[nagdu] Echo's checkup

[t21114 at optonline.net]

Hi Tracy,
Glad to hear Echo's still going strong. My first guide dog lived to be 15. That always amazes me to hear when a dog lives that long. I hope Echo continues to be well.
Marilyn and Anna

----- Original Message -----
From: Tami Kinney 
Date: Thursday, December 29, 2011 7:56 pm
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Echo's checkup
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 

> 
> 
> On 12/29/2011 07:47 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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