Since you asked

And because I was going to mention it anyway, Zodiac is much better now.  He's acting 100% normal and his appetite is almost back to normal.  He has been eating all of his food, without any canned for a few days now but he's not quite got all his enthusiasm for food back yet.  See, normally Zodiac does not think about, chew, or look at his food.  He just dives in and gulps it down.  While he did finish before Legend for the first time all week this morning, he did still stop the chew a little.  But, we are almost there.  Right now I have him just on sucralfate and prilosec.  The tricky part is to give the sucralfate three times a day on an empty stomach and feed him twice a day.  But we are doing an ok job I guess since he seems better. 

So the good news is-probably NOT a tumor.  And as a colleague pointed out, an ulcer would be more likely and make more sense.  Which I know, but it's nice to have an objective voice remind me.  Of course we don't know for sure if it was an ulcer nor will we know for sure if it was caused by long term Rimadyl use.  So, to be on the safe side we are just going to switch to Tramadol.  I was never sure how much the Rimadyl helped anyway, but as long as it didn't seem to bother him it was ok.  Well now, maybe it bothered him.

And he's been a real angel about taking the sucralfate. See, it works better if you dissolve it and give as a slurry and he's been a real trooper.  Never fighting me or refusing to swallow.  So I guess if we ever need to syringe feed him that won't be an issue. But hopefully we would never have to do that!

Meanwhile the weather here is cold, wet, and nasty.  That Hawaii thing looks better all the time!  The girls are enjoying a week off of training but that may turn into a little longer if the weather stays like this.