susan tuck

One of my father-in-laws dogs is a female Rottie/Pittie mix named Weiler (cause she is only part Rottweiler), around 8 - 9 years old. Around 5 or 6 years ago, she developed a mysterious illness, almost like a failure to thrive condition. She barely ate, couldn't keep much food down, had the runs, etc.. She appeared to be very depressed and sick. Another symptom is her mouth, she acts like it hurts, cries if she shuts it too hard. as quickly as she got sick after a few days. We went to a lot of vets, but no one could figure out what was wrong with her. Eventually one vet thought it had to do with her uterus, but I don't remember exactly what, and Gene no longer has the records. I advised Gene to let him spay her, he did, but the uterus, etc was healthy! To this day, every once in a while it comes back, the vets will put her on antibiotics, eventually it clears up, but it's very hard on her, harder each time as she is gettting older.

I asked the vets to do a thourough exam of her mouth, jaws and throat when they put her under, but they were very dismissive of the idea that this is related to her head. When she was a puppy she lived in Mexico. She was hit by a car, and although she was taken to a vet down there, he really ****ed up her leg. Gene had the leg re-broken and surgically repaired when she came to live with him. I wonder if somehow something happened to her jaw in that accident that is causing this?

It's coming back. I heard her cry a few times today, so I know we are headed back down this damn road again. Has anyone had any experience with something like this?

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