Hi Michelle,

Welcome to the group. It sounds like you really have your hands full. I
have a Pug that had symptoms of IBD and it was a huge mess cleaning up
after her every day and night. Her problem turned out to be Giardia which
is a parasite very difficult to detect without specific
testing. Giardia leads to many bowels problems and often vets do not even
thick of doing a Giardia test. Has this been ruled out in Emma & Luke?



At 03:37 AM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi!
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>I am Michelle and this is a run down on my "pack":
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>Molly - 10 1/2, spayed Aust Shep. Doing pretty darn good - avoiding
>cruciate surgery, hypothyroid and on Soloxine, seasonal allergy
>stuff. The socialite of the pack.
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>Emma - 9, spayed Aust Shep mix. The "train wreck". Doing lots better
>now that her Addison's disease was diagnosed and treatment started. Has
>severe IBD, and chronic urinary tract infections and is
>incontinent.....we're working on it all these days.
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>Luke - 5, intact Aust Shep. The "man" and top dog. A total powerhouse
>and totally devoted to me. All bone and muscle - hard to keep weight on
>the boy. He has mild IBD/colitis so we are very careful what he eats.....
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>Zack - 8 mos intact Aust Shep. The puppy and destructo machine. So
>far, he is just a goofy growing puppy - happy and healthy.....
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>I live to clean up and analyze poop. I am being funny.....but, seriously
>with 2 IBD dogs it becomes part of life unfortunately...., Basically, I am
>boring in comparison :)
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>Right now I am cooking food for these guys. Chicken and rice primarily,
>its an evolving thing and we are looking for some permanent solutions that
>will work for everyone in my pack.
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>Hope this is a fairly active and informative list - I will certainly share
>info when I can!
>
>
>Michelle Murvai - mmurv99@...
>in Ohio with Molly, Emma, Luke & Zack
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