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My friend just rescued a baby rabbit. We have no idea how old it is. It's vey small, fits in 1 hand and it's eyes are open. She thought it had a broken leg but now we are not so sure. It can't move...

Update on Charlotte:
Charlotte passed away this morning. She was loved and will be missed.

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I took Charlotte to another vet and it was pretty much the same, although she was much more helpful in explaining things and she did say that the cough may not go away completely.
Now I'm...

I've considered that but then I'm practically starting all over again. This is the third vet we've been too, although the only vet lately for the recent problems. I had one I liked last year, but...

My vet has never made any suggestion of the heart murmur being associated with the coughing. In the beginning she has said the coughing is likely due to fluid build-up from congestive heart failure...

Ok, thought about starting a new thread but figured all the background info is already here.

Had Charlotte to the vet today because she is still coughing even after her meds were increased. The...

Update
Charlotte is on Benadryl and it is helping. She still has some scratching but it doesn't seem as bad.
She's still on her hypoallergenic, homemade diet and is doing very well. We have...

Thanks Aurora_Bell. I spoke with my vet today and she said to try her on the Benadryl, 25 mg pill up to 3x a day. Charlotte weighs about 20 lbs. She just got her first pill and I'm hoping she find...

I've been meaning to call and check about the bennadryl. She's already on two medications and I didn't want to put her on another, especially if I'm trying to pinpoint the food allergy and was hoping...

Ok, wondering about allergy symptoms. Charlotte has been eating a salmon, couscous, apple, carrot, oil diet for a month now. I know it can take up to months for symptoms to go away. She has not had...

Hi doggie_poopie,
I know this is an old post I'm repling to but it's exactly what my dog is going through. Ears and rears. I've taken her completely off commercial food and am now feeding her a...

Ok, Charlotte is back on Furosemide twice a day and now Vetmedin twice a day. I'm hoping her cough will go away and we can all get back to normal.
She's doing well on her homemade diet. I'm...

Ok, Charlotte is now on her new homemade allergy diet. She's eating salmon, couscous, carrots all drizzled with a little olive oil and apple or banana. We are on day 3 and of course way to early to...

Update:
Charlotte is doing MUCH better. She had her re-check and the vet was very pleased with her recovery. Her x-rays were clear and her heart doesn't look enlarged. I'm weaning her off her meds...

Thanks Aurora_Bell. Charlotte has a re-check on Wednesday so I'm going to bring up diet then.

What about the protein do I need to watch out for? Charlotte is an older dog, 12, but she is highly active and not overweight, she may actually but a tad underweight.
I use to fed her human food all...

That's what I was wondering. What could be some problems in feeding a high protein diet? Also, if I'm mixing it with human food as well would that matter?
Also, I don't think EVO is available where...

Thanks, I've been looking into some sites regarding real food. There's still a ton of things to consider. Who thought food would be so difficult?
I found a couple of sites regarding commercial dog...

Thank goodness, Charlotte is improving. We've had a few sleepless nights but last night she actually slept in her bed from 1-6am. It was great. We had been lying down with her, but when she'd start...

Right now not worried about food allergies at all. I cooked up the chicken and rice and veggies but she only ate the chicken so I poked pills in that and hand fed her. She wouldn't even eat pill...

Can they week get any worse?
Had to bring Charlotte back to the vet. She was up 2 nights with coughing but last night she started breathing rapid and heavy. It continued through to the morning. Also...

Thanks, I checked it out and it seems like a good site.
I was hoping that people would post here to say what they use at home and like. There's just so much info on line.
Right now I'm switching...

Update for Charlotte:
She was up ALL NIGHT last night, coughing and retching and some vomiting. Now I think it is kennel cough. I took her to the vet and he thinks it may be kennel cough but he did...

Hi all,

I've posted before regarding my dog Charlotte and her food allergies. I've been going through various dog food brands and flavours for the last few months to try and figure out what she...

Thanks for all the advice, but I just can't go the BARF diet. I'm not fully comfortable that raw meats are a good idea, especially where she's older and has some digestive issues.
I did decide to...

Ok, I've been watching videos on-line of the reverse sneeze, that's not what's she's doing. I can't find any for dry heaving that look like what she does. It's also not kennel cough because she had...

Ok now what?
I stopped giving her the new fish treats but she's still dry heaving. She generally does it over night and morning. It eases off and I don't hear her doing it as the day goes on. Could...

I'm holding off on the treats for now. The only ingredient is whitefish and whitefish is one of the ingredients in her dry salmon food she's eating now.
I do have some powdered medicine from the vet...

Hi all, back again with up-date and question. Charlotte's been doing pretty good so far. She hasn't had any incidence of vomiting but she still has wet poop and many other symptoms, although some not...

We were only told Italian grayhound mix but we assumed it was mixed with beagle.
She does have a very nice, soft coat that always feels clean with minimal washing; if it would just stay attached to...

Let's see if this works. Hopefully, here's a pic or 2 of 12 year old Charlotte.

I'm waiting to talk to my vet on Tuesday. I'm going to look into allergy testing then as well as mention using benadryl and omega oils.
I'm giving her a tbsp of yogurt with her supper and she's...

She's been pretty much doing it since we got her a year ago. The last few months though she is shedding like crazy and not just her undercoat which she does twice a year.
No we haven't changed...

Thanks for all the advice.
No, she is not getting anything else besides the dogfood. I've started with 1/4 new food and 3/4 old and she has the hypoallergenic treats. That's it.
I expect allergy...

I checked and there is no shur gain distributor here. That was the first food I checked. I just looked at the canidae bag and the omega 6 is listed as min of 3.7%, the omega 3 is listed as min 1%. Is...

Thanks for all the info and advice.

Lets see if I can answer some questions. I've had Charlotte for 1year and she is now about 12 years old. I know very little of her history. She is an Italian...

I may have a look for a no grain food at my pet store and try that. I live in a small town in Newfoundland, Canada and believe me we don't have a lot of variety.
I'm a little wary of trying raw...

I'm using medi-cal (Royal canin)from the vet which is costing a small fortune. I also have Hill's perscription diet hypoallergenic treats from the vet.
I use to feed her a lot of human food (not...

Hi Aurora_Bell,
When I switched her over I did it gradually over a period of a couple of weeks until she was fully on the hypoallergenic. She also only gets hypoallergenic treats and nothing else....

Yes Cat1864. I posted before about my dog not sleeping in her bed but have that figured out now.

My dog has been throwing up and has wet stool often. She is always cleaning her paws, scratching her ears and at her bottom (although her glands are not full or blocked). Her belly is gurgly often...

Her kennel is only a couple of feet from the end of my bed. It's to large to put it next to my bed for her. I want her to have a nice comfy bed that's a safe haven for her and now it seems like the...

My dog doesn't sleep in her kennel anymore. She's an 11 year old dog which we have had for less then a year. She was kennel trained so we bought her a wire kennel. She use to sleep in it every night,...