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新たな悩みNew concern

昨日ベラちゃんの尿検査の結果が届いた。
前回より結果は良いけど、アビー先生曰く、ちょっと気になる事があるとのこと。

前回は異常に赤血球の量が多く、白血球が少なかった。尿路感染を起すとこの逆になるのだそう。
でも、酸性レベルが高かったので、感染症を起してるのは確実。
血尿と頻尿はその症状ということで、抗生物質を一ヶ月分処方してもらった。
結果、症状も消え、回復したように見えたけど、依然検査の結果が思わしくない。

今回の結果は、尿中のプロテインと尿結晶、そして赤血球の量。
今はなんの症状はないけど、将来的にまた何か発生するかもしれない。
更なる検査をしない限り、先生も何が原因で尿中の異常が発生してるのか断定できないそう。
今のところ疑うのは、結石くらい。

ということで、来週レントゲンと膀胱検査(バクテリア培養含めた)をお願いする事にした。
これでなんとか、原因がわかると良いのだけれど…I’ve got a new further result of Bella’s urine examination yesterday.
It does not look good.
According to Dr. Abby, it is better result than the last test but there’s something odd found.

In the previous test, they found the excessive amount of red blood cell and too small amount of white blood cell: If some kind of urinary infection was occurring, this condition would not happen. However, they found out pH level is high enough to confirm some kind of infection. So, she was prescribed for 30 days supply of
antibiotic. As a result, she seems recovered from a bloody urine and frequent urination.

In this time, the oddness in her urine is protein, some kind of crystal and red blood cell. Especially, the existence of protein is very odd to give an enough question: What is going on? Right now, nothing is happening to her as medical symptom but in the future something might happen. That’s what Dr. Abby is concerned about. At this point, Dr. Abby can not determine the cause unless the further examination is held such as x-ray and bacterial culture. She also mentioned about a possible urinary stone but it’s not confirmed.

So, we decided to go for the further examination.
Hopefully, this will lead to something clear about her condition.

リス 対 わんこSquirrel VS. Pooches

メインのブログに書いたけど、その時の残り写真を掲載。

勇気あるリスに完敗!In this morning, I luckily captured the funny moment between a squirrel and our dogs.

Bella and Hachi happened to run across the ambitious squirrel at the up-stair’s window. This squirrel was hanging out for a while on the roof. He/she was like teasing our dogs through the window. It was just hilarious!

懐かしい一枚Old day

沐浴中のクロ(2008年12月)

沐浴中のクロ(2008年12月)


今日はぽかぽか春日より。
懐かしい一枚を偶然発見した。
お風呂に入れてもお行儀がいい子だったな~。

Bathing Kuro (Dec 2008)

Bathing Kuro (Dec 2008)

I just happened to find this cute photo of Kuro. So, cute!

ベラちゃん尿路感染症になるUrinary-tract infection

Bella

なあに?

昨夜のベラちゃん、2回もトイレに起きた。
これはとっても異例。
我が家に来て以来2ヶ月、一度も夜中にトイレに起きた事がない。
夜9時におトイレしたら朝7時まで行かない子だ。

そしたら、今朝一番のおしっこに血が混じってた。
直感でこれは「ヤバイ」と思った。
これもクロちゃんの件で学んだ直感かな。

ってことで、さっそく獣医さんに行った。
いつものファンキーなアビ―先生。
やっぱり尿路感染症だった。
女の子に多い病気らしい。
幸い抗生物質で治療可能なので一安心。

いやはや、今晩もおトイレ起きるのかな…
クロちゃん看病以来だから結構しんどいわ。

Bella

Bella

Bella woke up for bathroom twice last night.
It’ very unusual because she’s never waken up in the middle of night since she came here.
She is really a housebroken pup. We trust her a lot.
In this morning, I found a little blood in her urine.
It was very shocking and instantly I sensed it as a serious matter.
I took her in the clinic right away.

As a result, she is suffering from urinary-tract infection.
I kind of suspected that happened because I read about it over the internet.
According to the internet resource and our doctor, female dogs are likely to get this disease due to the short urinary-tract.
Dr. Abby prescribed us antibiotic. I hope this will treat her well soon!

Worshiping a bag


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I left an empty dog food bag by the back door. Since then, Bella’s been sitting by the bag as if she worshiped it like God.

It’s so funny because she believes it’s her belonging. I don’t know why she does that. She seems to understand it’s an empty bag!

Anyhow, she is a big foodie girl.

News about Hachi and Bella!

Bell & Hachi

Bell & Hachi

I’ve been taking a long break from this pooch blog. I realized that there are many things happened to our dogs, so I should start writing again with some interesting things about them.

First off, Hachi has gained his appetite after feeding him Beneful Dog Food (Purina). The consistency of Beneful in chunky bits is slightly softer than Dog Chow. I guess that Hachi needed some changes in eating habit with a different food. Since then, he eats food like a “real” hungry dog.

Bella 12 months old

Bella 12 months old

Bella has been growing up dramatically. Last month, she escaped for four times from the opened front door. Nothing serious happened to her every time she did. But we were so frightened with it. I guess she now learned how to hold herself back staying away from the open door. She’s a very fast learner and really great dog. She still has a bad habit to taste her stool in the backyard. It might take long to time break that habit.

Their everyday routine is now like this.

  • A short morning walk at 6:30 am.
  • Napping for 3 hours till 10:30 am. (Sometimes, around 9:30, Bella starts bugging me out by stealing my hands off my desk.)
  • Brunch time at 10:30 am.
  • Playtime from 11:00 to 12:30 including a bathroom break (especially, for number 2!).
  • Afternoon napping time from 1:00 to 4:00 pm (or, 4:30pm).
  • Playtime (family time) from 5:00 to 7:00 pm.
  • Dinner at 7:00 pm.
  • Night walk at 7:30 pm.
  • Playtime chewing a toy at 8:00 pm to around 9:00 pm.
  • By the time of 9:30, they seem tired and relaxed in their bed.

Also, Hachi has lost his weight to 80 lb. He used to be around 85lb. Bella has not gained much weight (40 lb), so she might remain in that way for her whole life.

ドックチャウ拒否Rejected Dog Chow

お兄ちゃんと妹

お兄ちゃんと妹


昨日の朝もごはん食べなかったハチコさん。
昨夜は缶フードと混ぜてみたらぺろり。
耳の不快感もなくなったらしい。
今朝またドックチャウだけあげたら、二口だけ食べた。
ベーコン味のおやつはもりもり。
どうやドックチャウに飽きちゃったのかな。Brother and Sister

Last night Hachi ate a mix of dog chow, canned food and a couple tablets of Glucosamine.
I tried to feed him just dog chow this morning. But he did not finish it, just eating a couple bites.
It seems like his ear irritation has gone, so I guess that he was bored with dog chow.
Hopefully, this is it.

抗議中Protest!

抗議中

抗議中

最近のハチコさん。調子悪い。
8日朝にゲロった。
その日は食欲なし。

9日朝食欲ちょっと戻りフィラリアの薬も飲む。
耳を痒がって不快なカンジ。
夜ご飯は拒否。

昨日、朝から食欲なし。
耳の痒みは取れた様子。
そのまま夜ごはんも拒否。
関節炎のサプリはしばらくお休みすることにした。

そして、今朝も食欲なし。
肉味のおやつも食べようとしない。
夜ごはん、ドライを全く食べないから、缶フード少しと混ぜて与えた。
そしたら食べた!
鶏肉の切れ端も食べた!

ベラも7日、調子悪かったから何か関係あるのかな?
それともドライフ―ド嫌いになって抗議でもしてるのか…

I am protesting!

I am protesting!

Hachi is not doing well in last 3 days.
He vomited in Friday morning and did not eat all day long.
Although he ate a little in Saturday morning, he again rejected any food at Saturday night and all day on Sunday.

He still did not eat Dog Chow in this morning, so I tried to feed him a mix of dry food and canned food.
Yes! He ate all in his bowl!

I wonder what’s happening to him.
His lame is much better than ever now. He regained strength on a walk and play with Bella.
So, I don’t know what’s going on in himself.

Bella had a minor illness on last Thursday too.
I wonder if she brought back home some kind of stomach bug from the last vet visit.

Hopefully, He is being finicky about dry food.

乙女台無しAnother silly dog

乙女ですか?

乙女ですか?

昨夜は2週間ぶりにおもらし。
どうやら、気が緩んだ隙の事件。
でもちょっと変。
水も夕方からけっこう飲んでた。
おもらしするまで一時間おきにトイレもしてた。
昨夜は結局犬小屋で夜を過ごした。

そして、今朝は初めての嘔吐。
どうやらお腹の調子が悪かったのかも。
だからおもらししたのかな。

今晩はどうやら大丈夫みたい。
そしてこの顔(写真)。
あーあ、乙女台無し。

Are you lady?

Are you lady?

Last night, Bella made the first accident in 2 weeks since the last accident. I want to believe that it was just a “whoops” type of thing because she and Hachi played hard before that.

She ended up spending over night at her kennel.

In this morning, she vomited fir the first time. It kinda explains me why she made a mistake. I guess she was sick last night. In fact, she drank a lot of water and went outside for bathroom every hour last night.

She was doing well since vomiting incident.
Her stool looks healthy. She acts normal.
I hope nothing serious is happening in herself.

新年初の芸New trick in 2010: Shake

ぬくぬく~

ぬくぬく~


元日に一芸覚えたベラこさん。
「お手」も出来んようじゃレディになれませぬ。
少々「speak」とごちゃ混ぜになるけど…ま、いっか。
まぬけ顔

まぬけ顔


Overbiteのおかげで、ベラこさんもそうだけど…

まさか大御所もまぬけ面で寝落ちするとは!

夫婦は似るとか、兄弟も似るとか言うけど、ここまで似ちゃうとは…

めんこいから良しとするか。

cozy

cozy

Bella learned the first trick in 2010.
It took her only 15 minutes to get it.
She still mixes with “speak” when she begs for a snack.
Hopefully, she will distinguish “shake” from “speak” soon.

silly face

silly face

Bella is apt to have such face when she sleeps because of her overbite mouth.

But I haven’t seen such a silly face on Hachi.

It’s so funny to see how much they are influencing each other.