Dusty's ears - She showed up this way. Two different vets have assumed that either she was born this way or else had them frostbit at some point. Her tail is also missing probably about 1-2 inches, the vets have thought was from an accident and was amputated. Apparently Dusty has had a rough life even before she came to me.

Tramadol - The new dose of Tramadol seems to work much better, but pilling her is a fight. This morning I tried the meat trick again, unfortunately Dusty chewed the little meatball this time and got a taste of the bitter pill. So took me 3 tries to get the thing down her, and with her doing the whole drooling bit again. Tonight I tried the meat again, Dusty wouldn't even look at it, tried a tiny bit of yogurt, she laped that up, but as soon as I put the pill in some yogurt, forget it, she wouldn't even look at that either. So on the first try got the pill down her, with MAJOR drooling!

I feel so guilty because she had come up to me wanting to play and get pets when I gave her the pill. Now I feel bad for making her drool and be mad at me.

Liquid meds with Dusty are WAAAAY worse than pills. She's an EXCELLENT spitter, and liquids just end up everywhere but her mouth and have a history of making her vomit sooner. From what I've read the Tramadol is even MORE bitter in a liquid form.