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Cairo is soooooo cute in that picture of him carrying the blade of grass! :D What a beauty he is! I just love Staffs! My kids and granddaughter have them...and they are such great dogs....and companions! Cairo is a doll! My Eli loves walking, but the weather doesn't seem to bother him at all, either way. Although, when he had his surgery and it was really, really cold here.....that did bring out his Cushing's symptoms full blown!
I hope Cairo is doing better today!
Jo Ann and Eli
Thanks Jo Ann. I'm a bit biased but I think he's gorgeous. He can be so funny as well - a bit of a clown when he wants to be.
Its been a bit better today again - 14 so not too hot.
Patti, I don't know to be honest. We thought he was feeling off today - not himself. He went for his walk but he was just stomping up the road, head down, not looking particularly interested in anything - but not wanting to go home or anything. He wasn't walking slowly - he had a decent pace going but he just didn't seem to be that thrilled about being out.
He didn't really react either when a cat fell out of a tree and scared the living daylights out of me......................
I know I'm being paranoid but he's not his normal self. My gran says to remember that he is getting older but age has not been a barrier before.
Hi Alison
How is Cairo tonight. I suppose with him it is a monitor and wait scenario which I'm not good at doing :D
Alison:
If it is one thing I learned on this forum it is that Cush moms know their babies. So if you feel there is something going on your intuition is probably correct. You will have to keep tabs on him to see if anything starts up and catch it right away. Hope the weather is still good for him to walk. Blessings
Patti
I agree with patti we do know our dogs best. So if you think something is off then it probably is. With Cairo I always worry that he is going low again on cortisol. Even though I know he isn't currently on meds for Cushing's. He is just off the pred and those adrenal glands need to have kicked back in fully. Might have just been an off day too so just keep and eye on him and see if he bounces back.
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Sharlene nod molly muffin
Alison:
Just checking in to see how Cairo is today. We are in for a really hot day so I have already walked the dogs. I can feel the humidity climbing already this morning. Hope you have good weather to walk. Does Cairo carry his toy around the house too or just when he walks? I sure would not want to be the one who has to take it off him!!!Blessings
Patti
He's OK but it's like he's just fed up. The little tugger toy he carries on a walk only comes out on a walk. In the house, he has his Kong and his Jolly Ball but he doesn't show much interest in them - unless somebody is willing to kick them for him.
I don't know if it's become habit with the toy but he gets so far and then just becomes a pain in the butt wanting it.
The temperature is up and down like a yo yo just now. One day it's too hot, next day it's pleasant for me and him but my mum will say it's cold.
He had a trauma last night with a kid and a collie. She's a little witch of a girl and deliberately winds other dogs up. Her collie does nothing but yap and bark and lunge at other dogs and she lets it out on the full length of it's extending lead and she stands there smirking when other dogs react and start barking as well. I thought we were going to get round the corner into the next street before she got to us, but she ran up the road towards us. My mum lost it with her and threatened to report her to the police (I just wanted to threaten her with a slap). Poor Cairo just stood there shaking and he wouldn't move - I think moving would mean him turning his back on the collie and he didn't want to do that.
It's warm again today so we'll see how he is. I wonder if he's just fed up of walking the normal walk. He maybe needs a change of scenery.
Alison:
I know the kind of child you are speaking of as one used to live across the street from me. My dogs would be on the porch, and he would look out the window and see them. He would run out the door arms flailing, and yelling real loud to get my dogs started barking. Then he would get on his bike and keep riding it in a circle in front of my house yelling loudly and laughing when the dogs got stirred up. Thank God he moved!!!! When I walked the dogs he would quietly ride up behind us then make some loud shrieking noise and scare my dogs, until one day I had enough and told him if he wanted to continue to ride his bike, he needed to be on the opposite side of the street, and stop trying to scare my dogs by shrieking and should his parents need to know this?? He moved after that so it was resolved. He really got enjoyment out of harassing my dogs. That little girl sounds just like him. Some people feel the need to challenge Pitt Bulls, which is very dangerous. I remember one day an older man that used to live on the next street was going to the mailbox wherevTipper and I were headed. Tipper was very calm when she saw his little dog, and he said to his dog, get her? His dog immediately started to jump at Tipperband bark at her. I simply said to him, do you know anything about Jack Russell's, he said not really. I said, well they will fight anything to the death no matter the size and I would never walk up to your dog and say Tipper get him,because your dog would be dead! So please don't try to antagonise my dog if you don't want you or your dog to suffer the consequences. What would make a full grown man do such a thing?? At that particular Tims Tipper was all muscles and not sick so I think he thought it was something funny to do. I feel for you as it is hard to control a large dog when something is setting them off. I think Cairo carries that toy to keep himself in check! I would think that girl would be scared to do such a thing?? I guess you just can't count on others to do the right thing. blessings
Patti
Alsion:
How is Cairo doing. Showing any more symptoms? We are bracing for yet another storm here and Tipper is on high alert. Blessings
patti
What a brat that girl is!! Poor Cairo.
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Sharlene and molly muffin