Cleveland

[Jane Austen]

Duchess and I met a new corgi today at the park in Amesbury where we were taking our evening stroll. Cleveland is a really handsome eighteen month old pembroke corgi. He was aquired from a breeder in Duxbury Mass. Cleveland has too much white to be breeding stock but he is so distictive with the white going over his ears. I should have brought my camera.

It was nice having another corgi to run with, after the tiring day of running at the playdate yesterday. Duchess had been stiff overnight. I gave her an asprin about midnight and she was raring to go this morning. Is a whole asprin the right dosage for a corgi? I remember a vet once telling me to give my dog buffered asprin but is it okay for a corgi to have a full strength tablet?

I did mention to his owner he should check gocorgi. Always looking for more local members.

[MyPemCharlie]

Vet's often prescribe Rymadil for pain in preference to aspirin.

If your dog has taken aspirin before without any bad side effects, the recommended dosage is 5 to 10 mg per pound of your dog's weight. Adult aspirin are about 320 mg. Baby aspirin are 80 mg. Better to start with 5mg to see if it is effective. (A 32 lb dog should take not more the 1 adult aspirin, preferably 1/2 and adult or 2 baby aspirin.) Doses of 30 mg per pound can be toxic.

Buffered aspirin is preferred. Enteric aspirin is not recommended for dogs because they tend to go through the dog's system before the coating wears off and the aspirin is just pooped out.

Puppies, young dogs (and cats) don't have the enzymes to process aspirin and it could be poorly tolerated.

I've been giving Charlie Kaopectate for his intermittently runny bowels. Kaopecate was reformulated several years ago and now contains a small amount of aspirin...so if you are giving Kaopectate to puppies make sure to watch them for any ill side effects.

[fogebotom]

Actually, I would recommend talking to your vet if you consider Rimadyl. There are some serious side effects to the drug that really require a blood panel before the dog is put on it. For short term(1-2 days), minor muscle aches, a baby aspirin is the best thing-what my vet recommends. Other options for long term needs are dremaxx and metacam. We use both of these with great results.

Think I will start a new thread----what's in your first aid kit!

Cindy and the crew at Foggy Bottom

[MyPemCharlie]

Rimadyl is by prescription only, so you'd have to see the vet. If the dog hasn't taken aspirin before, people should call a vet just to get a verbal ok for aspirin too. Every drug has potential negative effects. Also, the dose for aspirin is once every 12 hours (less than for humans).

The medicine kit thread is a great idea!

Hopefully we'll hear from Cleveland on this thread.