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The problem I experience is that trying to work with one dog I get mobbed by all the others unless I have them separated. So it makes it hard to work consistently throughout the day. Zali did go through Petsmart basic obedience so she knows sit, lie down, shake, she doesn't do stay very well. So to teach her to go lay on her dog bed i just treat her and say "in bed" when she is already on her bed? My preference is always to use single word commands: 'bed' 'place' 'mat' whatever but stick with it and everyone in the family must use the same command. They all must participate in this as well or she'll not learn to not do it, just learn to not do it for You. Anytime you catch her on her place or going to her place on her own, say your chosen word and reward the action. Sometimes take her to her place and put her there, times when it's quiet and you don't really Need her there. As she gets the hang of the command and what you expect of it, use "variable rate reinforcement" meaning don't give out the cookie every single time or she's going to begin to think of "that place as her personal vending machine. It will take time, she looks young, I always had trouble keeping my Dane puppy focused until she was about 16 months. It will work in time. You might consider during TV time keeping her on lead so you can keep her AWAY from what's left of the TV cabinet. You can work on her basic commands during that time to distract her from the TV. Unfortunately that means you're also going to miss your show...

If he tends to try to be a dominant personality he may be trying to shuffle the pack order. I think I read a post earlier today that you aren't feeling well, and I know you are concerned about your husband's health -- he may be eying the top spot on the ladder.

If it was a knot, they frequently take longer to dissolve. My girl removed her own knot when it didn't dissolve. I didn't even realize it was bothering her, I knew the little lump was there and I could see it was a little slower healing but it must have itched because she just licked it open and took the knot out (it was all that was left). The rest of the little incision healed in two days.

My vet personally prefers the psyllium husk/Metamucil type over the Benefiber types. She just feels it works better. I use it for the cat to (try and) prevent hairballs and once a day for the Iggy just because she doesn't really like to eat as much kibble as she should.

Miss Goldie is in good hands Hopefully the increase of meds, especially the valium I would think, will give her night time peace. It really does sound like sundowning just like you mentioned in the other thread.

is it in a place where it might stay wrapped? if it might, I'd restick the flap w/some king of antibiotic stuff - either cream or the granulex stuff the others are talking about - then wrap it up and put his shorts back on him. It might re-adhere. If not, I'll dry up and come off like you are expecting.

Check Thyroid if he hasn't recently. the only hypothyroid symptoms my Dane has was frequent cutaneous staph lesions. It may not be hypothyroid but it's a fairly easy place to start.

hmmmm. a soft tissue type of something doesn't normally show well on films because it takes the dense tissue (like bone) to reflect the radiation to make them show up on the film. Most soft tissue absorbs the light. Would be very curious to see the films and will be waiting anxiously with you for the two weeks to be up!

I know very little of it in humans and did some reading. It's essentially a form of leukemia where some genetic mutation effects the stem cells that form the bone marrow. As the mutates stem cells proliferate they sort of replace the bone marrow with fibrogenous collagen. (That's the nutshell explanation). This then effects the blood cells because blood cells (platelets, whites and reds) are manufactured in the bone marrow predominantly in the sternum and femurs (of humans, they're the largest bones). It mainly strikes humans over age 50 and I got the feeling it's pretty rare. I did not find anything to indicate it as a secondary disease, but again, that's in humans. I also didn't read much about treatment options

Larry came to you because you needed him and he needed you especially for this moment and we'll all miss him terribly with you.

he has asthma! he's probably allergic to dogs!!!

Welcome Home Deeni! No more misbehaving, they aren't lying when they tell you nothing good comes of it!

Awesome to hear the good update! Looking forward to more good updates later!

Thoughts and prayers for your family and Deeni. It is, like someone else said, every dog owner's worst nightmare and something we should all keep in mind when we castigate others who's dogs occasionally lose their owner's control. It truly can happen to ANYONE

Bumping just in case the OP returns I know there are a lot of posters who have stroke and FCE knowledge that apparently haven't seen this yet

I'm not incredibly familiar with pamidronate except to know it is the same type of med as the more familiar Fosamax or Boniva, used for osteoporosis or osteogenesis imperfecta

Yay for crazy and paranoid and unusually hard fat!

You're completely daft and certifiable, and we wouldn't have you any other way

it's full moon time. write it down. be ready next month. for some seizure victims, there is a correlation.

I like a crate trained dog just like someone else mentioned, for emergencies. What if you have to stay in a hotel because of an emergency or something. That said, I wouldn't torture my dog over it. Start in small doses. toss in a cookie, close the door for the duration of the cookie then release the dog BEFORE he starts fussing. Work your way up to longer and longer and try NEVER to let him out when he's stressing and fussing because you're inadvertently teaching him that fussing gets him released.

You have to actually whack the cyst, not just the dog. It's not like faith healing where you can smack her upside the head and cry Be Healed!

Thanks for taking the time and looking this up. We did some research but it wasn't as good as what you found. I will call Dr. Tom tomorrow and see what he thinks about aspirating the spot. And ill see if i can get the X-rays from him and send to osu with a donation of course for there time. She seems OK today her foot is wet so she has been licking it. She will walk fine and then limp at other times. Its just scary when i look at it now that i know its there it looks huge. I seen that they where also called Bible bumps I would think that if god would have any thing to do with this lump it wouldn't be there at all . Once again thanks Um, they were called Bible Bumps because old fashioned treatment was to break the capsule by hitting the cyst with a Very Large Book, usually a Bible. This was in the era when urine was tested for spilled sugar by tasting it.

I chose Phazyme gels over gas-x personally when I had my Dane. Pierce the gel with a safety pin and squirt it in -- 10 of 'em for a bloating Dane, then rush to the vet (you know that part!) If she's tacked, she shouldn't torse, but the swelling of the stomach is still enough to cut off blood supply from one end of the dog to another (you know this too obviously ) You or whomever mentioned, stress and rapid, gulping air intake seem to play a part so the mechanism of her bloat may NOT be gas, just air, but the simethicone won't hurt if/when she starts to bloat up again.

Yay! Wonderful to hear she's doing better!!!

If Mayfe has been on antibiotics for her infection around her girl parts, the diarrhea can be from the antibiotics accidentally killing off the good bacteria in the intestines. It can happen in people too, just like women can get vaginal yeast from using antibiotics. do the tests to make sure the diarrhea isn't caused by it's own infection and if it is not, then try adding canned pumpkin or some other kind of fiber to her diet. That can help firm stuff up. Also if she will eat plain or vanilla yogurt with live cultures, that can put the body chemistry right again too and take care of the yeast and the diarrhea. What did the vet mean by "nervous colitis"? Was he referring to an emotional nervousness or could she have problems with the nerves in her back that control the motility of the intestine? Back problems could also be the problem. But if he thinks it's emotional, what's changed in your lifestyle recently to cause her to be nervous? Is it something that can be put back the way it was?