April 28

After two days of having Jack on 5mg of prednisone a day, SA reported some 'trembling' when she and Jack got home from their run.  It was a pretty chilly morning, but it's more likely he needs a little bigger dose.  So for now, we're going to do a 5mg in the AM and a half tablet at 2.5 in the PM.

Had a great phone discussion with DVM Mike Doe, who's been our vet for many years.

He was very encouraged by Jack's last 'lytes.  I mentioned that the Na/K Ratio and Na was above and the K below the midpoints of the range, probably indicating too much DOCP.  He didn't disagree.  He agreed that we can start to fine tune it down, as long as we continue to do both 12 and 24 day testing this month.  He also agreed that I can take over managing dosages and doing the injection at home, once we have him stable.  He does DOCP injection subcutaneously, not IM.

In other news, our other dog, Cleo, who is a 13yr old Grand Dame has started on Cholodin.  It's made a dramatic difference in her attention, alertness, obedience and everything, in under a week.  Amazing Stuff.  It worked almost miraculously on our late Alex, who suffered from CCD (Poodlesheimers).

Cleo:

More agility today, possibly the beach tomorrow!