Tried the ice cube method yesterday morning and it worked brilliantly. Tried again last night and early this morning without luck (maybe a little early for him). Thank you again for all your advice - it's been so helpful.

Hi CarolC - thank you so much for your reply - I truly appreciate it. I've tried the Q tip method a few times with no results. I will try the others as the last thing I want is for Jack to be more anxious because he's in a "mess" literally. We are feeding him Science Diet wet food along wi...

Firstly this message board has helped so much. Our beautiful 4 year old 32lb Pit/terrier mix lost the use of both hind legs October 2nd. He was walking one minute and then was dragging both hind legs the next. He had spinal surgery October 3rd - IVDD with severe bruising and bleeding on his spinal c...