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No belly upsets. Their poop is a little white colored from them.

We get them from Costco. Haven't had any issues with them. Not sure they have much teeth cleaning action... But they must taste good!

I've never heard of a high protien kibble sticking to their ribs more... Interesting concept. I can't help since we don't feed kibble. Are you feeding twice a day?

Rainy does better eating out of an elevated bowl. Sunshine does better with the bowl in the floor. If it's elevated she will stretch her belly like it bothers her. Maybe too much air gets in there? I think it depends on the dog to which is better.

If he's otherwise healthy give him 15 minutes to eat, then it goes up until the next meal. Rainy's record for spoiled brattiness was either 6 or 8 days. (can't remember) Involved a pork chop that she decided wasn't to her liking. No potty cookies allowed! She was waking me up in the middle of the night to go eat grass because her belly was upset and empty. After that stand off I've never had an issue with her. She even ate mushrooms off a pizza last night. Eww! LOL you might be in luck because I swear females are much more stubborn...

We do a homemade raw diet here. I think a vegetarian diet would be almost impossibly hard to balance. I don't think enough is know about canine nutritional needs.

Best thing you can do is try to connect with raw feeders in your area. They probably have secret butcher shops that they use. I use a restaurant supply meat distributer and only buy meat once a year. The bulk really cuts down on the price.

If anyone says that mixing kibble and raw is dangerous for digestion.... Run away from them! They are one of those crazy raw feeders. LOL

The new spring grass has tons of sugar in it so it tastes wonderful! Not sure about dandelions... I think they are safe to eat though? I agree to picture documentation! She's probably alright though.

She's been a roaching fool today. No hint of ouchiness at all. This is the second day with no meds. I'm thinking maybe it was just a pinched nerve or something. She did some acrobatics to get into the trash Saturday night. Maybe she hurt herself being a mountain goat?

That's my usual MO! LOL The current state of my wallet is dictating that I'm a little more planned out. :-( Interesting! I never would have thought about this... Romania is definitely on the list of thing to add to my at home pharmacy. :-) I've been out of work since April, or I probably would have kept the appointment. Luckily the local ER that we use is very good about dispensing meds. Last time they tried to discourage me from getting x-rays. But I insisted since I wanted to sleep at night. LOL Sunshine is still acting normal. I even saw her roach for a tiny bit today. Then she tried to eat the ups guy. Definitely feeling good even without the meds. She's going to be very sad about the restricted activities for at least 2 weeks. I'm considering making it a month. We usually play with the lure pole 4 times a week and that gets CRAZY!

Well this morning she's bouncing around 98% normal. I really need to come to GT and whine sooner when the pups get hurt! I'm sure it's part of the critters' "We are going to make Mom look like an idiot" campaign. I haven't given any meds this morning, so get last dose was at 5pm last night. The only thing I haven't seen her do yet is roach. I'm going to cancel the vet app for tomorrow. If she gets worse again we can go in on Monday or Tuesday. She'll cuddle on the couch with Gary on Saturday while Rainy and I go hiking with friends. Thank you thank you thank you to everyone!

Thanks everyone! She's officially driving me nuts again. Trying to pace around and doing her crazy whine. I keep plying her with cookies to keep her still. She's decided she wants to play with the lure pole. *eyeroll* How we went from screaming this morning to this, I'll never understand. Now she's barking at me!

I think it is in her left neck/shoulder area. I'm almost scared to type this but I think she's feeling a little better. She's now had 8 doses of Tramadol and 4 doses of Rimadyl. She's not screaming as she gets up and sort of walked with a sassy wiggle from eating dinner. Let's hope tomorrow morning is even better! I welcome the challenge of keeping her quiet at this point. (which did not go well the last time she was injured.) Thanks everyone for talking me off the ledge today. I had nightmares all last night about Swiss cheese shoulder bones. :-(

KF_in_Georgia He's so precious! Speaking of laying down, it just dawned on me that she hasn't roached since this started on Sunday. That's how she usually spends her day. I'll open the curtains right now so the sun hits her where she's laying Thank you! Adding that to my list of possibilities. I'm starting to breath a little easier.

Riverhound, that's exactly what is going on in my head. I really hope she somehow managed to hurt herself this past weekend without us noticing. Thanks for the encouragement!

Thank you! I'll go research those meds. Glad to hear this might be a common thing. She's always been a pretty active healthy greyhound.

Thank you! She does have a raised feeder. Although in the morning I usually toss them each a handful of cookies on the carpet for breakfast. She was waiting in the living room laying down waiting for hers. Usually she's dancing around helping. This morning was the first time her eyes look like there is something wrong. She's just staring at me asking me saying "Mommy fix it!" Good idea on the video! I'll get some of her getting up and crying. The limping is off and on this morning. She does have a harness, but she hates it! For her vet trip I'll just put her tags on a thinner martingale. The leather one might be too heavy for her. She never pulls and it's not like we are going for walks this week. I was hoping the Rimadyl would make her feel better by Friday, but she's had 3 doses now with no improvement. I'm so glad to hear you've had two dogs with manageable shoulder/back pain issues! *Deep Breathes* Thanks Donna! I could deal with those things!

I hope Mindy feels better soon!

Sunday I noticed Sunshine was walking careful up the stairs. Usually she gallops like a deranged elephant. Likes to see how much sound she can make. :-) Then I noticed she would cry when getting up out of bed. Then it moved to a slight scream and cry. Once she was standing she was okay. No limping, no palpable tenderness, no heat or swelling, etc. We are pretty sure it's get left shoulder and neck area. She won't bend down to pick up food off the floor. She either lays or bows. Yesterday she stated limping just a bit. It's almost undetectable. Yesterday morning I started her on Tramadol 3 times a day and Rimadyl twice. Zero improvement. Normally Rimadyl makes her feel like super puppy and she literally will run into walls. This morning she progressed to crying when laying down. She can still jump on the bed and couch. She's really only using her hind legs for that anyways. Getting off those places is uncomfortable and sometimes gets a whine. We have a vet app Friday at 5pm. I'm trying so hard not to freak out. We just had to send Murdoc to the rainbow bridge. Once I realized the medicines weren't going to help the pain at all I started to feel like I couldn't breath. Please everyone just tell me she must have a pulled muscle! She's only 7.5 years young. Not sure how I'm going to survive until Friday night.

Congrats Abbey! This will be the perfect forever home. :-)

LOL One of Rainy's favorite days ever was when I let her have a rib cage/spine. I've never seen a happier bloodier dog. Bathtime immediately followed the 3 hour gnawing session. In those 3 hours she hardly even made a dent in the amount there. How do you cut the bones up?

I use them for the girls. But we feed raw and I know the girls are very careful chewers. Actually they don't even chew on them. Just lick out the insides. LOL Chewing those is may too much effort for no reward. You do want to supervise and use caution. The thin muzzled dogs can get their lower or upper jaw stuck inside the larger marrow bones. Never happened to us, but it's a possibility.

This may sound a bit backwards, but exercise... Not an inane amount, but let him work up a tiny bit of an appetite? Otherwise I would break out the crockpot. Rice, meat, gravy, plus whatever leftovers are in the fridge. Slow cooked for 12 hours. Should make everyone in the house hungry.