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Our Boston Terrier is in heart failure, and we'd like to see how he reacts to getting supplemental oxygen with one of these hoods designed for flying. The vet says it is worth a try. If it's helpful, I'll buy a tank and everything, but if anyone has a tank we could borrow for a few days to try it out, it would be greatly appreciated and you might help our furry kid.  "I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here." -- Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, Jan. 11, 1989 Si vis pacem para bellum There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. Feeding Trolls Since 1995 | ||
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Is it possible to rent one for a day/week/month from a health supply store? | |||
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I wish we were closer. I have a portable O2 system for the airplane that I'm not using right now that you would be welcome to try, but logistics don't work. ffps mentioned renting one. I bet that's an option if no forum member in your area has one. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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I have a bunch of tanks, and a little closer than V-tail. Still ~200 miles. Usually a prescriptions is required. Maybe the vet can help. A small tank will last several days at low flow rate for a small dog. Suppliers are everywhere, but they are mostly geared up for human/insurance/Medicare type deals. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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| In the yahd, not too fah from the cah  |
If you do wind up deciding to do it, they make oxygen masks for dogs that are about 1/4 the price of those hoods. http://www.petoxygenmasks.org/4mypet.html | |||
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| Sound and Fury |
Thanks all for the suggestions. My assumption was that any medical supply place would require a prescription. Maybe I will stop by one tomorrow and see. The vet thought one of those would likely stress him out. She said if he would wear the hood for a few hours a day just chilling out it could be very helpful. But she was worried about amping him up. "I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind-swept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace, a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity, and if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here." -- Ronald Reagan, Farewell Address, Jan. 11, 1989 Si vis pacem para bellum There are none so blind as those who refuse to see. Feeding Trolls Since 1995 | |||
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Your Vet doesn't have a source for you to try? That surprises me. I'd question her more, but don't take a lot of time with that avenue, as it sounds like your terrier is in pretty dire straights. Maybe another Vet could help with a source. If you're still in Dallas (guessing by your handle) there's got to be a whole bunch of Veterinary hospitals around. Sorry I'm too far away to help (northern IL). -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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| In the yahd, not too fah from the cah |
Ah okay, I was thinking the opposite with his whole head in the hood. But the vet would know better than I would. | |||
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