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Hi there, Moonie - I have no advice, as I have never dealt with a SA-dog before - but I wanted to commend you on working so hard to help this guy overcome his fears. Regardless of whether you end up returning him in the end, or you're able to keep him, I think you should be really proud that you tried so much with him and care for him so much. We did have a boy who was destructive when we left and it was difficult to deal with. With him, it was intermittent - he'd be fine for months and then one day, we'd come home to destruction. We tried all kinds of things, more exercise, DAP diffuser, training, toys, Kongs, etc. and nothing really helped. The end conclusion was that he just sometimes got bored and would "entertain" himself by destroying things. No accidents, no whining/barking or anxiety - just destruction. Sometimes it would happen in pockets - like every few days for a couple of weeks and other times he'd go 8-9 months with nothing and one day he'd just destroy stuff. We dog-proofed as much as possible, kept things cleaned up, got trash cans with lids, etc. - he never cared much for Kongs or other toys that he had to "play with" in order to get food, and no amount of exercise helped (and we had to be careful because he had multiple heart conditions). Anyway, my heart goes out to you. I really hope you find a solution for him. But do know, if it doesn't work for you - I hope you have no regrets, as I think you've really tried everything you could. Best of luck!

Glad this post got bumped, as I posted a different thread about this myself. I think we'll stay away from the oral meds combining more than one treatment - especially given our girl is a seizure dog and seems to have no problems with just her heartworm med. Very interesting about the Seresto collars - when we first adopted 11 years ago, we were told to stay away from collars or flea baths/dips/shampoos and we've just used Frontline. We don't have a huge flea problem so we normally only treat them when we are going to board. We've only had 2 ticks in 11 years, so also not a huge concern. BUT - if the collars are effective and safe, that's definitely a possibility.

Congratulations on your new addition! Lots of great advice here already, and I only wanted to add my experience. When we adopted our 2nd grey (many moons ago), we didn't realize he had space aggression. They were totally fine in the car and they both LOVED car rides, so it was always a positive for them. But, he would not tolerate anyone, or anything, near him when he was lying down. He snapped at our girl a few times and she learned quickly to give him a wide berth. She actually began sleeping in bed with us and he didn't even want to be in the same room with us while sleeping - and when we were gone, they never had issues. We did separate them for a while and we tried muzzling him when we were gone, but had to stop that when he almost put his eye out trying to get it off one day. That was bad. Anyway, we used a baby gate to separate for months and watched them when we were home. She stayed away from him and he began to tolerate her walking by him while he was lying down. He also began to tolerate us sitting next to him and petting him. We always called his name or clapped before touching him to make sure he was awake. We just had to be respectful of that, though he got a little better over time with us and our other grey. Just give them time to adjust and watch them closely. We were really worried about him, and that he might hurt our girl, but he never did. They learned each other, and we learned, too. He was a tough dog, but I am glad we learned early - as it can be an issue with any dog, but certainly greys given how they were raised. Good luck to you!

Years ago when we first adopted, we were steered away from certain flex, tick and heartworm preventatives as unsafe for greyhounds (it was so many years ago, I can't even remember which ones). We have stuck with just a heartworm pill (doesn't protect against fleas or ticks) for all these years. We have never had many issues with fleas, or ticks, but with the newer medications that prevent against everything, we might switch. I was wondering, though, which ones are safe for greyhounds? I did a little research and found Revolution, Advantage and Trifexis. They all protect against heartworm and fleas, and I think Revolution also protects against some ticks. Anyone have experience with these? Thanks!

Thanks so much! We actually have a very recent x-ray and ultrasound of her belly, as one night she had extreme stomach pain/gas/bloating (on her old food) and as it was about 2 weeks after losing our boy, I took her to the e-vet right away. She had a complete blood panel, as well, and she checked out fine. They just gave her Gas-X and a couple other things to settle her stomach, and we switched her to boiled chicken & rice until her tummy settled down. She's doing a lot better on the fish blend! We also have her on milk thistle for liver support - but I'll definitely call my vet about when her next liver check is, it's definitely coming up soon. Thanks again for all the ideas! By the way, does 1,000 calories a day sound about right for weight loss? Since we've never had any problems with weight, we've been really remiss in even checking.

Hi MaryJane! Thanks for the reply - the food we're giving her isn't marketed as low-cal, it just happens to be a fish blend, so just naturally lower in calories! I wanted to stick with a high quality food without too many ingredients and protein she likes. Since our boy hated fish, she never got it, either! She does like her veggies, so I can definitely supplement with some nice mushed up vegetables. I was actually asking my sister-in-law and brother (both pharmacists) about the phenobarbital last weekend, and they both said that it isn't used much in humans anymore but they thought that long-term effects were typically lethargy and more personality-type changes due to that - not really weight-gain in and of itself. She has never been a super active dog, so can't really say she's gained weight because of less activity (other than the few months that I couldn't walk!).

Hello all - I wasn't sure if this was a more health/medical or food question - but thought I'd post here first. Our girl is almost 8 and over the last year, she has gained 10 lbs! Now, this was during a time when I, unknowingly, switched her and her brother (who has since passed away) to a very low-cal food and didn't adjust how much she was getting. Last summer, our boy lost interest in eating, so we switched foods. It turns out, our girl went from 2.5 cups of day of a 500 cal/cup food to 2.5 cups of 370 cal/cup food. Treats didn't change, they always got a small lunch treat (around 90 calories) and a bedtime treat (also around 90 calories). So, for about 9-10 months, she was on about 1,100/day (down from almost 1,700/day!!) and still went from 60 to 70 lbs! During this time, two things also happened - first, she went on phenobarbital for seizures. Also, I had a knee replacement in December and then our other grey got very sick, so her exercise levels went down for about 3-4 months. So I've been religiously taking her on two walks per day for the last month and a half. I did a crazy spreadsheet to find a good, low-cal food she'd like and I measure exactly, and I feed her an exact number of treats per day so she will get 1,000 cal/day - this is on our vet's recommendation for weight loss, and a few calorie calculators I found online. We weighed her (on our scale at home) a little over 3 weeks ago and she was at 68 lbs to get a baseline, just weighed her again today and she's up to 70.3. She loves her food, but she's never gotten into anything - so I know she isn't sneaking food from anywhere. She isn't overly active, but I've been faithful about her twice daily walks. I also know she is a little older, but she isn't that old. We've never had a grey with a weight issue before - we've never really looked at calories in food (which is why we didn't realize when we dropped to a much lower calorie food) and we'd just adjust up or down if we saw they had gained/lost a few pounds at the vet. The only thing I found online was hypothyroidism - but she isn't displaying any other symptoms, other than maybe itchy skin (but she's always been a bit itchy). Is 1,000 cal/day still too much? Just wondering how we could've dropped from 1,700/day less than a year ago down to 1,000 and made sure she's getting regular exercise and she is still not dropping weight. Any ideas?

Our Tilly has been caught eating two birds, not sure if she killed them or found them dead and played vulture - but she never had any issues at all (and she has a somewhat sensitive stomach). I, on the other hand, was traumatized!

Thank you very much for the insights! I'm guessing Deacon's (Devil Himself) injury was a broken toe that ended up healing oddly (it pointed straight up, used to freak people out when they saw it because they thought he'd just broken it!) - we were told when we adopted him that he was "really good" - and I think you just verified. Still brought tears to my eyes to think about my guy young, healthy and tearing around the tracks. I miss that guy so much. And our dear Tilly (Tangerine Roll) - we always wondered about her. She's is pretty darn quick (just ask the 3 opossums, 2 squirrels and the bunny that she a Deacon caught & killed in our backyard) - but she really REALLY hates anyone or anything to be behind her. Walking her with anyone behind us is just an exercise in futility because she will stop and look back, stop and look back, etc., etc. I think she's was quick, but just not very focused and I think her racing record proves it. Glad she retired early so we could find her sooner. Thanks again!

Oh my gosh, I am so sorry. Hope Ace is feeling better and has a full recovery, and no more issues.

Would love to know about they guy we just lost on Easter Sunday - Devil Himself (the one born in 2005). We took him lure coursing right after we adopted him and he smoked everyone, they couldn't believe he'd been retired, lol. Good racer, or not, he was the BEST guy in the world. Our girl is Tangerine Roll. I don't think she was as successful as our boy - I heard she only ran a handful of races and didn't win any. No wonder, she HATES for anyone to be behind her. Hah!

Thanks, all. My first thought was brain tumor, as well, but it does seem like a long stretch between incidents. The blindness incident was Feb 21, the first (long) seizure was Dec 23. The second seizure was Jan 2. We do have the rectal valium for her, as well - in case she has another one. We never got any indication from the "specialist" here about anything. This facility is also an e-vet, and we've had one horrible experience after another with them. We paid the emergency fee to get her in and "in the back" she (supposedly) saw the opthamologist. He wouldn't, however, speak directly to us and sent a vet tech to tell us that they saw some (slight) inflammation behind her left eye and they thought it was sudden acquired retinal degeneration. When we asked to speak to the opthamologist, we were told we had to pay an additional "specialty fee" just to talk to him. It was like $300-$400, if memory serves. On top of that, he wouldn't prescribe the only course of treatment (steroids) for sudden acquired retinal degeneration until we did the expensive testing first. We had another horrible incident with this clinic that ended in the death of our first greyhound (their screw-up), and I have a girlfriend who had two terrible incidents with them, the last resulting (needlessly) in a dead cockatiel. They, unfortunately, are the only ones in our area that have a neurologist on staff. In other words, I won't be returning there, ever. Will definitely speak to our regular vet about getting a referral to NC State Vet School, instead. It's 3 hours away, but we've had nothing but positive experiences with them in the past. Thanks, all! I wanted to make sure I wasn't being paranoid about the situation - since we just lost our boy on Easter Sunday, I'm not being very objective about it.

In February 2014, our girl (she was 6 years old at the time) went blind overnight. No warning signs at all, but when I got up to feed the pups in the morning, she was very timid about going downstairs and then proceeded to run into walls, didn't know I'd put her food dish down (she is a chow hound), ran into the door frame on the way out and couldn't get down the 3 stairs of our deck to get into the yard. I safely got her to the yard and then back into the house and immediately woke up my husband so we could get her to the vet. He noticed that her pupils weren't dilating at all - and we had her to the vet within an hour. They ran a panel of tests, and did some cursory sight tests - she didn't react at all to a finger up close to either eye and no dilating. Vet couldn't find anything wrong with her, but mentioned sudden acquired retinal degeneration and recommended a specialty vet in the area (we do not like this practice at all) - but we had no choice as they were the only ones with an opthamologist on staff. Honestly, they were real jerks when we brought her in. They told us the only course of treatment would be steroids, but they refused to give us a prescription without subjecting her to about $2k worth of tests - which, in the end, if it turned out to be sudden acquired retinal degeneration then the treatment would still be steroids and they would have to act "quickly" or she could be forever blind. We asked if steroids could permanently harm her if she didn't have sudden acquired retinal degeneration, and were told they wouldn't - but no, they would not prescribe. Long story short, our regular vet was appalled by this and prescribed them right away. So, no definite diagnosis, but she was on steroids for a month and she slowly regained most/all vision in her right eye (yay!) and I think she can at least see light/dark and shapes in her left. She can still spot the neighborhood cats a couple blocks away - though she still doesn't react to a finger/close object on that eye and pupil dilation is very slight. When the light hits that eye in a certain way, it appears just a little cloudy. She didn't have any more issues until December 2014 when she experienced a very long grand mal seizure - it was pretty horrible. I'd just had knee replacement surgery and couldn't get out of bed, and she was having a seizure in the next room and I couldn't be with her - my husband was convinced she was dying, but she was convulsing so badly (and was unconscious) that he couldn't safely pick her up or get her to the emergency vet (we had them on the phone), nor could I be left alone. He ended up taking her to our vet the next morning for more tests - nothing found. A week and a half later, she had another seizure and was put on phenobarbital. Since then, no seizures. I'm wondering, though, are these two issues related? I can't help but think we are missing something horrible because no one has put the blindness and seizures together into a diagnosis. Am I overthinking this, or does this sound like "something" I should ask our vet about? Thanks!

We are currently using Plato Thinkers (duck was our boy's fave, but our girl likes duck, chicken & salmon). They also really love the Plato EOS treats, we've tried the turkey/pumpkin, the turkey/cranberry and turkey/sweet potato with great success. We also use small, soft jerky treats for rewards, you can break them into small bits and they are wonderful. That's what we used when training all our greys and they were all crazy about them. Honestly, we've tried hundreds of treats over the years and only had a few that the dogs didn't like. I stay away from anything made in China, and generally stay away from anything with added sugar (dogs don't need it with their already-bad teeth) and after seeing some digestive issues in the past, we stay away from dyes, grains, soy, corn, etc. Sometimes they'll get treats from family/friends for Christmas with grains, etc. - but generally, we steer clear. Congrats on becoming a greyhound parent - enjoy this time!

Our girl cracked a tooth on ice, which had to be extracted - so do be really careful with ice. She loves the stuff, but we can't let her have it anymore - it was really painful and traumatic for her (and us!) when she broke that tooth. Our boy was a HUGE drinker. We would have to take the bowl away from him to make sure he didn't contract bloat and we took him to the vet twice to make sure his kidneys were okay, it really freaked us out. He used to go outside, and I swear, pee for 4-5 minutes solid. He was not an ice-eater, but for the entire 6 years we were lucky enough to have him, he would (frequently) pee for a very long time. Our vet said not to worry, but to let them know if he started having accidents inside (which he never did) and to pick up his water when he got too obsessive. I am guessing all the ice did just over-hydrate a bit, but that's just a guess.

Thank you, everyone. We spent the entire day with him, just laying beside him as he slept. He did seem to want to go for a walk at one point, but he seemed a little disoriented and was drooling a lot (this went on for a lot of the day). I know this was due to extreme nausea and I have a feeling he was disoriented because his body was shutting down...it eased our minds a little in knowing it was his time. I had a little panic attack when 5:00 struck, realizing we only had an hour left with him, but on the floor we stayed. The vet arrived at 6:00 and explained the process. Deacon didn't like the sedative shot, and cried a bit - but he quickly fell asleep. We cried and spoke to him gently, hoping our voices came through and he wouldn't be afraid. The final injection was given via a butterfly IV, and he didn't cry, wince or react at all, so I knew he was sleeping deeply. He was gone in about a minute, and I held his paws and kissed his head while my husband lay behind him stroking him gently as he took his final breaths. We got his ashes back yesterday, so he is home forever. We miss him so very much, but we are also so happy that he was part of our lives for 6 years. I am so thankful that he didn't have to have any philosophical debate about life after death, and that he only knew he didn't feel well and wanted his misery to end. Him not eating for 2.5 weeks told us that much. I cannot tell you how grateful we are to have a service that will come to our home to do this, and then take him directly to be cremated and have him home the next day. We didn't want his final hours to be stressful or scary at all, and other than some discomfort with the sedative shot, he seemed peaceful and ready to go. Thank you all for the advice and kind words over the past couple of weeks. We prayed that we would have him longer, but the universe has other plans for him. Godspeed my sweet dear boy.

Thank you all so very much. This morning, right after posting this, we fed him a syringe of food and rather than making him feel better, it made him very nauseated. I have noticed over the past few days that he drools a lot after we feed him, and today it is very bad. He doesn't even want to go outside and when we asked if he wanted to go for a walk, his most favorite thing in the world, he didn't even lift his head. We called hospice...they are coming at 6:00 today and we will let him go. I am sitting on the floor with him as I type this as he sleeps. I am glad we have the option to do this at home, in his favorite spot, surrounded by the people who love him so much. Our goal is to remain as calm as possible so he will not be scared. We want him to just sleep and to end his misery. He deserves better than this. Thank you again. I can't tell you how much it means to have a community of people who love their pups as much as we do and who understand how agonizing this is.

Our beautiful 10-year old boy, Deacon, had emergency surgery to remove his spleen and a large mass 2.5 weeks ago. The mass weighed 5 lbs and had metastasized to his liver (unable to remove this) and the diagnosis was fibrosarcoma. Many of you have seen my other thread about all of this, but I am posting here because our hearts are being torn apart as we face a daily decision on whether to continue his treatments or let him go. We have been hand-feeding Deacon with a syringe since his surgery. For the first 2 weeks, he would sometimes take other food (rotisserie chicken, eggs, ground beef, etc.) - but for the past 4 days he hasn't eaten a thing other than what we force on him. He is on Cerenia, Prevacid, Pepcid and Mirtazapine and continues to drink water (obsessively) and try to eat grass obsessively. We also have him on an antibiotic (mixed into his food, I tasted it first and it's not bitter) because he has a swollen lymph node that might be an infection (no vet visit for this). He has also started vomiting 1-2 times per day (keeping food in him helps with this). We now feed him every 3-4 hours (at least) and he is becoming more resistant to this. I feel like we are torturing him. But he is still getting up and moving around on his own, still drinking and eliminating. One of us stays in our guest room with him every night so we can let him out whenever he wants, monitor him, feed him at 3 AM, etc. He will still climb into bed with us when we coax him and he still roaches occasionally. I just don't know what to do. I don't want to wait until he can't get up anymore, until he is having accidents, until he stops drinking, etc. - but letting go when he is still able to do these things is equally as hard. We know he will not recover, we were just hoping he would feel better and be able to enjoy a little more time. Each time we start a new med, we tell ourselves it'll be a few days to see if he bounces back...but instead, he seems to get a tiny bit worse each day. I hate feeling like we are playing God with his life, but the thought of him only suffering through these hours is equally as difficult. He is stoic, of course, and such a gentle guy. How can we judge his suffering? We are trying to remain positive, for us and for him. The hospice vet came last Wednesday and his face looked so grim. I called him last night about the lymph node and as we chatted he told me that if he didn't bounce back a little by mid-week (mainly with the eating), we should seriously consider euthanasia. Any advice, stories or perspectives would be very appreciated.

Our very first grey (the one pictured in my avatar) was 8 years old when we adopted her. She was used as a brood and had been waiting for a home for awhile when I stumbled on her. I quickly became obsessed and just knew she was our girl - my husband asked if I was "sure" I wanted to adopt a senior and I remember being surprised that he was even asking! She was our dear sweet pup until she was almost 14 and I loved every second of it - she was just downright amazing. I'd adopt another senior in a heartbeat!

FYI - a 2-month supply of Ondansetron was over $600 at our Pharmacy (the vet's office didn't have it there). I'm sure you can do the math, but 1 week worth was $80 and since we aren't sure if it will even help him, we had to pass. Our vet was surprised we asked for a different anti-nausea med since he was on Cerenia and it didn't seem to help. I actually have a few leftover Ondansetron from a surgery I had this past December, so I gave him one today, just to see if it helps. I think I have 5 left, so if that perks him up, I'll pay the money and get him a full prescription. Just can't believe it costs so much. He got his stitches removed yesterday and incision looks good. He still isn't eating on his own, at least not his meals - so we use the syringe. I bought some of the Olewo carrots and I add that to his food, just to get some fiber in him. He takes other food here and there - today he ate his normal jerky snack (I gave him 2 instead of 1) and this past weekend, we got him to eat almost an entire rotisserie chicken. It was a small one, but he ate all but about half of a breast. He is still drinking a lot, and eliminating normally. He is still getting around fine, but sleeping more (and more heavily). Today I noticed his gums are a little pale. Not too bad, just not as pink. Should this signal something? Should we be looking for anything else? I know we don't have much time left with him. We have canceled all our plans for the upcoming weeks to ensure that one, or both, of us is home with him all the time. It just breaks my heart to know that there is nothing we can do to cure him, only make him more comfortable and hopefully, happy. I brought out the outside beds yesterday for the deck because we have some days coming up where we are hitting the mid to upper 70s and it will be sunny. He loves to lay outside in the sun, I just hope it makes him happy. Our girl had her dental cleaning yesterday and I was just a basket of nerves until she was home safe and sound. Poor thing had 2 extractions, but her teeth look nice again - we've made a vow to be better about the daily brushing, as we've slacked off way too much and it was our fault her teeth were so awful. Spoiling her rotten at the moment.

Thanks, all. We're trying to remain positive, for him, mostly. I was wondering what you all thought could be the issue with his stomach? Obviously, he won't eat - at least not much - and when we let him out, he goes directly to eating grass. Now, he used to eat grass now & then before all this happened, but was always easily corrected and we thought the famotidine would take care of it (he showed all signs of acid reflux). Now, he is pretty obsessive about it, and I've been having to muzzle him to prevent it. Could it be something else? We are giving him the famotidine (20 mg) twice per day and it does help with the acid reflux, but his stomach is obviously still upset. He is acting very much like our girl did years ago when she was diagnosed with acute peritonitis. She would eat something once, then reject it, until she stopped eating altogether. I'm worried now that since we are feeding him with the syringe, that we are actually hurting him (physically) - but I'm not sure what to do at this point? Any thoughts?

Yep, we've always used elevated bowls, as well - especially helpful with our geriatric greys. We even bought a raised feeder and took it to my mom's house, so they have raised water/food when we go visit her. Our vet told us she sees more problems with dogs who eat & drink too quickly rather than anything to do with food/water being on the floor or raised. I asked her about large chested breeds and what they have observed in bloat patients, and she said she sees more big dogs with bloat, but not necessarily the "large chested" big dogs - just big dogs, in general. She didn't provide statistics or anything, but she's owned the practice in town for about 15 years, and has been a vet for abut 25 - and that was her observation.

We finally got the official diagnosis - not exactly what we thought, but just as dreadful - fibrosarcoma of the spleen & liver. They found that at least parts of his spleen were necrotic and since there are already multiple lesions on his liver, his prognosis is the same...around 2-3 months. The vet also stressed that his time with us will likely be shorter if he doesn't bounce back soon... He told us we could stop all the meds except the Pepcid, the Mirtazapine for his appetite and his Benazepril for his kidney disease. We are also going to mix milk thistle in his food for liver support - our girl is already on this because she's a seizure dog on Phenobarbital. We are hoping that he starts eating soon, but we will watch him closely as we continue using the syringe to feed. He did eat a few of the Solid Gold jerky treats before bed last night, but that was the only food he would take normally. He is still alert, still drinking and eliminating normally, still getting up and down on his own and can still do stairs (albeit much slower). He still gets excited when he hears the leash, so we will take him out for a walk when we take our girl, even though it's only a couple houses up and down. His color is still good, he isn't crying or whining and even though he is pretty stoic, he doesn't seem to be in any visible pain. I hope we are able to see and feel when it is time to let go...he has been such an amazing companion for us and he is such a wonderful guy. We adopted him in 2009 after the sudden death of our 7-year old boy (heart attack in his sleep). We were still heartbroken over losing him, but Deacon just brightened everything so quickly, it was like our dear Keota brought him to us to ease the pain. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the advice and kind words. It means so very much.

Hi Batmom - We will try the peanut butter, too! Today I dipped one of the larger pills in plain yogurt, and he got it down easier. Will get more PB today! tbhounds - his gums are totally normal, I look at them every time I give him a pill! Eyes, tongue, ears, etc. - all totally normal. I also felt him today and he didn't seem feverish at all and his incision looks really good. He is sleeping a lot, but still alert and his eyes are not glassy like the day after surgery. MP_the4pack - I am so sorry for your loss. That is our fear, too, that we would keep him here longer for our own selfish reasons and not for his own quality of life. I am doing a lot of cuddling with him and he seems to enjoy the attention. He is getting up and moving without much trouble. Only some very minor accidents so far, the worst of which was the day we brought him home. He is even insisting that he goes for walks when we take his sister, he looks so excited and we even got a tail wag yesterday! We walk him one house down and he sniffs and pees, looks around and then wants to go one house the other way, so we just follow him. Just so difficult to know if you're making the right decisions until it's all over and you have regrets.

Hi all - still not eating much. We've tried the beef thing (raw & cooked) - he has eaten a few cooked pieces, but doesn't have any interest in the raw (or anything that hasn't been warmed first). We haven't tried just sticking it in his mouth - the problem is now, he's getting pretty angry with us when we shove stuff in his mouth. He's on so many medications, and at first, we would put them back by his throat (we coat them in a little coconut oil, butter or olive oil to make them glide better...he hates Pill Pockets, cheese, etc.) - he would swallow right away. Now, it is SO hard to get his mouth open even a tiny bit, and he will not swallow. I had to stand there with his mouth shut, stroking his throat for about 2 minutes this morning just to get his Pepcid down...and he had 4 more pills to go. We have tried 4-5 kinds of organic baby food (cold and heated) - he literally turns his head away. Though, we may start administering those with the syringe, too. We've also tried rotisserie chicken and he ate a few pieces, now nothing. We always eat, or pretend to eat it ourselves first - just to make him think it's a treat and we make kind of a production about it, but I think he just doesn't care anymore. We've also tried using the "Treat time!" and including our other grey too, hoping invoke some food competition and interest, and that doesn't work either. Yesterday, I thought I was getting somewhere - he ate two (small) chicken breasts, and then last night we'd made popcorn for ourselves and we accidentally spilled some before adding salt and stuff, and he trotted in to clean it up - I was stunned! So I handed him a couple of the Three Dog Bakery cookies, and he took 5-6 of them. Then I offered him some yummy meat treats (Solid Gold brand, they are meant for training, I think) and he gobbled them up. I was so happy! But today, nothing. He is literally turning his face away from food, so we've had to "syringe" him (hah!). We tried to start his antibiotics back up today, too, because my husband thinks he feels warm, but they were disintegrating in our hands we attempted to make him swallow so many times (he kept spitting them out) - so we ended up mixing them into the syringe food and administering that way. Put a call into the vet today to discuss his results and the whole him feeling warm & antibiotic situation, and they said his report had been there since Tuesday - ARG. I have tried to be patient, since I was calling every day, and the vet assured me he would call right away. The assistant said they might not have the entire report yet, but who knows. Guess I should just go back to my daily phone calls. I am literally sitting by the phone waiting for a call back!