*Avanti*

I sympathise with you, I have an atopic dog and so far have only been able to manage it. It is much worse in summer and heartbreaking for me not being able to 'cure' it. I'd check with the vet before altering her cortisone dosage. It has to be very carefully administered.

I'm very sorry for your loss Kristie. RIP Barker

RIP Nippa, run free at the bridge :p

RIP Sweet Jesse . I'm sorry for your loss Cass.

Sorry to hear about this Joanne. I've had to keep dogs separated whilst not under supervision (my old boy with my young girl) but there was no other choice, he was too old to accept a new boistrous friend (different scenario). I hope they settle soon so you can feel at ease to leave them together again.

He was special as they all are.

RIP Biff, run free at rainbow bridge My sincere condolences doberman girl for your loss of this sweet fella.

Sorry for your loss RIP Mary

There is a bit of info here; http://www.petnet.com.au/pethints/199601.3.html

Boss's owners sent this today: Please tell everyone from the forum that mum and i appreciate Boss's tribute very much....It was lovely!!! Thank-You Boss will live on furever in our hearts. And a pic of him with his pal

I'm posting this for a friend and a group of people who helped and loved this boy. Ben spent most of his life employed as a car yard guard dog. His wages were dog food and the occasional pat by a prospective car buyer and the staff of the car yard. When he was about ten he developed cancer in his nose and was going to be pts by the car yard owners because he was no longer useful as a guard dog. By luck and chance, since months ago, he was taken in to rescue (thankyou to all who made it possible) and he found his way to a home where he was very well loved and cared for. At this stage his cancer was well advanced but his health improved anyway because he got so much love and he deserved it. But yesterday Ben lost the battle with cancer and died in his new mum of six month's arms . He spent a few weeks in foster care before he went to his forever home. What a lonely dog he had been. It was sad, because in the cold of winter he wanted to sit on the cold kitchen floor and not come into the warm heater side. He loved to stare through the cyclone fence, it was all he knew. But given his harsh and empty conditions this boy never lost his natural nature. That nature was of a beautiful boy who knew no viciousness. I want to post about Ben/Boss and (his new mum called him Boss) and give him a tribute. Humble fella he was. He only had a real home for a short while but time doesn't seem to measure love. I also want to send a special message to the lovely lady who gave him his first and only real home. She did everything possible to give him the best hope and made his last days happy ones. RIP Boss Edited to ad pic

My condolences for your loss. RIP Clementine

The memories are never gone. Lovely tribute to him ;) .

RIP Brax, handsome fella.

RIP Ginny Run free on all fours again.

My condolences. RIP sweet girl

I grow a lot of my own vegies and my dog gets some of them. I grate zuchinni, carrots he likes to chew up whole ones so I figure that would be good for his teeth. Is silverbeet ok? I thought it had some sort of acid in it and should be cooked?

Thankyou. It is so nice to hear this understanding and to hear others feel the same way. I'll never get over loosing my boy, such a precious boy he was. I guess that goes with the equation of our relative longetivity and the reality that humans live longer than dogs. We might outlive them but never stop loving them. And I'm left behind with only his teachings.

Hey boy, why am I so stuck on you? It has been seven years now since you passed away. Why am I still crying over you? Maybe because you taught me everything, you gave me everything about things that really matter that no human was able to give. You were not even a very well behaved dog and were very grumpy and cranky in your older years but I still loved you to bits. I knew you for your whole life from a puppy to an old man. As a puppy you nearly died with a very serious staff infection but you miraculously pulled through. Even the vet could not believe your recovery. As a pup at 12 weeks old you had stopped eating or drinking and Michael threw you into a water tank. I thought that was quite heartless and cruel of him but you swam and you survived. It was like you were faced with the immediate decision of life or death and you chose life. From then on you recovered and were the most enthusiastic loving dog who deserved a gold Olympic Medal for the swimming you did from there on. When you passed away I wanted to follow and go with you. Cause we were united souls. It was like part of me died too (well it did, can you give me that much?). But you would not accept or like to hear that. What you taught me, what you gave me was the complete opposite. I have to swim too. Now you are the teacher. Everyone loved you wherever we went and you came everywhere with me. I miss you so dearly. It is a bit weird to maybe have this wrench of grief after seven years. I partly want to share on the Rainbow Bridge forum to tell others how it can be. Don't let the grief get you down too much. Some dogs get right into your heart. I guess that is why some call them "heart dogs". Boy I love you passionately and will forever and am so thankful to you for all that you gave me. I still have your collar with yor hairs attached and sometimes I beg a sniff of your sweet smell of hay. I still miss you boy and I love you. el condor pasa His breed was labrador.

I'm lost for words, how very sad. My condolences to you and Bodie's family. RIP without fear little fella

I second Benadryl, about 5ml for a 30kg dog. You can squirt it in their mouth with a syringe. Also if you have an oil burner, some eucalyptus and peppermint oil in the air can help a bit too.

Chilli stockings, I wish I'd heard of that years ago. Mine used to do it too but only when we went out He eventually grew out of it but I guess that doesn't help in the short term .

I give my dog a can of mackeral every 1-2 weeks (spread out over a couple of days with other food) he loves it.

I'm sorry for your loss. RIP Mitch

My condolences. RIP Stryker .