Is it IPSID?
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Thanks Mike for the synopsis - I did go back and re read all the posts about Bing and Rosie. Idon't have a very retentive memory and this is why I find the forum so good in that you can review posts.
I can endorse Animal Health products that Vicki mentions. I use many of their products with a lot of success. Particularly Hormonise which helps to regulate hormones in the weeks before seasons. They have many horsey products too.
Hokamix too is good for fussy eaters but I wouldn't say that Rosie is actually fussy - it more sounds to me that she is regulating what she can digest. This may well suggest a liver problem.
Please don't give up on her - while she eats it suggests that she certainly hasn't given up.
My old bitch (Jewel) who is well on the way to 16 was seriously ill and even my vet thought that it was the end but she was eating well so I would not give up on her. I used homeopathy as well as conventional medicine and she has recovered. I also think you can read in their eyes when they themselves are ready to go.
Vicki, I don't think Chance is being fussy either - merely eating what he can digest well. Basenjis are particularly good at deciding what they can and can't eat.
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Is that also why I've always done my own thing?!
"As I stopped to take in my familiar view across to the rounded green hills on the other
side of the valley, I noticed, out of the corner of my eye, a small black, brown and
white streak carving out an arc through the rippling green shag-pile carpet which
stretched out and fell away in front of me. Did Basenjis ever run in
straight lines, I wondered?"They are very different, aren't they?
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At last, some real progress!
Rosie is putting on weight and improving day by day.
While no clear diagnosis has been forthcoming she is responding to the drugs often prescribed for IPSID and similar conditions and so we are hoping the progress continues, though she may have to be on them for an extended period if not permanently.
Here's a link to one reference I found online which appears most relevant to her:
Mike
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Will do, Vicki, thanks! ;)
Meanwhile our attention has shifted to Poppy, our Dane bitch, who woke up today with an abscess on one of her anal glands. Very uncomfortable for her and a temp of 106. Now lanced and she has two drains in until Thursday but she's a little happier now…
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Mmm Sounds lovely. Glad I wasn't eating when I read that post. :D
That sounds really nasty and what a temperature to have. Hope she gets better soon too. Give her a hug too.
It's always one thing after another with dogs isn't it? My old BC is making a remarkable recovery from Vestibular Syndrome, the GSD has an inflamed Sebacious Cyst, I think all the Bs are OK at the moment though. :)
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So pleased Rosie is doing well, long may it continue.
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