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I was going to wait to post on Charlie until after his appointment with a canine cardiologist on April 6 but decided to do it now.
Adopted 11-30-2019 – reported to be 8 years old; neutered in October 2019 and received all of his vaccines at once in October; one-year rabies; surgery to remove a large tumor at the same time; talked to the vet who did the surgery; she described the tumor as pendulous, possibly a sac of smaller cysts; no histology done; he had open, infected areas on his skin, looked like bed sores but they weren’t, skin scraping negative
Picture of Charlie's tumor; he looks like a much bigger dog in this picture compared to now.
BEHAVIOR: paces quickly to look for me when he can’t find me in the house--doesn’t respond to his name while looking for me, appears frantic until I can get his attention; looks for something to get into if left free in the house when I’m gone, also pees and poops inside if free and alone; calm when put in his x-pen (4-foot square with bed and rug) when I have to leave, seems to know that I’m gone but I’ll be back; appears bothered by wind during walks on windy days—zig zags, looks around as if thinking “what’s that? what’s that?”
ENERGY: very low energy; sleeps in my bed unless it’s time to walk, eat, or use his snuffle mat; he also stays by me during my morning meditation practice
APPETITE: I’ve put a lot into changing the proportions of ingredients to get his stools to firm up; increased the protein and decreased the pureed veggies; Charlie would love to eat all the time; doesn’t beg but if I’m in the kitchen prepping his food or mine, he’s there too, at my side; hearing me in the kitchen gets him out of bed two floors up; on a fresh, raw food diet with occasional meals of frozen raw—Answers and others; also feeding some of Judy Morgan’s recipes—Yin Tonic and Qi Tonic; feeding 3% of his body weight and he is LOSING WEIGHT; 41.2 pounds on Jan 2, 37.4 pounds on Mar 10; loves his food, eats raw faster than he did kibble; insatiable, ravenous, wanting???
Supplements: Squid oil, Thorvin kelp, OncoPLEX, Onco Support, CAS Options, Calcium supplement if bones not part of meal, Apocaps – just started 3/10; Answers fermented goat milk or other probiotic—have to go slow with goat milk; diarrhea with beef kefir; looser stools if I don’t give 1 tbsp pureed pumpkin with meals
decreased drinking, barely drinks, seems to drink a lot at one time when he does drink, drinks at night;
MOOD: gets excited for walks, when I come home, and for belly rubs; may chase his squirrel toy once but no real play; seems less excited than he was when he sees squirrels on our walks; loves people and greets nicely; always comes to see who’s at the door; wants to socialize with other dogs; Tricks Class planned; two or three walks a day, snuffle mat, another puzzle toy to find treats
Grade 3 heart murmur
January X-rays: enlarged heart; spondylosis of T2-T5; disc narrowing of T7-9; he’s tender to touch in these areas
January Digital thermo photography: cervical region, lumbar region and sacrum, lateral right and left femoral region and humerus region, rear hock all excess heat in these regions
January Blood work--not sure what all is important to list:
Low vitamin D level: 68ng/mL
T4: low end of normal, 1.0 ug/dL
ABS Eos: 1534 /uL
EOS: 13%
BUN/UREA: 30 mg/dL
B/C ratio: 50
SKIN: Scratches a lot on most transitions from sleeping to getting up and moving but will also start to scratch when he wakes up, early morning (4 a.m.) and when first lying down (transitions); stops during walks to scratch and shake; dander; fur loss on tail and a new bald spot on his belly; greasy skin; he scratches his throat a lot, hair loss there too; he scratches, licks, and chews anywhere on his body that he can reach
Has a papilloma behind his left ear so when he scratches there it bleeds, cleaning up blood spatters from him shaking his head
Has many small warts and other bumps, some on the external sheath of his penis; one has just appeared or it has grown; noticed last week
EARS: dry, flakey discharge; on second round of Zymax w/o steroids; digs in his ears at times; shakes his head
Other things:
Usually sleeps in a curled-up position
Ate snow when we had enough on the ground to eat; it was hard to get him to stop
Peculiar: Charlie sleeps with me and every night he rubs his face on the pillows next to me then crashes into me to lay down for belly rubs, and then licks his genitals for a while before going to sleep. This seems odd to me.
Also using Reiki, Healing Touch (no oils). and flower essences -- rescue remedy and star of bethlehem separately
Appreciate any feedback, questions, or is it time for an appointment?
Thanks everyone!
Kristen
Adopted 11-30-2019 – reported to be 8 years old; neutered in October 2019 and received all of his vaccines at once in October; one-year rabies; surgery to remove a large tumor at the same time; talked to the vet who did the surgery; she described the tumor as pendulous, possibly a sac of smaller cysts; no histology done; he had open, infected areas on his skin, looked like bed sores but they weren’t, skin scraping negative
Picture of Charlie's tumor; he looks like a much bigger dog in this picture compared to now.
BEHAVIOR: paces quickly to look for me when he can’t find me in the house--doesn’t respond to his name while looking for me, appears frantic until I can get his attention; looks for something to get into if left free in the house when I’m gone, also pees and poops inside if free and alone; calm when put in his x-pen (4-foot square with bed and rug) when I have to leave, seems to know that I’m gone but I’ll be back; appears bothered by wind during walks on windy days—zig zags, looks around as if thinking “what’s that? what’s that?”
ENERGY: very low energy; sleeps in my bed unless it’s time to walk, eat, or use his snuffle mat; he also stays by me during my morning meditation practice
APPETITE: I’ve put a lot into changing the proportions of ingredients to get his stools to firm up; increased the protein and decreased the pureed veggies; Charlie would love to eat all the time; doesn’t beg but if I’m in the kitchen prepping his food or mine, he’s there too, at my side; hearing me in the kitchen gets him out of bed two floors up; on a fresh, raw food diet with occasional meals of frozen raw—Answers and others; also feeding some of Judy Morgan’s recipes—Yin Tonic and Qi Tonic; feeding 3% of his body weight and he is LOSING WEIGHT; 41.2 pounds on Jan 2, 37.4 pounds on Mar 10; loves his food, eats raw faster than he did kibble; insatiable, ravenous, wanting???
Supplements: Squid oil, Thorvin kelp, OncoPLEX, Onco Support, CAS Options, Calcium supplement if bones not part of meal, Apocaps – just started 3/10; Answers fermented goat milk or other probiotic—have to go slow with goat milk; diarrhea with beef kefir; looser stools if I don’t give 1 tbsp pureed pumpkin with meals
decreased drinking, barely drinks, seems to drink a lot at one time when he does drink, drinks at night;
MOOD: gets excited for walks, when I come home, and for belly rubs; may chase his squirrel toy once but no real play; seems less excited than he was when he sees squirrels on our walks; loves people and greets nicely; always comes to see who’s at the door; wants to socialize with other dogs; Tricks Class planned; two or three walks a day, snuffle mat, another puzzle toy to find treats
Grade 3 heart murmur
January X-rays: enlarged heart; spondylosis of T2-T5; disc narrowing of T7-9; he’s tender to touch in these areas
January Digital thermo photography: cervical region, lumbar region and sacrum, lateral right and left femoral region and humerus region, rear hock all excess heat in these regions
January Blood work--not sure what all is important to list:
Low vitamin D level: 68ng/mL
T4: low end of normal, 1.0 ug/dL
ABS Eos: 1534 /uL
EOS: 13%
BUN/UREA: 30 mg/dL
B/C ratio: 50
SKIN: Scratches a lot on most transitions from sleeping to getting up and moving but will also start to scratch when he wakes up, early morning (4 a.m.) and when first lying down (transitions); stops during walks to scratch and shake; dander; fur loss on tail and a new bald spot on his belly; greasy skin; he scratches his throat a lot, hair loss there too; he scratches, licks, and chews anywhere on his body that he can reach
Has a papilloma behind his left ear so when he scratches there it bleeds, cleaning up blood spatters from him shaking his head
Has many small warts and other bumps, some on the external sheath of his penis; one has just appeared or it has grown; noticed last week
EARS: dry, flakey discharge; on second round of Zymax w/o steroids; digs in his ears at times; shakes his head
Other things:
Usually sleeps in a curled-up position
Ate snow when we had enough on the ground to eat; it was hard to get him to stop
Peculiar: Charlie sleeps with me and every night he rubs his face on the pillows next to me then crashes into me to lay down for belly rubs, and then licks his genitals for a while before going to sleep. This seems odd to me.
Also using Reiki, Healing Touch (no oils). and flower essences -- rescue remedy and star of bethlehem separately
Appreciate any feedback, questions, or is it time for an appointment?
Thanks everyone!
Kristen
