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April 2011
Poor Mac. The 11 year-old Scottish Terrier has suffered from allergies most of his life. “Itchy spots, He’ll claw at them. Some of them were flea bites, allergic to fleas. He would just scratch them, scratch them until he would get the spots raw,” his owner Elizabeth Tubbs told Channel 9 in east Texas.
In February, however, he started a treatment called cold laser therapy. Mac receives the three minute treatments 1-2 times a week.
“Since we’ve been doing the lasers, the hair come back. He’s still scratching some, but no where near the quantity he used to,” said his vet, Dr Shilling.
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It’s time for puffball Bridget to get a Scottie haircut. Last week someone asked if she was a Cairn.
We’re trying out a new groomer, which means anything’s possible. We could be pleasantly surprised or end up having a bad hair month or two. What can I say? Occasionally, I just throw caution to the wind and take risks with new hairdressers and groomers. I don’t subject my dog to anything I don’t do to myself.
Fingers crossed, everyone. We’ll post the “after” shot as soon as Bridget’s done.
Update: Here’s a quickie. Better angles and lighting later (I hope.) don’t be shy about leaving your comments. The eyebrows are a bit Schnauzerish, but overall not bad.
An "after" shot of Bridget. I will keep trying for a better view.
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Many thanks to the reader who sent this link to an article about some exciting news in the treatment of canine bladder cancer, an illness that afflicts Scottish Terriers disproportionately.
Trial participant Duff, as his owners Charlotte and Wayne Rowell call him, is a 10-year-old Scottie from Houston with bladder cancer.
“The day Duff was diagnosed with transitional cell carcinoma, I got on the Internet, and I found this clinical trial,” Charlotte says as the pooch happily surveys the waiting room aromas at the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Small Animal Clinic. Duff’s “brother” Mac, the Rowell’s West Highland terrier, is along for moral support, clicking across the tile and grinning at staff members. “I gave Wayne a Scottish terrier as a wedding gift 43 years ago. We just love them.”
As happy as Duff seems, the experience hasn’t been all Milk-Bones and chew toys. When he first arrived at the facility, researchers drew blood, took X-rays, examined his pelvic area ultrasonically and performed an abdominal CAT scan. The day he was declared eligible for the trial, he began intravenously receiving first Tavocept, then saline, then Cisplatin. If the treatment works, Duff will be able to withstand larger doses of chemotherapy, ultimately slowing tumor growth — or even stopping it — and extending his life.
Although most drugs are tested on animals during the early stage of development, it is unusual for a drug in the final phase of human testing, such as Tavocept, to circle back to animals. But at Mizzou, where the One Health, One Medicine initiative champions the convergence of human and animal health, the study is an example of one such round trip.
Good luck, Duff. We’re rooting for you and Tavocept!
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Charlotte the Scottish Terrier is not only well trained but stylish as well.
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Baxter’s owner says: “My pet Scottish Terrier needs to be pet or else he chomps his teeth at me!”
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One Scottish Terrier short of a dozen
The Scottie News would like to thank Cherie for yesterday’s video and Scottish Terrier trainer extraordinaire, Jeannie, for today’s picture.
If you want to know how Jeannie got all those Scotties to sit, here’s a video of her putting her Scottish Terrier training techniques to the test. “I have taught dog training classes for many years,” Jeannie said in an email to the Scottie News. “For the last 25 years the companion training has been with tricks. Retired now, I kept one small class with only Scotties. Scots are very easy to train. Most willing and fun.”
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