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When he clustered, I asked for some Valium to have on hand but she said it didn't work for him. He was on a diazapam drip for 24 hrs the last time he clustered. I just need to stop worrying. I'm driving myself crazy.

I'm transferring him to my primary vet - his appt is June 5th for a pheno check up and general exam. Just left a message about his seizure with his neuro vet in case he clusters. But he won't cluster because you all are praying for him.

Thunder hasn't had a grand mal seizure since Sept 26, 2010 (he ended up having over 10 in 24 hours and was at the evet for a few days). He had been on zoni 250mg since Aug 10th. Sept 26th, added pheno to the mix. He was only having a few focal seizures since then. They were very hard to detect. On May 3rd, his neuro vet and I talked about reducing his zoni to 200mg and keep pheno the same. She warned me that it might cause seizures but we were gong to try this dose for 6 months. My thinking was why keep giving him the zoni if it wasn't controlling his seizures. This morning at 3:14am, he had a seizure. It was bad but not the worse he's had. So the drug cocktail he had been getting was controlling his seizures. I put him back on 250 mg of zoni plus the pheno. Please keep him in your thoughts that he doesn't start to cluster. I love this boy so much!

Jenny- My heart still breaks about Addie. You know how much I loved her. She had over come heart worm and had to be kept calm for 6 months (which wasn't easy for a young dog). She had the best home I could ever want for her plus I still got to see her a few times a year. Please don't beat yourself up Let me know if I can do anything. ~Kari

Passion is a huge whiner. When she's not talking, I know something is wrong. She has whined at night as well. It's usually because she has to potty (she's 10.5 and has to go more often) or because she's on the other side of the room and wants to lay in bed with me.

I shove them down as well. Passion is ok about it. Thunder is perfect. They both get awesome treats after.

Use a towel until you get the harness.

This is good news (better than what I feared). Hope the next 8 weeks fly by and he's back to normal.

I feed Passion ground turkey with ground up bones in it. She loves it. I just give her a chunk and she eats it. She's looking a little chunky so I think I need to cut back a little. I get treats from Chuck and Don's pet store. They have pre-packaged raw. I think when I run out of what I have, I will just get it there. Then I don't have to worry about how much or little she's eating.

I would use a greyhound vet and get an consult with OSU Greyhound Wellness (but I've lost a hound to osteo so will go to the extreme with any limp now)

Oh Lucy, I have tears streaming down my face. What a beautiful tribute. I've "known" you and Riley and then Jabari for as long as I've been on GT. You are part of my GT history. I'm so sorry for your loss.

I did a google search and didn't see anything either (cuz' google is always right )

Yes, Hilda's Gogh had it there Try not to panic.

THIS! And when you do catch him- don't scold! In a cheerful voice, say let's go outside (or whatever phrase you use) and take him out to potty. When he's done peeing, praise him.

I had a couple hounds come over this weekend to see how she would react. She was perfect Took her to my friends pet store Fri after work. She enjoyed the car ride with Passion. They both got treats there. We didn't get to interact with any other dogs but she did great for her first outing. She sleeps right next to my bed at night. She doesn't make a peep and sleeps all night. She's a very good girl.

I'm so sorry My vet kept telling me that my Sparks limp wasn't cancer and not to worry. I did insist on an xray but nothing show up. 6 months later he was limping even more so I took him to a different vet, xray showed osteo. He was gone 2 weeks later. I live with this every day that he was in pain for 6 months and I didn't know. I will always think twice about a limp now. In the last few months, I've noticed 2 hounds limping. I mentioned to the owners that they should get an xray. They had no idea that it could be cancer. They just thought it was arthritis. Sure enough, both had osteo and are already gone. Cancer sucks and I hate it. It's taken way too many beloved hounds from us.

Another perfect night. This week has been stair teaching and since my room is in the attic, we have been hanging out there after work. She is almost perfect on the stairs, another day or so and she will be a pro. She was so good last night that I decided to let her sleep in my room, muzzled on a dog bed next to my bed. She was perfect. Jey- I will keep her muzzled, no worries. I'm so darn proud of her. Now I just have to start taking her out in public to see how she reacts.

Passion is like Bebe- crabby old bitch She got Sparks 4 years ago in the leg. He was minding his own business and walked just a tad too close to her and she struck him like a snake.

Here's part The sequence of the next part is very important. You will touch your dog’s head first, very briefly – say for one second – then feed him a tiny bit of chicken. The touch must come first because you want him to understand that the touch makes the chicken happen. If you feed chicken first, then touch, he won’t make that connection. Keep repeating this step until your touch causes him to look at you with a smiling face as if he’s saying, “Alright – you touched me. Yay! Where’s My Chicken?” You want the “Where’s My Chicken?” (WMC?) response to happen reliably several times in a row before you proceed to the next step. Good job! You’ve accomplished the first tiny step on a long road; he thinks being touched softly and briefly on the head is a wonderful thing. Now you must decide whether to stop the session – ending on a high note – or continue on because you both are having a wonderful time and don’t want the session to end. If you’re unsure how much longer he will work with you, it’s better to stop sooner, while you’re ahead, than to push it too far and suffer a setback. If you proceed, the next step might be to touch him on the head, still very gently, but for two seconds. You may lose the WMC? response at first as he adjusts to the increased time, but it will probably return quickly. Continue to increase the time, very gradually, so you don’t lose the progress you’ve made. As your touches get longer, feed him several treats in rapid succession while you are touching. Remember to stop the treats when the touch stops. Be sure to end the session before one or both of you gets bored, tired, stressed, or frustrated. You can always do another session later that day or the next. If you sense that he’s getting restless, stop the session, feed him a few extra tidbits for being a wonderful boy, and release him with an “All done!” cue. Next time, stop a little sooner – you don’t even want him to think about getting restless. Session #2 – Taking the next step A “Where’s My Chicken?” expression tells you that your dog has made the link between a stimulus and an enjoyable reward. Make sure you elicit this response several times before increasing the duration or intensity of the stimulus. When you start up again with your next session, back up a little. If you ended with five-second gentle touches on your dog’s head, start with three-second touches. You’ll be able to progress more quickly back up to five seconds, but be sure to start within his comfort level and warm up to the place where you ended. When he has a positive association with gentle touching up to perhaps 10 seconds, you can increase the intensity of a different stimulus – the amount of pressure. Each time you raise the bar for a new stimulus, lower it for the others – in this case you might go back to two or three seconds, with a slightly stronger pressure when you touch. Work to get that positive “Where’s My Chicken?” response with the new amount of pressure at each length of time before you increase the time again. When he’s responding happily to a moderate amount of touch pressure at 10-15 seconds, you can increase the intensity of the third stimulus in the touch package – the position of your hand. Up until now you’ve been touching him in his most accepting spot – the top of his head. Now you’re going to begin to move your hand to more sensitive places – again reducing the intensity of the other two stimuli – time and pressure. Perhaps you’ll try ears first. Returning to a very gentle touch, stroke one ear for one to two seconds, then feed some chicken. Repeat this until you’re getting his WMC? response to the ear-stroking, then do the same with the other ear. Gradually increase the length of time you stroke each ear gently, and when you’re getting positive responses to 10-second ear stroking, it’s time to increase the pressure. Shorten your ear strokes back to one to three seconds, but stroke the ear a bit more firmly. Remember to be very generous with your chicken bits, feeding a morsel or two every time you stroke the ear, and several morsels as the touches get longer. When he’s happy to have you stroke both ears firmly for 10-15 seconds or longer, you can move to a new spot. Don’t forget to reduce the other stimuli each time you move to a new touching place. After the ears, you might run your hand down the back of his neck, gently and briefly. Treat! You should find that as you work toward various new spots around your dog’s legs and body, he’ll accept new touches more quickly in many places. Adjust your pace to his behavior. If he’s giving you WMC? responses very quickly, you can progress more rapidly in your program. If he seems slower to respond, you’re probably working on or near a very sensitive place, and you need to slow the program down. He’ll tell you how slowly or quickly you can progress. Listen to him. Attempts to force him to accept your touching will backfire, big-time.

I just happened to read this article yesterday. Might be helpful to try http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/issues/7_8/features/Canine-Behavior_15643-1.html

Last night she was perfect.

Just ran across this article http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/issues/12_9/features/Housetraining-Your-Dog_16154-1.html

I'm going to buy this e-book http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/ebooks/-20157-1.html

Thanks for the reply Colleen. She has seeked out a dog bed that is in the corner. But like the pic I posted, she wanted to lay by him. I let her lay there until she growled, then I moved her to another bed. I will try like you suggested, keep her in another area of the livingroom or the corner. I'm wondering if level 1 obedience would be helpful. I have not taken her out in public yet. I want her to get comfortable in my house before I have her interact with other dogs outside of my home. Just trying to take things slow with her. She will be fine for hours and then snap and then be fine again. Just wish I could figure out what the trigger is.

I've kept every scrap of paper on each of my dogs since 2001. Which is insane I've only gone back to blood work results (which my vet doesn't give unless asked for) and a couple invoices to see how much I paid for certain drugs.