I havent done much lately with either puppies, its been a rough time for me. A really close relative has cancer and she doesnt know how long she has. We went to see her today and the puppies were in there kennels for more than 6 hours. Ive done some training, plus some running in the backyard, and walks.
What Did You Do With Your Dog(s) Today?
I thought this would be a fun topic, and it’s evergreen.
We went to a preserve. This is Okehocking Preserve in Newtown Square, PA.
Anyone else want to share?
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We went to a preserve. This is Okehocking Preserve in Newtown Square, PA.
Anyone else want to share?
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@GoldenRetieverL0ver08, @Macca and @chelseah - thanks so much for asking about Ramses 🙏🏽 Sorry I didn't have time to update yesterday.. I am still quite exhausted from jet lag.. He has been alright on the metronidazole since he started taking it about 12 days ago... I'm worried about when he comes off of it if he can maintain his stools but I'm trying to not show it. Ramses seems to be able to tell that I'm worried and that's obviously not going to help. Except for that one instance of tiny blood streak stool after taking his Sentinel pill, his stools have been alright.. it could have just been a coincidence. He took sentinel last month and he was just fine. I'm just shocked to learn from my husband at how he went from good stools that day and all the previous days.. and within in 6 hours had a nasty stool, blood tinged stool and blood and then it stopped.
@Macca, thanks again for telling me how this nasty bacteria is contracted! This has been helpful. I ejar it can cause nasty damage to the intestines. We only know of one clear instance where he ate those bark pieces, nasty croutons and there was a dead animal there - I thought he didn't eat it but I now think he probably did. For this reason, the vet wants to check if there's anything left in his digestive tract, and if he's otherwise alright.. I'm hoping this coming Tuesday, nothing insidious is in his intestines and for good news and solvable problems of course 🤞🏽🤞🏽
On a humorous note, I don't want to drag @bitsybama's thread with all my woes, my apologies to everyone.. We had found a wallet of someone in the field Ramses has been training at.. we have been trying to return it these past days - and we finally managed to get it back to it's owner through the sheriff. The sheriff came to pick up the wallet from us outside our apartment. Ramses got so excited - and predictably he ended up at the back seat of the sheriff car 🤣 I had warned the sheriff not to pay any attention to him and not to let him inside. The sheriff thought it was funny that Ramses loves the cops 🤦🏽♀️ it's a pity the windows are tinted though.. So it seems like my Golden has officially managed to get in the back seat of the French police and the American sheriff 🤣🤦🏽♀️
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@Macca, thanks again for telling me how this nasty bacteria is contracted! This has been helpful. I ejar it can cause nasty damage to the intestines. We only know of one clear instance where he ate those bark pieces, nasty croutons and there was a dead animal there - I thought he didn't eat it but I now think he probably did. For this reason, the vet wants to check if there's anything left in his digestive tract, and if he's otherwise alright.. I'm hoping this coming Tuesday, nothing insidious is in his intestines and for good news and solvable problems of course 🤞🏽🤞🏽
On a humorous note, I don't want to drag @bitsybama's thread with all my woes, my apologies to everyone.. We had found a wallet of someone in the field Ramses has been training at.. we have been trying to return it these past days - and we finally managed to get it back to it's owner through the sheriff. The sheriff came to pick up the wallet from us outside our apartment. Ramses got so excited - and predictably he ended up at the back seat of the sheriff car 🤣 I had warned the sheriff not to pay any attention to him and not to let him inside. The sheriff thought it was funny that Ramses loves the cops 🤦🏽♀️ it's a pity the windows are tinted though.. So it seems like my Golden has officially managed to get in the back seat of the French police and the American sheriff 🤣🤦🏽♀️
I bet the Metronidazole is doing just what it should for Ramses, and hope you get an all clear report from the vet on Tuesday. It sure sounds like he's feeling well and continues to make friends all over the place! That's pretty funny about him jumping into the sheriff's car! Maybe he was a police dog in a previous life?
Or maybe he aspires to be one? Our local police and sheriff's departments each have several canine officers who are worth their weight in gold. They're usually German Shepherds or Belgian Malinois and are used for tracking criminals and sniffing out drugs. They can strike fear into a criminal pretty easily when their handler/officer gives the command. A Golden would certainly present differently, wouldn't they? They sure are great as comfort animals though, in times of crises.
Thank you, we are hoping for nothing bad as well 🙏🏽 maybe, as you say, he was a police dog in his past life! 😉 When we drive him around and he hears the police/sheriff sirens - he is looking out of the car windows for them. Or maybe he likes getting "arrested" - hence the getting into the vehicle voluntarily 🤣 Ramses was so happy when he saw the sheriff car with the sirens - he started spinning and giving his paw to the sheriff. The sheriff asked Ramses if he wanted to get in, opened the door and Ramses went in - just like that 🙄 he won't respond to us in English but did with a sheriff. So maybe, we need a sheriff to give Ramses commands in English for him to learn English??!I bet the Metronidazole is doing just what it should for Ramses, and hope you get an all clear report from the vet on Tuesday. It sure sounds like he's feeling well and continues to make friends all over the place! That's pretty funny about him jumping into the sheriff's car! Maybe he was a police dog in a previous life?
Last time in France, he left with the French policewoman. He just left with her... No looking bad, went on a ride in a police car around our neighborhood in France for like 10 minutes and didn't want that to end at all. We had to tell him he has to come home!! 🤦🏽♀️ He was so sad, the police woman had since that episode, come around a few times on patrol just to see Ramses.. He's so spoilt! This time, we also told Ramses we were leaving him and he did not want to get out! People were laughing 🙈🙈
It's the same in France - they are almost always German shepherds and Malinois too! And you're right a golden wouldn't be able to strike fear - mine wouldn't. He would stalk people extremely quietly if necessary - but what use is that? 😂
@GoldenRetieverL0ver08 I’m so sorry that I missed your post about your relative - that’s awful news, I’m glad you are able to be there for them.
@Sankari now you have a great idea for Ramses at Halloween - he can be a policeman!
@ everybody - I love seeing all of the updates of everything everyone does, and the banter and convos, so don’t consider this my thread at all .. it’s organically the whole community’s (that wants to participate).
We had a fun weekend. I was eager for Bitsy to swim in the pool. She wasn’t ready last summer (she was such a little girl, I don’t know why I thought she would be). Anyway, she’s ready now, and the lake trip we took a few weeks back f really helped give her confidence! The pool has steps in the shallow end, so I had to get her oriented to those. Unfortunately (for me) I had to get in there to do that and it was 60 degrees (F). But that did the trick and soon she was launching off the steps to do quick retrieves for a rubber stick that I got her. I love watching her swim!
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Then later we had a belated joint birthday party because her BFF turned 1 this past week, so now both girls are a year old, and a month apart. They are thick as thieves and this photo belies the total chaos that was the birthday party. Running and rolling and swimming and having a few fun snacks!
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@Sankari now you have a great idea for Ramses at Halloween - he can be a policeman!
@ everybody - I love seeing all of the updates of everything everyone does, and the banter and convos, so don’t consider this my thread at all .. it’s organically the whole community’s (that wants to participate).
We had a fun weekend. I was eager for Bitsy to swim in the pool. She wasn’t ready last summer (she was such a little girl, I don’t know why I thought she would be). Anyway, she’s ready now, and the lake trip we took a few weeks back f really helped give her confidence! The pool has steps in the shallow end, so I had to get her oriented to those. Unfortunately (for me) I had to get in there to do that and it was 60 degrees (F). But that did the trick and soon she was launching off the steps to do quick retrieves for a rubber stick that I got her. I love watching her swim!
Then later we had a belated joint birthday party because her BFF turned 1 this past week, so now both girls are a year old, and a month apart. They are thick as thieves and this photo belies the total chaos that was the birthday party. Running and rolling and swimming and having a few fun snacks!
Today we went for our ultrasound appointment - I was a bunch of nerves, Ramses was overjoyed though. He just left with the technicians happily (not even a glance backwards) while my husband and I were left to wait... My worst worry was he wouldn't cooperate because it was a morning appointment and he had been fasted for 12 hours. He didn't run or do anything significant yet and he would be super excited. Not to mention he doesn't respond to English 🙄 I apologized in advance to everyone that Ramses might not cooperate... 20 mins later Ramses had been shaved and already completed his ultrasound.
The results are there's nothing wrong with him -no thickening of walls, no residual stuff left in him.. they also checked his reproductive organs and lymph nodes and everything was just fine. Thank God 🙏🏽😊 Just probably due to the bacteria (clostridium perfringens) and he's probably a bit sensitive now and he should be fine. We should be more careful that he doesn't pick up anything of course.
The extremely shocking and surprising part was the radiologist and the techs said that he was a very good boy and extremely cooperative in English 🤔 I told them it's ok to tell me he wasn't a good boy and didn't listen.. And they insisted he was.. Hmm so clearly Ramses understands English but chooses to respond only to Americans and not us 😫 After the appointment, Ramses was trying to leave with the radiologist and the tech 🙈 and they said normally that doesn't happen because dogs are slightly traumatized - well not ours apparently 🤦🏽♀️😂
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The results are there's nothing wrong with him -no thickening of walls, no residual stuff left in him.. they also checked his reproductive organs and lymph nodes and everything was just fine. Thank God 🙏🏽😊 Just probably due to the bacteria (clostridium perfringens) and he's probably a bit sensitive now and he should be fine. We should be more careful that he doesn't pick up anything of course.
The extremely shocking and surprising part was the radiologist and the techs said that he was a very good boy and extremely cooperative in English 🤔 I told them it's ok to tell me he wasn't a good boy and didn't listen.. And they insisted he was.. Hmm so clearly Ramses understands English but chooses to respond only to Americans and not us 😫 After the appointment, Ramses was trying to leave with the radiologist and the tech 🙈 and they said normally that doesn't happen because dogs are slightly traumatized - well not ours apparently 🤦🏽♀️😂
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