Today Harvey, the black & white springer on the right above, goes back to see the vet, a week after we picked him up. He has come on in leaps and bounds, literally almost, and can now walk unaided except on slippery surfaces like our tiled...
Harvey’s neurological problem, his Ataxia, meant that when we brought him home from the vets his backs legs were not working. There are three reasons for this. The Ataxia, the operation to cure it and the fact he was shut up in a cage...
After over three weeks of playing a very difficult waiting game with Harvey’s illness, he has finally been given the all clear to come home by the vet. Yesterday we collected him in the afternoon and so begins a pretty intense period where...
It’s been a roller coaster week since I last posted about Harvey. His initial problem with his spine, Ataxia, was due to be operated on a week last Tuesday. But an ultra-scan showed a large mass on his pancreas. The vet suspected...
What started out as a series I was posting to my blog about dogs in general and how they are treated in Cyprus, has become much more personal. Our eldest English Springer Spaniel, Harvey, has been at the vets since Saturday. His back legs gave...
Playing the waiting game is one thing, but yesterday was a very long day waiting for news on Harvey’s operation. His Ataxia problem, quite common in dogs his age and his type, was going to be sorted out out with an operation either...
When a serious illness strikes it’s obviously a bad experience for the stricken party, those around the patient have only to await the outcome of tests before treatement, if possible, can begin. Yesterday was our waiting game in the fight...
When a family member becomes ill, your first emotional response is concern. When it becomes obvious your family member is very poorly, you naturally think of what it will take to cure them. Our dogs are family members on equal standing to our...
Ataxia may sound like a baddie in a Sci-Fi movie or Doctor Who episode, but it isn’t, it’s actually far more of a villain than you may think. I had never heard of Ataxia until our Harvey, a black and white English Springer Spaniel...
Here in Cyprus there’s a definite two tier set of values in place when it comes to dogs. Some have dogs as pets, some for hunting and some as guard dogs. In general their owners treat them well. But there are others who treat dogs, and any...
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