Cooper is a rescue of unknown origin (found as a stray, in a shelter for their maximum time, then to an all-breed rescue group). His ears are somewhat offset at resting position and his tail was docked before he was found as a stray, but he otherwise looks and acts like a trindle basenji. We occasionally entertain the idea that he may be part rat terrier or something else of similar size and color, but he has to be at least 75% basenji.
Update on EL D
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Hang on, El D! We are all praying and sending healing energy to you.
Anne in Tampa
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we're sending lots of good wishes your way El D
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Sending prayers, hugs, and good healing thoughts your way.
Pat
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Im so glad you were able to get him the help he needed! We are pulling for you !
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Many Basenji get wells sent your way!
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Oh, I am so hopeful for a good outcome.
Do share with us what they did to get this fungus out of your baby. -
Positive thoughts and hugs from San Diego:)
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Sorry didn't mean to post twice
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Just got back from the vet hospital – EL D is still in intensive care in an oxygen tent. So far he hasn't gotten worse but unfortunately is completely blind in one eye and nearly blind in the other. The fungal infection has not spread to his heart or brain yet so there is still hope.
The fungal spores are inhaled when dogs (people can get it too) are snuffling around in decaying vegetation in wet soggy soil along rivers and lakes this time of year and usually occurs in hunting dogs. Wisconsin is a big hot spot and the vets were all surprised (and a little worried I think) about it showing up in MN in a suburban area. Initially the spores are in the lungs but spread throughout the body, though not usually so rapidly as they have in EL D.
The treatment is a specific anti-fungal drug (the name of which I forget at the moment), that is rather costly, and takes maybe two months to completely clear up - although the spores can lie dormant and reactivate years later.
So that's the latest.
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Still sending healing vibes to EL D!…. and hugs to you...... we are all pulling for him
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Oh gosh, I'm praying little El D makes it through!
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Hope El D gets better and come back home soon, hugs to your boy
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Oh, no. What a freakish thing. It's so frustrating when your pup is struck by something you could never have anticipated or guarded against.
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Wizard - are YOU doing okay? Sounds like you and El D have a long fight ahead. Please let us know if we can do something for you. Does the vet think the blindness is reversible? We're all pulling for you
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Oh gosh, this is just awful. I hope the treatment works quickly. Hugs and healing thoughts to El D.
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I so hope this blindness is passing, but b's use their noses so much, they can over come this handicap.
Hugs for you and this boy.
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Our thoughts are with you and El D
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Oh my.. So sorry to hear this! You're both in my thoughts! Hoping that EL D will recover soon!
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Oh no! Well, good to hear that he is hanging in there. You are both in my thoughts and prayers.
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Is his diagnosis histoplasmosis or aspergillosis?
(That's a lot of 'osis')
