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I'd tell you to stop off at my place this evening for a drink, but I'm teaching tonight. Keep us posted!

Glad to hear it doesn't seem to be rhabdo.

Sending good thoughts, Jen, and hoping for a UTI.

Dang Good thing you're getting the dental now!

She'll do fine. And she's being monitored.

Which is why Heyokha goes into the kitchen and barks at food on the counter while wagging his tail

No, my example was perfectly applicable here: you don't wait for an emergency to suddenly test the waters. It's much less stressful on both dogs if conditioning/training has been done ahead of time.

Because one cannot predict the future and there may be a time when Robin cannot take both dogs somewhere? It's always better to train in advance for something like this, not have full on trauma during an emergency. Case in point: lady who boarded her horses at the barn where I ride moved to Florida. She was going to drive her horses down herself. Her mare doesn't load because she never taught the horse how to trailer. So three hours, lots of drama, sedatives and expletives later, lady has to leave with only one horse and then pay to have her mare shipped down by a professional a few weeks later. I'm sure from Maryland to Florida cost her a lot of money, plus she had to pay board on the horse here until she could be shipped. This could have all been prevented if she'd conditioned her horse in advance to not be afraid of the trailer. I think Robin is going about this very intelligently. Robin, what Jey said. Baby, baby steps. Seconds to minutes, etc. and be careful to stay under Iker's threshhold.

Glad he's improving!

Poor guy. Keep us posted

Oh no! Sending you guys lots of good thoughts! :hope

Aw, poor guy! A small amount of blood isn't unusual when the colon is irritated, so if it's a trace amount, your vet is right to not be overly concerned. I'm sure you'll be gettting flagyl tonight!

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Aw, poor fella. Turbo had diarrhea in the house once when we weren't home. He was mortified. He was also really funny about night time potties - he would whisper-bark to get us up, it was a very soft "wooof", like "psst, hey. You awake?" Hope Joe's on the mend quickly! Oh - here's a weird thing, and I don't know if Joe will go for it, but Heyokha absolutely LOVES coconut water. He'd suck down a quart of it if I'd let him. If you can easily get some non-sweetened (or hell, at this point, even sweetened) coconut water, maybe Joe will like it? Since it's become a bit of a fad drink, you can find it in all natural grocery markets and most standard grocery markets, and in every Latino market (the sweetened variety).

Over the years, I'd say a good percentage of the dogs our group took in with hardware ended up eventually rejecting the hardware. Those dogs then had to have the hardware removed and then they had to be restricted until the holes from the screws healed (so, a lot like having a dog with a broken leg). So keep in mind that there's a chance you'll need to have the hardware out. Personally, I wouldn't overly stress the leg (e.g., I certainly wouldn't lure course a dog with hardware). I don't know how physically stressful beginning agility is, but you'll want to be careful. While jumping impacts mostly front limbs, greyhound use a lot of force on their hind limbs to accelerate. Maybe something like rally obedience would be better? Or nosework? And this

Our recent weather is no problem at all for greyhounds. Walk as much as they want Regarding snow, if they'll tolerate boots, it's a good idea so you don't have to worry about salt/chemicals burning their paws. My old boy, Turbo, never had any issues with any kind of road treatment and his only problem with snowy weather was snow balls collecting in the frogs of his feet. We'd have to stop every now and again and I'd remove the snow and we'd keep on going (he had huge feet ) But this past winter, when we had frequent snow, Heyokha was mostly fine walking barefoot, but noticeably uncomfortable walking in one particular neighborhood (which has an HOA and probably contracts to a different company for road cleaning/treatment). After walking barefoot on treated surfaces, always wash the feet off when you get back home

Huh. Could be the rimadyl, could be anything I guess. Maybe put a call in to your vet as well and see what they recommend. They'll probably want to see him since his diarrhea is so frequent, but maybe they can give you some ideas over the phone to let you know what to do until you can get him in. Good luck!

Try giving him a metamucil wafer to see if that slows down the diarrhea. I do think it's very important to hydrate as these guys have the tendency to go downhill really fast. Maybe try cutting some milk into his water and see if he'll drink that. It sounds like you're going to need flagyl. Any idea what caused it? Also, I've had fairly good luck using sweet potatoes and chicken for diarrhea. In Turbo's last few months with us, he was regularly getting digestive upset. We'd cook a sweet potato in the microwave for 8 minutes (until soft), then let it cool and/or refrigerate it and serve it up with some sort of protein like bland pulled chicken or boiled eggs. Hope you can get a handle on it

You may want to get a dog walker for a few weeks, if at all possible, to build her up to that length of time, though yes, most healthy dogs can do it. Good luck!

He's beautiful - congratulations!

So sorry for your loss

It's not always possible to know when they're going to do zoomies, but yes, if you know your dog is going to run (say, you're going to a play date), by all means, walk them around first to warm them up and walk them around afterwards to cool them down so they don't cramp. They are always walked out after races

Grassmere has good info on corns: http://www.grassmere-animal-hospital.com/corn_hulling.htm There's no cure for them - just management. Some people opt for surgery, but it's ill-advised as corns will generally come back, no matter what. Many vets are unfamiliar with corns and won't make the appropriate DX. I myself spent over $3k trying to treat what turned out to be a corn (which I had suspected at the outset, but I had at least 4 vets unable to DX it because they weren't familiar with the phenomenon and the corn took a very long time to surface). And 4 is not too young - Turbo got his at 4 and I've seen younger dogs with them as well. First, make sure it is a corn. Your vet can do a nerve block on the affected toe(s) to check. A good layman's way of checking is to take each toe and firmly but gently squeeze the pad from the sides. If the dog pulls back or reacts, there's a pretty good chance there's a corn. Another indicator is lameness on hard surfaces, but being OK on soft surfaces such as grass or carpet. Turbo had regular hullings by a good vet, but that didn't always alleviate the pain. What worked for us was using Therapaw boots and tramadol. You can also soften the dogs pads with Kerasolv and use duct tape to try and extract the corn yourself. There are at least 6.7 billion threads here on corn treatment, so you should be able to get lots of ideas. Good luck! They really are a pain in the butt

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