Senior Dog Experience

[Sprayin]

They got the results back from the cytology. There is no signs of an infection (thus why antibiotics don't seem to be doing anything) and no obvious signs of cancer (which can't be ruled out yet without the biopsy). She's leaning toward an autoimmune disease, specifically Sterile Nodular Panniculitis. Which is treatable with steroids. But the problem is that if I treat with steroids, and it's cancer, the cancer becomes much more difficult to treat. I'm not sure I would treat him for cancer at his age, as it wouldn't give much more time, if at all. So we are going to start treating with a steroid to see if it helps.

He still has a fever but she expects that to break soon. As soon as it does, and he decides to eat, he can come home. I'm really hoping it's tomorrow morning. Then he will wait at home for the results of the biopsy. It's going to be a stressful week.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

Keep the diapers on hand. When treating my one dog with steroids, he had to pee, a lot. And he'd also give a little spritz when getting to his feet from laying down.

 

[Sprayin]

His fever has broke and he's showing interest in food. I should be taking him home today. Waiting for the doctors okay.

 

[Sprayin]

Keep the diapers on hand. When treating my one dog with steroids, he had to pee, a lot. And he'd also give a little spritz when getting to his feet from laying down.

He still has drainage from his wound too, so I think I have to let that air out for a bit.

 

[Pro Stock John]

How much should a 10+ year old dog sleep every day?

 

[Sprayin]

How much should a 10+ year old dog sleep every day?

Depends on the breed I think. My small dogs sleep as much as they ever did at 10 (half the day maybe) but my boy has been sleeping a lot more as he has gotten past 13 and 14.

 

[boostedguy05]

My dog slept a lot. But was also playing with the kids all the time so she deserved it.

 

[Pro Stock John]

Goldendoodle. When we are all in the kitchen he's active, when we are eating or watching TV.

 

[FESTER665]

Dog is active when there is food around.... Next on the news: water is wet.

 

[Sprayin]

Goldendoodle. When we are all in the kitchen he's active, when we are eating or watching TV.

My wife's friend has 2 goldendoodles and my God are those things pretty hyperactive. They're super young still tho.

 

[Sprayin]

He's home. He seems to be in MUCH better spirits than when we dropped him off. His tail was wagging, he's walking better. Seems to just feel better overall. We have a slew of meds to give him for a while. But at least he is home.

 

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Man, I can't imagine how elated you feel right now, I am so GD happy to see him home and tail wagging. Fuck yeah bud. What a tough guy.

 

[Sprayin]

Man, I can't imagine how elated you feel right now, I am so GD happy to see him home and tail wagging. Fuck yeah bud. What a tough guy.

Man the Rollercoaster we went through over the past few days is crazy. He's not out of the woods by any means yet, but he's at least in a treatment plan and eating now.

And this spoiled guy now has us boiling chicken and rice for him because he needs a "bland diet".

 

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Man the Rollercoaster we went through over the past few days is crazy. He's not out of the woods by any means yet, but he's at least in a treatment plan and eating now.

And this spoiled guy now has us boiling chicken and rice for him because he needs a "bland diet".

I was recently there, I know exactly how you feel right now, I gave her grilled chicken because she liked it better, I really just gave her anything she wanted.

 

[Sprayin]

I was recently there, I know exactly how you feel right now, I gave her grilled chicken because she liked it better, I really just gave her anything she wanted.

He's not eating like I'd like him to, but he's having a bit.

 

[Sprayin]

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get a dog to take a pill he really doesn't want to take? We have like 5 medications to give him, but there is one that he just HATES. I've tried chicken, peanut butter, every treat i can think of. He will eat the treat plain, but if he smells the one pill he won't eat it. Take the pill out, eats it. Damn beagle nose is too strong. I've gotten it in his mouth and he chews the food around it and spits it pill out. It's his antibiotic, so I really need to get him to finish taking it.

 

[Dan00Hawk]

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get a dog to take a pill he really doesn't want to take? We have like 5 medications to give him, but there is one that he just HATES. I've tried chicken, peanut butter, every treat i can think of. He will eat the treat plain, but if he smells the one pill he won't eat it. Take the pill out, eats it. Damn beagle nose is too strong. I've gotten it in his mouth and he chews the food around it and spits it pill out. It's his antibiotic, so I really need to get him to finish taking it.

For one of our dogs that's like that with his heartworm pill, I put it in his mouth as far back as I can, hold his snout closed & pointed to the ceiling, and gently massage his throat until I can tell he swallows it.

 

[FirstWorldProblems]

Anyone have any suggestions on how to get a dog to take a pill he really doesn't want to take? We have like 5 medications to give him, but there is one that he just HATES. I've tried chicken, peanut butter, every treat i can think of. He will eat the treat plain, but if he smells the one pill he won't eat it. Take the pill out, eats it. Damn beagle nose is too strong. I've gotten it in his mouth and he chews the food around it and spits it pill out. It's his antibiotic, so I really need to get him to finish taking it.

For my cat I used to drop the pill toward the back of her mouth then use a syringe w/o needle to put water in her mouth, that way she had to swallow

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

You can also smash it up to powder, cook some eggs and sprinkle it all over.

 

[Sprayin]

For one of our dogs that's like that with his heartworm pill, I put it in his mouth as far back as I can, hold his snout closed & pointed to the ceiling, and gently massage his throat until I can tell he swallows it.

For my cat I used to drop the pill toward the back of her mouth then use a syringe w/o needle to put water in her mouth, that way she had to swallow

I csnt even get it in his mouth. He knows what it is and keeps his mouth shut if it's just the pill. And I don't wanna force his jaw open because I feel like I'm hurting him.

 

[Sprayin]

You can also smash it up to powder, cook some eggs and sprinkle it all over.

Hmm. Never thought of crushing it. Maybe I'll try that tomorrow. And just mix it with something.

 

[boostedguy05]

For my cat I used to drop the pill toward the back of her mouth then use a syringe w/o needle to put water in her mouth, that way she had to swallow

You fucking waterboarded your cat.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

Hmm. Never thought of crushing it. Maybe I'll try that tomorrow. And just mix it with something.

Eggs and ground beef worked for me.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

What about a canine pill popper? That should be long enough to get it into his mouth and to the back of his tongue. Then gently blow into his nose. That should trigger him to swallow.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Looks like this:

There is also a narrower one with a rubber tip that has slits in it, which works better for smaller medication.

We used both on our feline for her daily medications.

Other trick is to pop the pill in using either device then immediately given them a good tasty treat. They’ll forget about the pill in their mouth while they eat the treat. Like Dan said, point their nose towards the ceiling after delivering the medicine. It’ll make it harder to spit out.