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Lucky

Sorry for all the duplicates here, just trying to figure out technicalities of this forum…..sheesh

Lucky is back home. She are her dinner as soon as she got home, drinking water and now crashed out on her bed in our bedroom with air conditioning. She is walking well, but as vet said a little wobbly, but not too bad. Thank you God. Vet report says based on her neurological exam that most likely she had a fibrocatilaginous emboli (FCE). Will take it easy with Dr over next couple weeks work frequent short walks and maybe even physical therapy. We will keep you posted, but so happy to have our little girl home.

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Thank you for your information. All very wise things that you said, as both vets said the same thing. Vet did also add that if it was fear and a seizure out of fear, she still would’ve recovered quickly from that, which she didn’t. Thank you all for your prayers and we will keep you up-to-date when we see our little girl. Once I get this crazy profile picture thing figured out, I will post pictures of our girl. Not easy to do on this forum. But again once I have it figured out, I will share.

Thank you for your reply. As always I appreciate everyone’s input. Lucky had been to groomers a few months previous and did OK there. Moving forward, we are probably going to have someone come to house or we will do it ourselves.

Thanks so much for the information. I do think it was some sort of a stroke / seizure as I had a Greyhound previous who did have a vestibular disorder. When I saw Lucky, she wasn’t just dizzy, she was out of it, like I said eyes rolled back and head and couldn’t even attempt to walk when I first saw her because she was just lame and lying there and having what I observed to be a seizure of sorts but not thrashing around and such. But again thank you so much for your information and please say prayers for a little girl because we love her so much. I’ll update you all with how she’s doing when we pick her up today.

Hello All, For God’s sake, I’ve spent hours trying to figure out how to change profile photo. Currently using my deceased greyhounds picture because I cannot figure out how to change profile photo. I am in the technical field and have a lot of know-how about all sorts of computer stuff,, troubleshooting, etc., but shocked on how difficult I found it to try to change profile photo. Tried resizing picture, you name it. Is there a magic trick to doing this? Help, please. Luckys Daddy

Hello all, Our beautiful Greyhound Lucky Princess Peanut butter had a seizure today at the groomer. I got the call on my way to pick her up that they took her out of the tub and while drying for approximately 2 minutes she had a seizure. When I got there, they had her on a table and she was still having seizures, not convulsing or anything like that, just out of it, eyes rolled back, didn’t realize that it was there. Her limbs were lame. We picked her up put her in my car and I took her to vets. By the time I got to the vets, she was alert, still kind of out of it, but still could not use her legs. Later took her to animal hospital where they said it could’ve been stroke or something like that to brain or spinal area. Still unsure, no MRIs yet or anything like that. When I left her for overnight stay at the hospital, she was definitely more alert, knew I was there, but could still not use her legs very well. As I got up to leave, she wanted to get up and follow me out, trying to use her legs, which is a good sign. So tonight, vet called me and said that she’s doing well, alert, but still not good on her legs. Just wondering if anyone out there had an experience like this. Not sure what it is at this point still, not sure how to treat or what to look out for. Very scary stuff as we’ve only had her for five months. She raced over in Ireland, flew over here and we got her in December 2021. No signs or history of seizures. Very healthy greyhound, playful, active. Just looking for some good advice and encouragement thank you Sincerely, Luckys Daddy

Hi All, A friend of mine is looking for a greyhound / house sitter for May 10 - 16th 2022 in Southern Worcester County, Massachusetts. This is very last minute due to unforeseen circumstances. Friendly warm house, awesome greyhound. Thanks Greydad

Hello All, I am happy to announce the arrival of our new greyhound Lucky Princess Peanut butter. We call her Lucky. She’s a blue/brown greyhound girl from Ireland, born in Limerick and raced in Galway. She came over to the US at the end of 2021 when we adopted her. She’s doing greyt in her new home. She’s been with us for 2+ months now fits right in as a family member. She’s 5 years old. Our vet wants to put her on Bravecto. Simple question: yes or no? I’ve heard some pretty horrible rumors, but wanted to reach out to the greyhound community to see the thoughts there. Thanks, Greydad92

Thank you all so much for your support during this totally difficult time. I am happy that my Spockey is no longer in pain, is young again and running free in the grassy fields at the Rainbow Bridge.

Hello Greyhound Friends, Unfortunately My wife and I had to send Mr. Spock to the Rainbow Bridge 01/29/2021. He was diagnosed with osteosarcoma of the front left humerus only two days prior and quickly went down hill. We had a home euthanasia service (licensed veterinarian) come to the house. What a wonderful service: www.petlossathome.com (recommended to us by our vet). Spock was very comfortable on his bed with my wife and I right there by his side, looking him in his eyes. He was 12 years and almost thee months old. We adopted him one day after his fifth birthday. As I’m sure you can imagine we are very very very very sad here. Please send prayers to our beautiful boy.

Hi theHuman, Thank you so much for your suggestions. So sorry for you and your loss of Mack, sending prayers to you. Yes, Spock’s upper back (between shoulders) spasms when I rub it and he also will flinch. It only seems to happen when he’s laying down, but totally happens. I will look into acupuncture, thx. No, he doesn’t really flinch when I put my hands up to his eyes, but if I touch his muzzle unexpectedly he does. Will look into Traumacare.

Thx for the suggestions, much appreciated.

12/15/2020: Thx. Spock had been doing well on the Gabapentin, but the past couple days may be getting worse. Calling vet in morning. We feed him white rice, real black beans (the ones you soak overnight and then cook), mixed peas and carrots and either turkey burger, hamburger, pork burger or chicken burger and a handful of From ala veggie kibble mixed with water. In morning we put in grated apple and 1 tsp cod liver oil. It appears he has some upper back pain as well. Thx for your suggestions.

12/15/2020: One this, this isn’t just a night thing. When not on Gabapentin or at the tail end (no pun intended) of his dose, he pants and is anxious during the day as well.

Absolutely, we have a pretty small ranch-style house (thank God). We keep a bathroom light on and now the Christmas tree, not much I know, but it helps. I will look into getting more night lights. Thanks for the suggestion. Remaining sight unknown. I went to an eye doctor in April 2020 timeframe and he said yes, Spock has cataracts, but also the rods and cones in his eyes are going. Maybe time for another appointment. I’m already going Spock Gabapentin, 1/2 tap 2x a day. I will ask about Trazadone. As far as beds, he has two LL Bean XL bends in our bedroom with cozy blankets and an old-school Foster/Smith bed in living room. I miss the old Foster/Smith. Thx

Wow, greyt suggestion. I will definitely try that!! I love Greytalk. Thx

12/15/20: Thank you for your reply Phall. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts. Mr. Spock unfortunately getting worse and this is him being on Gabapentin for well over a month now. He was doing pretty well on the meds, but his anxiety seems to have kicked into gear again over the past couple days. Hopefully this is a temporary thing. I am calling vet again today to give her an update, perhaps she will have be bring Spock in for another exam. Yes, wandering around at night at times, panting, poor guy....we love him so much. I’ll keep you all up to date. Thanks again for all your thoughts, suggestions and prayers.

Hi and thank you for your thoughtfulness. No strange or new sounds in the house (or outside). I know what you’re talking about because if the fire alarm low battery beep goes off anywhere in the house it drives him nuts. Quiet as a mouse around here. Great suggestion about the CBD chews. Thank you for your reply and thoughtfulness.

Great point, but no. Thx

Hello All, I am Mr. Spock’s daddy. For all you Star Trek geeks out there, no my name is not Sarek. Mr. Spock turned 12 on November 2nd. Mr. Spock’s eyesight has been declining over the past year and is now not very good. His hearing is very good though. In the past month or so he has become very anxious, especially at night, panting, pacing and often waking us up at 2am. We take him out just in case he needs to go to the bathroom, which sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn’t. When he goes to lay down on his beds he goes around and around, lays down and then gets right back up again. Eventually he stays down. During the day he does much better. The vet did blood work which came back normal. His urine sample was a bit high in protein, but otherwise he checks out as a pretty healthy 12 year old. He’s eating, drinking, peeing and pooping ok. I take him for a mile-ish walk every morning, no limping or detectable pain. He takes one Dasuquin (with MSM) a day and lately he’s been on gabapentin every 8 - 12 hours and deracoxib before bed to help him sleep. The meds help a little. Any suggestions? Could be be freaked out that his eyesight is declining? Could this be some sort of depression or worse some sort of dementia? This all came on pretty quickly. Thanks in advance for your suggestions, thoughts and prayers. Sincerely, Spock’s Daddy