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Angus is 10 months now and still usually has a 2am pee break every night. I don't mind getting up as he's straight to business and back inside on his bed within about a minute It really doesn't bother me. Just think, how would you feel if you really had to pee but had to hold it all night? If they need to go, then they need to go.

ya I used to buy the more expensive brand but we switched to coles brand which is only about 60c a pack and he still loves it, plus his coat has never looked better. I wipe his face down and give him a doggy breath mint after and that seems to take care of the bad fishy breath problem lol

Umm. We have a dog at our shelter that does this, he is also Deaf! So I would go to the vets and get them to check his hearing if I were you.

Umm Sardines in olive oil mixed with his dry for one of his meals about once every 3 days. Everyone comments on his silky smooth coat

hmm I was wondering about this the other day actually. We currently use Advocate but my vet was trying to talk me into Sentinel. Angus never has any fleas so I hadn't thought of changing, but it is really annoying putting it on the back of his neck, as he's 50kg now there is so much liquid for his size and half of it always ends up running off his back. As he's an inside dog it always ends up on something and it stains and smells. Might finish off this pack, then make the switch

HI guys, thanks for all the replies! Angus is doing a little better, but still very stiff, and one of his legs is a little turned in now. We are going to have the xrays done. It's expensive, but at least it should let us know what's going on. We are still looking into Chiro as well though. We are booked in for Thursday the 5th for the xrays, he got an ear infection and we had to wait untill that was cleared up before they would put him under. Can't see why it would have mattered, but I'm not a vet :D I'll let everyone know what the news is as soon as we know

thanks heaps Sway. I'm going to ring a few tomorrow and let you guys know what happens. Fingers Crossed

hi guys and thanks for all the replys! Angus is doing ok. We have booked him in to have the xrays under anaesthetic on Monday, so I guess we will just have to wait and see. The vet said it also might be a soft tissue or muscle injury. They felt all around both legs from the toes to the hips and he didn't show any signs of pain, that's the weird part! It's like he's just stiff or something? Really strange. We took his own Hammock bed with his doona to the kennels so he would have been sleeping on that. And the kennels are heated so he wouldn't have caught a chill. He's definately not constipated Still does about 3 big poos a day lol They said he hurt himself trying to get out of one of the exercise yards. which is strange as he's never tried to get ut of anywhere else, maybe just because he was stressed out I'm not sure? Sway is going to put me onto a good Chiro in the area hopefully so cross fingers that it will help. I know xrays are expensive but it still seems alot. We would pay anything to make sure he's ok so it's not a money issue, I just sometimes think that vets are ripping us all off I've worked as a vet nurse for 5 years and I can tell you that there is NO way it costs them anything close to that. Thanks for all the well wishes everyone. i'll keep posting with updates when the xrays are done. Hopefully it's nothing serious!

Hi everyone. Got back from our honeymoon and Angus must have hurt himself somehow in the boarding kennels! He is soo stiff around the back section now and I'm really worried it's going to be something with his hips. He's usually tearing around and now he just gingerly walks so out of sorts. Took him to the vets today and he's got to have some xrays that are going to cost $500 or more. this sounds excessive to me? He's only 7mths old, I really can't believe this is happening Does anyone know anything about these kinds of things, or have any personal experiences to share with me?

My mum's Cavalier love to eat cat poo! YUK. She's done it all her life. Have just gotten her out of it. Mum started to sprinkle a bit of pepper on the cat poo, then let her go at it, when she sniffed/tasted the pepper she shook her head and walked away, continued doing this untill she just didn't bother with it anymore. Of course you have to be there for this to happen, so not to sure if it will help

we feed our Dane on roo mince and Science Diet Kibble. Have just switched from Eukanuba as it made his skin hot and itchy. He's been great on this new diet. We sometimes give him the roo tails for outside chewing, which is great because he usually chews everything else up in about half an hour lol. It does smell horrible though! I wash and wipe his face down before letting him back inside after feeding, then give him a "yip yap doggy breath mint" and it's like he never ate the roo mince Have you tried him on a hypoAllergine food like S/D ZD or something similar from Royal Canine?

Yeah we feed our boy either an egg, or sardines in oil for his coat every few days, he looks great! Always get compliments about his coat. We have never tried giving the shell too though! Didn't even think you could. Is it suppose to be even better for them? might try with Angus but I'm not sure he'd go for it. He can be a bit precious about his food sometimes

I have just gotten Angus a chain (click on) lead. Has stopped the problem as it probably isnt very fun to chew

thanks for the well wishes Tessabella Oh and Angus is a G.Dane Jellybean. He's 5 months old now

Hope these don't come out to big.