Loving my Oldies

Must have been a bad break. Poor you.

Marvellous photos, Canetoad. Jesse is so shiny and Jonah, if possible, is looking even more handsome. How is your hand?

Well, if that is the only photo you'll get of Feather today, Kirislin, it doesn't matter because it is a beauty. Happy Birthday, precious girl. :birthday:

Could not agree with you more. Possible long term side affects of meds are not a consideration at our dogs' ages. Someone said something similar to me about Danny and I just said, at his age, I don't think we need worry. Their short term comfort and wellness is what it is about. Did you see my last posts about Danny? Thank goodness cavNrott kept at me about ranitidine and I persuaded my vet to consider something different. So instead of three doses of .6ml of foul tasting liquid three times a day, he is now on .25ml of not so horrible liquid twice a day. The difference is astounding. Similar to your experience with Mac, I sometimes have this spritely little ball of red fluff jumping around, humping Jeune, telling Bunter off, etc etc. :laugh: :laugh:

My first vet, a long time ago, used to say that the vet MUST listen to what a pet owner says. They are the ones who live with the pet and if they come in and say, there is something wrong ..... the vet must not dismiss it. One vet once told me I was "a neurotic mother." I had a very sick little dog who died at three and a half. Off to ask Mr Google what Doxycycline is. Go Mac Attack :winner: . I hope that figure reaches 50,000 :thumbsup: Edited to add this extract from Wiki: "It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medications needed in a basic health system."

WOW!! He sure gets into that cleaning. Henry for mum of the year :thumbsup:

:thumbsup: Brilliant. Go Ronin.

Awwwwww - where's my tissue Lovely lovely.

Golly gosh, DDD. I should hope not! You know how they have thrived with your love and nuturing. :laugh: :laugh: VM. I guess I can be mum and grandma rolled into one and even old enough to be great grandma. Westimum's mum sounds soooooooo good though. You'll have to let her know she has a fan club, Westiemum.

Hey, I'm Johnny Depp. I can do what I like. I am very famous. :mad He has wilfully and knowingly broken the law. No sympathy for him, only for the dogs. Johnny, you may be famous. But you are acting like a certain part of your body, a d**k head. (soz, DDD...x) I totally agree, VM. And that is what I meant.

Hey, I'm Johnny Depp. I can do what I like. I am very famous. :mad He has wilfully and knowingly broken the law. No sympathy for him, only for the dogs.

My dogs bark at everyone, but different depending on who it is.

It has taken a long time to find a regime that suits him, LG, and if I hadn't had so much input from DOL, we wouldn't have progressed. Poor little man, but :crossfingers: he will be okay for a while yet. At his age, I would expect set backs from time to time,

I want your mummy :cry: My dogs have never had a grandma. They'll be reporting me for neglect.

:o Glad I am not alone. Even though the temps were plummeting last night, I opened all the kitchen windows. It is now all done, strained and in the frig. Westiemum, at this stage, I wouldn't be putting Mac through a GA for his teeth. Too risky. Having seen how badly Danny was affected last October, it is something I won't subject my dogs to unless absolutely necessary. GA, I mean. I understand the necessity of dentals and how bad teeth can make a dog feel really sick.

Rappie when I questioned the number of times he was medicated with the woman at SASH, she more or less said that I was unable to give Danny the care he needed. He was terribly sick and he was on about 4 meds three times a day !!! I ended up putting in a long report about her to the hospital administration. I was in constant touch with my vet about my concerns that the regime was too much for him and if it hadn't been for CavNrott's insistence that I question the Zantac, I wouldn't have had the impetus to question it. It is a question of not knowing that there is something to know. However, the situation is so much better now. We've had one large throw up through the night a couple of nights ago, but it was my fault (again!!). He obviously wasn't very hungry, but I kept on giving him his syringes of "shake" through the day. The next day, I gave him only a bit of food and only if he was interested. Back to normal today with a couple of ordinary food meals and his shake. It was funny when we went out for our morning walk today. We exit by the side gate where I have all their leads hanging. If he doesn't want to come on the walk, he hangs right back, but this morning, he was pushing against the gate. That makes me happy. Sensibly, he didn't even come downstairs when we went for the afternoon one ---- it was freezing.

Does Ronin look regal or what :thumbsup:

I missed this of a few days ago, :laugh: . I remember my first little dog who had a breath that I'd say could stop a train. She wasn't a strong or well little one and at died at 3 and a half of congestive heart failure. So if they don't have gum/teeth disease, I think it is almost inevitable that elderly failing dogs will have bad breath. Yesterday I was lying on the couch surrounded by dogs and became aware of an awful smell. It wasn't bad breath and I thought someone had decided to let some perfume out of the rear end. Turned out to be the bone broth simmering away on the stove . Yuk, it is an awful smell, but I am a vegetarian so the smell of meat cooking is always a bit confronting. Only a few hours of simmering left.

:rofl: Have you ever considered stand up comedy ??

How lovely, WM. Can really relate :thumbsup:

Totally agree with Persephone here. I can understand how you want to check that he can keep something down, but you are just adding to whatever discomfort is already there. Let him settle. Hopefully nothing serious and just a bit of feeling not so good.

Dear Anna - most of us would understand, I think, that desperate horrible ache of empty arms. :grouphug:

I wasn't going to be the first to say anything, but this was my immediate thought particularly when Better Late said Bonnie was their first dog. Very sad for everyone concerned really.

:) :) Another good day.

Well didn't mould in petri dishes lead to penicillin? He's on good drugs :laugh: :laugh: Love great granny's rug - just beautiful, as are the little whitey babies on it.