dogs ( and other hairy creatures)

[mum]

Oh, I am so full of postings today, no?
I have a quesion about my dogs....and I figured it would end up with lots o dog stuff....(or cats?) so here goes:

My big dogs got their teeth cleaned today. I thought it would be a good idea as we are moving and I have no idea who the new vet will be, and I love the guy we have now.
I have avoided it for years, as I lost a dog during teeth cleaning about 10 years ago ( to a hack that I later learned has killed 2 other dogs of teachers in my school district alone, during teeth cleaning....I'm sure there are more).

Anyway, the dogs desperately needed this done, so we did it today. The younger dog had a little growth on his gum lasered off, but all in all, it went well. Plus I pay an extra fortune for the quick recovery type aenesthesia.
Anyway, the boys are ok, but a little dull, but they did eat. But my older boy is now just CRYING. Honestly, it's like human crying...moaning almost.
I called my friend who said her dog does that after surgery...it's the drugs...
I don't ever remember this. Maybe they mixed the dogs up and the pain killers are for this older dog...instead of the younger one? Late now, can't call the vet.
Well, I guess I can just invite him up on the bed and cuddle with him....it just got me crying, too. Poor guy.

[gratitude28]

Last time I took Stinky Henry to the vet, I also heard dogs crying. The nurses told me not to worry, that they just spend some time confused when the anesthesia wears off. She said they weren't in any pain or unhappy. It must be so sad to hear your baby cry! But, like I said, the vets said they are just confused.
Love, Beth

[mum]

Stinky Henry

OH, I just love that name. Well, I cry when I am confused, too. So I guess that could be it.
He just didn't calm down right away when I held him. He just kept crying, so I cried along with him. He finally went back to sleep.
Sometimes I wish dogs could talk, but since I find what people say not always to be what they mean anyway....it's probably just as well, AND probably why I like dogs so much!!! Besides, he would probably say, "I feel like crap right now, just let me moan."

[penelope]

oh mum I'm so sorry for your pooch.  It is hard for you too, as he can't tell you why he's so sad, and you'd like to know.  I know this is hard.  When my doggie had his (luckily only fatty) tumors removed recently, the morphine wore off sometime in the night and I heard my doggie crying in his bed and it just broke my heart.  I couldn't sleep at all, I just laid with him and held him and cried with him too, but he didn't stop crying and there wasn't anything I could do for his pain. 

It's hard to see doggie's suffering.  Maybe because we can't explain it to them?

penelope

[Hopalong]

Poor thing.
I hope the nurse is right, makes sense it's not pain if there was no scraping of the gums...but if there was, he might be sore. Can you call the vet and ask what you can give him? Sometimes they suggest an acetaminophen, if owners insist.

Irritates me that the nurse said, they're not unhappy...how the heck would she know?

Anyway, any dog who has such a big-hearted Mum is going to rally quick. Don't worry, Mum. You're a good People, and he probably feels free to use his voice around you!

Hugs,
Hops

[mum]

What a night. Lots of nasty dreams, interrupted by dog moaning. My older dog is "talking" so much this morning. Mostly whining about how much things hurt. What things? I think you are right, Hops, probably his gums, as it was sooo long since his last cleaning.  And the younger dog, who is usually Mr. Hyper, is basically laying around like a big rock. Clearly not feeling great, but at least he ate this morning, the older dog would not. When we went to pick up the paper on the sidewalk this morning, something we do everyday, and the young boy carries it in (I never taught him that....he just wanted to do it one day), today he carried it most gingerly....barely at all, but BOTH boys ate thier dog bisquits afterward, so I guess all is not lost. And now they are back to moaning and rock imitating. 

And I called my kids last night to say goodnight (they are at dad's) and my son is sick with a fever, etc. Did Nidiot tell me? No. Yet if the kids have a hangnail and I don't "properly inform him as per our joint custody order" he goes nuts. NUTS. Key word.

[lightofheart]

Boy, does this board cover the whole spectrum of experience, even on the doggie thread!

Mum, I was practically in tears reading about crying you and your crying pup (hope you're both feeling gladder?)...

then I came to your Stinky Henry, Gratitude and    went   

Really, really can't tell you how grateful I am to live/post/laugh in a world with Stinky Henrys and folks who love their dogs so well.

My loopy little guy has been especially concerned that the basement may eat me alive since our older dog died this winter. This morning, I had to go down there to iron a dress...and he cried pitifully at the top of the stairs. Tried to talk him out of it, but he eventually wavered his way down (he hates stairs, and basements even worse; the people we rescued him from used to make him sleep in a box in the basement). Then he sat and guarded me bravely while I ironed. The poor guy was so traumatized by the whole ordeal that I had to carry him back up the stairs...where he promptly dove under my bed and hid like the cat at heart that he is.

So, here's to being half the people our dogs think we are, which would probably still make us superheroes, bless their fuzzy hearts.

(((dogs)))

LoH

[gratitude28]

Dogs are so funny... and so challenging. I got my Henry without reading up on dogs/puppies first and bulldogs in particular. I figured I am doing ok with the kids, so...
Well, was I lost when it came to dealing with a dog. I had to backtrack and read and try to understand what a dog wants/needs (food, petting and more petting) and the whole deal of making myself the "pack leader." It's funny, though, to Henry, I am just Mommy... the person whose foot he likes to sit on. Dad is the "cool" one and he gets the entire body wiggles as soon as he sees my husband come throught the door.
LoH - How sweet that your baby "protects" you. Henry can't bring himself to wake up fully when we walk in the door. I wonder if he is really worth anything at all  Good thing I love him immensely.
Love, Beth

[Hopalong]

Stinky Henry is the BEST dogname I've heard in ages, Beth. 

And your lil' guy, LoH, is just a melter. Or maybe it's you, the warm light you cast on him.

Melts my heart, anyway!

Hops