[nagdu] Echo's checkup

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Julie M.
It's a prescription.  I'm not sure of the name--one of those long chemical
things.  You could ask your vet about the problem, and see what she says.
BTW, we found a mobile vet who comes to us.  It's much less stressful for
Echo.  Her arthritis makes squeezing into a taxi very uncomfortable, and,
as she got older, she got more stressed just being at the vet's.  Now she
doesn't really like being out of familiar environments at all.  We're so
happy we found a practice that will come to her.
Tracy

> Hey, would you mind telling me what ointment you're using and if it's a
> prescription or not? I have an old dog (not as old as good old Echo
> though) who has the same tearing problem.
>
> Julie M
>
>
> On Dec 29, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>
>> My retired guide Echo is 16, going on 17.  She's on a couple
>> medications,
>> and just had a checkup yesterday.  The vet couldn't believe how old she
>> is.  She said Echo's coat is shiny and healthy-looking, like that of a
>> younger dog.  She asked me what food Echo is eating, which is Canidae.
>> So
>> it seems like feeding a high-quality food is having good effects.
>> She also said that Echo's eyes look fine, which is good.  I have been
>> putting ointment in one eye every day or two for a while, because it
>> gets
>> very runny, and the effort seems to be working.  I had asked the list
>> for
>> eye-ointment administration suggestions.  What's working for me is to
>> put
>> a bit on my finger, pull the skin around her eye gently so the eye is
>> open, and dab on the ointment.  I had been trying to do it directly from
>> the tube, but I have a much better idea of exactly where my finger is
>> than
>> I did of where the end of the tube was.  I was always afraid of jabbing
>> her eye by accident.
>> Anyway, the old gal keeps on trucking!
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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