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alaskan husky central alaskan husky central all you ever wanted to know about my alaskan huskies and discussions about their alignments and treatments wednesday december 17 2008 long time no blog well i haven t written anything for 2 years when tira passed away i just shut down in many ways now it is 2 years later and i am going through similar struggles with amarok this being the third time i have cared for an aged husky with a weak back end this time due to spinal problems and maybe some degenerative myelopathy i am getting a little more used to it however the shock of seeing how quickly a husky looses their passion for life when they can t move around never lessens amarok has aged dramatically in the past 2 seasons he can still get about but struggles with standing and stairs are a nightmare walks are to the end of the block and back and very slow i know that all i can do for him is keep him comfortable as mobile as possible and hopefully happy he s a lovely boy who wants to take care of me not the other way around and i know he finds being an old man very frustrating posted by tira at 11 55 pm no comments wednesday october 11 2006 farewell to my friend my guardian my tira as some of you already know tira my best friend and companion passed away on the morning of thursday august 17th after a very sudden illness tira was taken ill on the night of wednesday august 16th i called my vet dr macartney and he instructed me to bring her to the clinic x rays revealed that her stomach had torsed twisted about 90 degrees we were able to relieve the bloating of her stomach and dr macartney sent us home hoping that her stomach might right itself with the gas removed while surgery is really the only corrective measure for stomach torsion the combination of tira s age and weakened state meant that surgery was not likely to be successful although she seemed much better over the evening she relapsed the next morning and had to return to the clinic at this point i was faced with a very painful decision either put her through a dangerous and traumatic surgery with a high probability of post operative complications or let her go peacefully dr macartney was wonderfully patient and kind and made it very clear that he supported me in whatever decision i made rather than put tira through something that was likely to only end in her suffering further i made the decision to let her go i am extremely grateful to both dr macartney and sian who was in town visiting for the day for helping me through this terrible and difficult decision i could not have endured such a heart breaking day without their support and kindness tira s health had been slowly declining over the past year although recent blood tests indicated that she was fairly healthy internally her energy strength and spirit had reduced dramatically over the past year over the last few months i had been trying to prepare myself for the day when i would have to make such a decision but the suddenness of her illness made it even more difficult to say goodbye and nothing could have prepared me for the journey i have had to make since that day i have been honoured to share my life with such a passionate fun and free spirited individual my life with tira has been filled with laughter worry joy and love when we were together we were both whole and content i have been blessed to have had such a friend and guardian sorcha posted by tira at 7 25 pm 2 comments thursday april 06 2006 poor maddy maddy the senior husky needs a home like me she has hind end weakness what a cutey i always feel so sad when i see senoir puppies in shelters it makes me realise that even with all of her faults my mum isn t all bad she is very patient with me and happily does what ever she can to keep me healthy and happy she figures it s the very least she can do after what a wonderful and loving daughter i ve been to her for all these years this is the link to maddy s posting if you know anyone with a heart of gold who doesn t already have a zoo of animals maybe they might want to consider giving a loving and comfortable home to a senior orphan http search petfinder com petnote displaypet cgi petid 6052237 posted by tira at 12 32 am 6 comments sunday april 02 2006 while surfing the web i was surfing the websites and found this adoption listing for a shepherd lab cross i realise that he isn t a husky but he is pretty cute he even looks a little bit like my older brother wolfe who passed away 10 years ago i admit that wolfe was a lot bigger and white and grey he was a husky shepherd lab cross but julio has a very similar face take a look http www petfinder org pet cgi action 2 pet 5899343 adtarget sessionid 4430c4353a323fcd app3 display preview 1 amp amp amp row 0 tmpl stat on another note i go in for acupuncture again tomorrow as i have been a little wobbly this week and have been scuffing my back feet if i walk slowly i don t scuff but i m a husky we don t do slow do we mum is going to ask about the supplements that may help my degenerative myelopathy apparently they may be hard on my tummy but if they help keep me mobile i guess the trade off is okay mum says that the supplements may be liquids so i am willing to give them a try anything but pills i really hate pills posted by tira at 11 47 pm 1 comment wednesday march 29 2006 it s a good thing i have taken over this blog so apparently mum or should i say mother is not only cruel but dumb too she had somehow managed to set comments to team members only well now that i am in charge these sorts of silly errors are unlikely to continue to occur i will let her post from time to time but she won t be allowed to make any template or settings changes can you believe she actually brushed my teeth and put meds in my ears on the same night a double whammy do any of you know any good evasive techniques that i could employ she seems to have figured out all of my other ploys i guess that means she isn t a complete dope mum says that she might look into trying those weird drugs that have been reported to help dogs with degenerative myelopathy she s going to do some more research and then talk to my acupuncturist to get her opinion on them i ll let you know what we decide i vote for no more pills down my throat oh here is a picture of me with the kids we are doing our laughing dogas pose posted by tira at 12 32 am 2 comments sunday march 26 2006 give a husky a home okay so you are saying to yourself wow that tira is adorable and soo smart i wish i had a dog just like her well sadly although i have often considered striking out on my own mum s abuse isn t soo bad that i feel the need to look for a new home however there are many other lovely husky and even non husky dogs out there who are in desperate need of a home maybe they aren t quite as lovely as me but they would love the chance to bring love and joy into your life please visit the sites below mum says she will also add them to the sidebar in the near future maybe she ll get so caught up she will forget to brush my teeth tonight http www bcsiberianhuskyclub com rescue avail htm http www siberianrescue com sibrescu htm http www spca bc ca adoption branches asp http www petfinder com posted by tira at 4 20 pm no comments will the cruelty never end hello all this is tira since mum seems to be too busy to keep up this blog i thought i d try my paw at putting up a few posts so in my first post i shall share with you the constant abuse and humiliations i am forced to endure at the hands of my so called mother where should i start well would you believe that mum took me back to that lady who stabs me with the needles okay so it doesn t really hurt and the lady does coo at me and tell me how wonderful and lovely i am but still aren t there laws about this sort of thing admittedly i do have a lot more energy afterwards and it seems a little easier to heft my butt around but i still think that this sort of thing should not be allowed i mean i am a hands off husky did i mention that every time we go to the puppy torture palace my name for the place not her s mum also weighs me i know i m not a young pup any more but i would prefer to not have my weight thrown in my face on regular basis i tried to keep one paw off the scale but mum caught me oddly mum seems to worry that i keep my weight up not down well i guess i shall sign off for now i heard mum mention to amarok that tonight is claw trimming and teeth brushing night can you believe that she brushes my teeth every other day not to mention the brutality involved in claw trimming the in dog manity of it all i hate having my teeth brushed but she shoves that horrible thing in my mouth regardless and as if using poultry flavoured tooth paste is really going to trick me posted by tira at 2 14 pm no comments sunday march 19 2006 tira s hind end weakness and acupuncture in the spring of 2005 tira began to show signs of hind end weakness by the summer she was scuffing her back feet and struggling with steep inclines when hiking after x rays showed no signs of hip dysplasia or arthritis and pain killers seemed unhelpful we tried prednisone not only did prednisone not help she was decidedly worse after the treatment ended by late summer tira could barely get up the stairs her legs would sink when she walked and she was scuffing her back feet badly by the process of elimination it appeared that tira had degenerative myelopathy dm which is believed to be the degenerative neural muscular disease causing the loss of sensation and control of the hind limbs to be honest it sounds like a grab bag disease although it is very common in german shepherds it is known to also occur in huskies as there is really no proper treatment for dm my vet suggested we try acupuncture and i would say that the acupuncture has kept tira mobile and has stopped her degradation after a session she has a lot more energy and stops scuffing her back feet this seems to last for about 3 weeks at this point she has been going since september 2005 i would highly recommend trying acupuncture if you are faced with a similar problem if it works it is well worth the money the international veterinary acupuncture society at http www ivas org lists all certified acupuncturists and allows you to search for one in your area posted by tira at 11 16 am 2 comments ahh the great what to feed my husky struggle anyone who has or has had a husky in their life knows what finicky eaters they can be well when i started taking tira to acupuncture the acupuncturist who is also a dvm suggested that i start feeding the dogs fresh beef and or liver 3 times a week well they were very happy puppies as a vegetarian i never cook beef and let me tell you the smell of sizzling beef had amarok craning his neck into a position i had never previously seen the effect on tira was also well worth it as she is much perkier and more alert when she has had a meal with fresh beef the downside to the introduction of beef was that they all started turning their little noses up to the fish and potato food just didn t compare i guess so after trying a few different foods they have all agreed on the beef and barley kibble produced by nature s variety prairie http www naturesvariety com although it is very high in protein we don t have any noses turning up at meal times so i have just reduced the amount of food they receive unfortunately amarok is inclined to a rubenesque figure so i may have to switch his food to a light or senior variety sadly nature s variety doesn t make such a formulation so i may have to go back to the drawing board for him posted by tira at 10 56 am no comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me tira view my complete profile blog archive 2008 1 december 1 long time no blog 2006 9 october 1 april 2 march 6 2005 5 june 5 alaskan husky resources answer com s take on alaskan huskies alaskan huskies in the iditarod nature story on sled dogs epilepsy in canines canine epilepsy network canine epilepsy com epilepsy in huskies general dog info vetinfo com a great text based resource tira s links working dogs newletter with info on degenerative myelopathy website dedicated to degernative myelopathy in german shepherds amarok s links info on sebaceous cysts peteducation com s info on skin lesions followers