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Thanks, she is a sweetie. In these older years she has silvery strands of fur in her white coat that only seem to make her look younger, and shinier. Last night I clipped away the fur around the wound and was able to do a much better job of cleaning it and applying ointment. Her ear flops over ther wound, but I did not have the heart to cut off the fur under and around her ears.

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Indeed, it's a plus that I did not have to have it removed but for my dogs I will pay whatever price it takes to make them better if something does happen to them. She had a tumor removed from inside her ear last year, the vet said that one had to go. He advised not to have it tested (to see if it was cancerous) because she was 15 at the time and a cancer diagnosis would likely mean saying goodbye. She's been fine since, but it's always nagged at me that I did not have that growth tested. She does have some issues every now and again (has had one seizure, has daily head tremors and rare episodes of seeming lost & staring off into space) and the vet suspects something bad could be going on in her brain but his suggestion is that so long as she is not in pain or distress then keep her happy, comfortable and loved.

Didn't look like a wart, it was sort of triangular in shape and black & white. I just talked with the vet, he said to shave the fur in the area around the wound and keep it clean.

My 16 year-old English setter developed an odd mass on the side of her neck last summer. The vet looked at it and determined it was nothing to be concerned with and to just keep an eye on it. I did, and when it turned black, I told the vet and he said he was still not concerned about it, only if it grew. Okay ... so flash-forward to last night I was petting her and accidently ran my hand over where the mass is, and it broke off leaving a hole in her skin about the size of a fingertip. I examined the bit that fell off, it looks like a small piece of candy corn except it's black at the tip and white at the base. What is this thing? I cleaned up the wound left behind, it did not bleed, but there's a hole in her now! I will call the vet when he opens today, but has anyone ever heard of anything like this?

It's been below freezing for 2 weeks and there is snow on the ground, so that's why I was thinking it couldn't be any sort of bug. Perhaps I am wrong. Nope, as I said before there is no odor - it looks (and smells) like it usually does. The other dogs have not paid it a bit of attention. The ear stuff is called 8 in 1 Excel Ear Cleansing Liquid.

So I come home from work today and my IG seems to be having an issue with one ear. He is shaking his head and wanting me to rub his ear (just one). I took a good look and nothing seems abnormal, it is not red or inflamed, no gook and no odor. Should I just stick some ear medicine drops in it?

My brozoi-saluki is shedding like crazy, I brush and comb her every single day but it's still madness with her shedding - it's never been out of control like this before, and at this time of year. My greyhound, on the other hand, is not shedding. Go figure.

Well she ate a few bits of her dinner and seems settled now. < shrug > She is not on any meds. Um kinda? It goes to white when I press and then back to pale pink. Not the usual pink, but rather lighter.

Well I am baffled. I got her back upstairs, cuddled her, and checked her over again, now her gums are back to pink. Maybe she was just scared by something or? I don't know, I will keep monitoring her.

My 15 year old English setter is just not herself and it seems to have come on all of a sudden. She did not ask for dinner, which never happens (she is always excited for dinner), and when I put her food down she was not interested. I approached her and she started shaking (like shivering) and ran away down the stairs to the basement as if to hide. I went over to her downstairs and checked her over, only thing I could tell that was off are her gums are very pale. I got her to come back upstairs and she was here for a moment and then dashed back downstairs to the basement (finished room) where she remains. I called my regular vet and was lucky to reach him because he closes at 4 pm on Fridays and just happened to be on his way out, he is not available but said it sounds concerning and suggested I take her to the emergency vet and have an x-ray done to see if something ruptured. ??? What to do?

I had something similar happen with my greyhound at age 11 (she is now 13) and it turned out to be a problem with a disc in her neck.

I have not read everyone's responses, but from what you describe it seems to me he could have something along the lines of Canine Cognitive Dysfunction, go to this link. Sending positive thoughts, deciding on what is in your dog's best interest is a hard thing to come to terms with when euthanasia seems the best option.

From a personal experience, I will never subject my greyhound to another dental again. She had one a few months ago, at age 12, and has not been the same ever since. Despite my telling the vet to be sure and not let her neck flop around while she was out (she has problems with discs in her neck), and even giving them a Bite-not collar to use on her has a neck brace, they took no precautions and she has had issues with her neck ever since. That, plus she did not come out of the anethesia well at all and could not stand up on her own 4 legs for nearly a week afterwards and has been having problems ever since.

My father was in the Navy in the late 1950's / early '60s and Yokusuka was the home port of his ship, the USS Tom Green County.

I thought my 15 year-old English setter was dying, but after it passed I am pretty certain she had a seizure. It started just after I offered her dinner, which she did not eat. She was laying on her dog bed, acting nervous, and then she sort of spaced out. I remember thinking "Is she okay?". Next thing I know she suddenly stands up, she reaches up with one front leg (hard to explain - it was very odd, as though she had a bad muscle cramp), her head is down and off to the side and her body is contorted and she's having muscle spasms and she can't walk straight, she is unsteady and can only move to the right. I get ahold of her and she is shaking and smacking her lips and does not seem like she is there. In a matter of minutes she comes to and is back to normal. So was that a seizure? Is she okay? By the way, I did leave a phone message for my vet so will discuss this with him.

My greyhound has hind-end weakness that has been diagnosed as Degenerative Myelopathy. If Marx's symptons came on suddenly, then it is likely not DM but if the symptoms came on gradually it's something you might want to look into. Degenerative Myelopathy is a progressive disease involving the spinal cord.

Here is a link to a medical website about this syndrome http://www.cdsindogs.com/

I thought I would share this for anyone with an older dogs showing symptoms of CCD. There are lots of medical websites about it, but this really helps to explain in a way that is easy to understand: Source

The term for it is Canine Cognitive Dysfunction, or CCD. My 15 year old non-greyhound breed has been showing symptoms for the past year. There are good days, and there are bad days. Currently we are going through a patch of bad days where she is confused, distant, and simply acts lost. I will take her out to the yard and then she stands there in trance. I call her name and she snaps out of it and remembers she needs to pee. In the house she lays on her dog bed and stares off into space. If she finds her way downstairs (basement) I go down there to bring her back up and she goes past the staircase several times before realizing they are there. At any rate, back to the topic, no I would not put her down because of it at this stage. As it progresses or if other health problems present them I will re-evaluate the situation. She is not in pain right now, and has more good days then bad.

My 12 and 1/2 year old greyhound has not been "right" ever since she had her last dental done. Long story short, it's her rear legs, they just don't support her anymore. Tonight the vet told me to prepare myself, that her time is coming. She has what he called "degenerative neuropathy / myopathy" and that she is not in pain, but it's only going to get worse. He said to continue to carry her in and out of the house (3 steps) on her bad days, and to support her with a towel under her belly to hold her up on those days when she can't even hold herself up to go to the bathroom. Very sad about this, not sure how to know when the end is near since she is not in pain. Has anyone experienced this? Thoughts, suggestions, anything? Edit: I Googled this and came up with degenerative "myelopathy" (rear limb weakness or paralysis) but the vet wrote it down as "myopathy" ... ??

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I suggest take Zooks to the vet for examination and x-ray to be safe. I once had a dog that ate a dustbuster vacuum, seemed fine but took her to the vet. Funniest x-ray I have ever seen (in a sad way), bits of wiring all over the place and the great big plug, too.

I asked a lot of questions to this vet (again, not my regular vet) during the visit several weeks before the actual dental. I had a file of notes and had a list of questions and went over everything with the vet, including about the risk of hypothermia. All t's were crossed and i's dotted. She had full bloodwork done and urine analysis. I signed a form that nothing beyond what I discussed with the vet was to be done unless I was contacted first, including extractions. So they did call during the procedure to say she needed one tooth pulled and that would require 15 minutes extra anesthesia and I gave the okay. I don't know what went wrong, could have been that extra 15 minutes of anesthesia, could have been the tramadol, could have been something else, I just know that I will never subject her to going under anesthesia ever again. She's 12 and has lived a good life and I don't see anything happening to her in her remaining years that would require her going under again. As an update, tonight she hopped up on the bed. She was alone in the house, I had stepped outside to get the mail and left her lying down on her dog bed. When I came back inside, she was up on the bed. I wasn't too happy with her at first for pulling such a stunt without my help, but then I checked her over and saw she was fine so she's forgiven. I just don't know how she plans to get off the bed, but she better know she's not going at it alone, I will lift her off. I guess it's a good sign, but it's also worrying because I know she's not 100%.