October 29, 2008
Now let’s worry about Lance
Lance hasn’t been feeling so well the last few days. He was born with a severe heart murmer which has been a “ticking time bomb” all of his life. We kenneled him outside while painting the living room, but he was panting so strongly and loudly that we could hear him inside, so I moved him to the side yard where he had more freedom to move around. Both places have shade and he had plenty of water, of course. The panting continued literally for hours. When I put my hand on his chest I could feel the irregular rhythm of his heart. This has happened for two days now. I’ll leave him the run of the house when I go out in a while, but I’m worried about leaving him alone all day. I have an inspection in Waikiki. My son will go with me and we’ll find something to do to kill some time until I need to drop him off at the airport for his flight home. I’m hoping that, being inside, Lance will be calmer and won’t go back into the stressful behavior I’ve been seeing. I think he was reacting to stress. He’s not used to being shut away from me while I’m home, which is what I had to do to keep him off of fresh paint. He’s past due for his physical, so I’ll make that appointment and try to get him in later this week, but y’all keep him in your thoughts, please? I’ve known since he was a pup that he might not have a long life, but he’s always seemed happy and relatively healthy, so I’m hoping this is just “an episode” that will pass once he gets past the stress of being locked away from me.
[tags]beagle, dog health, dogs, heart murmer in dogs[/tags]
Posted by skeet @ 8:17 am • Home & Family
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October 29th, 2008 at 8:38 am, The Jillybean Says:
Oh Skeet. Lance will definitely be in my thoughts. I know how I feel about my Roxie and can only imagine the concern you are feeling. They are special creatures indeed!
October 29th, 2008 at 3:49 pm, Donna Says:
Lance will be in my prayers. He is such a cutie. I have a soft spot in my heart for dogs. I’m a dog lover all the way and they can become such a huge part of the family. I truly hope that Lance gets better.
October 29th, 2008 at 10:29 pm, skeet Says:
Mahalo, Jillybean. Lance seems to be fine right now, but he was panting heavily when I first got home this evening. I left him in the house today (with access to the outdoors through his doggie flap) so he wasn’t overheated and he had plenty of water. I’ll call the vet tomorrow and see if she can do soemthing for him.
October 29th, 2008 at 10:30 pm, skeet Says:
Mahalo, Donna. Lance is a real sweetheart and I’d hate to lose him before his time. I’ll get him to the vet soon and see if we can get him fixed up.
November 5th, 2008 at 9:20 am, corrin Says:
Please let us know how Lance is doing! We’ll be thinking good thoughts.