oldrunners

I've had 12 greys over the past 26 years. They have all lived with 2 cats. One boy, Julio, was characterized as "cat correctable". Mayor Cheeto, my orange boy, "corrected" Julio once, and that was that.

I also encourage you to re-think grain free food, having had a grey with DCM after eating grain free for years Not only were the meds expensive, the regular echocardiograms every 3-6 months were also! Furthermore, I recommend Snip Tips fish oil. I found it to be much more easily digested and absorbed than Grizzly salmon oil, and therefore more effective.

I love those big black boys! Welcome from Delaware from Poppy, who is a little black girlie.

Yin and yang

And another welcome from Delaware!

I have midday shifts selling calendars all 3 days.

Absolutely incredible! Well done! In order for my two to find anyone, the person would have to be holding a live rabbit and sitting on a roast beef.

Many years ago, one of my vets was consulting some lab results, and commented, "Oh! They really ARE dogs!".

Pippin and Poppy say hello from lower, slower Delaware!

There is a FB group, Getting Rid of Parasites in Retired Racing Greyhounds. Drs. Ng and Castro post the latest info. Read the briefs section. The drug is Profender, and is used topically in cats, orally in greys. My Pippin just had 2 negs after two years of Advantage Multi, then Drontal 2 weeks later. I"ll test him again next week, and if he is still neg. I'll stop the Drontal but continue the AM for life. If he is positive, I'll be doing the Profender.

My Penny was on vetmedin for dilated cardiomyopathy. I found Valley Vet had the least expensive med. Vetmedin is compoundable, tho, so if you have a compounding pharmacy near you, you might check them out, Penny was on it for about a year, and, while she didn't improve, she didn't get any worse. She suffered a traumatic fall in the yard and dislocated her hip. Because of the DCM, she wasn't a candidate for surgery, so I had to put her down. She was exactly a month past her 12th birthday. Good luck with your boy!

I have a 60# boy sleeping on my recliner at the moment. I have two bridge boys who were 94# and 90#, Jack was quite tall, Beggar was not quite as tall, but very long.

I took my Sirius to a veterinary dentist last November. The estimate was $3600-$5400 to have an upper canine and two molars pulled, with the possibility of 2 more molars. The canine was the tricky one, and therefore was much more expensive. Doctor was going to pull a flap of skin from inside Sirius' cheek to cover the hole left by the canine, so he was doing plastic surgery as well as dental surgery. Sadly, Sirius was diagnosed with lung cancer the week before the scheduled surgery, and passed.

I'm sorry. Having Luddite tendencies, I have no idea how to post pics. You'll just have to imagine a black, lightly built girl, with a narrow white stripe on her chest and a several white toe tips, and a looong snoot with virtually no stop---all my favorite characteristics. How could I not? She's smart, cat safe, sleeps thru the night, tells me when she needs to go out, and roos when the town fire siren goes off.

Well, I done went and did it. I just adopted a 57# girl, who is still racing lean, so she'll probably end up closer to 60 lbs. eventually. Here's my thinking: 1- with the help of a credit card upon occasion, I can afford them 2-they both have a safe place to land if they need one 3-in these isolating times, they are my companions 4-my CRV is easier to get them into than my Santa Fe 5-i will invest in a Help 'em Up harness anon. I have everything else I could possibly need So, welcome Poppy, joining Pippin and me. And, yes, I'm embracing the P's.