Hi Alison! Just wanted to check in to see how Cairo was doing. You haven't been on for awhile. I hope you are both doing OK. I was just thinking about him. :)
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Hi Alison! Just wanted to check in to see how Cairo was doing. You haven't been on for awhile. I hope you are both doing OK. I was just thinking about him. :)
Hi Alison:
How are you and Cairo doing? Hope you are not having the heat and awful storms we have. I finally broke the vet down to give Tipper meds for the storm and it really made a difference for her. Hoping Cairo is still doing well. Blessings
Patti
What ya doing over there Alison ? I am wondering how Cairo has been doing/ We have nothing but storms and humidity. We are to have a cold front come this afternoon. Blessings
patti
I'm so sorry for the delay in replying - I've been getting work done in the house and it's been chaos.
Cairo seems to be doing fine. He's not showing any symptoms of Cushings - we're starting to wonder if the original test was wrong - but he did have symptoms.
It's been so hot here - it's awful - not as hot as a lot of you probably get but 72 is too hot for us. We've just been giving him short walks and trying to get him out in the cool.
I've also been working with him for his fear of other dogs and for two nights running, he has been so good. He has his toy and I've been telling him that there's a dog coming and it's nothing to worry about (I know he doesn't understand but well, I just look nuts!!) and he's trotting past them OK. Having a little bit of an anxious chomp on his toy, but so much more relaxed that he normally is.
He's been limping a bit on and off on his front leg but I think he might have slipped on the wooden floor.
He's not eating huge amounts - but it is hot - none of us are eating huge amounts. Drinking and peeing seem to be fairly normal.
We're still keeping an eye on things. My only gripe is that his ear is still bald on the edges :confused:
Patti, I'm so glad Tipper has got something to help her with the storms - what did the vet give you? Is she a lot calmer now about it all?
Hi Alison:
So good to hear from you. I got Valium for her. I did not want to be there is just nothing else left to do. I just gave her some about 15 minutes ago and she is laying on the bed sleeping and does not hear the thunder thank God! How is Cairo doing? Hope he is well, I was thinking of you as if is so hot and humid here. I hope you have better weather over there! Blessings
Patti
Yay, glad to hear that Cairo is doing well. Aww, poor guy with his foot though.
But wonderful that he is doing so well with his fear of other dogs. I can just see him chomping away and trying so hard to ignore them.
We have hot, then cold, repeat here it seems.
hugs
sharlene and molly muffin
I'm glad Tipper is relaxed with the thunder. Being stressed about it wouldn't have been doing her any good.
It's 28 degrees here today (about 84 I think) and it's just far too hot for us and it's almost 6pm and still that heat. I've just filled the paddling pool to see if we can persuade Cairo into it - he's never been in it before and he doesn't like water - but you never know.
He'll either love it or chase me all over the garden in protest at the thought of getting wet!
Hi Alison! So good to hear from you again! We've missed hearing about Cairo! He's such a great little pup! I just love reading about him. I so glad he's doing well! I'm hoping he can get over his fear of other dogs as well. I talk to Eli all the time. I do think he does understand what I'm saying....however, he doesn't always listen or believe me..especially at night, when I tell him it's OK outside and there's nothing that's going to hurt him out there.
From the test results you posted in the beginning, I'd say Cairo does have Cushing's. I wasn't on the forum back then to read all your pages yet though. Is he still on the Vetoryl at all? I read where someone also had a cushpup that had surgery 3 years before her dog's started growing back from where they shaved it. Eli had an Ultrasound and from a hospital stay an IV from an overdose...where they shaved his hair in spots....and that hair still hasn't grown back yet. It may just be that way with Cairo.
It's in the 90's here as well. So, for the most part....we've just been staying in and hanging out. Eli likes his naps. Now, he's back on his Vetoryl, only 10 mgs this time and is doing well. When he crashed the Vet had him on 60mgs..I wish I had kept posting when he was first diagnosed and that wouldn't have happened! :( Now, I'm waking him up sometimes to take him out. LOL
Have you thought about getting another buddy for Cairo? :) He might like that.....since he's probably missing his friend.
So glad to hear Eli is doing well. Cairo still isn't on any meds.
I'm not sure if I did the right thing with the paddling pool. He wouldn't get it in but he sure drank a lot out of it - must've thought it was the biggest dog bowl in the land!!
I put the hose on a fine jet and he had great fun biting the jet of water and getting soaked that way but he's panting so bad and his legs were shaking. I don't know if it was excitement, him being unfit or whether it was all just too much for him. He's soaking wet which I'm hoping will cool him down a bit. He's still chugging like a train and pacing the house. Wish he'd like down and chill out a bit but he's all hyped up with playing.
The best we got was two front legs in the pool then he realised he was in water and jumped back out again!!