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rycezmom

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  1. Wait for the biopsies to come back before looking for other opinions. Sometimes too much "maybe its this" can make things very confusing. I await the results along with you and hope that it's nothing serious. BTW - Penny has that beautifully silvered and totally delicious face of a well loved and cherished senior girl . I know she must be an absolute joy to you and your family. Seniors ARE the BEST! I have, however, learned that for our hounds, just like humans, that getting old is not for sissies!
  2. Yes you ARE qualified to comment Miss Susan. George did his best and it was a learning experience for all of us as we followed Georges pee issue. That being said, it is a wise person who sees that a sometimes a problem is fixable by simple finding the easiest, and least expensive way to compromise. I too, had a hound who could not hold it in her later years, even though I had a "hound nanny" who came twice a day and Miss Star was free and clear of any uti. I followed Susans lead but with a variation. Plastic runner by the back door, plastic garbage bag flat with one or two of my many old towels on it. This worked for me as I worked 12 hour shifts and would simply run a quick "small" load of pee towels when I got home from work. At one point, I got a small kitchen garbage can with a lid and put a plastic bag in and used it like a diaper bucket until I had a reasonable load size to launder. Sometimes you have to pick your battles. At 9 y/o she is a senior and this just may be her little old lady self. Thank you Susan for chiming in on this. You have a world of experience. Missing George of Noo England....
  3. Agree with greysmom. Her symptoms are more consistent with pain than with anxiety. My Bella did very well on Tramadol and gabapentin when she had osteo.
  4. How long since her diagnosis of osteo. Could she be in pain at night? How familiar is your vet with Greyhounds and osteo? Consider a consult with Dr Couto (Greyhound Health Initiative.) http://greyhoundhealthinitiative.org/member-benefits/ Send me your e-mail address to rycezmom@bellsouth.net
  5. I'm not sure I understand WHY your vet ordered Ace. For its sedation properties? Did she NEED sedation. The drunk part is a frequent side effect for this med. The half life of Ace in canines is about 12 to 16 hours. It would seem a discussion with your vet is in order to clarify the goal here to help you understand his thinking..
  6. Hoping that those who have not already done so, will join the mailing list. Simply click on the link in the original post to send us your information. To those who have signed up already, we look forward to passing along any new updates and information that will help us, and you, help your hounds...
  7. Don't forget to click on the link to directly send your info. Thanks Irene!
  8. I also recommend membership to the Greyhound Health Initiative. http://greyhoundhealthinitiative.org/ Membership for a hound owner is only $99.00/year and well worth it when you have hounds. We and our hounds are not immune from the cancers that plague them and having the GHI for consults is priceless when we have a hound in need. My vet is also a member which gives me great comfort because its like having a backup for my greyhound savvy vet. Please consider joining, the benefits to our hounds is immeasurable. You may also want to consider signing up for the free GHI e-mail list which will be a vehicle to sending out info on new medical updates and programs for our hounds. It cost nothing but 3 minutes of your time to send your info to the e-mail address in the post to get on the list. See thread http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php/topic/317612-why-havent-you-signed-up-for-this-free/
  9. This morning I returned a full unopened case of Hills KD plus two cans and a half bag of KD kibble for a full refund from my vet as we are changing the diet. My vet told me that they do not take a loss on the returns to the company. So take it back and get a FULL refund instead of trying to sell it online.
  10. Not all vets are Greyhound savvy. As a health care worker and 20 years of having hounds and learning their needs, we, as "parents" to our hounds, are their advocates. It is, therefore, imperative that we learn as much as possible about their health care needs. I am blessed here in Miami, with a vet who has worked with me on becoming a Greyhound vet. I gave him all the articles from Dr Couto and other Greyhound vets and I know right where he keeps them in his office. As a member of Greyhound Health Initiative, I am grateful to have that option for consults if required. My vet has also joined GHI and as new information comes out, he incorporates it into his practice. There is also now Amicar in his office... As Greyhound parents, check with your adoption group to see if they can give you a list of Greyhound savvy vets in your area. Read up on hound health issues and their special needs. You would do as much for your human child! Why not your hound child? There are good resources and articles on the internet and valuable resources right here on this board. As hound parents who have taken responsibility for a hound and its health and wellbeing, our job is to educate, advocate and communicate for them. Hope for Hounds has started a free e-mail list that will send out new updates as they come in as well as info about new programs. It costs nothing to sign up for it. There is a thread on it in the health and medical forum. It is also helpful to network with other hound owners in your area. We can learn from each other. I am grateful to see this thread and hope that all goes well for the hounds discussed. I am also happy that more and more people are making the effort to educate themselves. This just makes me love the global greyhound community that much more. Nuff said....
  11. Hi Dick! Long time..... Had to chime in when I saw Flying Coal Citys name. My bratty toddler boy was a Flying Coal City /Vanessa Rousso pup that I met at Mike Gerrards and asked if I could preadopt. Its so much fun to watch them grow, like I did with Zee (FTH Thunder - last FTH dog to race). Needless to say, my boy was simply not going to race and flunked racing college. When I drove to JAX to pick him up, I had a 68 lb puppy. People don't realize sometimes the hound they get from the adoption group/kennel is so very well mannered BECAUSE of their time in the racing kennel. Now you know why I asked if I could preadopt... After playing with this little bundle, who could resist. To say the least, he was a challenge as he came back to the racing kennel from college in OK having been expelled. Then came right home with me. I put him on a "racing kennel" schedule and did things just the way Mike and Toni would do and he settled in nicely. He did however, behave like a toddler in a house as opposed to a kennel.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- House Rules and Manners for Toddler Hounds (or hounds who flunked racing college and did not get post graduate degree in rules and manners in the racing kennel) - Updated “Down” does not mean you can keep your feet UP on the kitchen counter, the bathroom counter, the gate between the family room and the rest of the house, my chest or the chest of others, the pass through to the kitchen or in my coffee cup on the patio table. Standing up with your feet in the front window in the middle of the blinds will NOT get you permission to go play with the mail man no matter how much he smiles at you. Chewing out a hole very neatly in the corner of the front window blinds has solved your problem with seeing out when they are closed. (See above rule ). We are NOT amused. However, to prevent further damage, I will not fix or replace. I will let you keep your peep hole. Your food bowl is YOUR bowl. My food bowl, Skye’s food bowl and Zee’s food bowl are NOT. Just because Zee does not bite your head off when you try to help him eat is NOT permission to share his food. Be grateful that he only growls and is patient with you……for now! Food on the kitchen counter and in the kitchen trash can is NOT yours. Food in your bowl or given to you specifically, IS yours, to be eaten by you. The couches and recliner in the family room are yours to lounge about on. Couch safety dictates that when you depart the couch, you leave by getting down from the FRONT of the couch, NOT by jumping over the back of the couch which is dangerous to your health, safety and physical wellbeing. Couch safety also dictates that you gently jump up on the couch when you want to relax. Pushing the couch half way across the room by using it like a full speed entry slip n slide will frequently result in the couch moving faster than you and your back half will slide along with the couch across the tile. Outdoor speed is NOT to be used indoors. EVER! As a toddler, you do not have enough money or kibble to replace all the things that you smash into and break. This is evidenced by Newton’s first law of motion “Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it”. These external forces include walls, cabinets, the fridge, me, doors or any other movable or immovable objects which may be in your path of destruction. Small pieces of coral rock are NOT for teething. You have all of your teeth already and it will not help you keep them healthy and intact. Just because it is there does not mean it is edible nor should everything be tasted. Especially MONEY! The bank, stores and the Vet do NOT accept money that has been personally and physically recycled by you, and in its recycled form, is messy and can NOT go in my wallet. I do the laundry. You do NOT have to help me. Taking the dirty laundry out of the basket and distributing it throughout the house, into your toy boxes and under your bed does NOT constitute HELP. Speaking of toy boxes, do NOT whine, yelp or bark at me because they are empty. The toys are scattered all over the house where you can easily get them from right where you left them. I am only going to pick them up ONCE per day just before bedtime. If you want them back in the toy boxes so you can drag them out again, then YOU put them back. You do NOT ALWAYS have to be first to the dinner bowls, out the back door, in the back door, into the kitchen, out of the kitchen, to the front door when the doorbell rings or to get a cookie. Let another hound be first occasionally! I am NOT deaf. I hear the phone ringing. If I am not fast enough, I do not need you to bark to make me answer it quicker. If I am NOT fast enough for you, answer it yourself, although it’s probably not for you. The laptop computer is not your pillow. When it is on my lap, please refrain from slobbering on, drooling on, putting paws on, putting head on, or licking the keyboard. Trimming your toenails is NOT a death sentence. You do not have to turn inside out in forty seven directions screaming like a cat on a hot plate when we try to trim nails. More so, you should NOT have to be sedated by the vet just to get it done without us having to fight WWIII. I am patient and we will work on this together. Barking, whining and yelping will not get you into, or me out of the bathroom any quicker. I will NOT dry an area of grass with the hair dryer when you have to pee just because you don't want to get your feet wet when it has rained! Visitors are NOT food! Nomming them, even as just in a simple taste in inappropriate. Sharing is caring. Nuff said on that! Lastly, you are my toddler hound and no matter how much mischief you get into “because you just ain’t right”, I promise I will love you, keep you safe and hold you in my heart as a cherished member of our family always and forever.
  12. I still have that "coming home" picture on my computer...I fell in love with those toofers on first sight. What a joy she was.... One that shall always remain in my heart.
  13. He is out doing ortho procedures all over the county. I still see his partner Mark. I adore him and would not change for the world. I know where every Greyhound article in his office is! Call e if you need me. L.
  14. Hi Irene. I can't believe Wendy is 10. Has it been that long? Let me know if there is anything I can help you with. My vet belongs to Greyhound Health Initiative and is a very knowledgeable "Greyhound" vet. L.
  15. As many of you know, Hope for Hounds has for many years, been a supporter and fund raising champion for research in the quest for a cure for the many cancers that rob us of our beloved hounds. Hope for Hounds is pleased to work in conjunction with the Greyhound Health Initiative and Dr. Couto to further the knowledge, treatment, research and assistance in the medical needs of all Greyhounds, as well as optimizing our care for them throughout their lives. Hope for Hounds is formulating a comprehensive, all inclusive, contact list of Greyhound adoption groups,individual Greyhound owners, Greyhound racing kennels, Greyhound service/support groups, Greyhound prison groups and Greyhound transport groups within North America, no matter how big or how small. Our goal for this list is to be sure that current information from HfH, GHI and available Greyhound programs, can be distributed within the Greyhound community as efficiently and effectively as possible, as it becomes available. By education, advocating and communication, we help our hounds. If you are aware of groups that are not likely to see or use social media, we ask that you pass this on to them. We are asking that you note whether you are a breeder, racing kennel, individual or adoption group as well as your contact information including name of group or kennel, contact name, phone number (optional), and your e-mail address to: hfhadoptionlist@gmail.com The contact information that you provide will be for communication purposes only. Your contact information will not be given to, or shared with, any other person or group without your express written permission. Thank you for your help in our continuing endeavor to serve our hounds and the Greyhound community. The Hope for Hounds Advisory Board. LOVE, HOPE, BELIEVE - AND TOGETHER WE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE
  16. As many of you know, Hope for Hounds has for many years, been a supporter and fund raising champion for research in the quest for a cure for the many cancers that rob us of our beloved hounds. Hope for Hounds is pleased to work in conjunction with the Greyhound Health Initiative and Dr. Couto to further the knowledge, treatment, research and assistance in the medical needs of all Greyhounds, as well as optimizing our care for them throughout their lives. Hope for Hounds is formulating a comprehensive, all inclusive, contact list of Greyhound adoption groups, Greyhound racing kennels, Greyhound service groups, Greyhound prison groups and Greyhound transport groups within North America, no matter how big or how small. Our goal for this list is to be sure that current information from HfH, GHI and available Greyhound programs, can be distributed within the Greyhound community as efficiently and effectively as possible, as it becomes available. By education, advocating and communication, we help our hounds. If you are aware of groups that are not likely to see or use social media, we ask that you pass this on to them. We are asking that you note whether you are a breeder, racing kennel, individual or adoption group as well as your contact information including name of group or kennel, contact name, phone number (optional), and your e-mail address to: hfhadoptionlist@gmail.com The contact information that you provide will be for communication purposes only. Your contact information will not be given to, or shared with, any other person or group without your express written permission. Thank you for your help in our continuing endeavor to serve our hounds and the Greyhound community. The Hope for Hounds Advisory Board.
  17. My beautifully delicious magnolia Miss Isabella (Kiowa Cee Carol), the thug of the Miami Hound House and the bestie of Gustopher P Jones. Her tiny 48 lbs of punk was forever pushing the other hounds around. Her more common household name was Isabellaknockitoff... I do so miss her tiny little self. Lost to osteo.
  18. The ever beloved Duchess of Blackwood. Marc, you have always known how the Miami Hound House has cherished Her Grace......I will always maintain that Gustopher P is sitting at her knee, adoring her.
  19. Miss Rose (Don't Roses Bloom) was with us for such a short time. She was a senior returned to our group with a lot of different medical problems. She had a tumor in her lung. Gustopher P absolutely adored her and acted as her protector, even though she needed no protection, and was ALWAYS at her side. She was such a sweet little old lady
  20. Gustopher P Jones (Pimpmaster G) I miss my big man every day even though he is always here with me in every corner of my home, my world, my heart and my soul.
  21. As many of you know, the Miss Nellie Auction is right around the corner. As October and the auction approach, I find myself thinking about the hounds I've lost to Osteo over the years and reflecting on the many advances that have been made and those to come through continued research that will surely improve the treatment for the carcinomas that affect our beloved hounds. Greytalk has always been a family, lovingly held together by our collective love of the breed and the friends we have made here as well as the hounds we have known and grown to love. It is a place for sharing ourselves, our hounds, information and caring for one another with love, joy, sadness and laughter. As a group, when a hound is lost to one of us, it is lost to all of us. I think there are very few in this Greytalk family who have not been affected by Osteosarcoma or one of the cancers that steal our hounds. Please join Hope for Hounds in the Miss Nellie Auction this year and please share your faces of osteo and canine cancers as we remember those lost to us and those fighting now.
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