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I've had the best luck with layering the bandage. I wrap the end w/ a non-stick bandage. Then pad the end with something. Then I wrap vet wrap around it and a few inches up the tail. Tape the end w/ masking tape so some tape is on the hair. Wrap another layer of vet wrap over it and a good portion of the way up the tail. Secure the end of that to the tail hair with more masking tape. It stays on better than anything else I've found and the masking tape doesn't remove much hair at all. The wrap needs to be tight enough to stay on but not too tight to cut off circulation. I try and change the wrap every other day to make sure it's not getting infected, and I leave it wrapped about a week total to make sure the end is padded and can heal. It might not be as big of a problem for your guy since it was an accident, but for a hard wagger it's really hard to 1. keep it on and 2. keep it from re-opening. I HATE happy tail!

Oh no! Hope she's OK. I'll be waiting to hear what they say.

I just caught Maddy (age 9) chewing on the corner of my Pottery Barn end table last night. Of course it's the same table that her mother chewed all 4 corners of so it doesn't really matter at this point other than I don't think she needs to be chewing wood. Mimi (her mother) chewed wood the entire time we had her. She even chewed the corner of our big TV stand the night we got it. Kevin was not happy! She chewed 2 Pottery Barn end tables, a coffee table, the footboard of our bed, corners of our dresser, etc. She was otherwise so perfect and lady like that it was almost funny that she was chewing. It was such a doggy thing for her to be doing. Now I look at the chewed corners of my tables and remember her

I'm so sorry about your girl. I had a greyhound who had meningitis and one who had vestibular. Both came on very quickly. With the guy who had meningitis, his symptoms slowly developed over the course of a day. It was really strange. Fine in the morning, trouble with the stairs at lunch, trouble walking when I got home from work and couldn't stand by the time we go to the vet. He spent a week at the specialist. My vestibular hound had it come on all of a sudden. One minute she was fine and the next she couldn't get up, stand, her head was tilted and her body sort of stiff. We rushed her to our vet who thought it might be a brain tumor. We took her home thinking that we'd probably have to take her back the next day to have her PTS. She showed a tiny bit of improvement the next morning, but it was a good month+ before the head tilt and everything went away. Neither had seizures. You could contact OSU for a consult.

I'm so sorry. Heart was a beautiful girl.

I'm so sorry. What a sweet girl she was.

My foster that had LS did have some issues with holding urine the last 6 months or so. His mom's solution was to make bellybands that fit a Depends pad and he wore those. The Depends would keep him dry even if he urinated a large amount. He was perfectly happy wearing them and never minded putting his "pants" on. She would just wipe him down with a baby wipe when she changed his pad.

I had a foster that had LS. We tried the Adequan shots, etc and they didn't work. I finally talked my vet into trying the Depo shots and they made a HUGE difference. He got shots off and on for about 2 yrs before the family that adopted him finally had to let him go. I think he was 13 at the time, so the shots did give him 2 yrs of quality life. If someone asks me about them, I usually tell them to give the shots a try. It will either work or it won't. We haven't ever had a dog have a bad reaction to them, so I don't see any harm in trying them. I had a specialist refuse to give the shots because he swore it wouldn't do any good (this was for the foster dog). I talked my vet into doing it even though he was skeptical as well. He was amazed at the improvement and now has many clients who get them.

I'm just now seeing this. Poor Bella. Mimi had a bout of vestibular when she was about 12. She was fine one minute and then the next she tried to get up and couldn't. Head tilt, eyes wonky, legs were stiff, etc. I called my vet and he met me up at his office. We weren't sure what it was at first, but we took her home to see how she was the next day. There was a tiny improvement the next day, but it probably took her a good week before she was walking almost normally. I'd say it was a month or so before the head tilt totally went away. She ended up being fine. Hope Bella has as good of a recovery as Mimi did.

Maddy is horrible about walking. Her mother used to stop when she'd decided she had enough, but would start walking again once we went in the direction she wanted. Maddy will just flat out stop and refuse to walk. We literally have to get behind her and shove her along. There's nothing wrong with her. No corns, medical issues, etc. She's just stubborn. She's 9 and she's been doing it since we got her at 6 off the farm. She doesn't get to go to as many M&G's as she'd like to because I don't take her anywhere that will require her to walk any distance. She might be fine and cooperate, or she might decide 1/4 of the way there that she's done walking. I'm like - you're a DOG. DOGS walk! It's what they do. Apparently she did not get that memo. Although, sometimes if I keep telling her how cooperative she's being and what a nice walker she is, she will slowly trudge along.

I'm so sorry. What a beautiful and special boy he was.

Run Free Sweet Ramm. I know you and your brother had a wonderful reunion and are watching over your mom and dad now.