2013
A few nice pictures.
23 February 2013 | 
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Sonja regularly arrives for a few days to be able to play Brandir and Bernice with each other. The other hounds will always find this fun and of course there are nice walks with the whole group made.
Bernice and Brandir know but don't stop!
And still fits Brandir on lap!
New DEERHOUND Standard!!
New Deerhound Standard.
Because I'm working on the Deerhound standard with pictures and explanations ready for my website and because the Deerhound Club is working on the VERENIGINGSFOK regulations, it just came to me to see on the FCI site whether the standard in my possession of 1998 is still correct Is. Since I as a judge regularly check this from all the Windhondrassen, I knew for 99.9% sure that the standard of 1998 was still gold but who outlines my surprise when I see a different date on the FCI site after opening the relevant page at the Deerhound Standard!!!! After opening, printing and comparing, there appears to be a very peculiar change in addition to the welfare and health rules already added to all other standards. The hair length has changed!! From the original "7 to 10 centimeters" it is changed to "8 to 10 centimeters". Where this comes from and what this is good for, I am puzzled, I am going to inquire in England. What I find a useful addition is "… and on its ability to perform its traditional work". The only problem here is that there is almost no judge who has ever seen a Deerhound really work!
Bernice and Calhoun.
Bernice is a real Calhoun fan!
Last week Sonja was here again for a few days, to let the puppies play with each other and to put Calhoun a heart under the belt. Brandir and Bernice of course went completely out of their roof, but because Bernice suffers from panostitis (growing Pains), we had to slow them down a bit. Bernice had a lot of interest in Calhoun from the beginning, she went to him every time and also with walking she wanted to walk next to him. Also this time she found him interesting. Apparently
she has picked up more than we thought because a few days ago I received this picture of her. She had a paw amputated with one of her hugs!!! It goes very well with Calhoun. He has been chasing a hare and played with Brandir. The wound is beautifully cured and his fur begins to cover the scar a bit. Eating is not a problem, he's even too fat, but I prefer it to be too skinny and 5 times more chemo. I have no idea if he keeps eating as well. But for now I'm very satisfied.
Tuesday 8 January, an exciting day.
Chemo cure.
Yesterday, January 8th, Calhoun has had its first chemo cure. After an intake interview in which things were explained and after Johan de Vos had examined Calhoun, some blood was taken and examined. Fortunately this looked good, the alkaline phosphates were not increased and also Calhoun's kidney-values were okay. After this, we had Calhoun on his own dress at work height and the cannula was inserted. The chemo liquid, Carboplatin, was sprayed into the vein in two sta
ges for 20 minutes. After this, it became a bit flushed with a physiological saline solution. Calhoun behaved all the time like a real Deerhound. No hassle or whining, while he still has very nasty experiences in the meantime. Afterwards he got a hand full of yummy biscuits which I expected he would not take. He is absolutely not corrupt and if he does not have the same meaning, he does not eat. But these were apparently irresistible for he took it. At home, Calhoun has to be kept separate from the other hounds for the first 5 days and we have to look very much with saliva, urine and feces. He now sleeps in "Cody's" room and is stretched out on his back on the Gelmatras. Brandir does not like this, who wants to cuddle him so much, but that is not allowed. With exhausts, therefore, it is also very careful that they do not smell each other and clean up stools. Once at home he had to get one and a half Cerenia tablet, this against nausea. A little half an hour later I finished his food and this went well with the drug Peroxicam, a painkiller and an inflammatory inhibitor. Happy. Calhoun has slept well, he is not sick, shows no side effects, his old temperature of 37.9 C has returned again and has eaten well today. It's going well with Calhoun, hopefully it stays that way.
Calhoun
It is now two weeks ago that at Calhoun his linkerachterpoot is amputated. Last Monday, the sutures were in principle, but a few more pieces had not been fully developed, so we postponed it again. Back again yesterday for control and then the stitches were taken out. It looks good, still a little bi
t red and one very small spot has to close even more but it goes well. Calhoun also has no pain at all, he is much on that side and does not pay attention to it. However, he has occasionally increased, this is a reaction to the restoration of his body. If it gets too high to my liking and he doesn't feel good at it, I give him a aspirin. Luckily he sleeps the last nights a lot better and I so too. 
The lymph node was reexamined after the amputation and fortunately it was still clean. So we have good hope that it has not spread. For next Tuesday I have an appointment with Johan de Vos, one of Dutch oncologists, in Terneuzen. Calhoun then gets his first chemo cure. Hopefully he doesn't react too vehemently.
Brandir still fits on lap.
Brandir is n
ow seven and a half months young and is always amazed that everything is so shrinking. First he could walk under the table now he puts his head on the table. He clearly enjoys that he can observe everything better and I wait for the moment he picks things from the table or the countertop. Until now he is very obedient, only picks up old newspapers from the bucket for makin
g fire and has only demolished his or Calhoun’s toys. He is good at rip out eyelets and destroying beeps.
At Sonja Bernice has discovered the wooden furniture and this is a bit at work. Hopefully Brandir will not do this. What Brandir still likes to do is lie on the lap. A few months ago this was for a long time, which was getting shorter and now it’s happy for Simon just a few minutes because Brandir now weighs 33 pounds! But it still needs to be here every night. It is hoped for Simon that Brandir will at some point see that he is too big for it!
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