"sighthounds & siberians" wrote in message
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On Mon, 10 May 2010 22:02:09 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:

I tired of typing about mine (almost but really, this isnt the Cash-pup
newsgroup) and I'd like to hear more about others besides Muttley, cute
though he is.

Add your stories please?

I'm not sure what you want to hear, but I'll relate that Nikita, our
newish Borzoi rescue (which I say to distinguish her from our 11
month-old Borzoi pup), has been doing much better with her fearfulness
after being started on a low dose of amitriptyline. The ami seems to
take the edge off her anxiety and give her the boost she needs to do
the things she really wants to - explore the house, get to know the
other dogs, let people pet her. This morning she was not going to let
me approach her, and she sure wasn't going to come up to me, until she
saw a couple other dogs getting loving and decided she wanted some.

I'm glad we decided to try the amitriptyline. Nikita had been in
foster care since November and had hit a plateau, and was with us for
4 weeks with very little (and no consistent) progress. She's getting
less than half the normal dose and is having no side effects that I
can see. In sadder news, one of the Borzoi that was rescued with her
was just diagnosed with bone cancer.


Oh no! Is that unusual with the Borzoi breed?