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And his famed ropes o' saliva, glistening in the ocean sunrise.

Turbo accompanying Gayle when she surprised Steve with a visit at Dewey last fall.

Much sorrow for Turbo's passing, and much love to you, my friend. I miss him too. This was Adrienne's pic of Turbo shamelessly begging for my turkey sausage at breakfast in Rehoboth last fall.

Poor boy-o.

Ouch! How scary! I hope he's okay!

Oh Wendie, I am so very sorry for your loss.

Sounds like an xray is in order first. Did he have any treats besides the kibble? Anything fatty at all? Poor Turbo.

My thoughts too... I'm sorry if I missed any previous threads that might have addressed this. But I have had false negative stool tests before when in fact it turned out that my dog had hookworms. Took months of trying different things and retesting the stool more than once to finally realize Alimony had hooks. What caught my attention in particular about your description of Doolin's symptoms is the morning tummy growling. Breakfast was always the worst time for Ali when she had hooks. Very squeaky/rumbly tummy. I've heard that's common. The persistent diarrhea and occasional blood... also sounds very similar to my experience. So if you haven't already, re-test the stool. Even if you already did recently.

What a sweet face.

My Tipper's pupils lost their ability to constrict as he got older. His ophthalmologist (whom he regularly saw for his pannus) said it was purely age-related and nothing to be overly concerned about. I was advised to simply try and keep him out of harsh sunlight as it might be bothersome to him. He was pretty squinty in bright light.

Very happy to hear of the improvement! "Cat scan."

Renee was also there, and I believe she and Kali both wore green kennel collars. Really hard to tell them apart without seeing the names on the collars. I think Renee doesn't have that neck stripe, correct?

I am so ridiculously happy about this that I am beginning to annoy even myself. Congratulations! I have been blessed with adopting Kali's mama, Alimony, and one of Kali and Riley's sisters, Flower. I've been watching all five girlies in this litter since they were born, and had the privilege of meeting them a couple years ago just before Flower and Kali moved off to start their careers at Orlando. I am so happy that they have all made it into loving homes, and I am especially thankful that a few of those are homes of friends of mine. I have lots of puppy pictures taken by Jenn. I hope she doesn't mind if I post a couple... Proud new mama Alimony with her litter. Family reunion two years ago. I brought Alimony to the farm to see her babies once more before they started racing. They fell right into place behind their mama. It's a little hard to be 100% sure, since four of the five girlies had very similar markings, but I think this is Kali as a pup. The thin neck stripe I think is hers... Oh, and one more, from my farm visit two years ago.

That was the case with Alimony. I was on a road trip with her and she'd injured her neck. We had a three day drive to get back home, and she was screaming in pain. Awful. So in desperation, I gave her baby aspirin (81 mg, twice daily). In retrospect, I wish I hadn't, because of the washout period. Hindsight. Thankfully, she did recover quickly after we got home. At any rate, I hope the OP's pup gets relief quickly.

Yes, aspirin requires a washout period before NSAIDs or steroids can be used. Ran into this just recently myself with Alimony's neck injury. I've heard anywhere from three to seven days. Tramadol may be prescribed as a painkiller in the meantime. The aspirin dosage you gave sounds high to me. Usually people give baby aspirin to dogs. But I'm certainly no vet.

So true. When my best friend had her daughter, I was concerned how my hounds would be around the infant. They were totally fine with the baby. Alimony, my mamadog, seemed to even really love the baby. She'd get all extra waggy and sweet whenever she heard the baby make a noise. Now that my friend's daughter is a toddler, I am a nervous wreck. I keep my dogs ex-penned away whenever the toddler is at my house. My friend thinks I'm overly protective, but if her toddler someday learns "the hard way" that she needs to respect dogs, it won't be happening on my watch. Honestly, I can't wait for my friend's daughter to be old enough for me to relax around her and my dogs. Maybe when she's 16 or so.

Could be a hematoma at the injection site, but odd that it didn't show up until two weeks later.

My Tipper had very mild seizures in his last couple of years of life. In his final year, he became hypothyroid and started the meds. Interestingly, he was virtually seizure-free from then on. Just my anecdotal experience.

Beautiful sweet (and wooly, my gosh!) girlie. I am very sorry for your loss.

Am I correctly understanding that you left her overnight crated in your closed bedroom? Has she experienced that before with no problems? If so, what did you do differently this time, if anything?

Oh Gil, I am just heartbroken for your loss. I know you worked so so hard to try and help her heal. I wish I could hug you right this minute.

Yes, epsom salt soaks will help. Same recipe as for people. The longer you can get him to hold still for it, the better. 5-10 minutes twice daily in warm water epsom salt solution should be good. Rinse with clean water and pat dry each time.

Oh Kar, I am so sorry to hear this diagnosis. Please smooch Sparks for me.

Oh Kar, not Sparks...