BauersMom

Haha, you ALWAYS have to remind me! Buster Paddy

Bless you for taking these boys in. I don't want to think about a scenario where they were separated for their last months. Godspeed Bruno. Painfree and running again

I am so sorry! Godspeed, sweet Andy!

Something really similar happened to our first grey, Bauer. He went from being a very outgoing, normal dog to hiding in our closet and being completely freaked out by the outside. He did get put on thyroid meds which helped, so investigating with further bloodwork there is a good place to start. He would still get really anxious at random times during the day (better than the WHOLE day for sure) that we were unable to figure out, so he was put on an anti-anxiety med as well. I believe Xanax... and that was the final push to getting him back to normal. We never really figured out what changed for him. He was such a happy, confident dog beforehand. Wish I had an explanation.

Sweet really lived up to her name, what a love . Godspeed, Sweet!

I don't have any advice, but sending some good thoughts over for Spartacus.

I had a foster who had an FCE - it took a while, but he did regain full use of the affected legs. He was probably fully lame for the first 2-3 days, and then gradually started getting more function back. He was never back to 100% (would list to one side when moving fast) but it never bothered him and he was a happy pup.

I couldn't bring Ivy over to anyone's house who had dogs because without fail she would mark their dog beds. Somehow she always managed it even though we would keep her on leash, watch her like a hawk, etc. The second we let our guard down, she was whizzing on a dog bed.

I've had two dogs respond well to thyroid supplement as a resolution for aggressive behaviors that seemingly came out of nowhere. One was a clear case of hypothyroid, one was borderline but we felt the supplementation was worth trying. Rest of the bloodwork was normal.

Berkeley (VS Carbine), damn you osteo.

Yeah, we had an infected salivary gland as well. Needed surgical intervention - just blew up overnight. The vet was concerned that he'd gotten a fox tail seed caught in his mouth but it was an infection. Here's a photo of him post op:

I don't believe so. Osteo will pretty much show up wherever it wants. Berkeley had it in his other front leg (he was a front amp).

Thanks, all. She was a real sweetie. I miss her terribly. I found a great example of her "stare" - plus a photobomb! Buster in the crate getting his birthday cookie. Pepper in the crate behind him, clearly unhappy about the lack of birthday cookies.

Pepper, Pepperoni, Pep, Pepper Potts, Peppy.... I thought we would have more time together. But it was not to be. Pepper was the sweetest, gentlest dog I've ever owned. When Linda Jensen picked her out for me from the list of broodies needing homes, Linda said "She gets along with everyone". And she did. She had a quiet demanding nature - when she wanted something, she wouldn't whine or bark or fuss, but would just stare at you until you figured it out. Most of the time, she wanted pets, so it was easy. But sometimes she wanted to go out, or more water, or something random and it was a good guessing game until we got it right. Even though her racing name said otherwise, the one thing she hated was walks. She saw no reason to be out walking when standing and sniffing was just as good. She's been carried home more times than I care to admit. She was the queen of the bed fail. She was impossible to photograph because she always wanted to be close. She was goofy when she ran: But mostly she was my very good girl.

Does this help? http://www.academic-server.cvm.umn.edu/radiology/CVM6101/Limbs/Front_distal_AP.htm

My vet had taken a blood sample mid-neuter to rerun a test for one of our foster dogs (I think they were rerunning the 4DX or something like that?) and the dog went into cardiac arrest and died. They ran the blood work after to see if anything was amiss and the potassium levels were way high. He called Dr. Couto and discussed it with him, not sure what came of that though. It happened very fast, they were just lucky to have a blood sample from right before he crashed. The pre-surgery blood work was fine, potassium normal.

Add Berkeley to list of "wasn't limping enough for it to be osteo" club. He even had a period of several months were the limp resolved completely, and at the time of his amp, he was still using his leg to run, etc. And when he broke his other leg, there were no signs either. Vets really shouldn't use that to rule out osteo.

Victor, so sorry to hear the news of Lana. Godspeed, sweetie.

I'm sorry to hear this Have you maxed out on the pain med options? What is she on now, just tramadol? There are some other things to try, if so. I believe there's a link on the front page about gabapentin and other pain med options. There are others who can go into what worked for them, since I went the amp route, I'm not as knowledgeable about the various doses, etc.

Poor fella. If you try the pantyhose method, cut out a slit for the other ear. It'll help anchor it in place (otherwise, head wraps have a tendency to slip down).

I think every one of us goes through the same thought process with the post-amp biopsy - PLEASE let it be some really rare, more curable form of cancer. Even though I knew it was osteo, I was hoping for a miracle until that official word came in. Jiminy, you must be so happy!!

I would have the wrist x-rayed, just to be sure. Berkeley was mis-diagnosed as having pain in his shoulder with his physical exam, and the problem was his wrist.

Did they x-ray the shoulder and the wrist?

I knew I recognized that name and after some digging I realized that I had picked up Shadow from his first home and drove him to his foster home with CGA. My email on that day to the group was "I have Shadow - what a LOVE! I was greeted with a face full of kissies and then he leaned on me for pets. Cat safe, good with kids... This guy won't hang around long." He was a special dog, for sure. Hugs to you.

I'm so sorry, Jay. A sad week.