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[Vally]

Wow, that is a beautiful photo and Bobby is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

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[Vally]

Sarah, when Phoebe is stable, you’ll naturally find you will realise you haven’t checked as often as you were checking.

There is never a precise rule of thumb and I guess you start to put it all together, is she acting okay, is she eating as usual. If not, check her gums, do they look pale. You will be paranoid for the rest of your life and the minute she does something a little weird, you’ll be doing the mouth check and the hawk watching.

My girl now, Saba, also has to pay the price of Bingo’s illness in having me check her gums every now and then, or stick a thermometer up her bum if she seems just a bit different one day. It just stays with us for the rest of our lives, but in saying that, when you see Phoebe is better, you will start to relax a bit more and more.

Regards, Vally

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Sarah, she is really gorgeous and Saba wants some pearls too now.

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Andrea, I think Patrice has fixed the problem, if you want to try again.

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Andrea, if you’d like to show us a picture of Bobby, we can add him to the site. Use the “Upload Your Dog Photos!” button.

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[Vally]

Sarah, if you’d like to show us a picture of Phoebe, we can add her to the site. Use the “Upload Your Dog Photos!” button.

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Ha, that’s what I always told Bingo. He’d have to get a job to pay me back. I suggested a newspaper run. I could attach a little trolley to him and he could learn to toss the newspapers over people’s front fences. Yeah sure mum.

You can read Bingo’s story here.
https://www.secondchanceaihadogs.com/our-stories/bingo

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Sarah, don’t rush the weaning of the drugs, that’s the most important thing, but that’s what you’re doing, so you’re doing everything you possible can.

Bingo ended up staying on a small dose of prednisone in the end, as he relapsed a few times. One of the things about our dogs though, is that we recognise straight away if something is wrong and we can act quickly. Bingo ‘s specialist and I agreed that it was best to keep him on low dose pred. In fact it also helped with his arthritis. Some dogs do need to remain on a small dose, maybe every second day. If Phoebe has relapsed twice before, it might be a good idea to ask the specialist about keeping her on a low dose of something when she is off most of her drugs.

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