Please don't let this happen to your dog

shorthair · 09-30-2008, 02:43 PM

we had to put him down today because of this.
Several months ago my German Shorthair got sick and I wound up taking him to the emergency vets where they diagnosed him having pneumonia.
They said it was from having inhaled like a grass seed, ect. We got him over that or so we thought and two months later he winds up with a lump on his side. The vet operates and doesn't find anything. Then we start in on 2 1/2 months later he is still oozing pus out the incision. We finally figured out after the vet went back in today and found nothing in there that he had what they call a fungal infection. It is called coccidioidomycosis. He evedently picked it up sometime while we were camping around Maryhill, WA. There is nothing they can do when it gets as far as it was in our dog. It was affecting him neurologically. When he got tired he wobbled like a weeble and then fell down. Just want people to be aware that this is becoming more prevelant and is extremely hard to cure.

nakoa · 09-30-2008, 02:53 PM

sorry to hear about your loss

ehunter · 09-30-2008, 02:57 PM

Yes sorry about that wow I not even heard about this until I read your story. You have my deepest sympathies for losing your friend.

Hunt'nFish · 09-30-2008, 03:08 PM

Yikes! Very sad. I'm sorry for your loss.
Hunt'nFish

Linejerk · 09-30-2008, 04:24 PM

sorry to hear this

billc_sbio · 09-30-2008, 04:53 PM

Wow, that is sad!

Sorry for your loss.

Thanks for letting us know.

This may save someone else's dog.

RAGHORN! · 09-30-2008, 05:45 PM

Sorry for your loss my friend.....

Johnandhis4x4 · 09-30-2008, 07:27 PM

Sorry to hear about your dog. its always ruff to loose a close animal like that.

Gunner · 09-30-2008, 10:14 PM

Sorry for your loss, it's never easy to say goodbye to our pets...especially when it happens unexpectedly.

Thanks for sharing your story and bringing it to our attention, not sure what you could have done differently however.

God Bless
Gunner

SlamminKokes · 10-01-2008, 04:32 AM

Sorry to hear that! Ive heard of it, but have never heard of any dogs that have had it! The 2 times i bred my dog the other breeder made me get mine tested for it, thats how ive heard of it!

hunter97051 · 10-01-2008, 10:01 AM

Man that just SUCKS SORRY to hear about your loss.

TTFishon · 10-01-2008, 12:51 PM

Sorry about your loss and thanks for the heads up.

philp100 · 10-01-2008, 06:02 PM

Losing a good dog before his time is one of the things a man still cry's over. I came very close to losing my 11 year old Wirehaired pointer this summer and the vet still can't tell me what the problem was......

Phil

cubsfan · 10-01-2008, 07:46 PM

That flat sucks! I guess my Cubs loss tonight is really no big deal. Thanks for letting us know about it. Sorry again.

shorthair · 10-02-2008, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philp100

Losing a good dog before his time is one of the things a man still cry's over. I came very close to losing my 11 year old Wirehaired pointer this summer and the vet still can't tell me what the problem was......

Phil

Thanks Phil he would have been 7 this week.

Wildarcher · 10-02-2008, 05:00 AM

sorry for your loss! I love my Shorthair.........

hobbes1171 · 10-02-2008, 09:16 AM

I'm sorry about your loss, I know what if feels like loosing your best friend, I loss mine on 7/29/2008 to cancer he was 6 years old

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huntumup · 10-02-2008, 09:53 AM

I'm very sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your story. Hunt.

red willie · 10-02-2008, 10:12 AM

very sad to hear,, sorry for your loss,,

rw