14 year-old Shih Tzu With Recent Cushing's Diagnosis

I have a friend who buys sod for her dogs. She is gone for 10 hours a day and one of her dogs will bust before she pees on a piddle pad in the house. The sod worked!

Leslie, I bought my washable hospital pads on ebay. They are much cheaper.

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I am a mess. My mom stopped over to my house to let my dogs out. Hannah did pee and then they went for a walk, which she also enjoyed.

On the way home, a neighbor had a friend over, and the friend had a black lab. They were sniffing each other and the woman said the dog was friendly. All of a sudden, it picked Hannah up by her sweater and was shaking her like a toy. My mom yelled and tapped the dog's head and it dropped her. It didn't shake her a lot or throw her, but Hannah (with the back problem already) has trouble walking and resists lying down and is breathing heavily and groaning.

My mom called me at school (I teach 3rd grade) and I started crying, and of course felt that I needed to go home to be with Hannah. We called vets trying to decide where to go. We took her to the vet where she got acupuncture and they assessed her to see if she was stable. There are no puncture wounds (she was wearing a thick sweater and has long hair right now) and her temp. and heart rate were normal. We can't see the vet until 4:00 for the next step (acupuncture, x-rays, pain meds?). We came home to wait.

She wagged her tail to see me, ate treats here and at the vet, and walked to her blanket. She groans so much to sit down. They think it is her lower back.

I am so worried and upset. Please be thinking of me and my little Hannah...

Julie & Hannah:(

Oh, Julie,

How scary! :eek: Please let us know what the vet says.

Prayers and healing white light for Hannah, and you. I hope your mom wasn't too upset by the ordeal. Bless her heart.

Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

OMG Julie,

Praying sweet, little Hannah is okay.

Holding your hand,
love,
addy

I am here, too. Holding you both in my thoughts and prayers.

Love and hugs,
Lori

your probably on your way home.........dear God how horrifying. oh sweetheart....i am so very sorry, and i am so very sorry for your baby....omg i can not even imgaine how horrifying that was. so hope things are okay. ((((hugs)))

Hi Julie,

just checking back for news of Hannah. I hope you are both okay.

love,
addy

Julie... wow that is scary. What are these people thinking? Poor Hannah. Sending warm thoughts and prayers your way. Kim

Hi Guys-
We are home and sort of situated. The vet said Hannah's back is injured again...basically in the same spot. She got acupuncture again and tolerated it a little better. The vet said she assumed that Hannah would improve again over time with acupuncture. She also is on Metacam again (for a short period only and she did tolerate it fine the last time for 7 days). She thought that Hannah could potentially improve faster because she has had acupuncture before and said that this is a little different because it is an acute injury. She thought it would be nearly miraculous if she was better after one treatment. She did come home and eat and wag her tail and walk around, but has been sleeping most of the time since. She does have a hard time lying down, and at times just sits. I feel like she is exhibiting more signs of pain this time than she did the last time. My mom reminded me that this is an injury, as opposed to chronic pain, so it might just be different.

I am trying to be encouraged by the fact that she wasn't more seriously wounded, that she went potty when we left the vet, that she ate supper, and that she is home. Heck, I am thrilled I didn't have to put her to sleep. I am still worried about her though. A lot. I am worried about her going potty tonight too.

My poor little sweetie. I feel so terrible. So does my mom. I have met the other dog before and it is nice, so I am sure it was a fluke. The woman admitted it was her dog's fault because it wasn't on a leash and gave me her name and number. I'm not sure if that was her saying she wanted to pay, or what. She has not called me back. I paid $99 today and will pay $80 for each additional acupuncture treatment. I will make it work to make my girl better, but it is already hard for us to keep up with all of the vet bills on two teachers incomes. Ugh. I just need her to be okay.

Thanks so much for all of your well-wishes and kind words. It means a lot.

Julie & Hannah

I'm so glad you posted, I rushed to my lap top this am hoping for news.

Thank God she is okay and it was not worse. I'm sure her back will get better. Just spoil the heck out of her:D;)

Poor little Hannah, she has had a time of it.

Get better soon.

Sending love and hugs (((((hugs))))

addy