Tebow - Page 4

Gosh, I had no idea... thought football talk was a natural since it was the day of the game... not a football site or topic for sure.   My point is to post and learn about dwarfs... it is too important to quit over an obvious misunderstanding.   I think the game that day started the football talk, especially since Big Tebow played heroically... just like my little Tebow.  Every day is a heroic day for him.  

Today he is full of it again... buzzing through the house and bouncing around like a puppy should, then takes a quick nap, then back at it.  We were out for a while and when we returned he bounded down the hallway like I would hope he would.  He's feeling good.   Every day he feels good is important.. we'll see what tomorrow brings.

Just looked at the OT "football talk"... there was more there than I knew about.. So we'll try to stick with Tebow - the dwarf who thinks he's king of the world... he's king of mine.. well prince.  So all is make nice now? I will obey rules and am still thinking of a web site for him since there are so many that can't find dwarf info.   I was specifically told about this site by the rescue but otherwise couldn't find anyone.

"What's up with the censoring?    Yes, I guess it was sports talk, but duh!    We are doing something here StrayPixels... not just chatter. " 

I'm sorry freecalkid!
About you getting that impression and feeling like that. That was my fault! 

I spents hours and hours, Copying and pasting, testing (lengths of the new football posts to make sure they were not to long), reading every post to make sure they went to right threads. Making sure correct pieces of the post were put in correct spot. I then went through and carefully made the correct edits in your thread.

After I was done, I posted my actions on mod forum and checked on a few mod things and went to bed. It wasn't till I was waiting for my computer to load up, the next day, that I realized, I forgot to PM you. When I got on the forum, I was informed Yellowrose was not happy and I should answer her.  My first thought was you. I wondered if you were upset when saw you had posted to your thread.

When I read your post, I thought, you had seen the edit in Yellowrose's post  ~
(Edited by StrayPixels (admin) on Tue Jan 10, 2012 07:47 am :: Moved Sports Talk To It's Own Thread In OT)
 ~   that was right above your post and you were ok with what I did. So, I moved on, to try and clear up the issues Yellowrose had.

"Just looked at the OT "football talk"... there was more there than I knew about.. So we'll try to stick with Tebow - the dwarf who thinks he's king of the world... he's king of mine.. well prince.  So all is make nice now?"

Thank you for checking things out and posting that!

"Learning about a dwarf is important for me the owner as well as those coming up..."

So true!!!! And that is why I did what I did! Didn't think it deserved to be buried in sports talk and there was a lot!

"You know... there is so little information out there and relatively so few dwarfs that have made it even to their 1st birthday.. it is a little intimidating at first.   But with a support group to cheer me on, it really is easier.  "

Hopefully with members helping you and you posting things you find out or things that helped you or Tebow, you will be able to make someone's journey easier!

I hope you don't mind, if I post a link to the football thread for those who may be looking for those posts, that we're moved

Football Thread


Again, my apologies!   :)

There are two threads going at the moment - Tebow and dwarf GSD and I will keep up with both as best I can.   I am hungry for support as I am sure other dwarf owners are.   We have to have information from each other because there are many vets out there who might know about this pituitary dwarf thing, but they are few and far between and I don't happen to have one right now.   But she is willing to learn and is helpful in this journey.   

My newest dilemna is - vaccinations.    Tebow had a rabies before I got him because the rescue had to do that to adopt him out... but we had no other record of shots.   My vet gave him a 1st parvo combo shot and now wants to do a booster.   Considering the compromised immune systems of dwarfs, do I go ahead with that or not.   I am inclined to leave it as it is without the booster.   I had dogs in the past who died from shots and I am not interested in having another... but it is very controversial.    I am researching and would like to know what others think... dwarf owners and others.   Please help.

I would send an mail to Dr Jean Dodd - hemopet@hotmail.com asking for her recommendations. She is the vaccination guru, has studied the effects of vaccines for many years. Make sure you tell her Tebow is a pituitary GSD dwarf and include his history, the meds he is currently taking and his expected exposure to other dogs. She is normally quick to respond and has been very helpful to me many times in the past.

Forgot to mention that you should put "need advice on vacs for a GSD dwarf pup" in the subject line of the email.

 HI GIRL:

 I need to ask, what PARVO COMBO did vet give little TEBOW?


 I thought , or would have assumed, Tebow had shots from Steffie?

I am against LEpto in any combo and never ever give a Rabies shot the same day as Parvo, Distemper 5 way not  7 way.

We have no lepto here in Texas.

Vets have no consideration of the side effects and they do not ask you to research it either...GSD are completely a totally different breed of dog when it comes to compromising the immunes system especially if TEBOW  being a Dwarf

GOOD for you  ..DO as Blitzen request you asap.  TEBOW is not gonna get distemper in this short a period  he is how OLD??

How many shots did he have as a baby??? THREE????

I do not give Rabies but once every three yrs and not then unless my kids are going to leave property and that is all over with  now..

Vets  can test most all dogs to see his immunity. DO not know about TEBOW so ask the expert if he can be tested to see if he needs one or is already still carrying his immunity to Rabies..
Then make sure he gets some herbals to rid his body of anything toxic..

I have seen too many reactions in many pups and dogs to shots in the last 4 yrs..HAS the vaccines changed in their solutions ?
YR

YR, Tebow is a rescue, so no idea what previous owners did. Steph was required to give rabies before he could go to his new home. See the dwarf thread for info.

Tebow, supposedly had DHPP when a pup, he is now about 10 months old. We don't have Lepto here either so we don't vaccinate for that. I figured as old as he is, he didn't need another DHPP until next year maybe and then titer him instead....I had to do the rabies to cross state lines, in case they or I got caught. He was due for that, it was his first one, that should have been given at 6 months...  Really wanted to get him feeling better before I did that, since he was kept outside in the cold -5 degrees, tied to a chain, for several months before the vet saw him and took him in till I could get him...
He was in a Menonite home, where they do not believe in dogs in the house, they had NO idea what kind of a dog it was, people told them it was a chow X...they did bring him in that night the vet left and came and got him the next day....
Steph