“Hi Karen,
I got the red tortoise shell male from Whitney & Saranac Sam born the
end of February (Chief), he has been a fantastic dog. Last week he
started acting sick, sleeping all day and quit eating and drinking, he
has started shedding and his coat really smells, had some diarrhea,
threw up only once that I know of. Been at the vet every day, they
have run blood work, stool and urine samples, x-rays, the vet has no
clue what's up, all the tests come back OK. Any thoughts about
what could be wrong? Thanks for any thoughts you may have, --Matt
..........found out his kidneys have shut down.........might lose him
now for sure...........
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Hi Karen,
Thought I would drop you a line and give you an update on Chief. He was
at a hospital for a few days for fluid therapy and his kidneys kicked
back in. This hospital you would not believe..... they were nicer than a
human hospital and more professional. They ran all sorts of tests
and did an ultra sound and everything came back good, it was driving the
doctors crazy (they called every specialist they could think of!!!!).
When I checked him out on Monday one of the vets took him back and
pulled one more blood sample. The results came back today and it
was positive for Leptospirosis. Lepto is very very rare in AZ, and
we don't even vaccinate for it because it’s so rare. The
lab could distinguish between the lepto vaccine you gave him and the one
he has, I guess there are several strains. He must have picked it
up two weeks ago at our cabin, he spent three days in a pond chasing and
catching fish, frogs and crayfish could not even get him out of the pond
all weekend. Lol!!! They really do love water!
He seems to be doing fine now and even though
the vets had no clue what was wrong they did everything right with
antibiotics and fluid therapy. The prognosis looks good I think we
caught it early and did all the right things. You now have several
people from the vet office and hospital who want a NAID after spending
time with him, I gave them
your info. Attached are some new pictures he is now a BIG boy and
getting bigger every day! Thanks for the help---Matt”
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“Karen,
Matt Olson here in
Scottsdale Arizona, I have Chief from Whitney & Saranac Sam 2 years ago and he needs a buddy,
would like another pup from Whitney,
Also you are about to get some national press from Chief, Pets
Mart has been contacting me about some commercials and print ads.
Please let me know if you can help Chief with a brother or
sister, Thanks—Matt”