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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>First let me tell you that I have all the dogs
drooling for Elder Clara including the "grandog mastiff" and trust me he drools
in large amounts. Lucy and Lilly are doing their best to send their share
too.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Back in May, our lab Daisy was in the emergency
vetspital here and we honestly thought she was going to leave us. We had
been camping in VA and she got very weak and listless and of course it was a
weekend and couldn't get a vet so we didn't get her seen until Tuesday after we
returned home. Our vet sent us to the Northeast Animal Hospital and she
was there 3 days. I called to check on her and asked if we should come to
visit her and the vet said that they found that a lot of times the dogs will
perk up after seeing their humans. I was concerned as you are that we
would cause her more stress when we couldn't bring her home. Anyway, my
son and I drove up to see her and she was happy to see us. We took her
some food from home as she didn't care for the menu that they were providing and
also some good treats. She ate for us and we took her out for a short walk
until she got weak again but she was happy to see us. When we left she
left the room with the vet as if she knew that she needed to stay at least 1
more day.....she was a trooper....I cried. As it turned out after much
expensive blood work, her problem was a non functioning thyroid and when we did
bring her home she was given thyroid pills just like mine.....lol. She is
her old self now but the visit did her no harm whatsoever. She is totally
devoted to me but she understood that she needed to get better.........at least
I think so. I think if I were you, I would go and visit her and take her a
treat if she can eat anything. She might need to know that you haven't
given up on her.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dawn Jackson, momslave to Lucy, Lilly and Daisy the
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