greyinmaine

She is beautiful! ( and so is the sweater) Congratulations

Welcome from Maine. Flynn is such a handsome boy and the pictures are great!

Welcome from Maine!

Welcome from Maine! Dylan is very handsome.

Thank you for sharing this. What a beautiful story!

Welcome from Mexico, Maine and congratulations on your first grey! I adopted my first, Nike, just over a year ago and haven't looked back I'm looking forward to pictures of Anna!

Welcome from Maine!

Welcome from Maine

Nike has been on her meds for 3 days now and it seems to be going well- no side effects at all since the first dose. She may be drinking slightly more water but as far as food- what is more often than always wanting to eat? I have kept a log since her first seizure and they have, with the exception of one, all been in the morning. This is what makes me suspicious that there have been others that I haven't seen. Unfortunately I have no web cam (and could not monitor her from work) and she is not vocal during the seizures. I am happy to see that she seems unconcerned by the meds and is as happy and goofy as ever. Hopefully they can be controlled and she won't have any damaging side effects. It is such a comfort for me to have this site to come to for information and good wishes!

Thank you all so much for the advice and the websites. There is so much to learn. Nike is taking 60mg twice a day right now and is scheduled for bloodwork in 3 weeks to check her levels and liver function. My concern is that her seizures seem to occur during the day and I have no idea if she is having seizures while I am at work. She doesn't urinate or drool or do anything that would leave evidence that she had a seizure if I wasn't home to witness it. I'm worried that I will never know if they are being controlled or I'm just not seeing them. She seems to "snap out of it" fairly quickly after an episode. Any thoughts?

Nike has been started on Phenobarbitol for her seizures. I gave her the first dose at 7pm last night and when I went to take her out at 9 she was stumbling and would have fallen down the stairs if I hadn't been holding her collar. This morning she got her second dose and seems to be fine- alert and "normal" in her actions. What have any of you experienced? Are your dogs abilities or personalities changed by the medication? Do you think it was just that it was the first dose, or that she was sound asleep last night? Thank you for any input, this is my first experience with seizures.

Welcome from Maine

Welcome from Maine

Welcome from Maine Beautiful hounds!

Welcome from Maine Willie is beautiful!

Welcome from Maine!

A beautiful tribute to a beautiful girl. I'm so sorry for your loss.

Beautiful pups! Welcome!

Welcome from Maine Becker is beautiful!

Welcome from Maine Your pictures are gorgeous! Looking forward to seeing more.

Garnet is beautiful and I love the collar! Welcome from Maine

OMG what a good mom you are! I guess I am lucky the stick came out without my assistance. What I also can't believe is the same dog who threw herself to the ground screaming from snow between her toes passed the terriyaki through her entire body without so much as a whimper

Keeping Wendy in our thoughts

Nike doesn't drink water either! I always add water to her food and that seems to be enough. In the summer she would occasionally take a mouthful of water, but only if it was very hot out.