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Standard Poodle with ear problems....helping out an anonymous Craigslister
While perusing the craigslist ads (As I do when I'm bored), I found this plea for help:
I figured I could post it here and send her the link if anyone had any suggestions on how to help. So, THIS IS NOT ME, just trying to help someone out.
http://wichita.craigslist.org/pet/1756237901.html
"It is with a heavy heart that I place this post. I have decided to try to find a good home for my black Standard Poodle.
Jack is about 4 years old, not neutered, and is current on his rabies
shot. I did not buy his papers, because we just wanted him for a pet.
He is perfectly housebroken, although he is not above checking out the
trash can for something interesting, and counter surfing is like an
Olympic sport for him. He loves to go for car rides, and will sit up
regally, and never budge. He is shy, but warms up. He ignores kids,
loves other dogs, and chases cats that won't stand up to him. (We have
one that he torments, and one that he wouldn't dare mess with.) He is
gentle natured, and is happy to spend his day lounging on the couch.
He's a total couch potato.
So why are we parting with Jack? His ears. We have fought his ears for
2 years now--the whole time we have had him. We have tried everything.
We have had him to two different vets. We have had him on antibiotics,
swimmer's ear medicine, peroxide treatments, vinegar solutions, ear
mite medicine--everything we could think of, read about, or had
suggested. We have changed his dog food, at the recommendation of
several people who posted here in response to my request for advice
about 2 months ago. We were hoping it was something as simple as a food
allergy, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Most recently, I have been taking him to the groomer each week to have
his ears professionally cleaned and medicated. By the time I take him
the next week, his ears are full of blood again. She thinks it might be
genetic, or that he might need some very expensive testing done to find
out the root of the problem. We are at the end. We've had some life
changing events in our family in the last couple of months, and this is
more than I can do.
His ears smell horrible. He whines if you bump his ears. He is in pain. We are to the point that Jack has had enough. We are unable to
cure this problem, so I wish to either find someone who is
knowledgeable about ear problems in poodles and can help him, or I am
going to have him put to sleep so he is no longer suffering with this.
I tried unsuccessfully to contact his breeder shortly after we got him,
but she will not return emails. The groomer believes the breeder is
avoiding us, thinking that we want our money back because she didn't
disclose his ear problems. I don't know. I just know that this has gone
on long enough.
I am not trying to make money off Jack. I just want him to go to a
great home with someone who is more capable of giving him the care he
needs. He really is a great dog. I will not let him go to just anyone.
I am hesitant to give him away for free, because I don't want someone
to just take him without thinking things through, and not giving him
the care that he needs. For this reason, I am requiring a donation to
the Humane Society, the zoo, or other animal charity of your choice, in
a check form, that I will mail in to be sure it is carried through.
For more information, feel free to email the anonymized CL link. Thanks for reading.
"
I figured I could post it here and send her the link if anyone had any suggestions on how to help. So, THIS IS NOT ME, just trying to help someone out.
http://wichita.craigslist.org/pet/1756237901.html
"It is with a heavy heart that I place this post. I have decided to try to find a good home for my black Standard Poodle.
Jack is about 4 years old, not neutered, and is current on his rabies
shot. I did not buy his papers, because we just wanted him for a pet.
He is perfectly housebroken, although he is not above checking out the
trash can for something interesting, and counter surfing is like an
Olympic sport for him. He loves to go for car rides, and will sit up
regally, and never budge. He is shy, but warms up. He ignores kids,
loves other dogs, and chases cats that won't stand up to him. (We have
one that he torments, and one that he wouldn't dare mess with.) He is
gentle natured, and is happy to spend his day lounging on the couch.
He's a total couch potato.
So why are we parting with Jack? His ears. We have fought his ears for
2 years now--the whole time we have had him. We have tried everything.
We have had him to two different vets. We have had him on antibiotics,
swimmer's ear medicine, peroxide treatments, vinegar solutions, ear
mite medicine--everything we could think of, read about, or had
suggested. We have changed his dog food, at the recommendation of
several people who posted here in response to my request for advice
about 2 months ago. We were hoping it was something as simple as a food
allergy, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Most recently, I have been taking him to the groomer each week to have
his ears professionally cleaned and medicated. By the time I take him
the next week, his ears are full of blood again. She thinks it might be
genetic, or that he might need some very expensive testing done to find
out the root of the problem. We are at the end. We've had some life
changing events in our family in the last couple of months, and this is
more than I can do.
His ears smell horrible. He whines if you bump his ears. He is in pain. We are to the point that Jack has had enough. We are unable to
cure this problem, so I wish to either find someone who is
knowledgeable about ear problems in poodles and can help him, or I am
going to have him put to sleep so he is no longer suffering with this.
I tried unsuccessfully to contact his breeder shortly after we got him,
but she will not return emails. The groomer believes the breeder is
avoiding us, thinking that we want our money back because she didn't
disclose his ear problems. I don't know. I just know that this has gone
on long enough.
I am not trying to make money off Jack. I just want him to go to a
great home with someone who is more capable of giving him the care he
needs. He really is a great dog. I will not let him go to just anyone.
I am hesitant to give him away for free, because I don't want someone
to just take him without thinking things through, and not giving him
the care that he needs. For this reason, I am requiring a donation to
the Humane Society, the zoo, or other animal charity of your choice, in
a check form, that I will mail in to be sure it is carried through.
For more information, feel free to email the anonymized CL link. Thanks for reading.
"
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Permalink Reply by Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle on
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Fitzgerald is actually a pretty cute name for a dog. "Fitz" is a great call name and doesn't sound like any ordinary every day words, either.
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Permalink Reply by Yvonne N on
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Poor poor poodle. If he finds his way to you, Karen, he will be one lucky dog.
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Permalink Reply by Adina P on
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This is so sad. I honestly feel bad for both the owner/family and the poor poor Poodle! Who knew ears could get THIS bad :(
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I did. He is probably going to need surgery.
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Permalink Reply by F, Calla & Luca on
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What do they do for surgery.
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Dogs that have had long term chronic ear infections can develop irreversible damage to the ear canal. About 50% of them have ruptured ear drums and infections in the middle ear. So the surgery is a total ear canal ablation.
http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_total_ear_canal_ablation.html -
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Supposedly, there is still some hearing after surgery; also, when the ears are bad enough to require this kind of surgery, they usually have impaired hearing anyway, so it's claimed that there isn't that much difference in their hearing after the surgery than before.
There's also a less radical treatment called a lateral ear resection that they sometimes try first:
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Thanks. The site seems to be down but I will read about this. Sound pretty drastic but I guess it can be necessary. Rex, also a standard poodle, always had awful ear infections but after he came here I made sure his ears were cleaned with great regularity and that did the trick. I suppose the chronicity , scarring and possible eardrum rupture would change the whole scenario. The poor pooch will likely end up significantly hearing impaired at this rate in any case.
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Just got the Mar Vista article, which was very informative.
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You've got it, exactly. You probably don't even need to look at the link, which did just work for me. But I thought those without medical knowledge would be curious.
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