Changes

....sometimes life throws things at you that are totally unexpected.  Fortunately, with a strong support network, those unexpected moments can just about bearable.  It was quite the week over here.  It took a while, but we realized that Madison has some separation anxiety issues that we are not adequately equipped to handle working full time and living in an apartment.  God is so good though.  The powers that be in the rescue were incredibly supportive and a plan was developed literally in 1 night. We boarded her 1 day and then Madison moved to a foster home with a trainer who can adequately help Madison work through her SA and become a well adjusted little girl.  Hopefully, we'll be able to help another little old one sooner than later....

Madison appears to be settling into her new foster home very well now.  I am pleased that Sandy and her pack will be able to help Madison.

In the Molly world, her eye is bothering her again.  It was slowly doing better until thursday night.  I meant to call Dr. Haver on Friday, but with the madison craziness I forgot.  First thing tomorrow morning we will see what we can get done for her....  It bothers her but it hasn't been stopping her from chewing on bones ALL weekend.   I just don't want her to be in pain.

On a positive note, Monday we were told to stop the trilostane until we can get her diarrhea under control (which can be a side effect of the trilstane.)  The Cushex we ordered before Christmas (an herbal and homeopathic product specifically for Cushings) finally came on Wednesday so we have been using that twice a day.  I'm hoping that it might do it's intended job and keep the Cushing's symptoms under control.  We added slippery elm to her diet as well as more rice and we're using a single protein source instead of 2 as well to help the diarrhea.  Overall we're moving in the right direction....I'm hoping that maybe we don't need to start her back on the trilostane.  If we do though, I know that we will be splitting her dose in 2 as studies have shown lower more frequent dosing cuts down on side effects, which is what we want.  Molly is a bit more bony that I like to see her, but as Linda from the rescue reminded me she's 11 years old.  This just may be how her body is going to look.  She's stopped pooping 8 times a day since I've been giving her just over 1/2 cup of home cooked food twice a day...she's back down to 2 or 3 with no accidents in the house which is just fabulous.

The steam cleaner came last week and we spent the afternoon playing with it, the couch, chair, floor around the couch, corners, the wall, the BATHROOM (holy cow does it look nice), drapes, the linoleum, etc etc....  I love that it disinfects and doesn't use any chemicals... definitely a good buy!!!

I have some pics of Moo chewing on a new bone we gave her a few days ago...it's a compressed rawhide bone from onlynaturalpet.com.  I'm not usually a rawhide fan, but I watched Moo chew 1 at my parents and she did really well with it.  This compressed bone is fabulously tough for her and doesn't get stringy.  She chewed in all afternoon and barely put a dent in it.  When we gave it to her, she literally put it in her mouth and danced around the living room wiggling and frolicking.  It was the cutest thing and definitely worth the $4 in and of itself!!!