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Likes: sitting on mom's lap
Pet-Peeves: someone looking at mom :O)
Favorite Toy: her pinkie or a yogurt cup
Favorite Food: yogurt (we never feed dogs human food but yogurt is good for digestion and she deserves it)
Favorite Walk: a run in a field by the pnd
Best Tricks: sprinting to her pen when we pick up a food dish anywhere in the house (she eats in her pen)
Arrival Story: We had a date set to go and get a pick of the white male pick of the litter (guy with deposit backed out) but the day of, after we got our supplies, he called and said his wife wanted to keep him, so we went to dennys for breakfast and got a paper. We looked through the ads and found one that said nothing of white shepherds and when we called they ended up being about a mile from our house! On top of that she only had one left and it was white so it definately seemed like fate. We know we were meant to own her but unfortunately it was to take care of her through illness as best we could.
Bio: Panzer has never been healthy. she has been on some sort of medication non-stop since her first vet appointment. She first had a common skin infection, but then vaginitis, then urinary tract infections, from there to bladder, then kidneys. The main problems were urinating in her sleep and dribbling urine on top of drinking to much water and barely being able to get anything to come out when she would actually try to pee. We switched vet.'s because we were getting no where and the first appointment the doctor did a sterile urine test, skin scrape (she also was chewing till she whimpered and bit her fur out). After the cultures came back of the bacteria and the skin scrape analyzed we discovered she had mange and a severe e. coli infection. We treated both and neither got better. we treated both again and nothing really got better.
Finally we had to send rocko away to his grandparents for two weeks while we disinfected the entire house in case he was a carrier of the mites causing the mange. This also didnt work although the e. coli gradually got better. Finally he fur was growing back after some prescription food and a couple more treatments with revolution but she was still biting and began peeing in her sleep again.
As of right now she is on two different antibiotics because although the e. coli went away and her kidney functions were just barely getting better, a new bacteria had made a home in her bladder. This is the last chance unfortunately, if these dont work then we can do no more because it means it is a biological abnormality.]
The most likely problem is her bladder has a hole around which a sack formed outside of it. Obviously this has all been extremely pricey and unfortunately we cannot afford the necessary surgery if it came to that.
Another problem is that one of the antibiotics will most likely fuse her growth plates and possibly weaken some joints because she is so young. If the next culture comes back clear then she is just very very sensitive to infections and we can concentrate on the mites again and hopefully fix the scratching.
Unfortunately, on the follow up visit the vet couldnt get any urine from panzer's bladder. we made an appt. to have an ultra-sound done but as soon as panzer finished the anti-biotics she got worse.
Within a few days she had a huge wound across most of her leg that that got so bad we couldn't touch it and it bled. she had scrapes above her eye, and her lips were so red and raw it looked like she had lipstick on. She started having trouble sleeping cuz she couldnt stop itching and she stopped eating all her food (It was even Rocko's brand!).
This all happened within three or so days (she )was getting worse fast), and since we knew we couldn't treat the itching and biting until after getting the her urinating was under control, We had a decision to make.
So after seven months of pills, mange medicines, special baths, prescription food, home-made food, muzzles, booties, bandages, stained carpet, ripped up and tossed carpet :O), plastic sheets, apple cider vinegar, yogurt, fishy oil, creams, ointments, yellow furs, pokes, prods, tests, she has been one brave little girl and her body will be buried near our pond. Her warm, loving, soul will be causing a ruckus and having great fun with all the other pets that have gone before.
Panzer, we love you.
-Dad and Mom-
Rocko, Forrest, Petunia
p.s.- Panzer even though you barked at us we still
wanted to thank you for making sure we knew
you were there to keep us safe and in line if
we got out.
-Lambchop, Beezle, Baby-
p.s.s. The Colonel didnt really know you but he loves
you too.
Forums Motto: one tough puppy
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Happy 1 st birthday our dear little girl! We love and miss you. Sig is fullfilling your legacy of being a holy terror=) We hope you are having fun with all the other rainbow babies. Keep watch over all our babies now here! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Panzer, Happy birthday to you!!
Love mom and dad
Rocko
Sig
Peyton-our foster
Dakota- our foster
We have been keeping panzers breeder up to date on all the happenings and when we called to let her know we had to put her down we asked her to let us know when she would have her next litter available because we would want a pup from her. She was sooo understanding and said she would not allow us to buy a pup from her again, she said that she was waiting for one of her females to go into heat and we would be the first called and we would have pick of the litter for free!
That is waay to generous because it was not her fault at all that panzer had the problems she did, it was just freak circumstances not breeding problems at all. We argued but she made it quite clear that we would not be paying her any money.
We will still try to give her something but we absolutely love her and all her dogs and could never thank her enough for her compassion and generousity. Not all people are that nice and we are lucky to have found her.
we had to cancel the ultra-sound because her itching got worse and the day after we did she started leaking consistanly and haveing her accidents and it was just time...It broke our hearts and was a terribly hard decision but we had to do what was best for panzer. She was in pain and we ended that for her. We buried her buy our pond in the shade of several pine trees with her pinkie, blanket, an empty bottle of mt. dew (we had bottles everywhere because it was one thing that she would chew on and get her mind off of itching) and of course an empty spray bottle of pet stain remover. I placed as a memorial the stone angel wings that she started carrying around the yard among large white stones over her grave and i know she will now rest peacefully.
When we were in the vet's office the nurses all came in with us and the vet and we were all giving her love and saying good by and crying and after she passed in her mommy's lap her bladder released and she peed on the vet's shoes. Normally, that would be sad but we all began a tearfull round of laughter because of course the last thing she would do of course is pee all over the man that was poking and prodding her the most and we all knew she would never have to worry about accidents again.
Panzer made a large wonderfull impression in many peoples lives and we would like to thank all who helped us through this whether with prayers, advice, or just listening to her story.
Love,
Paul and Alicia
our dog - rocko
our cats - petunia and forrest
our goats - beezle, baby, and lambchop
our rooster - colonel
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