Max is Home! Thank you YT Community

[Lizzie07]

Max is so cute and sweet looking! Maybe Cooper missed him a little bit. They look like long lost bros.

So glad you have your baby baby is home and that he will be getting the meds control his seizures.

[AllDogBoots]

I just saw Max very still as if he was going to go into a focal seizure and he did not. So even if there are some side effects of this medicine, I primarily want to get the seizures under control. This is all happening so quickly for me. Max is in good care with his doctors and my partner is a pharmacist. We will do our research.

Originally Posted by KJLive

I just completed my read on your original thread. And as not even the owner, my emotions, tears, and joys were up and down. I can only imagine what it felt like for you.

May I say that you handled yourself in a mature and composed manner, even though most times you didn't feel that way.

I am so glad, as well as all the others here on YT, to see that Max is home and is back playing with his brother.

God's blessing on his future.

PS: Good boy, Max! You did really good!

Thank you.

[cathys]

So happy that Max is back with his family. Have a Great time with your little ones.

[Woogie Man]

Glad to see Max back home again. I'll keep hoping for a great outcome and that he can be weaned off the meds soon.

A little bit of an opinion here....I personally don't start any dog on heartworm prevention before 5 months old. It has a lot to do with what I've said before...that a dog's organs are still developing until that age and I don't want any toxins in their developing system.

I've seen where all the makers of these products say they are safe to use in puppies, some as early as 4 weeks old. I don't trust that as these products are pesticides and are not 'medicine'. If you look around, you'll see that most vets don't require a heartworm test in pups under 6 months of age. That is because any possible heartworm infection would still be at the larval stage where the preventatives would kill it, which in my mind makes early preventative doses unnecessary. Also, I only use heartworm prevention and no flea prevention. For fleas, I treat my yard. That makes it one less toxin to put on my dogs.

I know many vets want to do everything to a pup, but I am more conservative and try to minimize the risks I expose them to....a major one being limiting toxins to only what is necessary.

Again, great to see Max back home and hope to see nothing but positive updates on him.

[AllDogBoots]

Thanks. Another update: Max just rang the bell. I don't know if he hit it by accident or what, but I took him outside and he peed.

[Ladymom]

Originally Posted by 107barney

Just a quick comment on Marin - I used it for a while with Daisy but discontinued it I had heard that it can cause uroliths (bladder crystals/stones) in some dogs. Since yorkies are prone, I stopped it. We have not found a replacement silymarin product without high levels of alcohol so I may go back on Marin. Not sure.

I had never heard that. Can you post the link to the article/study you read that?

I started with milk thistle from GNC years ago before milk thistle therapy was well known. Marin wasn't available back then. I've been using Marin for about five years now. It was recommended to me by a member on another forum whose dog is a patient at Cornell. Dr. Center recommended Marin for her Harry since it also contains vitamin E, an important part of the therapy.

Vitamin E, a memberate-associated antioxidant, benefits liver function because oxidant damage to hepatocytes can affect liver health. Vitamin E has been shown to reduce the oxidative damage to the hepatocyte mitochondrial membranes caused by hydrophobic bile salts (these bile salts build up in the liver when bile flow is impaired) Vitamin E use has been reported in dogs for its antioxidant role that also help to support hepatic health.


Marin for Small to Medium Dogs (30 Tablets)

Looks like GNC's milk thistle doesn't contain alcohol. You could use it and just add vitamin E.

GNC Herbal Plus® Standardized Milk Thistle - GNC HERBAL PLUS STANDARDIZED - GNC

[marcie]

Glad to hear Max is back home. Hugs going to you.

[Maximo]

Originally Posted by AllDogBoots

Here is Max. And here is Cooper and Max kissing Hello.

Beautiful pictures. Very happy to see your darling boy home with his family.

Ringing the potty bell too -- way to go Max!

[EarthAngel]

So happy to hear Max is home and doing well...even ringing his bell! Must have put a smile on your face that he remembered. Glad to see your pictures of him and Cooper!

[tommysgirl789]

Glad your baby is home again! Hope you both get a goods night rest. Keep us posted, he's a cutie.

[HollyandMommy]

So happy Max is home!!!!! Kisses from Holly and Armai thinks he should get shaved down like Max for support!!!!!!

[IamMiasmom]

YEAH!!! SO happy Max is home!

[Patti]

Glad Max is home and doing better.

[margaritaville]

Glad to see Max is home.

[BlueBelle]

I have silently followed your journey thru this awful, freightning time. Prayers have been offered. Joy is complete now that he is home.
The pictures brought tears to my eyes.
God Bless you all.
Marcy