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    10 Hr Work Days

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    I have long days like that and lost the person who would come to let my dogs out to, well, that's a different story. Anyway, I was able to teach my dogs to use washable pee pads while I was gone. They didn't always need to use it, but did once in a while. It worked really well. I always had more clean ones on hand, so I didn't have to wash one or two by themselves. I bought the really large ones for hospital beds, put 2 down on the floor in a specific place and that was it.

    Cbd Oil

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted · Edited by seeh2o

    You might want to try Lazarus Naturals, they have a really good high potency CBD tincture, no THC. They seen to be a really good company, and they give big discounts to veterans and low income people.

     

    Another good one that has a high potency tincture, but not as high as Lazarus, is Innovet. They also have sales and decent discounts.

    Osteo Thread Part 9

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    Bella Run Softly

    Softy, Bowie, Mama, Mamacita, Bo,

    Bowie Peeps, Peeps, Peep

    4.12.7 - 12.11.18

     

    One in a million, truly. Filled with pure joy, confidence, and grit, lots and lots of grit. 25 months with osteo, girlfriend had lots of grit. I love her with all my heart, which is now shattered into nano pieces. I'll write a proper tribute after I've found a way to piece it together again. Just know that she never had even a day of suffering, she had a good quality of life throughout all of it. She had days where she didn't feel great, that's to be expected, metcifully they were rare.

    Soft Tissue Sarcoma In Greyhounds

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    It would add to your ability to assess things if the vet would tell you what kind of soft tissue sarcoma it is. If, for example, it is hemangiosarcoma, unless they got clean margins it is likely to come back in the same place, but more aggressively. Dr. Couto as a chemo protocol involving injections into the lesion site, that you may want to look into if this is the kind of sarcoma your hound has. From what I remember, people whose hounds received this kind of chemo found it had little to no side effects and it was effective.

     

    Very good point! Thanks for adding that. I was in a fog when I wrote my response. Bowie had a rough night and day today, so I'm not all here.

    Soft Tissue Sarcoma In Greyhounds

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Bowie developed a rare form of Osteosarcoma subcutaneously, so not exactly the same thing. Prognosis for it is 26 - 74 days. She developed it at the end of April this year and she's still with me. The tumors are massive now, but started small. They were being watched, but seemed to blow up overnight.

     

    Several things to think about, in terms of prevention, change of diet to raw, adding golden paste to his diet, daily CBD oil with THC (not enough to make the dog high), mushroom supplements, and several other supplements. If you're interested, I'm happy to share the info.

    Vaccine For Cancer In Dogs, And Possibly Humans

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    I actually contacted Colorado State University when I first saw that this study was going to be done because they only wanted specific breeds and greyhounds weren't one of the breeds they wanted.

     

    When I asked why they weren't included, they said that only wanted dog breeds that are at "higher than average" cancer risk, and greyhounds don't fall into that category.

     

    Uh, what the what?!

    Tripod Harness?

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    I had a couple of harnesses, some that said they were perfect for dogs with front leg amps. None of them worked very well for Bowie and would just slide around the front of her chest no matter how I adjusted it. She would rather walk with a collar, so that's what she has been using ever since.

    Pet Insurance?

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Just know this--with all these policies, once they pay out for some issue, then when you renew, that issue is now a pre-existing condition, so they won't cover it again.

     

    That is not true with Healthy Paws. Bowie's osteo diagnosis began back in 2016 and they are still paying claims related to her osteo as I type this in 2018! I had Pet First ages ago and they did that with Carl as he was hypothyroid. I dumped them right away.

    Pet Insurance?

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Healthy Paws. They have paid exactly as they said they would for Bowie. She's 2 years post first limp with osteo. I have a $250 yearly deductible, I pay for the office visit fee and they pay 90% of everything else.

    So far over the last 24 months they've paid for:

    Many sets of x-rays

    Bone scan

    Front leg amputation with 5+ day hospitalization

    3 day hospitalization for infection post suture removal

    Ultrasound

    6 rounds of chemo (Greyhound Health Initiative paid for the actual chemo meds)

    Osteo vaccine expanded field study (original 3 rounds and 3 additional boosters)

    Multiple chiropractic visits

    Emergency visit requiring sub q fluids

    Immunocidin injections

    Entyce to stimulate appetite

    Multiple meds

    And on and on and on. Probably right around $20,000.

    They are amazing. They raised our rates significantly recently, but it still will never come close to what they've paid out in the past 2 years.

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