NeylasMom

Usually you're just looking for low fat for pancreatitis I believe. I don't think you need a Rx diet to accomplish that. But you could always start her on one and then consider switching later. I'm not a huge fan of the ingredients, but they can also be pricey. I realize none if this is helpful or a response to your actual question.

Not sure why you're considering them, but Hill's has a new GI formula I just learned about today from the vet behaviorist who presented on the gut biome at a conference I was at today. You might consider it as well: https://www.hillspet.com/dog-food/pd-gastrointestinal-biome-canine-dry If you're just looking for something to help her system, another option could be a non-Rx diet and a course of Purina Calming Care: https://www.proplanveterinarydiets.com/products/calming-care-dog-probiotic-supplement/ (Disclaimer: I am not a vet and don't play one on TV )

Mine has too, on my phone. I haven't been on a computer today to check that, which is where it was happening yesterday.

Are you clicking on a saved stream, like unread content in between? That seems to be when it resets for me. And I went back and recreated the saved feed, making sure it was condensed when I saved in case that was the issue, but it didn't address it.

Her post in the ABT appeared that way as well so maybe a setting she has?

Jeff, did you say that once you click on condensed it should stay that way? Mine seems to keep switching back to expanded.

Yay! And thank you for the instructions about updating your default stream on the previous page. That was the step I was missing as well.

Jeff, not sure how to clarify, I'm not having a search issue, I was trying to offer some input based on someone else's complaint about the lack of "corn" search results. I'm on another message board where the search feature is useless. Greytalk now looks exactly like that message board so I'm assuming there's a host or platform or something for message boards and now maybe they're on the same ones. I know nothing about websites so that's the best I can do. Point being, I don't know if you have the ability to tweak the search function, but if not we may have to resort to searching using the method I gave.

I feel it's pretty bright white too, hurting f my eyes as I'm reading more posts at once. Jeff, re: the search issues, this now looks like another group I'm in. I dont know if it's the same "host" or whatever it would be, but the search on that site is useless. I have better success going to my browser and typing "<Forum name> <search word>" in the search bar. So for instance, you'd type "Greytalk corns" and then click on the links that came up. Hope we don't have to resort to that. My bug, every time I reply to a thread it pulls up and quotes old content I quoted. Sometimes I get an option to clear it, sometimes I don't, and sometimes it clears it, sometimes it doesn't.

Congratulations on your success at your first trial! I second everything you said in your last post and hope this thread will inspire some folks to seek out classes with a certified instructor. Or for folks who aren't interested in trialing (it can be expensive and time consuming, especially as it gets harder to get into trials meaning you're likely to travel further just to get in) there are plenty of scent work classes that are just intended to be fun. Other organizations now offer their own and slightly different trials/rules as well. I started with Violet for exactly one of the reasons you mentioned, she was an anxious girl and I wanted something we could do one-on-one that she would enjoy and would help build her confidence. Turned out that I enjoy it as much as she does so Skye, who is my agility dog now does nosework too. Anyway, congrats again!!

I don't see how. Heartworm is transmitted by infected mosquitos. No input on what to expect, but you're very kind to consider this.

Thanks for sharing, really interesting (aside from the last paragraph where they make huge generalizations that seem to be inconsistent with the findings they just shared ). A great next step would be to measure the amount of amylase produced and compare that to the number of genes in specific dogs. Without that information it's hard to know how well dogs digest starches, even those with greater numbers of that gene (though I'm not claiming that they don't). Would also love to see something like this done for mixed breeds across the US.

You get that mucous when their GI system has become irritated. I wouldn't worry, just keep her on the bland diet until she's passing stool again and then gradually transition back to her normal food. Probiotics may help. I really like VetriScience Vetriprobiotic BD for things like this. It's a probiotic, but also has some other natural things to soothe the GI tract and heal the mucosal lining. You can get it on Amazon.

I don't think you can assume anything. It's been too little time to really assess whether the diet will help. If gut healing is what you're after, I highly recommend Vetri-Science Vetri-probiotic BD. It has probiotics, but has so many other things for gut healing, including L-glutamine. I have IBS and take the human version (made by the same company) for myself and it has been a life saver. Of course, I'm pretty sure they have the tiniest bit of chicken in them so there's that to consider. Though fwiw, my chicken sensitive girl eats them without issue.

Did your vet okay the carrots? And are you sure you got rid of the hooks?

You found yourself a good dog trainer right there. I'm so sorry this is where you ended up, but try to be compassionate with yourselves. Maybe you can read through this thread imagining your posts are from another owner and think about what you would say to that person after hearing they returned the dog. I would imagine you would find it quite easy to offer them support and sympathy. So try to do the same for yourself. Sometimes it's just not a good fit. And honestly, if being in a home with another dog and/or a more routine schedule solves the issue for her, it's probably the kinder solution for her as well. I have to say that my views about dog returns from back when I did rescue to now as a professional trainer have done a 180. It's easy to judge when your concern is keeping dogs in their home. But that's shortsighted. We now know how damaging emotionally it can be for a family to have to deal with behavior or aggression issues with a pet, especially when it leads to euthanasia or a return. Many of those people don't go on to adopt other dogs when they would have otherwise so it ends up hurting rescue efforts in the long run to discourage returns or shame people when they do it, not to mention adopting out behaviorally unhealthy dogs in the first place. Anyway, I'm digressing a bit. Bottom line, I hope you can find peace in your decision. You did everything right here. I am curious, did you end up trying the Paxil and if so, did you see any effect? Only asking for future reference.

Certain batches of Hill's food are being recalled for toxic levels of vitamin D. I believe so far they've only identified issues with canned foods, but personally I'd be avoiding their foods for the time being. I did have success using Azodyl for my cat. There's no harm in giving that and seeing if her values come down. I personally wouldn't be giving a special Rx diet with those levels. What I would do is find a food that is lower in Phosphorus, add the Azodyl, and start fish oil if you haven't already.

They are also finding that some CBD oil has residual THC in it per a vet behaviorist I recently spoke with. Is your dog already on medication? CBD oil is all the rage right now and I think there are uses for it, but we know next to nothing about how it effects our dogs and these products are completely unregulated (ie. zero quality control). For me, that puts it in the last resort category rather than the reach for it early on as a safe way to avoid medication. Getting off my soap box... (By the way, I have used a CBD product with one of my dogs so again, not saying it's never appropriate, just requires some consideration. Unfortunately that was sent time ago so I can't give any specific product recommendations.)

Agreed, I wouldn't worry about it. Though I am careful not to let my girls do it in people's yards so when we're places where it doesn't matter like on hikes, I let the go to town and sometimes they really will, Violet especially. It's pretty funny when she gets really into it.

Yes to meds you can give in advance. A hefty dose of Gabapentin is another alternative if they're concerned things like Xanax and Valium will interfere with anesthesia. Violet gets 500 mg before bed and then again an hour before her procedure. Also, ask them to schedule it so that you literally arrive and they take him back and get started. We have actually switched to no pre-meds at all for Violet. She gets her Gabapentin at home and then as soon as we get there they take her back, put the catheter in and put her under. We've done this successfully twice now. If they don't want to do that, then ask if they can do pre-meds with your husband there and have him sit with him until they've kicked in and they're ready to start. Definitely talk this over with your vets and come up with a plan. They should be able to accommodate you somehow. And yes, Transexamic acid starting 3 days before. We also do Yunnan Baiyao starting the day before and continue both for 3 days after when there are extractions. I hope everything goes well. FYI, malignant hyperthermia is a very different thing. Most likely you would know if he was susceptible to that as it likely would have happened during his neuter. That can only be reversed with Dantrolene I believe.

First of all, take some deep breaths and let your dogs out of the kitchen. The only thing isolating them is going to accomplish is stressing them out and possibly damaging your relationship with them. As you noted, they in no way understand that as a consequence of something that happened hours ago. Also, they were just being dogs. The failure here was really yours. I don't say that to sound harsh, and I certainly don't think you intentionally put your dogs in a bad situation, but by having them on leash around loose dogs, that's what you did. It's just not fair or safe to have some dogs on leash while others or off because it doesn't give the leashed dogs the option to retreat if they don't like the interactions. In scary or unpleasant situations, dogs have three options - fight, flight, or freeze. If we remove flight, which having the dog on leash does, the dogs choices are then to just take it or to communicate in some way that the other dog needs to back off. And every dog has his limit if another dog is being rude, pushy, or impolite, and rightfully so. No one here is going to be able to say what really happened, but I'm not sure from your description that this was purely predatory. You said that there was a lot of activity and dogs bouncing around and that your male gave an appropriate warning early on. And you made an astute observation that it was too much for your dogs and wanted to get them out of there. Unfortunately, I think it was too late. My guess is the spaniel made an attempt to interact again and this time, because the growling hadn't been effective your boy had to be firmer so he pinned the dog. If the dog then started screaming (especially if high pitched) and the other dogs started getting involved you now have a pack situation, which can easily turn into predatory behavior. The simple solution to this is don't let your dogs interact with off leash dogs while they're on lead. And I would be very selective about leash greetings with other leashed dogs, if I did them at all. And clearly, no dog park. Pretty standard stuff. If you think the chance is high that you'll encounter an off leash little white fluffy on walks, then muzzle them so you feel better about it, but know that that puts your dogs at risk if an aggressive loose dog attacks them as they won't be able to defend themselves. Personally, I would just work with the behaviorist to change their response to other dogs - use classical conditioning so that their response is to look up at you at the sight of another animal and always have high value treats on your walks to be doing this training and don't stress too much about it.

Well I'm glad to see that I'm not alone in having a harder time parting with this stuff than say, old paystubs. I do worry that if I get rid of some of it I'll want to reference it later. I actually don't know if I finally got rid of the diary I kept when Neyla had osteo where I tracked her supplements, etc. I think I did...I have to really think about what pieces of that type of stuff could actually be useful and maybe create a digital copy if possible. I do like the idea of creating travel documents for the dogs.

What's your system for vet records and invoices? What do you keep, how do you keep it (digital or paper, etc), and for how long? I am pairing down my paperwork and coming up with a better filing system and stuff related to the dogs is a bit harder for me to part with. I have invoices and insurance claims from years back, time to pair down! What's your system?

That's how you know. Sounds like you're doing a great job. And I totally understand the relief that comes with being able to leave the house for even a short period without watching your dog lose it. I went through it with Violet and it was so horrible to watch her panic when alone. We finally found the sweet spot with an SSRI and leaving her uncrated with access to the front door and it was such a relief. Hang in there.

I thought someone else recently asked about Paxil as well, but you're right, it's not as commonly prescribed so you probably aren't going to be able to get much feedback here. FYI, separation anxiety is a true disorder where your dog is panicking. Your own anxiety isn't causing it and likely isn't making it worse unless you're doing some really outlandish stuff when you come and go, which seems really unlikely since you seem to have your head on straight and are getting really good help. So just stick with what you're doing. If Paxil doesn't do it, there are plenty of other options to try so that you can eventually remove the drugs that cause sedation. FYI, Trazodone is an interesting one. One of the vet behaviorists I work with told me that in order for it to help with anxiety you have to give enough that it first "fills" all of the sedation receptors and then the rest hits the anxiety receptors. But sleepy and relaxed is still better than anxious until you can find the SSRI or similar drug that works for her.