Tipper - adrenal tumor/breathing issues

[goldengirl88]

Hi Everyone:
Just back from the vets, of course he had to be 40 minutes late and make my poor Tipper get miserable waiting. I sat in the car with her. He didn't even offer an apology, so I said " glad you could make it." He really burns me. So the technician does the clipping and we got to Tipper's right foot and it took all the strength I had to hold her. She did not want that foot touched no way no how. It took three of us to hold her still. There was a ball up in there of fur, so that was the problem. Unfortunately the tech. nicked her and now it is really sore. I held her and told them to do all feet at once. I keep a spread sheet on all Tipper's weight, blood pressure, nail clipping, anal gland cleaning, so now I can add trimming the feet to it. I can see at a glance when she had what done to her. I will just get the feet clipped on a regularly scheduled basis from now on. I told the Dr. what happened with Tipper attacking Toby, he said she has had so much done at the vets she just probably has a lot of pent up anger and took it out on him as she has no great love for him. He said it is highly likely she hurt her foot from the ball in between her pads when she got up on my leg, and just misplaced the anger. He said he would be surprised if she had pain with the laser therapy she gets, plus the shots for her joints. He said don't fault her for this, but just be careful. He said he would be surprised if she ever did it again as she has a wonderful personality, and had to be in really a lot of pain, as she never cries out or bites. Leslie, I know you will get a kick out of this one, I made a diagram of Tipper's back legs and I make the vets mark on it where she gets the injection, so it does not cause her any more problems. They reluctantly mark it, and I know they are thinking I am about as anal as you can get with my dog. I don't care, as long as she is safe and not hurting too bad for their egos. So shot number 3 is done. I am so glad I found out what was wrong with her foot, that is definitely why she would not walk. Mystery solved! Blessings to all
Patti