Look Ma No Tramadol
I can’t explain it but Jack didn’t need any Tramadol since 7:00pm last night. When she gets to the end of her 8 hours she tends to have more personality and is less subdued but is also uncomfortable so we end up giving her another 50mg of Tramadol. Well last night she didn’t seem to get uncomfortable. My wife applied a heating pad and also cold packs so perhaps those helped? We decided not to dose her unless she was uncomfortable and i’ll be damned we slept until 5:00am when she wanted to go out and then just came back in and went to bed. Then today (still no drugs) she didn’t seem uncomfortable and even chewed on a bone toy and took her rubber ball outside. Maybe we’ll get really lucky and she’ll eat on her own from her dog bowl. We’re still feeding her from the 1oz syringe of pureed dog food. I’m afraid she seems to like it so i’m not sure if she’s not eating because she’s spoiled or if she still doesn’t have an appetite.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Jack, you are such a beautiful girl. So glad to hear it sounds like you’re turning a corner there.
One thing my Mom wanted to share with you was that she just heard that applying ice is usually more favorable to a dog. Heat is something that smaller, shivery dogs and old dogs dig more. Maybe your Mom might want to switch to ice and see if that helps. Although it looks like you already got the hang of it with all that snow there. Brrrrr!
February 12th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Yes she loves the snow. She’s takign Rimadyl now and it’s working so much better than the Tramadol. My wife also does Moxa which seems to really relax her. Tonight she actually ate a bowl of food on her own. Hopefully we’re done with the pureed food.