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Jul 2022
7:33am, 29 Jul 2022
14,845 posts
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Mandymoo
Sorry TR not heard of those drugs
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Jul 2022
8:43am, 29 Jul 2022
1,867 posts
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Big_G
I asked OH, who is a vet, and she prescribes both, but depends on the situation as they work in different ways. She commented that Librela can be one of the better products out there, but did reiterate that it depends on the situation as it works in very different ways compared to other drugs on the market.
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Jul 2022
4:21pm, 29 Jul 2022
6,050 posts
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ThorntonRunner
Thanks Big_G. Interesting that the practice we go to has dropped Cartrophen altogether rather than deciding case by case. Still, at the moment Librela seems to be working better for Ollie. They did explain that it worked in a very different way.
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Jul 2022
9:21pm, 31 Jul 2022
9,731 posts
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BaronessBL
Most weeks when I go shopping I buy one extra item for the food bank which I then drop down to our local collection point when I have say three or four things.
Sitting on our kitchen work surface awaiting that currently is (was) a couple of tins of veg, a packet of biscuits and a bag of sugar. Just before we went out tonight, mindful of Wanda's interest in such things, I put the biscuits in the cupboard... but still came home to a split open bag of sugar and a very sticky kitchen floor......
It surely must just be naughtiness and/or boredom as why on earth is a bag of sugar seen as attractive. Her 'licky mat' already on the floor and covered in special (and not inexpensive) peanut butter for dogs had been given perhaps a casual glance but the challenge of the sugar had appeared to be the top prize.
Bad bad dog......
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Aug 2022
6:57pm, 2 Aug 2022
7,187 posts
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Helegant
Just seen this. I do hope Wanda didn't experience any ill effects from the sugar rush.
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Aug 2022
8:00pm, 2 Aug 2022
1,216 posts
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Sam Jelfs
Hope Wanda is okay. Had a dog before that used to love chocolate, luckily never seemed to have an effect on him the times he did get hold of it..
Bel, the youngest of our 3 Galgo at only 5 years old has had a couple of seizures in the last month or so. This morning she had 2 really bad violent ones, so a trip to the vets later and they did blood work which has all come back clear. They have put her on Phenobarbitol to try to stop the seizures, but we don't know what the underlying cause is... Considering they have started suddenly, and she seems otherwise physically fine, chances are its something in the head, risk of a tumour... We have to go back in 3 weeks for more bloodwork to make sure the medication dosage is correct, and will find out a rough cost of an MRI or CT at that point.
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Aug 2022
8:56pm, 2 Aug 2022
36,414 posts
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LazyDaisy
Naughty Wandy (but there's clearly *lots* of life in the old(er) dog yet  )
Ohh that's worrying Sam. I hope it's something sortable/liveable with.
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Aug 2022
9:16pm, 2 Aug 2022
4,871 posts
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FergusG
Not sure about your part of the world Sam, but Stella’s MRI scan was about £2,500*. My pet insurance paid for most but not all of it, as my annual limit was breached. Hope your costs are covered, and (more importantly) that it doesn’t turn out to be anything too nasty.
* I think there’s only one mobile MRI scanner that covers all the vet hospitals in Scotland, so it’s a pricey endeavour. I joked that I could sneak Stella in with me to my own scheduled MRI scan test that same week, but the vet was quick to point out that dogs won’t lie perfectly still when the machine tells them too. That general anaesthetic adds to the cost too!
I do hope it’s something that can be treated/controlled.
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Aug 2022
10:27pm, 2 Aug 2022
9,736 posts
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BaronessBL
Hope they can find out what it is Sam and get it under control for her.
No ill effects from the sugar - I'm not sure very much was actually eaten, it was probably more entertaining making a mess with it!
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Aug 2022
9:08pm, 4 Aug 2022
36,434 posts
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LazyDaisy
Flossie and I 'took part' (in a *very* loose sense!) in some street entertainment this afternoon. I'd taken her for a lunchtime stroll and as we returned through the market square there were a couple of guys starting their performance. I've seen them before - they wear dinner jackets but are circus performers really and very entertaining. One of them spotted me trying to walk Floss round the back of the crowd and called me into the 'ring'. It would have been miserable to refuse so we paraded round while the 'ringmaster' asked her name and announced that Flossie 'will now do a trick'
And the trick was, to sit on command. Flossie looked at him as if she'd never heard the word in her life before After a few more minutes of nonsense we were allowed to go on our way. Flossie didn't seem to notice that she'd blown her chance of stardom
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