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in our homes with all the hustle and bustle of everyday
life and around all of our human and our
family members.
Please take
your time when adopting a new puppy and do not
fall in love with the first furry face you see even if
they are one of ours! Adopting a new family member is a
commitment to a LIFE and should done with much
consideration and research. Even if you do not adopt a
puppy from us please use our website as a point of
reference to educate yourself and family as to what to
look for in your new puppy and breeder. We are always
available to answer any questions you may have. We have
spent much time and energy building a REPUTABLE website
that can help you in searching safely online for your
new family member. So grab a cup of coffee or tea
and take your time. Breeders nor puppy parents
should ever be in a rush to place or adopt a puppy!
xoxoxo Steffy
AKA The
Shorkie Queen!
Shorkies are Great For Children
We get asked all the times are Shorkies good for
children. The answer is Yes! Shorkies are
are affectionate, friendly and trusting toward everyone
and love children. But it is important parents supervise
their children and teach them to be kind and gentle with
a new puppy.
PLEASE HELP
US PROTECT THE SHORKIE BREED!
Say No To
Puppy Mills
Shorkie
puppies have become so popular that they are now showing
up in Pet Stores Puppy Mills all over the USA. We get
tons of calls from unsuspecting puppy parents that
having health issues with the shorkie puppy they got
from a puppy mill or pet store.
JUST SAY
NO! do your research and find an ethical breeder!!!
PLEASE HELP
US PROTECT THE SHORKIE BREED!
Before your read
Tahiri's story please do not call us about information on Bot Fly
Larvae. I am not a Vet and I cannot give out advice other than to
seek Vet advice. This story is to make you "aware" of Bot Fly Larvae
and what the symptoms to look for are. If you think your pet may
have been invaded by Bot fly larvae please contact your vet
immediately.
This is from Chirs and Amber
Tahirs Mom and Dad
Tahiri had been home about a month
and she started to act sick.
Amber wrote Tahiris story for
everyone to read!
Steffy-
I would like to preface this tale with a huge thank for all the
priceless pup families for all their support, prayers and well
wishes during this difficult journey. I would also like to again say
thanks to Steffy for her support through this whole ordeal.
I guess I should start this story about a week and a half before
Tahiri got really sick.
One morning we woke up and she was still her perky normal self, but
for some reason overnight a huge patch of hair fell out of her
chest. To this day I can't say if it was related to the bot fly or
not (I have a sneaking suspicion it was), but we took her to the vet
and the did a skin scraping testing for mange (which was negative)
and prescribed us an antibiotic thinking she probably just had a
case of foliculitis. So she was taking her antibiotic and everything
seemed fine. We were observing her waiting for the hair to hopefully
grow back in and giving her a bath with benzoyl peroxide twice a
week. Tahiri had also just lost her first baby tooth, so she was
teething during this period of time.
So the first day that we started to notice something was wrong, she
was just really lifeless that day. She wouldn't her normal perky
puppy self. She just laid around for most of the day and she started
to have increase in drooling. So we thought that she was probably
just sick but we took her to the vet. She has a slight fever so the
vet decided to change her to a strong antibiotic and figured she
probably just had a virus. We took her back home and observed her
she didn't really perk up and the drooling increased. When our vet
called us the next morning to check up on her, she was drooling so
much it looked like she had dunked her whole face in her water bowl.
Her drooling did not seem to stop all day (but we thought it was
maybe related to her teething and losing teeth). By late that night
she started to do these circles and was losing her coordination. She
was trying to run down the stairs to go outside and she lost her
control and bonked her head into the wall. I freaked out and checked
over the top of her head I could feel a slight lump there, it felt
like a knot in the head of when you hit your head on the wall. She
was still perky and we kept our eye on her. We also noticed a slight
scab near the knot on this day and spoke to the doctor about it
thinking that maybe she had gotten stung by a wasp or some other
insect and this was possibly causing all of this. Later that night
she started to foam at the mouth that night during her walking in
circles (she was having seizures during these moments). I want to
take a moment and talk about this. When I first witnessed her having
one of these foaming fits, I thought they might be absence seizures.
I think it's important that people know there are more kinds of
seizures than just the kind where the muscles in your whole body
convulse. You can have a seizure where none of the muscles in your
body contract and you just sit there. This is was she was
experiencing. She was just start to circle and foam at the mouth and
not respond to me at all during these moments. It was later the
night that she started having these seizures that she lost all
recognition of who we were. She wouldn't respond to us or any sound,
and she wouldn't even get up to eat or go to the bathroom. She would
just potty and lay in it. At this point she quit eating or even
getting up to drink. So we started to syringe feed her unflavored
pediatlye through out the day and trying to keep her clean.
As soon as Monday morning came we took her into the vet the first
thing they opened. It was also this morning that I was checking in
on "the knot" on her head when I noticed it was oozing, and found
this strange, because she had been so lethargic she wouldn't even
move to go to the bathroom, and I hadn't seen her itching the area.
At the vet we were going over her blood work from the previous 5
days and explaining all the symptoms she had gone through and how
things had progressively gotten worse. I also showed him a video of
one of her "foaming" moments trying to see if he thought it was a
seizure like I suspected. The vet at this point was very baffled and
we were discussing running her blood work again, and possible
driving her down to a university vet hospital a few hours away. We
were getting ready to do the paperwork and setting up the
appointment when I wanted him to look at the oozing on her head
before we leave to Ames, and all her symptoms start to click in his
head. We started at the spot on her head and every 5-15 seconds you
could see little bubbles of air come out of it. She was then taken
in and the fly was removed as seen in the video.
Sorry I spelled
Larvae in the video
Its BOT FLY LARVAE
This is Tahiri
after she ahs had the Bot Fly Larvae removed. We still do not know
the prognosis for Tahiri and are holding her up in daily prayer. As
you will see in the video she drags her paw and still goes in
circles. We also know that Prayer changes things! So please lift
Chris, Am ber and Tahiri up in prayer as they deal with aftermath of
this silient intruder called and known as
BOT FLY LARVAE
Want to know more
about Bot Flies and Bot Fly larvae? Click on the Pet med Link Below
in red!
Again please do
not call me for advice about Bot Flys or Bot fly larvae as I am am
not a vet. We encourage everyone to do their research on this
terrible intruder and get informed by talking to your vet. In all my
breeding years I personally have never encountered Bot flies or Bot
Fly larvae on a dog of ours. But they do exist and Tahiri is a
perfect example of why it is so important we share this information
and help make people with pets aware.
Update on Tahiri
Aug 16th 2011
She is slowly improving... Thank
you for your Prayers!!!
To a puppy, the world is
brand new and fascinating! He's seeing it all for the very
first time and absolutely everything must be thoroughly
investigated. Puppies do most of their investigating with
their mouths -- "Look at this! What is it? Something to eat?
Something to play with?" Murphy's Law says that a puppy will
be most attracted to the things he should least have --
electrical cords, the fringe on your expensive oriental rug,
your brand new running shoes, etc.
Preventing destructive and
dangerous chewing is easier than trying to correct the puppy
every second. Look around your home. What objects could be
put up out of the way of a curious puppy? Bitter Apple spray
can be applied to furniture legs, woodwork and other
immovable items. Are there rooms your puppy should be
restricted from entering until he's better trained and more
reliable? Install a baby gate or keep the doors to those
rooms closed.
Take a walk around your
yard looking for potential hazards. If your yard is fenced,
check the boundaries and gates for openings that could be
potential escape routes. Puppies can get through smaller
places than an adult dog. If your yard's not fenced, make a
resolution right now that your puppy will never be allowed
to run off lead without close supervision. He won't ever
know enough to look both ways before crossing the street to
chase a squirrel. Keep him safe by keeping him on leash!
Use a
schedule
Work out a schedule for
you and the puppy. Housetraining is much easier when the
puppy's meals, exercise and playtimes are on a regular
schedule throughout the day. Housebreaking is a whole
subject in itself, one there isn't time for in today's short
column. Your book on puppy care and training should have a
section on housebreaking with suggestions and a recommended
schedule. Read through it and create a game plan before the
puppy arrives. Many people like to bring their puppies home
on a weekend in order to devote extra time to settling in
and housebreaking those first few days.
Everybody needs their own place
Decide where to put the
dog crate, and have it set up and ready for his arrival.
Where to keep the crate will depend on what's most
convenient for you as well as the puppy's response. Many
puppies don't like to be isolated in one part of the house
while their family is in another but some puppies won't
settled down in their crates if there's too much activity
going on around them. You might have to experiment with
different locations until you learn what works best for both
you and the puppy.
Visit
your vet
Make an appointment with
your veterinarian to give the puppy a complete checkup
within 72 hours of your purchase. If you don't
have a vet yet, ask the breeder or local kennel club for a
recommendation. Although the puppy has most likely been
health-checked by the breeder (or should've been!), an exam
is additional security against health defects, problems that
weren't apparent the first time. If your vet offers
microchip ID implants, this an excellent time to get one!
PS Sorry I spelled Larvae
wrong in the video... xoxoxo
