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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 540863" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #2f4f4f">Nala will be 12 in September and she's doing great! She's got warts and her body style makes it difficult for her to bend in such a way to clean herself, but we help her out with that. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #2f4f4f"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #2f4f4f">Sophie has always been a little "off" - definitely a major difficult child - befitting that she and difficult child are so darned close, lol. Sophie always barks at nothing, chases after everything that moves, she's easily startled, etc. H thinks she has vision problems, but the vet says her eyes are fine. Maybe not so much anymore.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #2f4f4f"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #2f4f4f">Cairn terriers tend to last a long time, but just like with every breed, there may be flawed bloodlines. In fact, we had another cairn years before who had to be put down at around age 9 (he was a rescue so the age is a guess) because he developed horrible issues - separation, pancreatitis, aggression first towards Nala and then towards us, her family. I used to have anxiety on my way home from work because I KNEW without a doubt there would be a pee and poop mess to clean up in his crate. He could scale a 5 foot gate!! difficult child would get so angry with him because her meltdowns, screaming and crying would upset him yet he was who she sought out for comfort. Poor dog. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #2f4f4f"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #2f4f4f">Today I have Sophie in easy child's room and a gate at the door. Nala and Izzy have free run of the house. I just can't trust that Sophie won't attack Nala again, now that she knows Nala is afraid of her. At least Izzy is so small she can dash under a bed to hide, but Sophie is quick and her jaws powerful. This is her third bite in life, not counting the two times she's bitten H by 'accident' as he was pulling her off the other dogs. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #2f4f4f"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #2f4f4f">I will call the vet and see if they can just see Nala for the ear without charging me for an "urgent" visit - yes, they do that here - and if I can bend the vets ear, I'll ask about Sophie. My vet thinks he's running a Mayo Clinic for animals and ALWAYS wants to see them and run 8 million tests on them. I'm like, Jeez, I love my dog, but REALLY?!?!?! I can't get out of the place without a bill for over $300. It's just ridiculous. What happened to the old back country vets? </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 540863, member: 2211"] [SIZE=2][COLOR=#2f4f4f]Nala will be 12 in September and she's doing great! She's got warts and her body style makes it difficult for her to bend in such a way to clean herself, but we help her out with that. Sophie has always been a little "off" - definitely a major difficult child - befitting that she and difficult child are so darned close, lol. Sophie always barks at nothing, chases after everything that moves, she's easily startled, etc. H thinks she has vision problems, but the vet says her eyes are fine. Maybe not so much anymore. Cairn terriers tend to last a long time, but just like with every breed, there may be flawed bloodlines. In fact, we had another cairn years before who had to be put down at around age 9 (he was a rescue so the age is a guess) because he developed horrible issues - separation, pancreatitis, aggression first towards Nala and then towards us, her family. I used to have anxiety on my way home from work because I KNEW without a doubt there would be a pee and poop mess to clean up in his crate. He could scale a 5 foot gate!! difficult child would get so angry with him because her meltdowns, screaming and crying would upset him yet he was who she sought out for comfort. Poor dog. Today I have Sophie in easy child's room and a gate at the door. Nala and Izzy have free run of the house. I just can't trust that Sophie won't attack Nala again, now that she knows Nala is afraid of her. At least Izzy is so small she can dash under a bed to hide, but Sophie is quick and her jaws powerful. This is her third bite in life, not counting the two times she's bitten H by 'accident' as he was pulling her off the other dogs. I will call the vet and see if they can just see Nala for the ear without charging me for an "urgent" visit - yes, they do that here - and if I can bend the vets ear, I'll ask about Sophie. My vet thinks he's running a Mayo Clinic for animals and ALWAYS wants to see them and run 8 million tests on them. I'm like, Jeez, I love my dog, but REALLY?!?!?! I can't get out of the place without a bill for over $300. It's just ridiculous. What happened to the old back country vets? [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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