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We'd love to know them! All we have is a (really good) video from the rehab vet instructing in doggie massage that we got before Shane developed LS to go with his other mechanical problems.

I'm so sorry.

Oh Jan, I'm so sorry. Thanks for sharing that wonderful tribute and the greyt life she had as a camper.

I'm so very sorry for your loss. The love you felt will never leave you.

Oh, how heartbreaking! I'm so very very sorry.

That was a lovely tribute, Ducky, because Gracie and your feelings for her came though very well. I'm so very sorry she couldn't stay longer.

When we had this problem, the vet said we could give "quite a lot." We usually gave two pills (of Gas-X), but occasionally gave 3-5.

That's fabulous! How old is Zuri?

We had a similar experience with Spencer after his first couple months, during which he'd also shown no signs of space aggression. We then had a thyroid panel done, and he turned out to be hypothyroid. (He also had some other symptoms, such as tiring after a half-mile and mild seizures.) I think that hypothyroidism is most likely to manifest a few weeks to months after neutering, as the hormonal balance changes. It's a thought. And it's an easy fix. We never saw that behavior in Spencer again after treatment started, no matter what the provocation. Good luck, as I know how disturbing this is.

Spencer had great benefit from adding amantadine to his tramadol-and-gabapentin regimen for his LS (and presumed arthritis). It didn't give him any GI trouble, either! (Dosage was one 100-mg capsule per day, and he weighed 73 lbs. at that point.) Here's a link that surveys all the options; amantadine is about halfway down the page. http://www.dogaware.com/health/chronicpain.html P.S.: Vet wrote a script, which we filled at Costco. Very inexpensive.

I'm astonished that you'd worry about sharing your knowledge/experience being "overstepping"! Where did that come from?? (Hope you don't mind that I combined quotes from your two posts above. Should have done it differently.)

Sending hugs.

I'm so sorry, Jennifer. That was a great tribute, and I thank you for sharing these pics and memories of your very well-loved Corey.

I'm so sorry. Run free, Sahara.

She was a well-loved girl, that's for sure. I'm so sorry the time came for her to leave you. You can still win at the bridge, honey, where nothing will hurt. You show 'em.

I'm so sorry your gorgeous boy had to leave.

I'm so very sorry for the loss of this very special girl.

So glad you got a good diagnosis and a quick response to the doxy. Whew!

Oh no, I'm so very very sorry. You surely did everything you could. Sending hugs.

I'm so very sorry. What a lovely way to remember him, snuggled under a sunbeam.

Our worst-infested hookworm grey wasn't diagnosed for 9 months after he arrived, because he got two false-negative fecals during that time. That gave the worms plenty of time to migrate around and establish themselves. We treated initially with Panacur, but vets in WA State hadn't seen much hookworm at that time, and they didn't treat aggressively enough, despite the third fecal showing that he was "loaded" with hookworm. After we brought them mostly under control, it was mostly handled with monthly doses of Interceptor, which we would have given anyway. Now they're not making that, and this dog didn't do well on Trifexis (due to his GI problems). He passed away in March, and I refuse to use Trifexis on our remaining grey, who also has what I call perma-hooks. Not sure how we're going to handle it in the future. Salmon is a rich food, actually, so that may not be the best thing for your dog at this time. Don't let it get out of hand if it's an infection, or it will get *really* expensive and harmful to the dog. (In other words, do as I say, not as I did!) Things like Forti-Flora are all well and good, but they can only do so much. By the time a poop culture revealed a very advanced Clostridium overgrowth, it took three antibiotics, given serially over a two-month period, to conquer it. Then he was left with IBD. General rules, such as those about duration of antibiotics, are fine as guidelines; but you have to treat a particular problem in a particular animal, so keep an open mind.

We have a lot of hookworm experience. You may never be rid of them completely. You can research them in the GT archives, Google, or your vet to understand why. We also have experience with SIBO here (small intestine bacterial overgrowth), and what you're describing -- I looked briefly at your prior threads too -- sounds like it could be that. If Flagyl was only given briefly, it might not have been long enough. You might want to do a culture and sensitivity on the poop to identify which germ has overgrown and which antibiotics will kill it back. The fact that he improved on Flagyl at all may be a clue. But if it's SIBO you may need treatment measured in weeks, not days.

We got great prices on budesonide from Roadrunner Pharmacy in Arizona too. Compounding is best anyhow because most greyhound are going to need less than the standard human dose.