Greylover97

Oh dear many prayers on the way for Fred and Lacey Laine! Keep fighting!!

You have to be strong. Don't give up on him, if you give up he will too. If you are strong he will be strong too. We are all here for you Trish!

I think the norm for any spay and neuter for any dog is six months.

She looks wonderful! Give her time, she probably needs to build up endurance on walking on three legs. I'm sure she will really thrive now being out of the house and going on walks again.

She looks much better today! Have a nice nap Darcy, you really earned it today.

Only 4? Too young.

Very good stuff. Carolina had major tummy problems when she had hook worms. She was treated for the worms and was also given Metrodinazole to help settle her tummy back down. Haven't had any problems since.

Aww darn it! Trish I'm so sorry. Many prayers on the way.

No experience but sending lots of hugs.

Dog booties or baby socks. Cut up a thin maxi pad and stick it in the bottom. Protects your house from spot bleeding and the pad provides extra protection.

She looks very good. Rest up Darcy you be good as new soon enough.

No point in stitching it together because it won't hold. When Carolina tore the webbing in between her toes they just stitched the holes closed, so now two of her toes are separated. The only thing I can suggest are booties. Once he is healed up the booties are padded and provide extra protection when he is allowed to run again.

Do you have any more treatment options you can do in combo with amputation?

I'm so sorry Bev. Great news that she is doing so well though! Keep fighting Darcy! Prayers and good thoughts on the way.

The hounds only stay with me for routine stuff like shots, or blood draws for heartworm and tick disease testing. I make separate appointments for nails trims so they are usually taken in the back for that. If they are having a difficult time they ask me to come back and help. I've gone back with Carolina a few times because she won't budge from the waiting room. Stitches, staples, bandage changes etc. are all done in the back. We hardly see any vet techs, they are all in back waiting for something to help out with. I trust 4 out of the 5 vets on staff, so I have no problems with them taking them in the back. The vet practice is in a small building so they don't really have treatment rooms in the back just operating rooms. So they serve double duty. The e-vets are the same way. You sit in the waiting room and they eventually bring out your dog. One e-vet I have used (and it will only be once) took Jake did all his bandage changes and slapped us with a bill. Only talked to a vet his first time there and that was it. We always get told what they are going to do and the vet brings the kids back out and tells us what he did; how it's healing etc.

I'm posting this for my Aunt and her 11 year old girl Tootsie. She doesn't eat much, which for her is very unusual. She usually eats like a pig. She almost seems disoriented, like she's not sure where she is at. Tuesday, when this started, she was pacing and panting, not wanting to lay down. She wasn't whining like she was in pain but seemed very anxious. She seems a little better but still seems disoriented, didn't eat her breakfast today. The vet took some x-rays of her belly, thinking maybe it was twisted or an air pocket, but they came back ok. He didn't do any blood work which I wish he would have. She seems to go potty ok, but she doesn't want to go out when I ask her. I have to really beg her. Maybe her hips or legs are bothering her that she doesn't want to go out, but she seems fine climbing the steps upstairs, not sure of herself coming down the steps though, so I walk with her on one side. She is on supplements. Vet says she seems pretty heathly to him. Don't know! Something is going on. We know our greys and something isn't quite right with her. She had no fever when they took it. Don't know if it is related to her strange behavior or not but Claire was sick on Sunday. She through up a couple of times. I had given them chicken and rice instead of beef and rice in their breakfast, maybe it was bad food again. Any help or thoughts you could provide would be wonderful. I will pass everything on to her.

I'm so sorry Jennifer. Run pain free Scooter.

Prayers on the way for Lacey Laine.

Went through the same thing with Jake, minus the bleeding part. Yeast ear infection. He will need drops from the vet.

If you ask me it's a mystery on the Heartworm meds. Carolina got hook works and we never miss a dose of Heartguard. If the Panacur doesn't work then have the vet try Droncit.

I would take her in anyway. Not to scare you or anything but when Kira was diagnosed with osteo she went through stages of limping and then being perfectly fine (in connection to whatever drug she was on). It eventually got to the point that the limp stayed. Take her in for xrays and more or less peace of mind. Sending good thoughts.

I'm so sorry to hear this. I have always loved your posts on Scooter. Maybe Dr. Couto can provide some other options keeping Scooter's overall health in mind.

If they drew blood from his neck it maybe bruising. Last time I check melatonin was a natural sleep aid, already found in the body, so I don't know why he would be allergic to it. Why is Tanner taking melatonin anyway?

Only if the other hound's were bitten by the same tick that was infected. I would have them tested too, better safe then sorry. Our vet does tick testing and heartworm testing all at the same time now. Might be something to ask about.

I hope you got antibiotics. Jake had a deep cut in his tail and we had it stitched, he wasn't given any antibiotics and he lost over half of it due to infection.