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The vet prescribed Neo-Predef Powder along with an antibiotic to treat a sore on my grey's rump that would not heal because she kept licking it. The powder worked very well, he said it has a numbing agent in it similar to lidocaine and it adhers well to the boo-boo when patted on with a piece of gauze. I doubt if I will ever need more but I was just floored by the price, $28 for 15 grams. Is there an OTC alternative?

Point taken, thanks, all!

I bought a jar of manuka honey to keep for emergeny application for boo-boos but I smeared some on their bowls last night in place of the usual peanut butter and they loved it. Is there anything contraindicated for giving it to them to eat? I am not aware of any allergies to bee stings.

Claudia, my sincere condolences. He is happy, whole and beyond pain in heaven with the rest of our lost loves.

I have a bottle of Grizzly Pollock Oil...not the salmon. I was using it to taste tempt my last grey. I will pick up a bottle of the salmon oil next. Thanks for the advice.

What brand do you use and where can I get it? Thanks for the help!

Good to know and I will pass this info about the raw diet on to whoever finally adopts her. For now, though, I am going to go with adding some oil to her food. She is not excessively itchy and the dandruff may be a transitional stress reaction. Thanks for this!

I'm fostering a black grey who has terrible dandruff...maybe it is seasonal but maybe she needs some oil added to her diet. What works better, fish oil or coconut oil? Have read good things about both.

Canned tripe worked for us for a while. It smells disgusting so your dog will probably love it. I got it on Amazon but they may have it in petfood stores.

Oh, Happy day!!! Kudos to you for your patience and persistence.

Update, please!

Please, what is LS? Also, while we are at it, DH (I am thinking Dear Husband?) I need to make a glossary of the abbreviations!

Hope by now you are reunited with your boy.

Paul, have you checked out the Facebook page Greyhounds with Corns? Lots of experience there. Never dealt with them (and hope never to have to...they are the devil) but hulling seems to be helpful. How about Therapaw boots?

Cooper wants to share the cold, figuring I can get my butt out there with her and watch until she unloads her cargo...misery loves company!

Oy, this is not good news...makes a lie out of the adage "no news is good news." I am so sorry to read this...your stress level must be through the roof. Feeding tubes are nothing I have had experience with, even third handedly. So much of my knowledge about what to try feeding Bess came from you (I still have a can a tripe!) so I know you really are trying everything and anything. Hopefully, the tube will get him over this hump. What can I say except prayers for him and for you...

I could have written this post...we knew our old girl Bess was going to be leaving us sooner rather than later due to intestinal cancer and we sent her off to the Bridge on Dec. 3 on a clear, sunny day. I would never have forgiven myself if we had let her struggle with the horrible icy cold we are now dealing with but I cannot tell you how many second thoughts we have been having.

Two questions: Was another greyhound the attacker and what was in that cookie, crack??? Thanks for posting this. I hope I never need your knowledge but I have never read a bad thing about that manuka honey...maybe it would be good to keep on hand "just in case." Any idea what the shelf life is?

No chance of me carrying her up or down, that ain't gonna happen! Nor do we sleep downstairs with her, our bedroom is upstairs. She is fine with sleeping alone. It is we who want her upstairs with us. We just lost our Bess who used to fly up the stairs, even toward the end and Cooper had seen this for the 3 months she lived with Bess. It was only in the last days that my husband would carry Bess up because the poor little girl couldn't do it.

If you purchased the foamboard steps do you remember where?

Cooper does not have problems with ALL stairs/steps but she fearfully refuses to do the 13 step staircase (no landing) in our house. It is carpeted and she has seen our other grey and a Yorkie go up and down with nary a problem. My husband and I tried walking her up together, securely holding onto her and using her harness, not dragging her by her collar. Tried tossing treats on the steps...tried positioning her front paws one step at a time and picking up her rear and placing them on the steps...all the time holding and reassuring her. Now she puts the brakes on if we even steer her over to the staircase and yelping like she is in pain. Maybe she is? Her hock was broken in Florida, reset and recuperated before we got her. Does a hock figure into the stepping motion? Doesn't look it to me but she does have a rod in there...could this be causing the reluctance and fear? P.S. She also refuses to jump in our SUV...we have to lift her, front legs first, followed by rear. My back can take it no longer...!

So these meds have a longer shelf life than do the dogs... !

I will offer the 2 syringes to the group, maybe a foster can use them. Thanks.

Thanks to you all....I am older and wiser than I was when I asked the question! From now on, I will take a list of meds with me to the vet and hopefully I can shop from my own supplies on hand. P.S. what do I do with the injectables? Should I find someone who can use them or should I give them to my other (healthy, thank God) greyhound? Or will that do harm? Maybe I should give them to myself??? Only kidding, folks, I would pass out before I had the cap off the syringe...! Kills me to toss $17.50 for 2 syringes...

Some were filled by the vet from big bottles, I presume. I can call the vet directly but I have found not all info is accurate. I learn more from this forum!