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I have read 2 Bach books and they both said that is one of the wonderful things about the Bach remedies-they are so dilute that it would be pretty much impossible to give anybody too much so you don't have to worry about that. They don't work like "conventional" medications that generally associate efficacy with concentration. They work by helping correct the animals energy. I have found them to be indispensible. THEY WORK. In fact they work so good they have been "copied" quite a bit but I doubt if the copycat versions work as good as Bach's original essences. Just give it to him as needed. You can administer it several times/day if needed but probably 2-3 times will be adequate. You can also put some in his water. Like the other poster said there are several Bach essences and the book(s) can help you select the most beneficial ones for any given situation. I have had wonderful results using Rescue Remedy on fearful hounds as well as in other situations. Hope this helps. PS- It won't have any effect on the greyts that don't need it so you can put it in the water if you want. That is another good thing about the Bach essences. If an animal doesn't need it or you select the wrong essence it won't harm them in any way. Remember it doesn't work like conventional chemical things-its healing energy-so if its not needed it has no effect.

I agree with Houndtime and Foxysmom. Just be open minded- and don't be surprised! Its been almost 3 years since Slim crossed over and honestly I think about him pretty much constantly. Had I not learned that he was still with me I would have probably imploded. Its like I had no desire to go on-like nothing mattered-after he crossed over. But thinking about him all the time is good now because it enables me to move forward with him like we always did when he was here in his earthly body. I run also and wanted to suggust BagBalm. The stuff in the green tin can that some people put on their hands. I have always gobbbed it all around my toes and have never got a blister when I do this. It prevents friction apparently and then there is no blister. Just wanted to share. Hang in there. It'll get better.

I believe it must be some sort of a greyhound thing. After years of houndies I no longer am surprised when they come back in with a laceration from an unknown cause that is never determined. Of course I always check thoroughly and I always find nothing. It forever remains a mystery how they managed to hurt themselves. Please give Kasey a kiss and here's to a speedy recovery.

Soooo sorry for your loss. Run free and happy sweet Wendel!

A touching and moving tribute. My deepest sympathy.

My heartfelt sympathy. I know how it is to suddenly lose a young hound like that and you both are in my prayers. I know it is like greys4Us said- words are just plain inadequate.

The eyes...oh what a story they tell. I can't help but feel that wow! what a blessing Stepper IS. I don't think he will EVER leave you. He loves you too much! Look for the signs he sends. My Slim sends me signs. It is soooooo comforting to know he is still with me. One of my other greyts Cash said she was glad Slim had crossed over! I was SHOCKED and flabbergasted and blind sided! I quickly asked why? She said it was because he had more power from the spirit world. I found out she was right. And that he is happier than he ever was when he was with me in his earth suit. So I have to be happy for him as you know how it is you just want the ones you love so much to be happy and safe. Thank you for sharing. Hope I am not being too forward by sharing my experience, strength and hope. What we have enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.-Helen Keller I am sure Stepper left a piece of his soul right next to yours before he crossed over. He so embodies the ancient wisdom of the greyhound. I think perhaps they know so much more than we do. We and all living things ARE NOT EARTH BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY EARTH EXPERIENCE.

Love and prayers for Sebau!

So sorry.

I'm so very sorry. Words are just not adequate.

She looks a lot younger in the second picture!

My deepest sympathy. What a lovely lady.

Prayers going up from KY!

My deepest sympathy. Run free and happy sweet girl.

Goldie had dandruff and dry skin when I adopted him but it went away when I started giving him Lipiderm.

Slim taught me the difference between the spirit world and the temporary earth world we live in. He taught me that we are all in reality spirit beings and that it was not his earth suit that I fell in love with and that was my soulmate-it was the real him-the spirit. Taught me not to confuse his earth suit with who he really was. Until he taught me this-from the spirit world- I couldn't go forward after his crossing over. It was just too devastating. He showed me that he will always be with me and that we can move forward together-just like we used to. The only difference is he is in spirit world and I am in the earthly world. He also told me he left me a little piece of his soul right next to mine so that we will remain always together as we always were when he was here. We never spent a single night apart until that fateful last night when he crossed over. He routinely sends me signs which are so loved and so reassuring. We are soulmates forever and he is and always will be the most important and best thing that has ever happened to me(except for when I received Jesus). SLIM Fearless, Faithful..... Loves, Protects, Leads...... MY SOULMATE from the spirit world...(aka)Ruthless.

Oh I am so sorry. My heart aches for you. One thing I know - I learned when my soulmate Slim crossed over- is that only her body died. I am sure her true self- the one we all loved- is running free -and happily- right now. It seems so sad that she never got to experience your loving home and how wonderful that would have been, but honestly we can't always understand, we can know but not necesaaarily understand, how she is even happier now. She may very well have a bigger "mission" to yet fulfill (as my Slim did). We just don't know everything. My deepest sympathy.

Lipiderm worked great for Goldie.

Congratulations! He sure is HANDSOME! He looks like he's quite intelligent also, wonder how long it will be before he outsmarts you the first time? Ha!

"The effective freverent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." Prayers going out!

Wouldn't trust that vet. Tylenol-no way. May I suggust yucca? Goldie had an awful bone chip from racing that was very painful-caused bad tramatic arthritis. I gave him Solid Gold yucca twice a day and it REALLY helped. It is cheap and I've never heard of it hurting man or beast so you might consider trying it. I do know that its purity is critical. I doubt if drug store yucca will help. The Solid Gold yucca is made from "an old Indian receipe" and really made all the difference to Goldie. Now it is VERY bitter and he probably won't eat it at all if you just put it in the food. With Goldie I used to mix it up with a tablespoon or 2 of honey and pour it in his mouth just before giving him his regular food. The honey was sticky enough etc. that he got it that way. Their web site is www.solidgoldhealth.com Hope this helps. PS-Alan is very lucky to have a Mom like you that will stand up for him and check things out. If we don't speak up for them there is no one else who will and they can't. PPS-Don't know if it is too strong for kidney dogs or not. Ask Solid Gold-they're pretty savvy about things.

You lucky dog! I too was struck by her beauty and obvious magnificience when her info was first posted. I'm so happy for you both!

I think it may depend on the dog and the particular chemo drug they use. My Ivy received 4 chemo treatments and they did not negatively affect her at all. Not once did she even throw up. They told me that dog chemo was not like people chemo. She was 10 at the time. I did give her 6 Fresh Factors a day and believe they really helped her. Sadly for her amputation and chemo were to no avail and she crossed over less than a year after the original diagnosis when it spread suddenly and quickly through her body.

For the record- even if you have them to the vet before signs are even evident; even if the vets are highly rated and have the latest and greatest equipment and technology and have a surgeon begin immediately- it can still kill them. I had my beloved heart dog Slim at a top rated er before symptoms were even apparent. I love him so much and as a trained observer I thought he didn't "look" exactly right so I rushed him to er just to be on safe side. I fully expected it to be nothing-thought maybe he had just gotten a little hot. I just didn't want to take ANY chances with him even though I thought I was wasting my time and money taking him. (I am aware that I am like a mother hen concerning my hounds and have to watch that I don't over react.) The only reason they admitted him ASAP was because of my "insistance" as he didn't appear to be ill. X-rays surprisingly revealed torsion/bloat. After the "successful" surgury he coded twice, was resusitated once and required euthanization shortly before bleeding to death from DIC. True if you neglect to get them there early and the tissue gets damaged due to the blood supply being cut off etc. that can be it. But as Slim showed you can also have an emergency surgeon standing by as it develops, prior to any symptoms even being shown, and it can still kill.

All the vets I have dealt with- and I have dealt with a lot of them- are "reluctant" ,to say the least, to give a script or call/fax anything in. It is like twisting their arm to get them to do it. They want that high profit margin of theirs and either don't understand or care about our finances and in some cases I think it even trumps the patients well being. I am dealing with one vet now who holds my 12 year olds Enalapril kidney medicine "hostage" and refuses to even give me a single refill unless I bring her in and pay $32 for a "blood pressure check" every time she needs more. (She is healthy, blood values are all wonderful, and she is in great shape by the way.)This is obviously a tactic to pay for the new bp machine. I am thinking about moving her to a more resasonable (?) vet but then would have to pay for all the original diagnostic work all over again- so they know they've got you between a rock and a hard place. Sad to say but I really don't think the majority of them care about the dogs-certainly not like we do anyway. Just like the one that let the greyhound escape recently and neglected to even notify her Mom in a timely fashion. That vet let all those critical valuable hours immediately after the escape go by. Thats how much that vet cared about the poor greyhound and her mom and this is what I have found to be the norm. This has been my honest experience-wish it could have been better.