Brit so glad to hear that Jackson is coming home tonight. You have had a very rough few days. Sending ((hugs)) to you both. I will be awaiting your next update.
Glad the house is alright. Gosh enough already!

Great news! Thanks for the updates. He's gonna be one happy pooch when he gets home to you!

I am glad to hear Jackson is doing better and gets to come home tonight. I hope he continues to recover & yall can get back to normal soon. :animal-pa

Can I just say the kindness, generosity and pure compassion on YT is amazing? I can't thank you all enough for your concern, your advice, and even your donations. Two people gave me a donation and I don't know if you want your names mentioned or not, but I'd like to thank you. It means the world to me -- being a "broke" college student (lol). No I am just glad I keep a nice cushion in my bank account for emergencies such as these. My dad is going to cover some of it too and says I can pay him back whenever. My grandma is also being amazing and told me to forget about my phone bill for a few months (I am on her plan and pay her every month). I put down $750 so far and I am not sure what the total is going to boil down to. I'm guessing right around $1200 but maybe more with meds and food, etc. It just shows how loved Jackson really is and he truly is a member of this family. I had so many phone calls and text messages checking in on him and I'm so glad he can bring the same joy, worry and concern to you all that he does to me (I don't feel so alone! ;))

But besides the money issue, I knew I had to get my boy in right away and I know I did the right thing. I am so glad that I made the decision that I did because I feel like I caught it just in time before it got extremely worse.

I sincerely don't know what I would do without the support of my YT friends who help me like none other. I am also so grateful that I found an amazing vet who I really trust and he took such fantastic care of my dog. The whole staff was very understanding of everything.

I just feel very lucky right now and am going to hold Jackson so tight tonight (well, not TOO tight ;)) but I am going to be so happy to look over and see him in my bed again. Last night was so lonely.

Thank you once again to all my YT prayers, support, and love that I received. You all truly helped me through the worst of it.

I can't wait until he is home.

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

So happy for you Brit.

Oh Brit, I'm sorry! I'm a college student too and completely understand your financial situation and let me just say that you are a WONDERFUL example of how it's not age but the love and dedication that makes a great dog owner. I am so happy that Jackson is coming home to you tonight, I can't even imagine how difficult it must have been for you to not have him around, and I'm sure you felt guilty about Jackson's pancreatitis (even though we've assured you that it is not your fault). I hope Jackson is back to his old self in no time. Thank you for taking your time to update us.
-Rose and Teddy

So glad to hear Jackson is coming home.So glad to hear he is doing better.:)

I have been following the thread. I am so glad Jackson is doing better and will get to come home. I agree YT people are the best ! Prayers for you sweet Brittany. And hope that you will get a good sleep tonight, and hugs for Jackson too.

I'm so happy Jackson gets to come home to night! Sorry about the lightening and your basement flooding as well. I will still continue praying for you and Jackson.

He is home. :)

He was really excited when he ran out and saw me. My mom, stepdad and little sister came too. He was VERY excited! Went outside and peed right away a lot. He was pretty mellow on the car-ride but that's pretty typical. I held him and he stuck his head out the window a little bit which means he's feeling good!

Whew did his butt stink. I'm assuming his anal glands (I've smelled that smell before...) because he expresses them when he's scared, even when he gets his nails cut. He did have a bit of poop stuck to his butt too.

We walked in the door to our house and he was so happy to be home -- I could just tell. He peed a lot again when we got home, to be expected. I used a sponge and dog shampoo and tried to clean his butt as much as possible for tonight. It smells a little better... whew!

He was starving. I offered him his Purina E/N kibble and he ate it up! Not a lot... probably like 15 kibbles? He used to get 1/2 cup a day of TOTW and the vet said 1/3 of his usual diet... I'm pretty sure. Either way, it wasn't a lot.

This is going to be hard... he's basically his 'normal' self. Step-dad took out his quesidillias from the fridge to eat and Jackson was sitting right beside him, laying head on lap, just waiting for us to give him a piece (don't worry - I took him down). He clearly has no idea what caused this mess, LOL. Then he walked around the whole kitchen just sniffing the floor scrounging for food. This IS the dog with an ID tag that states 'Treat Monster'. *sigh* Oh, then he found a piece of a treat on the floor left over I suppose from the other day. One of those freeze dried liver treats, I pried open his mouth and took it out. He looked at me so confused, poor fella. But it's for the best and I am not taking any more chances.

He did try to play with his Orbee ball for about 3 minutes with me and bounced it around but he's pretty tired. I'm sure from just the whole ordeal, the sickness and everything. So he just went under my bed for some rest, which he does almost every night, so very typical of him. Oh he did just have the "hershey squirts" as my dad calls them outside but he's drinking water well and had a bit of food.

Glad to hear Jackson is back to his old self, almost. Poor guy. Lol at the treat monster. But just remember, he will love you not matter what and will get over not having all of the treats. Especially when his system starts feeling 100% better.

My Cairn always had toruble expressing her anal glands, and then Maizy, my other Cairn expresses them when she's nervous and I agree it's a odor that's so...Gah! I can't even describe it.

But I'm so happy your baby is back! Have a good cuddle night!:p

Of course the vet on the phone also told me "stay away from all natural diets and feed high quality kibbles such as IAMS, Eukanuba, Science Diet, etc". So he's basically saying the Purina E/N only needs to be fed until the bag is finished and then I should go to one of those foods *sigh* This is difficult for me.... lol. I can tell he will not discuss any other types of food with me and is totally against anything else.

Obviously, I am going to listen to my vet's advice. I really trust his knowledge and I am going to use what is best for Jackson's tummy. But I am hoping I can maybe get him to agree on at least Natural Balance for the future? They have some pretty low fat and protein content foods.... I can't see how feeding Iams or Eukanuba would be any better than NB at least. But this is just my issue that I will speak to the vet about and possibly contact a few more just to get their opinion. Maybe find a canine nutritionist in the area, and we'll go from there. For now, he will stay on the Purina E/N.

Anyone know where to find a canine nutritionist? I'm still not totally giving up the idea of homecooking.

Brit,
He will adjust to "no people food" quicker than you think, I'm guessing. After many dogs we learned it's best just to start them off from day one with dog food or dog treats only. Eventually they don't even think about asking for people food, believe it or not. (I'm not sure Zoe even knows it's an option to eat anything we eat.)
My cavaliers used to get tidbits until we adopted this new policy (after finding out our mix has chronic pancreatitis, and later our male cav had acute.) Now they don't even ask for anything. (Well, except for poor Emma, she still struggles a bit when scrambled eggs are cooking :confused:.)
I hope he adjusts quickly...and he WILL still love getting dog treats just as much!
You are so a wonderful yorkie Mom; keep up the amazing!

It's my understanding that most dog treats are out, too? So I guess, when it comes time to figure out what will work for him, etc, I'll discuss with vet. He did tell me boiled skinless chicken would be fine (but not right away yet).

But yes, he will be fine! I also wish I had instituted the no people food policy from the get-go. My plan was to. Then I got lazy.