Zara update 03/07/2022

It's been a while since the last Zara update, I will try to post a bit more frequently if I can.

Zara has been doing alright, she's been pretty itchy (fleas!!!) so she recently got a bath and flea meds and then also a cytopoint injection to help with the itchiness. 

post bath time photo

She also had a vet checkup, urinalysis and heartworm check. No heartworm so that's good! The urinalysis did show some blood cells and a moderate amount of bacteria. We did the follow up urine culture and it showed the same bacteria as last time (e coli), and she's been showing symptoms of being bothered by this recently. Wanting to go out more frequently but not having anything in her bladder to express, being more needy in general. So we are going for another round of clavamox and then a recheck at 2 weeks while she's still on it.

Ready to go home from the vet


Energy wise she's still doing pretty good, slowing down a bit but she's 9 so that's expected. She has a new game where she tries to get dogs in backyards that we walk past to bark back, which is... very rude haha. She's getting grumpier towards other dogs existing when we walk her in the neighborhood, but that's probably due to having had not great experiences with offleash dogs near our apartment.

She's been weird with food again recently, so mealtime sometimes includes puzzles or letting the cat get super close (dog food > cat food apparently) so that Zara has some more encouragement to eat. She doesn't seem to have any issues swallowing though, just the typical not wanting to eat leftovers or the same type of food twice in a row.

Since she's been regularly on the tylosin we haven't had any diarrhea incidents. Sometimes soft poops but no more liquid poops, even when she's on her 2 week break from tylosin.


Anyways enjoy some extra Zara photos!

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