so I wouldnt worry n nor do you as I know you 
. I gave second dose today so we will see how he progress or regresses. If we have formed stool all three days, I will call out vet on Monday to talk about a continued treatment cause I don't want to stop if it helps, but also don't want to over do it either.
Also she does it in winter n you know our winters 
Agreed, but this was different. Only going through half the bone stopping when only working it or like 30 mins, when normally it would be 90 mins. Again, just something we noticed from him in recent months up to diagnosis. Now, we could be picking on stuff not related, but it seemed to start just withnin the last 6 months.Heavily panting when he stoppedā¦.
Nyala n Jake both pants when eating their marrow bones. More Nyala n sheāll do it also in the house. Not sure if heat has anything to do with it.
I'm not sure I/we would have associated those symptoms with anything serious either. Try not to over think this. It's natural to try to look back and wonder how this all started...what you might have missed, what you could have done differently. IMO, there's nothing you could have done differently to get ahead of this. Focus on what's ahead of you right now and leave everything else in the rear-view. GL with the next treatment! Hugs to all!
Oh I am so sorry to be reading this thread! I am only in and out of the forums these days. I wanted you know that you have my prayers and big bully hugs!!!!!9/24 update - Mush is off all medicines, finished his prednisone on 9/20. There was no treatment this week, just blood work, which we were told looks very good.
His poo is still very soft/liquid so yesterday I decided to give him panacur. Yes, I'm trying anything to get his stool somewhat normal and back to twice a day. Since July he has been going (very little amounts) upwards of 10 times a day, it is heartbreaking to see him struggle, wanting to "go" but it is just small dribbles of liquid. So many meds have been used and nothing has helped it. So, I'm reaching for anything i know is used for soft poo issues. I did consult with our vet on this back in August, he said go ahead and try it won't hurt or interfere with anything he is currently taking. We were hesitant due to so many pills that we opted to not give until he was off the pred. So, 9/23 I gave him the first dose of panacur, which you give for three days.... guess who had a formed poo this morning!!!!!!!! if I had my phone with me I would have taken a picture
A few things to note, as Lewis and I talk and still wonder, "what did we miss?" some things came to mind, now they may not be symptoms, but to us, in hindsight they were signs. Each of these alone are no big deal, but when looking back and connecting dots, we had signs but didn't connect them. Not sure it makes a difference, but when you have the gift of hindsight things seem like they were missed
Next treatment is on Friday 9/30 .
- November 2021 - started peeing twice with each potty. Uranalysis was done and no infection was found, yes, I keep all vet paperwork and went though the file to see when that started.
- Sleeping VERY hard and difficult to wake up - this we blamed on allergies.
- Slow to go up/down stairs - this we blamed on heat and allergies. Both Mush and Lewis were getting butts kicked this year and we were blaming allergies for everything. We actually stated carrying hi up/down sometimes because he would just sit at top/bottom of stairs.
- Not finishing his weekly marrow bone - normally he would not stop working on it till that bone was CLEAN. We noticed in May/June he started leaving half of it and heavily panting when he stopped. Again, we blamed the excessive heat and allergies.
Yes, I agree and thank you
I'm really just documenting to help others in the future catch for signs of illness in order to catch whatever it may be early enough to treat, even if it is something minor.
