My dog has suddenly decieded that he will not poop until i walk him near the tree line of my yard that backs into woods. The problem is that area is littered with tics and bugs, it is not good for me as well as my dog.

If he does npt poop everyday, the poop hardens on his gut and he cries badly. He is a very picky eater so i cant give him pumpkin and other food that others are suggesting. Can i give hom laxatives like metamucil or ex-lax that are made for us???? Please help

We did have insurance through VPI pet insurance. For a 4 years we used to pay around 250.00 per year. It covered little of regular visits . The insurance will beneficial if there is a expensive surgical procedure involved. ( they have guidelines about what is covered ).This yr they wanted to increase our premium and decrrase our benefits. We did not think it made sense anymore for us to keep it so we concelled it.

Please be careful about all the fine print and ask them tp give you the catalog that shows you what is covered in the plan that u interested in . This way you can calculate if it is wroth taking the policy. Good Luck

Hi everyone , sunny is doing well now. He had a lot of gas then, i figured it out later. Thanks guys for all the concern and support.

Panting since 2.00 in the morning today. looks to be in a lot of distress. every few mins makes a sound like he wants to pass gas but nothing is coming out.

O am very scared please advice.

Perfect thanks a lot.

Hi everyone….... very very glad and thrilled to inform that sunny is back to his normal self today. It was an allergy reaction and the depo shot did not work much.

I stay at home , so he is with me all day , no loud noises. It could be that he is a little stressed out with the new accomodations, but now he is better.

Thanks everyone all the prayers, advice and support. THOS FORUM ROCKS

Wow. that is great . Bristol, PA is not far at all from me. I am in central jersey for another 2 months but then i move to south jersey in burlington county, so from bordentown, nj bristol shows to be only 20 min drive…..............I LOVE IT . i drive 40 for my current vet office.

He is doing much better …..i think. The isane head shaking and pacing is not there anymore. But he still is not sleeping just laying down with eyes open. But much less stressed .....................thank god........i thought i lost him last night. Hopefully this night everything will go smoothly.

All the floors in this apt are hardwood, so no carpet chemicals. it could be the move stress but he seemed ok and not stressed. I am thinking it is bug bite allergy.

His gums are nice and pinl and when i press the boold is filling back well.so hopefully is rapid breathing is not pain realted. Wicsh me luck tonight is the toughest time. i will keep u posted. :)

I have taken suuny to 3 vets in his 5 year life span and dont really like any….......... I always had better luck diagnosing sunnys problems better myself than the vet. I always come back with NO REAL ANSWERS but always a HiGE bill . This month alone i spent 500.00 dollars for two vet visits.

I can overlook the bill if the i had good resolutions .............

Any suggestions ....Please help

Again i cant begin to tell how helpful all your suggestions have been. I started him on 25mg of benedryl from this morning, keeping my fingers crossed that it will do the trick.

I checked his ears and so did the vet we both did not see anything that does not belong there.

Sunny usually sleeps a good 12 to 13 hours a day if not more, since this drama started its been 48 hours that we or the dog slept. Yesterday his breathing was very shallow and rapid that concerned me a lot. Did any of your basenjis go through this type of breathing and sleepless rotiune????for
Thanks a lot for all your help and advice :-)

Thanks a lot for your reply sinbaje. Sunny being our first dog, we are at our wits end. Do you suggest the regular Benadryl or Children's Benadryl. Have you ever tried it on any of your own dogs? Have you ever heard of a possibility of an adverse reaction to Benadryl?

I have a 5 yr old basenji. Two weeks ago we moved to a new apartment. He started itching all over and there were bumps on his hind legs and tail which turned into hives. Took him to his vet this thursday. Vet determined that the bumps looke like bite marks but could not find any fleas on his body. So he gave him a Depo shot for allergy and applied a dose of Revolution (we normally use Frontline on him) for getting rid of any fleas or other insects that my be biting and causing the adverse reaction.

On coming back from the vet, the shot took care of the bumps and allergy but he started acting really strange. At various times during the day he would shake his head as if trying to shake off something in his ear/on his head. Then he would get up from where he is sitting and pace around restlessly and go to another room. He would lie down there and the whole routine repeats again. Since today, he has been wanting to go out or into the closet (like when there is a thunder storm out). he has woken up at 4 am today and he has been like that since. We took him to another open clinic today thinking it might be an ear infection - but the doctor found his ears to be fine (no infection - mites or anything). he found him to be having a temperature of 102 so a 14 day course of Simplicef antibiotics were prescribed and blood was drawn to look for skin infections, etc. This dr seemed to think that it was a side effect of Revolution. There has been no change in his behavior since coming back from the vet today and we are out of ideas :confused:. Thanks for reading this long post….... Any inputs/ideas would be greatly appreciated.