PrairieProf
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I am so sorry. What a shock. At least you know all his days were happy and healthy ones.
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Beth does well on Sam's Yams too! I order them online, via Amazon I think. They ARE expensive but fortunately she's my only dog, and only gets half a regular-sized one at a time. I've contemplated other brands but I did gather they're not quite the same.
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It is about the pads getting worn from walking or the rough surface. All dogs who get walked or go on hard surfaces have pink spots on their pads. If they're all really pink it suggests the backyard is pretty abrasive. And as a tripod she's got relatively more weight on each of her legs, too.
Musher's Secret isn't a bad idea. But FWIW my girl hates pea gravel and I'd never make her spend a lot of time on it.
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I've read that scientific studies show that Vitamin E doesn't actually help scar healing and actually can hurt it ... I stopped using it on my scar from thyroid surgery when I read that. What did make a very visible difference was silicone gel sheets -- really visibly shrunk the scar and inflammation/pinkness every time I used them. I have no idea how you'd use them on a galgo's neck! I think they have silicone gel for scars you can rub in, too.
Here is a commentary on the Vitamin E claims: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/health/13real.html
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Has he had a fecal done recently? If this is recent and he's been on the food for a year then I would want to rule out parasites or other medical causes.
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Gas X breaks up gas trapped in the stomach or intestines (what gives you gas pain) -- it actually encourages the gas to come out. You could also try actual probiotic pills if he doesn't tolerate the dairy in yogurt to see if they helped. But I agree that the food is the issue. Surely there's not going to be just one magic food that controls his lupus? You wouldn't have to go grain-free to try other foods. What is he getting now and what do you believe to be the key present or absent ingredients that help him?
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So sorry for the loss of your beautiful Little Girl, and especially for the pain of not getting a proper goodbye. You fought really hard for her....
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Welcome! Mosley is utterly adorable and very handsome. Hope his adjustment is going smoothly!
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Beth is picking up on all of this energy from you, but she is probably not remembering the one-year anniversary. Your anxiety can affect her. Try not to remember what happened in the past, try to relax, and try not to be nervous.
GOOD ADVICE!
Fortunately, Beth may be the world's least anxious greyhound.
She and I have very different personalities. 
I got a little worried last night as another piece of the outer pad layer adjacent to the wound started to come off -- it was hanging in a flap. But this morning it's stuck down again for now and the open area looks dry and less red. I did take her in for a quick vet check this morning since I didn't get to talk to the vet yesterday, and he was very reassuring -- said it would heal fast, she'd be over the sensitivity in a few days. He wants me to use her Pawz bootie over the weekend or so, and I'll probably keep her on leash a week though he wasn't insistent on that. She didn't limp at all that I could see on our walk this morning so it's clearly feeling better already.
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We've had good results with Metacam.
Novartis is also not producing Sentinel. It's had a plant shut due to problems with human meds, apparently. There are shortages here of both human and animal pain meds; not sure if it's only due to Novartis.
That's just what my vet told me too about the plant issue a couple of weeks ago -- presumably temporary. I think he recommended Metacam (he found some extra Deramaxx at a higher dose I could split in two to tide me over for the time being).
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Thanks Jey. It's definitely "a long way from her heart" as we say in my family, but she's never had a pad injury before. I worry all the time about her getting hurt running, but her last two minor injuries have come from leash walks!
Wow Kathy, I'd like to hear that story ... maybe in a month or so. A couple of weeks off running sucks, but you are right that I could avoid the anxiety that way. (And I could get some more sleep, as we try to get to the dog park to see our friends around 6:30 a.m., which is really hard for me.) I guess she could wear the bootie too for her first runs to prevent scrapes.
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Welcome from the mom of another spotty girl! Congratulations.
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Oh no!! I am so terribly sorry! That is much too soon.
Do you mind my asking what happened? If she had been ill I did not know about it.
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I was taking Beth for her short midday walk and she suddenly limped several steps and held up a front foot. When I lifted the foot I saw that something had sheared off a tiny piece of her main footpad (smaller than the tip of a pencil eraser) to expose raw-looking tissue underneath. (Or maybe something happened when she ran this morning, but something only aggravated it on the later walk, as she showed no sign earlier.) I had to leave for the afternoon right then so I dropped her at the vet where she loves to hang out anyway. They said just keep it clean (I will have her wear her rubber Pawz bootie when she goes out, and wash it several times a day), no antibiotic needed. And of course I'll need to keep her on leash until it heals, which is a bummer. She is mostly not limping, just occasionally for a few steps when I guess something bops the raw area, but of course she shouldn't run on it.
Anyway, just wondering how long you think it might take for a small pad abrasion like that to fill in, and any other advice you have.
Meanwhile, I know it's a very minor owie, but I'm having trouble with superstitiousness! We're coming up on the one-year anniversary of Beth's bad rear-toe injury (about a week and a half away) and I've been really jumpy anyway. And right before that she had a cut on her front toe that also kept us on leash for a couple of weeks. So I know rationally there is no reason to think another bad injury is coming up next, but I worry ceaselessly about her foot with the amputation anyway, and with the anniversary coming up (happened the day after I submitted my final spring grades, the day before I was supposed to leave for GEM, and totally derailed the first half of my summer) I am just so nervous! I am planning to go to GEM this year and would really like to make it this time.....
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I am so sorry.
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I think you need to take her to the vet. If they don't want to eat it's often a sign that they don't feel right and may know what's best for them, or are experiencing some kind of digestive discomfort from eating. Especially if her energy is off too.
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Anyone who thinks greyhounds as a breed can't sit is a certified moron, and that one comment totally invalidates anything else she might have to say.
Beth says to her, "I fart in your general direction."
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If Rudy has had pancreatitis I would NOT do fish oil or only under the close supervision of a vet! Beth had pancreatic inflammation just under the level of acute pancreatitis and I'm pretty sure trying to give her fish oil was what triggered it. That would be a much much worse problem than whatever is going on with his skin. Besides if his skin was fine before and the change has been brought on by stress or shedding, his Omega 3 levels probably have nothing to do with it.
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How is Mermie doing? Thinking of her and you, wondering about an update. Hope things are on the upswing....
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Good thoughts for Doolin and Mira (uh oh, will be following closely since Beth has a toe amp).
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I'm sorry, that's a bummer. My girl had a cut on a toe that opened up again and my vet put in subcutaneous sutures, which worked great. And it takes months for them to dissolve, which I guess helps too.
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I just open Beth's crocodile jaws and stick the pill on the back of her tongue, than close. Surely she can't be so unusual among greys in having that be the easiest thing in the world?
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TONS of us here have greys and cats. The grey will be interested in the cats at first, naturally, but you should review how to handle cat introductions. A cat-correctable greyhound needs to learn the "leave it" or "no kitty!" command fast and be rewarded for breaking focus on the cat. And a good whack on the grey's nose by the cat, which is likely to happen, gets the household order nicely established too.
I will say that I have cats and although my grey has never been inappropriate with a cat, after three years the cats are one reason I still crate her when I am out -- just to make 101% sure the cats are safe (but there are other reasons as well).
And make sure the cat has an "escape route" in every room or furniture to get under. I also like baby gates with small inset pet doors for starting off, so the cat can choose whether or not to be in the dog's space.
There are thousands of greyhounds out there who are nothing at all like the one you were mistakenly given. And plenty who come directly from kennels, too.
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Welcome to you and your beautiful boy!
She and I have very different personalities. 
Foot Pad Injury
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Well Beth got a foot pad injury last Friday -- evidently more minor than that (she only limped intermittently when the area hit something right). But if he's three-legging, screaming, and licking it it hurts him. So at the very least I'd put him on pain meds for a few days -- I gave Beth Deramaxx for a couple of days and it did seem to help. And I used antibiotic gel on the wound twice a day and a Pawz bootie to keep in clean when we were outside. It's Tuesday now and Beth seems pain-free in that foot although of course the pad has more healing to do.