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Keeping Loca in my thoughts and prayers for tomorrow! :hope

Sending lots of good thoughts and prayers your way!! :hope :grouphug

*snort* <fleeing> rotfl rotfl "pustulent" probably would've been a better word to use... or "weeping pus"..... :lol but it sure isn't as funny! :P

I've used it on one of my fosters who had a skin infection. Great stuff!! Worth every penny. I passed the bottle on to the people who adopted him, and his infection cleared up nicely. We got to baby sit him a few months later, and he had grown in such a beautiful coat, he looked like a completely different dog! No more hairless pussy patches, no more red weeping bumps...he was gorgeous. You can get it online cheaper than at most vets, but unless you are ordering other stuff, by the time you work in shipping, it may end up being the same, or even more than what you'd pay at the vet's. I just popped by my vet's office to pick it up. I think I paid 15.00 for a good sized bottle.

Exactly. If you apply for a county license, you'll need the certificate, not the tag. If you really want a tag, you may be able to get one by showing the certificate to the vet. Sully and D. only came with certificates. The vet accepted those and did not revaccinate (until it was time for another rabies vacc.).

Good idea. Also, if you are concerned, do you know of any GH or pet owners in the area that could spot you a frontline and you could replace it when your order comes in?

I don't have any advice Jen, but I hope you can find something that works for Neyla! Her foot does look uncomfortable, so I can see why she'd be limping.

Sebau started with one on her stomach, and now that she's 13, has several. They are benign fatty tumors, and I'm not putting her under to remove them, since it's just cosmetic, they don't bother her at all. I love the expression lumpy love :wub: That describes my old girl so well!

The ticks up here REALLY are miserable! I'm constantly pulling deer ticks off of me . I frontline the dogs religiously, so they don't have much issue. However, I really am tempted at times to frontline myself......

I'm hate to admit it, but I probably will before the night is over It's okay, you just have to keep telling Izzy that she's not weird - she's special! :rofl Oh... Sully... Diesel... Sebau... Jaz........ :lol

Umm.... yeah, that's weird. Cool though that it all works ok!

Umm... but some of us weirdos are really curious... and... want to know... yeah, we're that weird. But then, we're the same people that post pics of poop. Or discuss it at least!

It's down low on his tail, so shorts/shirt aren't going to help. In a pinch, the muzzle (with a stool guard, or duct-tap on just the front end) should work until you get a regular e- or bite-not collar.

It came from the vet after one of the pups' surgeries a few years back. I liked it because it wasn't the giant "lampshade", but it worked quite well.

The bite-not collars are great. I used to have one around here, but doG only knows where it is now that we've moved.... :blink: If I had a clue where it was, I'd say come up and get it! (I have not seen it since we moved.... so theoretically... it could be anywhere.... )

I hate corns!!! And yes, it's time to hull Sully's again. They are minor, but a major nuisance, and a large cause of lameness. I'm sure someone has the link to the corn hulling site. The hulling really does work, though corns return, so it needs to be done periodically.

Just like others have mentioned, people come to Heath and Medical to post about illnesses. Often, we get a lot of brand new members posting here: i.e. my 12 year old was just diagnosed with XXXX, etc., because they are searching for support. Yes, greys get cancer. So do other dogs, people, cats. I lost a cat at the age of 11 to liver cancer, and our poodle to a stroke (she also had seizures, and several other medical issues). There are also other things that happen: worms can affect any dog, and are common in dogs just off the track. In animals that have not been taken care of, or have been running loose for a period of time, heartworm is common, as are tick borne diseases. None of these are greyhound-specific. you will find some things like Pannus (a treatable eye condition) that pop up in greys, but german shepherds and collies are still far more likely to be diagnosed with it. Many times we come here seeking advice, even for simple things like "my dog just ate XXX, what should I do?" "My dog has a cut, should I go to the emergency vet" etc. What people don't do is come here and post: "my 13 y.o. is doing great! " etc. Also, consider that the current member count is 3,301-- this is a very active board. This is true... so many of us have at least more than one, and a large number that have 5+, so the total DOGS represented is quite large!

This works well. I've done this for soaking and bandaging sliced feet, etc. Especially with a new dog (or something I know will HURT) I muzzle (better safe than sorry, and it's easy to just pop on the muzzle, so why not?) I'd enlist Steve's help to hold him and give goodies while I do whatever is necessary.

WOHOOO!!!! Look at him go!!! :pepper Good work Alan!!! :grouphug Hugs to y'all-- Alan is one lucky pupper to have such awesome parents! I love the idea of the hydrotherapy. That's really great! Not something that's around here that I know of though. Hopefully it's something that becomes more popular/common, since it seems to be able to help with a wide range of injuries.

I am so, so sorry. :grouphug

Tagamet and reglan are both for his stomach. When I end up at the promptcare for a migraine, I end up getting Reglan once they've run a line. Works OK, but not 100 percent, he's probably still feeling awful. Sending more hugs and prayers your way.

C'mon Penny, keep fighting girl, you can do it! :hope

Sending prayers for you and Rusty!!

I'm no entomologist, but I play one on TV. Asian tiger mosquito, fully engorged after eating a meal of blood. Saw 'em first when I stayed in Houston in '91. Aggressive. As for worrying, sure. Global warming, necrotic American credit, melamine in the food, a waxing full moon- I'm liberal, so I like to worry a lot about everything. But the heartworm prophylaxis will be doing its duty tonight. Can I get an 'amen'? We have those little ba$tard$ here. AJ is right, it is an engorged tiger mosquito. I actually miss our old mosquito. These are SO much more aggressive than what we used to have. (they've essentially replaced the brownish mosquitoes that we used to have. The tigers are more aggressive, carry west nile, and also unlike the others, are out in broad daylight. UGH!!)

Welcome!!! Awesome, another grey owner from my neck of the woods! Congrats on adopting your girl, she's beautiful!!