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I love that you've got the clothes all ready when they walk in the house! Can't wait to see your new kids when you adopt.

Hi Beverly. I also thought I'd add that I looked up Mandy's vs. Paella's pedigree and it's the Perceive/Buzz Off line that they share. It's the ears...

The beginning of the missive, welcome to the wonderful world of greyhound tummies. Even though he's been on interceptor some of those wormies get through so go ahead and send in a sample. After dealing with a solid month (or more) of bad poo and weight loss without a definitive worm answer I went ahead and gave Salem a cycle of panacur. She got fixed up at that point. So go ahead and test that poo. In terms of food you may want to hold off on all those add-ons and give his tummy a break. The next day feed him the bland diet a protein and starch (chicken/rice or beef/potatoes). Then slowly reintroduce his kibble without the add-ons. See how it goes. You can spend hours and hours worrying about the perfect kibble and perfect poop. It's been almost three years and I still have to work to keep good weight and poo.

I second this. I tested my whole pack and two came back positive for babesia. I had the titers rerun by NC State ready to do a PCR if they were positive again. I just got the results back from NC State and they are both negative. If it had been anything else, I would have probably just put them on a round of doxycycline, but since the treatment for babesia, Imizol, can be hard on the system, I wanted to be double-sure before treating them. I also had a CBC run on them and the values were normal. third. Since it seems your dog is asymptomatic you've got time to do it right through NC State.

Chanting for you, DH and Bonnie

We had a case of pretty chronic diarrhea early on with Salem. After running her course of drontal things didn't change. So our vet actually put her on a course of panacur but instead of waiting the usual 21 days between doses we ran a straight six day course of the power. He mentioned new research on the life cycle of certain worms and sensitivity to panacur as a reason to go with this approach instead of the usual waiting game. I trusted him and didn't do my own research on that new tactic. It worked she's cootie free.

OTC dramamine. One pill works just fine and no drowsiness with that non drowsiness formula. I don't know if they've been culled or not but do some searches in this forum and training and behavior car sickness is often discussed.

When we started talking to out ver about amputation Brian and I did have one of those interesting conversations about losing toes. Our morbid humor got the best of us as we envisioned Inu walking about like a pirate on a stump. I've been inactive just thinking about different options this thread has helped to lay them out. 1- holistic vet 2- laser 3- cut the sucker off

I have the name of the vet that Nichole take Kiaba to up in PA. Once you are in POR I bet her vet won't be that far. Though I don't know diddly (hee hee) about geography in that area.

Turbo quit faking out your mom! Walk normal so you can get back on track. Hope that works. Seriously, these things suck, no other way to say it. We asked Dr. Collins about the feasibility of amputation on our last trip to get the corn hulled...ugh.

Oh gosh Kristin Are there any other chemo drug options for her?

K9 Advantix® combines imidacloprid and permethrin to repel and kill fleas, ticks, and mosquitoes that may cross your dog's path. Permethrin is bad for greys another one of those greys are more like cats than dogs. There is a warning on Advantix "DO NOT USE ON CATS. Due to their unique physiology and inability to metabolize certain compounds, K9 Advantix must not be used on cats." Happens to our dogs too, basically.

I agree with the comments of the lady in the above post. I will say that I notice sensitivity in the feet of my corn dog post hulling. Be prepared for the limp/tenderness to still be there. Inu hasn't been on a cement sidewalk without a therapaw on in two years. Those boots really are awsome for maintenance.

In terms of the prescription for the heart worm in order to get the next six months, why don't you talk to your vet. Show him/her the negative test results and the date and I bet s/he would be fine with authorizing another six months without a second test. I don't know this but give it a shot. Oh and just want to comment that I love my vet too but he knows I go to the local shelter for their rabies clinic because of price and he's totally fine with it. Anywhere you can save a little cash is worth it.

Great news! Stay strong little girl.

Welcome! I went to school in Winston. Man some days I miss that town and it's quirks. I'm a mom to a corn-dog too so I feel your pain on that one. OK, so time for pictures of Beau.

Great news for Bonnie! I'm looking forward to seeing the wee girl in a few weeks. Keeping Kristin and family in my thoughts.

I'm sorry to hear this weekend has been hard on you and Bonnie. There are lots of us here who are keeping your family in our thoughts.

It looks like the peticure is a dremel with a plastic cylinder around the sandy dremel part and nothing but a marketing tool. It also looks like it is harder to tell exactly where you are on the dog's nail. Personally, I'd go for the rechargeable dremel they sell in bags at Target or EBay.

Yep, reminds me of something that showed up recently on a former foster. It started to get worse rather than better so they had it surgically removed. I would definitely go see a vet about this, just to confirm.

Inu is hulled probably every six weeks or so. His recent one was done while he was under for a dental and the vet was pleased with out much of the corn he got out that time. So maybe he went too far and took out some healthy parts too. Maybe I'll just add the nickname "Boots" to his list and put them on when he gets yard time too.

Interesting thought, thanks. I had wondered about his pads since they don't get the wear of his other three feet. It just seems so bizarre that my athlete has developed a sensitivity because of me trying to help him walk with more comfort. Darned if you do darned if you don't. He's only got one big honkin' corn that is pretty resilient and painful for him.

I'm sure most of you know Inu is my corn dog. He's been sporting a Michael Jackson style boot on his front left for almost two full years. Since he is leash walked in the city that means pretty much every single walk he's in a boot. The other day he had a chance to run around with Salem in a friend's yard. Grass=no boot. While they were playing he suddenly let out the gsod and scared the bejesus out of Salem and me. Up goes his corn leg and he hobbles around for a few minutes. Once we were back inside laying about he was fine. So that incident leads me to this question. I know that when I wear a brace on my wrist it becomes increasingly weak due to dependence on the brace. The therapaw is a full support wrap around the ankle. So would that constant support from the therapaw make his ankle weaker? Goodness, can you see me doing physical therapy on my dog because of a therapeutic boot he has to wear?

for you and little Bonnie

I feed bones to my kibble fed kids for their teeth. Let me tell ya because they are and will be kibble fed finding a bone that wasn't too rich and would cause big d or cause a puking episode was major trial and error. I learned from raw feeders to stay away from load bearing bones and found out that pork was too rich/fatty a food in general. The magic meat for us has been beef neck. The turkey and chicken bones were too small and soft for my chow hounds and did nothing for the teeth. If he just accidentally at the rock while chewing the bone I would suggest you put down a towel and make sure he chews on that specific area.