prayers please - worried about Keegan

[Albea]

Miss Keegan, I'm so glad to read you're doing better. A bit more patience and you'll be as good as new, the tennis balls will still be there waiting for you. Big hug to you.

[Karen]

Originally posted by shais_mom
Keegan's limp is MUCH MUCH less noticable. Still giving her the Rimadyl. She wants to play with her tennis balls but mean momma keeps ignoring her!

Doesn't that make you feel awful? Really, Keegan, Momma DOES love you, that's WHY she's ignoring you! Honest!

(As long as she doesn't learn the "stairs trick" - If you drop the ball at the top of a flight of stairs, it bounces all the way down and then you can chase it! Yes, and it does sound like a thundering herd of wildebeast when the dog in question isn;t terribly graceful ...)

[shais_mom]

Originally posted by Karen
Doesn't that make you feel awful? Really, Keegan, Momma DOES love you, that's WHY she's ignoring you! Honest!

(As long as she doesn't learn the "stairs trick" - If you drop the ball at the top of a flight of stairs, it bounces all the way down and then you can chase it! Yes, and it does sound like a thundering herd of wildebeast when the dog in question isn;t terribly graceful ...)

that's remedied easy enough!!
we don't have stairs!!
and she doesn't go up them at my parent's house unless I go up them!

[shais_mom]

Keegan is still a bit gimpy and on Rymadyl.
I have made an appt with another vet on Tuesday morning for an accupuncture treatment. It will be interesting to see how that goes.

[dukedogsmom]

If you don't have as much success with Rimadyl, you might try Metacam. I found out from Glacier about it and it really works great. There's also some joint tablets called Cosequin that Duke takes every day. I don't think we have accupuncture for dogs around here. Good luck on that. Hope Keegan is feeling better soon!

[anna_66]

Awww Stac, I'm sorry to hear your girl isn't feeling that much better. Please let us know how the treatment goes.
XOXOXO

[My Peanuts]

I'm sorry Keegan is having troubles. All fingers and paws crossed that the new vet helps.

[Glacier]

Originally posted by dukedogsmom
If you don't have as much success with Rimadyl, you might try Metacam. I found out from Glacier about it and it really works great.

Goldie takes meloxicam, which is the human form of Metacam, every day. She will for the rest of her life. She has a hip problems for an injury suffered in her life before she found me. The injury was never treated and healed wrong so she was in constant pain. She's a different dog now--happy, playful, much more friendly to both humans and other dogs. Meloxicam is cheaper than Metacam if you need to give it to the dog long term. Metacam is a liquid so it's easier to get into them sometime. I have a bottle of Metacam at home too. I use it for acute injuries or when Sleet seems a little stiffer than usual. If they are on either one long-term, liver function needs to be checked every few months.

I hope Keegan gets relief soon and is back to normal!

[petslover]

I really hope Keegan gets to feeling better too.

[Dixieland Dancer]

Staci, this is not good news. I hope the new vet can determine what is going on. Please give Keegan a hug for me.

[shais_mom]

Thanks Glacier and Val -
I will mention it to the vet.

[K9karen]

Geez, Stace, I'm sorry to read that Keegan is still having problems. Like Val, I used to give Cody "Cosequin" every night when he wasn't on Rimydal. Or a buffered aspirin. I really really feel your distress, having had the same problem with Cody (as well as the tennis ball scenario). I always wished we had an acupunturist around here as well as a therapy pool, as the vet said it'd help alot. Please give our gorgeous redhead big kisses for me.

[shais_mom]

Keegan's visit with the holistic vet went great. She got a chiropractic treatment along with the gun- accupressure thing. We didn't do the needles b/c she has to lay still for a half hour and those who know Keegan know that won't happen!!!
I am so excited to see how this all works for her. She did a bit of Healing Touch on her as well which I find fabulous b/c I myself have had this done a couple of times and it is great. They can pick up things that normally wouldn't be picked up on. She sensed a bit of kidney problems but she hasn't shown signs of that yet but it is something to keep an eye on. We go back on Monday and she plans on giving her a detoxifier at some point saying those will help her with the problems she has had with her young age.
I think I am going to make an appt for Kylie asap also.

[shais_mom]

Originally posted by shais_mom
Keegan's visit with the holistic vet went great. She got a chiropractic treatment along with the gun- accupressure thing. We didn't do the needles b/c she has to lay still for a half hour and those who know Keegan know that won't happen!!!
I am so excited to see how this all works for her. She did a bit of Healing Touch on her as well which I find fabulous b/c I myself have had this done a couple of times and it is great. They can pick up things that normally wouldn't be picked up on. She sensed a bit of kidney problems but she hasn't shown signs of that yet. We go back on Monday and she plans on giving her a detoxifier at some point saying those will help her with the problems she has had with her young age.
I think I am going to make an appt for Kylie asap also.

I think this is what I was looking for....

http://www.quantumtouch.com/

[Cinder & Smoke]

Originally posted by shais_mom

We didn't do the needles b/c she has to lay still for a half hour,

and those who know Keegan know that won't happen!!!

A WHOLE, continuous, Half Hour of layin STILL?

Then again, I know Three Other Mutts that would find that
a serious challenge, too!

Hope Miz Keegan starts to see / feel some improvements soon!