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Hi everyone!! Another year has gone, and I still don't know what would I do without you... thank to you all, specially Olesia. You doesn't only gave me knowledge, but support and strenght to search for a better care to my little Maddie, wich thanks to that she is fine, happier and healthier.
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-- Melissa, owned by Maddie 14.8lb - diagnosed nov'09, we live in São Paulo, Brazil. Feed 6x a day, enzymes, dry food/homemade, and fruits. Also give her 2 bone stick of prebiotic/probiotic, vitamins and mineral. Also owned by Kenzo & Olivia. All Westies.
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Merry Christmas to you too Melissa. Absolutely beautiful photo. | |
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-- Lynn, From Melbourne, Australia. Owned by Tess (Irish Setter), Grace (English Setter) & Megg, my beautiful 'English' EPI Angel - Forever in my heart. .
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Merry Christmas to you and your, Melissa as well! | |
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-- Donna
Owned by Tara, a 8 YO GSD w/EPI and DM dx'd at about a year old. Fed Taste of the Wild Lamb formular kibble and enhance this diet with cooked meat, veggies and fruit, Enzymes: Pancreatin 8x - 1 tsp per cup of food. Suppliments include 1000 mg Wild Salmon oil, Glucosomine/Chondrotin/MSM and Probiotic acidophilus. Stable since 2005 Also owned by sidekicks' Zoey my rescued GSD and Max, a 10 MO PWC rescue - along with Tess (GSD) and Zeke (PWC) with Angel wings
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Ahhh Melissa... So wonderful to hear from you !!!! And Maddie, Olivia, Igor and Kenzo look great!!! I am so glad to hear that Maddie is doing so well. I remember when it was difficult for you to find Maddie the right enzymes and then you had to figure out the right dose!!! SO Hearnig from you that all is well is SO nice! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from Indiana, USA ! | |
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-- Olesia, owned by Izzy-45lb SWD, Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.3, Stable almost 7 yrs! Once stable, was able to reduce enzymes to only 1/2 tsp of Enzymes with each meal, but after almost 4 years of stabilization... had to increase the amount of enzymes to 3/4 teaspoon with each meal. Feed various grain-free kibble+real meat, 6x pancreatin enzymes from EnzymeDiane. I give 1 tsp of coconut oil one day and 1 tsp salmon oil next day, and also give canned sardines packed without salt or canned herring for extra omega oils.
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Merry Christmas Melissa - THAT is one beautiful group of pups!!! Have a blessed Christmas - from me and Jackie!
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-- Michele "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich" - having 2 makes you even richer! :-)Jackie (back in pic) Diagnosed at 9 mos (09/09) - TLI 0.3 and low end of B12. Pancreatin 8x dosing 3/4tsp per cup. Natures Domain, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics and Duralactin in the am. Stable and happy 115 lbs - thanks to all the beautiful souls on this forum, we could not have done it without YOU. Dexter - Diagnosed 11/10 approx 3 yrs of age. We failed fostering and now he has his forever home
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OH Melissa, Your pups are so cute. And, Igor is such a character. His name fits so well. OMG. Olesia. I actually laughted out loud at Izzy. She looks like a "little Lamb" whose "fleece was white as snow." HILARIOUS. Michele, Jackie is BEAUTIFUL, AS USUAL. Great SAnta Pic. Now, here is Suzies Christmas Pic. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
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-- Brenda & Sailin Suzie. Worlds Greatest Boat Dog
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BTW......SHE HATES THAT OUTFIT. CAn you tell. LOL | |
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-- Brenda & Sailin Suzie. Worlds Greatest Boat Dog
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What a wonderful group of pups you have there Melissa!!! They are soooooo cute!!!! Olesia, how do you get that white stuff???? I bet my dogs would love that!!!! hahaha Michele, I hope that Santa knew the pup!!! Talk about being intimidating!!!! Brenda...hahahahaha You're kidding, Suzie doesn't like that outfit? I couldn't tell at all....hahaha Merry Christmas all.... | |
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-- Butterbean, 6 year old chihuahua, diagnosed in May-June'10 via pancreatic biopsy (in other words, it wasn't there). And now we have the TLI score of 0.7
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Speaking of outfits the dogs hate....here's Rosina in her latest Christmas Collar. I think she likes her other bells better, but they're a little tight with all the fluff she has around her neck already.
Everyone's pups are sooooo Beautiful! Wonderful Christmas Pics! Merry Christmas to you all!! | |
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-- Pamela and Rosina; 9 yr old LH Chihuahua Mix; dx'd 10/26/10; Currently 2.5 lbs overweight at 22.5 lbs. Free fed in AM and PM on 3/8 cup Wellness Core Chicken, Turkey Liver, and Chicken Liver Dry and 2 tbsp Wellness Core Chicken, Turkey Liver, and Chicken Liver canned, 1 tsp pumpkin (sometimes add 2 tbsp greenbeans when she needs more food because of increased appetite from the Temaril) and 1/2 tsp Diane's 8X granulated enzymes; 1 tbsp Wellness 95% Chicken or Turkey and 1/16 tsp 8X enzymes incubated and mixed with 1/16 tsp Tylan in the AM. Taking Temaril occasionally for allergies and Metacam 1X most days for leg pain.
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Brenda - LOL - Suzie looks like she sports it well even if she hates it. I hear her saying "mom - I let you get away with a lot, but this is over the top!!" Pamela - Rosina looks like a budding flower!!! I hear her saying "the sooner I sit still, the sooner the thing comes off me!!!" Great pics ladies!!! May the love and light of Christmas and the Holidays surround you, your family, your loved ones and your furbabies - now and always. God Bless... | |
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-- Michele "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich" - having 2 makes you even richer! :-)Jackie (back in pic) Diagnosed at 9 mos (09/09) - TLI 0.3 and low end of B12. Pancreatin 8x dosing 3/4tsp per cup. Natures Domain, Trinfac-B Intrinsic Factor daily, probiotics and Duralactin in the am. Stable and happy 115 lbs - thanks to all the beautiful souls on this forum, we could not have done it without YOU. Dexter - Diagnosed 11/10 approx 3 yrs of age. We failed fostering and now he has his forever home
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Merry Christmas to all! This is such a great group.....would love to give you all a hug and thank you for all the help and support (especially to you Olesia) you have given this year to help us care for Taiko and Pharaoh (who are off to boarding and I'm off to pack....will be offline for about a week. Was wondering where to share this and this seems a good place | |
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-- Terry Mom of two EPI Shiloh Shepherds: Pharaoh born Nov. 2007 (dx December 2009) and his older half sister,Taiko born Sept. 2006 (dx June 2010). Pharaoh was 62.4 lbs. when diagnosed in 12/2009 and 10/31/11 his weight was 76.6 and 82.5 lbs on 1/28/12. Received six weeks of B12 shots Jan-Feb 2010 but his B12 on 8/10/2010 was only 232. Taiko's weight was 70.7 lbs. in June 2010 (time of diagnosis) and on 10/31/11 was 80.4 and on 1/28/12 was 84 (2 lbs. over vet's max weight for her). B12 was 211 in June 2010 and 293 on 8/10/10 (after getting weekly shots). Both pups receive B12 shots weekly at home. Both are fed twice a day Costco grain free brand: 2 cups kibble in the morning with 4 crushed tblets and 2 1/2 cups evening with 4 1/2 crushed tablets; plus each meal also get cooked ground turkey (app 1/4 lb. each meal) or half a can of dog food.
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What lovely pictures everyone!!!! Merry Christmas too all!!! Oh and Pamela, where did you get that collar?? I'm always calling Zeke my Curt Jester and somehow that seems perfect for him!!! | |
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-- Donna
Owned by Tara, a 8 YO GSD w/EPI and DM dx'd at about a year old. Fed Taste of the Wild Lamb formular kibble and enhance this diet with cooked meat, veggies and fruit, Enzymes: Pancreatin 8x - 1 tsp per cup of food. Suppliments include 1000 mg Wild Salmon oil, Glucosomine/Chondrotin/MSM and Probiotic acidophilus. Stable since 2005 Also owned by sidekicks' Zoey my rescued GSD and Max, a 10 MO PWC rescue - along with Tess (GSD) and Zeke (PWC) with Angel wings
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Donna,
Lol! I thought she looked like a jester too when I put it on her! I got it at Petsmart. They had their Christmas toys and clothes 50% off. This was the only thing I could find that my husband wouldn't despise me for putting on her! Haha! He hates it when I dress her up! They were one size fits all and are pretty stretchy. | |
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-- Pamela and Rosina; 9 yr old LH Chihuahua Mix; dx'd 10/26/10; Currently 2.5 lbs overweight at 22.5 lbs. Free fed in AM and PM on 3/8 cup Wellness Core Chicken, Turkey Liver, and Chicken Liver Dry and 2 tbsp Wellness Core Chicken, Turkey Liver, and Chicken Liver canned, 1 tsp pumpkin (sometimes add 2 tbsp greenbeans when she needs more food because of increased appetite from the Temaril) and 1/2 tsp Diane's 8X granulated enzymes; 1 tbsp Wellness 95% Chicken or Turkey and 1/16 tsp 8X enzymes incubated and mixed with 1/16 tsp Tylan in the AM. Taking Temaril occasionally for allergies and Metacam 1X most days for leg pain.
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Oh My.... i am so enjoying popping in on this thread! Terry ~ I loved that vidoe... wasn't expecting the hands... i burst out laughing. Well done AND for a good cause. Thanks for posting! Pamela ~ Yes... Rosina DOES look like a Jester... but a Christmas Jester ... SHe is such a cutie!!! i hope you will share more pictures with us after the holidays! Brenda ~ I cracked up seeing Suzie'as expression dressed in that outfit... of course "my" take on it was not so gentle.... to me it looked likeSuzie thinking... "okay... where IS he... that fat man in the red suit.....i've been waiting FOREVER... he better not be a "no-show"!!"" Michele... OMG... i'm with Susan.... Santa does look a wee bit inimated by Jackie i... who is such a sweeties... but is indeed LOOMING over Santa... ho-ho-HO! | |
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-- Olesia, owned by Izzy-45lb SWD, Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.3, Stable almost 7 yrs! Once stable, was able to reduce enzymes to only 1/2 tsp of Enzymes with each meal, but after almost 4 years of stabilization... had to increase the amount of enzymes to 3/4 teaspoon with each meal. Feed various grain-free kibble+real meat, 6x pancreatin enzymes from EnzymeDiane. I give 1 tsp of coconut oil one day and 1 tsp salmon oil next day, and also give canned sardines packed without salt or canned herring for extra omega oils.
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Happy holidays all ... | |
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-- In memory of my "Golden Girl" Pebbles my heart continues to be broken... I miss you soooo
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Well down here in the Southern Hemisphere we've had our Xmas and what with all these fine festive pups bedecked in their seasonal attire I thought I'd share a snap or two of how Lulu spent her day, not with white cold snow and halls bedecked with holly but bright white sunshine and halls encrusted with little sandy furry footprints from a day at the beach - Lulu's favouritist place in the World! Lulu waiting for her Xmas present to be thrown for the 100th time (Chuckit! chucker + floatie high bounce ball). Lookin' good for a girl without a functioning pancreas...
Throw it again and again and again Mummy! There's plenty of space...
I'm bored with my new present, let's play with 'Chuckie' the frisbee instead! (over and over and over again)
Time for lunch, I wonder how many Pippis stuck to this bit of driftwood I can scoff before Dad pops some enzymes in my gob
Uh oh, not nearly enough...
Ok then, what about this idea?!? How about we start all over chucking my new present (again and again and again)
Hey what's that up on the hill?!?
It looks like a giant red freaky transvestite inflatable Santa...
Yes it was! Isn't Xmas fun in the hot hot sun! Merry-giant-red-freaky-transvestite-inflatable-Santa-time everybody!!
Lulu | |
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Craig Lulu (aka Miss Lulupants) is a 4 year old 'Red Shepherd' (Australian Red Heeler x Long-hair GSD) who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Diagnosed with EPI in April 2010. Currently on one Creon 25k per meal;
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Maddie and her friends look wonderful! Izzy look so happy, love dogs in the snow. Jackie looks great but Santa looks miniature size next to her! Suzie is lovely in her Christmas coat but it seems funny to see her without water in the picture! Rosina looks adorable in her Christmas collar, so festive! Miss Lulupants - what can I say, always so photogenic. Love her Christmas bow. | |
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-- Kathy and Ted 9 yr old GSD rescue ~72 lbs now 109 lbs
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Well Lulu's bow may not be as flash as some of the other pretty party outfits but with the beach punishment it took all day it wouldn't look as pretty afterwards either | |
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Craig Lulu (aka Miss Lulupants) is a 4 year old 'Red Shepherd' (Australian Red Heeler x Long-hair GSD) who lives in Adelaide, South Australia. Diagnosed with EPI in April 2010. Currently on one Creon 25k per meal;
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- Barb -
Mom to Cedar, diagnosed with EPI Nov 1, 2010, TLI 1.2, April 2011 B12 310 (150-700), Folate 31 (7-39); Dec 2011 B12 349 (150-700), Folate 18 (7-39); now on B12 injections weekly; 1 3/4 tsp pancreatin 8X/meal, 1 1/4 c Evo Red Meat Grain free + 1/2 c add ins (pork, salmon, sardines, haddock, egg, pumpkin are the usual), 1/3 c water, incubated x 30 minutes; 2 meals/day; current weight 69.9 lbs. Also has Pannus; treated with tacrolimus ointment 2 x daily each eye and gets 100 ug Vit E daily for immature cataracts. Also Mom to pupkids Bree and Griffin, and catkids Abby, Diamond and Max...and skinkid Ayden
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beautiful
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-- Kara:: adopted at five months old 26th December 2009 always hungry more than any of my other dogs became noticeably distressed August 2010 Two vet visits and............. Diagnosed with EPI at 14 months old September 2010 tli<1.00 folate 8.3 cobalimin 611 taking 2 Oxytet antibiotics 3 times a day and eating Nutrix grain free duck and potato kibble and starting to put weight on currently 33 kilos as of 20th June 2011 we also use Tylan if we dont have the time to use the oxytet as it has to be on an empty tum, enzymes at the moment Pancrex granules 3 teaspoons per meal she is 2 yrs old as of 21st July 2011 "UNCONDITIONAL LOVE WAS INVENTED BY DOGS"
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Great photo! 
All the pics are terrific. It was a struggle but I managed to get a few of Cedar and Bree, mostly with Ayden holding them in place. Note the new stuffless Pteradactyl that Santa brought!
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