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We don't have one close by...it's a couple of hours away. Coincidentally I'm headed there next Saturday with a friend

That's great to know for future cases! My iggies are both hypothyroid so I'll remember that, should we find we need some immune-boosting. Thanks for sharing that.

I'm so sorry

Well at the very least it won't hurt Barkley either Some Fresh Factors from Springtime, Inc. couldn't hurt, either I giggled the other day - a greyhound friend has found herself with an IG so she's been asking me lots of questions. She posted a pic yesterday of him eating a salad. Yes, a salad. He doesn't want hot dogs or anything like that. Lettuce and carrots. So he gets a salad along with his dog food

Pam, for some, a slaw of cruciferous veggies is good. Certainly can't hurt (if he'll eat it ). I know Dude from the Osteo Thread ate cruciferous veggies

Today was Clarice's second meet and greet. Her first one went well but she did snarl at another greyhound who got in her face. Today it was VERY busy at the Petco we were at and there were lots of dogs there, greyhound and otherwise. I was armed with Clarice's favorite treats. To my surprise she happily walked up to other greyhounds and wagged her tail. No issues with other dogs sniffing her. I am still not comfortable with other dogs being in her face, but, Clarice sure did walk right up to a few dogs and sniff THEIR faces (which I also discouraged). At one point we were standing in a very big group of dogs. Clarice just stood there, wagging her tail among them. What I was SUPER proud of, though, was when I could see that maybe her anxiety was building a bit, she would look at me and I'd give her a treat We've been using a DAP diffuser in the house for about a month now and I just got an Adaptil collar for her on Thursday. I think they've really helped her. I can't begin to tell you how proud I am of her today. Now she's a zonked out little puppy.

Can this please not turn into an "I know more than you" debate? We're here to support people dealing with osteo. Some things work for some and not others. Some people swear acupuncture is a hoax, but it really makes a difference for some dogs. Some people swear by artemisinin, even though they havent been able to prove it works in the body, it kills cancer cells in test tubes. Just agree to disagree and move on. If people take others' advice and don't do their own research and get burned, that is on them. For me, often the advice of people who have actually had a pet go through osteo is good enough. If they tried something to help their hound be more comfortable and it worked, I'll try it. PS if we are talking about boosting the immune system...a slaw of cruciferous vegetables has been effective for some. Even if not effective at boosting the immune system, vegetables are good for you. No harm, no foul

These are the things I hold onto when I think of all of my Bridge babies. It does help.

You might try getting her an Adaptil collar (DAP collar). It's possible these changes have just made her anxious and the collar might help.

That's exactly what I was thinking about why he is doing the barking. I don't have any advice that hasn't been posted already, just hoping that you'll find your new "normal" and all will be well again.

The only thing "routine" about my household is the triggers that lead to the dogs going outside. They go outside when I get out of bed in the morning (weekdays that is around 6am and weekends it varies). They don't wake up until I get out of bed. (Minus the occasional extra need to pee or poop if someone is having an upset tummy, etc.). After that they come in and they eat. Before I leave for work, they go out again. If I am not leaving, they go back outside after they've chilled for about 20 minutes or so. When I come home from being out of the house, they go outside. They know this and they expect it. Whether I've been gone for 5 minutes or 5 hours, when my car pulls into the driveway and I enter the house, they are ready to go outside. Times for everything vary depending on the day, and I haven't "broken" any dogs yet and so far in my life I've had 9. All of this to say, pay attention to the triggers he might be picking up on. I agree that the visiting dog is probably upsetting his homeostasis at this point, but don't worry. You'll get back to your "normal" and he will adapt. They are AMAZINGLY adaptable animals.

It's fantastic! You just season ground beef however you'd like it seasoned, put it in a jerky gun (looks like a caulk gun!) and get it into the dehydrator. It dehydrates quickly (~5 hours) and it's delicious and you won't break your jaw chewing it. I have TMJ so I can't have regular jerky.

I'm so sorry So very tough here lately. Every loss brings up the pain of all of my losses and I'm aching right alongside all of you.

The thing that worries me is that she has NEVER fussed with it. No extra licking, nothing, so, I never thought to inspect it. We'll keep an eye out and reevaluate in another month or so.

I am to keep an eye on the hoo-ha and contact them if it seems to be getting angry again. Everyone giggles when I explain this but after over a decade of having dogs, two of whom have issues with their boy parts all the time, nothing bothers me anymore. We just wipe with saline before bedtime. She does not like it and it's easier with more than one human, but, I imagine she will get used to it. I think if it gets to the point where if we AREN'T wiping regularly she gets infections, we will be doing the surgery. No reason for her to have to deal with that when the surgery will make all of those issues go away.

We've just been wiping with saline, per Dr. Bahns' instructions. It's not easy to do when you are the only human in the house, but, I've done my best with it and that seems to have been good enough

I don't see anything wrong with it as a treat. I've shared mine with a begging Ozzie a time or two I now make just regular jerky, not seasoned with anything but a tiny bit of salt & pepper, for my kiddos in the dehydrator. I do the ground beef jerky so it's not so tough (I have a hard time chewing jerky that's been made the traditional way).

So...change of plans. Dr. Less just called and said that he and Dr. Bahns looked Clarice over closely before getting ready to put her under, and they think that the antibiotics she has been on have greatly reduced the inflammation we were seeing. He does not feel that surgery is necessary at this point. We will re-evaluate in 4-6 weeks and see how she is doing. Hopefully she will not need surgery. If she does, we'll do it then. Dr. Less was confident there is a 75% chance that she will not need it though. I'm cautiously optimistic. The one thing I don't want is repeated visits for new infections. If we start seeing that, we'll do the surgery. That's $1,000some I don't have to spend right now and she has seemed much less grumpy since we got her onto the antibiotics...so, I'm just not going to worry for the time being. We start obedience classes on the 24th

Odds are if you drop the dough for a rabies titer you'd find she's more than covered. The question is, will the city of Chicago accept a titer? Re: sudden release of bacteria vs. gradual build up...sudden release of a small amount is, IMO, much better than a buildup over time, unless you intend to keep her on antibiotics her whole life (no thank you). With the dental you'd start antibiotics before her dental and continue afterward for a small time and that should eliminate any issues. If it builds up over time you're looking at taxing her kidneys and her heart (which probably already works a little bit harder to get her around). Just some more food for thought

I live in IL. Note from the doctor has always been more than sufficient for anything I've run into. Granted, I do not board my dogs. My parents' kitty also is exempt because he had a bad reaction.

I wouldn't just decide my dog needs tramadol and go on 1-800-PETMEDS and order some and have them pester my vet. Decisions on medications should be made during a conversation between a client and their vet. So whoever is ordering crap online for their dog probably shouldn't have one. When I needed Panacur (a lot of it), I called and talked to my vet and said I'd like to order it online from KV Vet. She said "okay I'll put a note in your chart so when they call or fax the script request, whoever gets it will know to send it through." Just doesnt seem that tough to me to communicate with your vet's office.

I'd think the answer would be to tell clients "we dont fill online prescriptions." If a client is in with their dog and the dog needs tramadol and cephalexin, and the client says, "I'd like to fill that at Walgreen's," there should be no argument, and no extra charge. I think that's what people are saying.

My vet's office does not have paper charts. Everything is done on the computer. It's as easy as pushing a couple of buttons. Of course they also have three front desk people there at once so they have time to do all of that stuff, no matter how quick it is.

Yeah...my vet happily calls in whatever I need to our pharmacy. Most of the time if we've added a new medication while we are there for a visit, she will call it in during our appointment. Any refills that are needed - my pharmacy calls the office, the gals that answer the phone get her okay, and they okay the refill. If it's a one-time med, I'll get it from the vet's office, but, for our ongoing meds, we get them from Target. Our vet then doesn't have to keep large stocks and it's easier for me to get the meds as our pharmacy is close while the office is 20 minutes away. Like Wendy, I've spent thousands of dollars there in the few years we've been going there. They send me a Christmas card and a Christmas gift every year (usually a gift card to a nice restaurant). They also have given me tickets to fundraisers for our local therapy dog program. They know me and my animals well enough that it takes no time at all to get a script filled for me elsewhere.

I'm so sorry, Chad