Rustyroo

My poor old man. Both dogs were coming in from outside and Solo skidded and slipped on the floor and clipped Rusty's foot with his nails. He put two gashes inbetween the two inside toes of his back foot. Blood everywhere. So off to the vet we went. He had to to be sedated to get his stitches. Something I was not prepared for, but I guess he did fine. He has five stitches on the outside and a couple on the inside. On the bright side, the vet said his heart an d lungs sound great, so his excessive panting I wrote about is not an internal thing.

See, I learn something new every day. Thanks Sheila.

I feed Canidae Life Stages. Is that the Lamb formula? If it was the food, wouldn't my other grey have problems too, and he is just fine. He is not overweight, he is actually thinner than I would like. He was about 72 lbs when I had them in for their annual in spring.

I feed them Canidae. They have been eating this for about three or four years now.

I never thought of cardiac issues, hmmm.... I'm going to watch closely how he is over the weekend.

I don't know how to answer multiple quotes at the same time, but his schedule during the week has not changed over the summer. He does not do well with thunder, but is not extremely sensitive with it. Both dogs get fed when I get home at 5:30 and I have not changed their food or treats. The vet recommended Benydral, but I don't really want to drug him to get him to stop panting. I'm still thinking it is the weather. I'll see how he does tonight since it's only in the low 70's here in Wisconsin right now. He also does not do well with fireworks so I may have to reanalyze after this weekend.

I talked to the vet and they think it's anxiety since he doesn't act this way all the time. Sheila - you might have a good point about not being able to tolerate the warmer temps because of his age. But it hasn't really been that hot here yet. We are still waiting for summer.

Rusty is 12 years old. Lately, after we get home from work and until we go to bed he just pants. It's not unbearably hot where we are, but when it is we turn the AC on. Usually, it means he has to go outside, so I'll let him out, he does his thing and comes back in again and stands there looking at me panting. He doesn't do this on the weekends when we are home all day, just during the week when are home at night. I'm starting to get a little concerned about this behavior and am wondering if anyone has any thoughts about it.

I am so sorry to hear about Kiowa. He was such a sweet boy and wonderful house guest when you came to visit. He is pain free now. Run free sweet Kiowa.

Awww, I hope she feels better soon. I know how you feel, I watched my almost 13 fall down a flight of stairs (he was fine) and fall in the kitchen one night. I actually had to help him stand back up again. It sucks when they get old and things like this happen.

Rusty has started showing signs of LS in the past 9 months. The vet recommended Vitamin E. He said it won't stop it, but it will slow the progression down.

Run free now Nevada.

I'll try to add photos, but I'm photo incompetant.

Oconomowoc

I would just like to say hello....again. This is actually the third time I have registered as a new member. I originally registered back in 2002, but was kicked off due to lack of activity. I was just busy having my family and was not very active on the forum anymore. But I'm back with my two boys, Rusty and Solo.