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Lots of good thoughts for Cosmo and big hugs for you!

Poor little thing! Do they have her on anything to reduce inflammation right now? (Pred or otherwise?)

YES! This is exactly what we went through with Mia Bella. She had erlichea, which after we got that treated turned into immune mediated polyarthritis. She is still on a low dose of prednisone and azathiaprine and it has been over 16 months ago that she was treated. Talk to Dr. Couto, he offered to consult on Mia's case and he gave us some more ideas for tests to run.

Judy, I am so very sorry. I wish I could give you a big hug today. Emmy knows how much you loved her and she will be with you.

At 70 lbs, he will most likely need a size Medium (99% sure unless he has a linebacker neck. ) Congrats!!

Ok Emmy, time to live up to that collar and show your girl power! Take those meds and eat up!

Iceman has a lot of these - it seems like they all popped up in the last few years as he got older. We have had every one of them aspirated and they have all been fatty tumors, but I would rather let the vet tell me that than assume. Having said that, if it isn't growing larger, I would wait until your appt in 2 weeks unless you see any changes. Hugs to you, I am sure it is just a fatty lipoma.

Heather, I wish I could wrap you in a big hug and make this all go away. You and Kevin and Pup are in my thoughts.

Many many hugs. When Mia Bella was so sick last year, she stopped eating (and I remember how stressful it was). Reglan and also Prevacid helped her apetite (the prevacid reduced the acid in her tummy so it didn't hurt as bad). One of Mia's favorite meals was boiled hamburger. She also liked stinky canned fish or canned chicken. We gave her literally anything she would eat, even off of our own plates if she would eat it (which meant we had a bad habit to break when she got better and started eating again!) Of course Tippy and Iceman (the white meat boys) thought they were being abused because Mia was getting extra meals and all they got was a tiny cookie. Feel better soon Emmy, you have a very special prezzie on the way!

I am so sorry to hear this. You are in my thoughts.

Many hugs and healing thoughts

Many hugs to you. I am here if you need anything.

Welcome from NC!

That would be me! I thought Lucius' collar looked familiar. I hope you are loving your collars - and please post pictures of your new Galgo when he arrives.

Welcome! And congrats on your gorgeous Galgo! One of my very good friends (and employee, haha!) has a Galgo named Cruz. he is white with longer hair down his back. He is adorable!

Oh gosh, how did I miss this? Sending lots of healing and happy thoughts to Rickie, please give him a kiss on his little whippety nose for me. Only healthy thoughts from here on, do you hear me Rickie??

Healthy thoughts coming your way

She's so teeny! Congrats! She has landed in the perfect home that will understand her special needs and give her plenty of time.

Welcome and congrats on your new girl!

She is gorgeous, congrats!

I would say a vet visit is in order. It could be something simple or it could be something that needs to be treated (Iceman started doing this last month and it turned out he was in early stage kidney failure, but because we caught it early, we are able to treat him and hopefully we caught it before a lot of damage was done).

I love their teeny little toes! And does Baby #2 have a cowlick? What a cutie!

I'm sorry, I don't have any thoughts or help to offer but I wanted to send Rickie a big hug. Get better soon cutie!

Congrats! Looks like they love each other already!

That is pretty normal from what I have seen. Mia's hair was shaved almost exactly a year ago (the first week in June) and it has only been in the last week or two that we can ALMOST say we can't see where she was shaved. Also, when my Cujie had his spleen removed, the hair grew back where the staples were and where the incision line was (so he looked like he had a long stripe with dots on either side of it) but there was still no hair where he had been shaved when he passed. (off topic...I miss my cujie )