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Thanks so much for all your suggestions. When we move we will most likely not buy a home with a pool..at this point our dogs enjoy it more than we do! We spoil them silly..they swim daily and will be very unhappy when we close up the pool next week. So finding a place that has access for swimming is important to us..By the way, Tega Cay's amenities are awesome!! It keeps getting bumped up to the top of our list.
Pharm--how awful to have all four paws cut up...I hope you can keep the booties on..my goldens think anything with fleece is a toy, and would seek & destroy! Seriously, I hope they heal up quickly!
that is what attracted us to Tega Cay...the trees and the amenities.
This is going to be really off topic, but since this is a dog lover's post, I thought I would mention it anyway. I have a goldendoodle that just went through major, life-threatening surgery. I won't go into too many details, but I have been telling anyone that will listen about GDV. It is also known as torsion. Please google it. It is basically the twisting of the stomach and it happens in large breed, deep chested dogs. Great danes most commonly, but also on the list is Golden retrievers. It will kill your dog without almost immediate action. By googling it and reading about it, you can learn more about it, like what to look for that may indicate your dog is more prone (eating too fast, eating only once a day, etc.) and how to know if it is happening to your dog (act fast). I saw it in my dog's eyes the moment it happened and although I didn't know what was happening, I knew it was bad. I got him to the Animal ER within 35 minutes and he was in surgery within an hour. The vet said another 30 minutes and he would have died. When his stomach twisted, his spleen was torn and he was bleeding internally.
SO sorry to ramble off topic, but I'll consider this a public service announcement! Please look it up and tell all your friends about it, especially if they have big dogs.
Shelly
I lost my childhood dog to this, she was a St. Bernard. Thanks for getting the word out there! We now have a toy poodle, so not quite the same
Are there dogs of all sizes at the Bark Park? We have driven by it but haven't taken Sophie there yet because in the past she was attacked at a dog park. Apparently 2 large dogs thought she was "prey" or so the owner explained. I think it was more about how the dogs were trained vs being large but wanted to make sure a small dog was safe to roam at the park. We have taken her to Windjammer, but she doesn't go to far in.
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This is going to be really off topic, but since this is a dog lover's post, I thought I would mention it anyway. I have a goldendoodle that just went through major, life-threatening surgery. I won't go into too many details, but I have been telling anyone that will listen about GDV. It is also known as torsion. Please google it. It is basically the twisting of the stomach and it happens in large breed, deep chested dogs. Great danes most commonly, but also on the list is Golden retrievers. It will kill your dog without almost immediate action. By googling it and reading about it, you can learn more about it, like what to look for that may indicate your dog is more prone (eating too fast, eating only once a day, etc.) and how to know if it is happening to your dog (act fast). I saw it in my dog's eyes the moment it happened and although I didn't know what was happening, I knew it was bad. I got him to the Animal ER within 35 minutes and he was in surgery within an hour. The vet said another 30 minutes and he would have died. When his stomach twisted, his spleen was torn and he was bleeding internally.
SO sorry to ramble off topic, but I'll consider this a public service announcement! Please look it up and tell all your friends about it, especially if they have big dogs.
Shelly
I lost my Husky, Greta, to GDV on 7/20/06. I'd never heard of torsion, and it happened in the middle of the night. It was awful. This PSA needs to get to every large breed owner out there so they can react when they see the symptoms. Thanks - I'm glad your baby made it.
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Originally Posted by 4harveys
This is going to be really off topic, but since this is a dog lover's post, I thought I would mention it anyway. I have a goldendoodle that just went through major, life-threatening surgery. I won't go into too many details, but I have been telling anyone that will listen about GDV. It is also known as torsion. Please google it. It is basically the twisting of the stomach and it happens in large breed, deep chested dogs. Great danes most commonly, but also on the list is Golden retrievers. It will kill your dog without almost immediate action. By googling it and reading about it, you can learn more about it, like what to look for that may indicate your dog is more prone (eating too fast, eating only once a day, etc.) and how to know if it is happening to your dog (act fast). I saw it in my dog's eyes the moment it happened and although I didn't know what was happening, I knew it was bad. I got him to the Animal ER within 35 minutes and he was in surgery within an hour. The vet said another 30 minutes and he would have died. When his stomach twisted, his spleen was torn and he was bleeding internally.
SO sorry to ramble off topic, but I'll consider this a public service announcement! Please look it up and tell all your friends about it, especially if they have big dogs.
Shelly
My 3 year old golden, Rosie, went thru a life-saving GI surgery when she was just 3 months old . Since she has a tendency to gobble her food in mere seconds I was worried about Rosie getting "the bloat" (GDV) and spoke to our vet..he gave us a great suggestion..put a large rock in her bowl with her food..it sounds silly but it really slows her eating down..she has to eat around the rock. Not a meal goes by without "Rosie's rock" placed on top of her food!!
Hi. We are about to explore this area (Tega Cay, Lake Wylie, Fort Mill, etc). Is there a good place for "older" retired folks to live. I'm not sure we are ready for an "age restricted" community. Would we have to be commuting to a major city for activities? Our requirements are fishing for my bass fishing husband, quilting for me, a quiet, peaceful, low traffic area with lots of nature. Any suggestions? Thanks.
On the NC side of Lake Wylie off Hwy 49 there is a park. Normally there is a charge to enter the park, but after Labor Day they quit charging. Sorry I cannot recall the name of the park. There is a small area where there is access to the water. I remember seeing people lauching kayaks. There wasn't too many dogs. I do know they do allow dogs at the park because I was there to meet a couple other girls for a boxer play date.
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We spoil them silly..they swim daily and will be very unhappy when we close up the pool next week. So finding a place that has access for swimming is important to us..By the way, Tega Cay's amenities are awesome!! It keeps getting bumped up to the top of our list
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I'd never heard of torsion, and it happened in the middle of the night. It was awful. This PSA needs to get to every large breed owner out there so they can react when they see the symptoms. Thanks - I'm glad your baby made it.
Tega Cay for retired couple?
