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Rudy is doing better. His red blood cells had gotten down to 12, then up to 13, then 16 and 20 and today a week later its at 22. He is getting back to his old self and the pink is returning to his gums and ears. The vet still has him on Cyclosporine($$$), Azathiopine and Prednesone and Rudy...

twodogs: Thank you so much for your reply. The vet just called with results of cbc and its good news. His red blood cells are increasing and white is decreasing but still not at good levels. The test now is whether or not his body will destroy the new red blood cells. Your boy's levels...

Other things besides antifreeze has glycol in it. Rudy was about 11 mos old when we found him lapping up still wet foam insulation which contains glycol. We took him to the vet hospital immediately and they kept him overnight and treated the kidneys and he was fine in a few days. Here's...

Rudy had this surgery several months ago and did great. Just keep him as quiet as you can and don't let him jump. He won't feel like doing much for a while and during that time he'll stay quiet. However that was the longest three months of our life together.

We're now in the third week of this disastrous disease. Two weeks ago Rudy was in the hospital and his red blood cells were at 15. He got two transfusions and two injections of cyclosporine. He is on two cyclosporine tablets a day and 60 mg of prednisone a day. We see the vet every other day...

Thanks. We have just been discussing a training schedule. Coby sits on command and shakes hands. That's all. He has a lot of learning to do. I have trained lots of boxers over the years and would hope to have someone else do it this time, but that probably won't happen.

We have this new addition, Coby age 22 months. We had him for two days 3 months ago and he bolted out the door and I had to chase him for several blocks. Finally he was approached by some young adults and he was eager for their attention and I was able to get the leash on him. Now he has...

Fawn with white 4/11/2000

One time when I was at the info counter at Lowes, I mentioned that my Rudy was in the car and had to hurry up and take care of my business. The nice lady said, "Go get him and bring him in". Rudy was a big hit. He's so friendly. Everybody loved him.

Rudy-Red Fawn with White - 6 yrs This is my first post because it's the first time Rudy has had a problem. We had a large Memoiral Day party and Rudy was having a great time running around the pool with the kids and dogs. After about 3 hrs of non-stop play he came in and flopped down...

T-Bone We got our Rudy (from Valentino of Pax) when he was 7 mos old. He has a perfect white t-bone on the back of his neck. If we'd had a chance to name him ourselves it would have been T-Bone.