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Just found out that friends have started using the powdered one. It seems to be ok. The dogs will eat it on their food. Haven't heard any comments other than that yet because they just started it last week.

No clue, but you might tell them to give the dog 1/4 of a baby aspirin every day in case it was a stroke. We were told by a very greyhound savvy vet that it can help prevent another one from happening. Start this ASAP.

We have the same issue here, only I'M the one with SA!!! I hate being away from my babies.

DAMN DAMN AND DOUBLE DAMN. So sorry Steve.

Our old boy (now at the Bridge) would stand in front of you and not move unless we told him to "Take some steps". Then he would step away. One that all of our pups have done is one that we didn't actually train them to do. When we want them to go to their crates, we tell them "Go to work!". Apparently when Mamma Martha was getting ready toleave for work, she would say "ok, it;s time to go to work." then she would give them a cookie and put them in the crates. Now they hear go to work and they put themselves in their crates. Too cute

any tack shop shoud have it. We got it online at www.123tack.com I believe. It's a liquid. If you get the equine version (MUCH cheaper and practically the same formula) you add about a teaspoon on each meal (2 teaspoons per day). Hope it helps. It did with Durango. After about three or four days he seemed to be moving a bit easier. Halise

Irene, have you tried putting Actiflex 400 (the equine version is cheapest) on Paul's food? Linda Jensen suggested it for our poor arthritic boy and it really seemed to help. Halise (L'Shana Tova)

We used to have to bring Charlie Bear treats (small dry treats) with us. We'd hold one over the bowl and let Katy take it, then another, then we would "accidentally" drop one into the water. After looking at us like we were idiots for dropping a perfectly good treat in the water she would retreive it, slurping up water with it. We would keep doing this till she got the idea that drinking away from home was ok.

Has she had the allergy blood test? We had a little girlie that was chewing herself to pieces. The vet suggested the blood test. Turns out she was allergic to practically everything! Her poops were fine thank goodness, but allergies can affect lots of things. We ended up feeding her Hills ZD Ultra (basically chicken, air and water LOL). The protein was broken down like they do in some baby formula so even if she had been allergic to chicken it would not have affected her. Hope you find something that works. Poor munchkin!

Thinking of you and Buddy. My Ziva will be waiting for him. She passed from lymphoma in May. It sucks

Lincoln has been closed for quite some time.

try cranberry caplets. Our Bridge boy JJ used to get them all the time. The vet suggested the prescription (i.e. EXPENSIVE!) food. Jokingly I said "we should just give him cranberry jiuce". The vet thought about it for a minute and said to try it if he'll drink it. We put it on his food. He ate it! Then we were going camping for two weeks on vacation and we didn't want to carry around a ton of juice so we tried the caplets. He never had another problem with crystals. Worth a shot in my book! Halise

Our first grey loved loved loved women, especially blonde women. She was terrified of men. My unkle was dying of cancer when we got her. He asked us if we could bring her to his house so he could meet her. We told him that she didn't like men, but he asked us to please bring her. We did. The little stinker walked over to him, hopped up on the couch and put her head in his lap. She layed there while he petted her for a long time. She knew who she liked and didn't like and apparently he was one of those she decided that she liked.

Ummmm, we live in southeastern Massachusetts! Halise

You should see the rest of his body! Boy howdy, that boy is RIPPED!! Took the picture right after he came off the hauler. He was peeing (for at least an hour and a half) when I took the picture so I figured I'd spare him the indignity and just make it a head shot!

About a year and a half. He is about 3 1/2 now. Seemed like forever!

That is the only one I have here at work. I promise more later! He is a very handsome red red red boy. But in the mean time, here are the two girls he now lives with. Berry (the blue princess) and Ziva (the sweet brindle).

The last few years that the tracks in Massachusetts were open they had a big Greyhound Pet Expo. The last year they had the Expo, we bid in a Silent Auction. The prize was the opportunity to name a race dog and to have first "dibbs" on adopting the dog when it retired. Well, we won. We named the dog Aljo Atomic Kogo (Aljo was the kennel and Kogo is the name our friends call us - long story). Atomic retired and came up to Massachusetts on Linda Jensen's last haul. He is doing really well. He is smart and ignores Berry when she growls at him. OK, I know the rules, here he is!

He's gorgeous! What does Scout think of him? Halise (Scout's "auntie" - my Delicate Halise now known as Ziva is Scout's littermate)

A few years back, my boy J.J. (now at the Bridge - not from chocolate!) ate thirteen chocolate cupcakes without frosting. Called the vet. Office was closed so I got the answering service. They had him call me. After he stopped laughing, he asked how much J.J.weighed. 77 pounds. He'll be fine. Did they have the foil wrappers? No, just the paper ones. His poop will probably look weird but he'll be fine. He was. Sigh. That will make me not trust someone to watch the dogs while I take a shower!!

Our vet sells the Iverhart Plus. My two girls will eat anything, so they take them fine. My 14 year old boy (who passed to the Bridge three weeks ago) HATED them. Regular Heartguard was chewy and I guess had a stronger aroma. He loved those. His smell-er wasn't too good the last few years so he would not eat anything that wasn't strong smelling. . The Iverhart is crunchy. He had no top teath in the back so I would have to break them up and mix the pieces with peanut butter to get him to take them.

Just got a call from one of our adopters. She said that her vet called her to tell her that there was a dog flu coming up the east coast of the U.S. It supposedly affects greyhounds worse than other dogs and that a grey in Rhode Island had died from it. He was calling all of his clients that have greys and suggesting that they have their dogs get a series of two flu shots and then once a year get one. Anyone heard about this? Thanks

I remember the day that Martha brought her to your house. She was supposed to be a temporary foster. Just there long enough for the kennel fence to be replaced. She was so very scared that she stood there and peed all over herself. I saw the look on your mom's face. I told Martha on the way back to our house "She's not going anywhere". Martha said no, she was just going to be a foster. Well, she stayed. She had the perfect home with the perfect family. Fly free little girl, you will be missed.

OH NO!! Not "my" Harry!! Give him some hugs from me. Praying for it to be a fluke and that it will never ever ever happen again

We use Bactine. They hate the fact that it makes their tongue numb!!