October State of the Dogs

Alright... starting something new. We're going to do a monthly update on our dogs who are under treatment or watch for various health conditions. It's a long list but here it is:

Sir - chihuahua - Still stumping along. He has good days and bad but the good still outnumber the bad. Organ function is good.

Trundle - yorkie - Still blind, but her personality is blossoming. Lots of playing and pissy hedgehog noises. She's got a couple of lumps that we're keeping an eye on, but they seem to be maintaining. Organ function is good.

Joe - chihuahua - His heart is doing ok for what it is. We've had to start him on 37.5 mg of Lasix per day due to fluid buildup in his abdomen. It's come down a lot but not as much as we'd like. He may have an enlarged liver. He's still proud that he managed to pinch Liz.

Julia Fang - chihuahua - Nothing wrong with her except her eyes and her age. She's still opinionated and stinky, and loving life.

Sneaser - chihuahua - Still doing well. He's maintaining on 25 mg of Lasix. He's going through his twice yearly cough as the seasons change, but we will set him right with cough syrup and allergy medication. Organ function is good.

Sophie -Frenchie x dachshund - Still doing great, and still under watch and wait for a lump on her side. No re-occurrence of the mammary cancer so that's great.

Hugh - pug - We just discovered a lump on his side that we need to get checked out. He had a growth on his scrotum but there's no regrowth there.

Cleo - pug - She's gaining weight, and doing well. Her bladder infections have subsided due to a combination of diet and medication. She doesn't appear to have any masses in her bladder. Still wobbly but that won't ever go away.

Hope - chug - the mass on her leg is regrowing. We are keeping an eye on it so that we can remove it when needed. No other masses have come up.

Lovepug - pug - We are still giving her tacrolimus for her eyes. It's expensive but the only thing that keeps her eyes lubricated. She's still got opinions and a lot of sass.

Newman - pug - We are still watching several masses on Newman, but they don't seem to be growing. He hasn't has a seizure in a while and his appetite is good.

Lopug - pug - We need to get Lopug started on enzymes. We did a run of metronidazole but it didn't clear his loose poop up, so the only thing it could be is a pancreatic insufficiency. Otherwise he's doing well.

Peaches -greyhound mix - We are still medicating Peaches for her severe anxiety and monitoring her for the lump on her chest. It's a fatty tumor and while it is growing slowly it isn't impeding anything so we aren't worried about it at this time.

Cubby - chihuahua - still hypoglycemic but his organs are working well, which is good.

Fiona - pug - Her heart hasn't enlarged any further and she's not having problems with her deviated trachea. If she'd stop snarling with Tank and Patience we'd be 100%.

Harry - chihuahua - Still treating him for his allergies. His hair is growing back as the grass dies.

Artie -chihuahua mix - still treating him for his irritable bowel.

Rotten, Mattias, Remy, Mika - chihuahua - still doing well. Matty and Remy have made huge strides in conquering their anxiety as poster dogs.

Faith - chug - doing well. Her eye hasn't seems very steady and not inclined to fall out recently.

Ivan - Pom x pug - healthy and happy

Fizgig - pug - Being treated for allergies. Otherwise healthy.