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I'm so glad I found this topic. Bloomers shedding and flaking skin has been awful this spring. I was going to post my own topic, but thought i had better look through first......

Went to the vet, had more blood work, xrays ect don't and she is lookin good no signs of bladder stones. The vet was very happy with her over all health n condition. She believes since she's been on her pain pills, and antibiotic, and back to her ol puppy like self. She feels it was a bladder infecting brought on by her last heat. And recommends we have her fixed. Yes I'm a bad mommy for not having it done right away when we got her. Truth be told these past 2+ yrs have flown by. We raised her with our new born daughter.. who knew time could fly by so quickly....

Good news all her blood work came in. They are now leaning more towards bladder stones, we go in tomorrow for more tests.

Thanks for the info.

Due to the signs n symptoms she is having, they are lead to believe she had kidney stones. Sorry I guess I should of clarified that in my op. We were in a hurry when I wrote it. We are scheduled for xrays later this week.

No ultrasound yet. Our vet we go to is a small branch of a bigger clinic. So we need Togo to that clinic for all the high tech stuff lol.. love rural areas.

We found out today Bloomer has kidney stones. They have her some meds. Clavamox, and Deramaxx. They want us to visit another vet, get xrays done, and from there figure out if she'll need surgery..... I just want to hear other ppls opinions, and experiences of kidney stones in greyhound.

Thoughts n prayers to you n your family.

Beds?.... lol oh those pillow type thingies that lay on the floor.. i know now... my dogs want to use everything but their beds to sleep on. B4 bloomer i had 2 small beds for our doxie piper... our cat used them. piper likes my lap.

Hehe... this reminds me of my Betsy girl. She knew once we were asleep, we wouldnt make a big fuss to kick her off the bed. every noght at 2am she'd oh so quietly, like a feather get on are bed, then FLOP like a 2ton brick down between us. once she was down it was hard to move her..... so ee moved the lazy boy into the bedroom for her. lol. Dh would tuck her in with her blanket, id give her kisses, n we'd all sleep soundly. how i miss her.

Ok. so today we emptied out the laundry room of everything but the washer n dryer. there are two big dog beds, and a water bowl. that is her safe zone. and her night time bedroom. Piper will have her safe zone when we are not home, in her crate in our bedroom. (just to add, all laundry supplies are up in another room) Dh always has done am walks, n feedings. ive always done done afternoon walkes, and if weather is nice we do evening walks as a group, even naomi in the stroller. We are going to have ds (8) be the one doing the walker of bloomer when we go out. (yes i trust ds to walk her, he did great with betsy, and he shows young bulls at fairs, he is a tuff lil poop) if weather is bad dh does eve walks. from now on, we are going to try out where ds gives any treats. We are going to make these changes slowly as to not stress her more, but its time for us, and her to get into a groove here. as far as returning her. that will be Absolute last resort. I know the gal i got her from very well. ive chated with the last few days, and along with everyone here on GT she has also given me some Advice. i also had gotten Betsy from her. she is a greyt gal, and has reslly taught me a lot of hands on info about greys. she also feels like Bloomer is (lack of a better term) going thru the Terrable twos. wanting to be incontrole, but a bit too insecure to handle it. (if that makes any sense) so i guess one step at a time. im not giving up on her. THANKYOU all for being so understanding, and helpful. also i wanted to add. when i said scared in my OP i meant scared i wasnt doing something right, scared for blooomer. not scared of her.

i think its more of her trying to be the boss. she knows not to do it with me. she'll push it with my dh. and my son just ignores her now. (wich is sad, he so loved betsy, and was so excited when we got bloomer) Piper knows her place with bloomer, but you can see the confution in her when bloomer does strike oit. It mostly happeneds when we are all home. its her acting out wanting to be Alfa. so we have really stuck to our guns about making sure she doesnt get on beds, couches ect. we've made sure to leep dog beds/ areas apart, to keep piper safe. we've also diverted the feeding area away from the kitchen, so there is no reasons for the dogs to be there. and sheila, i understand where your coming from. when i say snappish from the start, i meant meaning more like sleep aggrestion. so we were very careful about that, and the kids. (sorry i suck at posting, pluss i type with a 9mo old in my lap) i know we have to be doing something wrong, or we just arent a good fit for her. she is a good dog other wise. sooooo loving with me. she can melt your heart, untill she gets pissy. ( arent all us ladys lol) we didnt get her from a group. she came from a breeder/ traoning track. .

sorry it was late when i wrote my OP. ok, so it started out with counter surfing. i added lil boobie traps, but that made it worse, that turned into a startled snap, if we cought her doing it, to snspping and barker at our lil dog if she went into the kitchen (bloomer would get up n go looking for piprr in there) then that all turned into being aggressive during times she'd find anything to tare up anything she could find. if shes on the couch (awake) if my dh goes to move her she snips n growleds. so no more couch. she sleeps next to our bed, she'll get snippy if piper gets down in the middle of the noght. and now shes been getting snippy during our morning routine. like shes worried piper, or any of the humans might get in the way of her treats. so no more treats in the morning.

Could really use some insights plz. Bloomer is almost 2. we've had her since October. she's always kind of been snap-ish. we make sure to give her her own space, during feedings, n rest times, my ds knows the rules with her. ect. but ive noticed here latly she is getting Aggressive. i took her in, had blood work done, all is normal there. ive increased our walk times, to burn off more energy. ive done everything short of making a dog only room, and putting her in there. she will snap, and bark at everyone, but me. im just at a loss on what todo. im starting to think maybe we are not the right family for her. (nobody flame me) im just thinking she isnt happy here. maybe she needs a multi dog home, or maybe a no kid home.. or who knows, but im not giving up without a fight!

Bloomer got into a can of baby formula. it was only a 1/4 full, and more got on the carpet then she ate, but now today she has the poops. she has also puked a few times.......