[Dailydrool] Sending ANN healing Drool from mt. Been thru this , 2!

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>   1. Nancy Candray drool request (Ann Hefner)
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> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 08:46:00 -0600
> From: "Ann Hefner" <anniebh at acsol.net>
> To: <dailydrool at lists.dailydrool.org>
> Subject: [Dailydrool] Nancy Candray drool request
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> We've had two hounds this year that have had their spleens removed. Daphne
> first, Her spleen was bleeding. doc was sure it was cancer but biopsy came
> back benign. He thought he saw a spot on her liver so I've been giving her
> turkey tail mushroom powder and milk thistle and  she has been doing great.
> Just had her blood work re-done last week and he said all was good.
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> Now for poor Ella, it was the opposite. Her spleen was bleeding but her
> platelets were too low to operate so he put her on pred for a week and then
> removed the spleen. Said all looked good, no sign of cancer and  then biopsy
> came back hemangiosarcoma. We were devastated. It spreads fast and there is
> not much you can do. 
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> I would opt to remove the spleen and get biopsy. The blood work is a good
> indicator. If red blood cells and platelets are low then the doc's thoughts
> might be correct about the hemangiosarcoma.
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> Prayers and drool being sent.
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> Ann
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> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:10:33 -0400
> From: Donna Lindy <dlindy at mac.com>
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> Subject: [Dailydrool] packs
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> Our first bassets, Chuck and Bob, were litter mates and loved 
> each other dearly.  Chuck was a mess if Bob went to the vet 
> without him and he would always leave 3 or 4 pieces of kibble
> in his bowl for Bob to have.  So cute.  We always felt Chuck
> was the alpha but if he were, he was pretty laid back about it.
> 
> We have bassets number 9 and 10 right now. Over the 
> years, I have to say the girls have been the alphas.  
> Pauline waddled through the door at 7 months and got
> right on 11 year old Bob?s couch even though he snarked
> at her. She looked at him like he had 3 heads and just
> got up there anyway. She reigned supreme from that day
> forward over what eventually became a pack of 4 and stayed 
> that way until we lost her just before her 13th birthday in 2010. 
> I will say that we humans treated Bob as the alpha by feeding
> him first, greeting him first, etc. I do think getting 2 younger 
> dogs if you have an older hound is a great idea. Elmo and
> Pauline played together and rarely bothered Bob but I truly
> think his interest in them added more years to his life.  We lost 
> him just before his 14th birthday.
> 
> Gracie would challenge Miss P occasionally but we think it really 
> had more to do with a  glitch in her brain - she was a seizure 
> dog and all of her fights were over food.  We took this quite 
> seriously and have a gating system in our basset room to isolate 
> dogs if needed. We had a no dog in the kitchen rule for food prep
> times as well as everyone eating in their own spot, with
> Grace behind a locked gate.  She did eventually become
> the alpha after Pauline left us.  
> 
> Our next alpha is one of current girls, Maggie.  She is a
> wonderful hound!  Controlling her arthritis pain did wonders for 
> her snarking once she settled in.  We were her second foster home
> and it took her a good while to stop masking her pain. Sunny was 
> submissive and although Maggie did bully her a bit in the beginning, 
> they settled into a peaceful co-existence.
> 
> After losing Sunny last year, we had just about decided to
> not get another dog.  And then there was YaYa.  I don?t know
> how many of us have just known a dog was meant for them.
> That is YaYa for me.  Her owner died suddenly and unexpectedly
> and I know my Bridge kids, especially Sunny, sent her to me.
> Maggie did growl at her once she came in the house but you
> tell Maggie no one time and she knows not to do it again (She is 
> a GREAT dog!). So Maggie just ignored YaYa which was great.
> She gave YaYa her space although she kept an eye on her. If
> YaYa went into the yard, she went too, but to the other side of
> the yard.  Now they are good buddies and will sleep near each
> other although not with each other. Maybe that will change
> this winter!
> 
> I wanted another a male when we got Maggie and I told
> the rescue I wanted a male this time.  Well, so much for
> that! But maybe this is the way it?s supposed to be - 5  boys,
> 5 girls over 32 years.  Started with 2 boys, probably ending
> with 2 girls! 
> 
> My boys were all wonderfully sweet and snuggly and agreeable.  No 
> interest in being the alpha. Could not have been happier with all of them.
> 
> Life with bassets - it?s been a great life!  Yes, it?s very hard to 
> lose one, much less 8. The younger ones are the hardest. 
> But the joy they bring makes it a small price to pay even though 
> when you are going through it you think never again.  
> 
> Donna, drool fueler to Maggie and YaYa
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