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Ignore him. He'll get it. I use a pillow over the head to block out the whining.
I also keep all new dogs sequestered to one side of the bed so they don't go wandering around getting into trouble if they are up early, and it also helps me keep an eye on them to figure out if they "have" to get up and out.
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Here's a broken toe, for comparison, if that helps. Foot on the left - broken, on the right - normal.
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I would not go the tough love route with a dog with any sort of medical issue. Yes, a healthy dog will eventually eat but a dog with anorexia or inappetence for a medical reason will starve themselves.
I would have the blood work re-run and check kidney and liver values.
I would also try supplementing with DogSureif you haven't already - it was the only thing Princess would eat consistently and kept her weight at least in the decent range.
Good luck
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Ivermectin is the HW preventative in Heartgard, yes.
Heartgard also has pyrantel, which is the roundworm and hookworm prevention.
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Oh no! My heart dropped when I saw this.
I'm so sorry. Godspeed Kevin, you were such a special dog.
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She could have some nausea - and anything 'stinky' might seem unappealing. Have you tried Ensure? It was the only thing Princess would take when she was feeling bad.
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Could be dislocated, could be broken. Both can look very similar - swelling, bruising, etc.
We had one toe incident where he'd broken off a chip of the bone right at the "knuckle", which then cause a lot of instability at that joint. It took a long time to heal, and we opted to splint that over just the soft wrap we usually do with dislocations.
In most cases in our house, they will want to run around even with the injury.
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I'm very sorry you are going through this.
We did have a dog who had a similar accident - ran, head first, into another dog and was paralyzed. She has made a full recovery with only minimal neurological deficits. I really hope this is the case for Ruby, too.
Edit - here is Maggie's thread, if it helps any. http://forum.greytalk.com/index.php/topic/226468-prayers-for-maggie/
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You can also start supplementing with Ligaplex II - that was one of the recommendations I got when I was going through this.
With our dislocation + ligament damage dog we ended up having to leash walk for 6 months. We went through several periods of re-dislocation with the shorter time frames in our case. Ligaments are notoriously slow healing.
As far as wrapping - be careful with partial wraps that don't cover the toes. Too tight and you will cause swelling in the toes.
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If you are going to be anywhere with ticks, I would use a topical at a minimum. Lyme is only one of the many tick-borne diseases.
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Got the call today that her ashes are ready.
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Thank you all for the sympathy. We're missing the ol' lady something fierce.
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Princess (aka Ima Queen) told us she was ready to go today. She was my grumpy old lady, super roacher, cuddler, new foster instructor, paper shredder and toy collector. She leaves a humongous hole in this house.
Godspeed, my sweetie.
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So Princess has sucked down four cans of DogSure tonight, which we had bought on-line last week to replace the Ensure we were using. It's obviously not going to help anything kidney-wise, but if you are dealing with a dog with inappetence or anorexia, I definitely recommend it.
Thanks for the well-wishes. She's definitely happier at home than she was at the vet. Here's hoping for a few good days.
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Her labs came back with worse numbers, except for the creatine which was slightly lower (8.2).
Not what I was hoping for, obviously. We're just going to play it day by day and enjoy the time we have left with her.
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No word yet, but I wasn't expecting to hear anything until the re-run the bloodwork this afternoon. Patience is not one of my strong qualities.
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I've used steamed white fish and potato with success for some dogs that seemed to do poorly on a 'normal' bland diet.
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Gemma - I have a few of the Therapaws if you want to try them. I don't know if they will fit Peyton because they were sized for Ivy, but we aren't using them.
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Thanks for all the well-wishes, all. The house is too quiet without the grumpy lady here. Trying to stay positive, but I am also trying to be realistic with those numbers.
Gratuitous photo:
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Still at the vet. We'll do a full 48 hours of IV fluids and I'm staying hopeful that I can take her home. But we really need those numbers to improve. She was definitely dehydrated, I just don't know how much that will impact the kidney function.
Staying hopeful, staying hopeful....
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I misheard the creatine number this morning. It's also through the roof high - 10.2, not 2.2. <insert really bad word here>
Here are the numbers from her report that were out of range:
HCT 60% (ref high 55%)
HGB 20.8 g/dl (ref high 18)
MCV 81.2 fL (ref high 77)
BUN 104 mg/dl (ref high 27)
Creatine 10.2 mg/dl (ref high 1.8)
Phos 9.3 mg/dl (ref high 6.8)
ALT 111 u/l (ref high 100)
<insert more bad words>
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So - you just made me think of something.... Her weight was right where it was prior to this whole thing, yet she's visibly skinnier and hadnt been eating well for two weeks. You thinking CHF, Batmom?
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Sorry for my short message to start - I was on my mobile.
Princess is 13.5 years old and two weeks ago decided to go from "regular old lady picky" to "nothing shall pass these lips". Since she was feeling fine other than that, we thought it was just her going through a phase (not uncommon for her). The last week or so she refused everything except for Ensure and chicken jerky - because of her LP, I don't bring her into the vet unless we have to and so this Monday was finally when I decided we needed to take the drive.
She has no teeth.
I will ask about the urine specifically when I call this afternoon, I don't have any details there. Vet is doing IV fluids today and will re-evaluate this evening - she might need to stay another day, we'll see. Vet also suggested starting her on calcium/phosphate binders - she seemed most concerned with the elevated phosphorus levels.
Thanks for everyone's help. I appreciate it.
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BUN 104 mg/ dl (ref lab high - 27)
Creat 2.2 (high ref- 1.7)
Elevated phosphorus
I don't have the urinalysis numbers but I didn't hear that anything was off.
Princess has refused to eat anything but Ensure for a week or so. Her creatine doesn't seem crazy high but her BUN is off the charts. This confuses me a little?
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I was going to say this - it sounds like she's possessive of things she deems to be high value - food, toys, AND people.
I've never worked on this particular situation, so I don't have any helpful advice, except to mention that the fact that she's already bitten means she will likely bite again in order to protect her "high value" things. (Bauer bit several times until we got his food aggressive under wraps).
Good luck.