[my_buddy]

My 3 1/2 year old Yorkie, Buddy, sneezed for hours in November 2005. He was sneezing so much he couldn't even stay standing. I thought maybe he got something stuck in his nose, too, but the vet did a thorough exam and nothing was in there. Then they did a culture...I think it took a couple of days to get back....and it came up that he was diagnosed as having been infected with the Pseudomonas bacteria. The vet said he could have picked this bacteria up anywhere...as it is found everywhere. The vet said that even people can get infected by this, but that most people or animals don't get sick from it because their immune system is strong enough. The vet told me that we could even catch it from Buddy. We moved in mid-October and the vet believes that my dog was stressed from the move and that his immune system was down...plus all of the sniffing that Buddy was doing outside in his new environment didn't help any either.

Anyways...if it is Pseudomonas, it is BAD. Buddy had to go on the human antibiotic Cipro. It is VERY expense if you buy the brand name ($148 I think)...but the generic is much less expensive ($37 I think). The vet was concerned and said that this was very serious and that I should watch for GREEN and/or YELLOW discharge from the dog's nose. The vet's exact quote was, "If you wipe his nose with a white tissue, and it is green or yellow, you are in big trouble."

I don't want to scare you, but I want to let you know that this might be a possibility and that if it is this, you should get your Yorkie checked and treated ASAP.

Keep us posted.