We just started our almost 7 yr old Newfie on Metacam yesterday and he's on his second loading dose of Adequan - had x-rays yesterday which showed severe spinal arthritis. He couldn't walk yesterday until last night.
Crappy part of aging animals
Also, dogs metabolize differently than humans. You can give one 25 mg pill of benadryl per 25 lbs of dog. So for say my Newfoundlands, I can safely give 5 benadryl pills and my Retriever cross, 3.
Did anyone see the news thing about a family who lost their Dad/husband from a posting they did on Craig's List? They'd advertised a ring and two folks came to buy it and all hades broke loose.
it's here:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37082569/ns/today/
This is AWFUL! Be careful about posting...
Okay, little perspective....this oil spill is going to cost way more jobs to humans that in effect will harm us in numerous ways....in part because of the toll on the 'mere animals'.
The environment that you called "abstract" is where WE here in the Gulf Coast area live....does that not count...
I live 25 minutes from Mobile Bay which leads out into the Gulf. Hubby and I are in a fishing club that fishes inshore Salt water areas, including the oil rigs that dot the bay and dot the coast off Dauphin Island and Fort Morgan. Mobile has a huge shipping channel where ships from all over the...
Lots of out of town traffic down here this weekend - folks coming down to look at the beaches before (if/when) we are heavily impacted by this spill.
It is sadly more than just lives/family members/loved ones lost, it does heavily impact the environment as well, which in turn affects the...
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Sorry to jump off topic, but OMG she is gorgeous and the way she is holding the egg, she knows to be very very careful... how sweet.
Okay back to our regularly scheduled topic....
I ran bare footed, ate bugs, played in the dirt, drank water from a garden hose, and I am now 50 and...
I'm down here in South Alabama smack dab in between MS and Pensacola FL, approx 6 miles from the Forida state line and they're predicting lower 40's for tonights temps.
I'm in a t-shirt and no socks at the moment.....