TOP PICTURE MAX
BOTTOM PICTURE PENNY
Returned home from vacation to Flagstaff and all is well. However, it didn't start that way. My friend, Shirley, my little dog Max and I drove to Pine, AZ to drop Max off for the week to be with his buddies Reggie, Molly and Penny for the time I would be gone. We arrived in time to have lunch with my sister, Jan before leaving. We went to the Randall House in Pine. A museum in its own right. We enjoyed the short time together and returned to Jan's to give Max one more goodbye. As always, when we entered the front door we were met with joyful barking and little dogs running about. Almost immediately Jan said, There's only three?!" Looking closer and checking behind the door, we found little Penny, unconscious! Jan picked her up immediately calling her name, and checking her vital signs. Her heart was faint and no sign of breathing, immediately she began resuscitation. Skills the Vet had instructed her in when Molly had pups just on the off chance one of them was not breathing when born. I don't know how Jan remained so calm. But she did, and just kept working on Penny while Shirley and I went to get Tom (her husband) at the Senior Center. I walked in, looked around but didn't see him. I then called out his name, he looked up, "We have an emergency with Penny!"
He said not a word to the others, just left to join me. I hurriedly tried to explain. He ran for his car because he knew he could get their quicker than we could. In fact, as we just turned onto their street we met them going the opposite direction, taking the little dog for emergency treatment. We found out later, by that time Penny was again breathing on her own! On their arrival, the office in Payson had already set up with oxygen and Vet waiting! But after the exam, there was not an exact diagnosis. They were told they did not know exactly what had caused the problem. It could have been her trachea, in which the yorkie and other small dogs are known to sometimes have a weakness, anxiety, or most likely an incidental seizure, meaning not something that would reoccur. We pray that is right. Penny is still recovering, just not as active and energetic little dog that she was before.
My little Max has demonstrated this trait with his trachea too, he didn't stop breathing, but I could tell he was struggling. It happened in the middle of the night a couple of weeks earlier and we made an emergency Vet trip first thing that morning. He was treated with antibiotics and cough suppressent. We return this next week for recheck, but he is doing well!
If you love animals and have pets of your own, you know exactly what we were all feeling!
He said not a word to the others, just left to join me. I hurriedly tried to explain. He ran for his car because he knew he could get their quicker than we could. In fact, as we just turned onto their street we met them going the opposite direction, taking the little dog for emergency treatment. We found out later, by that time Penny was again breathing on her own! On their arrival, the office in Payson had already set up with oxygen and Vet waiting! But after the exam, there was not an exact diagnosis. They were told they did not know exactly what had caused the problem. It could have been her trachea, in which the yorkie and other small dogs are known to sometimes have a weakness, anxiety, or most likely an incidental seizure, meaning not something that would reoccur. We pray that is right. Penny is still recovering, just not as active and energetic little dog that she was before.
My little Max has demonstrated this trait with his trachea too, he didn't stop breathing, but I could tell he was struggling. It happened in the middle of the night a couple of weeks earlier and we made an emergency Vet trip first thing that morning. He was treated with antibiotics and cough suppressent. We return this next week for recheck, but he is doing well!
If you love animals and have pets of your own, you know exactly what we were all feeling!
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