Hubcitypam

Can't tell you. I think about three rounds...if that makes sense...which I often don't.

Having lived with a dog with corns on all four feet I will tell you do NOT do surgery. It costs an arm and a leg and they come right back. The only thing that fixed Rex O'Million was duct tape. Google it. It has to be name brand not dollar store variety.

Yes it is. Many greys are universal donors with the added bonus of being gentle. You just have to be strong when they pull it from the neck. There was quite an uproar in Austin a few years ago. Google Pet Blood Bank. That is way different than donating via your vet. I remember onne case where they brought the greyhound in and did a direct transfusion.

Adorable! I love radar ears. Bless you both.

Down is way harder than up when it comes to steps. Sometimes it takes two people. Can you borrow a step savvy dog for an afternoon? Sometimes that works well. Broken record saying green bag Iams for the runs. In general most greys seem to do well on mid grade foods.

I am with Irene. Over the years I used mine for many uses like blocking off doors. If you set it up as stand alone maybe we had great success anchoring it to the door hinges with bungees cords so it wouldn't skitter or get knocked over. MUCH better than a crate or stacked but I usually had the crate with the door open and bedding in it in the gated off room (kitchen). It is a 4 ft.

Rex 's last diagnosis was GME but the specialist vet ($$$$$) said he was just guessing, The depo helped him enormously but many vets won't prescribe it. I followed a vet's advice and sought out and older vet. Somehow I breathe a sigh of relief that I have two sturdy muttleys.

I'm so sorry. Will say that in roughly 20 years on this forum the best advice I received is the one Jan quoted "Better a day too early than a day too late.". I watched my sister's dog suffer intolerably. You are in my thoughts.

You maybe don't know your neighbors yet but is there a way you can borrow another self assureddog to lead the way?

Poodle the poodle used to try and mark everything on walks. When he ran out of pee he'd start marking by pooping, As the walk progressed they'd get runnier. Nothing was wrong with him except male pride. Just a thought.

I'm sure your vets tested for it but Immune Mediated Hemolytic Anemia is all I have ever seen take girl dogs so fast and furious. Went through it twice. Fine to gone in hours and it hits middle age girl worst. I'm so sorry for your loss. Hugs.

Worm, fecal and green bag Iams.

I'm guessing you can't put in a dog door which is on my list of top ten inventions ever. I'm with Jan on that count. Pre dog door and when I'd foster up to 6 at a time they'd go oit in the yard we'd go out morning mid day and before bed. The all knew "go potty" and last call was "go potty .go to bed". When I lived in an apartment inn Chicago and worked 10 hour days I paid a neighbor teen $3 a day to walk Axel mid shift. Three times a day should be good.

As always my view on jammies is unpopular. With an inside dog in a heated house the please the owner more than the dog. Your dog was probably raised in Oklahoma or Kansas in an outside run with a baby pool in the summer and a communal dog house filled with straw in the winter. He grew, thrived and did just fine in snow and 100 degree heat. Then he's adopted and turns into a fashion model and glass figurine that needs jammies in a heated house "I roamed free the deserts and hills in the time before Christ. Where were my jammies then? I waited 20 long years for my master to return from his Odyssey. Where were my jammies then? I followed Caesar when he conquered cold, wet Gaul. Where were my jammies then? I hunted bear, bull, stag and men for my lord in the manor. Where were my jammies then? I was the first of my kind to see the Pacific Ocean. Where were my jammies then? I saw Yellow Hair meet his end at the Little Big Horn. Where were my jammies then? I chased Coyote and Jack Rabbit across the rolling Great Plains. Where were my jammies then? I snuggled in straw through long, cold nights on the farm. The next morning I ran like the wind after the lure. Where were my jammies then? I am a fierce predator and competitor. No one is faster than me. Where are my jammies?" - Credit to Donna and Brett Weeks

I've had it a very long time. Think mine came from Michael's.

I honestly wouldn't flip out at one non engorged tick. If people did that every other dog in Oklahoma would be on antibiotics. Remember when I got Bella from the farm and pulled ticks off her 50 at a time and quit counting at 200?...or the boy who had so many grape ticks his toes didn't meet? Those are immediate antibiotic cases. One tick really isn't in my book - but what do I know? Not a vet and don't play one on TV.

Eight hours is not a horrendous time to leave a dog. People think of dogs honestly needing to pee in human terms. We drink for many reasons other than thirst - coffee to wake up, coffee/soda breaks at work, happy hour meet ups, beers while watch the game etc. That said - if I were you I'd look into someone to give your girl a break while you are gone. It can be done very reasonably. Perhaps find a retired neighbor? If you have a yard it's much easier but my knowledge of fenced yards in the UK is fuzzy.

the very first "houndmobile"was a Mazda Protégé, I stopped in Abilene Kansas on the way from moving from IL to TX and tossed girl in the back seat. That Mazda went 155,000 on the original clutch. Around town is easy but you can do big trips in a compact car by filling in the footwells with pillows and such. Then toss a comforter over the top.

Second the above. After 100+ greys passing thru I'll say get/foster a boy (and we all know my mantra is the bigger the mellower). Big boys and boys in general have nuthin to prove. Boys sort It out, shake paws and go on. Girls hold grudges. Two boys will sort it out but two girls often live up to the *B* word name,

Get what you want. I traveled many thousands of miles with two greys (always one over 85#) in a Nissan Sentra.

My bad, Mine didn't have your surgery - just the old school one. Hope this works out for you. Rex broke my heart hobbling around. Again I hope that tour surgery helps.

Broken record here. Rex had them on all 4. He was my corn dog. Hundreds of dollars later duct tape fixed him. How appropriately Southern United States. It can fix almost anything. Never do the surgery. Been there done that to no avail. https://www.ehow.co.uk/how_8365423_treat-canine-corns-duct-tape.html

Don't overanalyze. Thousands of greys have grown up hale and hearty on Purina which is WAY down on the average adopters scale in dog food. Chicken bones can splinter and cause problems. I used to use beef knuckles (almost impossible to find) but then you risk slab fractures. I became friends with a butcher and he'd cut a femur into 4 pieces and that worked best for me.