nosebleed - Page 2

I hope trooper is doing well give him a big extra hug

I woke at 5A and he was gone... not far ... just out in the hallway.  A little later he stood and looked down to the landing  and so I went down by the door and was relieved when he was able to negotiate the stairs without falling.  I let him out and went up to scramble into my clothes while my wife went out to keep an eye on him (0 deg.).   He was waiting at the top of the drive and we walked a block up the road in the moonlight.  He sort of lifted his leg and peed a long while, went a bit further, crossed the road and turned back, then pooped.  I doubt he was more relieved than I was.  Came home, went down to the bed by my chair and soon zoned out. I lay so his paw was touching my hand and slept.  I woke cold.  He was fine.  Inert.  no blood.  But, the furnace had quit and it was 57 deg and falling inside.  No problem for Trooper but my efforts to restart were futile and when the gas companies man chimed he let out 2 healthy woofs and stood at attention for our visitor.  no blood or sneezing.  A semblance of normalcy has returned.  He has been out 3X and seems much restored but subdued.  Able to eat (up to now that was a little joke in our household - now we really meant it)  It was several hours later when he took his 1st water - much to my relief.  I expect they dripped a bunch into him when he was on the table or where did all the pee come from...   I know this is a wordy account of the events in our little scatter but wish it gives some of my hope to any of the compassionate people offering advice(thanks!) and/ or solace.  John

John, I am so glad that you got some biopsies.  That is so important to find the problem.  Yea my guy was really zonked when we had the Rhinoscope and flush done.  The Vet did stress to keep him calm for a few days for the noce lining to heal.  Sending your family and your dog good thought.  Oh it seems like forever for the results to come back, I hate waiting for answers.

John:

Glad to hear that Trooper seems to be doing well.  Hang in there.  Sending Trooper good thoughts so that he is ok,

Cheryl

My male who passed away recently started nosebleeding when he was about 7, and it was a common occurrence for him. Turned out he had hemangiosarcoma. It stopped right about the time he'd been eating raw food for a good 6 months, and he never had them again right up until he died two years later. A good health plan should positively help regardless of what your dog has.

5P: So far so good.  Numerous outings.  no blood.  Furnace inducer replaced (starts exhaust fan) and repair traffic didn't disturb the ever vigilant Trooper.  While some may still be following our recovery I'd like to express my appreciation to those responsible for this forum.  I wondered if posting photos is possible.  Not just to reveal how handsome our puppy is but to illustrate a circumstance....  An academic sort of wondering induced by the many heiroglifics above this reply section.  Hunt ing and pecking this and monitering the replies has been theraputic as well as helpful. 

One of my older males, a kennel dog,  had 3 or 4 very serious nosebleeds within one week. It always happened while he was eating. They went away as quickly as they came and I never did figure out why.  He lived to be around 13.  Another with nose bleeds turned out to have an infected  carnasal tooth that needed to be extracted. My fiirst GSD had a chronic bacterial sinusitis and he also sneezed blood tinged mucous, but that was 24/7 and it was never pure blood.

When we have a nosebleed caused by an infection, an injury, or dry air, we have enough sense to pinch our nostrils closed, tilt our heads back, use an icepack, pack our nostrils if necessary, and wait for it to stop. Dogs just make theirs worse by snorting and trying to clear their nasal passages. I think nosebleeds can  often appear to be a lot more severe with dogs than they really are.

Give Trooper a steak for dinner

Treooper doing well.  no bleeding. 90%.  We have our fingers crossed and will issue updates.  All dogs are special but we feel that, objectively speaking, that Trooper is very special.  A steak will be served, as suggested...

Excuse my experiment...  I wondered if this could be done and it can...  Wish I'd picked a better pic of our son...  at least smaller. John

Feeper, once you have inserted the photo, look at the little boxes where it says width and height udner Image Properties. Type 400 in the 'width' box, and the height will resize automatically to produce a smaller, dialup-friendly photo. Some of the people on the database do not have access to cable , and still use dialup, so a photo that size takes forever to load.

At least yours didnt' stretch my screen the way some of them do! 

Glad your boy continues to do well. I, too, have a service dog (hearing ear) and love him very much.

What tasks is your dog trained to do?