WELCOME TO ALL

[Jean]

Just a quick welcome from me as Forum Director,

Can I say please contact me personally, as well as the forum if you are in UK , I will happilly talk to you by phone

We are a passionate group of people with one goal in mind , to erradicate ignorance in EPI and to help and motivate people in doing the best for their dog and cat

And in 8 years of belonging to this amazing group of people all over the planet i have made some very strong personal friendships, even spending holidays with them

And any new people dont be afraid, just ask away, and tell it how it is , warts and all, noone will say anything dire , trust me , I wont let them

Anyway again welcome

Love

Jean

[Olesia711]

Ahh, Thank you so much Jean for introducing your self and letting folks know that the can contact you directly too. You have helped so many over the years and it is wonderful that you continue to reach out to those struggling that need a little help and that you will even talk to folks on the phone too... always willing to give the personal touch.

Again, thanks you for your very thoughtful and excellent guidance!!!

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[jilbert57]

Jean, I am looking forward to helping out now that I am on the new site!

[Stacie & Dizzy]

Jean always has an encouraging word and a wealth of knowledge with EPI. Everybody helped me so much when I joined the group in 2012. Thank you for all you do Jean!

[pinglukol]

Good day to all in this forum. This is Samir and Papia and our loving pet Pinglu.

Our story and relationship with epi4dogs.com as ..................................

In January, 2010, somebody left a 25 day old female pup in front of our apartment complex. She was in a distressed condition, so being dog lovers, my wife Papia and I simply couldn't neglect her and came forward to save her life.

We have nourished her to the best of our capacity and tried to accommodate her in the 10,000 square ft garage space of the complex. She was growing up well there for one month. But a lot of politics started in our society because of this and the situation soon worsened. In my absence some people threw her into a drain and started torturing her with a big stick and in other cruel ways. One Sunday she was forced to stay out for a full day and I couldn't find her. I thought she had been left far away somewhere, or even killed.

Late at night when Papia and I came back home, we found the pup in a very stressed condition, shivering in front of my flat door. We took her in and started keeping her with us and with time, she became an integral part of our family as a daughter. We named her Pinglu.

Approx 2 years back, she was observed symptoms of EPI and SID (SIBO ) . We had done all possible tests and treatments available in India. But everything was found ok in tests. We have no facility of doing test of cTLI. With time her body weight started deteriorating. We desparately started seeking help from our friendly network, outside of India and at the same time was giving her all possible support of medicines and diet that we could.
She was first detected symptoms of EPI and SID (SIBO ) by Monika Stojko of Animal SOS Sri Lanka in June, 2016 at her age of 6.5 years and advised us the possible treatment and tests, by going in details of all tests we had done in India and Pinglu’s case history. But those were not available in India.
Time was passing by and we were helpless, since we could not support Pinglu a full treatment. At this critical time, we have got a great friend Olesia and her Epi4dogs.com with a cheerful team . They all came as a god gift to us to save Pinglu. By the continuous advice and support of Olesia, Pratima the wonderful ladies and members of this wonderful organization, we won the race. And she started gaining weight and shown improvement from December 2016 . Before EPI, her weight was 23 kg and it dropped down to 13kg. Now she is 16.5 kg and cheerful. She is approx 8.5 years now . Her DOB is 12.1.2010. We are in coordination with all the members of epi4dogs.com for time to time help and advices. We sincerely thanks to Olesia, Patsy, Jean, Dar, Ann, Judith, Prathima, Elisabeth, Doc’s mom, Riley’s mom, Jill , Devika and a lot of friends of epi4dogs.com

After her recovery from EPI , we are noticing that, she need Tylene oral and B-12 injection for 2-3 months in a year along with her well management of food, enzyme, B-12 .

Samir & Papia

[Olesia711]

Hi Samir & Papia..

Thank you so much for sharing Pinglu's story here on the new forum! She has such a rough journey until you opened your hearts and home to her and went above and beyond to get her the help she needed. Epi4Dogs has amazing members from all over the world who give of their time and knowledge freely to hopefully help others so that they and their dogs will not have to struggle managing EPI. Pinglu is doing so well under your great care and we are honored to have you as part of our Epi4Dogs family!!!!

Samir, i would love to see a pic of Pinglu now..... can you upload one? If you have trouble doing so, just email me ( olesia.kennedy@gmail.com ) a pic of her and i will try to upload it

[pinglukol]

Thank you Olesia for your kind support and reply. Yes, I am trying one pic of Pinglu over here

[pinglukol]

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Pinglu at present

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[Olesia711]

Hi Samir,... thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for uploading a pic of Pinglu.....She looks GREAT..... knowing how much she has been thru and to see her doing so well now under your amazing care and love........well... her picture made me smile really big.

By the way... Love the eye glasses on PingLu..... so.... does she read many books??? ....just teasing you