Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Goodbye Doi

After months of hiatus finally this blog has a new post. Unfortunately, this post is about "Doi" one of Jasmine's precious who suffered from intestinal infection according to the vet. Bernelle, his sister, was also weak and didn't eat anything for three days. On the fourth day though, she started gaining her energy and is now back in her normal routine of biting things around. Doi's predicament from being weak to his death was so fast we didn't see its coming. We thought just like his sister, he will recover from what seemed to be a normal dog's behaviour. 


On April 8th however as I was out working, I received a call from Joyie telling me he is nowhere to be found. When i arrived, I immediately searched and found him isolating himself from the rest under the shades of pots in the garden. I was told he threw up blood twice. This is getting serious, i told myself. I grabbed him and put him in the cage and drove to the nearest vet to have him checked. When i was asked to put Doi on the weighing scale his body was so weak he fell and hit the ground immediately. The vet checked his temperature and used a certain thing to check if he was being attacked by intestinal parasites. Seconds later, result shows positive with two lines on the checker. Meanwhile, the vet told us that Doi was in serious condition and he might not be able to make it. If he can survive his predicament overnight, they might be able to save him. He was then given a dextrose and another IV which I have no idea about.


When we arrived home, we put him as far away from the others as possible. My eyes were always on him. He later stood up and started barking. When I came near him his tail started wagging. Everything will be alright then, or so I thought. 


Since I am always a visitor of the toilet even in the middle of the night, it became apparent that I will be able to check Doi from time to time. The first visit was when I heard him crying. I woke up and gave him reassuring words. The second one was when I peed and greeted him. He was standing and I thought there will be no problem at all. The third time was when he started crying again. I thought he was hungry but the vet said no food at all. I ignored his cry and went back to sleep. The next morning, I woke up with a smile on my face and went straight to greet Doi. To my horror, he was no longer moving even pulling his tail mildly which I normally do to him. His breathing stopped too. I went to our room and woke up Joyie. She cried upon seeing Doi in his most distressing position.


We buried Doi in the garden where he and the rest of our dogs play. Tears were falling while digging his grave. It was so distressing I could not smile a bit. Later that night we decided to sing karaoke to forget him. But just as about to sing our last song, Joyie cried again while mumbling "I miss Doi". It was sad but we have to move on. After all we still have three other dogs waiting to be cuddled and play with.


We will miss you Doi!




Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Walking on all Fours

A short video clip of Third trying up on all fours to get to his mom


They can now see although their eyes are still a bit cloudy. That's right, Jasmine's pups are now walking. Today is their 26th day. But that's not the real problem, really. When they were not yet walking, it was easier for me to put them in place with less dirt here and there. But now, I have to clean in the morning so as in the evening because the floor smells terribly.


Their feelings other than crying are also developing. They know how to growl everytime I carry them off somewhere, or even just a mere touching on the head. I find it funny because it sounds so cute. They always bite me disregarding they don't have teeth yet. Seriously, they are kinda pain in the ass sometimes but their being pain in the ass is so hilarious, and of course, cute.


One month more and the four of them will be out in the house. My friends are so excited having them on board, especially those who have kids. They will be missed and surely, Jasmine's gonna look for them. But I can't have them all under one roof as much as I would like.


Check the links below. All of them are about Jasmine and her five pups - starting when she gave birth until the day they first opened their eyes.


Jasmine Gave Birth
Meet the FIVE
Their First Light

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Jasmine Gave Birth

Howling like a wolf
It was the 5th of January when Jasmine gave birth to five lovely and cute shi-tzu puppies. I dropped off Joy to the bus station and when i came back, there i saw Jasmine licking something while panting and crying at the same time. Prior to that she was laboring and was in great pain for an hour or so. 
Jasmine nursing her pups
Read the rest of the detailed story i wrote about Jasmine and her five lovely pups by clicking this link: Click Jasmine

Monday, January 9, 2012

X-ray said Five

Note: This entry should have been posted 2 weeks back. Unfortunately, i misplaced the x-ray copy of Jasmine given by the clinic. She indeed gave birth to five love puppies and she is now nursing them. Three male and 2 female pups.


We took Jasmine to the vet 2 weeks ago to have her x-ray so as to count the possible puppies she will deliver. We were then asked by her vet what month Jasmine started mating with other dogs. We can't be certain when but two dogs from our neighborhood were always outside our house waiting for her to come out during the mating season. One is a poodle (true) and the other is a crossbreed of shi-tzu and chihuahua (that is according to the old lady who owns both dogs). 

Jasmine was really not into the smell of other dogs in the clinic and she started to pull me outside. Other dogs barked when she made a funny sound which i thought was a sound created by a scared dog. But when the vet gave her comforting words and touches, she stopped making any unusual movements and sounds.

She was then taken to the x-ray room and her doctor called us after five minutes or so. The screen at the center of the huge black table showed Jasmine's bone structure with shapes of her puppies. Five of them! So search and count them. See if you can be a future vet or simply knows how to spot them.
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