Good bye Sweet Kash

[JC]

We lost our beautiful not-yet 2 year old Liver Dalmation yesterday.  Acute Kidney Failure due to Natural Balance Venison and Brown Rice dry dog food.  So much for feeding a premium kibble food...as of today, it has now been recalled.

What can I say about Kash?  He was our first Dal (a rescue) and he was all boy.  Quite remarkable in appearance, rowdy, rambunctious, sweet, onery and so very affectionate.  Wonderful with children (not so common w/ Dals) and loved people and other animals.  He was commonly referred to as "the ambassador" at our dog park.

He is already desperately missed by all.  Our other dog was seemingly trudging through his own battle with kidney failure and holding his own.  His condition has worsened within 4 hours of Kash's death.  May be coincidence, maybe not.  I think he is saddened as well.

Kash-inator...you were so very loved and you are so vey missed.  Goodbye sweet baby.

[Mary K]

JC, I am very sad to hear of your loss of Kash. I am praying the other one pulls through. Thank you for sharing with us.   

[garypen]

JC - How's the other one doing today?

[JC]

Amazingly, he is rallying!  He has been extremely lethargic and depressed but today he was kind of spry and had a wagging tail, wet nose and even went out to pee in the rain twice....which is something he never does.  I have the only Lab on the planet that hates water in any form (well, except the water dish). 

Anyway, we are not out of the woods but we will take any improvement.  The EC will probably run his labs again tonight to see how his creatinine is.  Upon diagnosis it was over 20, first re-check it was 18.2, yesterday it was 15.6.  That is still extremely high as normal is 0.4-1.6  The EC vet said he had never seen a dog still standing with creatinine levels as high as my two here.

Go Jack Go!

[garypen]

Go Jack Go, indeed!

The numbers may be high, but they're heading in the right direction.

Best of luck to you and Jack, and the rest of your family.