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Jane's advice is sound. It works. And, you can use the "destink" solution on yourselves and the kids. But, if the dog has been in the house, you will have a challenge removing the odor from anything that's been touched by the stink. Absolutely get rid of the collar. I feel for ya! We had to destink my sister's dog so they could load her up in the car for a two day drive!

Pam, We just had one with similar symptoms. Turned out to be Babesia! Her platelets were 0 (yes, that is correct, 0). She's here at our house. It's taken some time for her to come around. She needs her 2nd Immizol shot this week (actually, it's overdue). And, she completely quit eating... for about 5 days. Then, about 3 days post Immizol injection, she bounced out of it and started eating like a fiend. It took another week or so for her back end to stabilize. From now on, I will always look at/for TBD first, other stuff later, especially in dogs that seem healthy and then suddenly "crash". We've just had WAY too many of them this year, with all sorts of symptoms.

Tanner is the perfect example of how our dogs enrich our lives... Because of Tanner, Gil got involved in gh adoption and because of that I found a forever friend. Love you Gil! So sad...

Damn it! I've been reading all this and just praying and praying for a good outcome. Run free sweet girlie! You were loved by many.

Get some DanActive probiotic yogurt drink and see if he'll take that. That's what we do with sick dogs that aren't eating and need meds. Our always seem to like the strawberry flavor first. You can also try Ensure. Just don't get the EnsurePlus kind. It has something in it that is bad for dogs (can't remember just now). We often offer vanilla Ensure (or the Publix store brand) to sick dogs that aren't eating.

I've had several intact female greyhounds in my home, raised from puppyhood and have known many others raised in other homes. None have ever had a first season before 18 months, some well past 2 years old. That's not to say it doesn't happen... early heat has been the cause of more than one "oops" litter. But, the odds are very slim she'll go into heat before 12 months. There's a reason why greyhounds are moved from the runs to the training kennel at 12 months... that's when the growth plates close in most dogs. I've seen a bunch of greyhounds that were spayed early (6 months or younger) that just look "odd"... they don't develop proper musculature. They tend to be tall and weedy. I would never spay younger than a year.

This could be as simple as an unusual smell/taste on that table... somebody touched the corner of the table with food-stuff on hands, etc., etc. It might not even be boredom. It might be the table was especially interesting/tasty that day. OTOH, my first greyhound chewed part of a leg off our bedroom dresser in her sleep! I woke up to the sound of "crunch-crunch". Turned on the light and she was 100% asleep, chewing away on the dresser leg. (This was the world's most perfect dog! I gave her a pass, but moved her night bed away from the dresser.)

If I remember correctly, these puppies are only 6-7 weeks old... Puppies can only be expected to "hold it" for 1 hour per month of age. So, these babies need to go out every 2 hours. Anything else will just be teaching them to pee in the house. Pee pads = Pee in the house. Here's my advice for the puppies... Got to one of the big box stores like Home Depot and get a 10x10 piece of vinyl flooring... they'll have remnants rolled up in plastic in a bin. Put that down and set up an x-pen on top of it. Put fluffy, soft bedding at one end. Lay newspaper down at the other end. They will learn to pee on the papers and sleep on the beds. But, seriously, if you want to housetrain these babies, they need to be going outside every 2 hours. Your other dogs are having issues because the puppies have disrupted everything for them. If you are going to take on raising baby puppies, you have to be prepared to deal with it... and that means having somebody there a couple of times during the day to take them out.

Rita, Robin is shining you on! He knows very well how to use a dog door... did it for many months at our place! Put a cat on the other side of that door and he'll remember riteawayquik! Seriously, put him on one side, go to the other side with the ChuckIt and I'm guessing he'll remember. Once Robin gets it, Toby will probably follow his lead.

Oh no!!! Sweet Ramm... he and Marvin were just so special! They had wonder lives with you. I know they are both deeply missed. Run fast and free, Ramm and Marvin! Brothers together again.

http://forum.greytalk.com/public/style_emoticons/default/hope.gif for your sweet doggie!!!

Good point. Our dog, Isaac, was AKC registered and a conformation champion. But, he was line-bred on a NGA dog (she was his grandmother on the dam side, great-grandmother on the sire side). So, he was really a half-and-half. He suffered from congestive heart failure for many years. Our vet expected him to die at least 2 years before he did. But, we nursed him along. He also had two instances of oral cancer (squamous cell carcinoma). At 13.5, he died from osteo. I do know that there are certain cardiac problems that frequently plague AKC greyhounds and are never seen in NGA dogs. And, Greyhound Hereditary Neuropathy is a horrible disease, restricted 100% to greyhounds from certain AKC lines. It is unknown in all other breeds and in greyhounds not carrying those particular bloodlines. Yet, some continue to breed dogs from those lines.

Well, first, AKC is a registry and there are a number of dogs registered both AKC and NGA. So, you can't really label it that way. However, the majority of AKC registered greyhounds come from a very small gene pool. Please quote the source of this info about osteo. From what I have read/learned, AKC greys not only have an equal chance of osteo, but also have a MUCH higher chance of heart problems and some other really nasty inherited issues. There are some AKC lines with truly awful health issues. The AKC gene pool is teensy, if you discard all dogs with any NGA lines. That's why some of us have fought HARD to keep the AKC greyhound studbook open to NGA greyhounds.

Thanks all, for the many kind words re: Archie... Lucy, you never met him. We got him after you left. We wasn't even 7 years old, yet.

Run with the wind sweet boy. We tried to save you, but failed. Huckabee collapsed in a schooling race on Saturday and then lay in a crate for more than a day before anyone tried to help him. We got him last night and rushed him to the vet. We did our best to save him, but it was not to be... He came around and stood up, but was completely blind and deaf... brain damaged. He woke up in fear and confusion and panic. I'm so sorry to have put him through that... but we were trying to help him! My daddy grew up in a little long-gone Missouri town called Huckabee. So, it figures this boy was meant to come to me. I just wish I could've saved him. He and my Archie died together today and are chasing rabbits at the Bridge. Archie lived the best life a dog could ever ask for from the moment he was born to the moment he died. He was always loved, always cared for, never wanted for anything. Huckabee lived a far different life. As much as my heart breaks over losing Archie, I am just F***ing MAD about what happend to Huckabee. I never want to see/smell/touch another dog in the condition I found him. I'm spittin' mad. He deserved the life my Archie had and he never had a chance. Damn it! NO DOG DESERVES TO DIE THE WAY HE DID!!!

Our beautiful Archie is gone. As my DH said: He was a wonderful coursing dog and even better companion, the kind of dog that leaves no doubt as to why we have dogs. The vet who has been caring for Archie was new to the practice when she first met him. Today she said he was one of the first greyhounds she encountered and he was a wonderful introduction to the greyhound breed. She's since come to know a lot of greyhounds, but Archie was always a special patient for her. Everybody who ever met him felt the same way. We were blessed to share our lives with him.

I'm just now seeing this thread... Thank you all for remembering sweet Ranch. We never learned exactly what it was, beyond the fact it was a bacteria from the strep family. We'll never know why it was so systemic and long-lived, despite massive long-term antibiotics. We've had several other dogs with similar, but much less serious, symptoms. All have responded to antibiotics and are now fine.

The thing to be concerned about at this point is if he were to start vomiting. My little cocker spaniel was stung by a red wasp, inside her big cocker lip. The swelling was HUGE! I immediately gave Benadryl and the swelling went down. Hours later, she started vomitting over and over. She nearly died. We rushed her to the vet, where she was put on IV fluids. The vet said that reaction is somewhat rare, but can be deadly.

He looks SO much better and happy! YAY!!!

YippieRoo!!!!

YAY!!! I'm so happy to read the good news!!!

Poor, poor Robin! Fingers and paws crossed for a quick improvement!

He looks great! Fingers and paws crossed for continued improvement.

Rescue Remedy is essentially alcohol with some herbs thrown in. You could probably get the same effect with vodka.

When we have a dog on any antibiotic long-term, we give one bottle of DanActive each day. Archie is on Clindamycin for his leg and will be for several more weeks. He LOVES the Strawberry DanActive.