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A RAW diet is usually a balance of varied bones/meat - with differing amounts of dairy/egg/veg. Can you tell us more of what he eats, including treats ? It is important to balance things out in any homemade diets , which is why feeding a commercial food is often an easier way to make sure growing puppies get all they need to start life healthily ;)

I once worked with THE most gorgeous lab girl, who was brain damaged due to lack of oxygen at birth . Sarah loved everyone and everything ... didn't really remember much, and had a weird head tilt - and eventually made someone a great pet .

Did puppy have a difficult birth ? What other problems do you notice re: learning ? Does he respond to you /know a name/play with toys /find his mum or you indoors ? All I can suggest is that you make the toilet area large ... use fake grass instead of paper , maybe ? OR take him outside every 1/2 hr ..and play with him /feed a treat EVERY time he toilets , and ONLY then.... and , of couirse, you need to wait until he DOES toilet ;0 I guess you mean CRATE training ? Depending on his behaviour/amount of brain damage /your experience ..it is possibly not the ideal thing ...

resurrection!! :) A shiny new too,l in an app called PIXELMATOR - much fun playing "kaleidoscope" ;) Humour me ?

L G - I am glad of that :)

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Wondering how things went, too .

Pippa is gorgeous!! :)

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pretty cute:) I also think tentie/mini foxie X crestie ....

pls excuse lack of paragraphs - DOL is not being liked by my computer at present

This is WORD picture ;) Got home from town tonight , not long before dark . no Smoke . OK, says I - i will start unloading groceries..and he will show up.No - that didn't happen . THEN I heard , 'bark , bark, barkbarkbark!" having visions of Smoke and goats on our 70 ft high cliff ..I hopped in a vehicle, and went for a drive/walk .... No more barking - so I thought I knew where he'd be . YES! he was lying strethed out in front of the outdoor heater with the guests we have staying in the old homestead ...He was very happy :) Apparently he HAD been very busy , herding several small goats which missed the truck last night . The men were most impressed - said he knew what he he was doing, and kept the goats in the one spot for ever so long - they even took some photos LOL.DOGS!!!!!

hi - this dog has probably been in a kennel - and barking would be very ingrained after so long ....Perhaps ask the group for whom you are fostering?

I saw the stills & decided to not watch those dogs slip around ...

The vet will do whatever they think is neccessary for a diagnosis, I guess. Dr Google can often be scary , can many times be correct, and can way too many times cause panic for nothing ;) The vet may also listen to breath travelling thru - sounds can help localise problems .. Xrays may not show up the soft tissue ...and the vet may not suggest them at all , depending. make sure you note when the dog coughs - how exercise is tolerated - and how good /bad is the gum colour - this is all helpful stuff . Walk dog in a harness,if you don't already :) this takes away pressure on the trachea , and helps with the cough .best of luck at the vet visit :)

contact westiemum on here (go to "members" and search ) - she has an oldie who had good and successful treatment .Best of luck with it all,.

Littlegifts . LOL Don doesn't really know a lot :) Speaking of soft toys - I need to rake up a 'snowstorm' .....

well, this is a bit of iphone playtime late last night :) ( gee- I have such a full life :p )

oh at least you noticed, and got him checked now, rather than later .

Three things > First - make SURE the person doing /scoring the xrays and making the diagnosis is is very well versed in orthopaedics - then you know you have a solid diagnosis. Second- Talk with the breeder . NOT accuse ... but do talk , and provide them with info so that they can then have it for their records . Third. In discussion with the specialist , work out a management/treatment plan - and enjoy your pup .

it is always so sad that , until something like this happens , many people forget that dogs are PREDATORS - they have teeth, and they do NOT interpret the world as we do.

Hope all goes well tomorrow :)

I guess you have stopped the treatment? It would seem unlikely that the small amount put on a hotspot would cause internal issues ..but I am not a vet ;) Ask your vet in the morning ..and get the dog checked for anything odd going on ....