grey14me

It was right on the side of her first toe. She is fine now, thanks everyone! It took a couple of hours, but she is back to normal. I just felt so bad...she's a tough girl and it surprised me that it bothered her so much.

Hershey just got stung by a bee. I've given her benedryl, but it really seems to hurt her. It's only been about fifteen minutes and there is no swelling. She's not letting me soak it...honestly, she doesn't want me touching her. I know it was a bee sting because I found the stinger. Any ideas of what I can do for pain?

Can you see through the backs of the stairs? I'm just curious because both of my greys did stairs perfectly...unless you could see through them. I think they end up focusing on stuff behind the stairs and then misstep and freak out. It will definitely take some patience at this point, but hopefully you can work up to actually going up them quickly with him focusing at the top of the stairs and not looking through them. Maybe your daughter can be up at the top with an AMAZING treat and talking to him the whole time you're helping him up. A quick pace is better if you can get him moving. The trick is to get him looking at the top. I'm guessing you can see through them, which is why he does so much better going downstairs... Okay, I quoted myself...doh!

Oops, didn't mean to call Coe a girl...I couldn't see any "bits" in the picture.

I agree with putting some rugs down.

Coe may never be fine with a dog that barks and pulls or lunges towards you...and to be honest I wouldn't blame her. Neither of my greyhounds liked to be approached that way. It generally meant that the dog was a jumper and both of my greys hated being jumped on. I always looked to see how the other owner of the dog behaved as well. If they were diligent and tried to keep their dog under control, then I wouldn't worry as much, but if they were the kind of owner who thought, "Oh, just let the dogs work it out.", or the ever popular, "Don't worry, he's friendly.", well then I was out of there. Better safe than sorry.

When does she get exercise? Exercise will generally get them pooping. If feeding and exercise stay routine, pooping generally does as well. And I agree with Chris about being woken up by something else (cold?), then that will often trigger the need to go potty. It's pretty much the first thing I do when I wake up!

Is she still peeing and pooping at 10-11 pm?

Pam, I'm so sorry to hear about Poodle.

Wow, so glad to hear about his recovery!! What a special boy, with a special mom to take such good care of him!

:hope

Oh no, that's so sad.

That seems really unusual. I wonder if she has a sensitive/sore spot that he accidentally touched?

I don't give this to my dog, and hadn't heard anything about it, until I saw this article. Has anyone had any experience with this...either positive or negative? I'm curious to hear if the vets on this board have experienced any issues with it as well. http://vitalanimal.com/trifexis-hoax/

Oh ok, so he probably ate about a 2 or 3 square inch piece of material. I would think he would be ok, but if he starts trying to vomit and can't, or if he stops eating, you will definitely want to have him checked out. I would definitely be checking his poo to make sure it came out!

It looks like a suede moccasin? A rawhide that smells like mommy!

Sending prayers :hope

I just saw this for the first time a week or so ago...I found it very interesting. http://yourdogsfriend.org/spoon-theory-and-funny-dog-gifs/

Maybe it's not so much that he is trying to take over Casper's role by stepping up, but that he is stressed and fearful because he doesn't have that taken care of for him any longer. Maybe he doesn't want to be the strong one but he needs a strong one to take over once again?

I'm so very sorry...what a sweet boy.

Such a special girl. I remember the first time I dogsat. She would be on her bed in your bedroom, and she'd start to get up to run out when I would come in. I'd have to move really slowly and not look at her just to be able to go to bed without scaring her out of the room. When I would sit on the couch and give Brady and Maddi treats she would come within a couple feet and just reach her head as far as she could to see what was going. Still, if I looked at her she would scoot away. Then there was a morning where I could feel breathing on me and when I cracked open my eyes she was standing there, reaching her neck out and sniffing my face. And when I would go toward the kitchen to feed them, she always had to walk on the opposite side of the dining room table. We finally got to the point where she would be allow me to be on the same couch as her...as long as I didn't look directly at her. I think she just didn't like the looks of me. Your house was her sanctuary and you and Steve were her protectors. She was happy and very much loved. I'm so sorry that she's gone.

Oh no I'm so very sorry.

Anne reminded me...start talking to her now as if she were already sightless. Every time she comes to a curb, say "step up", or jump in the car, say "jump up", etc...so that she knows what it means when she needs it. And I agree with Pam, I would never take a sight impaired dog to a dog park.