[AccessD] OT - My dog is dying

I am so sorry, I remember seeing the pictures of your dogs that you
published on the web.

I know how it is. A few years ago we lost our dog "Dog" to heart worms.
Never dreamed that he would get heart worms until he started swelling &
holding water. The vet gave him water pills, but it only worked for awhile.
I came home one day, and knowing how I felt, my husband told me "Dog ran
away".

We felt the same way - we should have started him on medicine, but never had
that happen before. All the years we had pets, this is the first time one of
them had heart worms or any disease. Our beagle also has the heart worms now
too - he caught them from Dog, I have him on medicine - it doesn't get rid
of the worms, but prevents new ones from hatching.

Soon after Dog died, we started loosing our cats to Feline Aids.

These were animals that we had for years and grew up with our kids.

Makes you wonder when we get bit by fleas and mosquitoes....

Virginia

-----Original Message-----
From: John W. Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 8:19 AM
To: AccessD
Subject: [AccessD] OT - My dog is dying


Not to ruin anyone's day, but anyone who has nothing to grieve about today
can grieve with my family and I.

This is really a warning to all you dog owners.  My two blond labs got Lymes
disease, which is a treatable micro-organism spread by fleas.  The organism
is known to "settle in" the kidneys and my 5 year old blond Lab Boca is
dying because his kidneys are failing.  We discovered that he had the
disease when he stopped eating and we took him to the vet.  There is a
vaccine to prevent the disease.  Why it is not publicized I don't know but I
didn't find out until too late.

This disease is an epidemic in the northeast and is spreading across the US.
If you have dogs and live in an area where the disease is known to exist,
think about getting them the vaccine.  There is nothing more heart wrenching
than watching your dog die knowing that you could have prevented it.

8-(

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com

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