Last post of the year. Not a good one. Histology report came back today on Savvy's mammary mass surgery, she had it removed Christmas Eve. To sum up terms like "highest grade", "malignant" and "aggressive" were used and the margins were not clear. For now we wait till her surgical site is fully recovered and …
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Update #1
It’s lucky I am a fairly positive sort of a character really. Most of the time. Otherwise I feel sure by now I would have just about been contemplating some serious drug usage or other potentially high risk escapism behaviours. It seems Raven is a bit of a dramatic attention seeker. Either that or she …
Great NEWS for Border Collie Owners/Breeders
TNS Research Update Report21 May 2007The donations in 2006 to TNS research from the Border Collie Clubs of NSW, Vic and Qld and several generous breeders from Australia and US came at a critical time and has allowed us to continue the work which has identified the TNS gene and found what appears to be …
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Early Days
Well so far so good. It's Thursday, 4 days after Raven's first treatment last Monday. So far the only side effects I have noticed is on Monday night her increased frequency of urination and pooping. All outside thankfully, though I did not get much sleep that night! I am sleeping in our lounge at the …
Raven’s BIG Day
Raven goes in for chemo and a marrow aspirate today. It's 7am right now and I am wondering what exactly her day will be like when I take her into Murdoch and leave her there. It sounds horrible "leave her there", but according to a number of sources and basic logic really it would be …
My Worst Nightmare
Raven’s Journey with LymphomaMonday May 7th 2007We flew back from Adelaide today after competing at the ANKC Agility Nationals. Raven has ended up as the Runner Up Masters Agility Champion and I am absolutely thrilled with our whole Nationals experience, she had more than proved she was amongst the best dogs in the country when …
CAWA State Titles Wrap Up
So last weekend (Friday night and Saturday) was the CAWA State Agility titles. For such a small state we had a good entry of over 500 runs across the two trials. Friday evening went well for me. I had Cypher in Open Jumping first up and he did a nice run for a 9th place …
The Atopic Question
Having a dog that is atopic is not a light hearted matter. Raven was diagnosed around the age of 2 years old by Murdoch's dermatology department. She has been 'managed' all her life. I found this website today which gives a very complete and detailed analysis and coverage of treatments available. It's always good to …
Cypher’s Health Stats Update
Good news received today, Cypher’s TNS test results came through on the email. Turns out he’s clear and not a carrier, so that’s good to know. TNS stands for Trapped Neutrophil Syndrome and it is a fatal disease for those affected. Now the test is available breeders will be able to start to eliminate the …
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