My female Brittany puppy has not been wanting to eat on and off for the last month or so. This Sunday it became pronounced and I started to find piles of vomit after she had eaten.
Called my vet to get her in for a visit. They were slammed and after hearing the symptoms directed me to take her to the local emergency clinic and not to wait another minute to get her in. They told me it sounded like an intestinal obstruction.
Took her in at 9:30 AM and they have her now. I am waiting to hear some sort of a diagnosis. All I have now is that her intestines are bunched up. They don't know if it is from some fabric or if it is positional, which I assume means a defect not caused by a foreign object or material.
They are supposed to do an ultrasound on her to determine what the actual situation is.
Her life is hanging in the balance.
She is an exceptional bird dog. I was shooting birds over her last season at 7 months of age and she was pointing, honoring, retrieving downed birds and tracked down a couple cripples and delivered them to hand.
This all without formal training. I had high expectations for her this season.
I went through this about 15 years ago with a Lab pup that a field trialing friend had given me as a gift. I named him Toad and he was an outstanding dog. His first season he was retrieving ducks and geese out of the Snake River at 10 mos. of age, hunting chukar, quail and pheasant pretty well for a pup.
Two months after season his bad habit of chewing fabric created the very same issue the Britt is facing. I lost him and the memory still burns in my mind. An exceptional dog with years of unrealized potential.
Praying i don't have to relive that situation again.
This is Leis at 7 months pointing some quail
Thanks for allowing me to perform some self therapy here.
Called my vet to get her in for a visit. They were slammed and after hearing the symptoms directed me to take her to the local emergency clinic and not to wait another minute to get her in. They told me it sounded like an intestinal obstruction.
Took her in at 9:30 AM and they have her now. I am waiting to hear some sort of a diagnosis. All I have now is that her intestines are bunched up. They don't know if it is from some fabric or if it is positional, which I assume means a defect not caused by a foreign object or material.
They are supposed to do an ultrasound on her to determine what the actual situation is.
Her life is hanging in the balance.
She is an exceptional bird dog. I was shooting birds over her last season at 7 months of age and she was pointing, honoring, retrieving downed birds and tracked down a couple cripples and delivered them to hand.
This all without formal training. I had high expectations for her this season.
I went through this about 15 years ago with a Lab pup that a field trialing friend had given me as a gift. I named him Toad and he was an outstanding dog. His first season he was retrieving ducks and geese out of the Snake River at 10 mos. of age, hunting chukar, quail and pheasant pretty well for a pup.
Two months after season his bad habit of chewing fabric created the very same issue the Britt is facing. I lost him and the memory still burns in my mind. An exceptional dog with years of unrealized potential.
Praying i don't have to relive that situation again.
This is Leis at 7 months pointing some quail
Thanks for allowing me to perform some self therapy here.
