Na- 152 mid: 146.5
K- 4.6 mid: 4.3
Ratio: 33 mid: 32.5
Jack has overall been doing pretty well. We've had his prednisone on a little lower dosage, 5mg AM, 2.5mg PM, for a couple of weeks. He's been into a couple of stressful situations, including getting jumped by an aggressive larger dog, while on a run with SA. SA reported some visible trembling after that incident.
The weather has been warm, and Dr. Leaking suggested that might account for the slightly higher Na number.
Jack has not really recovered the exuberance he had before the AD crisis.
Before the crisis, Jack would run up the trail and out of sight with a complete insane-puppy kind of abandon. He would go crashing through brush on the scent of some critter or another (which once got him sprayed by a skunk). This behavior is gone.
It's certainly possible that he's matured out of it, somewhat. But the disease has taken a toll on him, I'm sure.
He did great in agility last weekend, showing good focused excitement. A couple of very clean runs. No trembling, and he socialized with the other dogs well.
But I think we can do better with him. I'm just not quite sure yet how.
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