Poor Niko!
She went to the vet yesterday for her annual (thanks LJ for a great vet). She has had adverse reactions in the past to her vaccinations (lots of pain) and they gave her some medicine to try and prevent it. She is a ZOMBIE today. Eating ok fortunately.
She was a typical bratty diva shiba but she also has been OCD psycho on licking her right front paw. When we were there we noticed her "accessory" pad was raw and red. She must of irritated it somehow and now will not leave it alone. Im not so pleased with the vets response to do nothing (no wrap and let her lick). Her licking is not letting it heal, I feel so bad because I am always telling her to stop...any other suggestions?
It didnt help that they grabbed that paw and held it to get blood prior to us realizing how bad it was.
Her LP IS a grade 3, I was so hoping that it was a mistake but she said it was pretty bad. We are so grateful that there has not been any incidents in a year and a half thanks to treatment.
I just hate seeing her this miserable!
The vet was totally loving on Niko and Sasha. The vet walked in and said "That's a shiba not a Pomeranian, who thought she was a Pomeranian", Chad told her we were insulted and leaving...LOL.
The vet was very impressed with Sasha and said flat out how obvious it is she is a pit and she doesnt understand how anyone could argue that.
I just want my Niko back!
She was a typical bratty diva shiba but she also has been OCD psycho on licking her right front paw. When we were there we noticed her "accessory" pad was raw and red. She must of irritated it somehow and now will not leave it alone. Im not so pleased with the vets response to do nothing (no wrap and let her lick). Her licking is not letting it heal, I feel so bad because I am always telling her to stop...any other suggestions?
It didnt help that they grabbed that paw and held it to get blood prior to us realizing how bad it was.
Her LP IS a grade 3, I was so hoping that it was a mistake but she said it was pretty bad. We are so grateful that there has not been any incidents in a year and a half thanks to treatment.
I just hate seeing her this miserable!
The vet was totally loving on Niko and Sasha. The vet walked in and said "That's a shiba not a Pomeranian, who thought she was a Pomeranian", Chad told her we were insulted and leaving...LOL.
The vet was very impressed with Sasha and said flat out how obvious it is she is a pit and she doesnt understand how anyone could argue that.
I just want my Niko back!
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For the licking - why is she doing it? More stress lately? Less exercise? Would giving her something like Rescue Remedy or plugging in a DAP help her feel more relaxed?
Poor Niko... feel better darlin!
If it is just irritated you could dilute some tea tree oil in water and wipe that on there. When Nemo has hot spots that is what we do, he absolutely will not lick where tea tree oil was put, he hates the scent.
And that stinks about the LP. Is she going to have to have surgery?
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@Rach: Sorry to hear about Niko's pad and LP. Is she going to need surgery? I'm sure she'll be back to her craziness in no time.
She didnt even get up to play with her good cuz! Chad threw all the bones out of their OCD spots and she isnt budging! : (
The vet said that there may be a chance she may not need surgery. We have been giving her glucosomine as soon as we found out what was wrong (1 1/2 years ago) and she has not had an incident since. She was having about 3 minimum a week. Im glad we have made it to 3 years old with no surgery. We are going to try and start her on the human vitamin (save money). I was so hoping that the diagnoses of grade 3 was a fluke cause she has been doing so well.
Lucy and Niko are from the same breeder but not the same litter. Niko had 2 in her litter but mommy smothered her sister shortly after birth.
Fingers crossed that she wont need surgery, or at least not any time soon.
As for the surgery, fingers crossed for not now or soon, but I think that if she needs it would probably be better for her to have it before 5 or 6 when it might be easier for her to recover from it.
Good point Rui.
Dave-how much was Lucy's surgery?
I'm sure there are places you can have it done for less, but I figured if I was going to spend a boat load on it, I may as well spend a boat and half load on it and make sure its done by the best surgeon I have access to. I consider it money well spent. Lucy still doesn't like to play much, but she is a lot less grumpy with Joey inviting play now. Joey has a bad (or funny depending on how you look at it) habit of biting her hind legs and lifting them up to invite play and that used to incite a riot every time. Now she just waits patiently for him to loose interest.
I am glad Niko is perking up!!
Good to know though...
Thanks Dave and Jess for the input. Makes me want to knock out the breeders knee caps!
Sasha was raised with boxers so she had a boxing session with Niko.
Niko is getting tons of love!
Hang in there Niko