DAWNMERIE
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Sorry, long post again.....
I think I've talked before about Zeke and possible anxiety issues, well I think he has LP. No confirmation and I probably won't go with getting confirmation. I think we'd have a major issue getting him in a car and to a vet and I'm positive I don't want to put him under unless it's life or death.
We had an episode a few weeks back and thank god that I have the vets cell, we woke up to him panicked and his breathing was scary. The vet had given us Zanax a few months earlier (I looked and that was back in Oct/2017) and I am ever so glad he did. We only used it once before and it completely zonked him, and it did again that day and I think he needed it cause I'm not sure how long he was in a panic. He slept it off and we haven't had an issue like that again but his breathing is concerning.
He's been having such a hard time with the 3 steps we have, so Vin and I decided to start to force the issue. He now wears the harness and we force him to use the ramp we made for him a few years back (which was a godsend for Myra) it's been about a week and he panics easily but hopefully with time that changes. He's still strong and as stubborn as anything cause he's taken both Vin and I down.
I think we have decided to choose a medication called Doxepin. Red Bank Vet Hospital is currently doing a study on Doxepin and the effects on LP in Labrador's. My vet is open to our thoughts and is willing to give this a shot. I had him out to the house about a week ago cause I've been fighting with a nasty elbow hygroma that I can't seem to heal on Zeks's elbow. I was kinda hoping for a lesson in wrapping elbows but he was concerned with it being mast cell. So he took a biop and sent to the lab for confirmation. Scared me some, but I haven't heard about many newfs with that so I didn't go over board, results today say no mast cell, can I say Waaaaaa Whooooo. Ok, maybe I was scared a lot, just seems like lately **** keeps rolling down hill and I'm at the bottom trying to work my way up, so at least I got a step up on that one.
Just looking to see if anyone has tried the medication Doxepin and looking to hear any results if so??? My understanding is if it is LP and it's both sides, chances are the medication will not work but if it's only one side, we have a good chance. I currently have RVCP (right vocal cord paralysis) from a stupid virus a few years back, so I get what Zeke is going through and I just want it better for him. Zeke does have some rear end weakness but nothing major yet. Any and all thoughts are ready to be heard cause I can't loose him so close to Myra, it would kill me.
I think I've talked before about Zeke and possible anxiety issues, well I think he has LP. No confirmation and I probably won't go with getting confirmation. I think we'd have a major issue getting him in a car and to a vet and I'm positive I don't want to put him under unless it's life or death.
We had an episode a few weeks back and thank god that I have the vets cell, we woke up to him panicked and his breathing was scary. The vet had given us Zanax a few months earlier (I looked and that was back in Oct/2017) and I am ever so glad he did. We only used it once before and it completely zonked him, and it did again that day and I think he needed it cause I'm not sure how long he was in a panic. He slept it off and we haven't had an issue like that again but his breathing is concerning.
He's been having such a hard time with the 3 steps we have, so Vin and I decided to start to force the issue. He now wears the harness and we force him to use the ramp we made for him a few years back (which was a godsend for Myra) it's been about a week and he panics easily but hopefully with time that changes. He's still strong and as stubborn as anything cause he's taken both Vin and I down.
I think we have decided to choose a medication called Doxepin. Red Bank Vet Hospital is currently doing a study on Doxepin and the effects on LP in Labrador's. My vet is open to our thoughts and is willing to give this a shot. I had him out to the house about a week ago cause I've been fighting with a nasty elbow hygroma that I can't seem to heal on Zeks's elbow. I was kinda hoping for a lesson in wrapping elbows but he was concerned with it being mast cell. So he took a biop and sent to the lab for confirmation. Scared me some, but I haven't heard about many newfs with that so I didn't go over board, results today say no mast cell, can I say Waaaaaa Whooooo. Ok, maybe I was scared a lot, just seems like lately **** keeps rolling down hill and I'm at the bottom trying to work my way up, so at least I got a step up on that one.
Just looking to see if anyone has tried the medication Doxepin and looking to hear any results if so??? My understanding is if it is LP and it's both sides, chances are the medication will not work but if it's only one side, we have a good chance. I currently have RVCP (right vocal cord paralysis) from a stupid virus a few years back, so I get what Zeke is going through and I just want it better for him. Zeke does have some rear end weakness but nothing major yet. Any and all thoughts are ready to be heard cause I can't loose him so close to Myra, it would kill me.
