On Wed Oct-05-2011 16:11, Richard Webb (1:116/901) wrote to all:   
      
    RW> A week ago last saturday night Kathy and I had occasion to use the    
    RW> services of the 24/7 emergency vets in Germantown, a Memphis    
    RW> suburb.  Schotze had been switched to a new vet the week before    
    RW> because the local vet up here on the little town square didn't    
    RW> seem to want to do anything but expensive possibly unneeded tests    
    RW> and push steroids at her for what we thought was a bit of problem    
    RW> with the hind legs and lameness, no not hip dyslexia.   
      
   You mean hip dysplasia?  All large breed dogs suffer that as they get on in   
   age.   
      
    RW> HEr ocndition deteriorated with the anti inflamatory the new vet    
    RW> prescribed, sort of a bacon flavored chew pill.  Over the weekend    
    RW> she got to where she wouldn't move at all, just lay on a furniture    
    RW> pad in the bedroom, or scooted herself on her belly out into the    
    RW> hallway if she really wanted to be nearer to us.   
      
    RW> Saturday late afternoon she urinated, laying right where she was,   
    RW> which didn't surprise us, floors are tile, nothing a mop wouldn't    
    RW> cure.  But, when we saw blood in the output we became very    
    RW> concerned.   
      
    RW> TOok Kathy's daughter and I both using furniture pad stretcher,    
    RW> and my two folding ramps to get her into the van.    
      
    RW> tHe emergency care vet was very good, did some bloodwork and    
    RW> determined she had a massive urinary tract infection, for which    
    RW> they prescribed keflex.  We had a small supply of that because it    
    RW> had been prescribed for Kathy recently but she had an allergic    
    RW> reaction to it.   
      
    RW> They even took her post dated check.   
      
    RW> YEs they're spendy, but worth it.  We're glad to have our loving    
    RW> Rottweiler back acting normal again.   
      
   I wish I still had my German shepherd.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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