Kaylee, The Awesome JA *Updated 7/27 with new picture spam*

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  • @king_bidgood when the adult teeth start coming in, don't freak out if the fangs come in before the old fangs fall out and your dog looks like some kind of demonic shark. Gojira had double-fangs for about two days and it was adorable.
  • I love the frozen towel idea. I got the idea myseld when it snowed here a while ago and I accidentally left toki's towel outside and it got snowed on. Anyway, he loved playing with the frozen towel. I assume it was a texture thing and I thought thay next puppy I get, im going to soak and freeze a towel. Seems perfect for sore teething mouths.
  • NEW PICTURE SPAM!!!!

    (these two are from Claire's before I picked her up)
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    She has been super good lately, okay in her crate while I'm at work, and aside from being really bite-ish in the mornings : 3 , shes been a really good girl in the afternoons.

    I'm so happy we have her. I may be really tired in the morning, or end up in tears when I feel like I dont know how to help her, but shes AMAZING.

    We are trying to bell train her for potty breaks. She understands that dribbles mean we can go outside for pee, so I feel like she'll get the bell soon.... hopefully

    AND she'll start puppy kindergarten through our vet at the beginning of Feb!
  • She looks super happy! I love Akita pups, they have such 'tude with their eyebrows lol. Good luck with the bell training and puppy classes!
  • So cute and fluffy!!! :)
  • She is so adorable :D
  • She is adorable!
  • awww thanks guys : )
  • Love the new pictures.
  • Kaylee just met a Shiba from down the street named Kai today : 3 It was awesome. Kaylee was very suspicious
  • She was right to be suspicious because she knew it was a shiba, not a Kai! how confusing! :)

    She is adorable- I love love love her floppy ears! :)
  • Adorable!! Love puppy akitas
  • Kaylee update:

    So she has entropian, but it is getting better as her face develops. She has a vet appointment for the 4th

    Shes growing great, now weighs 35lbs. She does wonderful with people, and plays great with other dogs. However she hates homeless people (we have a lot that go through our trashcans,) as well as older women. Silly pup.

    Yesterday she went to the beach for the first time, ate some rocks then puked them up later, and was slightly offended by the ocean. This was sill of her as she gets pissed when I shower and don't leave the shower door open for her to stick her head in. she likes the water. bit of a silly goose.

    Now, without further ado, Kaylee picture spam!

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  • Her with the t-shirt: adorkable!
  • Ouch, entropian looks and sounds painful. I hope the poor little girl recovers swiftly. Is this condition genetic? Will she recover fully?
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    @mapletwinkie it is considered genetic, but there is no "one" gene for entropian. It has to do with a lot of different factors, so controlling it in a breeding program can be difficult. As far as overcoming the issue, that depends on how her owner wants to handle it. Her options are either surgery (tack in a few stiches on the eyelid) or wait it out to see if the puppy grows into her eyes.
  • There are three possible types or situations in which entropion can occur. The easiest to deal with is an inflammatory response. Swelling of the face and eyelids can cause the lids to curl inwards. This can be treated with benadryl by a vet's recommendation until the swelling goes down. Another possibility is spastic entropion. Inflammation or other irritants may cause the dog to squint and pull the muscles on his face, which further aggravates the eye, causing more spasming of the muscles. Spastic entropion is treated by tacking the eyelids and stopping the spasms. Tacking the eyelids is also recommended for young puppies showing early signs of full entropion. In some cases, no further corrections will be necessary as the puppy grows out of entropion with the aid of the tacked lids. (Think of it like a kid with braces.) Regardless, entropion surgery should not be performed until at least six or eight months of age when the dog has reached conformational maturity. Performing the surgery earlier increases the likelihood that it will need to be repeated.

    Entropion is a genetically inherited disorder, but it is not as simple as both parents carrying a single recessive gene. It is influenced by several factors such as the tightness of the skin, shape of the eyes, thickness of the lids, the way the skin covers the face, and the shape and size of the skull and eye sockets. Some of these genes may be dominant or recessive and some may need to be heterozygous or homozygous for the condition to present. Because there is no "entropion gene" there is no such thing as a carrier and the specific combination of both parents' genes play a major role in the condition. Two unaffected dogs may have affected puppies when bred together, but never when bred with other individuals; a breeding that produces entropion should not be repeated.

    CERF will note dogs who are symptomatic and I have included the write-up from CERF out of the Akita section.

    Disorder: Entropion
    Inheritance: Not defined
    Reference: 1,3
    Breeder Advice: Breeder Option

    A conformational defect resulting in an "in-rolling" of one or both of the eyelids which may cause ocular irritation. It is likely that entropion is influenced by several genes (polygenic), defining the skin and other structures which make up the eyelids, the amount and weight of the skin covering the head and face, the orbital contents, and the conformation of the skull. CERF data indicates that entropion in the Akita usually occurs by 2 years of age.

    Here is a link to a write up on it as well:

    http://www.upei.ca/~cidd/Diseases/ocular disorders/entropion.htm
  • edited March 2013
    @jellyfish tacking and entropion surgery are two different things. I strongly recommend tacking in order to avoid surgery if at all possible.

    I had a foster dog, ShaSha, in summer of 2011 with entropion. He needed surgery for it because his owners neglected him and let it get very bad. Here are some photos of him pre- and post-surgery and later all healed up in his new home. (I met @ayk in part because she rescued his house mate.)

    http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.224810454205236.65024.100000288498499&type=3

  • Thanks for the info guys. Poor girl... =(( I hope she gets better. It breaks my heart seeing her like that.
  • edited March 2013
    Edited to be nicer to the vet: Has a specialist confirmed she has entropian, took a look at the cornea and all? It may very well be the case of a growth stage, tacking works wonders. You should ask a sharpei breeder to recommend a good vet for tacking, not everybody knows how to do it right.
  • Thanks for the update. Despite her condition she is a ball of cuteness!m
  • thanks guys : )
    Yeah she's going to the specialist tomorrow to decide what to do. I'm pretty peeved that it took them almost 3 months to 'fit us in.' Honestly though shes gotten wolds better, even since I took the photos.
    I love my puppers and feel like I've let her down with the vets here. She'll be better soon. It looks like Kyuubi's tacking did him wonders (her brother) so hope we can just tack and surgery wont need to happen.
  • What a fluff! What a cutie! All the best to her and hoping for no surgery! I'd be peeved to if it took 3 months to get in!
  • Any updates on Kaylee's eyes?
  • Oh I hope she was able to get help. Two pups from the same litter got this? That's sad. But it is genetic. Hopefully her breeder will think twice with this info.
  • @tjbart17, @poeticdragon just announced the mom's is expecting pups again end of May, but different sire of course
  • Sorry to hear about the entropian, and I hope it can be handled, maybe without the surgery? Out of curiosity, how does tacking work?

    What the symptoms of entropian, anyway? I guess you'd see a lot of tearing, but what else would you be looking for? (I'm always watching my Akita's eyes. He has a lot of tearing, but he has micro, too, so some is from the mismatch of eye size/eye lid). It might be useful for others to know what to look for, too.
  • @king_bidgood : I think it's high time we get new pictures of little Ms. Shiny! (just because I'm selfish and want to see puppy pics)
  • Hey guys!
    Sorry, I kept trying to sign in but I had the wrong password.
    Kaylee's doing good. Shes getting her eyes tacked (so the eyelids are folded and stitched so they stay out of her eyes as her face develops so she doesn't scratch and damage her eyes) on the 15th. Her eyes have been doing worlds better, but we feel it is best for her so she is the least uncomfortable.
    Entropian isn't a genetic issue, it can't be predicted or tracked. It's mostly just shitty luck that Kyuubi and Kaylee got it.

    and now without further ado;

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    with me on her first hike
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    with some of my friends
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    with my boyfriends little brother
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    and last with my boyfriend
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