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I will send Dr Couto an email to make sure. I had no heads up either. To be honest, I was floored! Given the amount of money Hope for Hounds raises I would have expected to, at least, be told ahead of time.

Looking gorgeous in her Hope for Hounds combo. She has the one and, as of now, only Hope for Hounds dog necklace. Actually, come to think of it, you have 2 one of a kind HfH necklaces. What colour would our model like for her welcome home present?

Jumping in late, praying things continue to improve.

As has already been pointed out, watch out for tape worms. I'm praying it doesn't affect his IBD.

Oooooh! She is gorgeous Julie. Tell her to watch for mail, I know her address.

I assess my dogs the same way I used to assess my kids injuries. Often once you get past the blood and things calm you can usually deal with things yourself. These are the inuries that I take my guys in to the vet, as they may require stitches or staples. Bleeding that won't stop with direct pressure. Large area with muscle showing, Gaping wounds Facial wounds especially near the mouth - often there is a pocket that food and debris can get in Peanut gashed her leg last fall, and I had planned to just clean and vet wrap since there was next to no bleeding. When I moved her fur, I could see inside her leg! Yeah that took 6 stitches to close, my vet knows I do my own first aid so they took her right back. The vet tech said over her shoulder "Miki said if you say it needs stitches, it needs stitches." Things I don't like stitched, but do take them in for a look see Puncture wounds - to make suer there is nothing in there and usually antibiotics. Cuts on the bottom of the feet - I personally don't like to stitch since a lot of nasty bacteria can end up stitched inside. Jake cut his foot a few years ago and you could see the tendon. We had it checked to make sure there was no damage and then cleaned and bandaged.

Praying it's just an ugly hemangioma. Peanut had a nasty bleeding one removed last fall and I was so relieved when the path report came back benign. She has another on her belly that will be removed soon. It grew bigger than a smartie, but now is it the size of a tick. The pathologist said she will be prone to getting them.

It doesn't atrophy, it just changes. Peanut is very muscular. She runs in the yard and does stairs over, and ove,r and over all day. She is in excelllent shape. When I spend time with the racers I can see the difference.

Prayers that this CAN be beaten. Marx is one of my first GT crushes. Hugs to your handsome boy.

Prayers being sent from here.

No matter what her age, I wouldn't ignore bruising like that. I'd be getting a full blood panel done, then if nothing obvious shows have Dr Couto at OSU take a look. Even though he is is famous for his cancer work, he is a hematologist as well. The link to contact them is in my siggy.

I'm so sorry. It is evident that she was well loved. Godspeed Red

Jet is totally off the wall 20% of the time. The other 80% he is waiting for the sky to fall. We have him mostly figured out and can control his "odd" needs. Lately the kids next door are playing basketball indoors, this has made for a very unhappy Jet since he hates being outside too. Melatonin is our best friend if it gets too bad. Reading Batmom's post reminds me that Jake who is very stable absolutely hates beeping noises. If we have a missed call or the batteries are going on cell phone he wants outside NOW! He then stands and glares at the house. Will not come back in and will actually run away from me it I go out to get him. Funny thing is he isn't scared of the microwave beeping either.

Fun and games isn't it? I pill my guys, no more hiding them in food. But to make it easier when it's more than a little one, I buy pill pockets - stuff them and pop the whole thing down the throat. Makes multiple pill giving easy. My guys go crazy for nutritional yeast and for kelp. Jake loves kelp and drools when I'm making his dinner. You can get the nutritional yeast at a health food store, just ask for it. It also seems to promote their appetite. You can get kelp at Global Pet Foods and Bark and Fitz if they carry frozen. I'm not sure who else your way carries it. Hard boiled eggs and cottage cheese and salmon were things that could get Foxy to eat.

Thank you for stating clearly what I was trying to say and fuddling up . I really like the PCR to follow if titer (or symptoms) is suspicious. That's what I would do too. One of the problems with testing is that you have to know exactly what you are testing for. Jake had PCR tests for the basics when he became a blood donor. A few years after that he began to have odd symptoms, leg swelling, fever and lameness that suggested he had an autoimmune disease. His joint tap and other blood work came back okay. Even Dr Couto was baffled and said if I could bring him in a full flair up they might be able to figure things out. At Christmas we had a crisis when two of his back legs were involved and he could barely stand. In desperation we went with tick disease treatment. The reason my vet chose to do that instead of testing is that she felt we could spend a fair bit of money on each titre test or just spend the money on treatment. One month of doxy and he has been fine ever since.

Jen, I'm so very sorry. You and your boy fought a very tough battle. In the end you Little White Dog knew he was loved deeply Godspeed Whitey I so wish you could have had more time with you family.

Julie, I'm so sorry. I hope Mama is doing okay.

Hi Stacy, Welcome! I'm Janet and I currently have 3 greys plus I'm waiting on one. Are you expecting a boy or a girl?

I have to agree with everyone else, vet time.

She will be fine, just start giving it to her on the new schedule of 1x a day at 8 am. This is what I do for my DH, buy a pill container. I use the ones that are 7 days with the am and pm. Then I load it up with the right pills, it really helps prevent giving the wrong pill at the wrong time.

Kristen what a wonderful caring thing to do. That they would be sent home like that makes me so sad. Keep a real close eye on that and get it off when you can. Peanut had a hemangioma removed about 6 months ago on her toe. I posted about a weird lump on her tummy that later the stand in vet thought was a puncture wound. I spent dollars on antibiotics, only to still have a small black lump once it healed. My suspicion is it is another benign hemangioma, but with what I know about cancer it is being removed next time she goes in. ETA that Jey is right, the melanoma should be able to be removed with a local. Unless it is deeper under the skin and then it couldn't be.

Would Dr. Couto like to know about dogs that have died of OS even if they were not treated with chemo/ amputation, etc? I opted to not do a biopsy so I thought my data would be of no use to him. Am I wrong? Did you fill out the survey? Pinned at the top of the H & M forum.

I too was concerned about the panic in the other thread. So, I sent an email to Dr Couto to ask his opinion on the infamous Onie Jones. We would need to compare pedigrees of Greyts with OSA and an age-matched group without OSA to see if famous Onie is over- or underrepresented. When there is a popular stud in the breed, he may have sired equivalent numbers of affected and unaffected dogs due to his popularity, but most people do not look at the pedigrees of healthy hounds Our current survival times with amputation and chemo are 12-18 months, as you know, with GREYT quality of life. As I often tell folks, 'we are all gonna die', it's just a mater of how and when While every diagnosis of any kind of cancer is a personal affront to me, I still keep my focus on fund raising to get those survival times higher. There is always hope!

This is a response to my email to DR Couto asking him what he knows about Onie Jones We would need to compare pedigrees of Greyts with OSA and an age-matched group without OSA to see if famous Onie is over- or underrepresented. When there is a popular stud in the breed, he may have sired equivalent numbers of affected and unaffected dogs due to his popularity, but most people do not look at the pedigrees of healthy hounds… Our current survival times with amputation and chemo are 12-18 months, as you know, with GREYT quality of life. As I often tell folks, 'we are all gonna die', it's just a mater of how and when… While every diagnosis of any kind of cancer is a personal affront to me, I still keep my focus on fund raising to get those survival times higher. There is always hope!

Sounds like you've got a good treatment plan. Keep in mind that the Doxy should be given for at least 4 weeks. Our vet was bit leery of the high dose and the length, but I got her some info from here and she agreed to do it. I'm praying she tolerates it well and most of all that it works. Hugs to you all.