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Jen - if you want an underwater treadmill, Buckeystown Vet clinic (pretty close to me - up in Buckeystown, south of Frederick on Rt. 85) has one. Just throwing that out there for you. Also - have you discussed depo-medrol injections with your vet?

Oh, no. I'm so sorry. She was such a beautiful girl

Totally OT, but so happy to see you here

Kristen, I'm so, so sorry for your loss

P&G is the current owner. They are trying to get another company to buy their Iams share.

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for the good update

ER presents with dark brown urine and a painful topline and reluctance to move. Dog may strain to urinate. AFAIK, it doesn't cause bloody urine. Did she seem painful on urination? It does sound like a lot of blood for it to be a UTI. I'd be guessing a stone as well, but I'm guessing you will need the ultrasound to determine if that's the case. . Call me when you're done at the vet. Looking at the CRG, and it might look bloody because of myoglobin excreted through kidneys during ER. Fingers crossed for y'all

I'm so sorry, Joanne I remember meeting her at Expo. I took this picture of her - she was being really cute and mouthing off about something

I know this couple personally and yes, they still have both dogs.

Just a note re: Panacur: if you have to continue using it, you can get it in a suspension form for goats and it's much less expensive. Tractor Supply sells it. It's a bit tricky to work out the dosage conversion, but I managed to do it, with my vet's blessing

Sounds like a set bow. Or if you're sure it hasn't been there long, she may have recently bowed it.

Oh, no, no, no, no no. I'm so sorry, Mary Jo

I'm so sorry

Robin, I'm so sorry

Look up "tethering method" on this forum and you should get lots of good advice. Reward lavishly when peeing outside (chicken!) and take him outside A LOT until he gets the idea. When not in the crate, keep him tethered to you so you can read his signals. One thing to note: many dogs, especially greyhounds, don't know how to ask to go out. They were on a schedule at the track and and never needed to learn this skill. My old boy probably went 6 years with me before he'd tell me he wanted to go out. We had a schedule and he was good with it. My current boy had maybe two potty accidents in the first few weeks we had him, one drunken anesthesia potty accident, and one accident where I thought he was playing around and being hyper, but he really just had to pee very badly. Totally my fault Also - for general training stuff, check out "Love Has No Age Limit" by Patricia McConnell, PhD and Karen London. It's a great, quick read, you can get it on Kindle and it's inexpensive. Will give you all the right tips for settling in an adopted, older (as in, not a puppy) dog. Good luck!

I found them useful in that I was able to figure out what anesthetic Heyokha was given that gave him problems. I tend to keep them so I'll have an itemized list of things done and in what quantities. Also good for price comparisons

Hoping for a quick, full and uneventful recovery!

So sorry you guys are going through this. Hope you can get some answers soon.

Yep, my thoughts as well. Good luck!

Nine and a half years ago, Turbo was attacked by a neighborhood dog whose owner dropped the leash when he pulled, called out to me to "watch [my] dog" and allowed the attack to happen. It took seconds for the dog, a large lab mix with a HUGE head, to rush us, stand stock still and stiffen up, then launch an attack. Turbo ended up with eight staples in his shoulder and the attacking dog narrowly missed the large cephalic vein that runs down into the leg. I still remember every. single. second. of that attack, and it was certainly much less severe than what you went through and the whole thing took probably less than 30 seconds. I'm so sorry you and Chevy had to go through that and I hope both of you heal quickly and fully from both the physical and psychological effects of the attack.

Heyokha tested cat safe at the kennel, but was not fostered with cats. Having had a lot of contact with the kennel when I was an active volunteer, I knew the cat testing to be about 75% reliable, so we went ahead with the adoption. Unfortunately, Heyokha had lied on his cat test and was extremely interested in killing my cats. He would whine, bark, stare, and lunge at and them from his crate, and hunt them when they were not in the same room. We worked with him for about 4 months before we could trust him with the cat (and through a freak accident he did send Fat Juana to the evet once, though she was determined to be merely bruised). I didn't think we would ever get there, but one day, it was like a switch flipped in his little head and suddenly cats weren't to be eaten. We did a lot of what Chad describes above. Heyokha was crated A LOT, on leash A LOT and muzzled A LOT. And any time the cats would come by and he would look at them, we'd say "no kitty", and when he looked at us instead of the cat, he got a treat. It was a lot of work, but he's now perfectly fine with my cats. Which is a miracle, really, because I seriously thought I'd have to return him - I didn't think he was going to be workable at all, but my husband was in love with him and worked with him diligently. So, yeah, you can work with a dog who is questionable. The fact that he's distractable is very good. Just give lots of yummy treats when he ignores the cat and you'll probably get there. But, as others have mentioned, supervision and management is key. Good luck!

So what do you do when one of your dogs growls?