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I'm so sorry. We had a similar rapid decline with a different type of cancer in our 8 year old. It really knocked us for six. Nearly a year on we still miss her terribly. It really is the pits. You'll get through it and we all feel for you.

Fantastic!

What a beautiful boy. It's great you managed to get such a nice last day with him, we didn't have such luck and it will make me be more conservative with the end in future. Definitely a day too early than a day too late. Ten months on and our hearts still ache, but such is the love and loss of a hound! Take care of yourselves.

Actually scrap that, I just looked at my notes and it was gabapentin she had three capsules of, not amantadine. She just had one 100mg capsule of that per day.

We had amantadine in Lemming's treatment plan after her ops and she tolerated it well. I think she was a bit sleepy at first but soon got used to it. She was on 300mg per day (and was only a 24 kg dog).

great news! Badger has an intermittent limp but it varies from leg to leg so the vet thinks arthritis also. He's only 5, but was retired due to injury, and has always seemed very stiff, so he's on supplements.

How far do you run? I have two regular greys and they run with me, but we only do about 5-8k, and there is a lot of stopping to pee and sniff. My partner also runs but he refuses to run with the dogs as he finds all the stopping annoying. I don't mind it, except when Badger stops abruptly and pees on my leg as I can't stop in time. That's great fun! I prefer to run with one dog. Our last greyhound would creep off to bed if I got my running kit on so I only ran with Badger, but since she died our new dog has major FOMO so wants to come too. It does mean a tangle of leads and tripping over if I'm not careful.

Maeby chews all the wood in our log pile then takes it upstairs to our bed. We then spend all day taking logs of wood back to the living room, and brushing sawdust out of our bed. She's only 18 months old so I'm hoping she grows out of it as she is really resistant to the word 'no'. She has also got an obsession with the cat blankets and keeps trying to pull them out from under the cats while they're asleep on them, much to their disgust. Also wont listen to 'no' on that one. Luckily she's super cute.

Maeby is like this, whereas Badger is full steam ahead. I've found the only way to take them both out single handedly is to run with them, as then they go about the same pace. Otherwise I'm arms akimbo with one pulling in front and one dragging behind.

Yes to all of the above. Don't force her, greyhounds have long memories! We had a super anxious first hound, and her permanent cure was to adopt a braver brother. However, taking it slowly and driving her to trails she liked worked for the three years before we did that.

Yeah we are rural, so he usually walks on trails or grass. There is some pavement walking to get to that, and he is noticeably more reluctant to walk on those surfaces, which is why I've been keeping an eye on his paws. I bought him some hunnyboots but he will not let us put them on, he's always been very sensitive in the paw area. The only way we can trim is nails is by feeding him chips/fries! He's not into toys but he is definitely into food games! Unfortunately his sister has a much better nose than him, so she tends to muscle in and find the hidden treats and the fallen Kong nuggets before he does. But I guess fending her off is a game in itself.

Thanks @greysmom, he is very active. He always wants at least 2 x 45 minute walks a day, and preferably a run most days too, as well as a couple of shorter walks. When we first got him he just wanted to be out all day, and he's done several 10 mile mountain runs with us too. If he didn't get all this he would just spin round and round our living room until we took him out. We joked that he was like a real dog, not a greyhound. When we took him out for a walk at the kennels when we were choosing him, he looked so sad when we took him back to the kennels. We thought he liked us but realised after he just really likes walking! I've been keeping an eye on his paws for months for corns, and the vets have checked several times, but there's nothing there so far. Our vet has mentioned galliprant in the past for Lemming, so that's good to know there's another option.

Good news! The lab results came back and it was benign. It's an angiokeratoma. Vet said it could be related to early stage arthritis, and we've been issued supplements - Synoquin (composition attached). He does do a lot of intermittent limping and doesn't seem as happy on his feet these days (he's a very active 5yo dog), so that would make sense. He was raced and retired through injury, and has always seemed a bit stiffer compared to our unraced female greys. I feel bad for him as his favourite thing is running. What measures should I take to minimise the impact of arthritis on him to postpone him needing painkillers for as many years as possible? He has a terrible response to Metacam, he gets really bloody diarrhoea within a day of taking it, so that will never be on the cards.

He's booked in next Tuesday to have it removed

Great, thanks. We're going away this weekend so I will see about getting him an appointment for removal and analysis next week. Hopefully nothing to worry about, but after the year we just had with Lemming, it will be a while before I go to the vets feeling 100% confident in a good outcome.