German Shepherd Lover

lol, Mrs D, its ok. My instructor generally gave good advice although maybe not in that particular instance. But I no longer attend training classes anyway. Anyhow, I think I will keep him on the two meals.. and give him other things to chew rather than bones, and just play the wait and see game. No vommitting the past few days so thats deffinately good

He's not refusing food, just fussy about what he eats. As a pup he wasnt interested much in food; I discovered this when I took him to training classes (around Feb last year) and treats didnt motivate him... And he hardly ever finished an entire bowl of food. First time he started bringing up bile was when I moved him on to adult food and started feeding him one meal a day... this was when he was about 8 or 9 months old..and he would do this occasionally in the early morning, waking me up with coughing/retching sounds. Never thought much of it because its normal for dogs to vommit every once and a while. Originally I was going to keep feeding him the puppy food untill he was 1 year old and keep him on two meals a day so i could feed him and the cat at the same time. But my instructor kind of insisted that i put him on adult food and move him down to one meal and stop "babying" him. He's about a year and a half old now... Feeding him once a day he'll eat a bowlful, but yesterday when i fed him two meals he left some of it in the bowl. On the plus side though, he didnt vomit at all. I fed him this morning and he hasnt vommited today either.. Either way, I'll be speaking with my vet about it tomorrow when I take my other dog down to have his stitches out...

JAG- Weeks, and its becomming almost a daily thing now. I feed him once a day at night, and he has bones to chew on during the day while i'm out. Usually he vommits either in the morning or at night a bit before dinner. Sometimes he brings up peices of bone, but he vomits anyway even if he hasnt had any bones. He's an inside dog, and I've never seen him eat grass to make himself vomit.. and there is no grass or plant material in the bile he brings up. Thanks everyone for the fast replies. I think I will have a talk with my vet about it and try him on two meals a day, and on a better food guess, but its hard to find stuff that he will eat. If he is sick, are there other symptoms I should watch for?

Hey everyone One of my dogs has been vommitting up a yellow, mucusy fluid. He's been doing this for a while, but it seems to be getting more frequent. Should I be worried about it? Sometimes theres peices of bone or some hair in the vomit, other times its just the fluid, so I dont know whats causing it, but he never seems to vomit his dry food. I feed him pedigree dry dog food and RMBs. Other than the vommitting he seems healthy. His coat is shiny, and he's still active. Help?

Thanks Morgan I will check those out

Thanks again for sharing your experiences and advice I know my vet sells sasha's blend but will have to look around for the other supplements. I also noticed the hills prescription diet j/d (joint disease). Does anyone here know if its any good?

When socialising with other dogs keep them both on a lead so that you can keep them under control. Maybe have your little one on a long lead or extending lead so he can approach in his own time, but you will still be able to pull him away if he gets too narky. A proffessional dog trainer would be best if you dont want problems later on though, you could probably even get one to come to your place and work with you one-on-one. Best of luck with your puppy.

I use large plastic bowls for my dogs, but have smaller stainless steel ones that i will get out for a pup as they sometimes like to chew plastic ones if i dont take it away after they finish eating lol. I also wash their bowls, even though they lick them out pretty well.

Thanks for the help everyone, I really appreciate it . It's good to know that HD can be managed! I was a bit pessimistic because most of what I heard before was that it can cripple dogs before theyre even middle aged and theyd be in agony for most of their lives. my little one will be home early next week, the surgery went well

Thanks so much I'll be sure to put these suggestions into action, but I guess the ones relating to diet are the only ones i'll be able to use right away. Right now he's staying at the vet for an opperation on his broken hip (not the displastic one). Staying 4-5 days at the vet... then I'll have to rest that leg for 2 weeks, then gentle exercise.. I'm not sure how long it will be before he will be able to put weight on that leg, and limping would stress the displastic hip, should I be worried about this? Though the only time he would be on it is when he goes outside to the toilet.

my rescue pup, a 6 month old staffy mix was diagnosed yesterday with hip displasia when xrays were done to see if his right hip was broken (and unfortunately it is ), also revealed displasia in his other hip.. The displasia isn't causing many problems for him at the moment, but i was wondering if there was anything I can do to slow the progression of it, such as modifying his diet or something. What kind of things would I need to do to make life easier for him and make sure he doesnt stress his joints? Any help appreciated, thank you.