Anal Furuncllosis.

[DelsMum]

Jenny, You have me officially paranoid about this disease. My 2 are getting sick of me lifting their tails up for an inspection all the time!

[maxandskye]

Originally Posted by DelsMum

Jenny, You have me officially paranoid about this disease. My 2 are getting sick of me lifting their tails up for an inspection all the time!

OMG Faye, dont make me laugh. I was worse after Max died from it, poor old Skye got hers checked hourly. I even use to trim her hair all around the base of her tail, so it never got too warm. People use to look at her strangley, they never said anything just stared as if to say what is wrong with that dog.

Jenny.

Hi everyone, in the USA we call this disease Perianal Fistulas, they are like pimples with long track lines sometimes they can reach the colon, these track lines can ran down the legs and down the tail. It is not curable but it can be controlled and managed and dogs can live a full and happy life. It is very painful if you let it go, you need keep their butt shaved and be vigilant, there are a couple ways to treat, either with prednisone or Cyclosporine or topical cream Protopic.

[gsdlover4ever]

one of Zara's relitives had this horrible disease!

sadly it was the same people i got Zara from. he wasn't willing to pay the amout to try and fix it. he heard that by not feeding her beef - it wouldn't be so bad for her.

he fed her past with a mixture of other things for a little while!

intil he saw a cheep bag of dog food which had beef in it and he started feeding all of the GSD's it!

i can remember hearing her screaming at night time, when she did the toilet!

i think she eventually got P.T.S. by the SSPCA.

R.I.P. Keira!

[joyce]

I posted this on another thread somewhere

Our experience with AF.

It is a horrible disease and possibly the worst place to have a problem with sweat etc
Our experience was about 19/20 years ago, Our male was about 5 yrs old at the time, we caught it very quick and in those days they used to cut it out, we were very vigilant being told it would possibly flare up in different places round the anus, we had four operations and one of the anal sacks were removed. After that it never returned. (Keeping the area clean is a must)

I guess we were lucky he lived till he was 13 years old surviving a couple of strokes at about 10yrs old, two torsions when he was 11 AND 12, it was the third torsion plus not being too good on his back legs and his age, together with our vets advice we called it a day with him.
He was a tough old dog, certainly don't make them like him anymore.

[maxandskye]

Originally Posted by gsdlover4ever

one of Zara's relitives had this horrible disease!

sadly it was the same people i got Zara from. he wasn't willing to pay the amout to try and fix it. he heard that by not feeding her beef - it wouldn't be so bad for her.

he fed her past with a mixture of other things for a little while!

intil he saw a cheep bag of dog food which had beef in it and he started feeding all of the GSD's it!

i can remember hearing her screaming at night time, when she did the toilet!

i think she eventually got P.T.S. by the SSPCA.

R.I.P. Keira!

Oh Robyn, thats so sad.

[maxandskye]

Originally Posted by joyce

I posted this on another thread somewhere

Our experience with AF.

It is a horrible disease and possibly the worst place to have a problem with sweat etc
Our experience was about 19/20 years ago, Our male was about 5 yrs old at the time, we caught it very quick and in those days they used to cut it out, we were very vigilant being told it would possibly flare up in different places round the anus, we had four operations and one of the anal sacks were removed. After that it never returned. (Keeping the area clean is a must)

I guess we were lucky he lived till he was 13 years old surviving a couple of strokes at about 10yrs old, two torsions when he was 11 AND 12, it was the third torsion plus not being too good on his back legs and his age, together with our vets advice we called it a day with him.
He was a tough old dog, certainly don't make them like him anymore.

Hi Joyce, what a strong brave boy you had there. I bet you still miss him.

Jenny

My female GSD had AF too she got it at around 10 years old and was put on everything to help her and even had surgery!
But Sadly She died within 2 weeks of being diagnosed with leukaemia just aged 11 years She really suffered with it and we were offered chemo but the look in her eyes told me it was time to say goodbye she had had enough so I let her go in my Arms
It was a terrible shock and I miss her sooooooo much but she will always be in my thoughts as will My Cindy(Irish red setter)Kidney failure PTS and Cindie(LabxCollie)Grande Mals)(Fits) PTS They are all running pain free now which does comfort me somewhat
The pain of not having them around was worse than not having them at all so I took some time to grieve and got another pup(Troy and then Kaiser)

Linda x

[maxandskye]

Originally Posted by wyrdsyster

My female GSD had AF too she got it at around 10 years old and was put on everything to help her and even had surgery!
But Sadly She died within 2 weeks of being diagnosed with leukaemia just aged 11 years She really suffered with it and we were offered chemo but the look in her eyes told me it was time to say goodbye she had had enough so I let her go in my Arms
It was a terrible shock and I miss her sooooooo much but she will always be in my thoughts as will My Cindy(Irish red setter)Kidney failure PTS and Cindie(LabxCollie)Grande Mals)(Fits) PTS They are all running pain free now which does comfort me somewhat
The pain of not having them around was worse than not having them at all so I took some time to grieve and got another pup(Troy and then Kaiser)

Linda x

Hi Linda. Its so sad when you loose any of your babies. When I lost my last girl Skye, it took me ages to get over . I was without any dogs for 9 months before I plucked up the courage & got Harvey & Heidi.

Troy & Kaiser are adorable.

Jenny

Originally Posted by maxandskye

Hi Linda. Its so sad when you loose any of your babies. When I lost my last girl Skye, it took me ages to get over . I was without any dogs for 9 months before I plucked up the courage & got Harvey & Heidi.

Troy & Kaiser are adorable.

Jenny

Im so sorry to hear about Skye bet she was so precious as they all are
I was nearly two years after Cimba before Troy and Kaiser came along(seems to take twice as long the more Ive lost) before I could get another
I have her ashes, collar and lead with me as we were close and just couldnt bare to not have them if you know what I mean.
See Cimba was my first GSD so faithfull, Loyal and Friendly always by my side and I think once youve had the privilige of having one in your life its not the same with any other breed(IMO)

Linda x