well...we have figured this particular vet is a tad clueless. When we asked him if there is any k9 specific pain reliever, or de-congestant, he said no. use a childs med.
While we were at a pet section of wally world, what did we find? k9 pain reliever and de-congestant. So we ran a few courses of de-cong. thru him. He is much better now. No globs of snot flying around, more playfull, we haven't given him anything for a month now. Still has occasional cough that ends in a couple hacks.
Still has a few large lumps here and there, but they don't hurt when I squeeze them, so? at 13 yrs old, with minimal vet care, Im sure he will be around for at least another five years.
Fred, sorry for all those loses. A friend of mine had a dog get into a hi-ratio batch of fish fertilizer. When he got home, poor thing was sweating blood.
I had a overweight german shepherd, retired from police work, back in the 70's, I was about 7-8, slowly Paralyzed from hip back. We saw it coming. im still sad to think of how long we waited before he was totally paralyzed, and dad took him out back. rip Moses