Hi, my name is Erwin and I'm from Indonesia.
I had a 4 years old Golden, her name is Iris and I just recently lost her (Sept 16, 2009)
At first she didn't want to eat and all she did was drinking, so I called her regular vet for a house call visit and he prescribed her some antibiotics and some immune booster vitamins. During that, I can get her to eat although not as much, and after a week, there was a discharge from her private parts. Called the vet again and she was diagnosed with pyometra. I honestly never heard of this before so I went online and many have said the best treatment option is emergency spay surgery. The vet didn't seem too keen on the surgery idea, and insisted on giving her different kind of antibiotics instead. He said and I quote "If antibiotic works, why surgery? Just finish the antibiotic first and if its not working, then we'll talk again about that surgery". I called another vet for second opinion, and she said surgery is the best treatment but lets see if the antibiotic works. She didn't want to eat at all after the discharge and vomited several times. I was worried so much so I called the vet again the next day and the second vet agreed to perform emergency spay surgery on her (first vet just told me to give her anti nausea drugs). She was sent for hospitalization that morning for pre-surgery observation, and the surgery performed in the evening. The next morning I got a call that the surgery went fine but my dog had a seizure at 5 am and died. It was a very sad day for me that I couldn't even function well at work that day...
I am looking for another dog right now, but i'm not rushing.. while I can never replace Iris, the new one might help ease the pain a bit. I was looking to adopt, but then I found out that in Indonesia, even those who claimed too busy to take care of the dog are asking for a relatively high price :uhoh: and you wouldn't believe the stuff some dog owners tell you to get it sold.. "feeding is easy, just feed him rice and boiled eggs and he will be fine, he loves that stuff.." oh my..
I honestly rather get a younger puppy so I know exactly the history of the dog. I bought Iris when she was 5 months old from a pet shop (she was the first dog that I ever bought), and after living with her for a few days, I suspect she was abused before as she was extremely scared dog. After living with us for a few years she was much much better altho she was still scared of big water gallon for no apparent reason (childhood trauma?).
Now I know better, and planning to get from a good breeder who really cares for the dog rather than treating them merely as merchandise.
Some pictures of Iris..
This was from the first day she joined our home
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Couple of more recent pictures of her
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I really miss her so much.. she always followed me around and slept in my bedroom, so it really does feel weird without her around.. and sad..
I had a 4 years old Golden, her name is Iris and I just recently lost her (Sept 16, 2009)
At first she didn't want to eat and all she did was drinking, so I called her regular vet for a house call visit and he prescribed her some antibiotics and some immune booster vitamins. During that, I can get her to eat although not as much, and after a week, there was a discharge from her private parts. Called the vet again and she was diagnosed with pyometra. I honestly never heard of this before so I went online and many have said the best treatment option is emergency spay surgery. The vet didn't seem too keen on the surgery idea, and insisted on giving her different kind of antibiotics instead. He said and I quote "If antibiotic works, why surgery? Just finish the antibiotic first and if its not working, then we'll talk again about that surgery". I called another vet for second opinion, and she said surgery is the best treatment but lets see if the antibiotic works. She didn't want to eat at all after the discharge and vomited several times. I was worried so much so I called the vet again the next day and the second vet agreed to perform emergency spay surgery on her (first vet just told me to give her anti nausea drugs). She was sent for hospitalization that morning for pre-surgery observation, and the surgery performed in the evening. The next morning I got a call that the surgery went fine but my dog had a seizure at 5 am and died. It was a very sad day for me that I couldn't even function well at work that day...
I am looking for another dog right now, but i'm not rushing.. while I can never replace Iris, the new one might help ease the pain a bit. I was looking to adopt, but then I found out that in Indonesia, even those who claimed too busy to take care of the dog are asking for a relatively high price :uhoh: and you wouldn't believe the stuff some dog owners tell you to get it sold.. "feeding is easy, just feed him rice and boiled eggs and he will be fine, he loves that stuff.." oh my..
I honestly rather get a younger puppy so I know exactly the history of the dog. I bought Iris when she was 5 months old from a pet shop (she was the first dog that I ever bought), and after living with her for a few days, I suspect she was abused before as she was extremely scared dog. After living with us for a few years she was much much better altho she was still scared of big water gallon for no apparent reason (childhood trauma?).
Now I know better, and planning to get from a good breeder who really cares for the dog rather than treating them merely as merchandise.
Some pictures of Iris..
This was from the first day she joined our home
Couple of more recent pictures of her
I really miss her so much.. she always followed me around and slept in my bedroom, so it really does feel weird without her around.. and sad..
