Murphy

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[Tonji]

fingers still crossed for you, Trace & Murphy

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all the best trace

[Sark79]

Very sad news Trace.

I am dreading the day it happens to my Golden Retriever Cassie.

She is 14/15 yrs old now, and her back legs have started to give way when she walks

Sad sad day it will be

My sympathy is with you xx

Paul

Murphy is on Metacam for his dodgy back legs - get Cassie to the vets, the Metacam has done wonders for him.




I went to bed last night in tears, fearing the worst as there really wasn't much improvement yesterday, got up this morning to be greeted by a bright eyed bushy waggy tailed dog who is still a little wobbly on his legs, but MUCH improved from when I left him last night.  He'd eaten his food and willingly took his tablets off me. 

Them upstairs seem to have decided to let me keep him a little longer, and I'm grateful.  I now know he won't see the year out, and I'm going to have to face it, but by the looks of things not just yet.

Thanks everyone for your support.

Just seen this thread.   I hope things improve.  Metecam is good stuff, my dog used to have that for his stiff legs and we gave it too him in bits of tunneled out cheese.  He hated the taste, cheese was the only thing we could trick him with

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Glad to hear he is ok again for now Trace.

My Wolfhoun turned 9 yesterday, i have never heard of a Wolfhound living that long before. I hope i get as much time with him as you have with Murph!

[Sark79]

Glad to hear he is ok again for now Trace.

My Wolfhoun turned 9 yesterday, i have never heard of a Wolfhound living that long before. I hope i get as much time with him as you have with Murph!

It is the same with other large boned dogs,  it is sad that they don't seem to live as long.  My Lurcher was large as well, but he lived until 13. 

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Glad to hear he is ok again for now Trace.

My Wolfhoun turned 9 yesterday, i have never heard of a Wolfhound living that long before. I hope i get as much time with him as you have with Murph!

It is the same with other large boned dogs,  it is sad that they don't seem to live as long.  My Lurcher was large as well, but he lived until 13. 

Yeah, wolfhounds are so big that they have problems as they get older. They are not a natural breed and as such do not have as healthy a life. Most of them suffer from back and heart problems.

[Sark79]

Alsatians legs go as well when they get to about 8 or 9.  My dog Lurch ( The Lurcher )  was exactly the same age as an Alsatian called Ceasar who worked as a  guard dog at the local garage.  For 13 years they walked past each other and muttered at each other.  I think it was all an act and they actually quite liked each other  .    They always remined me of two old men who had known each other  their whole lives, but pretended they didn't like each others company.  If they had actually had a proper chat, they would probably discover they had a lot in common 

Dogs have such great personalities and every one is an individual.  It annoys me when people say all dogs are the same.   Dogs are such amazing people

[Claw75]

glad to hear Murphy is on the mend Trace.  take care x

[ericstoner]

Hi Trace, I've just read this thread, and was rooting for Murphy at the start. Glad his feeling better; when the time comes, for your own piece of mind,try not to listen to to people who say "let him go". keep him where he's used to being, get the vet give him pain killers if needed.
You can then be with him at the end and help him go gracefully.
Good luck.

[Trace]

Hi Trace, I've just read this thread, and was rooting for Murphy at the start. Glad his feeling better; when the time comes, for your own piece of mind,try not to listen to to people who say "let him go". keep him where he's used to being, get the vet give him pain killers if needed.
You can then be with him at the end and help him go gracefully.
Good luck.

Hiya

Thanks for this.  It is actually on my notes that when the time comes the vet and a nurse will come to me at home to do it.  Murph gets so stressed when I take him to the vets that I dont want his last "memories" being of strange smells and stress.  I know it will cost a fortune, but I dont care.  He's my baby and worth every penny ever spent on him.  I'm hoping they will let me hold him till the end, will crucify me, but be better for him.

Very sad news Trace.

I am dreading the day it happens to my Golden Retriever Cassie.

She is 14/15 yrs old now, and her back legs have started to give way when she walks

Sad sad day it will be

My sympathy is with you xx

Paul

Murphy is on Metacam for his dodgy back legs - get Cassie to the vets, the Metacam has done wonders for him.




I went to bed last night in tears, fearing the worst as there really wasn't much improvement yesterday, got up this morning to be greeted by a bright eyed bushy waggy tailed dog who is still a little wobbly on his legs, but MUCH improved from when I left him last night.  He'd eaten his food and willingly took his tablets off me. 

Them upstairs seem to have decided to let me keep him a little longer, and I'm grateful.  I now know he won't see the year out, and I'm going to have to face it, but by the looks of things not just yet.

Thanks everyone for your support.

Just seen this thread.   I hope things improve.  Metecam is good stuff, my dog used to have that for his stiff legs and we gave it too him in bits of tunneled out cheese.  He hated the taste, cheese was the only thing we could trick him with

The Metacam that Murph is on is in liquid form and has to be given with food.  Murph has dried food in his dish all day long, he picks at it as and when he wants, and cos the Metacam has to be eaten, Ive had to buy tins of meat and I mix it with a third of a tin, he wolfs it down.  lol

As for the tablets he is now on, I actually have to push them into a piece of the meat to get him to take them.  I could give him them without, but it gets a bit slimey. lol

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He came wobbling at speed to greet me when I got home from work today, and is following me around like my shadow, I don't think he's going to make a full recovery, but hopefully enough to satisfy the vet.  I feel so cruel as I have to shout at him to get him to lie down and stay still, I dont want him following me cos it will only tire him out and make him dizzier.

I feel a bit daft posting all of this on here, but I dont know what I woulda done without it.  I'm grateful to all of you for putting up with me.  Thanks guys.

xx

[madasahatstand]

Hi Trace, I've just read this thread, and was rooting for Murphy at the start. Glad his feeling better; when the time comes, for your own piece of mind,try not to listen to to people who say "let him go". keep him where he's used to being, get the vet give him pain killers if needed.
You can then be with him at the end and help him go gracefully.
Good luck.

Hiya

Thanks for this.  It is actually on my notes that when the time comes the vet and a nurse will come to me at home to do it.  Murph gets so stressed when I take him to the vets that I dont want his last "memories" being of strange smells and stress.  I know it will cost a fortune, but I dont care.  He's my baby and worth every penny ever spent on him.  I'm hoping they will let me hold him till the end, will crucify me, but be better for him.

Very sad news Trace.

I am dreading the day it happens to my Golden Retriever Cassie.

She is 14/15 yrs old now, and her back legs have started to give way when she walks

Sad sad day it will be

My sympathy is with you xx

Paul

Murphy is on Metacam for his dodgy back legs - get Cassie to the vets, the Metacam has done wonders for him.




I went to bed last night in tears, fearing the worst as there really wasn't much improvement yesterday, got up this morning to be greeted by a bright eyed bushy waggy tailed dog who is still a little wobbly on his legs, but MUCH improved from when I left him last night.  He'd eaten his food and willingly took his tablets off me. 

Them upstairs seem to have decided to let me keep him a little longer, and I'm grateful.  I now know he won't see the year out, and I'm going to have to face it, but by the looks of things not just yet.

Thanks everyone for your support.

Just seen this thread.   I hope things improve.  Metecam is good stuff, my dog used to have that for his stiff legs and we gave it too him in bits of tunneled out cheese.  He hated the taste, cheese was the only thing we could trick him with

The Metacam that Murph is on is in liquid form and has to be given with food.  Murph has dried food in his dish all day long, he picks at it as and when he wants, and cos the Metacam has to be eaten, Ive had to buy tins of meat and I mix it with a third of a tin, he wolfs it down.  lol

As for the tablets he is now on, I actually have to push them into a piece of the meat to get him to take them.  I could give him them without, but it gets a bit slimey. lol

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He came wobbling at speed to greet me when I got home from work today, and is following me around like my shadow, I don't think he's going to make a full recovery, but hopefully enough to satisfy the vet.  I feel so cruel as I have to shout at him to get him to lie down and stay still, I dont want him following me cos it will only tire him out and make him dizzier.

I feel a bit daft posting all of this on here, but I dont know what I woulda done without it.  I'm grateful to all of you for putting up with me.  Thanks guys.

xx

trace, brad strider here, our collie is on metacam and pills, iput the pill in between two spoons and crush it to powder, then put it in the middle of food, the metacam he is on is honey tasting so he wolfs it down, good  luck

[Sark79]

I thew bits of cheese with the metacam inside it.  He used to open his mouth bite and by that time it was too late, he had already swallowed.   We used this technique for ages and he never once figured out we were tricking him 

[Royal Flush]

I thew bits of cheese with the metacam inside it.  He used to open his mouth bite and by that time it was too late, he had already swallowed.   We used this technique for ages and he never once figured out we were tricking him 

Yeah thats how we always do it aswell.

[madasahatstand]

brad strider, i cant believe you are calling sammie a male!! she will be upset.

glad murph is on the mend. just give him a bit of time

mad