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In a message dated 10/25/2001 3:40:09 PM Central Daylight Time, butchbsi writes:

 

 

... that gives you more reason to try unorthodox methods as opposed to

accepting a final decision of putting the dog down .. what do either of

you have to lose?

 

Butch, thanks, you're right, Now I just have to muster the nerve to try it. Deonia

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Yo Deonia,

 

> > I will make no recommendations to others but if it were me - I know

> > what I would do.

>

> Butch, if it were you , what would you do?

 

Read the rest of my post below ... you cut out the answer .. ;-p

 

> Lemme answer like this .. afore I would put down a pet I would give them

> anything I thought MIGHT help.

 

So .. as a last resort .. when it gets down to them telling me to put

down my pet .. what do we have to lose by trying anything?

 

> I would be afraid to give her more than a drop, and I wouldn't know for

> how long to keep it up.

 

BUT - as an alternative to putting the pet down, fear would/should not

be an issue. I had a Brittney kennel when I was in Georgia .... mighty

beautiful dogs they are. Mama had a liter of 14 .. within hours it was

obvious the pups had parvo. Called the vet and he said no cure he could

recommend BUT if it were his pups he'd do his best to see didn't die and

dehydration or starvation would kill them .. said if they were his, he'd

give'em glucose.

 

This is NOT a normal treatment for dogs .. I went to the hospital and

got a bag from a buddy .. and a buncha hypodermic needles. These pups

were dying by the hour .. if diarrhea doesn't kill them they get too

weak to nurse and starve to death. The pups were so small they could

get lost in your hand. Every two hours for 72 hours my son switched

off getting up to shoot glucose under the skin on the pups ... and

canned mother's milk down their throats with an eye dropper. Pups often

gagged and one died of strangulation .. I think. To make a long story

short .. instead of losing all those pups two of them survived and grew

up to be fine dogs.

 

> This dog is my heart, I took her away from her momma when she was only 6

> weeks old and have had her with me constantly since then. She never

> gets more than 5 feet away from me and only goes outside to use the

> bathroom or get into the car. Deonia

 

So .. that gives you more reason to try unorthodox methods as opposed to

accepting a final decision of putting the dog down .. what do either of

you have to lose?

 

Good luck .. and keep smiling, Butch