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<DIV><STRONG>Dear Droolers and their owners,</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>In our part of Colorado a nasty dog flu is making the rounds. it is
extremely contagious to other dogs but not to the humans who care for
them. I live in Pueblo West, CO, south west of Denver and Springs. Daisy
began to get very sick about three weeks ago now. I noticed her lethargy and it
was too much to be attributed to the heat. her nose was warm, her skin,
even the inside of her mouth. she began to throw up the following day and
then horrendous diarrhea came on. that dog was so sick I thought she was
dying, I truly did. and of course, this came on her on a Friday night, the vet
closed over the weekends.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>I watched her with growing horror every day, I would see her
go out , stretch her whole length out , legs propping up both ends and then she
would wretch in the most painful manner I have ever seen a pet vomit. I gave her
Tums, it seemed to help. she slept with her head on my collarbone(!) all weekend
long. couldn't believe it! </STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>I hand fed ice cubes to her by the hour, washed her tail and
bottom when she came in the house after another arduous round of the poops.
thankfully, both ends were emptied in the back grass and not in the house. you
second guess everything you do , everything you did the days before the
dog got sick. I didn't know if she had been bitten , got ahold of something
rotten or what. I watch her very closely, she is with me all the
time and I just couldn't account for it. </DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Monday I took her to the vet, the vet gave her some
Prednisone for the stomach inflammation as well as the bowels. she was put on a
"cillin" of some sort, cant remember the name but all in all it had to run the
course, it just took awhile. a week at least. I trust Daisy's
instincts, they are excellent so we carried on together the best we could all
week with her letting me know what she needed. </STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>two weeks after the whole affair had passed, our local tv station
ran a story on the canine flu being widely suffered in Colorado. I wish I had
known that when Daisy got it but at least I knew we were in the clear
now. </STRONG><STRONG> if you think your dog acts like you do when you
are coming down with something, call the vet and see if it is going around. she
rarely every comes in contact with another dog so it is also airborne. she
is fine now, $230 later of course and it would have finished up without the trip
to the vet but you don't know that at the time! Influenza is mean to
animals and humans, so beware what your dog is feeling each day. Good luck
to all of you, just thought I had better pass this on , it was a bad
experience. Sue/ Daisy/ Colorado</STRONG></DIV></FONT><DIV CLASS="aol_ad_footer" ID="a54152918c18e2fd092ea93777b12b2"><br/><font style="color:black;font:normal 10pt arial,san-serif;"> <hr style="margin-top:10px"/><B>An Excellent Credit Score is 750. <A HREF=http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221323041x1201367261/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=JulyExcfooterNO62>See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps!</A></B></font></DIV></BODY></HTML>