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Vet Trachea Specialists?

Hands of Manos — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:34:52 -0800

Our pug has always had breathing problems. Now we find out he's got a fold in his trachea. We're in the Atlanta area and are looking for a specialist. The vet gave us the grim news last night. Basically our pug will overheat, not be able to get enough oxygen and die. We're going to do everything we can to not stress him out and keep him very cool.

He also said if it were his dog, he wouldn't give him the surgery due to it's low success rate. But we're still going to inquire with a specialist. So does anyone a.) know any dog trachea specialists in the Georgia area (we're willing to travel to Alabama, Tenn, NC, SC, FL) and b.) is it even worth it?

Money IS an object, but we're willing to plop down a fair amount of cash for the surgery if it's worth it and will prolong his life (or give him a better one).

Thanks!

Name that pug

Hands of Manos — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:06:14 -0800

Help me with a name for a six week old black pug. We're stumped. My wife and I have a six week old black pug that is very regal and is fearless. We're looking for a name to go with that personality. We've gone through Thor, Bear, Sarge and Val but none seem to stick. We've kind of worn it down and decided to go with Pete or Luc...but I wanted to give it one more heave-ho and get him a powerful name to go with his powerful little attitude.

I don't want this to be a "look at my pug" thread however if a picture reference will help, then here are some shots of the
Nameless Pug

He's going to be a big boy and I wanted a big boy name. Any suggestions?

Help me grieve for my pug

yodelingisfun — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:32:13 -0800

I had to put my 13 year old pug to sleep last night. I'm just devastated. I know it's really soon but I did have some time to think about it all since she had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure in November. Reba was my best friend and I'd really like to DO something, anything to honor her memory and maybe somehow make me feel a little better. I know there are a lot of pet lovers here, what things helped you get through this situation? I opted to not have her ashes returned to me so that's out but otherwise, I'm just...lost.

Relief for my dying Pug

yodelingisfun — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:39:13 -0800

My 13 year old pug has congestive heart failure, she's on Lasix and over the last few days her back legs have started to tremble very badly. I know that diuretics can mess up electrolytes, I'm wondering if I should try giving her a potassium and or magnesium supplement to help relieve her symptoms. She is my love but she is also old and has been suffering from health issue for quite a while now so the official stance is no more invasive procedures or scary vet visits. Basically she's in doggy hospice and I just want to do whatever I can to keep her comfortable. As an aside, I just drove to Portland and back last week from Denver to get her so she could spend her last few months? weeks? with me. Anyone have any experience or advice for me?

Hoggle needs your help!

AsRuinsAreToRome — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:58:28 -0800

How can we get my pug on our flight so he can spend Xmas with us on the East Coast? So, my girlfriend and I have thoroughly read through American Airlines' policy on flying with dogs. Putting our pug in a kennel in cargo is not an option. Our little brachycephalic friend would either freeze or suffocate back there. So he needs to be in the cabin with us. He meets the weight requirement of being 20 lbs or less, but when we got back from PetSmart with the largest dog tote we could find that still was admissible according to American Airlines' pet rules page: ( http://www.aa.com/aa/i18nForward.do?p=/travelInformation/specialAssistance/travelingWithPets.jsp), our pug didn't fit comfortably. And he certainly wasn't able to turn around.

Is there any way we can get our delightful pug, Hoggle, home from Los Angeles to Newark, NJ on the plane with us? One of our friends mentioned that if your dog is registered as a thereputic animal there isn't an airline around that can deny him passage on their flights? Is this true?

Any help on the subject would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

Pugzilla Destroyer

CwgrlUp — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:13:40 -0800

My pug is destroying the house. HELP! I have a pug, she's almost a year old now. We have tried everything in the world to keep her, but she's tearing the house down. We crated her in our bedroom and she whined all night. She slept with us for a while and her snoring and moving around kept us awake. We made her stay in the floor and she annoys my other dog and keeps us all awake. We put both dogs in the other bedroom at night and she ate the molding around the door and now she's torn a hole in the carpet right in front of the door. She has a million toys and she chews everything in sight and anything she can jump up and get. We have two poles in the living room (not those kind of poles, wooden poles holding up the ceiling) and she's starting gnawing those.

This is my gf's dog and she would be devastated if we got rid of her but I'm at a loss. We can't leave her out for a half hour to go to the store. HELP!?!?

Advice for moving long distances with a very old, medically frail pug

yodelingisfun — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:09:27 -0800

Geriatric Pug and moving across country... I have an 14 year old pug (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/254654646_a4ee5a62b6.jpg), she has been my constant companion for all of those 14 years. She is totally deaf and mostly blind and suffers from pancreatitis. She has bonded very strongly with my room-mate's dog, she seems to use him as a sort of guide dog. They have lived together for the past 6 years. It's actually really cute, he wakes her up when I get home since she cannot hear me come in. Anyhow, this is my question: I am moving to Denver in June from Portland, OR to start nursing school and move in with my long distance boyfriend. I am totally torn as to what to do with my poor dog. Should I take her with me right off the bat even though it'll mean being locked up in a strange place all alone all day everyday (the bf works insanely long hours), or should I wait to bring her out until maybe winter break, after we get settled and maybe can get her a new guide dog of her very own? My room-mate is awesome and is willing to keep her for me as long as needed. I just keep thinking that god forbid, she died while I was out there without her, I'd never forgive myself but I don't want her to be miserable either....any ideas? Anyone?

How aggressive should we late the older Pug be with the new puppy Pug?

JPigford — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:22:31 -0800

How aggressive should we late the older Pug be with the new puppy Pug? We've got a male pug that is 1 1/2 years old and a female puppy pug that is around 8 weeks old. The two of them like to play a lot but sometimes the older pug can be pretty aggressive with the puppy.

Should any type of aggressive behavior be allowed at all? Is it him just establishing his dominance as the older pug?

The puppy pug many times starts them playing, but he always seems to push it too far.

Would a great horned owl kill a pug?

crazycanuck — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:36:40 -0800

Would a great horned owl kill a pug? My husband has spotted (what he thinks is) a great horned owl on his walks with our pug dog. On two separate occasions, the owl swooped down toward him and the dog, and came within about 15 feet of them both times.

We live in a wooded area, so there's plenty of other prey around for the owl to eat (moles, rats, mice, raccoons, cats). Would the owl take a pug? The pug weighs 20 pounds. Does the answer change if the dog is leashed and attended by a human?

How to re-housetrain an already housetrained dog...

gwenzel — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:53:28 -0800

Help me figure out what's wrong, and re-housetrain my pug... I've got a female pug that's just shy of two years old. She's been completely housetrained for a long time now (a year or so). In the past two weeks, she's started peeing and pooping on the carpet again. Nothing in her schedule has really changed, her diet is the same, and we're still spending the same amount of time with her. She used to reliably tell us when she needed to go outside, but now she's just been doing her thing without warning. It was really cold a few weeks ago, so I thought it might have been an aversion to the cold weather, but it's warmed up again (well above freezing for the past 5 days or so) and she's still going on the carpet every couple of days. What's causing this, and what's the best way to get it to stop?

Help my pug and his bum troubles.

docgonzo — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:59:21 -0800

So my dog, Mr. L.L.C. Jack Aujla-Milloy, has some bum problems... He's a pug, a five year-old intact male with no serious medical issues -- knock on wood. For the last week he's been paying extensive attention -- well, to the extent that he can reach his bum, which he can't -- to his bum. Dragging, chasing his tail, etc. He appears to be in distress more than he is in pain.

Taking the law into our own hands, Mrs docgonzo and I just tried to express his anal glands. About 5 mL of liquid came out. Now, unfortunately, his previous behaviour has only intensified. He's really not happy.

Any suggestions? Or is it time to pack him up to the pug doctor?

YAP YAP YAP SCHNORK YAP YAP

gwenzel — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 09:23:51 -0800

How do I stop my 14-month-old pug from barking? My wife and I love our pug to bits, but lately she's been barking at anything that moves (the pug, not my wife). It seems that it's protective-barking, as she's mostly doing it whenever somebody unknown walks past our house. She's not that loud, but it's annoying to want to play with her and have her run to the back door and bark at something or other. We've tried some of the usual training methods (shaking a noisemaker when she barks, praising her when she's quiet etc), but because we've also got a 6-month-old baby in the house, it's really hard to consistently correct the behaviour, and obviously we can't correct her when we're not home. What methods have worked for other mefites? Do the bark-control collars work well? We don't want anything that'll hurt our little princess, but we do want to get her to stop making noise.

How safe is the cargo compartment for my pug?

docgonzo — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:26:46 -0800

Help me get this pug off the ground: How safe is the cargo compartment of an airliner for my dog? In three weeks, fiancé docgonzo and I will be flying to Vancouver from Toronto. We will be taking our dog Jack, a 28-pound black male pug.

Jack has flown the route four times before both onboard (as a puppy) and most recently in a pet carrier in the cargo hold. He's done fine and come through it like a trooper.

My question is inspired by Toronto's recent wave of oppressive, muggy heat: How safe will he be in the cargo compartment? Pugs, though the most noble and perfect of all dog breeds, are very vulnerable to the heat. Their smooshed-in faces mean they have small muzzles and very little ability to cool off by panting. Many pugs die after a few minutes in a locked car and I am terrified of arriving on the west coast with a well-done pug.

I have heard that the cargo compartments of some planes are not cooled and can heat up to dangerous levels, especially while sitting on the tarmac. (Thirty-eight thousand feet up is obviously less of a problem.) I have called the carrier, WestJet, and they said the pet compartment is heated and cooled just like the passenger cabin. (WestJet's fleet are all Boeing 737s: -200s, -700s and -800s.)

Does anyone have any inside knowledge about this? Experiences of travelling in the heat with small dogs? Methods of keeping a dog cool and comfortable in a pet carrier?

Please help put this paranoid, over-protective pug-lover's mind at rest.

How to find a pug

patrickje — Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:23:55 -0800

Someone I know wants to get a dog, more specifically a Pug. We've looked online at breeders, but the dogs cost more than $900, is there a place I should be looking, animal shelters, rescue societies? And if the pug is through a breeder, how do I know the breeder is reputable? I wouldn't want to spend more than several hundred dollars.