Sorry Cariboo

cameo05 · 05-30-2008, 02:05 PM

Hey Cariboo I just want to tell you that I am sorry that you are going through this... I am sorry that you hare having ot put your dog Enzo down. Spend some time with him and love him. Just remember that you are being a very good mommy for considering his needs and overall wellbeing.

thunderbaby703 · 05-30-2008, 11:28 PM

I don't know what's going on with poor Enzo but (((hugs))) to both of you.

cameo05 · 05-31-2008, 06:37 AM

I think she has decided to give him some steroids. He can't walk and has some secondary issues, like cushings. The vet wanted to put him down on monday, they are trying a last ditch effort to try to help him. IV steroids,andwhenshe picks himup today I think they are giving him more to try. Enzo is one of her dogs, and he is 11 yo.

**gbarmranch** · 05-31-2008, 08:21 AM

Oh no.. I am so sorry... Prayers winging their way there that this new course of medication works out.. and lots of ((((((hugs))))))

Cariboo · 06-01-2008, 09:47 AM

UPDATE
Enzo is a Brussels Griffon. Has had "breed" issues all his life. Had spinal compressions in back that causes him to only be able to walk to go to the bathroom and eat. As far as he is concerned, that is ok with him and his wife PeePee the Shih Tzu. They have been together for 11 years. Sometimes on the way to the bathroom he falls and we yell "Leiutenant Dan is down" and then we carry him. On thursday night all 4 legs went down. Spinal compressions are in neck now. He isn't in pain. Long story short, after consulting with the new vet in Alabama, Enzo's old vet in Georgia, and my brother in law (vet in Augusta GA) he is at vet for weekend on a steriod drip. Tech calls all weekend. Starts his oral steroids today. She said last night his chart said "Won't Stand". She said he wasn't eating his dry food, so she gave him wet food. Enzo SHOT UP LIKE A ROCKET! My boy loves to eat like me. So now we are encouraged. PeePee his wife misses him. As long as he has a quality of life we will do what we have to. His vet in Georgia said that his secondary issues, can be lived with. Lots of people have secondary issues. He presents with Cushings, but blood checked at Auburn says not. As long as he can eat and do his business and is not in pain, he is happy to live with his wife on his orthopedic bed. He's not ready to go yet, that you can tell. Trying to stay positive.

Cariboo · 06-01-2008, 09:50 AM

Pic didn't work!

Cariboo · 06-01-2008, 10:00 AM

Enzo on right, wife PeePee on left

**gbarmranch** · 06-01-2008, 10:06 AM

Prayers that this works.. all of his buddies would miss him too much..

Luvridn · 06-01-2008, 10:43 AM

I just got through talking to Cariboo on phone, just wanted to say she is in my prayers. All her babies having such a rough time adjusting to this south alabama weather, flies, and lack of good vets!

I will say the one she is seeing now is the best small animal vet I have yet to find...and I should know...Cariboo and I should be sisters with all the off the wall problems our guys seem to get

She goes above and beyond to make sure her critters get the best and I commend her for that. Love ya Cariboo!

**seerfarm** · 06-01-2008, 11:34 AM

Sending out my thoughts and prayers for ENZO as well.

DustyTrailsHorseRescue · 06-01-2008, 08:32 PM

Sending well wishes your way!

Cariboo · 06-02-2008, 08:38 AM

Thanks Luvridn for the props!!! As of last night, Enzo is responding to meds. Hopefully will get him home by lunch. The tech told me last night, that Sat. night he rolled in the grass and kept his belly in the air. They don't realize that all's Enzo does is eat, sleep, pp, dodo, stand and roll. He maybe walks 40 steps in a day (on a good day). Even tho that is all he does he's happy as a pig in mud as long as he has his wife by him. Hopefully we will maintain where he is for a while. Will take any time we can have with him, pain free of course. Thanks for all the encouragement and keep up the prayers that he continues to get better. Thanks again!

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cameo05 Bombproof Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 8,665	I think she has decided to give him some steroids. He can't walk and has some secondary issues, like cushings. The vet wanted to put him down on monday, they are trying a last ditch effort to try to help him. IV steroids,andwhenshe picks himup today I think they are giving him more to try. Enzo is one of her dogs, and he is 11 yo. __________________

05-31-2008, 08:21 AM
gbarmranch Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 29,217	Oh no.. I am so sorry... Prayers winging their way there that this new course of medication works out.. and lots of ((((((hugs)))))) __________________ Quality FoundationQuarter Horses http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open – Thomas Dewar

06-01-2008, 09:47 AM
Cariboo Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 347	UPDATE Enzo is a Brussels Griffon. Has had "breed" issues all his life. Had spinal compressions in back that causes him to only be able to walk to go to the bathroom and eat. As far as he is concerned, that is ok with him and his wife PeePee the Shih Tzu. They have been together for 11 years. Sometimes on the way to the bathroom he falls and we yell "Leiutenant Dan is down" and then we carry him. On thursday night all 4 legs went down. Spinal compressions are in neck now. He isn't in pain. Long story short, after consulting with the new vet in Alabama, Enzo's old vet in Georgia, and my brother in law (vet in Augusta GA) he is at vet for weekend on a steriod drip. Tech calls all weekend. Starts his oral steroids today. She said last night his chart said "Won't Stand". She said he wasn't eating his dry food, so she gave him wet food. Enzo SHOT UP LIKE A ROCKET! My boy loves to eat like me. So now we are encouraged. PeePee his wife misses him. As long as he has a quality of life we will do what we have to. His vet in Georgia said that his secondary issues, can be lived with. Lots of people have secondary issues. He presents with Cushings, but blood checked at Auburn says not. As long as he can eat and do his business and is not in pain, he is happy to live with his wife on his orthopedic bed. He's not ready to go yet, that you can tell. Trying to stay positive.

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Cariboo Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 347	Pic didn't work!

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Cariboo Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 347	Enzo Enzo on right, wife PeePee on left

06-01-2008, 10:06 AM
gbarmranch Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 29,217	Prayers that this works.. all of his buddies would miss him too much.. __________________ Quality FoundationQuarter Horses http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann Minds are like parachutes – they only function when open – Thomas Dewar

06-01-2008, 10:43 AM
Luvridn Long Yearling Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mobile, Alabama Posts: 1,053	I just got through talking to Cariboo on phone, just wanted to say she is in my prayers. All her babies having such a rough time adjusting to this south alabama weather, flies, and lack of good vets! I will say the one she is seeing now is the best small animal vet I have yet to find...and I should know...Cariboo and I should be sisters with all the off the wall problems our guys seem to get She goes above and beyond to make sure her critters get the best and I commend her for that. Love ya Cariboo! __________________ If your horse wants to bolt, there is probably a nut loose in the saddle! PP

06-01-2008, 11:34 AM
seerfarm Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portal, Ga Posts: 7,723	Sending out my thoughts and prayers for ENZO as well. __________________ "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back".

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DustyTrailsHorseRescue Long Yearling Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montgomery, Alabama Posts: 1,470	Sending well wishes your way! __________________ www.dthr.org "All that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke

06-02-2008, 08:38 AM
Cariboo Weanling Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 347	Thanks Luvridn for the props!!! As of last night, Enzo is responding to meds. Hopefully will get him home by lunch. The tech told me last night, that Sat. night he rolled in the grass and kept his belly in the air. They don't realize that all's Enzo does is eat, sleep, pp, dodo, stand and roll. He maybe walks 40 steps in a day (on a good day). Even tho that is all he does he's happy as a pig in mud as long as he has his wife by him. Hopefully we will maintain where he is for a while. Will take any time we can have with him, pain free of course. Thanks for all the encouragement and keep up the prayers that he continues to get better. Thanks again!