Shilo got the trial meds.. SCIENCE ensued.

Took my Shilo to UPenn for suture removal, some blood work and to get the first two weeks of study meds.  Shilo slept in the car all the way down (lucky girl).

As fate would have it, walking to the Med Building Shilo pee’s.  Its not like she hasn’t been in the car for the last two hours.  Guess what they first thing they say they need?  If you guess urine sample you win!  After filling out a questionnaire about how Shilo has been doing, we give Shilo water then walk/run/wait for my little Malamute to pee.

Here’s what Shilo looks like NOT peeing into a cup while everyone waits for Shilo to, well, pee in a cup.

Pro tip: (and I have no idea why the vets never heard of this) USE A PAPER PLATE TO COLLECT PEE!!  For a female dog I have never, ever had any luck trying to quick jam a cup under them while they pee.  But a paper/wax/plastic plate is more than big enough so you only have to ‘get close’ and still get a sample.  For toy/small dogs get the little ‘cake plates’.  Its a lot easier with such a large ‘target’.  Because NOT getting pee’d on by your dog is a good thing.  Male dogs can use a paper/wax/plastic bowl.   You’ll still get some ‘splatter’ but at least you’ll get the sample.

In the end they send me home with some sample cups to get some dog pee before I give her the first dose of meds.  At 11pm that night I got a few CC’s (I hope its enough) and geve her the pills.

I asked about the study and Shilo is the 4th dog (out of a planned 12 total) to start the drug trial.  The first dog has been on the drug  2 months as they say its doing fine (I forgot to ask breed/sex/age).  But two months post amp and still healthy is a good sign.  As many cancer dog owners know the grim reality is usually weeks, not months post amp.  So I am happy to hear that there is some very good, albeit very preliminary results.