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We did have some good news, the vet did x-rays on Chisum when he was in there (he's been coughing a bit, she thinks it's age-related trachea irritation). But with his cancer they wanted to check for masses or enlarged lymph nodes. I wouldn't pursue treatment, but I told them I wanted to know just to either be relieved or prepared. No masses found. 

We went ahead with the injection. They said most people see results within 24-48 hours, which would be sometime today. But they also said it could take a week, or it could take a second injection before he really feels it.

I've been watching over him like a nervous hen. He seems to be feeling okay, still sore, but very tired. I'm not sure if that's due to his busy couple of weeks + the vet visit, but he was a bit this way beforehand. He does still get excited when he sees a squirrel. His appetite is down a bit, but I've been mixing in wet food, scrambled eggs, and baked shredded chicken and he's eager for those things. He's just usually a lot more bright and alert, pestering me about different things and right now he's just following me from room to room and falling asleep.

Anyway. I'll keep an eye on him and maybe reach out to his vet Monday if he's still this way. Thankfully I live in a town that has a vet school, so if anything were to go wrong we have a good ER close by.

Hi,
I don‘t know if my input is relevant as I don’t have any experience with Librela but my boy Humphrey‘s had  back pin for the last 5 years (he‘s 11 now) after suffering a prolapsed disc which was misdiagnosed and the delay in operatung  resulted in permanent nerve damage. I‘ve always been reluctant to put him on permanent pain killers because he was still quite young when it started and we‘ve struggled along with various supplements (he‘s also been taking YuMove daily) but we‘re at the stage now where because his  hopping on three legs has put so much strain on his back and front legs, he‘s struggeling with even short walks.
I absolutely understand your dilema, I also have a habit of looking everything up on the internet but I‘m really trying to stop doing that now, we‘ve recently changed vets and I‘ve made up my mind that I‘ll make an effort to trust her judgement and stop unsettling myself.
At 11, Humphrey‘s also a senior now, he‘s on a kidney friendly and calorie controlled diet and I‘ll do everything I can to ensure he stays as healthy for as long as possible but at the end of the day, its quality of life not quantity so if pain killers are the last option for ensuring his pain is reduced for the time he has left, then I think that‘s the only way forward.  Humphrey’s physiotherapist is of the same opinion, she sees dogs with mobility issues all the time and has stressed to me how the attempt to avoid the pain is often what causes the strain on the other limbs and joints, her first priority is always to ease the pain.  Hope you can find a way forward that you‘re happy with, its SO hard though isn‘t it?
Wishing Chisum all the best!
xx Jayne

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How to start !!!

My late boy Ollie had Librela, we had nothing to lose, Ollie was 14 years old, had been diagnosed with cancer 12 months early(growth in neck) he was on steriod tablets to help him along with liquid paracetamol(Tylenol but for animals) also a supplement called Yumove which is really popular over here.

I guess due to the steriods and his poor mobility he gained weight.  The vet suggested Librela which was quite new over here, she told me not to look at reviews on Facebook, but she had some really good results.  She stressed that if it was to help we would see improvement quite quickly, the first dose might show some improvement but after second we would really should tell if helps or not.

Well it certainly did - his mobility was really improved, enjoyed his walks and we even went to a vaction rental and he loved it.  For me the only downfall was that at first he would get a good month of better mobility, so you really did need it monthly (cost about $70 each month).  As he got older you could see the mobility decline after 3 weeks.  But we stuck with it.

In all we had him on Librela for about 8 months till he passed.  The time we had and the memories we made were worth it for us, we constantly looked at his quality of life - he was my world and if I felt he was suffering I told my vet I wanted to know.

I hope this helps you and it was just our experience.

Cuddles to Chisum

Julie

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I never knew what a little madam she was

Hope she is turning a corner....but these cockers are a force of nature and don't think time scales apply