Tallgreydogmom

Irene - I am so sorry for your loss of Wendy. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. We understand your pain. Hugs Cora

Hugs to Wendy. Twiggy was our miracle girl. So So sorry for your lose.

Does anyone know anything about having gold beads implanted thru acupuncture in a dogs head to help with seizures?

We paid $50 a day for a full time vet tech to stay at the house with multiple greyhounds. We also would leave extra food for them and a little extra money for food in case they would like to order a pizza. Hug to Twiggy and her mom. Keep up the good work.

Wendy - Please contact Dr Couto and let him know about Twiggy. He is out of the country so it may take a few days for him to get back to you. guilledvm@gmail.com

Prayers and white light for Twiggy and her mom. Older greyhounds do develop kidney problems. Cricket was dx with kidney problems at 3 years of age. Some were DX with kidney failure and passed away from old age. Cricket had 3 strokes in her old age. She passed away at 16 from old age. She wasn't in the best of shape from the strokes but we were there to serve her if she needed anything. The vet had me lean her up against the couch when she was trying to regain her balance to walk. She walked again. Not in a straight line but she walked.

I would put it in their kibble. No problems with them taking it. It does have a terrible taste, I tried it. I might have wet the kibble down a little.

Remember the greyhound is like having a 3 year old in the house. They will always keep you on your toes.

I was wondering how Zander is doing also?

You might want to put some ointment on them.

We use a harness from Ruff Wear. He may not need one too much. He will have to get his sea legs. They usually stay at the vet until they are stable walking. Some need one day, some need a week. I like to have them wear it for my security. If you try to help too much you get in there way.

Contact Cristina at the Ohio State Blood Bank for the free chemo

One of our greyhounds could not walk. We gave 1/4 baby aspirin twice a day. It took about a week but he came back and was fine.

Have you spoken with your adoption group? Perhaps they can help

Check your label on your food. We have some big boys that get 6 cups a day. You should be able to cut him back a little and see if he loses weight. We feed our's the grain free Nature's Domain from Costco, Salmon and Sweet Potato. Did you deworm him? Not that he wasn't dewormed at the kennel. Worms are to dogs like a cold is to people. It happens.

We have done amputation and chemo with our greyhounds. They do really well with 3 legs. After they get their sea legs they can do everything as before. I'm sure you can find videos of tripod greyhounds running around and playing. The chemo is usually started when their stitches come out or soon after. It is not like chemo for humans. For the free chemo from Ohio State he will get 4 doses. One dose every 2 weeks or as your vet recommends. They do blood work before chemo treatments to see what his white blood count is. I think it's the white blood count. They usually go home that same day. After maybe the second dose they might have a little nausea. Not at all like what humans have. The vet can give you some medicine to prevent the nausea also. It's more like a little throw up. Then they might be tired a few days after the treatment. Then it's back to normal. Amputation and chemo is really the best option to give your furkid more time. The treatment is a lot harder on you than it is on him. He will just go with the flow.

In case you need her email. Cristina Iazbik DVM iazbik.1@osu.edu Unfortunately I have her on speed dial.

We are a special needs foster home and do take in seizure greyhounds. Yes, we did have one that went into a seizure and passed away. It is a shock even when you are aware it may happen. We are so sorry for your loss. Hugs

Dennis and Dr Couto forever changed our world. Dennis was our first tri-pod. We are now on our 7th tri-pod, praying this one will be our long term survivor.

Does the vet have Amicar on hand just in case he has a bleeding problem?

Make sure your vet uses Amicar for the bleeding. They should be on it before the surgery. Quip, our current tri-pod had the amputation in October following by the chemo. He is now 8 months post amp with a CLEAN chest x-ray 2 weeks ago. Thank you Lord.

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR FREE CHEMO AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Cristina Iazbik Iazbik, Maria (iazbik.1@osu.edu) Dr Cristina Iazbik is the contact person at the blood bank for the chemo. DO EMAIL HER FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO GET THE PROCESS MOVING. The only drug they can offer is Carboplatin (4 doses) and she will need the path report with the diagnosis, the current weight of the dog (after amputation) and the address of the veterinarian to ship the drugs. iazbik.1@osu.edu

Vallery's prosthetic was custom made for her by http://www.orthopets.com They have a virtual clinic. They work with you online thur photo's and video. Also by phone. I was referred to them by Dr Dyce at Ohio State Veterinary Clinic. They worked with our local vet in getting a casting of her leg. Vallery is missing a foot. They made the prosthetic and mailed it to us. We took video's of Vallery walking with the prosthetic and of the problem rubbing we had. We mailed it back and forth twice. Vallery has done well with her prosthetic foot now for 2 years. Best of luck with your broodie. Have you considered taking her to see Dr Dyce. You are really so close. I would drive them up from Memphis TN. I was well worth the trip for us.

I have had a few greyhounds that got Osteo in a second leg. In one case it was discovered in a front leg a few weeks after I had had the back leg amputated. Are we allowed to say it Sucked? Well it did, BIG TIME.

It would be good to have an x-ray now of both legs, if you are not sure. That will give you a baseline to work from. I would have a second one say in something like two weeks. Even if the limping stops. Osteo is so tricky. I took one of mine to OSU for x-rays on the fourth day of the limp. The surgeons could not say if it was Osteo but they did say the leg should come off. The path report came back Osteo. Actually the Dr at OSU did not really see the limp. Said he might be leaning a little. If your vet will not x-ray, find another vet. This is a greyhound.