Richard Crowe's Blog – June 2014 Archive (3)

One of our rescues, a terrier, had begun to bite at the air.  We discussed this with our vet who stated that this was a low grade seizure problem and could be a precursor to a more serious seizure disorder...

We have begun a low dose Phenobarbital regimen which has eliminated the behavior totally.  There seem to be no adverse side effects.…

We have a new rescue dog that we almost lost.  She was very pregnant when we got her from a South Los Angeles shelter (one of the worst) who had given this very pregnant mother to be a rabies shot.

We don't know if the was the rabies shot (our vet was angry that she had been given the shot) but, the girl suffered from anemia and severe respiratory distress. We…

Our rescue group received a mother (Maltese-Mix) and a litter of four puppies from a woman who said that she rescued them from an abusive home.  She told us that she wanted the mother but would surrender the puppies to us and we could have the mom as long as the puppies needed her.

The mom (Molly) is a wonderful girl and was a wonderful mother to her litter of puppies.  However she had some symptoms that really worried us.  She would cock her head to the right and often spin…