Yes talk about amazing stress relief having him at work behaving, people commenting on how good he is, getting pets from everyone. Maybe it is separation anxiety. I never thought about it but his entire life he's spent most his time with me. Even in the pics below you can see him watching me from the windows as I'm walking around to take photos.
So he's having a hard time urinating. He took little water today at work and didn't pee the entire time. When we got home he took some more water and then we went out and it took him 3 minutes or so to pee and it was dribbling out. Not good news. I scheduled him for the earliest appointment for an ultrasound to check for stones, that's wednesday at 11 am so I'm not even going to be able to stay for the whole thing and my wife is going to have to skip sleep (unless I have that day off, don't have a set schedule as yet). It doesn't seem like he's in pain but he's deff straining to pee. He's refusing kibble but will eat a piece of ham or hotdog(dinner), or a couple combos I gave him at work from the vending machine. I didn't watch this morning but he hasn't had a bowel movement since around 11 am.
I'm guessing if he isn't vomiting or having diarrhea and is passing some urine it's not an emergency. I'm hoping we have no emergencies and we are just going to be in manage mode. I signed up for gofundme. I'm really having a hard time deciding what to write and how much to ask for. I know he will have to be on the Hills U/D for the rest of his life. Depending on the size of the stones he may need surgery/surgeries and/or medication. He def needs to be neutered because I don't want to have to worry about him getting Roxy and maybe he won't be so tenacious when it comes to tearing down our cheaply built house. Roxy needs to have a puppy abortion or we will have to potentially risk a pregnancy, she is only going to be 11 months old on the 14th. I'm of the opinion she too prob just needs to be fixed in 7-13 months. Knowing what I know now I can't breed these pups because I have a conscience and I only want to do it right or not at all. Originally I only had the potential money i could make in mind because I really need it. But I couldn't live with myself if all I was doing was breeding problems for others.
I'm afraid I won't be able to effectively communicate my situation as it's complex and though most of you know my story it's been developing piece by piece over several months. Now I feel like I have to squoosh it all down to make it fit some beggars ad. I'm afraid it will seem unimportant and uninspired, lacking emotion. Maybe should I link to the threads here on the forum?
I'm afraid to set a number for a goal. I asked my wife and she said to set it high because we don't know all the costs and what potential surgeries they might need and we don't know if Hank will need medication for the rest of his life or just the diet. I wish I knew the price of everything so I could give a detailed, itemized list and have everything laid out so I could only ask for what we need for our pups and not a penny more. My initial thought was $2500, that should cover testing and neutering and a surgery if need be and help a little with food/medication for a short time. Hers was $5000 that would cover getting both Hank and Roxy fixed and taken care of and help with the expensive food Hank will need for his Cystinuria.
Even just asking outright for any amount feels dirty and dishonest. I was raised not to accept or ask for charity and doing so is weak and shameful. We really need the help and I want to be as honest and straightforward as possible but the most honest answer I can give is "I don't know". We haven't even had running water for months and next month my wife has to quit her 2nd job in order to go to school so she can get prerequisites out of the way and then her government job will pay her and for her to go to school to get her RN. But she can't work 2 jobs AND do that and we spent the money we were saving for water on vet bills already. Sure I recently got a job but it pays no where near what she was making and I'm afraid I won't be able to take as many DogVacay clients that I used to because I can't be home to supervise and walk, and care for them. I'm just scared we won't be able to make our bills much less take care of our pups. We don't even have a car payment or anything,I'm just talking utilities and land/house payment. I just feel so pathetic and run down...afraid. We just need to make it through the hard times and things will get better.
