You may be wondering what the above picture is and as I warned you in the title, if you have a weak stomach you should move onto to the next post. The last couple of weeks has been a bit difficult. Bahlu has always been the puker and Kusko the pooper and we got a lot of both. Now, I love big dogs, but I have to admit that I don't like the larger things that come with them (poop, puke, slobber, vet bills, etc).
Bahlu started throwing up two weeks ago and it got worse and worse. The morning that we found the above puke in his crate we knew we had to take him to the vet, especially since he was losing weight and there appeared to be blood in his puke. Ayla and I took him to the vet and feared the worse, but luckily he had a bacterial gastro...(yeah, I can't seem to remember the medical terms) infection. He had to be put on several medications and a bland chicken and rice diet. If you're wondering how he got the infection the truth is SQUIRRELS! Those darn animals bring junk into our yard and halfway bury them only for Bahlu to dig them up and eat it. One time in particular just shortly before he got sick I found him munching on a crab leg shell.
In report, he hasn't puked in several days and seems to be on the mend. Now we just have to get him to gain back 15 pounds.
Kusko has always been the "princess". We would know that Bahlu had just puked when Kusko would have a panic attack. Every time he would run around frantically and refuse to go near the area that Bahlu had just thrown up, which was usually their room. Well, one morning Milton went upstairs to discover that Kusko had literally "crapped his pants" after one of Bahlu's sick episodes. The video is quite hilarious since Milton always adds humor to every situation. If you're thinking of getting a big dog, don't let this dissuade you because they really are great dogs.
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