Re: The Week From Hell
- From: sighthounds & siberians <x@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 14:36:28 -0400
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:59:21 -0500, diddy <diddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>in thread news:cvlke1t7lmi487snu73gglhqhj9h8kk22u@xxxxxxx: sighthounds &
>siberians <x@xxxxxxxxx> whittled the following words:
>
>> Last week, we got a call from a county shelter that they had an
>> ex-racing Greyhound, tattoos and all, that they'd picked up. Her
>> tattoos showed that she was born in 1993. I made the usual calls to
>> see if she was placed by any of the Ohio adoption groups; she wasn't.
>> So after her 3 days were up, we sprung her from the shelter. She
>> wasn't in great shape - - she's very thin, only about 46 lb., her
>> nails were extremely long and her teeth haven't been cleaned in
>> forever. We named her Molly. She did fairly well Saturday and part
>> of Sunday, then stopped eating on Sunday and started vomiting Sunday
>> night. Was rushed to the vet Monday with an arrythmia and
>> dehydration. All tests were negative, she perked up nicely after a
>> night of IV fluids (and several hundred dollars' worth of tests), and
>> she came home Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday, two of my dogs started
>> vomiting. Since then, they've fallen one by one to some type of viral
>> gastritis, apparently, which we think Molly brought home from the
>> shelter. Currently we're at 8 sick, not counting Molly, although
>> three dogs are starting to recover. (We've gone 45 minutes now
>> without any new vomit.) Oh, and did I mention that we don't have
>> laundry facilities, because we're waiting for a part to come in on the
>> still-under-warranty million-dollar dryer?
>>
>> Mustang Sally
>>
>
>I hope this isn't something like RACE FLU, or Greyhound flu.
>Hope things look up.
>Since I'm asking, are there any Greyhound rescues in western Ohio? There is
>a group in Cincinnatti, but they will not adopt out of county (or something
>like that) same for a Columbus rescue.
Doubtful. As I understand it, that's usually a type of kennel cough,
which sometimes mutates to become particularly nasty and quickly
fatal. And spreads like wildfire because the dogs are all kenneled.
In fact, one of the two WV tracks is currently under quarantine, and
the other most likely will soon follow. This old girl hasn't seen a
track in a long time, except maybe on TV. Since all the tests were
negative, and the dogs are getting sick so quickly, I'm assuming this
is a viral thing. It's kind of interesting - - the dogs seem to know
that they have to stay hydrated, and drink right after they've
vomited.
Thanks, I sure hope things look up too, and soon.
My reference book doesn't list a GH rescue based in Dayton. I'd heard
from time to time that there was one, but maybe it's not in existence
anymore - - there are an awful lot of GH groups that went out of
business after a short time period. There's a group called Team
Greyhound Adoption of Ohio that has a Cincinnati branch, phone number
513-385-3751. Not my favorite group, but AFAIK they'll place dogs
anywhere in the state.
Mustang Sally
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