BauersMom

Yep, just syringe into their mouths! I never needed to try to "hide" it in anything, and liquid metacam was very easy to dose. (it does, however, smell like old socks! )

You can buy the tool online (I think I got mine on Amazon, actually) and do it yourself - I've done it, and it's pretty easy, if you're worried about bringing him in.

I'm sorry. OSU got back to us in about 3 days.

That was our thought too - we were all set up for a tripod already, so why not? I'm so sorry to hear about Pinky. I really hate this disease.

Happy birthday Charlie! I hope you're tearing it up and having a blast over the rainbow bridge.

So, how is "Sandy" doing? he was such a love! What a great passenger he made. For all those that don't know.....This little guy was being chased by SuperStorm Sandy all the way up the coast from Fla. Was this Razor who came from GPAEC? The one and only!! Maybe I'll start a separate thread and formally introduce him. Thanks for the suggestions Twiggy'sMom - I'll reach out to Suzie and see if there's anything I should be doing.

One thing to keep in mind with dogs battling nausea is that stinky smelly foods may not have the desired effect - when Princess had nausea from kidney issues, she much preferred the more bland offerings (still enticing but not the nasty stuff ). Ensure was good - it was mild enough to not bother her. It makes sense - when I am not feeling well, I'm not sure I would want tuna fish either. Good news on Kyle! Some of you know already - we adopted a tripod a month ago. He's a right hind amp from a leg break at the track. If anyone has any suggestions on managing a tripod for long term, let me know. Right now, he's FINE, but I imagine we may face some things as he ages. He's on all the usual suspects of supplements but wondering if we should add in the occasional massage, etc. It seemed right to open our homes and hearts to a tripod after losing Berkeley. In a lot of ways, Buster reminds me of Berk - fearless and brainless.

When Berkeley was diagnosed, I donated $50, even though they weren't asking for a membership fee at that time. The amount of advice (and value of chemotherapy drugs) was worth a lot more in $ than my donation. So if you can afford it, go for it.

Godspeed, FedX. You gave it an amazing fight.

Here is a video of Berkeley three days after his amp. His first day home was pretty similar. For the most part, we kept him on leash because he wanted to do more than he really could. Like lift his leg to pee. He tried that several times before he realized that uh, two legs was not enough to stand on!! We did not keep him separated from the other two, and he did fine. If I had a rambunctious youngster, I might have - Berkeley was the crazy one.

I think that's Denise & her friends... she had a dun and people she knew had all the littermates - including a dun brindle!! Stunning dog!! And, yes, one or two were blind... (I think they got them from Linda J...) Yes, I do believe Denise got them from Linda! Berkeley was a sabled blue fawn, which was sort of a shiny brown when he was younger - as he got older, he got white all over so it was sort of a bleached out brown. Certainly not a dun, but an uncommon color. http://greyhound-data.com/d?showpic=1013396&nm=2&time=1312717049

Lucy, as in RedFawnMom's dog? She's on FB... Lucy just celebrated her 18 month all clear report from the vet! Yes! I couldn't for the life of me remember her mom's username, although it's a pretty self-explanatory one. I'm SO glad to hear this. Any chance you could ask her to check in and post an update here, maybe with a photo or two if she's willing? I will!

The nipples ones crack me up. Princess came in limping, badly, from the yard. I checked her over, found nothing, and gave it some time... She was still really limping so I called the vet and made an appt, thinking obviously that something was REALLY wrong. Out of curiously, I happened to check her foot again - this time, really looking at her toes. And there it was.... a baby pine cone jammed up into her foot! Ah, well... at least I found it before I got to the vet.

Lucy, as in RedFawnMom's dog? She's on FB... Lucy just celebrated her 18 month all clear report from the vet!

I am so sorry, Jan. Godspeed, Zeke-aroni... go find your sister, sweetie.

Ditto this. Just enjoy him and keep him spoiled.

I wish I could agree that OSA showing up in another limb was rare-in fact a know multiple hounds that this has actually happened too :-( I agree that OSA showing up in another limb is not rare. What is rare is to have an acute fracture with no previous signs of discomfort. Berkeley is the only I've heard of this happening to. All the other cases I know that have had the cancer show up in another limb presented with pain and lameness. Now, knowing that there are a good number of cases where the initial OSA diagnosis manifests with an acute fracture with minimal trauma and no previous warning, I'm not surprised that it's a possibility. Just haven't heard of it happening much. Right - that's what I meant also. Certainly osteo does spread to other limbs, I just didn't realize that a crisis break was possible in a post-amp case. My original point is for people to not fret about "picking the wrong choice", only because osteo can be fairly unpredictable with any medical route taken...just do what you think is best for your dog and your situation.

Yeah, for all the research I'd done, having osteo in another leg and suffer a break seemed almost unheard of - though clearly, nothing is 100%. And no, there were no signs - not even any with the benefit of hindsight. No limping, no hesitation getting up, no change in activity level... He was running in the yard when it happened.

MachosMom - We opted for the amputation because I was terrified of Berkeley breaking his leg in the yard, especially since he loved to play and still had full use of his osteo leg. And that's exactly what ended up happening - he broke his remaining front leg when the osteo spread. So while you may think that you haven't done all you "could have done", even if you had exhausted the options, it doesn't mean that things would necessarily be "better", KWIM? Osteo sucks, period, and it doesn't play fair. Just try to take it day by day and enjoy the time you have together. And just to add, had I had any signs that he was going to break his other leg, I would have opted to have him euthanized before that happened - as Batmom said, it's not optimal to have to let them go in a moment of crisis. But since we can't predict what will happen in all cases, we have to do the best we can with the knowledge we have.

A towel should work fine. Berkeley definitely needed some help (front leg amp) because he tried to do more than he could too soon, and I needed to help him. Like... two days after his amp, he tried to lift his leg to pee. He was talented, but not talented enough to manage a two-legged pee. We used a commercial harness just so it was always on him should he decide to do something decidedly dangerous. We had to use a t-shirt on him to keep him from getting at the staples, and where the staples are also make it a little difficult to offer support - you'll just have to make sure to keep the towel clear of the staple line.

This Sunday is the one year mark from Berkeley's diagnosis. Kyle - I am so sorry you are having a tough time. Honestly, we're not doing much better.... I lost my first greyhound Bauer at 7. Ivy and Princess were gone within 6 months of each other, and within a year, I had lost three dogs... and Berkeley was only 9. It's very tough and I have not yet come to terms with losing Berkeley the way we did. I don't know when I'll be able to adopt again and I feel so guilty that Pepper is an "only" greyhound. Sigh. Hugs to everyone.

Oh heartbreaking. I am so sorry.

Did they run any bloodwork? If it continues even on the ATBs, I would probably continue to look for a medical reason for the inappetance, like kidney issues. One thing that I did learn is that really stinky isn't always a good option if they aren't eating because they feel nauseous, something more bland may work better. We had good luck with Ensure, too.

I lost my mixed breed dog at home - and it was anything but "peaceful". It haunted me for many years. We didn't have time to get her to the vet by the time she started dying (and I'm not sure I wanted to try to get 80lbs of her into the car in the state she was in) so we just had to let it play out at home. All the remaining dogs we have lost were at the vet, and was a far less traumatic experience for everyone involved.

My foster had something similar, it was biopsied and determined to be a pododermatitis. http://forum.greytal...ke-this-before/ In our case, there was no active infection, so we treated with bag balm treatment at night to soften up the hard areas.