Gabby's Paw Wash

10/09/2024

I will be closed next week
10/14-10/20

10/05/2024

I'm sure you've all heard about the devastating destruction hurricane Helene has caused in NC, it is absolutely heartbreaking to hear and see what they are going through. If you're looking for a way to help, listed below are few links you can donate to

Places you can donate to:
This first organization is helping animals, livestock etc. Rescuing, feeding and vet care and shelter. I know one of the members and it's legit!.

https://asartraining.com/donate/

A Jaffrey native Kari Hunt living in Asheville is ok and putting in time to help her community. She just brought back supplies from Atlanta. You can venmo her money to pick up more supplies or donate for food etc for the locals. Https://venmo.com/u/kari-hunt

Trump set up a GoFundMe specifically for Hurricane Helene relief.

www.gofundme.com/f/support-hurricane-helene-victims-with-president-trump?qid=eec1309926b42aa9369a43b64a696783

If you want to buy goods locally to donate, there will be a drop off at Market Basket in Rindge on October 11th. Non perishable items, muck type boots, clothes, dust masks, animal feed, water, basic essentials. A tractor trailer has already been secured to haul items down. Let's make sure we fill that trailer and then some!

Make a donation to ASAR Training and Response to help communities all over the world improve their capability to rescue animals in danger.

09/17/2024

Missing in Fitzwilliam NH – “Freya” is a female German Shorthaired Pointer, white with dark patches, 3 years, 40 pounds. She is wearing a flea collar. Freya is friendly. Missing since 9/5/2024 from Route 119 and Old Troy Road. Please share Freya’s flier and watch carefully in Fitzwilliam and all towns in the general area.
Call GSDR 24/7 at (855) 639-5678 if seen or found.
Please – Do not post any sightings on social media.

08/22/2024

Marrow Bone Warning!
She was confused and panicked upon arrival and was quickly calmed once her medications started to take effect. Dr DeVinne and the team were able to remove the bone without any damage to her teeth or jaw once she was fully sedated.
Owners permission to share.

08/04/2024

Homemade dog treats now available!

05/27/2024

05/06/2024

📢Announcement📢

There will be a price increase on 6/1/24

04/20/2024

If you or someone you know are looking for a p**p scooper for your pups

I thought I was going to be scooping in the rain when I woke up. Even though it's cloudy it's been a great morning! Reach out to get your spring clean ups booked!

04/18/2024

Send a message to learn more

03/31/2024

03/27/2024

UPDATE 3/28/24. Great News: Peanut has been found safe and sound in Dublin NH after 4 days on the run. Thank you to Bruce and family for calling when they saw Peanut looking in the back slider. Bruce was able to secure Peanut when he saw her hiding under a lawnmower.
WELCOME HOME PEANUT GIRL!

Missing in Jaffrey NH – “Peanut” is a female Mini Australian Shepherd, brown, orange, and white, 1.5 years, 17 pounds. She does not have her identification on. Peanut is shy – Do Not Chase! Missing since 3/25/2024 from Frost Pond Road and Route 137. Please share Peanut’s flier and watch for her in or near Jaffrey.
Call GSDR 24/7 at (855) 639-5678 if seen or found.

02/14/2024

01/01/2024

Happy New Year!

Thank you for another great year!
I can't wait to see what 2024 brings🥂🎆

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

10/09/2023

It's with a really heavy heart that I announce that my Nash Rambler took his last breath today. We knew his battle was going to be a hard one to fight and boy did he fight! When his original diagnosis extended creating megaesophagus we knew that aspiration pneumonia was going to be a major complications. Despite the last month on antibiotics pneumonia won the battle. Last week was a really good week and this weekend he took a hard turn for the worse.

Nash was only 2! He was a rambunctious high energy dog that was so full of love. 2 years on earth with him was not long enough. It truly is a mystery how this disease happened and took hold turning our world upside down.

I appreciate everyones understanding of last minute cancellations and rescheduling when Nash needed immediate care and for all your kind words. Please take the time to let your fur babies know every day how much you love them because you never know when that last breath will be taken.

Fly high Nashy Rambler and run like crazy! Until we meet again❤️

09/23/2023

Hi, everyone!

I just wanted to update you all on whats been going on with Nash and I

Nash was a typical high energy Aussie who you could not burn out. This spring his energy levels started to plummet and we associated it to the fact that he was maturing and turning 2 June 30th. That was not the case!

He absolutely loved being outside to the point you had to force him to come in. In July it was the opposite. We would have to drag him out. Towards the end of July he began drinking an insane amount of water and peeing it out for a good 5-10 minutes. Seriously he peed that long! And he became very lethargic some days he couldn't keep his eyes open. Off to the vets he went where he was diagnosed with Diabetes Insipidus which means he was either not making the hormone to concentrate his urine or his kidneys were unable to use the hormone. If left untreated he would have ended up severely dehydrated and death was possible. He started on hormone treatment and immediately his urine was concentrated again.

In comes symptom #2. His right eye was staying dilated while the left did the usual constrict with light and dilate with low light. His eyes wouldn't return to normal which prompted a referral to a neurologist which was about 5 days to get in. They performed an MRI and spinal tap. The MRI showed that his pituitary gland was largely diffused, thickened and rounded. The doral region, pituitary stalk/hypothalamus was also involved. Basically inflammation from an autoimmune condition that was destroying the parts of the brain that controls the endocrine system and the optic nerves to the right eye.

The diagnosis of Hypophysitis an extremely rare disease. So rare that in 2017 there were only 5 documented cases. Nash makes case #6! Of the other 5 one died suddenly of an Addison crisis, 1 did not have all that Nash has and was not followed beyond 6 months. 3 were euthanized and the diagnosis was found with autopsy. So when we say rare it is extremely rare that treatment and prognosis is really unknown.

With that diagnosis came secondary diabetes insipidus, secondary hypothyroidism, secondary Addisons and secondary right parasympathetic III dysfunction (right eye).

He is on a high dose of Prednisone, thyroid meds, hormone to concentrate his urine. In comes another complication!

Nash starts this horrific cough. It was loud! Off to our amazing primary vet who did X-rays etc and did not see pneumonia or anything. We both checked in with the neurologist and got no where. He was on some cough suppressant in thoughts that it was just tracheal irritation. We had a follow up appointment on Monday the 19th with the neurologist so we knew the neurologist would be able to pinpoint better what might be going on. Yeah that didn't happen!

Now mind you he is on a high dose of Prednisone. With that came the muscle wasting of the left side of his face. Basically it's a skull with hair. Hard to see in pictures but to pet him on that side is hard! So his cough changed to more of an aspirating kind of hack leaving puddles of saliva, water and the occasional bits of food all over the place. Monday's follow up was just labs and they didn't think this new symptom had anything to do with his diagnosis. We couldn't even talk to the neurologist nor would she see him.

We walked out the door and called our primary vet who also agreed that was not ok. She started him on antibiotics for caution against aspirating pneumonia. It was clear now that he has a swallowing disorder. Wether it's from the muscle damage from the Prednisone or nerve and muscular damage from this super rare autoimmune disease.

Our awesome and amazing vet Lori Hassinger Baldwin took Nash's case home with her to study it at night and on her day off Wednesday went above and beyond contacting teams of neurologist who agreed this is a high priority issue and the old neurologist seriously dropped the ball. We saw a different neurologist yesterday (9/22) and boy was she so much better! She diagnosed him with megaesophagus which is another rare condition, put him on sildenafil (Vi**ra) to help relax the sphincter between the esophagus and stomach to help food pass through easier. And with this we have to feed Nash in a bailey chair (a bailey chair sits the dog straight up and down to allow gravity to move the food down as his muscles are too stretched to do it on their own) and he has to sit in the chair for 20-30 minutes after eating (as you can imagine he is not a fan😅) she also is starting him on a low dose of chemo to help suppress his immune system even more and then slowly start working down to a much lower dose on the prednisone. His new neurologist says that this could also be cancer but they are unable to biopsy his pituitary gland as it is invasive and the the only other way that could possibly tell is if they did a second MRI to see if It has grown (meaning most likely cancer) or shrunk meaning we are on the right track I passed on the MRI this time around (they are crazy expensive) and am focusing on the more concerning problem right now which is the megaesophagus

Now with the swallowing issue (megaesophagus) there is still the risk of him aspirating on his saliva which can cause aspirating pneumonia so we will have to be on the look out for that as well

So life with a special needs dog has really changed! We have several reoccurring alarms set on our phones for med times. Routines have changed! With all this being said in the future I may have to reschedule appointments on short notice and I am going to try and shorten my days as feeding him and giving him his medication is time consuming I may also cut back on taking new clients

Sorry for any inconveniences this may cause but I appreciate your understanding

This has been a tough summer for us especially him

Thank you🙂

09/12/2023

It’s FLEA SEASON!!
Don’t forget to restock and use those flea and tick preventatives! Call us and ask how to treat your homes (in addition to monthly medication) if you have seen fleas. Those little buggers won’t leave on their own. 603-924-9033

08/18/2023

For all my customers coming tomorrow August 19th, please take note of the road closures and detours. Town of Jaffrey will be having their big 250th parade.