PrairieProf

You know she can wear a muzzle with a stool guard (or duct tape over the end holes that she could lick through) much more comfortably than a cone of shame, right? It will work just as well. Really little need for a greyhound ever to wear a cone.

My understanding is that if you're already feeding a nutritionally balanced food supplements are not going to do anything useful and risk overdosing the dog on certain vitamins. I hope you are consulting with a vet.

Hester is making some funny rooish barking noises but nothing seems bad there to me. Much like how Beth plays. She barks her head off at other dogs when she wants them to run. It's just aroused play. This deerhound acts kind of like the one she has played with, resisting opening up and running -- his mom always calls, "RUN, Bhaltar!" And then she sort of courses him if he does run. I find them a bit wussy compared to greys. Greyhounds are very intense in their play style and mine at least gets pretty frustrated if dogs won't run, since chasing play is what they are most wired for. However, I've been taking her to the dog park for five+ years with minimal problems.

I can't judge if you should start classes soon, but Beth and I had very good class experiences at Petsmart and she went through Advanced. Of course the trainer we worked with had more real experience than a lot of trainers there, but it's all positive methods -- that's standardized throughout all stores. You can also repeat classes for free. Quite a distracting environment though. They have puppy as well as beginner classes.

Oh crapola. So sorry.

Beth has done it forever and with any food. Considering her great overall health and wonderful coat everyone comments on I highly doubt it's medical in any way. And she's on a fixed formula food. It is the time of the hard freeze that makes poopsicles perfect. Beth's focus on them has increased in the past two weeks.

Well you could have Beth, who spends 75% of her time at the dog park hunting poopsicles. And flinging them around playing with them like she never does with toys. Before chowing down, of course.

This is absolutely not the case with prescription foods and some others, BTW. There is a difference between "fixed formula" foods and others. http://303animalclinic.com/tag/fixed-formula/ I really think you should look back at past posts by Soulsmom and Merlinsmum. RobinM's Beau has very severe IBD which is less like your dog than Soul and Merlin, who have had recurrent episodes of HGE.

Of COURSE it's worth having Flagyl on hand. You absolutely need it!! My dog has way lesser issues and I would never be without Flagyl on hand. You absolutely need to start it at the very first sign of anything amiss. Yes, I can think of at least two GT members (Soulsmom and Merlinsmum) whose hounds have had repeated HGE incidents, I know there are others. Both of those hounds can ONLY eat Prescription I/D I believe. (My hound is on it steadily too, for different reasons, and does wonderfully.) I would suggest visiting your regular vet within a day or so and developing strategies for managing what will probably be a recurrent issue.

I am pretty sure it MAY reduce effectiveness. My vet went from using Sentinel (chewable) to Advantage Multi (topical) as his recommend preventative, partly because he felt Advantage had the edge in preventing one kind of worm, but I recall he mentioned concerns over the digestion issue with unchewed pills.

Are the episodes outdoors or inside too? Has the weather changed? Cold air makes Beth regular sneeze when we first go out in winter. Oh wait, you said at night. Hot dry heated air inside? I.e. look for environmental factors first that might trigger some irritation.

Poor girl! My toe-amp houndie Beth sends good wishes. She should feel much better almost immediately after the amputation. If you are on Facebook, there is a whole group for Three-Toed Greyhounds to cheer you on.

Yes, a titer is an acceptable substitute, I do it. Actually the records won't even say the dog was titered, just list that they are not due for a new vaccine until the next year. So your dog will be seen as current on all vaccines. Of course, a titer actually costs more than the vaccine would! Beth was titered for several years and then did need a booster for part of her combo shot last year, so I was happy to do that.

What a gorgeous girl! Look forward to more pics. Congrats! (I can imagine a name like "I Shall Not Sin" is begging to be proven wrong though, LOL!)

I'm not expert enough to comment but it's cute to read about how she acted! She wasn't real submissive to Ozzie anyway, was she?

Congratulations!She looks really pretty -- look forward to seeing more pics. Funny that with her name she didn't race at Dubuque! Though I see her litter had a name theme.

Blue is the size for greyhounds. I have seen lots of breed size charts. Purple is good if you are using them to keep a bandaged foot dry outdoors, another fabulous year round use. Pawz do rip pretty readily from greyhound nails and don't hold up well at all for running, fyi. But they still work with small rips and I can generally get through the winter with one packet.

That is reported, but I think it was based on correlation in one small study. It is not accepted as any kind of major bloat factor, not that there is any strong consensus about anything as a major bloat factor. (My food does use citric acid, and I do add water. I mean otherwise you'd have to not let them drink after they ate if you were so worried about it.)

I use Musher's Secret on occasion but another vote for Pawz for outdoor walking. Much more effective and their feet stay clean and dry underneath.

If the toe causes him to limp and doesn't resolve it would make the most sense to amputate it so he can have a normal life.

My vet has a step on scale right in the waiting room.

Well, just to say that Beth has arthritis and a bone spur in her remaining toe now two years after a weight-bearing toe amputation BUT doesn't limp on it at all. It's quite enlarged/deformed but she runs and all with no problem.

Could be conjunctivitis or a corneal issue. He needs to go to a vet. Is the eye red or tearing?

Peeing twice in the yard and 4-5 times on a walk hardly sounds like a lot to me. My girl marks so she always pees multiple times.

Welcome from Iowa! So Niles is from the Dubuque adoption program? What is his racing name? Look forward to seeing pics! Glad all is going well.