after all) she has grasped the idea. Anytime she has an urge, a single whine and a sprint towards the door ensues. She will either warn early enough and make it outside in time, or she will go right in front of the door, which is a great feat because it is a hell of a lot easier cleaning urine off of a finished concrete floor than it is off a rug. To this day, she has yet to take a crap anywhere inside (knock on wood).

Crating at night went from countless hours of whining at random points in the middle of the night, to 5 minutes of distress, followed by a comatose like sleep.

Walks are no longer chasing events. She usually sticks right by my side. If she gets on a scent, I encourage her to check it out. When she is 20 yards out or so, I blow a whistle, yell her name once or twice, and she comes barreling back. However, her 20yard sense of freedom led to last nights events.

Around 8pm she was showing signs of anxiety and uneasiness. Lots of pacing, lots of face-to-face contact, but showed signs of being ashamed in a way. (not sure how else to explain it) Tail down, lots of licking of the lips, ears down, head down, etc. Eventually on whim, I let her outside to use the restroom. While outside she experienced 3 separate cases of diarrhea within 10min time. Came back in and instead of heading to her water and food, she laid down. She proceeded to vomit. At this point I was a bit concerned. Its one thing if she was vomiting or had diarrhea separately, but both at the same time, refusing food or water, in a 9week pup is another. over the course of the next 3 hours she vomited 4 more times and still experienced diarrhea. Decided to give the LSU Vet Clinic a call off of Skip B. Vet on duty said to bring her in. Tested her for parvo just to rule it out, (she has her 2nd round of shots, a booster, and dewormer) results were negative. She then vomited in front of the vet, and I requested a blood test be taken. Thinking maybe she found a pill lying around outside (Live in a college apt. complex and its finals). Blood test showed no abnormalities. Requested X-rays be taken. The films showed a substantial size mass in her intestine. Since unsure if it was upper or lower, the vet administered air into her rectum. The results showed the mass was in her small intestine. The shape and color of the mass in the film was inconsistent with that of bone. (bone is mineralized and will appear a strong white with obvious edges) The mass was off-white and had subtle edges. It dawned on me that my knucklehead of a dog has some fascination with mulch. They ensisted she stay over night, and was attached to IVs to replace her fluids (showed 5% dehydration), given anti-nausea and anti-diarrheals, and concluded this was likely, and stressed that she be transported to a hospital for two reasons. One, the mass doesn't move and needs to be surgically removed. Two, it does move and whine does, the edges perforate the intestinal wall and emergency surgery was needed. This morning another set of films were taken. Over the phone the vet stated that the substantial mass was no longer anywhere in her intestinal track. The only indication that there was a mass at all, was a small and soft mass in her colon, Which now meant two entirely different things. One, her body began breaking down the mass (I thought organic materials like mulch, grass, etc. couldn't be processed). Two, her body had broken down the mass and had passed it through the colon.

As of now, she is to remain in the hospital attached to IVs until the evening. They will attempt to feed her and hope she defecates so that a sample can be assessed. One more set of films will be taken to ensure her GI track is clear, intact, and not irritated.

I think a dog coming from a hunting bloodline will naturally show a hunters instinct. I'm sure a $100 lab can perform just as effectively as a $1200 lab with proper training and constant work. I am more so saying if you did decide to pull the trigger on a high end lab, you might as well get exactly what you want.

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I kept this on my phone when I first started shooting and practicing for my CC. maybe it will help you too

Damn, I don't think i have seen your WPG. Picked my girl up May 1st and she has picked up on the general idea of house training and she is not even 9 weeks. Only thing she can't do is stand still and appear photogenic so that I can snap a picture of her not sleeping

You pull it to save your families life or your own. Can't put a price on that. If it feels off, or you second guess the ability to hit the target because trigger pull, weight, feel, etc. its probably worth looking into to replace

Family friends brought their 12 week old GSP to a BBQ a while back. He was almost black. I had never seen anything remotely close to this guys color. They proceeded to tell me they brought him back from Europe. Don't shoot the messenger, but they were saying how the almost black coat was preferred and highly sought after across the pond.


Edit: Here was his coat color. Trying to find an actual picture of him

Awesome. I will have to check them out. I appreciate it.

I appreciate it. I saw and read your post. I have been checking back at your thread the past few days to hear more about him/her. In all honesty, I didn't think I would come across another WPG owner in the area haha