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    Cartrophen

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    We were discussing with teh vet what medication to give Tuffy to manage his arthritis pain...

    Used to give deramaxx and it was doing great but Tuffy is now having problems with his kidneys so we needed to stop it.

     

    What's you experience with cartrophen? any side effects? does it work good?

    Crying At Night

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted

    I've been to Josie's home and her stairs are really steep.

     

    You guys will have to take him in your arms and bring him down..Then the family will all sleep together down stairs.. He might be able to go up alone in the morning ??? ;)

     

     

    :lol

    I'm not able to bring him down... 91 lbs is heavy ;)

    DH did get him down the first week Tuffy was home 6 years ago... but on the 7th night DH back said it was enough...

    :(

    Crying At Night

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted

    Why dont you teach him how to walk up and down stairs then he can sleep with you guys and you will know his noises and at the same time, he will be around you guys.

     

    sadly it's not possible...

    Tuffy is not coordonated at all, never been. He does some stairs, those outside the house (5-6 steps).

    The staircasse to the basement is an abrut one, that has a wall at the end, miss a step and you fall down and you finish in it. Even people founds it difficult to step down. Our house was built in the 1930's so it was not design to have rooms in the basement ;)

    We had many greys over and no one dared to go down those steps....

    Crying At Night

    in Training and Behavior discussion

    Posted

    Tuffy is 9. He is with us for almost 6 years now.

    He sleeps alone in the living room since the begginning.... our bedroom is in the basement and Tuffy does not go down the stairs.

    This week-end a friend has stayed in our guest room, near the living room. She tells me Tuffy cries at night. :unsure

    Not a big cries, just a little brief whining. It occurs right after my DH and goes to sleep downstairs and also a few time during the night. Tuf wakes up, whines, get up, strech, turn around and lay down to sleep...

    We dont ear him from our bebroom.

     

    Tuffy is not a speaker or whiner during the day. Real quite grey...

    He eats well (for a picky eater). His arthritis pains are really reduce (medicated) and he walks great now, less stiff then before the pills.

     

    I dont know what to make of this... I did not know if I should put this in health/medical...

    Raw Feeding Menu

    in Food and dietary discussion

    Posted

    Tuffy will turn 9 next week and his latest urine test show stage 1 (of 4) of kidney failure.

    They vet is not alarm or worried, saying it does occurs with age, and that since most dog owners dont do regular urine test the early stage are rarely known, since there's no symptoms..

     

    My question is regarding feeding... Tuffy is fed raw, mostly minced chicken (meat and bone)that I buy at my butcher shop. I had veggies, fish oil, yogurt to his diet. I feed also liver, hearts and others once every 1-2 week...

     

    I wanted to know what to avoid or what to add to his diet to help his kidney fonction.

     

    Reading about it on the net I'm quite confused.. some say to lower the protein, some say protein dont affect anything... that phosphorus are the thing to whatch... :unsure

    thanks!

    Eating Raw = High Creatinine And Bun?

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    Was the urine a first morning sample?? If so 1.017 is pretty dilute. Ideally, you would like to see it above 1.030

     

    yes first pee.

    I talk to the vet, He is ok with the results and happy to see that the protein level are low.

    He explains the USG by the fact that Tuffy takes dextab (makes him drink more)...

    We will retest blood and urnine in February.

    thank you for you replies and supoort :)

    Eating Raw = High Creatinine And Bun?

    in Health and Medical discussion

    Posted

    thanks for you replies!

     

    Here a tread concerning Tuffy (first ever) blood test results:

    blood test Tuffy

     

    Talking to the vet yesterday and seing my concern he ask to bring Tuffy morning pee to do some testing... I just drop it off at the vet this morning. Suppose to have results this after-noon...

     

    I did not tell the vet that we switch to raw feeding about 4 months ago... knowing that most vets desagree with raw feeding... maybe I should mention it... :unsure

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