cometdust1
-
Posts
428 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Store
Articles
Posts posted by cometdust1
-
-
I have owned 4 greys. 3 have passed. ages 4(hemangiosarcoma),7( ehrlichiosis), and 9( siezures, high temps, blood problems following hospitalization for foreign body ingestion). I'm not having much luck either. All my other dogs have lived into their teens. My current grey is now 7 years old. I just look at him every day and wonder when the next tragedy will happen. Makes it hard to enjoy him. Definitely need a break from this hurt. Don't blame the OP for feeling as she does.
-
Yes, the recheck is to see how well the medicationhas calmed the eye. If all looks good, we'll go to every other day, with at home monitering by me. Recheck again, and go to maintenance dose. She said many dogs can go down to 2 times a week with increases during summer if the dog is outside often. She treats the police shephards with pannus so she works with it often.
-
Thanks to all the greyt health information on this site I knew my dog had pannus at its very earliest stage. Took him right to the opthamologist. She was surprised that I noticed it so early on. She said I must know a lot about greyhounds. I told her its only because I read this site and every time I see a new medical issue I learn all I can about it. He doesnt even need steroids. Just the Tacrolimus drops once a day for 1 month and then a recheck. Thanks for this site!
-
If you have access to a hyperbaric chamber I would definitely use it. It is used extensively for diabetic wound healing and burn healing plus many other things. It forces a greater amount of oxygen into the bloodstream which greatly aids the healing process. Our friend ran one when my husband had ankle surgery and he used it to speed the healing. The surgeon was skeptical when we said my husband was going to use it but was a believer after he saw the results. Good luck, cat bites are so bad!
-
Hi everyone, I have a question. I think my dog probably has pannus. He some opacity forming in the lateral corners of his eyes along with some white areas. It is not vascular and does not bother him. I first saw it last week and made an appointment with an opthamologist for this coming monday. They rescheduled it until wednesday the 12th. Is it ok to wait to be seen until then? It doesnt seem to be getting any worse. I dont know how fast it progresses if untreated. It looks just like some early stage pictures that I have seen. Thanks for any advice.
-
Sounds exactly right. I had shih Tzus. there big eyes were always getting scratches. Sometimes they do have to debride them to encourage blood flow to the cornea.
-
so sorry
-
Maybe I'm oversimplifying this, but to me, if the dog is no longer allowed on furniture or human beds, If he is given his own nice thick cushy bed on the floor in the same rooms his owners are in, and is NEVER petted when lying down again, there would be no more bite incidents. To get the dog in the habit of sleeping on his own bed, as soon as he tries to get on the couch, I would redirect him to his bed with a nice,yummy treat and block the area of furniture he wants to go to(turn up the cushions, put an emty box on it,etc., until he gets in the habit of going to his bed instead of the couch.In time, he will most likely stop trying to go on the furniture when he realizes that no one will ever bother him on his bed and he can fully relax. However, the owners must be 100% sure that they can abide by this if they want to keep him. If they truly need a cuddlebug, either a second, more tolerant, dog is needed or this one should be rehomed and a different dog adopted that is able to accept a more cuddly relationship. This boy will never be able to fit that need. Also, when children come over, especially young ones, I would muzzle him. I do this with mine, as he has air snapped at a child once before. Children make dogs like the OP's nervous, and even when awake and standing, they can end up snapping.
-
Awww, she's cute! Glad she's doing so well.
-
Fantastic!!!!!
-
I totally understand. I have let several dogs with chronic/deadly diseases pass on sooner than others might just because I can't stand to watch them deteriorate and wanting to be able to remember them happy and not in pain. So sorry you had to lose him
-
Thank you, that did make me feel better.
Yes, Kowalla's stools were black. However I thought I read somewhere that babesia can have black stools too - but I have read so many things it is all starting to run together. I just feel like when she told me that he was anemic she said that there were "a lot of dead blood cells" but I could be mistaken with this also. I have sent her an e-mail for clarification.
Chance's gums look fine, and his heart seems normal to me. Kowalla's heart beat so fast, constant thump, thump, thump - I could see his whole body "beat" from across the room. I have been pressing on Chance's gums every morning and the color comes back very quickly. He seems normal to me; I am just concerned about these beasties getting a hold on him, especially the little ones. They are so teeny compared to the larger ones and I have no experience with ticks. I have not seen another one in the house (or on him) but I don't know if I believe they are gone yet. I have ordered some food grade diatomaceous earth online to sprinkle about; and I have a central vac so I have been vacuuming everything. I don't know where I would find them if they were here. The rest I seem to have found more by surprise than any active searching.
My vet thinks I am overreacting slightly - and I might be. I just really, really don't want anything bad to happen to him. I have lost two greyhounds this year and both were "surprises" so I am a little paranoid.
Same here. Lost 2 last year. Suddenly. Hemangiosarcoma rupture(bled to death), Chronic stage ehrlichiosis. I am paranoid now too. Sent my new grey's blood to North Carolina state for their complete tick panel just because I needed to know he was clear for my peace of mind. I think you'll feel much better if you do the testing. Oh, I also did a complete CBC Chem and urinalysis just because... So, you're not alone. We just love our hounds and don't want them taken from us! If you find anymore ticks, have an exterminator come. Good luck.
-
Found out mine likes to eat the pumpkin pieces left over from carving the Halloween pumpkin.
-
Whatever she likes and does well on, but "large breed" foods are basically a scam. They put a dab of glucosamine in them and then pretend it's good for big dogs.
-
If you keep up with what you are doing Rudy will probably continue to become more relaxed when he is lying down. My Jeep is the same way. I've had him for a little less than 2 years and he is still a work in progress. Only in the last 6 months has he started sleeping on the bed with me. He could not be touched, however. He would snarl and snap too. In the last month, he has started sleeping right up along side me and I can even pet him if I talk to him first. Even with the progress, he still snarled when I tossed in my sleep and flung my arm on him last night. He's funny, he's very scared of his legs being touched when lying down. If I lay next to him and his feet are facing me he will get up and turn so his back faces me instead. He's crabbier at night than in the morning. In the morning, he has even started playing with me with his feet and mouth, and turning on his back to be petted. At night though,foggetaboutit! Keep at it; there's a playful boy still evolving in there! By the way, Jeep only started tossing stuffies around about 2 months ago. Now he even plays fetch and tug of war with them. He loves his toybox and pulls every toy out when I get home and plays off and on all night. This is entirely new for him and he only does it for me; not my husband. Good luck and just give him time to trust at his own pace. It will happen.
-
Proplan keeps my boy's poops firm and my house "gas" free. Love it!
-
Did I hear her say the Deerhound was not neutered? For some reason my greyhound Elton hated non neutered dogs. He was absolutely the best natured dog ever with all breeds and sizes unless they were not neutered. I don't know why. He had been for years but could immediately tell if another dog was not.
Mine too.
-
Desi does this occasionally.....here's my take on it; he gets excited, forgets to swallow his spit, then takes a big inhale, & sucks some slobber
down the wrong pipe, then has to hack it out. Works for us.
Sounds reasonable to me . That's what I figured my dogs do. Heck, I do it myself sometimes.
-
He's absolutely adorable! Fingers crossed for a good, clean margin surgery for your boy.
-
-
I wouldn't jump on that bandwagon just yet.
-
At least your vet will stitch with local. Mine wanted to anesthesize to put in 2 stitches in a foot. Had to "persuade" them that a local would do just fine. And it was. Hope you get a break soon. It can really drive you nuts.
-
What's that saying? Oh yea,"the camera adds 10lbs"
Maybe lose just a couple of lbs.He is a handsome boy. -
Even though your boy had no problem with moving in the past, he's older now and my experience has been that older dogs can be more sensitive to changes than when they were younger. 7 seems to be about the time when these quirks start to show up in my house. He just needs some extra time to adjust to the change, especially the extra noise of being in a city. Like the others have said, housebreaking 101 and some extra patience will get him back on track!
Maybe lose just a couple of lbs.He is a handsome boy.
Mounting At Dog Parks... Frustrations.
in Training and Behavior discussion
Posted · Edited by cometdust1
My grey ended up with 10 inch long, bleeding "rake marks" along both his bare thighs by an intense humper that would not let go. It's not worth the risk or bother going to dog parks. I do feel bad, because he loved going when there were nice, playful dogs there. But, one bad incident could make for an expensive vet bill if a fight breaks out over the humping. My dog will not tolerate much nonsense and will bite another dog that won't stop humping.