rascalsmom

Agree with Judy 100%. Better to know what you are up against, than to not know.

I'm so very sorry for your loss. She was a beautiful girl.

The See Spot Run is interesting to me.....our lawn also has horrible dead patches. I started scratching off the dead grass, adding topsoil and grass seed--but this could take forever! Our yard is quite large. Might have to consider this product!

My brother took his Lab to Misty Pines for many, many training classes. He had nothing but praise for the place, and the staff.

Is there anyone you'd feel comfortable leaving him with? Maybe another greyhound person, whom he knows, and he knows their dogs? If he is so uncomfortable at events, I wouldn't take him. I don't really feel it's fair to the dog if they get stressed out at events, but you force them to go. I realize you want to attend in order to sell your wares, so it's a tricky situation. And since you're vending, he's forced to be 'in the thick of things'. We went to GIG three or four times, and to Dewey six times, and while she wasn't 'reactive' like Truman, Ruby did not enjoy events. She was a homebody and would rather stay home. After a few events--even though we still went--we did not do a lot of socializing; it was more a relaxation weekend, with the dogs, for DH and I. Ruby was able to enjoy hanging out in the hotel with us, but the minute we put the dog beds into the van to come home, she showed her first signs of happiness. Eventually we just quit going.

I, too, think she looks fine. When people remark about how thin my dog is, I tell them that she is (was) an athlete--you don't see too many overweight runners, do you? Why would a racing DOG be overweight?? And given your girl's leg, excess weight would be very bad! Just saw Lindsay's remark, and I love it. When we went to our group's reunion, I saw so many overweight greyhounds. It made me very sad.

Perhaps acupuncture? So sorry to hear your girl is having trouble.

My experience is the exact opposite. Of my five greyhounds, only one has had dewclaws. Well, one and a half--my Buddy had one dewclaw, but it was misshapen, and he actually tore it off a couple of times. The vet said they 'tried to remove it [when they removed the other one] but botched it'. My current dog, Phoebe, has her dewclaws.

Personally, *I* LOVE frozen peas! Your dog has good taste!

I certainly remember Alan, and you too Susan. You were blessed to have had Alan.

I'm so happy to hear this.

Check with the kennel first about taking things along. I found that many of them will not let you bring beds, and some don't want you to bring blankets, etc, either. We recently left Phoebe for her first post-adoption kennel experience--it was only one night--and she did just fine. She was utterly exhausted when she got home.

One of my dogs had giardia, too, without any symptoms. Like Batmom said, it's everywhere.

Jiffer, I never knew that about the protein/platelet thing. The vet thought the clots were related to the prednisolone he was on. She prescribed that to try and quickly get the disease under control, and then we were going to switch him to prednisone. He never made it that far. He did so well after the VERY invasive surgery--recovered very well from that--was eating like a pig (thanks to the pred, no doubt), probably upwards of 7 cups a day---but just kept losing weight. We were actually making a little progress with his protein numbers when the clots developed.

My boy, Jack (in my avatar) had lymphangiectasia. His was diagnosed after he was losing protein--we did an ultrasound which found a mass. They operated to figure out what the mass was, and it turned out that it was 'clogged lymphatics'. He started on the special food, and prednisolone. He was losing weight alarmingly, in spite of these measures. One day he was lame; x rays showed nothing. The next day his front leg was swollen....the vet felt sure it was blood clots. We had him put down at that point, since the only options were more veterinary specialists, and Jack was a mess at the vet--very, very stressed. After he was gone the vet was looking closely at him, and he had a lot of bruising on the inside of his back legs--so she said it was definitely clots. From start to finish, this was all about a month's time. He was gone so quickly. I did not even get three years with him, and he was such a good dog.

Interesting....last night we had to take Phoebe to the emergency vet, and they gave her an injection of buprenorphine. By the time we got home about two hours later, she was a drooling mess, disoriented....and today she is still not herself. She showed little interest in food (definitely OUT OF CHARACTER for her), is not her normal happy, bouncy self at all. This afternoon she even refused a bite of an apple, one of her favorite things. It's been 18 hours+ since the injection. I called her regular vet and asked that they note this reaction in her chart. Not so sure I want her to get this drug again!

My sympathies to you, Robin, and especially to your dear mom.

Wow, it was like the minute he hit the pavement he was going "ouch"...."ouch"....with every step. Poor boy. I sure hope everything goes well for him, and that evil corn has been defeated once and for all!!

I think *I* would be afraid to navigate those steps in the winter time! I think Lydia needs a bright yellow collar to match those bandages.

My Buddy had the chemical debridement when he got a corneal ulcer. That could be what others are referring to. Fixed him up, but he did develop pannus in that eye.

Poor Sid. Corns are evil, evil, evil!! I hope his surgery works.

Treasure....so aptly named.

Definitely more money, but sometimes it's the best way. We took Buddy to a specialist, and I never regretted it. Sad story about vets in general: the girl who cuts my hair has a cat who, a few years ago, developed eye problems. The vet tried treating it, and kept changing the medications, but still the cat wasn't getting better. In fact, the cat was going blind. She finally took the cat to a cats-only vet, who immediately recognized glaucoma. This vet referred her to the same specialists that Buddy went to years later....they removed both of the cat's eyes. BUT--the cat is still alive, and doing well. Her owner just doesn't rearrange the furniture any more. I might add that we now go to the same cats-only vet with our cat.

Buddy scratched his eye on two occasions--he ended up having chemical debridement. It healed up OK, but he ended up with pannus in that eye. Are you going to a specialist? Sometimes that's needed.

Years ago, when Buddy 'skinned' his tail, they told us to bring him back in a week to get the bandage changed. I KNEW it would stick, so we started changing it daily instead, slathering with lots of ointment. With the help of my sister (an RN--Buddy's personal nurse ) we managed, but that was minus the GSOD/biting. He was a good patient. But that first bandage change--oh my, that was bad, because it WAS stuck fast. I would think that doing the bandage change every couple of days would mean the bandage would stick MORE. I would try and do it daily, at least based on what we went through with Buddy. And lots and lots of 'goop' is your friend! Glad to hear she is doing so well otherwise!