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Beautiful boy! It's very cool that you got to meetup after all of these years.

The tail stayed straight up for over an hour. We were cracking up. Eventually it went down very, very slowly and rested against her foot.

LaVida is glad that the week is over.

Congratulations Ducky! A youngun...this should end up with some fun stories. I can't see the pics so they must be on Facebook. I will have Chris show them to me. I refuse to have a Facebook account so she is my workaround when I need to see something on FB.

We always have a case of the 'magic chicken" on the shelf. I have even handed a can to neighbors who couldn't get their dogs to eat or keep food down and they are always shocked when the dog chows down on it. My brother couldn't get his Aussie to eat anything at one point and the only thing that worked was the Evanger's Organic Chicken. it think the smell is attractive to them, and the consistency of it makes it really easy on their stomach. We have nursed a lot of dogs back from whatever was ailing them with that Organic Chicken. I do sometimes alternate with the Chicken and Rice if I can't get the Organic Chicken. Both seem to be pretty similar. I have also mixed the Organic Chicken with scrambled eggs, mushy rice, pasta or green beans if we are slowly working back to regular food just to keep them interested.

Rocket had similar issues for no obvious reason. He was evetnually diagnosed with stress colitis. Just randome bouts of pudding poos and upset stomach which usually was noticeable at first by the tummy squeals. We eventually had to put him on Tylan twice a day which took care of 99% of the issues. Tylan requires a prescription and comes in a powder form,. it tastes awful so you cannot just sprinkle it on the food as some articles suggest. Your vet will need to calculate the correct dosage for the dog's weight and the easiest way to administer it is to put the powder in capsules. We would give him the capsules in a small piece of cheese which worked well for him. Tylan is not a drug that they will prescribe first or initially, it is kind of a last resort, long term problem solver if it works for the dog. We bought the empty gelatin capsules online and filled them by hand. The tylan powder is very lightweight and sort of goes everywhere, so you may want to wear a maks when filling the capsules just to avoid breathing it in since it is a medication. Your vet can figure the dosage pretty closely to help you figure out which size empty capsules you need if you do end up needing to use tylan. Rocket would often have tummy squeals first thing in the morning if he was having a flare of colitis. As long as I heard those squeals, I would give him a small meal of Evangers Organic Cooked Chicken to settle his stomach. It is bland and is only chicken, no other ingredients. Often giving him that meal would avoid the flare up and he'd be looking for his regular breakfast a few hours later. YMMV of course, but it's what ended up working for us along with the Tylan. Rocket along with a few other dogs here on GT with similar issues had good results with Purina Pro Plan Large Breed food. For several of the dogs here with similar issues, it just about totally resolved the stomach and diarrhea issues. Since you have other considerations with the urinary diet, it may not be an option but may be worth a try if your vet okays the food. https://www.chewy.com/purina-pro-plan-adult-large-breed/dp/52396 (This is kibble, not the shreds.) Good luck!

Happy Birthday, Logan! Nothing wrong with slowing down. Rocket always liked to go slow so he could stop and smell the flowers.

30 year old astroturf.

I didn't see your original post and am just seeing this now. I am so sorry you are going through this. Give your sweet girl some extra ear rubs from all of us here.

Just a suggestion since you have an older dog. We have learned from having seniors that we don't go anywhere without a dog travel bed, especially the vet. Our most recent trip to the regular vet encounted a long wait between tests / labs etc. LaVida has a wonky leg and can't stand forever. We had the travel bed with us and it made the appointment seem to her like she was just out visiting someone because she had her own spot to lay down. We have had the Chuck It Travel Bed for at least 10 years and it comes out of the washing machine like it's new every time. Rocket who was a big buy and 85 lbs loved it and fit on it just fine. Don't let the dimensions or the note on the listing about being for dogs up to 25lbs make you think that it's too small. It fits a greyhound just fine. Amazon link - https://www.amazon.com/Chuckit-Travel-Bed-Comfort-Blue/dp/B00027466A/ref=sr_1_7?crid=27MU0CJ89T8PY&keywords=dog+travel+bed&qid=1680042003&sprefix=dog+travel+bed%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-7 We keep ours in the vehicle that is most likley to be used to go to the vet, but have always taken it with us when the dogs go anywhere in either car.

Happy Birthday, Adam!!!!!

Obviothly it meeths on Tongue Out Tuethday or Thirthty Thurthday,

LaVida is here to support her friends. (Sorry - not sure why resizing these isn't working.)

Mark says "Whot's your point?"

Yes - I was fixing that when you posted. I thought it was Doolin..

That's wun hansum dood! Sorry Willa. I missed the tag on this post and thought you were Doolin. Yoo look awesome!

Apparently I was. My side of the bed has an extra piece of foam and she knows it.

I had a rough night while trying to sleep last night and then an early work thing happened this morning (well, early by my standards...) It's a raining, cloudy, dark day here and other than F-35's going over the house doing training, a good afternoon for a nap. I had been in bed this afternoon for maybe 45 minutes and was just starting to fall into a decent sleep. Then I heard it - the sound. I only know one sound like that. Not an F-35. Not an F-16. Not a bird. Not a plane. It was....... Wait for it...... The sound of Snickers flying through the air to join me in bed. In less than a second I knew the sound of an airborne greyhound before the paws hit the bed. Next thought - I wonder what Snickers is doing here??? I never realized before that I know what it sounds like when Snickers flies through the air to jump in bed with me. Snickers was having a rough day. There was work going on at her house with banging on the roof and electricity going on and off making everything in the house beep etc. She needs an afternoon at Camp Greyhound. She whined a lot. She wasn't happy that I was napping. I got up. More F-35's went over. She went to the dark walk-in closet. A few minutes later I found out why she was really whining. She wanted my side of the bed. All is right with her world now. She is sleeping on my side of the bed listening to James Taylor on Pandora. The things we do.....

Looking good, Doolin!

She's hoping that you are making more slippers or socks that she can steal.

Keeping attractive things off the counter is # 1. There is never a reason to swat, hit or "punish" a dog. They don't understand that. Training is key. Train the "Off" command when the dog counter surfs or goes for something they shouldn't. You can also train "drop it" or "leave it" when they pick up something they shouldn't. "Leave it" has worked well for all of our dogs and they will normally drop even high value items when we use that command.

Yay Annie! LaVida says you can milk this for a couple days. Work the system, girl!

Waiting for an update with bait on our breath....