RobinM

That is when you have to have the good come back answers ready. Whenever anyone comments to me about how skinny or how awfully thin they are, I say, well tomorrow is Teddy's turn to eat. With the expense of food and all.... that usually shuts them down pretty quickly. If it's someone is addressing it honestly as in "are they supposed to be that thin". My answer is of course much more in depth and honest.

Keeping your boy in my thoughts and prayers

I thought of doing nothing but our house is really big and crumbs here between the 4 dogs a teenager and DH is just unavoidable although my house is clean clean clean. I have a very large house and if I do nothing, i will have an investation and turn a relatively small problem into a gigundo problem which is avoidable. I just can't find where they are coming from.

OMG- i noticed some ants in my kitchen. I'm here for 17 years and I have never had any bugs at all. What can I use that is safe for the dogs to be around?

Sending loads of prayers for your boy.

I am very sorry.

I am so sorry.

Continued big prayers for this brave boy and his mom and dad.

We used to put the power in clear gel capules you can buy at wild by nature, a vitamin store or online. I made a weeks worth at a time.

I am so sorry. We went through this with our 9.5 year old. She was dx with osteo, we did an amp/chemo immediately due to a fracture and we had her for one day short of 5 months. She got the stairs down greyt, however, we carried her up MANY steps MANY times a day every day for almost 5 months. She never came up the stairs herself. Many prayers coming your way.

Thinking of you both.

Please don't misunderstand. I am not sorry I asked for the poll- I am sorry for the numbers we have seen so far. I am also sorry things did not work out better for more of us and I am sorry I can't modify the poll so that people who have lost their pups less than 1 month into it can vote. I have no clue how to modify that. It just got me and Dh rehashing a lot of bad memories which as anyone who has been through this knows, it's very sad.

I don't know how to fix the poll but with so many of you not able to vote because if it says a lot too. Totally heartbreaking. This thread set DH and I both back quite a bit tonight. Sigh.

Anyone know how to modify the poll itself? Can't figure it out. I haven't read all the threads, I was more looking at the numbers of the poll- but please don't ever hesitate to share what you are experiencing or feeling or felt... that is the whole purpose of this board! There is always going to be someone who takes something out of context and sometimes "text" words are hard to keep in context. to begin with. Please don't feel like you have to explain yourself.

Trying to figure out how to modify poll with the option of less than 3 months. I'm scard to see that results of that. I am at work and will try to modify.

I am so sorry. Hugs to you and your pack.

This in fact is 100% on the nose. Everything we do, we do for ourselves. Yes, you and Darcy are the lucky ones. May she have many, many more happy and healthy years.

I think that this answer pretty much sums it up.

I think about Polli every day, every hour. She is in my head. Period. Second guess? no. I had no options. She fractured her leg and if I did not amputate right then, I would have had to say goodbye and I know that is not what she wanted. I am very disappointed and disillillusioned by our outcome. I just don't want our outcome to be the norm. But then again, what's norm about any of this?

This poll, my first, unfortunately is a very senstive subject to myself and many others, I am sure. I know I was certain that we had beat the cancer and Polli was going to be THE one who made it another 3++ years post amp however, we were wrong. We were very wrong. Polli left us one day short of 5 months. We were shocked. She went from full blown roo fests and and running the field to it being over in just a few short days. Totally heartbreaking. If you greyhound was diagnosed with osteo and whether or not you opted for amp/chemo, there is a poll here for you too. Prayers for all the hounds and their people who are undergoing treatment for any and all illnesses.

I am so sorry for your loss. how lucky that you had each other for so long.

very nice.

Wow- lucky boy. I am so happy for you.

Sending healing thoughts for Cougar, and hugs for you.

I really miss her too.