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    Spent The Night In Emergency..

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    I was in tears reading your updates! :(

     

    It might possibly make cleaning him up easier if you use a squirt bottle with warm water in it to rinse, first, let things be wet briefly, then blot up.

     

    I can feel your pain for him. :( This is so hard, to decide what to do when faced with something on-going and mysterious like this.

     

    :grouphug :grouphug :grouphug

    Spent The Night In Emergency..

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    Okay, well, that's an improvement!

     

    It IS scary, isn't it? We all read these posts with our fingers crossed for our own pets' health, hoping to dodge all these whizzing bullets, and then feeling our worlds crash around us when that target shows up on one of our own. :(

     

    Then you just have to go forward, making the best decisions you can figure out how to make. :bighug :bighug

     

    Hang in there, you and Neko! Chanting and wishing continues .......

    Spent The Night In Emergency..

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    Oh man! I just read through this entire thread, and I realized I was holding my breath. :( Poor Neko, and poor you!! :grouphug

    Here's a chant for his speedy recovery! *Neko's mysterious ailment, be gone! Go, and bleed no more! Be mysterious if you must, and disappearing fits that bill! Be GONE! *Neko's mysterious ailment, be gone! Go, and bleed no more! Be mysterious if you must, and disappearing fits that bill! Be GONE! *Neko's mysterious ailment, be gone! Go, and bleed no more! Be mysterious if you must, and disappearing fits that bill! Be GONE!*

    Repeat as necessary. Meditate.gif

    Spencer (Dutch Laser) 11/25/00 - 3/29/13

    in Remembrance

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    Oh, I'm so sorry Spencer's passing was one of the hard ones. :( I mean, they're always hard, but to know it was hard on him, harder than you had anticipated, yeah. That's tough. Happy's death was one of those, and I can't help but picture that horrible time thinking of Spencer's passing, since they shared some challenges, and you were so supportive to me during her illness.

     

    I hope you can get some peace soon, knowing that at least Spencer is suffering no more, and you did everything but move actual mountains to make his life as wonderful as it could possibly be.

     

    BIG hugs ... :bighug

    Spencer (Dutch Laser) 11/25/00 - 3/29/13

    in Remembrance

    Posted

    :( You took such phenomenal care of Spencer through it all! He looked fantastic, all the way through, into his whitest face. That white face just touched me so deeply, too. Such poignance in the deeply mature hounds. :wub:

     

    Many hugs and deepest sympathies to you, now and for the whole time it takes to come through the pain, and into the more simple time when you can smile every time you think of him.

    :bighug :bighug :bighug

    How Do I Know He Won't Eat That Dog?

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    I've used this same technique (well, a very slight variation, but same concept) with great success on my hot-headed boy, Pogo. It takes time and patience proportional to the problem behavior, but it does work. Biggest tip: try to stay just beyond the real trouble zone, where you can't control his behavior. That zone will get closer and closer to the trigger, as you progress.

     

    Good luck!!

    How "velcro" Is Your Grey?

    in Training and Behavior discussion

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    This is so funny. All these types are represented here, too. :P

     

    What surprised me was when I had the opportunity to use a neighbor's fenced 10 acres to let the dogs play for a few months. I figured I'd have to use hunks of bloody raw meat to get them to come to me, much less stay anywhere near me. To my complete surprise, Pogo, my most energetic hound, would run like a possessed flesh-bomb, and then celebrate each run by crashing back to me and literally smashing his face to my leg as we walked together for a few minutes, until he could detach himself enough to trot alongside before taking off again. :wub:

    My Grace Girl Earned Her Angel Wings 2/18/03 - 1/19/13

    in Remembrance

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    Lauren!! :( I just saw this in your siggy in a different thread, and had to find out what happened!

    I'm so sorry. Losing her so suddenly ... Losing them at all is so hard, and watching our beloved friends go through a painful decline is its own kind of hell, but losing your sweet girl like this is such a shock. You have to shove all the first stages of grief into hours. No time for bargaining, no time for railing, no time for denial, no time for acceptance to begin to settle in before she's gone. :(

    I hope you can take some comfort in the knowledge that her suffering was a brief moment at the very end of a wonderful life that you spent together, filling each day with love and friendship.

    My deepest sympathies!!

    :bighug :bighug :bighug

    Caution: Change In Behavior

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    :( My heart breaks for you with Gus's final trip. I'm going through this right now (again :( ), and want to say to you as I've been trying to say to myself: Second-guessing is painful, which might feel like a good way to punish yourself, but it can't make you know in the past what you simply did not know, and it makes you forget all the wonderful, good, true, right things that you shared right when you need those memories most. :bighug: Let experience be your guide, not your executioner. :bighug: :bighug:

    Brilly Has Had His Second Seizure

    in Health and Medical discussion

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    I would try to get the thyroid issue worked out before starting on an anti-seizure med like Pb. You may find that once the thyroid is under control, the seizures stop. I also really recommend a consult with a neurologist to talk more about meds if/when you get there. Pb is usually the first-line treatment for epilepsy, but it's not always appropriate for every dog. Some anti-convulsant meds have acute side effects that can be worse than the seizures themselves. Unless your guy is regularly having 3-4 weeks apart or having clusters, medication may not even be necessary.

    This kind of conservative approach suits us very well. :)

     

    We haven't started Pb, and aren't in any hurry to do so. We did adjust his thyroid meds up, and in just a few days, he's MUCH perkier, so it's definitely having an effect. No more seizures, yet.

     

    It may sound odd, but the seizures themselves don't scare us (yet!) We just want to make sure his life isn't threatened or shortened unnecessarily, and that he has good quality of life. That's a global goal. If the seizures stay intermittent, and aren't in themselves a problem, then it's just part of the new normal. We will take measures to minimize and manage though, like adjusting his thyroid, and right now we're on a short term course with the meclizine: so far, so good. :)

    Brilly Has Had His Second Seizure

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Jiffer, good thoughts. We're pretty much there already, so that's good. In fact, I went over that in my head after the first one: what could he have been exposed to? Something new? Something toxic that's just built up for him? It may be something that wouldn't occur to me, something oddball, and we'll find out eventually, so I appreciate the reminder to keep environmental stuff under the microscope.

    Brilly Has Had His Second Seizure

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Out here on the west coast, and the NORTH west coast, greyhound savvy vets are a rare commodity. My vet office has TWO! :D

     

    Today's vet said, basically, that it could well be a "growth" causing the seizures, as his bloodwork all looks fine. We're going to start on the bottom floor, with a over the counter non-drowsy Dramamine. He says that calms the seizure area of the brain, and might be all we need, at least for awhile. Gave me a prescription for pheno, and expects that will be the next phase of treatment. He didn't seem at all inclined to push high-tech imaging (not locally available), opting to treat the seizures. As I would not likely choose to have brain surgery done, that seems reasonable to me at this point.

     

    So, that's where we're at as of this moment. I'm still going to do a lot of reading. Think about dietary modifications, supplements ........

     

    Thanks again for your input!

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