dante2zoe

I am so sorry. the ultimate act of love is so very hard. Our thoughts and prayers with you, Isabella and the rest of your family.

Welcome from Maryland! It is funny how one (or two in my case) just never seem to be enough!

I totally agree. I was hoping to see some people who haven't had to deal with cancer answer the poll, but no one has so far. I have two greys and have only had them for four years. I am afraid to answer that they haven't had cancer because I don't want to jinx them! However, in order to protect them, I do have a whippet who is a dermal hemangiosarcoma survivor.

I was wondering who got him! I went to see him on Sunday and he was GONE! Congratulations!

I am so so sorry. Prayers are with you.

I have been following your other thread and am so sorry that it could not have had a better ending. I truly admire your strength to follow through on the hardest decision. My thoughts are with you and your family. Run free Miles.

I am so sorry. Thoughts and prayers to you and your family.

I am sure that you know, but that stuff tastes rather nasty. Very bitter. When I was using it with my IBD grey, I put it into capsules so he could just swallow it down without tasting it. Some will tolerate it on their food, but no such luck for me. I, too, ordered it on line myself (the empty capsules, too) Good luck!

We just went through this with our whippet. He is also raw fed and had lamb the night before. It had fat in it but he had eaten fattier meat before without problem, but not this time. We were fortunate that we caught it really early. I actually thought he was beginning to bloat. He has severe SA and and we were able to keep him home. He received an injection of pain medicine, which lasted for 8 hours. He was put on antibiotics, carafate slurry and pepcid. I also withheld food for 24 hours. I spent a couple days constantly syringing water into him. He didn't care for it, so I was able to add low sodium chicken broth, which he liked. He is now eating pasta and steamed chicken and all is well! Hang in there!

I just asked my vet the exact same question! I was told that there is some looking at it, but that there hasn't been a causal link established at this point. That wasn't as comforting as I would have liked. I have a whippet that was chipped before I got him and he has had cancer. I certainly don't want anything else to happen to that poor little guy!

Welcome! What a greyt introduction! Besides needing pictures, did your DH ever get his TV?

Congratulations! I have two greys and adopted a senior whippet last February. It has been a greyt combination. The whippet just thinks that he is a small greyhound! My alpha female grey has decided he is a pup and treats him better than the other grey. I do find that he gets colder easier than the greys - coats and jammies a must. He is also a true snuggle-bug and loves to sleep under the covers! Enjoy

I am so sorry. It is so hard to let our little furballs go! I have done it four times and it never gets any easier. Hugs to you.

First and foremost - my condolences to your loss. That scenario is one of the toughest. Mine do just fine being home alone for 10 hours. I have two a male and female. The male won't even bother to get up and go outside sometimes when we come home. Must be in the middle of a dream or something! As for interactive play, however, they both looked at us as if we were crazy. Once in a while they will chase a stuffy that was thrown but then drop it and wander off. They absolutely LOVE going for walks to different places and exploring on their own terms and time frames. Those are some of the best times that we have together. Welcome!

That was the most touching remembrance I have ever read. You couldn't have written anything else better. Both of you blessed each other and were better for it. May the joy of your memories help ease the pain in your heart.

Zoe has those. I leave them alone unless one gets really big and then I wash it with a betadine/water solution (to look like tea) and put neosporin on it. It will reduce. My vet also said that we could use Stridex pads on the area if we wish, but since it doesn't bother her (her harness is even over the area) that we have just left well enough alone.

My Dante loses his winter fur and his thighs are bald big time all summer. His thyroid is fine, he is just the balding type of guy. He has done this every year, so since he feels and tests fine, I just chalk it up to greyhound MPB (male pattern baldness)!

Welcome from another Marylander! You might be kind of close to us - we live on the Maryland side of the river from Leesburg. I travel there to the outlets. We have two greyhounds and a whippet, amongst other critters! Keep us posted on your progress. I, too, remember my home visit - even made sure the kids looked presentable. All they did was look at our backyard and bring over the most enormous grey so we could see how much space one would take. I thought my DH would have a stroke when the grey rested his head on our kitchen table! Then, when we got the call, it was that grey's half brother! Half the size, too TTL - wasn't ready for a pony in the house. Now, bring it on! It is always exciting and rewarding. Congratulations. Cindy

how's the little guy doing?

Welcome from Maryland! I just love those red brindle girls! Her name is as beautiful as she is. Wishing you many happy years with your new family member. Mine have gotten quite accustomed to our 4 kitties, so you are doing well. Cindy

Hi! My name is Cindy and I live in Maryland with my DH, DD (when not in college in NC), DS (for his last year of HS and then who knows), Dante (black tuxedo grey 8 years old), Zoe (red brindle grey 7 years old), Indy (white-ish whippet, who is a grey wannabe, 11.5 years old and ours since February), 4 cats, 2 gerbils and 2 tanks of fish. I have been enjoying this site for a while and really appreciate all that I have learned and read about. All 3 of my puppers have "issues." Dante has IBD, which I keep under control with a raw diet, Zoe broke her left hock (I know out of the ordinary) while racing and has resource, sleep and space aggression (all of which, thankfully, have improved over the past two years) and Indy, bless his heart where do I begin? We are his third forever home and he has been fostered twice. Of what I have documented, he has had skin cancer, been hit by a car, has SA and claustrophobia and some other type of head/face injury which has resulted in half of his tongue being paralyzed or something. He has the best ETS that I have EVER SEEN! His tongue hangs totally out of the side of his mouth. Anyway, he is a total love-bug that tries so hard to be one of the big guys. I tried to post a picture of the three of them. Hope it works. For the life of me I cannot figure out how to just directly slap the picture in this box. Oops! I see that it worked! Just ignore my legs, couldn't crop those too!

I have a whippet that cannot tolerate various brands of heartworm medication and would have explosive liquid poo, literally all over the place. I eventually heard that this can happen, so if he recently took a heartworm pill, that might be a contributing factor.

When we got Dante, we didn't realize that he had IBD and need to be on a raw food diet. He came to us straight from the track. Zoe, on the other hand, was a bounce for space and fear aggression, a dislike for all other dogs, greys included, a broken hock, a burned down kennel, being bounced from facility to facility before being placed . . . Took 2 years but we love her to death. Our whippet, we intentionally got as being a special-needs dog. He was 11 years old, had cancer, a head injury (his tongue is paralyzed on one side - you should see his ETS), hit by a car, separation anxiety, claustrophobia and other things that I cannot recall at this time. After 7 months and a daily prozac, he is wonderful. However, he is now sundowning, so we need to be home before dusk or I am cleaning carpets for a while! Would I trade any of them? Not on your life!

welcome! We have two greys, Dante and Zoe. We live in Poolesville and I work in Frederick! What group are you affiliated with?

Congratulations! Yes, she is purty! I have a petite female brindle - people always comment on my whippet! Good job finding this forum - it will be a wealth of information for you! Let us know how everything goes! Additional pictures are always welcome!