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Printing File TERRIER TIMES Winter EDITION - June 2011 Dear God Is it on purpose that our names are spelled the same, only in reverse? this publication features the STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER TERRIER TIMES is the official newsletter of The Cape Terrier Club and is published twice a year free of charge to members of the club living in South Africa. Views and opinions expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those held by the editor or committee. 28 www.capeterrierclub.co.za : WEBSITE Visit Despite the rocky road she had to travel to recovery, I remained optimistic. PATRON : Ms Cynthia Barnett Friends were so supportive: they lit candles and prayed for us both. I visited [email protected] each day, took her out for a wee and held her gently in my arms. Tallulah PRESIDENT : Mrs Doreen Powell tired easily and I could hear her laboured breathing. Her infected lungs had [email protected] to be drained manually every 6 hours which caused her unbearable pain. VICE PRESIDENT : Mr Joe Nagel [email protected] Sunday morning, 15th May , would be my last visit with Tallulah. She managed to sit up and wag her tail as I walked in … I was ecstatic and HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS: Mr Ted Stevens Mr Roger Cromwell screamed with joy. My happiness was short lived. She lay down again and Mrs Doreen Powell I held her head in my hands. Visiting hours were at an end she I kissed her, CHAIRLADY & Alwine Pretorius massaged her poor sore little body and whispered in her ear how much I PUPPY COORDINATOR : 021 933 2289 / 072 130 9420 loved her. She looked into my eyes with such love before I turned and left [email protected] her until I could return for a visit at 17h00. VICE CHAIRMAN & Angus Murray WCPC REPRESENTATIVE : 021 671-8463 / 082 449 1653 I never saw my darling Tallulah alive again. She died alone at 16h00. When [email protected] I got the call from the vet, I knew it was too late. My beloved, happy, loving HON SECRETARY : Mrs Car énè Mellor companion was just four years old. & MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY 073 147 1419 [email protected] I hope this message will help dog owners to realise the danger of raw hide HONORARY TREASURER : Mrs Anne Murray dog chews. If my story helps just one family not to lose a beloved family pet 021 671-8463 / 082 575 1000 [email protected] due to the unwise usage of these chews, then the death of my darling Westie will not have been totally in vain. A R70 packet of chews cost me R16000 ALTERNATE WCPC REP : Juan Slabbert 083 657 4989 and the life of my dog. Don’t let it happen to you! [email protected] COMMITTEE MEMBERS : Christine Botha Thank you for reading my story. 021 762 0383 ROBYN EVANS [email protected] Mrs Stephenette du Toit [email protected] our Facebook page! page! Facebook our 082 373 6375 Ms Jumarie Knoetzen ([email protected]) 084 621 5817 Mrs Annelene Nieuwoudt 082 481 9966 [email protected] EDITOR : Mrs Joyce Goldschmidt [email protected] ADVERTISING RATES - Full Page - R120 and Half page - R60 THE CAPE TERRIER CLUB OFFICE BEARERS BEARERS OFFICE CLUB TERRIER CAPE THE BREEDS REPRESENTED BY THE CAPE TERRIER CLUB: Airedale, American Staffordshire, Bedlington, Border, Bull, Cairn, Czesky, Dandie Dinmont, Fox (Smooth & Wire), Glen of Imaal, Irish, Jack Russell, Kerry Blue, Lakeland, Manchester, Norfolk, Norwich, Parson Russell, Scottish, Skye, Sealyham, Soft-Coated Wheaten, Staffordshire Bull, Welsh & West Highland White Terriers. TALLULAH-BELLA AND 3 OF HER PUPS 2 27 Beware of raw hide dog chews! A WORD FROM THE EDITOR ... Dear Members Tallulah, My West Highland Terrier, had just had 4 beautiful pups and life was great! I had been to the vet and bought ostrich chews and, since there was no Somehow, between Royal weddings, the rugby and tennis at Wimbledon, I have managed to put warning on the box, I gave them to the puppies to chew on. I let them have a together the winter edition of the newsletter. I hope you enjoy it! nice chew, before removing them. Our annual non-championship show was a great success and your committee is busily planning our On Friday 6 th May, I decided to take the pups to visit my mother. I put them and annual championship show—which promises to be a wonderful show. Joe Nagel will be judging the Staffords for us and Dave Thompson will be judging handlers and all other terrier breeds. Please the mother into the car and gave them each a chew to play with during the trip. support the club by entering your dog—and encourage your friends to enter as well! Without your When we arrived and got out of the car, she disappeared into the garden. When I entry there would be not show. found her, I saw she had brought up lots of white foam. I noticed that part of the chew was missing and realised Tallulah must have bitten it off and swallowed it. I recently welcomed a new Westie into our lives. Oscar arrived from the UK at the end of When she did not eat her supper, I became concerned and took her to my local May and is a mischievous, charming and vet who said she could feel no blockage. She gave Tallulah an injection and pre- beautiful addition to the pack. It’s fun to have three Westies again. scribed anti-nausea tablets. Giving the tablets was impossible as Tallulah just locked her jaws when she saw the tablet coming. I took her back to the vet who Please remember to send in interesting news said she had slight swelling of the pancreas and a temperature and gave me an or adverts for me to include in our January anti-biotic injection and more anti-biotic tables to follow. Tallulah did not edition! improve and the 3 other visits to the vet over the weekend got us nowhere. She only drank small amounts of liquid, refused to eat and became lethargic. Kind regards Joyce Goldschmidt Back to the vet we went and we were referred to a specialist who did X-rays, scans and blood tests. The specialist declared that there was no blockage and diagnosed pancreatitis. I was to feed her no food, just give water and allow rest. She was by now so weak that I had to syringe water into her mouth to get her to DATES FOR YOUR DIARY ... drink any water. Tallulah deteriorated to quickly that we returned to the hospital and they admitted her and put up an intravenous drip. SUN 7 AUG CAPE TOWN KENNEL CLUB OPEN OPEN She was no better by the next day so the vet decided to feed her a small amount SUN 14 AUG LIESBEEK KENNEL CLUB of food which she vomited up immediately. They decided to take another X-ray SUN 11 SEP BREEDE RIVIER VALLEI KENNEL CLUB OPEN and then saw the large obstruction! They phoned me for permission to do a gastro scope but could not do it without a surgeon as he felt that her oesophagus SUN 11 SEP HOTTENTOTS HOLLAND KENNEL CLUB OPEN would now be damaged after 5 days of irritation. Tallulah was transferred to the surgeon on Wednesday morning and a gastro scope was done at 10h00 and de- SUN 25 SEP WESTERN CAPE STAFFORDSHIRE BTC OPEN tected a large piece of ostrich chew which had severely damaged her oesophagus on its way down into the stomach. By now, Tallulah had Mediastinitis and SAT 15 OCT WESTERN PROVINCE BULL TERRIER CLUB CHAMP Pleuritis. SAT 15 OCT BREEDE RIVIER VALLEI KENNEL CLUB CHAMP By 16h00 when I visited, Tallulah was is severe distress and battling to breathe. SUN 16 OCT CAPE TOWN KENNEL CLUB CHAMP The vet returned and an X-ray showed that she now had bilateral Pneumothorax and both her lungs had collapsed. He did not think she would last the night with- FRI 21 OCT CAPE TERRIER CLUB CHAMP out performing a Thoracotomy to cut a large hole into her chest. Naturally, I con- sented to the operation. They took her away to prep her for the operation and all SAT 22 OCT HOTTENTOTS HOLLAND KENNEL CLUB CHAMP I could hear was her barking in distress. I could watch through the window and prayed that she would pull through. The operation took hours as her oesophagus SUN 23 OCT WESTERN PROVINCE KENNEL CLUB CHAMP was now necrotic (black with no blood supply) in places and nearly 4cms had to SUN 4 DEC KENNEL ASSOCIATION OPEN be removed - which was too much for such a small dog. 26 3 MORGAN - THE LEGEND DOG UNDERSTOOD MASTER’S DEATH CH. CAPSTONE JACK A DANDY : 21.01.1999 -- 15.04.2011 On Friday, 15th of April, 2011 Morgan crossed the Rainbow Bridge to join all the ANIMAL DOCTOR : DR MICAEL FOX furry friends who had gone before him. They were eagerly wa iting, tails wagging, to welcome him on the other side. Dear Dr Fox: I’m writing in response to your recent column about how ‘ a dog’s I fell in love with staffies when a stray walked into our household one day. Tiger was a great dog but definitely not built for the show ring. I heard about my friend Joe's devotion to master can lead to the grave .’ It litter and with great excitement acquired the pup that I named Morgan, believing is similar to what occurred with our golden that he would turn into a magnificent showdog.
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