-=> RICHARD WEBB wrote to MATT MUNSON <=-

 RW> HI Matt,

 RW> On Sun 2039-Apr-17 23:05, Matt Munson (1:218/109) wrote to Bob Ackley:

 MM> Should of just bought pet insurance before teh dog's first visit so
 MM> we wouldnt know any pre-existing conditions lol

 RW> YEah guess I could have done that, but didn't either.

 RW> Last week our Rottie started having troubles again, back
 RW> leg(s) lie in the corner, cry whenever she did anything with the back
 RW> end, such as use it to push to get herself in the
 RW> car.
 RW> A couple weeks ago when left rear leg was giving her
 RW> troubles we went to the vet, vet gave her some anti
 RW> inflamatory of some kind.

 RW> This time, we're treating more aggressivly:  PRednizone
 RW> (spelling) and Doxycycline (spelling) the doxy ends this
 RW> week, we cut back the dosage on the steroid.

 RW> HE says if this doesn't seem to do the trick then we're in
 RW> for some complex diagnostic stuff, which will mean sedating
 RW> her etc.

 RW> HE says he ate his fee on this visit, think he was
 RW> disappointed the anti inflamatory therpay didn't knock it
 RW> out, but the pills were close to two pics of Franklin last
 RW> week.

I kept my Pit Bull going some three years afer he'd otherwise have had to have
been put down on dexamethasone.

Of course I limited the dosage to 1/2 what the vet recommended as there's
downsides to steroid use and 1/2 seemed to do the trick right up
to where the end was inevitable and there was no putting it off.

So I had a non neutered Pit Bull on steroids and still he was
the sweetest tempered, most trustworthy and most gregarious dog I've ever 
known.

Smart as heck and more than a bit clever enough to manipulate
me into getting his way on a number of things.
 

I miss that animal something fierce.

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