Recent content by beardiedawg

My bearded collie had Canine Cognitive Dysfunction. I found that so much harder than the physical because she wouldn't be able to tell me when. Luckily medication worked. Be glad she is not senile so that she will tell you when. I think second guessing ourselves is second nature. Whenever...

Started my 10 year old rescue on it a week ago. Gus has an unknown history but the obvious issues he has are hypothyroidism, arthritis and bone spurs on his spine. He also has a chronic cough that hasn't been diagnosed other than changes in his lungs due to chronic bronchitis. He is on a...

Peanut butter works well with Gus but I find myself covered in it. I've since switched to liverwurst which he eats with no problem.

I use Zeel (t-relief) with my 10 year old arthritic rescue. I have him on a cocktail of homeopathic stuff so I am not sure which is actually helping him. I don't want to stop any of them to rule them out since the actual price isn't that bad. Here's what he gets. Scoop of Canine Hylasport 1...

His nickname at the dog park is "Dillo Dog" since he looked like an armadillo when I got him with the big fat deposit on top of his tail.

Gus is my 11 year old failed foster. He's been with me for a year. When I got him, he looked like this. He was diagnosed with hypothroidism, bone spurs on his spine, arthritis, and a chronic cough. Since then, he developed a severe case of pneumonia in March and almost didn't survive...

My vet has been doing just a regular thyroid/blood test in house, or just sending it to the regular lab. What does Michigan do that the other labs don't? I got Gus last year at 10 years old and he was overweight and shaved due to severe matting. Since being on soloxine, he has lost 5 pounds...

If the anti-bark collar is an electric collar, I would definitely ditch it. You don't want to cause unpleasant experiences when he is meeting other dogs or people. Right now I'm doing a trial run of Prozac on my guy for OCD licking. There's no change in behavior being on it, and...

Are you doing anything for your excessive licker? My Gus also does it. He does both front legs at the same spot and sometimes his back ones. He also has a shaved spot due to emergency fluids because of sudden onset pneumonia. I've been treating the licking as allergies (trying to figure out...

My heart dog was a fawn bearded collie. When she died, I knew another beardie wouldn't even come close so I went with a rough collie, Kona. I've always liked long hair on dogs so all the ones I'm drawn to are that way. Kona is a bit more aloof than the normal collie. Gus, the sheltie, is a...

A second Costco in the area has some in stock so heading there tomorrow. From what I am seeing, all the online animal pharmacies are out. I haven't been able to tell for sure if there was just a production problem or a recall.

Anyone else having trouble getting it? My vet doesn't carry that brand/name specifically so I filled a partial prescription at Costco. I probably only have a couple of weeks left. All the online places I've checked are out. Does anyone know of a place that currently has it in stock?

I have both a non-typical collie and non-typical sheltie. My female collie is smallish. She is 50 pounds. She's also more serious than most collies. She doesn't play either with toys or other dogs. She always seems on alert. She's a rescue that I've had for 3 years. It probably took her...

Here is Gus's rescue picture. He kind of looks like an armadillo with the fat pockets all around. Here he is a few months later starting to look and act like a dog. And here he is getting his sheltie fur in. Looking back, he looks so much older in his shelter pictures. Losing the...

I'm starting to feel like if you put Rogue and Blaze together you get my Gus. Gus is my foster failure that I've had since August. He is approximately 10 years old, hypothyroid, bone spurs on spine, arthritic and chronic bronchitis. For the most part, we have gotten these issues under control...