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This tactic has helped us in the past. "We have covered litter boxes and thrn the opening to face the wall or on an angle in a corner. As other's have said, cat poop is, from a dog's point of view, some pretty high quality protein and not to be passed up if available.

Emma is such a lovely, sweet looking girl. I can just see her shiny and braided, enjoying grass and apples and the company of the person she loved.

Sending warm healing thoughts to your girl.

Oh what good news! Billy, you are a good, loving, sweet, cooperative boy. You deserve your reward of peanut butter.

Isn't Summerville a wonderful town! Lovely, welcoming, and historic. I miss it. I hope you get your boy's meds sorted out so that it won't be such a fight. Lucy

Sending hugs to you and prayers for healing for Tibbie and Spriet.

Can the compounding pharmacy flavor it in some way to make it lee icky? Sadly, it's been several years now since I was dealing with Piper's epilepsy, but if I recall correctly, his KBr was purchased from a compounding pharmacy and they could add various flavors to the liquid. For the current bottle, something strongly flavored and scented might help...sardines, mackerel, cheapo canned dog food. I lived in Summerville for about 7 years and loved it there. Lucy

I'm so sorry Cash is gone. What a true blessing that you found each other.

No wise solutions to offer, but I can so identify with you on the subject of subtle signals used to ask to be letout. Spirit will ask to go out but I had to really pay attention to get his signal. I will say that he has gotten more energetic in his asking technique over the years. Initially, if he looked out the deck door, it meant he wanted out. That signal was sometimes easy to miss. Now he does an energetic trot between me and the deck door when he wants out. He still doesn't have a strong internal "ethic" about not peeing in the house. Maybe it is fairer to say that he doesn't have much interest or ability in "holding it". He too tends to tank up whenever he drinks, wants out frequently, and immediately pees every time he goes out. I'll begin to look at all weather floor mats for my "bad boy".

My girl MoMo had a similar break. It was plated and pinned as well. She was casted for about 6 weeks and healed well. I hope your girl will so so too.

I think elimination frequency can vary from dog to dog. Of the pair with me now, Spirit has to pee all the time--I swear some evenings I let him out every 20 minutes. MoMo, on the other hand, pees enough to be healthy but when she asks to go out, she's as likely to be wanting to sunbathe as to pee, and often doesn't even leave the deck to potty before asking to come back in.

I'm so sorry. It's specially hard when a fighter has to say goodby.

What a shocking tragedy for all involved. Sending prayers for horses and humans as they try to make sense if what happened and make peace with it all.

So scary. I'm glad that the new is positive for Brees.

I am so very sorry for your tragic loss. There are dozens of conditions that can cause a seizure. Since your boy did not have a history of seizure activity, my instinct is that the same underlying condition that caused the seizure also took your boy's life. A necropsy might be able to shed some light on the root cause. You may or may not want to pursue that kind of investigation. Such a loss, that seems to come out of nowhere, is shocking and one begins to look for reasons and causes and things that might have been fixable or preventable. Sometimes you can find those answers; sometimes you are left with a heartbreaking mystery in the end. I hope that loving, happy memories of your beloved hound will comfort and heal your aching heart. Lucy

Thank you all for the suggestions and insight. I'm carefully compiling all this to pass on to my buddy.

An acquaintance has a 9 year old female terrier mix (mostly Scottie) and a male Scottie. The family adopted the female a couple of years ago from a situation that was neglectful but probably not abusive. About 6 months after her adoption, she began to have some issues at night. Per the owner, every night she wakes up and paces around anxiously. She's not destructive during these episodes but seems restless and anxious. Their vet has been working with them using medications--Paxil at the moment--but nothing is giving her any lasting relief. I suggested Melatonin, but that has been tried already. The vet is now suggesting a "dog psychologist" but the owner is not enthused about that approach since it means a day-long family trip out of state. I'm also not sure this is behavioral. Somehow it doesn't have that feel to me. I think 2 things are going on--the family is genuinely worried about the well being of their dog and the husband is a light sleeper and is tired of having his sleep disrupted by the dog's pacing. I suggested foam earplugs for him and he said he'd give that a try. I told him I'd throw the situation out to the many knowledgeable dog lovers of GT to see if anyone has any thoughts or insights. My own was that maybe they are dealing with some sort of canine cognitive disorder--the owner will bring that issue up to the vet. Any other suggestions? TIA, Lucy

He's gone now, just over 2 years ago, and I still miss him--my first greyhound, Piper The Perfect. He was such a good boy. Such an easy dog. House training was simple, his manners were always impeccable. He was such a gentle, kind, loving soul, and that never changed through the 8 years he was with me. The only hard things with Piper were all related to his epilepsy and were completely not his "fault". I hope your new boy continues to settle into your hearts and home easily.

I"m so sorry. Run free, Lucas. Your special signature for Lucas is wonderful.

I'm so sorry that Ike had to leave you. Run free, handsome boy.

What a special personality and presence. I'm so glad you found each other.

One thing that you posted seems intriguing to me: You are saying that when he can go out at will, he consistently goes outdoors to relieve himself and does not soil in the house? It's only when he can't let himself out at will through the screen that you have problems with him relieving himself in the house? Am I understanding correctly? If so, it seems to me that he really does have the idea of house training down pretty well. If I'm right, then it becomes a question of determining whether he is just not good at letting you know he needs to go back out (or maybe you haven't figured out how to recognize his subtle signs yet) or whether he has some sort of problem with urgency. One approach would be to work on teaching him to let you know when he wants out. It sounds like you live in a cold climate but you may find that he does well with access to a dog door that he could use year round. Well insulated dog doors can be a costly addition to the home but it made all the difference with one of my dogs. When Piper had to go to the bathroom, he had to go RIGHT NOW. As soon as I figured that out and put in a dog door for him, he used it like a champ when I wasn't home and he let me know when he needed to go out when I was home. Hope you find a solution. I used old or cheap new shower curtain liners to cover the carpet for Piper before I figured out that he really needed immediate access to the outdoors at all times if he was going to be successful. They cover a large area and can be dumped in the washer and replaced when worn. Maybe that would help protect the floors for now?

Here too it means someone has come home! Oh joy! Happy greetings all around!

I think you are right about it being a Brown Dog Tick but I'm sure someone with more honed id skills will post.