Thanks for all the trouble! You're the best!!! (^_^)b

The full hysterectomy is a very serious procedure, and in his words, vets usually perform it if there is some life threatening element such us tumor/cancer

That's what I thought as well - that it's a serious procedure - but a lot of dog owners here want that done even with very young and healthy (female) dogs.
Most dog owners I talked to - after she had that inflammation - were kinda like: "See, that's why we got it done while our dog was still young to prevent that from happening..."
It was also the first thing the vet recommended to me when she first showed some signs of a womb infection.
But unlike them I'm not a fan of unnecessary surgery... so I only decided to do that because it nearly killed her and she's not exactly a puppy anymore...

No cancer. I even asked the vet if there were any mutations on the removed organs but he said everything looked perfectly normal.

She hardly got anything else to eat lately except her dog food and some treats meant for dogs. But the last few days I'm happy whenever I manage to get her to eat anything at all. She didn't touch her dog food for 2 days now.

and what about her weight?

She's not exactly the slimmest dog I've ever seen but she's not fat either.

I honestly don't know what's wrong with my dog so I would appreciate any kind of advice, thank you!

Last year she had a severe inflammation of her womb. (Sounds kinda strange in English)
She was nine years old back then and never had any real health issues until first signs of that started.
She nearly died back then but the vet gave her lots of antibiotics and some medication to cause an abortion (the poor thing never even was pregnant once her whole life and she still got an abortion T_T) to get all of the fluid out of her womb. And she pulled through luckily.
A few month later she got a full castration. She's a girl but they still call it that (at least here in Germany) because they completely removed the womb and the ovaries.
I thought that was the best thing to do since she already showed some signs like before the inflammation again but she was totally fit at that time. I was worried that if she might have the same problems again at a later age she might not pull through again that's why I chose that option.
She was brave and got back on her feet again quickly. A healthy dog – the vet said.
But ever since then she's been a little more sensitive... The castration was in January.

So... three or four weeks ago she started to get a little lazier whenever we went outside for a walk. But that wasn't too unusual... She generally is pretty lazy when I'm alone with her. She's just too spoiled and knows that she can manipulate me easily ^^ (She's really clever)
So I'm not sure if that really was when it started...
Then 5 days ago she started to eat a little less and became really picky. Usually she eats absolutely EVERYTHING. She loves to eat. And she hardly wanted to walk whenever we went outside. She was able to, she just indicated that she didn't really want to. So I started to make life as easy as possible for her: No stairs, no jumping, easy digestible food – hoping that it would get better. But it didn't.
She sleeps a lot. Is really lazy but notices everything. She's not apathetic. She seems like she wants to eat but no matter what I show her she just leaves it be. Even the things she usually loves. But luckily I can find some fancy food every day to get her to at least eat a little bit.
Up until Wednesday she kept everything inside – no puking. Her digestion seemed to work just fine as well. Everything left her body the way it should. Wednesday she puked everything she ate that day out. But after that she kept her food inside again. But it wasn't much anyway... No stool ever since then.
Her nose is wet, her eyes are clear and the white in her eyes looks really white, not yellowish.
Her heart is beating strong and regularly and up until yesterday she always breathed slowly. No accelerated breathing. That started last night unfortunately. But only temporarily.
She's breathing a little heavier today. That's why I panicked a little but she's fine at the moment. I just took her outside to pee and got her to eat a little. Now she sleeps again.
Oh, and she drinks properly. A little more than usual since Monday maybe... after she started eating less and less.

I also tried to palpate her, or whatever you call it, to see if there were any regions on her body that seemed to cause her any pain when touched. I didn't notice anything. Her spine and her stomach seemed okay.

I have no idea.
The vet gave her an injection to relieve pain and increase the appetite. He thought that she might just have an upset stomach. But I don't really think that's it. And the injection didn't really change anything.

Thank you for trying to help! I'm sure you have better things to do so I really appreciate you reading all this!!! m(_ _)m

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Hugs just make me cry so I'm not sure if I should take it... ;)

Things at the hospital seem to be going okay now. But that was an ordeal...
There is just no communication whatsoever going on between those doctors... At least not when you talk to one of them and expect that person to relay some information to a colleague.
I really hate that. And the saddest part is that it seems to be a common problem in most hospitals. I've seen the same thing happen in three different hospitals this last year. And it makes things so much harder for everyone involved... Because as a relative you have to constantly bug the nurses and the doctors and just add to their workload. And they are already overburdened as is.
But you just can't trust anyone to really stay true to their word.
That whole thing is such a downward spiral...
I'm starting to have some serious trust issues... They all seem so nice. Some even take a little time and listen to what you have to say. They say that it's alright and they'll take care of it and the next day you talk to them nothing happened. Another doctor in the room and of course: they know nothing... This is just hopeless...
But at least they all seemed to be doing a pretty good job when they're actually performing a procedure.
Unfortunately communication is not a part of that. It would make things a little less stressful.

The rest will probably work out somehow. Partly it already did.
But I'm worried about my dog again. We visited a vet yesterday. He just gave her an injection. Didn't seem to really help. Now I gotta go there again tomorrow...
Why do things always get worse when the weekend is near again... Timing is not always on our side...

But there's no reason to worry about me, like I said, even if the whole world went down, Armageddon would probably spare me. That's my kind of luck.
I'd rather some things actually happened to me then to everyone else around me. I don't like to see others suffer. That just sucks...

@ Blackkitty

hey, that sounds worrisome^^""

Yeah, it kinda is.
Too much chaos around me. A loved one in the hospital AGAIN and even my dog looking like she won't get much older AGAIN. Last time I knew what she had at least. This time I have no idea...
Add some other trouble that suddenly showed up unexpectedly rendering me even more helpless, hospital miscommunication and some people just bugging me instead of doing proper business...
Sometimes it feels like I'm about to lose it...

It seemed to get a little better as of yesterday afternoon. But now my dog seems to be doing worse again...
I just want everyone to be healthy and happy...

should I go and fetch you some cheesecake? ;)

I'm not sure if cake would make things any better. But thanks for the offer! (^_^)b

Oh nah, it isn't comments this time ^ p ^" Just some weird news/fear-mongering about a potential WWIII starting soon, which kinda got me worried for my gf's safety if it was real.

True, there's a lot of chaos going on all around the world but I don't see another world war approaching.

Germany doesn't intend to go to war and so far there never was one without us, right ;)

That, and my gf's granny is not feeling too good these days so that's depressing as well.

I hope she gets better soon... (๑•́ ₃ •̀๑)

^ Visiting strange sites and reading all of the comments...?

@ Blackkitty

I thought you caught a cold or something...

I would gladly take that cold if it would make everything else go away.

I'm glad you are alive^^

Even if the whole world went down I'd probably be one of the last people standing ;)

On a not very positive note: for a person who loves snooker I suck so much at billard... just so embarrassing...

So you went to play billiards? Sounds like fun! ^^
I would probably suck at it as well that's why I never had the courage to play in front of other people.

@ Rina

Nothing particular to me, just bothered after reading some dumb stuff.

So you still haven't given up on that...?

@ Utoptia

Do you think you can fool me, you scoundrel.

I'm sorry!!! m(_ _)m

@ Nevri

I thought it was probably some quote or something but wanted to make sure ;P

Good guess ;)

@ Rina

You got me there, aha XD glad that you're having a nice week though,

Unfortunately it was the exact opposite. But I'm starting to see a little light at the end of the tunnel... I hope at least.

on the contrary here Im having a rather bad one as of today…

What happened?

Hahahah! (◦’ںˉ◦)v
Now you think I've totally lost it, huh? ;)

I just had a lovely week... Don't know what else to say... ^^“

That post up there is part of the lyrics of my favorite song whenever I feel like I can't take it anymore. Usually shouting along to that song a few times helps me to ease my mind a little... ✌(◕‿-)✌

It's “Only” by Nine Inch Nails:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0HS5Tee6mk

I'm becoming less defined as days go by. Fading away...
Well, you might say I'm losing the focus. Kinda drifting in the abstract in terms of how I see myself.
Sometimes I think I can see right through myself...

Less concerned about fitting into the world. You all know what that is. 'cause it doesn't really matter anymore. None of this really matters anymore...

Now I'm someone I am not supposed to be. And I can see things I know I really shouldn't see. And now I know why. Things aren't as pretty on the inside...

^ Wouldn't really call it a crush but Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell is probably the female anime character that I adore the most.

Happy Birthday CCL??? (`･ω･´)

@ Utoptia

It's a yuri though. And I found this one on this site :D You'll end up finding it too if you spend too much hours on it. So be careful.

(☼Д☼) For real...?
Does look like a lovely yuri story... (；☉_☉)

@ Galich

Gonna break my rule of not talking about hentai. That's.. an interesting point. Partly because I thought I was the only person feeling bad for any actors of the profession. I'm guessing that it's another thing that empathy ruins for everyone.

So you're not that innocent after all! ^^ You've seen some as well! ;)

No, you're not the only one...
It's hard to feel turned on when you have to watch girls being mistreated...
I know there is always softcore porn or amateur stuff... but still...
When I see real people doing all of this stuff in front of a camera it gets me thinking...

@ Utoptia

Where do you always find this kinda stuff... (;ↀ⌓ↀ)

When you surround yourself with this kind of het porn then I can totally understand that you'd prefer yuri... O_O

@ Vankomycin

Being a trucker in North America sounds kinda cool though... It's a tough job and also not one of the best paid ones I assume... but touring those roads... that has its charm.

Glad I found this site. I found it by doing a google search for "kantai collection yuri" (don't judge me)

(^_^) I'm pretty sure no one's gonna judge you here. So you're on the save side. ^^

but it looks like I'll be sticking around for the discussions. I've been looking for a place to have intelligent discussions with grownups about erotic manga ever since I stopped being in denial about the fact that I like hentai a couple months ago.

Not sure if I can help you with the intelligent discussions ;)
But I think hentai is a lot better than your average porn with real actors. At least with hentai you don't have to worry about the well being of the people in front of the camera. That kinda always ruined it for me... That's why I like cartoon porn! No one gets hurt ^^

@ Vankomycin

How can you be so sure...? ;)
Maybe we're all truckers in disguise (¬‿¬)

Anyway, welcome to this thread! ヾ(＾∇＾)

Okay, just finished episode 2 and it does seem to get better at least...
If you like - or can get used - to the comical, over the top style then this might be enjoyable...
Will watch some more tomorrow. That show doesn't take itself too seriously - and that might be good, because if it would I'd probably drop it ^^.
(That's because I can't take it seriously either) ;)

^ Oi! (^_-)/

Just watched Wynonna Earp episode 1...
Not so sure about that one...
But I'm not giving up just yet ;)

^ The French music industry is pretty strict with copyright infringements, it seems...
Almost all videos you link are blocked here T_T

@ PKMN Ranger

Has there ever been a discussion on how we all got into yuri? Because I really can't think of anything else to talk about right now.

Well... being gay did the trick for me, I guess ^^
So not exactly the most interesting story ;)

Edit
A while after I got into anime and manga I found some yuri titles and thought: „YES! Gotta get those!“ Girls love was rare, so I got excited ^^
The first manga with girls love I bought was Chirality. Didn't like it much but back then there wasn't really a lot here in Germany...

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@ CCL

The job centre making me go in on my birthday ;_;

Crime against humanity ;_;

So... next Monday then...? ^^

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@ PKMN Ranger

You remember the time I had a falling out with my friend? Well, we're talking again. I sent her a message over Twitter a month ago and asked why she stopped talking to me. I can't remember what she said word-for-word (and I didn't keep the messages) but I recall her mentioning something about anxiety. She did seem to genuinely feel bad about everything.

That's great! (⌒‿⌒)b
Good that you two made up!
It's always really sad when a friendship ends like that... So I'm glad that you were able to talk again. ^^

@ Blackkitty

I like your taste, babe! (ღˇ◡ˇ)~♥
;)

hahah, why are you so surprised? I hinted at you that I was going to watch it ;)

Because usually people say "Yeah, sure, I'll watch it“ and then they never do T_T
It's nice to hear you're not one of those ^^

shame on you! if we are to be shipped together, you should know better xD otherwise no shipyard for you! xD

But we're still at the stage where we're getting to know each other (◦’ںˉ◦)
(^3^)

I loved it since the beginning! Actually, the movie has the best opening ever! And it overwhelmed me

YAY!!! （◕ฺｖ◕ฺ）
It's good to spread the love ^^ A friend introduced it to me and I felt the same back then. Production-wise it's certainly not the greatest movie ever made but it's just so lovely and so emotional!!! ^^ You can't escape those damn feels! They haunt you. ;)
Most movies don't manage to hit so hard. That's why I love it sooo much!

There are quite a few gay movies out there by now but I still prefer this one over any lesbian flick because it's just so touching...

Difficult question, I like all of them ;)
But if I have to pick, my favorites are: "The Origin of Love" (beautiful, sad, meaningful and that lovely animation! ) and then "This Wicked Little Town" and "Tear me".

I love 'em all as well! That's why I got the soundtrack d (^‿^✿)

I like those 3 best:
Origin of Love (of course! Best song about love ever made! ^^)
Wicked little Town
and the ending song Midnight Radio (it's so good...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMWcPAEpuq4

And whenever I need something to cheer me up I like to listen to
Sugar Daddy or Wig in a Box.

And you know how you can make it even better?
You have to listen to those songs really really loud! ^^b
Turn up the volume to max! ;)

@ Blackkitty

Good! (◦’ںˉ◦)b
That's how I like my servants! ;)

It definitely is worth a watch... My favorite queer movie.
His voice gives me goosebumps time and time again... John Cameron Mitchell is so lovely!

Mission accomplished! ;)
Your feeling was right...

For real? O_O
You watched it? (๑°o°๑)

AWESOME!!! (ˆ⌣ˆ)/

So... you liked it? Well, of course you liked it, it's a great movie after all ;)
I mean, how could you not, right? (◦’ںˉ◦)

Then we practically watched it at the same time because after I disappeared here I grabbed my DVD and watched it again as well ^^

Bittersweet 90 minutes... I love it's humor... First it makes you laugh and then you go all "Awww...." and you're so touched ^^

Which song did you like best?

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@ Blackkitty

Good! (◦’ںˉ◦)b
That's how I like my servants! ;)

It definitely is worth a watch... My favorite queer movie.
His voice gives me goosebumps time and time again... John Cameron Mitchell is so lovely!

@ PKMN Ranger

✌(◕‿-)✌

@ Blackkitty

Go and watch Hedwig!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlW6FBEuKiE
Just seeing that clip makes me wanna watch it again right now ^^
It's so great!