Tim'sMum

Huh? Why reunite them, only to PTS?

What a lovely story...and so special that these old girls are together again.

I have used this technique before to good effect - not sure though if it was my 'roar' or the fact that (because of child in aforementioned pram) my pelvic floor muscles are not a reliable as I would like and I sort of wet myself.. Maybe my very loud and confident interruption of attacking dogs focus was more effective because I was also seen as 'marking my territory'? Coffee 'splerk' moment!

You will do well here d22...you have a sense of humour!

d22....just ignore the posts and side arguments that have nothing to do with your questions....it will just confuse you as a newcomer to DOL. As for did you do the right thing in kicking the other dog....absolutely! As your dog was tied to the pram, it could have become nasty if your dog decided it had had enough of the attack and fought back, or attempted to bolt. Better the attacking dog get hurt than your baby..or dog. Hopefully you will not meet this dog again...but if so, keeping the lead around your wrist would be better, step out in front of thepram and dog and sternly tell the dog to 'Stay' or stop in as deep a voice as you can. Try not to look scared or timid. I'm glad your dog is OK. I hope it doesn't happen again...as I imagine it was a very scary experience for you.

Sorry...but there is no such thing as 'too young to be epileptic' in mammals. Human babies can have seizures from birth due to epilepsy....which can be from a brain malformation or ideopathic (no known cause). There is also many other conditions that can cause seizures....and also neuro toxins (poisoning by something ingested or absorbed through the skin usually) which can cause seizures. I would hope the vet has taken blood for analysis...at the least?

Too right! Brilliant photos....love it.

Rent a copy of 'The Wizard of Oz' and you will find out what Toto looks like.

It's fox baiting....and it happens very regularly throughout this area and has done for years.. I noticed a sign on Wednesday at the entrance to a bush track off Wakehurst Parkway that leads to the Aquatic Centre and the top part of Manly War Memorial Park. They also lay bait for rabbits in the area too. I have seen a dead fox on Allambie Rd and a friend saw a live fox just sitting by Allambie Rd at dusk.

It doesn't matter whether he was inside the gate, outside the gate or anywhere on the property. This was a Policeman who was responding to a domestic violence call. For all he knew there was the possibility of someone inside the house being beaten to death, abused or subjected to violence of some sort. What was he supposed to do....stand outside and yell "Hey you, it's the Police. Can you please stop beating up your wife/partner/whatever long enough to lock up your dogs, so we can come in and arrest you."???

One of the GSP's, owned by another dog walker that we met often, used to do the same. These dogs were exercised often and were both very lean....but the breed is a lean and athletic breed. The vet could not work it out...except suspecting over-heating and dehydration when over-exercised. I and another dog walker suggested the dogs may be just a little too lean but the owner was adamant that she fed them correctly...only a top quality dry food recommended by the breeder and nothing else. We both suggested trying a different diet to see if it helped.. a BARF diet. She eventually did try it and the fainting/collapsing spells stopped. It seemed that their calorie intake with an entirely dry food diet was not enough to support their energy output. Your dog's diet might be worth looking at?

Has it definitely been tested as strychnine? If so...surely that is a substance that could only be purchased through limited outlets and you would need a permit to buy it?

No. They happen out of the blue, ussually when she is relaxing. So just as she is starting to doze off perhaps? That is quite a common time for seizures as the brain waves change. As Rappie suggested...if there is no apparent metabolic cause (diabetes, kidney disease etc..) that may be treated with other medication, it is certainly worthwhile considering anti-convulsant medication. You should certainly ask the vet to discuss it.

From what I saw on the TV there is a playground there. It's not unknown for toddlers to pick up something off the ground and eat it....and they can be as quick as a dog can be in grabbing something and putting it in their mouth. All it takes is mum being distracted for a second by another sibling. Very scary indeed. As for motivation...who knows. It could be as simple as someone, who is a total nutter, treading in dog poo once, so they hate every dog. It could be targeted at children rather than dogs? There is most likely no rational reason other than someone is mentally ill and therefore not rational.

Do you have any idea of how many off lead dog parks and onlead parks are around the Inner West? That would be an impossible task. I have no idea....but if there is poison bread around shouldnt someone be looking? Have the posioned dogs all been in the same park? The thread title does say Earlwood. I heard a police spokesman on the radio saying that they had searched the park, they had found more bread and taken it for analysis of the poison.

Not necessarily true lilypily....seizures/epilepsy can start and stop in mammals at any age or stage of life. Most often they are ideopathic...which means there is no known cause. Your vet should not be so certain that it is a brain tumour due to your dogs age. Apart from other metabolic disorders (which should be investigated), it may still be epilepsy. Seizures tend to be more common in older people/dogs due to brain degeneration, or in young dogs/children because they just have a low seizure threshhold or have some sort of brain anomaly. You do have to rule out other causes of seizures though...as per shortsteps informative post. It may be a tumour, it might not be. Whatever the cause there is probably no reason why an anti-convulsant will not be worth trying at least. Humans with brain tumours are given anti-convulsant medication...so why can't dogs? MRI's can be very expensive, so if you can afford it, go for a CAT scan initially. A CAT scan will pick up a tumour...if that is what is causing the seizures, as it will most likely be large enough to be picked up by the CAT scan. MRI's give a much finer and more comprehensive picture of the brain. It is normal with humans that a CAT scan is taken first, then if nothing shows up...and MRI is the next step. Do the seizures happen when your dog has just woken up or is excited? Epilepsy is little understood by many medical professionals and that includes vets. It is a condition that can be incredibly varied and complex, it can have a specific reason or no known reason at all. Often, if there is no known cause all you can do is use medication to try to control seizures. This may be totally successful, mildly successful or not work much at all.

If I was a Vet, and let a dog die because someone did not have the full amount of money on them at the time, during what is an emergency.....I actually don't think I would sleep at night.

BC x ACD perhaps?

Definitely do this...contact the Head Office. Franchisees have specific rules they need to follow to retain their franchise...and not paying a minder would most likely be a breach of their contract with the the parent company.

There are many sorts of ticks in Australia but if you are in Adelaide...it will not be a Paralysis Tick (see map below).

Scary stuff lovemysideways. I hope you are having antibiotics? Puncture wounds from a dog bite can get nasty.

Quite often in regional areas, as long as the Council Ranger agrees, people who find a dog and can keep it safely, can be asked to do so. The dog is still listed as 'found' by the Council and the Ranger. OH's Aunt has foundseveral lost dogs in her relatively isolated area...and because the Pound is so far away, and there is only one Ranger on duty at any one time, she has been asked to keep the dog for a few days. If an owner rings the Pound, the dog is still listed as being found. Each dog has been returned to it's owner. I live in Sydney and have kept 2 dogs overnight because the Pound was closed. The Ranger had nowhere to take these two dogs when I rang the Council after hours number early evening the Sunday night before and he asked me, if I had good fencing and somewhere to keep the dogs contained, could I look after them overnight. I kept them in the garage, fed them and looked after them till he arrived next morning at 8.00am...despite one trying to bite me all the time. They were reunited with the person who was caring for them that day..the owner was overseas at the time. Bull Terr(ific)....I hope an owner comes forward for her soon. Good on you for looking after her.

OMG....aren't they gorgeous! Bulldust...I'm so glad that all your animals are safe, and so are you. I will be crossing fingers that the water recedes far quicker than anticipated, so you can all go home.

A friend moved back to Sweden in 2009 and took her dog, Jack, with her. Here...she really struggled to find a rental house that would allow her to have a dog, but in Sweden it's not an issue at all. She, her two boys, a cat and two snakes are all happily living in an apartment. Jack....a rescue dog, adopted from the AWL is happy in the snow, and in the apartment. :D

Get your friend to have a Vet examine the wounds. I would think...after two weeks, a rope burn on the neck would have started to scab over by now, if it was 'supposedly' there when the dog arrived. The foot wound would also have healed some or it not...possibly be infected after two weeks if left untreated, especially in hot humid weather. I would suspect that a Vet report, saying the wounds were quite likely fresher than two weeks old, might force the kennels to stop lying, at least.