-=> 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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