Re: Pet Meds on-line

OMG on the beating tail on wall. I know they have a tremendous pain tolerance. My mixed GS/lab once got into a porcupine and had a face full of quills, including IN HIS MOUTH, and on the way home from that walk, he still grabbed a stick and wanted to play fetch like nothing had happened.

A bark collar might help with the incessant barking. They have them that deliver a mild shock or spray a puff of citronella.


Maureen wrote:
She's 10/11 years old. Except for the time before she was diagnosed as hypothyroid, she has not slowed down much which was why we brought her in when she started losing her hair so bad and would stay in bed until noon. She still likes to catch Frisbees and balls and swim in the ponds when we take her to the woods <although not as often as she would like, but with her allergies and all it is not just smart>. But she has become very needy of attention lately which is driving me nuts. She's like a two year old kid. If you are petting her, she has to pet you back. If I'm talking to DH, she has to be right in the middle. If one of the cats comes into the room, she has to chase them right out for fear we might pay attention to them instead of her. And the worse thing is she has become an obnoxious guard dog. We live across from a school/city park and whenever anyone walks by she barks and barks and barks. Never use to do this, but now it is for every single person who walks past the house on either side of the street. Which you can imagine is a lot of people with the neighborhood walkers, the kids going to the park, school, home from school, the parents picking up kids, etc. At least when she was in bed until noon, it was quiet until then.

And their tails are lethal. Our first lab we adopted from a family who was moving to an apartment and could not keep her. She was a great dog, but both DH and I worked outside of the house then. Everynight we would come home to her tail wagging knocking everything off the tables, etc. So we moved furniture around and unfortunately, left open a corner of the wall. That dog would stand in the same place and wag her tail until we got in. After a couple of days of this I guess she actually injured her tail and we came home to this bloody horrible looking mess as she broke open a sore on her tail and blood was splattering everywhere!!

Maureen

"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:22i8f.112865$7b6.39610@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

How old is she actually? We recently adopted a yellow lab, not quite 1-1/2. He's good in the house - mostly. We finally got a crate to protect footwear overnight. We had a dog before, who lived to be close to 14. He looked mostly German shepherd, but we were pretty certain he was part lab. Now having this lab, I'm sure of it. LOL. Old Max used to practically try to tear saplings out of the ground to drag around. This guy grabs cut brush and does the same thing. The tail is like a lethal weapon. The old guy we had hardly slowed down at all until very old age, and even in week before he passed, he wanted to fetch the ball, eyes shining with excitement. When he wasn't well, I could tell easily because he stopped bouncing around - even though for his age his behavior SHOULD have been normal.


Maureen wrote:

Grr I've been trying to convince my doc I'm hypothyroid for years - now the damn dog can get meds, but I can't. I can say that it has helped her get her girlish figure back and her coat has never been shinier. Unfortunately it has also turned her back into a blabbering 2 year old lab.

Now if I could get the meds and regain my girlish figure, I might be in a better mood and more willing to shell out the cash for her meds LOL!!

Maureen

"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:2Pg8f.99052$K91.71795@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Got me on the reason, but the ads show the same packaging on the heartworm or whatever it is.

DH has actually checked it out for us, but it wasn't much difference from what our own vet charges - of course he's a small practice and a nice guy. I know vet office charges from our area down to a "higher rent" district are a lot higher.

Levothyroxine is levothyroxine and I'd think you could get an rx and get it filled even at Rite Aid or other regular pharmacy. I've had scripts filled for dog at Rite Aid when the vet didn't have it in stock or whatever.



Maureen wrote:


Anyone every order their pet meds on-line? Is there any place I should avoid? Should I avoid all of them? My dog is on the levothyroxine and the vet charges a considerable mark-up from what I can tell. Of course he warned me away from 1-800-Pet-meds, but did he do that for a reason other than he wants me to pay his prices?

Thanks.

Maureen 



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