No Mean Mugg’in Just a Belly Bugg’in

07/23/2025

New UTI meds we started yesterday are finally kicking in after two days of lethargy and me hand feeding him ice cubes because he would not drink any water.

His Cushing’s disease medication comes tomorrow and then we start that. Hopeful that it is a correct dosage and we won’t need to go through testing month after month like we did for hypothyroidism last year.

07/22/2025

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06/03/2025

Well, I’ve suddenly realized I’ve had Tucker on food that he is obviously allergic to for way too long (recommended by previous Vet, and I blindly trusted because the situation was so stressful for months) hydrolyzed proteins are not working, he is still reacting.

So in order to keep IBD and pancreatitis in check it looks like I’m going have to start ordering food from Canada and Australia, because all the food in the states is loaded with chicken or just a bunch of bu****it.

If this doesn’t work, we are going to home-cooked food so wish us luck. We have a vet visit Friday for a follow up ultrasound and complete bloodwork panel.

I’m so tired of being tired and stressed out and just want my boy happy and healthy for the last few years he has left. He’s the sweetest, kindest soul I’ve been blessed to spend my daily life with. He never meets a stranger and people are drawn to him.

He’s also been so resilient through all of this. I hate I’ve put him through so much unnecessary stuff because of lack of attention from Vet, and me grasping at straws every which way I can.

I’m so mad at myself for trusting my old Vet, twice they recommended a diet that he was allergic to and should’ve put him on long-term antibiotics in the fall instead of him finally getting that treatment in February when we switched veterinarians. I went with it because his G.I. symptoms were so severe . It was and is an awful feeling.

Everything he eats makes him want to eat himself !

05/21/2025

It’s been almost 4 weeks of up-and-down with a couple flares of G.I. symptoms due to initially lowering antibiotics dosage…..to heartworm dosage (flare) and me trying to not have him stressed out during thunderstorms, like he usually is (physically trembling) with a couple doses of trazodone, twice…. 5 days apart…..
which then set off another flare.

Fingers crossed for trying just to get back to one solid week of no symptoms and not feeling icky.

First time in almost 4 weeks, we are just about back to normal.

The vet said this is a trial and error chronic disease to deal with but I mean dang, is this stressful!

05/06/2025

Unexpected vet visit yesterday as his symptoms flared up since we were trying to go down to one antibiotic a day instead of two. Now we know, and he’s definitely feeling better today thankfully!

Fingers crossed for the follow up ultrasound next month. Still getting a good report.!

05/04/2025

Now he’s taking his bowl to bed. A big change from hand feeding him for months!

04/20/2025

This is a good day

04/20/2025

Before diagnosis……about 5 months after dealing with several diagnoses

04/20/2025

My boy has gotten sneaky and figured he can dive headfirst in the grass to what he would normally scavenge, and then slyly try to slide his muzzle off!

I got a new thing for him coming Tuesday, it’s what Fox hunters use on their hounds and it’s a mesh that covers their whole head 😂😂😂

He’s going to have to grossly smash his nose into a pile of f***s to get at it and I guarantee you he’s gonna try!

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04/20/2025

Hi there, I’ve decided to start this page because after joining a group specifically for dogs diagnosed with IBD, I did not realize how widespread this disease is.

I also didn’t realize how many other people have to muzzle their dogs as I do my precious beagle.

So, with that in mind, I have set up this page to share our degrading, funny, frustrating, at our wits end stories and pictures!

Please keep in mind that unless a veterinarian is giving advice, you absolutely have to do your own research.

Realizing that this disease is a lot of trial and error. There is a lot of advice out there and anything new should always be run by your veterinarian.