Honey 2

[Linda]

PS – If you have Honey’s collar at home, you might put it near Dora. She’ll have Honey’s scent and it may calm her a bit. A friend of mine did that with their dog that was ill (for the one left at home) and it seemed to help. :)

xo

[lynda]

Thanks for the support. They have always swapped beds, Linda, so I don’t think Dora will have problems! We are going down to see my 90- year old Dad tomorrow, and Dora can travel in the back of the car….. luckily I am not too obsessed with cleaning things all the time ;-)
so the dogbed in the back smells of Honey! But at least the journey, and staying with Dad’s dogs, then travelling home Wed, will distract Dora a bit
xx

[admin]

Dear Lynda,
I was worried about reading the forum this morning and happy to hear Honey is hanging in! she is in good hands and will get lots of attention and care. I am glad you and Dora will get a bit distracted by going on a trip and visit. I find that even though rescue dogs sometimes have separation anxiety, they are also very resilient. Honey strikes me as one of these dogs:) She is clearly not done here yet, she is a tough gal. I will be thinking of you, Dora and of course send all the best wishes to Honey!

Brigitte

[admin]

Awe – Lynda – that’s great about Dora going on a drive with you. I love that your dad is 90! My dad will be 99 in September and just saw his great granddaughter in her ballet debut yesterday, traveling 230 miles to do so! She’s 2 1/2 – it was too cute and marvelous that four generations were together. Sadie loved everyone and the activity too. Hopefully Dora will love having everyone together too. Although, she’ll still miss Honey, it will be, as said, a distraction for the time being. :)

Have a great, safe trip. We are so thinking of you and your pups – both of them, Honey and Dora. Please keep us posted.

Love and hugs, Linda and Sadie

[Patrice]

Lynda,
I am so grateful she has made it through the night and is feisty enough to be telling the vets what to do ;-}

Please ask them -politely- to consider checking for Pemphigus, especially Pemphigus Vulgaris. I have done some research on this and I believe this may be what has been causing her to have such high white blood cell counts since March. It certainly can account for the sores in her mouth.

Pemphigus can also be systemic, or throughout the body. Sheena has more experience with this as a nurse than I do. I have not personally seen it in a dog, though it is well known.

Here is an article for you to read.
http://www.vcahospitals.com/main/pet-health-information/article/animal-health/autoimmune-skin-disease-in-dogs/944

There is other information on the internet to read, including some in-depth material, if your vet seems unfamiliar with this condition. I would hope they are very familiar with it and can tell you why they -don’t- think this is the case.

The treatment for these Pemphigus conditions are quite similar to what you have already been doing just for a longer time.
my best
patrice