Gavin's dotage

If it’s possibly fungal maybe a sprinkle of athletes foot powder might help? Wouldn’t hurt to ask the vet next time. Of course you could periodically soak in povidone iodine (aka betadine)…a good antiseptic when diluted to the colour of weak tea.
 
I was just at the vet...she saw his little foot and all she said was to air it out bit.
Most vets don't know how to talk to parents of disabled pets. met a neighbor with a burnese mtn dog with degenerative myelopathy (cant use rear legs). his vet just gives him pain meds and no advice at all.
sadly, he lives on second floor and has stairs that are not fun :( He was asking about Gavin's wheels, and I told him they do make them bigger like for his dog.
 
So for the past few months, probably since his trip to the hospital in January, Gavin has not been eating all his food. I often come home and most of his kibble is still in his food bowl. Sometimes his kibble from dinner is still there when I get up in the morning. He loves his 'treats', joint chewies with his gabapentin in it., and reminds me when it is time. It helps if I add a teeney bit of wet dog food in his bowl. Like he needs an overwhelming reason to start eating. I don't really have an reason top NOT add wet food, but it is still jarring to me since Gavin is a typical sheltie when it comes to food. and he will still beg for my dinner even while his is untouched. and clean out the recycling.
 
Piper's mom said:
It would probably use less electricity than all the fans your running. The nice part of it is that it also reduces the humidity so while the temperature doesn’t drop much it feels a lot cooler! I have mine vented out the window (it came with a slider that fits in the window) and it’s on wheels so if I wanted to I could move it into a different room. My dogs are very happy at bedtime!
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I have that type of AC. We got it a few summers ago when we thought Sandstorm was going to get heat stroke, it went up to 89 in our house. We have had more than several days of very hot and humid weather in the summer here in Cape Cod, known for its cooler summers. That's one reason people come here, to get away from the heat...
 
Cindy said:
So for the past few months, probably since his trip to the hospital in January, Gavin has not been eating all his food. I often come home and most of his kibble is still in his food bowl. Sometimes his kibble from dinner is still there when I get up in the morning. He loves his 'treats', joint chewies with his gabapentin in it., and reminds me when it is time. It helps if I add a teeney bit of wet dog food in his bowl. Like he needs an overwhelming reason to start eating. I don't really have an reason top NOT add wet food, but it is still jarring to me since Gavin is a typical sheltie when it comes to food. and he will still beg for my dinner even while his is untouched. and clean out the recycling.
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Minnie loves to lick the recycling here too, lol.
 
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