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  1. Hi Thanks for getting back to me. - When she initially lost interest in her food we did start changing her kibble. She still had an appetite and was interested in whatever we were eating but just seemed picky about her kibble but the switch definitely gave her an rash on her belly and paws (which are now gone). She tends to want a switch of kibble every 2 or 3 years so we thought it was the same and decided to change her food. Her tummy issues increased after this so we switched to the rice and tuna. - We live in London, UK so she's a real city dog. She never scavanges or drinks water outside her bowl. - We gave her vet prescribed dewormer and flea treatment called Prinovox. These are listed as side-effects in rare occurrences and that they can last upto 7 days. - We have sent out for a fecal test and are waiting results. - Also just fyi she is a sensitive/allergy prone girl. I'll try fasting her, I was just worried that since she was vomiting mostly bile she had an empty stomach. But I'll give it a go and keep you updated. Will also book her in at the vet's for tomorrow too. Thanks again for your response and let me know if you think of anything else.
  2. Hello, Our lovely greyhound (9 yrs old) has been experiencing some tummy upset. She went off of her food last werk and had a pot bellied appearance as well as losing weight so we put her on some deworming which has definitely helped. We gave her the deworming on Monday. Her stomach is less swollen (but it's clear there's still some inflammation) and her demeanor is back to normal. She's roaching, sleeping, not panting or in any distress. However, she still has quite watery stools and throws up about once a day (usually just watery bile but sometimes there's undigested rice as well). Her vomits are also more like burps/regurgitations rather than heaving and retching. We've been giving her white rice and tuna for the past 3 days (she has a poultry sensitivity so chicken is a no go). Really I just want some reassurance that she's on track to getting better and that the continued watery stools and infrequent watery vomits are just her stomach and intestines calming down after inflammation. Do you think this could be the case? I don't want to have to take her to the vet unnecessarily and have them poke and prod her when all she needs is a bit more time to recover. She has a full bloodwork and clean bill of health when she had her check up in September as well. Any advice and comments are really appreciated!
  3. Thanks everyone for the replies, glad to hear it's not just us! Our greyhound's name is Skelly - when we first got her she was extremely anxious and just a bundle of energy. It's been a long road (with lots of training) but even though it's frustrating and time consuming to coax her out of bed now we would have never imagined she would ever feel this comfortable in our house. So it's annoying but it's a lovely annoyance to have! We've tried putting her leash on her and giving her a tug but it didn't help haha she just gave us a cheeky grin. We have found the smelliest of all fishy treats and they seem to doing the trick.
  4. Our girl is 7.5 years old and she's started getting very stubborn about leaving her bed! Every pee and walk she flat out refuses to get up and shamelessly just asks for scratches and belly rubs. She's not a particularly food motivated greyhound either and the cold weather hasn't helped the situation. It takes us atleast 30 minutes now to coax her out of bed or at times literally pick her up. We know she's just being stubborn because she will happily jump up on us and come play when she knows she doesn't have to leave the house. This is her current schedule: Pee/poo: 7:30am Breakfast: 8am Long walk: 12pm Pee: 6pm Pee/poo: 10pm Any tips on getting this lazy gal out of bed?
  5. Hi everyone, Our greyhound (5 years old) started limping out of the blue and we noticed she had a big hole in the paw pad on her back left leg. We've soaked her paw in epsom salts to draw anything out and it looks clean. We've been applying some paw balm and keeping her off her feet as well. It's been a week and she is now walking much better but I wanted to know if there is anything else we can do to speed up the healing process? She has a lot of nervous energy and not being able to take her on walks/have a big play seems to really be getting on her nerves. We've tried booties but she cannot get on with them and ends up in a big zoomie to try and get them off! I've attached a photo as well if that helps. Thanks!
  6. Hi everyone! We noticed a thin clear slimy string of vaginal discharge this morning. Haven't seen this before and wanted to know if anyone has experienced this and if it is something we can monitor at home or of we should take her to the vet. Our lovely grey is 5 years old and was spayed around 7 months ago. She doesn't have any difficulty peeing/accidents and haven't seen any excessive licking or blood in her urine either.
  7. Unfortunately when we got Skelly her tail was amputated (we were told by the shelter she broke it during her racing days). But she definitely got what little she has left of it tucked in when she's sitting
  8. Haha! I love these stories of silly sitters. Really interesting about their back legs become less tight - definitely makes sense! I managed to be quick enough to take a picture of her latest sitdown to share. I do think Skelly looks quite pleased with herself
  9. This was the exact same situation that we had with our adopted grey Skelly. We were out for hours trying to get her to do her business and coax her out of her freezes. She is a particularly anxious dog to begin with so any slight changes in wind, cars driving by or sound would set her off and she just wouldn't be able to concentrate on doing her business. She's good as gold now (we've had her for almost 6 months) but definitely took some perseverance. For the freezing we found that crouching low next to her and just talking to her calmed her down enough to unfreeze enough to coax her to keep moving. For the bathroom, we found that she needed really clear guidance and wasn't understanding what we were asking from her. We kept her two long walks on the exact same route so she could get comfortable with it and her short bathroom breaks in the exact same spot (standing there rain or shine until she went!). It does get better but it's a lot of changes all at once. Good luck!
  10. It's the strangest thing! We've had her for a little less than 6 months now and we weren't sure if it was a new silly side of her personality we hadn't seen before. She does it on the sofa (the wrong way around as well facing the back wall haha) and on her bed. Fingers crossed it's just one of her funny quirks/a new trick and nothing more sinister!
  11. Hi everyone, Our lovely grey Skelly is 5 years old and for the past 2 days she has been sitting! We find it very curious as she's never just sat down before unless she had an itch to get to and we haven't trained her how to sit (we taught her how to lie down though). But all of a sudden she will be mooching around the flat and take a little sit down to watch us cooking or working and start back up again. Everything else in her behaviour is fine but we're curious to know if anyone else has experienced this before?
  12. Thank you both! Will keep an eye on them and fingers crossed nothing more is needed.
  13. Also just to add that there hasn't been any change in her behaviour. She is as lovely as ever, smiling, very excited for her belly rubs, walks and food!
  14. Thanks for sharing! I've added a photo (unfortunately the quality is not that great as there is a size limitation to attachments.) The lump isn't bleeding, no redness and doesn't seem to be causing her any discomfort or itching. She is a light brindle so she has quite a few speckled egg spots on her skin in general. There is no hair on the lump either. She is very prone to skin tags so I'm not sure if this is related to that somehow? The lump is hard but i can move it around quite freely.
  15. Thanks for sharing! It could potentially be a sebaceous cyst or maybe a histiocytoma based on the descriptions. I'll try and see if I can find some images to match it to what Skelly has.
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