Been checking this site for 3 months, helpful to read about other folks dealing with this horrible disease... My forrest, who is an amazing basset beagle mix was diagnosed 09/15/07, have had him on piroxicam, pepcid & carafate in addition to tramadol prn for pain since then. At first, he was having lots of trouble with bm's... Read somewhere that canned pumpkin helped with that ( which it has), but how does cottage cheese and flax seed figure in? Amount and frequency? Forrest is almost 13, and his symptoms started with increased urination (which i pointed out to the vet in july)and then that fateful day when he peed blood. Absolutely refuse to be overly aggressive with treatment with him now, just trying to maintain a good quality of life .. Any other suggestions? Diet, supplements etc.. Open to anything non invasive. Thanks, forrest, bailey and gunners mom.