Sooo, in the ongoing saga of a sick Corgi...here is a very long post about Winston 

He has had a systemic infection, severe hip displaysia...which has morphed into some level of kidney/liver failure & severe anemia. Last week we took him off all the meds with the exception of 1/2 a Tramadol morning.& evening. He no longer on Rimadyl, doxycycline, amoxicillin or clavamox of which he's been on for the last 10 months...in varying dosages.

While I've had him on some oils--for liver/kidney function & topical pain along his spine, the rubber hit the road yesterday when the last of the Rimadyl wore off. He was in obvious pain & hardly able to rise and the Tramadol wasn't cutting it. Rimadyl is a drug that promotes liver/kidney failure (thusly the severe anemia). I dosed him with 6 drops each Frankincense & Marjoram....and 3 drops each Rosemary, Cypress, Clove & Cinnamon. Within a few hours he was up..then took a nap...ate like a horse...is drinking water again. I dosed him 3 times yesterday & twice today.

Today--he's fine, back to normal trotting around the house & lawn without limping or obvious pain. I've put this together looking at inflammation, pain & anemia with a side order of liver/kidney function. We are at the end of the road with the dog. It's quality of life over quantity & today he got some good quality.

IN the past I have I created an oil blend to hopefully affect liver/kidney function which I rolled on his belly twice a day. about 10 drops each Frank, Rosemary, Lemon, Citrus Bliss, Roman Chamomile & top of the bottle with FCO. I also used Deep Blue across his pelvis for pain and on his spine when his back was sore. (good results with this) I've used a blend of Melalueca/Frank/Margoram on his pads as a boost to antibiotics.

As a little background:

This essentially started on Jan 1 (literally) when a tussle between Corgi's led to him being bitten in the throat. We thought it abscessed but it was simply a bad crush injury with local infection. Biopsy showed no cancer in the lymph glands at that time. Steroids, antibiotics & time...4 weeks & he still wasn't 'right'. 
By March we'd tried several antibiotics--steroids etc..then the weird gait. Xrays revealed "the worst case of hip displaysia we've ever seen". Rimadyl, Tramadol, antibiotics (they thought he had a systemic bacterial infection. By mid July they asked to do a liver biopsy and would neuter him then. Biopsy showed negative for anything. Rimadyl was reduced & Tramadol stopped, antibiotics continue (you can see a pattern here  ) 2 weeks later a horrid nose bleed cured by Geranium oil. I overdosed him with 20-30 drops & his face became hugely swollen. Steroids. This is when they found the Anemia.

Blood tests in August & Sept stayed same--no worse but dang, he's borderline at the blood transfusion level. It was then I started supplementing with homemade kefir twice a day with slightly cooked liver, flax seed meal & brewers yeast. He has come up only 2 points on his blood counts. The kidney function shows he's chronically dehydrated, but he wouldn't drink. 

All that to say--yes--probiotics are daily--Zendocrine & PB assist too...Taking him off all the other meds is seriously the last ditch effort to say--this dog is hopeless. They want to do a bone marrow biopsy in 2 weeks. Basically that will tell me does he have leukemia (which two biopsy's have ruled out) or not. The treatment is the same both ways--nothing. They plan to send the biopsy & stuff to Colorado State University for eval...

So...I began intensively treating him with oral oils last weeks. I should add that the lady vet has requested that I use no oils...(sigh)