Riverhound

Hi!!

That is effing wonderful news!!!

Ok. This is Joe's spot

Since Rob skipped the vet today, the earliest I can reasonably do is Thursday (unless it gets scary). I'm smearing lotrimin on both dogs in the meantime. I'm actually glad I found the thing on Joe. Ringworm is gross, but managable. It was "diagnosed" by a friend who acquired a kitten with it last summer. It spread to her other cats, herself and her husband, so she's pretty confident that's what is going on.

Rob decided she looked better enough to skip the vet. When I got home, I noticed a similar lesion on Joe. Ringworm? Thanks to the person who suggested it earlier for putting the idea in my head!!

Krissy, I just google eosinophilic furunculosis, and YUCK!!!! Those poor critters look so sad. I'm going to text a link to this thread for husband so he won't forget to mention everyone's ideas. This is this morning. All the antibiotic goo is off, and it has mostly dried out, except for a couple tiny spots that are oozing. I'm not going to goop it up again before she goes to the vet. She slept well and stopped bothering her face once I gave her benedryl, so I took the cone off. No more heavy breathing, either.

There was a small puncture where the swelling started, but it was healed and looked fine till Saturday. I know that it *could* still be from the cat, but it just seems like a long time. Alicia, she did ten days on antibiotics for the cat bites about 3 weeks ago. The vet saw her last week after she tore out the stitches in her foot. I asked about more antibiotics then, but was told the ear was fine, and to do Epsom salt soaks on the foot. The foot is all healed now, and the ear is ok. She was breathing heavily a bit ago, so I gave her a benedryl. She's comfortable now. That has me thinking bug bite/allergic reaction.

Brees chomped a cat about 3 weeks ago. Stitches in various places, antibiotics, the usual. There's another thread about her ear. Anyhow, her snooter started swelling over the weekend. It wasn't bad, so I went the compress route rather than doing the e-vet. It also looked good today, so I did more compresses. Wrong move. I guess it itched, because she decided to take off the skin. I have her in a borrowed cone now (thanks Candice!!) and shoved a tramadol down her throat to chill her out. So, is this from the cat event, or did something bite her while she investigated the bushes? Vet tomorrow, right? More antibiotics, right? Dammit, Brees!!! Forgot the pics!! I smeared triple antibiotic ointment on it.

I just added Embrace to the list of possibilities for Next Dog.

Yep, I watched the video. Very useful! That's an interesting idea. I've certainly used it on my funky feet. He took a decent walk after we got it out. Rebel is a little timid and not used to walking with me near his house, so he was weird. He has a tiny corn starting on his other front foot. That has been duct taped, because the margins aren't clear and it hasn't poked through the surface. Should that foot get soaked? How often, how long? When do you change duct tape? My dogs don't have corns, thank goodness, and Rebel is Candice's first corn dog. Thanks, everyone, for running through all of this again for us!

The area underneath the corn looks like it has paw pad texture, and there was no root. Does that mean I got it all??

I did this today! The patient: He was soooo good.

Posting for Candice (Greylover97), cause photobucket is mean to her. Rebel has been reluctant to walk lately.

It looks fine today. I think she whacked her ear on something last night. This dog is going to be the death of me! Oh -- the freaking cats are morons. They have jumped right into the yard when the dogs and I are out gardening.

Sigh. It is.

She is indeed on ABs. It's warm-ish, not fire-y. My idiot dog.

I want to know which version of the jolly ball you have. Felix sounds similarly crazy to Brees...

These have been in a week. Brees's ear looks a little more red than I'd like. Should I take her in tomorrow, a week early, to have them checked/removed? (Yes. She did IT again.)

We have Trupanion, and they are easy to deal with. Based on our rising premiums, I will likely do Healthy Paws for Next Dog.

Someone who knows something about dog behavior will chime in soon, but for right now, is there anything you can think of of that changed in the house? In your routine? Are you using different air freshener? Change out an area rug? Get a new TV, hang a painting, buy a mirror? How is she in the car now? On walks? At the vet? If you have really-super-amazing-yummy-good treats in your hand, how does she react? I only have questions. Sorry. Good luck!

I myownself had to take TA a few years ago, and can say it's a pretty awesome drug. Did what it's supposed to do with no noticeable side effects. I'm glad to see it's being used for houndies now.

He was a little gimpy after his vacation at MP's, but that's to be expected, and he was bopping around like a damn puppy just a few minutes after. I'm wondering if he saw a weird reflection in the plastic covering the very classy poster of Johnny Cash flipping the bird that hangs over the sofa. Or we have a ghost. Sure seemed like he was growling at me, though. He was wide awake, head was up. Joe does the sleep growling thing, too. It's adorable. I obsess and overthink EVERYTHING with Joe. If it had been Brees, I would just write it off as insanity, but it's Joe and I'm a nutball when it comes to him.

I was on the sofa watching TV and drinking coffee. Joe was on the dog bed in front of the TV. He had a cookie but wasn't eating it. He turned toward me, made eye contact, opened his mouth, and let out a low growl -- the "Get the heck away from me kind." Then he did it again. (I didn't yell or fuss. Just asked him what was wrong.) After that, he asked to go out, came back in, ate the cookie, requested another, didn't eat it, requested pets (while on the same bed, with the new cookie), came to me on the sofa for more love, and then bounced around the living room trying to get me to walk him. He's being totally normal. Joe doesn't have space or food issues. If I need to, I can take anything I want away from him, and he just looks for something else to be offered. He does growl if I sit on him (who wouldn't?) or if I clip his nails more than he'd like. He grumps at Brees often, but again, who wouldn't? He sleeps under the covers with me for part of every night, and we get pretty tangled up. I'm sure I've kicked him in my sleep plenty. I don't really know what I'm asking here. Any other time he has growled at a person, there was a clear and acceptable reason. This was just weird as hell.