My Pug Scoop (Precious Scoop has passed... )

Sending hugs to you and your fur baby, it's so hard to see them sick.

Vicki:
Just read about the squeaky voice on your baby. It appears that he has a lot of the symptoms Tipper has. When he drinks water see if there is a funny sound he is making, and let me know. He could possibly have some of the trachea issues Tipper is experiencing. Tippers were detected on an xray, so maybe that is something you would want to discuss with your Vet. When I talk to my Vet I always tell him of any other dogs on this forum, or others who are experiencing the same problems as Tipper, or else he tries to pass it off as something else. This way he knows it is related to this disease, as most of these Vets know very little about the problems associated with this disease and try to tell you it is something else. One more thing, when Tipper first started with the throat issues, and snoring I noticed she tried to sneeze one day and couldn't. It is called an inverted sneeze, and goes along with the trachea problems. I immediately removed her collar and put a harness on her to relieve any pressure on her windpipe. Also I started with Manuka honey and coconut oil for the throat, along with the vaporizer. I am also giving her Glyco Flex, which helps build new cartlidge, which is what causes the trachea problems- the cartlidge has been damaged. Let me know what your Vet says about all this. Tipper is now sneezing fairly well, and so this has made an improvement. Good luck and God Bless us all.

Letti-Thanks. Hugs to you and Simba too

Tipper's Mom-Thank you. I was wondering what kind of funny sound is it when she drinks? It's hard to hear anything when Scoop drinks. He makes such noise lapping up the water. I know what you mean about the vet. Back in the beginning I would say to the vet, I read this on the internet or someone on the forum said that. She would say to me, you read too much. One time she said I should stay off the internet for the weekend. I said I can't go on anyway. That was when we had no power for 6 days after the hurricane. She tries to pass things off as something else just like your vet. When I talk to my mom about stuff like that she would say to me it seems like the vet just doesn't want to hear it. My boys have always done inverted sneezing. Not too often but at times. It's odd though weeks back Scoop did something like an inverted sneezing but a little different. I have to look back at my notes and see if I wrote it down. I can't remember exactly how it happened. I mentioned to the vet about it and she said she didn't know. I should try to video it but it hasn't happened since then. I didn't realize inverted sneeze goes along with trachea problems. Did your vet tell you that they go together? That way I can tell Scoop's vet that your vet said it. Scoop used to do a lot of snoring but since he's been sick he doesn't snore much at all, Raleigh does. Scoop does have those "gagging" issues and something is causing it but the vet doesnt know what. I have always used a harness on my boys not a collar. I will definately say something to the vet next week. She doesn't work Fridays. I want to email her about her thoughts on Chinese herbs. Jessica(Doccy) mentioned Doc was on them and the one is supposed to help keep the tumor from growing. They were prescribed by a neurologist at the University of Florida. Doc is supposed to be having radiation this week. Hope all is going well for him.
Thank you again. I will ask the vet and I will let you know. I will ask her if she thinks a vaporizer will help with the "gagging" issues. Come to think of it, Scoop hasn't done that today that I can remember. That's unusual. Spoke too soon. He just got up and did some gagging.
How is Tipper. Hope she doing well. Hugs.

Hi Vicki, stopping in to give you and Scoop some hugs and to say hello.
I sure hope you are not having to deal with this frigid weather. Zoe is on a poo strike, she always refuses to poo if it is below zero:rolleyes:
Cant say that I blame her though.

We have a pug at work, she is a huge pug, her dad's name was Brusier.:D She does the reversze sneezing and tends to snort and make goofy noises.

Anyway, have to go feed the wee ones but did want to give you a hug
(((((((((((((((((((((hug)))))))))))))))))))))))

rumor has it we may get a hug icon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D

Hi Addy-Thanks for stopping by to say hello. The pugs and I can feel the hugs. A hug icon would be so very cool.

Wow, Brusier, must have been a big guy. What's the Pugs name that's at work? Years and years ago I saw a Pug that was very big and I asked how much he weighed-50lbs. That's a lot. The most Scoop ever weighed was 28lbs. Now he weighs between 17.2 and 17.8 depending on what time of day, after he eats or after he poops. His lowest recently was 16.2-16.5. So he has gained a little. With all the food he eats you'd think he'd be fat.

We had a nice warm day on Wed. then yesterday the temp started dropping and it got so windy. The wind goes right through me-brrrrr. Probably Scoop, too. Right now the temp is 26.

With the food Scoop eats I don't think he will go on a poop strike. He goes at least 4 times a day. Sometimes 5 times. Poor guy. It's that W/D food he eats.
I was afraid he would start getting tired of it. Same crap everyday. He eats a full can and a cup of dry split between 2 meals. He does get chicken and carrots in between but the one evening he didn't want to finish the dog food so I took a teaspoon of Raleigh's food and mixed it in. He finished his food. I told the vet. She said I can mix in baby food. Anybody ever do that?

A hug right back to you and the wee ones. Have a good day.

Bella is our work pug. I'll have to put her on the shipping scale to see her what her weight is now, she has been on a diet.:):):) Her dad was over 35 pounds, as I remember the story. We used to have a Rotty and he loved to help load the trucks; he would run in and out of the ltrucks backed up to the loading dock. One time, the shipping guys did not check and they closed him in the truck.:eek: Well, thankfully, we missed him in a few minutes, realized what had happened and called dispatch for the truck to come back. Can you imagine how shocked the shipping terminal crew would have been when they went to unload the truck and found a snaring Rotty inside?:D:D:D:D Anyway, Bella the pug, grew up with the Rotty so she also thought she was a Rotty too:D:D

Just make sure the baby food is 100% meat. I think baby food is pretty pure and we have quite a few members using it for finicky pups.

Have a great weekend!!

Hi Vickie,

Yes you can use baby food just be sure to read the ingredients and get those that contain only the food stuffs they say they do. In other words, if the jar says chicken then the ingredients should only contain chicken - no corn starch, no onion, nothing but chicken. I was shocked when I first looked at baby food for one of my pups at the additives they put in baby foods! :eek: Gerber was one of the worst. A brand called Beech Nut seemed to be the purest.

Hope this helps!
Hugs,
Leslie and the gang

Addy-Bella(Isabella) is my grand daughter's name. What a cute story about the Rotty. Sounds like a great place to work with having four-legged "co-workers"

Addy, Leslie-I took Scoop to the vet's the other day to get weighed and pick up a case of his food. I was telling the receptionist that the vet said about baby food but I wasn't sure if she meant meat or veggies. She gave me a jar of Gerber Chicken&Chicken Gravy. The ingredients are Ground chicken, water and cornstarch. I guess I'll be checking out the Beech Nut at the store. What is the reason for no cornstarch? I know about no onion but don't know about cornstarch.
Thanks

I keep forgetting I have results from Scoop's junior wellness test that was done last week. Should I post the high, low results?

yes!:):):)