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My vet always tells me to feed soft food for 10 days even if there were no extractions.

Thank you! Where can I get the gel? It seems to be somewhere in her neck. She won't move through the full range of motion - up and down or side to side. Traumeel is available at any health food store, just be sure it's the gel because it also comes in a lotion.I'm using it on my little girl's neck and it honestly does help.I asked my vet about it before using it for the first time and I thought because it was homeopathic he was going to laugh at me. He's old school but he said he has heard a lot of good things about it.Diamond will probably love the massage as well. Please keep us posted

Thank you for posting the results. I've been keeping your little girl in my prayers. I've dealt with a lot of pulls and they can be very painful for them. I have had great results using Traumeel gel which is a homeopathic gel which contains arnica which is great for pain. But obviously you would have to know the area that's causing the pain.

Check out the story about Rita, quite a few people have posted that their dogs had the corrective surgery with no problems during the healing.

Will keep you and Bill in our prayers until he is back on his feet and feeling great. I hope he is comfortable while he heals

Sending lots of prayers for your boy

Will keep you and Diamond in my prayers until we hear that she is doing better. Will think of you on Monday for good results

I know the donors at Hemopet are not sedated

Oh...that had to hurt. Hoping he has a comfortable night and heals quickly. Jake will be in our thoughts and prayers

That sounds like the same thing here, and I was worried to death, but all test came back negative. He said I could use the vinegar and water to clean after she goes but like Marcia said if it burns that bad. I think I would rather try the destin, she is also a licker and will lick it right off. Thanks so much for the tips, so the surgrey can cause other problems that is not what I want. Thanks again to everybody for the well wishes and the suggestions, I appreciate it more than you will ever know. Sophie is also getting a lot better she is starting to rough house with her brothers again, She is a real tom boy, so when she has no energy I know there is def. something WRONG!!!!! As we call her our little Tom Boy. The Desitin creamy really helps the irritation, but I wash her first with this anti-bacterial solution which doesn't seem to burn her at all. I wish I knew the name of it but I'm sorry I don't.If Sophie is a licker like my Misty, yes they lick a lot of the desitin off, but with the creamy they don't get it all off.I also put some of the Desitin on a piece of gauze and wipe her gently several times a day.As for the surgery, they do something that is simialr to what people have done...a nip and tuck. But if the dog is a licker, my vet won't do the surgery unless there's a way to insure they can't lick the incision for 3 weeks.My vet and I tried the e-collar, the bite-not collar, and she can still lick that area so the vet said he wouldn't do the surgery. I hope that Sophie continues to get better and better and feels like herself very soon. I HATE it when they don't feel good.

I too am happy that Sophie is at least doing a little better. And let's face it, it's never fast enough for us.I will keep her in my prayers. I don't know if this is the same thing but my little Misty who is a petite 56lbs has a real problem in her vaginal area.She has skin folds and I have to wash her every time she pees. That is when I can catch her going. Because of the folds, urine gets trapped and bacteria forms. Now I don't know if this is true or not, it's just what I was told.They are sometimes on so many steroids at the track and that causes some swelling. Once they're off the steroids for a time, the swelling goes down and if they're very petite, there is sometimes excess skin and the skin folds form. Like I said....don't know if that's true or not. There's a surgery that can correct the problem but it also can create other problems.My vet gives me a bacterial solution and an ointment which of course Misty licks off right away.I asked the vet if we should try Desitin creamy because it's so tough to get off so that's what we do now and that helps.

Is there any news on Sophie?

She's such a pretty little girl. Many good thoughts and prayers coming your way from California.

Traumeel is really great stuff. I buy it in gel form and use it to masage the dogs. It contains arnica which is really great for pain. It has really helped my dogs with arthritis and my boy who had bone spurs.

Many prayers coming from the West Coast....what a face....and such expression. He's one handsome boy

One of my dogs came from a kennel of 180 blood donors and he didn't receive much exercise at all. They have short turn-outs but no walks.I live in Palm Springs so I know what it's like in the heat.80 is warm for them and my boy pants a lot so we make walks shorter when it's that warm. Plus we have to be careful for the heat of the pavement. When I first adopted this guy, our walks had to be 10 min and I would take him a few times a day.It took quite awhile to work up to a 20 min walk for him. And if you're in a climate that has high humidity....I would think 80 is tough for the dogs.

Will keep Carrier and you in our prayers for sure. What a scary experience. May St Francis watch over your boy

Just want to send best wishes for you and Otis and hoping for the very best Will look forward to hearing how you and he make out tomorrow at the vet.I'm sure the weekend is very long for you

As soon as I read this, I was on the phone with my vet....the makers of Biotene...and also UC Davis. The amount of Xylitol contained in Biotene is safe for everyone, including dogs. I couldn't understand why my vet would suggest it, why it was mentioned at this seminar vets attented if there was any doubt about it being harmful. But I guess the point is, whatever is working for you is what you continue with.

I think if you read the label on both, you'll be able to decide for yourself. Give it a try, I really don't think you'll be disappointed

Biotene is available at all drug stores, Walgreens...Rite Aid..... It's non-perscription. It's a plaque-biofilm mouthwash. Alcohol free. My vet told me to just put some on a gauze pad and just rub it on the teeth and gums once a day. Gauze vs cotton because cotton will absorb most of it.I use it everyday after brushing Misty's teeth. The difference in her teeth and gums is really remarkable, as is her breath. I will tell you I was a bit skeptical but the results won me over.

I have a 10yr old female with the same problem.Her gums are the worst problem but of course that eventually causes them to have to lose teeth. My vet had recently gone to a seminar and they talked about Biotene, which is a mouth wash for humans. They were having really good success using it on dogs. I have been using it on my Misty for 5 weeks now and it's made a big difference. And even the redness of her gums is gone. My vet checked her before using the Biotene and then 4 weeks after and there was big difference. And no more bad breath at all. Her gums would bleed with the CET chews so I stopped giving them to her. Hope this info helps a bit

Thank you for sharing this article.We human beings can be a strange breed.When we are in the middle of a crisis with a medical situation and we're at the end of our rope, especially when it comes to our animals, we tend to look in areas that we were never open to and some of us have even laughed at.I know personally, with my 12 yr old Grey who was plagued with bone spurs, I went down avenues that I never would have traveled. Because he had Von Willebrands, he wasn't able to take the anti-inflamatory meds that could have helped his pain. Someone suggested homeopathic remedies and accupuncture. Silently, I laughed, thinking if traditional medicaine can't help him, nothing would.But I had to do something for this boy and I knew he wasn't ready to give up.He was pain free for months until finally the time came when we had to say good-by. Every day that goes by, I am grateful to the person who told me to try homeopathy and accupuncture. I never would have bought into it on my own.

I'm just curious why you won't use Rimadyl?

Please know that we here in the desert will continue to keep you and Heath in our prayers. That you will find peace, and Heath remain comfortable. Give him a BIG hug for us.