Buddy is doing well! He had another bloodwork checkup, and things are still in a holding pattern. We have reduced his medication again and will recheck his blood in a week. As he is slowly taken off of this medication, we need to watch for any signs of a relapse in his condition. When he started this medication (Prednisone), he was on two 20 mg tablets twice a day. Now he is taking 1/2 of a 10 mg tablet every other day. The reason we are going so slow is because we do not want to shock his system. This medication can also hurt the liver if taken for a long time. 

Buddy had a ultrasound done.  He had a couple of suspicious spots on his liver that could be hyperplasia that is common in older dogs, or lymphoma. They took a sample and sent it out for testing. It came back clean: he does not have lymphoma. We were very happy to get that test result back.

Buddy is a very happy, laid-back guy. We love having him at our home! He is a great houseguest. He is not demanding and really just likes to lay around. He goes outside to take care of his business and then wants to come right back in. 

Buddy has been here for almost 8 weeks. I have still not heard a bark out of him. In that 8 weeks, he has lost a lot of weight. He is down to 93 pounds. That is a total of 24 pounds since the time he came into rescue. He is looking good, and this may be a good weight for him. He is a tall, big-chested boy. Amazing what good food and some exercise can do! 

We will update again soon. 

Buddy is doing great in his foster home. He gets along so well with the other dogs here. He is so laid-back and easy to have around. I still have not heard a bark out of him; he has been here for 7 weeks.

This past weekend, we went to Goldzilla. Such a great event, and Buddy spent almost all day there. We arrived very early in the morning (6:00 am)  to set up.  He did a lot of waking around and met lots of new people.  He was tired after that long day. He went home and crashed for the rest of the day.

Buddy's blood work continues to stay at a normal level. He is down to one half of a tablet of his Prednisone for twice a day. He will get rechecked on Monday. If everything looks good, we will reduce his amount again. Hopefully, he will be off this medication soon. This medication comes with some side effects. Dogs can become very thirsty; they need to urinate more often and they can do a lot of panting. Buddy has all of these side effects. He needs to go outside more frequently.  

He is totally house trained and has never had a accident in the house. He does not give any signal that he needs to go out. We let him out on a schedule and he does fine with that.  I do need to regulate his water intake, or he would drink forever if I let him. He will drink the bowl dry every time I fill it. I give him a glass of water at a time several times a day. That seams to be working well for him. 

Thanks for checking back to see how Buddy is doing! We hope he will be available for adoption soon. He would love to have his very own forever family.