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  1. *mods can you edit Title please*

    You can edit the title by opening your first post and pressing the edit button.

    If the dog is still favouring the leg, I'd suggest you ask your vet about the possiblity of a bone spur having formed on the surgery site or perhaps to have an x-ray done to see what's going on.

    What is a bone spur? i notice on the inside section of knee cap there is a little bump of hard something or rather, The dog is in no pain i jsut notice a funny movment when she runs sometimes, walking is fine tho.

  2. My dog had surgery on a luxatting patella, she was back to normal (ie not favouring the leg) in less than 4 months.

    I would be concerned. Dog may just need some good hydrotherapy to build the leg back up without to much impact.

    Did a specialist do the work or just your regular vet? I would suggest you go back and see them and possibly get a referral to a good chiro vet or physio and organise some hydrotherapy, it works wonders.

    no regular vet reffered me to a specilist, Will be doing lost of swimming and let walking i think

  3. Usual opperation of deepening the knee cap and tie up the tendons again was not an option, its was a high grade and requires screws and the original knee cap groove opp aswell, also breaking the shin bone and straighting it up.

  4. Been 4 months since the surgry for luxating patella. It it normal for the Dog to still favour the leg?

    I still notice she dose not use it like a normal dog would 100%, Do they ever go back to normal?

    I dont think Running offlead is an option out of the back yard anymore.

  5. The media is just as much to blame for the rubbish i read on the web about "pitbulls". ive said it many times, 99% wouldent know a APBT for the life of them and these Zombies that are brainwashed by the media is just sad, it will never stop, but aslo i will never stop loving and owning APBT's

  6. My neighbour has one of these dogs. I have a 12 month-old son. This dog has so far behaved very timidly, almost fearful of people other than its owners. I do nothing to encourage the dog to come to me for a pat, nor do I try to scare the dog away - I simply keep my eyes on it until I am inside my house. Unfortunately, the owner is incapable of keeping it in its yard and despite their efforts in sealing their yard (including with my help), it constantly escapes. It also does not have a collar. I dread the day I am walking up my driveway with my son in my arms and that dog is nearby when a car backfires, sending the dog berserk and it starts to attack me or my wife if she was holding my son. God help the dog if that ever happens because I will not hesitate to kill it myself.

    Mate you are a joke, you wont be killing anydog, and no dog will be going BERSERK due to car backfire, pathetic

  7. geo, have you ever seen pitbull pups from fighting lines? I have only seen 2 litters - 1 we suspected were from pitbull fighting lines, and they were ripping chunks out of each other at 7 weeks. The other litter were definitely pit bulls (according to the owner) and they were very nasty too.

    I don't think pitbulls should be banned, but on the other hand, people ought not to be breeding particularly for dog aggression, and some people are. Sometimes I think perhaps pitbulls should be banned for the small % of them which are dog aggressive, but I don't think that is the answer. It's easy enough to make any breed dog aggressive, if the breeder knows what they are doing.

    owwww watch out for the killer pups, haha. you made my day.

  8. He talks about loving his dog, but in the same breath says if the dogs quits and stops wanting to fight, he'll kill it. How does that make sense!?!?!?

    "Curs are like show dogs that nobody wants anymore, they're a waste, they're a burden, so we just put them down"

    Do you even know what a cur is? a little research may help you to understand alot better. saying this i do NOT condone dog fighting, i just respect the past history of my dogs.

  9. Diatomaceous Earth is a non-toxic, safe substance made up from crushed fossils of freshwater organisms and marine life. Crushed to a fine powder and observed through a microscope, the particles resemble bits of broken glass. Deadly to any insect and completely harmless to animals, fish, fowl or food. Most insects have a waxy outer shell covering their bodies, INSECT STOP scratches through this shell causing the insect to dehydrate leading to eventual death.

    Anyone used this on there animals before, ive heard nothing but great feedback from the Game dog community in the US, wondering if anyone here has tried it.

    More info here http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/health/diatearth.htm

  10. There is an offleash park at Gladesville/Huntley Cove. It's private so it's nowhere near traffic, and there is a water area too (people go fishing and some dogs likes jumping into them).

    It's our favorite dog park.

    Tarban creek?

  11. It's a topic about the image of the Amstaff and what some breeders are doing, that potentially paints the breed in a bad light. There's nothing more damaging to the image of the Amstaff than to be referred to as a pit bull.

    When it comes to BSL, the Amstaff needs place as much distance between itself and the PB as possible and that includes ditching all of the hanger-on-ers that aren't Amstaffs but have owners that like to refer to them as such, when it suits them.

    APBT can't have it both ways. He either owns an APBT or her doesn't and he needn't worry about Amstaff people thinking or referring to their dogs as PB's, most are running in the opposite direction , as fast as they can.

    ummm, ive owned APBT's and Amstaffs. I respect both for what they are, as should everyone else.

    No one should be ditching anyone, we need to stick together and fight it.

    Seems your a front running cur.

  12. Exact same thing that's happening right now in the U.S. People breeding for size and image, people will always like that style of dog, then there is the other side who prefer there real APBT's.

    As long as people dont start thinking and calling them american pitbulls i dont have an issue.

  13. Thanks!

    She's only tried a bit of porridge and seemed to like it (although right now it appears she'll eat anything). She may have eaten it because it was warm.

    We give her biscuits in the morning - sometimes moisitened, sometimes dry/hard and some puppy millk.

    Other people in the house always want to feed her this and that instead of sticking to the diet sheet i got from the breeder! They keep wanting to feed her on tin dog food too - the my dog one. They dont come in a puppy version, and my vet said they are fine but s long as its a puppy version.

    Dont let anyone mess around with the feeding plan, if its what the breeder gave you then i would stick to it.

    Also if its your dog, you should really be the only one to feed it. And forget about the tinned dog food, its rubbish.

    The dry biscuits are good, no need to soak them aswell, they need to learn to chew, and it will do wonders for teething.

    soak some kibble in warm water if you really need to, scrap the wheat bix and oats.

  14. Best things ive found are pumped up soccer balls, makes it harder for them to bite and puncture it. Old jeans and pants, tie knots in the legs and cut them to size, perfect bite surface for tug o war aswell.

    Cant go past a tennis ball, old footys.

    Traffic cones are great aswell.

  15. With proper rest, physio and weight loss (if dog is overweight), there can be an improvement in the condition of the dog. However, it is unlikely you will ever get 100% recovery and you will always have to be careful with watching how the dog is exercising and playing.

    I am slightly confused by the vet report- did they say whether it was a partial tear or rupture? if your dog has ruptured both cruciates, it would be walking with a lot of difficulty. In this case, you should proably seriously consider surgery.

    If you are not going ahead with surgery (which is understandable if you simply can't afford it) I would recommend that you restrict the dog from exercising for at least one week, preferably longer. That means no running or jumping at all. You may want to contact a dog physio who may be able to suggest some gentle exercsises. If the dog is overweight, put the dog on a diet, this alone often will result in a great improvement.

    I have friends whose dog has a partial tear of one cruciate, they decided not to do surgery. The dog was limping quite badly but after some rest (unfortunately the dog has not lost weight) the limping has decreased and the dog can walk around quite normally.

    the vet doesn't know as the xray shows mostley intact and some swelling?? i get really upset when i talk to the vets about porscha that i don't seem to take muck in, but it was first the right leg then followed but a panic visit when she had problems with the left leg but i think she may have just bumped it as it was better within a day.

    i must also add that as of wednesday she can walk great with no limp for around 5mins or so then she gets tired and the limp starts again

    The limp starts when the knee cap comes out of place? Were you advised to push it back into postion? or Have you noticed she her doing it herself when lying down.

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