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What a great idea Diane! Maybe Tipper's vet would be willing to come out and take her bp in the car!
Patty, they make harnesses that can attach to the seat belt clip in the car. Tipper jumping on you is much, much too dangerous!
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Hi Everyone:
Well we really got bombed with snow and had gale force winds all nite and this morning. Tipper was on high alert with all the noise, and kept jumping up and looking out the windows. The dogs hurried to get inside after going out potty this morning. Thanks for the suggestions about a restraint for Tipper in the car, but she was in one, and broke it she was so scared. She is very strong. I was worried her pulling it so hard and breaking it would have done damage to her insides. She was really wild, and scared to death so that is just a small example of what will happen during spring storms, and it really worries me. Tipper seems to be doing well on the 27mg once a day. Not too much hunger at nite and seems to be doing well other wise. I will be able to let out a sigh of relief after I see the blood work tomorrow. I was a little concerned about her glucose level going up on the last one as it has never done that, it is still normal, but the high side of normal for the first time. I am making some food for supper for Delora and my other elderly neighbor. Delora loves me to cook for her, and it's not that big a deal for me to do. Now delivering it is!! Blessings
Patti
Patti,
Get a crate for the car. The hard sided kind.
I'm glad that the higher dosage is helping.
Valerie:
I cannot crate Tipper to go and get her blood pressure as she would be cray and the bp would have a false reading. Tipper has to be out in the open she would chew and dig until she was bloody to get out. She ain't your average bear! I have another harness, but she could not lay down with this one, so I will have to test it out. Maybe I should let her drive and me be the passenger???? Are you deluged with snow??? I am so over it!! Blessings
Patti
Hi Everyone:
Well I delivered my meals to my neighbors. Delora was thrilled with hers and said she would like any left over! She is too funny! I have a great recipe I made up for baked steak. I concocted it many years back with the intent of entering it in a contest. Today Tipper was resting on my bed and it is the first time I saw her tremoring in the daytime. It seems this is getting worse, and still plagues me. We switched things up a bit here today. I was taking the dogs potty, which is basically the only time they are in close proximity of one another. Well Toby went after Tipper to snip at her. I think it scared him to death when he realized what he was doing. Tipper being the alpha female does not take threats lightly and lunged at him. They were both on leashes so I had the last laugh on both of them! Tipper is still giving Toby dirty looks, and if he looks her way she makes a low growl. Both are having a hard time adjusting to the new time. I hope Tipper's blood work is good tomorrow, and no more abnormals. Tomorrow is to be 54 and I will believe it when I see it. It is 17 now. I hope the dogs can walk tomorrow. Blessings
Patti
i hope you can have a nice walk in the sun tomorrow.
and that the outcome of tippers bloodtest is fine so you will have less vet visits.
i have to go to bed now since it is 4.20 am overhere...........
Hi Patti,
Glad that the 27mg seems to be working for Tipper. We never got any snow, though it was in the forecast..but we did get that wind. We had heavy rain and temps in the 50's yesterday but by late last night it dropped over 30 degrees. We've had colder temp days this winter but it was that wind today that kept us from our usual long walk. 40-50 mile per hour gusts and it was hard to be out in it. Trixie was ready to go, go, go...but forget it, I was so cold with that biting wind, no way I was walking to the park. We went two blocks and then back around to the door. Way too cold.
Hope you get some of the warmer weather that's in the forecast. It was up in the high 60's here on Tuesday and you know Trixie seemed a bit uncomfortable when we went walking the afternoon...she definitely does better in the cool air. Makes me worry about how she will be in the summer again. I hope we don't go from this crazy winter right into a hot summer, which seems to happen a lot lately. I'm hoping for a nice cool spring with weather in the 50's for Trixie. Hope you're feeling better after that dizzy spell you had.
Barbara
Hi Everyone:
I will be making some quick posts as I am running to the vets to get Tippers blood work as the bet said her results are in, and I want to talk to him if there are any issues. Tipper was a little restless last nite and drinking more water than usual and had a lot of the wheezing again while sleeping. I need to investigate this wheezing as I have not heard it for quite some time. We are hoping for a 50 degree day for the doggies to walk. Blessings
Patti
Hello there
Do you think the weather could have anything to do with the wheezing a bit like hayfever? Maybe there is some allergens or something which irritate her as it's strange it comes and goes.
Hope she has good results, will be watching out later. I always read your posts even if I don't reply. I like to know how you and Tipper the ripper are doing..
Hugs and kisses to you both
Mel
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Hi Everyone:
We are back from the vets. I was able to see my vets notes from when he talked too Dechra. They say after starting Vetoryl test in 30 days and after dosage changes test every 2 weeks. I then spoke with Dechra myself to make sure of this and I repeated this word for word to thewm and they said the vet was correct. So are they putting out different information again than what their insert states?I
don't know the answer. So we will all have to agree to the same thing in order to help others, and which one do we use?? Tipper's blood work was much better than last time. The vet said her thyroid is right where it needs to be and it has corrected her rise in calcium. The all phos went down, but now the alp that was normal went up. You get one fixed and another ones crops up! Also on the last two blood panels I noticed Tipper's glucose inching up. Dechra just told me stress can cause this. Does anyone know if this is true? Here is another bizzare one. Because they say Tipper does not follow the pattern of a typical Cush dog she does not need ACTH tests in 2 weeks after changing her dosage if she has been on that dosage before. Opinions please!! The vet told me the increase in Tipper's water consumption could be from the Soloxine. Anyone know if that is right? Dechra said if is was because of diabetes it would be a more drastic change in the drinking. Is that true? I just know diabetes can go along with this and she does not need anymore problems as we just got the thyroid corrected. Tipper has walked twice and is very happy with the temperature. I hope everyone has some good weather today and gets a break from the cold. Blessings
Patti