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Thanks for the suggestion! Luckily my clothes aren't too bad since I changed out of them as soon as I got him inside and started bathing him, but our sheets have a faint smell and I'm sure his bedding smells pretty bad too so I'll pick some up and use it for those. We got some good suggestions on washing it out of him so I've bathed him a few times since the event (as well as using some conditioner stuff to help make sure his skin doesn't dry out too much). So far it's almost completely off of him but if you smell him up close there's still a hint of it there. Thankfully we're at the home stretch and at least now I guess we don't have to worry about there being a skunk in our backyard anymore 
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Yeah I've heard absolute horror stories about dogs + porcupines. Thankfully the neighbors fixed the fence themselves, but I still need to secure the side of the shed he was able to squeeze through.
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Hrafn + Sitka pics = best consecutive posts  I've been taking some pictures of Eris and Kaidan again since I had a bunch of time off for the holiday, I'll post them soon.On Tuesday I'm taking Kaidan back in to the specialist we saw about 2 years ago so I can't start planning out his hip replacement since it seems to be the right time to do it. It's been bothering him much more lately, and despite his age he still thinks he's a damned puppy so he's going to be around for a while to enjoy the new hips I think  I'm not sure if I'll be able to get the surgery done by the specialist though, as the last one we went to quoted us about 10k all said and done which is a biiiit more than I'd like to spend right now. Thankfully I got some other good recommendations from someone on the forums so I'll probably take him to 2-3 places before I decide.
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Jan 6, 2013 21:37
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Had Kaidan's appointment with the specialist I liked this morning. Their price is just at the top end of my range, so I think we're going to get it done there. He gets his x-rays and other preliminary stuff done first thing tomorrow morning, then after that we'll start discussing surgery dates. I'm excited but kinda nervous 
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Jan 8, 2013 23:03
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Just got back from picking up Kaidan. In the ~2 1/2 years since the last time x-rays were taken, his bad hip has gotten noticeably worse. The other one not as much. His surgery is scheduled for next Thursday morning. First set of x-rays:  Today's x-rays:  I'm anxious, scared and excited all at the same time. I've never had a pet go through surgery before (even including spay/neuters since they were all altered before us adopting them). I'll post progress updates as things happen. rivals fucked around with this message at 06:29 on Jan 10, 2013 |
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Jan 10, 2013 00:19
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Warbadger posted:Ouch, looking at the x-ray that must be really painful to walk around. On the plus side it looks like there's still a decent amount of muscle mass on the affected leg, so hopefully recovery won't be too long/painful. Do you know which technique they're going to use to correct it? Yeah, thankfully we've kept his weight down and kept up on low impact exercise to try to reduce overall discomfort. They're going to do a total hip replacement. It looks like the recovery period is about 8 weeks, so trying to keep him calm and not moving much during that is going to be tough. The hardest parts are going to be people coming to the door (my dogs have bad habits) and my other dog getting hyper and trying to rile him up. Going to pick up an x-pen for him this weekend.
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Jan 10, 2013 16:42
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Goliath is adorable Kaidan's surgery is tomorrow. I'm getting nervous.
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Jan 16, 2013 17:15
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He's home, and as big of an rear end in a top hat as ever trying to walk all over the place alone When I spoke with the surgeon yesterday his first comment was "As soon as I got in there all I could think was, 'Oh, you poor dog'". Poor guy's hip was awful. Can't wait to see how he is after the recovery. Next few weeks are going to be rough.
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Jan 18, 2013 22:56
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Yeah, he started favoring it much more than before. There was a particular incident where he got a little overexcited and slipped (wood floors in common area of new house :\) and wouldn't put that leg down for a couple hours, even after giving him rimadyl. That was kind of the breaking point where I decided we should get him checked out again.
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Jan 19, 2013 00:14
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Today is one week since Kaidan's surgery. His recovery is going well but he's a big doof who can't figure out how to fall asleep with a cone on so he's basically nocturnal at this point. Until his stitches come out next Friday, we are watching him 24/7 except when we're asleep. Thankfully life will get much easier at that point. He's recovering very quickly and has been pushing his limits of what we can allow him to do physically every since we brought him home.
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Jan 24, 2013 18:04
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The surgeon actually recommended against using a crate during the recovery. He said that given an enclosed area with a close wall, they tend to leverage themselves against it when they try to move which is a bad idea with a new hip. For the time being he's in an x pen in the living room but sometimes when he gets up to turn around / get comfortable again he runs into the wall or gate which still wakes me up since I'm a light sleeper. The only real thing he's taken advantage of is that he figured out if he whines a little like he might be in pain we'll go in the x pen and hang out with him. It stops immediately and he really only does it at points in time where I know he's not in pain due to his medication schedule 
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Jan 24, 2013 21:51
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That's adorable.
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Jan 28, 2013 06:42
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZKN_TT7-hI Video update on Kaidan kinda It's been about 12 days since surgery and his 2 week check up is Friday. We opened up the living room for him once but him and Eris started getting rowdy so it's back to the sectioned off corner. When we're able to watch him easily and he's not sleeping we make it a bit bigger and sit in there with him Most of his meds are done so we're just on the pain medication and sedatives on an as-needed basis. For the time being we've been home and he's been pretty exhausted so we haven't needed to sedate him at all. Overall it's not as bad as I expected, but we haven't had to leave him home alone at all yet.
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Jan 29, 2013 21:20
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Sock Weasel posted:The two of us are settling down in Texas (from England) and the only downside has been the heat. Good dog
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Aug 15, 2013 21:34
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It's been raining for the past two days though and is finally a nice cool 24°C / 76°F outside today.
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Definitely let her settle a bit. Kaidan was very much the same way when I first adopted him, and he adjusted and settled just fine.
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Nov 27, 2013 22:37
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Hi guys I'm still alive and so is Kaidan
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Kaidan is still alive. This was last season, but I'm going to take him back out next month  He's an old man now 
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