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Love that Susie, thank you , I feel like I hit the lottery! If my luck was ever going to change, this was prime time!! Unfortunately, I'm too used to bad news to expect it to be good, but I'm glad I was at least ready to accept whatever was to be, I'm glad I did because I'm feeling like I'm walking on air.

The best news ever!!!!! Good luck now finding a new home for you both.

Drake had his follow-up appointment today and the Vet was very pleased with his progress. He still has some weakness in his knee and he still needs support when he lofts his leg to pee, but he's walking mych better and not falling at all. He'll be on an anti-inflammatory medication after he's done with this round of steroids and at that point, I cross my fingers and see how it goes. Overall, great news!

I'm so happy to read these updates about both your relocation AND Drake's health!!! I did a little happy dance in my chair when I read the first report from the vet, because both of you deserve a nice run of 'good stuff happens', perhaps for a number of years...

Best of luck to you in FL, may you never find sand in your bathing suit, and may the hurricanes always be on the coast opposite your location.

Thank you hexe, I appreciate your good wishes and I'll pass them on to Drake. I think I found a place, I'm waiting to hear. If so, I can be in within the next few days, so keep your fingers crossed!

How come we don't have an emoticon/emoji to picture that we

have Fingers Crossed ?

Anyway, they are !

Good luck Travels hope you and Drake get the place your looking at and are settled for Christmas

Thanks guys, s & s

Because you mentioned disc problems .. highly processed foods containing AGE have been implicated in humans and dogs are almost certainly less well adapted to deal with the toxic byproducts of high heat food processing than are humans who have eaten cooked foods many more thousands of years than dogs have in the last hundred years. There is a separate thread on this problem with commercial dog foods using highly processed and heat sterilized components.

"Dr. Conway’s current research project is looking into advanced glycation end products (AGE). These are compounds that form as the result of what is known as the Maillard reaction. When a protein joins with a carbohydrate, the biochemical result is a compound that can cause widespread inflammation and damage in the body.

Advanced glycation end products have been extensively studied in humans, and have been shown to exacerbate diabetes and interfere with kidney function. AGE has also been linked to aging, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and more recently, neurologic disease such as intervertebral disc disease.

AGE studies in humans have revealed that we make the compound in our bodies, but we also have mechanisms to deal with it. However, if we eat a diet high in processed foods, it increases the level of AGE in our bodies.

A direct link exists between the amount of processed foods consumed and the level of AGE in the blood. The reverse is also true: eat foods low in AGE and AGE blood levels decrease. In fact, studies show that when people with diabetes eat a low AGE diet, it improves insulin sensitivity and kidney function."

Thanks for that info bubbabooboo, I'll check his food for AGE!