LisaB

First thing every morning here, too. All three.

I keep looking for that darn "like" button. Glad to see this. Keeping her in my prayers. I'll check back for an update. Me, too--on all points. Everything is going to be good.

I keep looking for that darn "like" button. Glad to see this. Keeping her in my prayers. I'll check back for an update. Me, too--on all points. Everything is going to be good.

Count me among those to whom your amazing pics and well-told tales brought smiles and laughter and, now, tears of grief. (It is still a wonder to me, this powerful love for--and from--our houndies, that makes friends of all of us who have never even met in person.) Thank you for sharing the beautiful Bee Wiseman with us. My condolences to you both. Lisa

Thanks for sharing Carey and her story with us; I'm inspired by how you recognized her spirit and gave her the perfect family and adventures to make it soar. Your "thought-FULL-ness" really is a blessing to your fur-kids! & OOO, Lisa

I was really lucky when I had my first dog to also have a veterinarian who taught me how to administer pills. Some meds work better on an empty stomach. Even if they're supposed to be taken "with food," I would guess that they work better if they aren't tightly wrapped or covered in something fatty and/or "bready" that the digestive juices have to work through before they even get to the medicine. So when they can have their meds with food, and they're eating willingly, I've chucked tablets in their food bowls, mixed up with the kibble + canned + water. But capsules and gel caps always get administered "down the hatch," followed by a super-yummy reward treat for being cooperative. Anyway, I just think it's a really good idea for us and our dogs to learn and get comfortable with the "down the hatch" method. Then you can donate all the money you save on cheese, liverwurst and pill pockets to your local adoption group!

Oh, Anne--I remember your struggle when we met; it was hard for us to reconcile our excitement for you discovering Beth and greyhounds, with knowing that her finding her home was linked to Quinn's passing. But seeing your commitment to him was a great boost to the confidence that yours is an A-class home for animals! I'm so glad you were able to share with us this celebration of your time with your "Quinkajou" (love that!).

Just chiming in with a for both acupuncture and veterinary chiropractics. Adjustments have worked wonders for all three of mine when things just seem achey and "out-of-whack"...a dose or two of Rimadyl after, an ice-pack here and there for a day, and they're good to go for weeks and weeks.

Hi Heather & Ken! I've been following all the goings-on at your house--this is something I DO know about! My cairn terrier, Roxanne, lived for 2.5 years after her diabetes diagnosis, right up to a month before her 14th birthday. We did twice-a-day insulin shots, and regular glucose-curve tests (all day at the vet, as others have said here) to keep her levels right...I never did any home-testing of urine or blood after the initial month of "zeroing in" on her dosage. I kept Karo on hand at the house, but never had to use it. We kept her on a careful diet, but that was easy, since she was our only dog during that time. It was AMAZING how she bounced back from her lethargy, excessive drinking and in-house accidents once the insulin was on board...and it only took about a day and a half. I agree with others here, too, about online resources--LOTS of them, and very helpful. This is SO manageable, even giving the shots. I kind of freaked at first, since I HATE getting shots myself, but it only took me a few days to get the hang of it (granted, having a doctor in the house to help me with technique was VERY helpful). Given the situation, this is a relatively GREYT outcome--very hopeful! Lisa ETA: Here's my girl in a Remembrance post about my angels at The Bridge.

Wow! Lookit THAT guy!!!! I laughed when I saw your title--we just had a boy at QCGA who got adopted not too long ago named "Bacon"!

So glad to read that she's better by the time I got to the end of this thread! What stuns me is that, with the nearest emergency vet 150 miles away, the vets in your community don't take turns being "on call" for emergencies, especially if there's four of them. That's only one week/weekend a month each! Gheesh!

I rarely come to this forum (just popped in to search for others' experience with storm-phobia remedies). I don't come here because it just makes me so sad, and then I start getting too frantic about every little thing I see on my houndies or in their behaviour. BUT...it occurred to me as I was here, that those of you who "hang out" here, and provide advice, information, counseling and comfort are a greyt group of a very special kind of person, and it's a huge relief to know you'll be here when I need you. So I'd just like to say... :clap THANK YOU!!!

Big Hug to you, Rachel--I always enjoy your pics and stories of Julio, such a handsome, special boy. Please pass my condolences along to all your family.

We have a boy at the QCGA kennel with this condition--came to us with all four feet wrapped, bloody stumps where nails should be. We have him on a high-quality "all meat" kibble (can't think of the name right now), and after a course of meds, is now on regular Vitamin E/Fish oil gel caps and doing GREYT!!! He is a total sweetheart; really funny thing--when I rub his ears after I give him his gel-caps, his groan sounds like an alpine-horn--starts low, and then jumps to a much higher-pitched, clear note that goes on and on. SO funny! His name is King Lear--anyone looking for a GORGEOUS red boy? Click on his name and just look at those eyes!!! ;-)

Cully, I just keep imagining him doing crazy-puppy zoomies with all the rest of the gang--and Tom and Gary laughing their heads off! See you soon...

Hi! Here are a couple pics of my creation that I tried to describe to you on the phone the other day! Spicy had torn a chunk off the pad of her foot, so I was just trying to keep it clean while she was outside. I didn't leave it on her the whole time she was inside, so don't know if she would have been able to wiggle out of it or not. She didn't fuss with it at all when she went outside with it on. What I did was take an old pair of socks, stitch one side of the tops together and then put a giant slit (essentially, a huge buttonhole) in the foot area of one. I put the intact sock over the injured leg and then the loop over the other, like a suspender. This only works on front legs, I think. Never tried to figure out a modification for the back ones. I can make you one if you'd like--let me know! Lisa

When I saw this pic in your email, I was hoping you'd share it here, too! Sierra is such a sweetheart! (Well, Kasey, too, but she's getting enough attention right now!)

We have and have had several greyhounds at the QCGA kennel with cropped tails--so, if it comes to that, it just makes for an extra-cutey patootie!!! All will be well...

I've been thinking of you, too--happy to hear of improved appetite, albeit drug-induced! Looking forward to seeing some pics of your sweet boy! Hugs to you all (Strider, too!)

I think "Boy Howdy" is a great name, and would stick with Howdy, if that's what he's been called at the kennel. BUT...if you're set on changing it, I really like the "Locke v. Hobbes" connection more than "Calvin & Hobbes" (which was probably similarly inspired in the first place!). Or maybe another one that sounds like a English butler, like "Jeeves" (?) Congrats!

I took Sweetie and Spicy to meet this special guy at the QCGA kennel yesterday, and they agreed with me that he needed to come live at our house! So that's happening tomorrow morning (ooh--I guess later THIS morning, now that I check the time). I am totally tickled to introduce JR's Moody Man, who we'll continue to call "Moody." I can't even begin to tell you his whole story here and now (even just the parts that I know), so I'll just say we're thrilled to be able to give him a home and greyhound "sibs" for life!

Hang in there, Makenna and Andrew! He's coming around, I just know it!!!

The first pic in Post #49 is the only one I've been able to see... I laughed to hear about Cairo's "wagginess"--I remember that helicopter tail at the kennel!!! Too funny. Keeping a good thought--hugs and scritchies to you all!

That concept of "better days early than days late" has me thinking... With both of my cairns, I was days late, just hoping things would turn around, the meds would work, their appetites would return. And then they ended up going downhill really fast, with emergency trips to the vet, with them suffering and scared and me agonizing over having put them through it. What really stinks is the fact that they both majorly rallied for the day or two before the very end...giving me more hope that they were going to pull through. So now I'm feeling like I might end up overcompensating when the time comes with Sweetie and Spicy--that I'll want to let them go TOO early. But, let me tell you, having all of you here on GreyTalk to discuss things with is going to make it so much easier to know and trust that all avenues have been explored and all options exhausted if/when any kind of disease hits our household. Thank you ALL, for that.

Thinking about you!