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I get mine from stefmar.com.au

I get food delivered from Pookinuk They seem to be really competitive with their price and it makes it so easy..

RIP Ollie.. Sorry to hear

http://www.chiropet.com.au/ Maybe see if you can get in to see Matt, he is very good!

Did the vet actually say that it was HD? High scores don't always mean HD it just means that they are more prone to developing it. You can have a dog with a Hip score of 32 who never shows any signs or symptoms of HD and you can have a dog who is totally crippled with pain with the same score. I don't understand hip scores 100% to know the difference but it might be worth asking the vet? I believe it depends on where the scored and what the hip's look like. I would just add in a joint guard formula, human joint tablets are fine and keep them on the leaner side. Walking and swimming are the best forms or exercise.

I have a dog here 50kg who had TPLO 4 years later he is still going strong.. He has never had any issues with it and i can't even tell what leg it was that had the operation.. 2 friends had De Angelis method on Rottweilers on one them 45kg the thread broke once and then moved so it had to be done 3 times on the other dog 55kg the thread snapped about 8 weeks after surgery and they ended up going with TPLO..

Sending you lots of love Anne xox RIP Faith

RIP Ash..

RIP Beau All your Black and Tan friends are waiting for you Thinking of you Anne

Dyz, So sorry for your loss.. I have only just been in this section and noticed your thread RIP Jess may you be playing with my Little Lila :p

PP I hope he recovers well from this next lot of surgery, big hugs to you both..

Let them wake you up When they need to go to the toilet they will learn to tell you other wise just let them wait they will soon learn that if they spoil in their bed you are not going to come running to clean it up for them.... My male was a real pain for this and when i took him to bed would take him to toilet first and as soon as he got into the crate her would poo and wee in there One night i was fed up with him and made him sleep in it... He pretty quickly figured out not to do it again Our puppy now will only cry when she wants to go to the toilet or if she has a bone that she wants to bury She did a few wee's in the first few nights of being only in the crate but i did not change her bed till the morning so she had to sleep in it... I know its not nice but it teaches them they can't do it and they really don't like it...

I would keep him crated and quiet only lead walking to the toilet.. When my boy did his leg i did not take him to emergency for the same reasons as you mention, I gave him an asprin and let him rest over night and took him in the morning... Pitty it took 5 vets to finally diagnose his issue though I understand why you don't want to give him asprin, do you have any tiger balm or something similar that you could rub into his leg?? It may help him settle through the night, I even used to heat up my wheat bag and sit it on Diesel's leg when he was laying next to me and he was quite happy to leave it there.... If he was bouncing like you say then he possibly may have done his cruciate That is how my boy did his, bouncing around like a loony.. I hope he does not hold it against you for keeping him quiet until you get him to see someone tomorrow..

That is a great site thanks for sharing, plenty of great information I feed a mixture of Artemis Grain Free and Artemis Power Formula and find it fantastic.. Mixed with fresh meat and a few other things i find my dogs look fantastic. My puppy has no issues with chicken wings, turkey wings, lamb flaps, beef tail etc

My puppy sometimes gets annoyed by the light too. When she first came home we let her sleep in our en-suite until our older dog learned how to let her out and then eventually taught her so then she went to her crate which had a puppy pen attached to it when she was about 14 weeks old the puppy pen was removed and she just had her crate. Each time we moved her and then removed the puppy pen she had a little sook and then went straight to sleep.... If the light is on some nights she will whine and carry on until you turn it off I am so glad that this time around i got her crate before she got home, with our male we did not know about crates and never needed it with any of our other dogs.. he was a total menace and when we were advised to get one he was already 12 weeks old and he was impossible to get to sleep in there at night He is fine now but still wont sleep in it at night and sleeps on the floor next to my side of the bed..... The amount of things that he destroyed because we did not have the crate... I don't think i would ever get another puppy without having a crate ever again.. Not to mention it has been a god send for toilet training I found that you just have to be consistent with it.. Lila goes to bed at the same time every night and then wakes up at the same time every morning she has a routine and knows what to do, just be persistent and have consistency and they eventually understand....