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Senior Keeshond has developed anxiety
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, My Keeshond is 12 years old and developing old age problems. He can’t jump like he used to due to arthritis, but I give him carprofen which helps somewhat. He has always had skin issues, but they have been reasonably controlled with allergy shots and treating the occasional flareup of skin infections with antibiotics.
Dog’s gastric trouble comes on quickly
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, About two weeks ago, my dog developed severe bloody diarrhea and some vomiting. I adopted her a few months ago and she is a mixed breed, mostly pitbull and about a year old. I took her to a local emergency clinic. She is better now but I am thousands of dollars in the hole. I am quite sure she did not eat anything unusual since she is always with me and I do keep an eye on her. What could have caused what the clinic called AHDS?
Keeping dogs safe during Halloween
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, With Halloween fast approaching, I want to make sure that our Golden Retriever enjoys himself along with our kids. We plan to trick or treat in the neighborhood with the dog and wonder what I might tell our children about keeping our dog safe. They tend to share food and treats with the dog, and I know that chocolate is a no-no. Are there any other things that I should tell them to not give our dog?
Adopted a cat and she’s spraying
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, About a year ago, I lost my old cat to cancer and adopted a young spayed female cat. She has been wonderful, and I have owned many cats over the years. It wasn’t long before I noticed something I had never seen before. She seemed to be missing the litter box when she urinated. She would pee in an arc straight back from her backside. I wondered if she had an abnormal anatomy, so I got a covered litter box to spare my carpet.
Dog’s hiccups not a cause for concern
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, I recently adopted a spayed female dog from a shelter who is about a year old, and she is very attached to me, almost nervously attached. She is very smart and I am happy that I chose her to be my dog. She has me a bit concerned with something I have never seen before. Can dogs have hiccups? Can they occur while she is sleeping and, if so, why does it happen? Does this happen more with nervous dogs?
Treating cat’s diabetes without insulin shots
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, In the past month or two, my eight-year-old cat started drinking noticeably more water. When clumps of urine in her litterbox started to get larger and increase, I suspected that something was amiss. I took her in for an exam and bloodwork revealed that she was diabetic. The vet suggested starting her on insulin and a special diet but isn’t there something like people take orally for cats?
Should I be worried about West Nile Virus?
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, A close friend has a relative who is hospitalized with West Nile Virus. He has encephalitis and is non-responsive. Apparently, it is quite rare for people to manifest serious problems with this disease, but I have heard that there have been over half a dozen human cases in the Boston area in the past few months. Is this true? I understand that this is primarily an animal disease and wonder if my two dogs are at risk.
Senior Chihuahua has nighttime ‘accidents’
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, My Chihuahua is approaching 14 years of age. She is big for the breed, at around 12 lbs. She was last seen by her vet about three months ago and checked out fine. Soon after, she started having urinary leakage episodes at night and in the last week she has emptied her bladder in the bed twice. Yes, she does sleep in my bed. What could be causing this?
Need help for kitty with kidney disease
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, I am writing in the hope of a quick response to a situation regarding my 16-year-old cat. He was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease a few years ago and for the last year or so I have been giving him 75 ml of lactated ringers solution daily by the subcutaneous method. As of two days ago, it seems that the volume of fluid has not been absorbing well. As a matter of fact, it is pooling in his feet and under his belly.
Former feral cat hates going to the vet
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, Our cat is a former feral stray that we took in when he was young and by best estimates he is now almost 12. While it took time for him to accept us and come indoors, he has been part of the family for several years. We adopted another cat from a shelter this spring and the two get along well. We have a few questions. He hates going to the vet, but does he really need annual rabies shots and how often should he be seen?
Dog’s appetite comes and goes after procedure
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, I write to you after a frustrating 5-6 weeks of our little 12-year-old dog eating off and on after a dental procedure requiring several extractions, mostly of his front teeth. Our old vet had suggested a dentistry for a few years, and we finally got around to having it done. Our dog went home with antibiotics and a drug called carprofen. He did well for a while but then stopped eating for the most part.
Dog’s X-rays raise some concerns
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, My 12-year-old dog was choking on something, so I took him into a local emergency veterinary hospital. Everything seemed to check out OK, but they suggested that we take some x-rays. They found that my dog has both an enlarged spleen and liver, but they did not see any masses and the gall bladder seemed normal. What could be going on?
Cat’s tummy troubles came on suddenly
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, My cat nearly five-year-old cat developed a case of diarrhea recently. There was no change in diet, and I can’t think of anything that he got into since I live alone with him in a small apartment. Can you think of what might have caused an unexplained case of very loose bowel movements? This went on for a few days, so I called my vet.
What to expect when your dog’s expecting
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, Our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a little over two years old, and we just had her bred. We thought it would be wonderful for our three young children to learn from seeing her give birth at home and because our dog has such a sweet disposition. This is our first time and we need some advice. What can we expect over the pregnancy? Can we think that the puppies will be equally sweet or is that foolish?
Concerning behavior from 18-year-old cat
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, Our cat is about to turn 18 next month. She is now facing certain challenges that have me concerned despite being on appropriate medications for them. She was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism a little over a year ago and has been well regulated with a transdermal version of medication. She has also had a substantial heart murmur all along but has not had medication for that. At times she runs around the house with lots of energy.
What to know when traveling with pet
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, I am thinking about traveling with my 40-lb. Retriever X this summer. Can you enlighten me as to any legal requirements if I drive or fly? Can my dog travel in the cabin of a plane with me or do I have to place him in a kennel with baggage? It seems that it is becoming more difficult to travel with one’s pets, and I wonder why.
How dogs react when companion pet dies
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, We own two dogs and are concerned with how to deal with the inevitability of losing them. How will the surviving dog feel when the first one goes? Can dogs die of broken heart syndrome like we hear of in elder couples? Our older dog was diagnosed with a diffuse intestinal tumor a little over a year ago, yet we have maintained him with several medications including Rimadyl, Cerenia, and Gabapentin. He is 12 and still going strong.
Keeping your dog from overheating
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, During the recent heat wave, our Boston Terrier seemed to be doing well, and we were keeping him out of the heat. He always wants to get outside and play, so we did give him a little play time, limiting the amount. Despite our attempt to be careful he seemed to get overheated too easily and seemed unsteady on his feet, so we rushed him to our vet. Luckily, they were able to quickly cool him off and give him some fluids.
Fireworks are a nightmare for my dog
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, Our Maltese is a nervous dog to start with, but loud noises really freak her out. We live in downtown Boston on the top floor of our building, and we can easily hear the fireworks and expect to watch them from the roof deck in celebration of America’s 250th birthday. Last year she urinated and defecated in our apartment and was not quite the same for a few days after July 4. We would prefer not to medicate her but will if we must.
Why you should vaccinate your pets
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, I have read some articles about how we are over-vaccinating our pets. We have a mixed breed dog, and I don’t want to put him at risk by vaccinating him too much. Our dog is due for Bordetella and Leptospirosis vaccines soon. Both appear to be done annually, and I now question if this is necessary. I hear that I can do titers instead. What do you recommend and can I do so for all the things my dog is vaccinated for?
Small growth discovered on Maltipom
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, We have two small dogs, and I am writing to ask about something our vet found on one earlier this week. Our older dog is an eight-year-old spayed female Maltipom.
What to know about zoonotic diseases
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, There is a lot going on in the news in the world of health that is very concerning and I am hoping that you might enlighten me. I read that Ebola has now claimed more than 100 lives. Doesn’t it start with animals as does the Hantavirus that killed a few people on a ship recently? Now there is something called screwworm. Should we be more concerned about all of this for our pets and ourselves?
Getting to the root of dog’s liver issues
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, I am writing as a major veterinary hospital tries to figure out what is going on with my seven-year-old Pointer X. She had some lameness about nine months ago for which she was given short courses of Rimadyl and very well. She had undergone surgery several years ago for an FHO. She has been fully vaccinated for everything, including Lyme Disease and Leptospirosis (we have woods and wetlands behind our two homes).
Senior cat deals with thyroid, kidney issues
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Dear Dr. John, Our cat is almost 18, was diagnosed over a year ago as hyperthyroid and has been taking methimazole daily. Recently, on a recheck, her level of thyroid hormone was still too high, so we adjusted her dosage to 5 mg in the morning and 2.5 mg at night. She had stopped eating and seemed lethargic, so I took her into an emergency facility where bloodwork was done.
Fretlist, two months in. The activation puzzle and the bug only a real gig could find.
Two months ago I wrote about launching Fretlist and what the first two weeks looked like. I said I'd come back with an update. Then I shipped a bunch of stuff and didn't write anything for ten weeks. Time to fix that. Here's where Fretlist is now. Fretlist by the numbers 138 users (was 60) 55 users have added at least one song. The other 74 opened the app, saw an empty library, and bounced 9,183 songs in the platform. 127 setlists 42 users have used Play Mode. 23 installed the PWA.
I launched my side project two weeks ago. Here's what actually happened.
I'm a developer with 10+ years at a dev company, a singer-songwriter with 15 years of gigging, and a dad of two. At the end of 2025, I started building Fretlist — a web app to organize songs, chords and setlists for musicians. Two weeks ago I launched it. Here's the honest breakdown.
John Creedon Monday 17 April 2023
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wslog, windows, pytest, and heap corruption
Wireshark mailing list archives By Date By Thread Re: wslog, windows, pytest, and heap corruption From: João Valverde <j () v6e pt> Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2021 23:46:21 +0000 On 30/12/21 23:36, Jirka Novak wrote: Dear John, I was working on a MR for moving the text2pcap/text_import debug over to the ws_log features and I ran into a seemingly bizarre problem. Setting the log level to a non-default value causes the pytest procedures to fail with heap corruption on the Gitlab Windows CI. ...
To God Be the Glory, By Femi Aribisala
Premium Times May 10, 2020 To God Be the Glory, By Femi Aribisala2020-05-10T11:41:55+00:00 Article of Faith, Columns, Faith Every creation of God declares the glory of God, except natural man and demons. I was born into a Christian home and family. Nevertheless, all my life I had been fighting against the glory of God. Paul asks: “Who has resisted the will of God?”(Romans 9:19). I am ashamed to admit that I have.
Dear John, EKSUTH Actually Made A Valiant Effort, and Wasn't At Fault, By 'Kayode Fayemi
Re: Open Letter To Fayemi – How Negligence, Lack of PPE and Oxygen killed my Mum at EKSUTH Dear John, Your open letter on the above stated was brought to my attention. First, I commiserate with the entire Oluwadero family on the demise of your mum, Mrs. Oluwadero Deborah Bolanle at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, recently.
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