Hawthorn

I'm so sorry

Just wanted to let you know that I have been following Mattie's story but haven't responded before as I have no experience to share or advice to offer. Sending you and Mattie lots of good thoughts and many prayers .

What a terrible shock that must have been for you . Rest in peace, Malone.

Bless her heart

Sending my sympathy

What a beautiful story and it reminds me so much of my first greyhound, Charlie. Coincidentally, today is the (2nd) anniversary of his passing too. Charlie was also very shy and nervous to begin with but once he realised he had nothing to fear from me he bonded with me so strongly. People often commented on the bond between us, and the best compliment I ever had was from a judge at a greyhound show, who said "The bond between you two is amazing - where you are is where he wants to be". It brought a tear to my eye, as has your story about Molly.

"The most magical thing about greyhounds is that adopting them changes your life forever. The most devastating thing about greyhounds is that losing them changes your life forever." These words leapt off the page at me - they are so true.

I'm so sorry

I'm so sorry

Rest in peace Kevin

Sending prayers

I'm so sorry

Sending prayers for a peaceful passing

Sending my sympathy.

Sending my sympathy on the loss of your special boy

This occasionally happens to Sunny and I agree it is very distressing. I don't know what causes it or how to prevent it, but when it happens to Sunny we massage the affected muscles quite firmly (usually we can see/feel a sort of knotted area in the muscle) and also stretch the leg out gently and this seems to make the cramping go away. Then we walk him around slowly for a few minutes.

That's just what I was thinking . We took Sophie to the vet recently with a lump on her behind and the vet did a fine needle aspirate, confirmed it was a histiocytoma and recommended we leave it alone to see if it goes away on its own. I don't think I'd have felt comfortable about leaving it without knowing what it was just in case it was something more sinister, such as a mast cell tumour. My understanding is that you can't tell just by looking at these lumps exactly what they are so I'm not sure how your vet can "reassure" you that it's nothing nasty .

Sending my sympathy.

Sending my sympathy

This is something we've been wondering about here too. Back in the summer we went from using Frontline every 2 months to every month and shortly afterwards our two started losing fur on the front of their necks. However, we can't be sure it's the Frontline as it could also be seasonal hairloss, as it started in the Autumn, or could also be caused by their house collars rubbing off the fur. I read the Frontline information leaflet though and one of the listed adverse reactions is alopecia, either localized or generalized. I'm a bit surprised your vet didn't know this . Haven't heard about using Melatonin to reverse hair loss but it'll be interesting to see what others say.

Sunny and Sophie have both have one of these. In both cases it was a histiocytoma, which is a benign growth that usually goes away on its own within 3 months. However, a mast cell tumour (a very aggressive cancer) also looks similar so it's important to have a fine needle aspirate done to establish for sure what it is.

I'm glad that Hanna's doing so well and that you're feeling a bit better about it than you were. The first thing I noticed when my poodle had PRA was that he was reluctant/hesitant to walk in the dark. At first we just thought he was scared of the dark, though, and didn't realise he was going blind.