Fun News about Tucker

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Tuckaboo Pam
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Fun News about Tucker

Post by Tuckaboo Pam » 26 Jul 2022, 19:32

I took Tucker to the vet today, to have a couple of lumps looked at. Good news. One is a lipoma, and the other a granular something or other, caused by his OCD licking. This boy.

BUT, when he got on the scale, it registered a whopping 95 pounds! You could have knocked me over with a feather!

When we started this journey, Tucker weighed 60 pounds, and had weighed that much for 4 1/2 years. His ribs showed, his hip bones showed, and he was completely ravenous all the time. My vet just considered him a healthy lean. Today, he is still my goofy, silly, sometimes grumpy & easily scared baby, always my boyfriend, but now there are 95 pounds of him to love, and I just can't believe it! YEA!!!

Happy Day to all of you. --- Pam
Tucker was a shepherd mix--- TLI 1.3, Folate 9.7, Cobalamin 666, Lipase 38. Diane's Enzymes 4 t/day, B12 1 capsule/day, and Tylan 1/16 teaspoon/day. Taste of the Wild High Prairie, 4 c/day. 60 to 85 pounds! Tucker succumbed to hemangiosarcoma Nov. 2023. I will always, always miss my sweet big boy.

Now there's Nina. 5 year old GSD. TLI 1.0 B12 323. We are still tweaking her routine, and getting lots of help from the forum. She is klutzy and goofy, and we love her dearly, too.
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Olesia711
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Re: Fun News about Tucker

Post by Olesia711 » 26 Jul 2022, 21:22

oh WOW!!!!! now that IS good news.....sounds like someone is pleasantly plump..... which is a WONDERFUL thing for an EPI dog ...
Congratultions!!!!!!!!

Sure sounds like "someone :lol: " needs to be entered into the Chunky Monkey Club https://epi4dogs.com/chunky-monkey-club/
Olesia, was owned by Izzy, a 35lb Spanish Water Dog (SWD), Diagnosed at 1.5 years old - TLI results 1.. Izzy passed away on February 13, 2020 at 15 years old. She lived with EPI for 13+1/2 years. It was because of Izzy that Epi4Dogs was started... she was the inspiration. May her legacy of helping others with EPI continue for as long as needed.........
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jilbert57
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Post by jilbert57 » 26 Jul 2022, 21:46

Way to go Tucker!
CHUNKY MONKEY CLUB!

Jill
My name is Jill and we live on the Hood Canal in Washington State. We currently have 2 Jack russells, TJ is 8 and Sadie is 2.

Mickey and his pancreatitis brought me to Epi4dogs.com site in 2012 to help manage it.
He lived from 6/99 - 8/2014

Mickey, Jack Russell. Chronic Pancreatitis. Dianes enzymes, 1/8t 3x/day with meals.
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Montgomery
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Re: Fun News about Tucker

Post by Montgomery » 27 Jul 2022, 00:58

YEAAAAHHOOOOOO!!!!! Way to go! That's wicked awesome!
Montgomery was born 20 March 2012. He eats extra lean ground chicken, lean ground pork and lean ground beef completed with Alnutrin and freeze-dried chicken liver, with hard-cooked egg. He gets two size zero capsules of Enzyme Diane's enzymes at each of his six meals, and a size four capsule of Tylan three times a day. He's a fierce little Spitfire with a roaring Merlin engine.
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Tuckaboo Pam
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Post by Tuckaboo Pam » 27 Jul 2022, 07:30

My vet being a mobile one, we only get Tucker weighed when we need some kind of test that she can't provide. Last year when we had the blood draw for his EPI test, he weighed 80, which was awesome. The reason I was floored yesterday, was the fact that he doesn't look any different to me.

I wish there was a club for me, where I could celebrate my weight gain!
Tucker was a shepherd mix--- TLI 1.3, Folate 9.7, Cobalamin 666, Lipase 38. Diane's Enzymes 4 t/day, B12 1 capsule/day, and Tylan 1/16 teaspoon/day. Taste of the Wild High Prairie, 4 c/day. 60 to 85 pounds! Tucker succumbed to hemangiosarcoma Nov. 2023. I will always, always miss my sweet big boy.

Now there's Nina. 5 year old GSD. TLI 1.0 B12 323. We are still tweaking her routine, and getting lots of help from the forum. She is klutzy and goofy, and we love her dearly, too.
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