Rebanne

I've switched my dogs around a few times, back when you could do so. It was for various reasons not that I was unhappy with them. Australasian Animal Registry, Central Animal Records, and now Global Micro as the last litter was registered with them by the vets. I moved the others over as I like my pets to be all on the same register.

They have been around for a long, long time. Glad they are being recognised. Love the little bits and pieces you find Boronia.

We are back home! My head is spinning a bit. So.......the denevration is on the cards but before we do that we are giving a 6 week trial on supplements. I am to continue the gabapentin, though Dr Andrew thinks it's too low a dose but we don't want to change things, and Opal is to start on Glyde powder, 4Cyte gel and a 4week course of either cartrophen or something starting with Z if my regular vet has it or can get it in (it's a more recent thing then cartrophen). Dr Andrew says the hip is bone on bone and several other things which all mean it's bad. Dr Andrew has been doing the denevration for 20 years and only had 2 dogs come back because the nerves regenerated. Small incision and keep them quiet for 2 weeks. Approx cost $3500. Femoral head ostectomy, more invasive approx $4,500 and an 8% chance of the dog breaking the femur at a later date. Knowing Opal this would happen to her! And a total hip replacement would be elsewhere as he doesn't have some piece of equipment that is needed, $10,000. Oh and Opal had a stride test, running along a special mat which measure weight % of each foot fall. It showed how little the left hind is used. Whew!!!!!

Little bit, no, a lot nervous about the outcome tomorrow. Got to be there at 8.30 and Opal has to be fasted.

Ring your vet and ask them what they have to say about food. Re the omeprazole, I did have a dog react badly to that so just keep an eye on your boy.

Interesting!

My littlest in my last litter was way behind the others but caught up once food was introduced. At 8 weeks you would never have known he was half the weight and size until 4 weeks. He's a big boy now, nearly 6 yo and weighing 38kg and a lovely example of the breed.

Blue fawn is a fawn with an overlay of blue. Occurs in Greyhounds. It's like a dirty or dusky fawn. Of course the colour may not be described properly for the stolen pup. Hopefully it is found soon.

a vet wouldn't know how to tape ears. You'd have to ask an experienced staffy breeder.

Hard to say Mac. Ears sometimes can be a lottery but they do look as if they are on the way.

Have you let the breeder know? Did the pup come with "papers" from Dogs SA or MDBA? It is possible the breeder did not know if the pup was showing no signs of the disease. Under Victorian law you would/should get a full refund but not sure what SA does.

Just a minor update. Opal is using her leg less and less. I have upped her pain meds again. But she still enjoys a shortish walk. In fact would most likely like it longer but Phoebe is happy to head to home. We finally see Dr Andrew next Tuesday June 6th. I suspect there will be more xrays. Dr Jo has sent everything down to him but he has yet to get back to her, he's a busy man.

@bece

I would wait. It wouldn't be fair to either dog to get a pup now. I didn't do anything special with my daughter. Just told her the pet was old and sick and in pain and it wasn't fair to keep them like that. Or words to that effect. Was a long time ago and she was 5 when the first dog was PTS. It was her first day at school and the dog had a stroke. My daughter wasn't allowed to witness any euthanasia until she was about 12

Don't know about being a Greyhound dry food but there was, and still is, Vet's All Natural, which had to be soaked and added to meat. I am currently using Phud's which is similar but no need to soak all day. My dog's love it.

In the video I saw it had a lot of difficulty walking. Op was over Easter so only a few weeks.

It's no different to a kelpie turning on sheep. Dogs are dogs and we don't always know what they are thinking. Or how well they have been trained. Or if the owner rushed to conclusions.

Most vets I have known over the past 40 years have been reluctant to straight out say " put to sleep". They can get sued for that, by owners who decide after the event that they were talked into it etc. Vets can't win. Opal is possibly having expensive surgery in the nearish future. I have a figure in mind that is my limit. I also know how hard it is to say stop after you start down that path.

Thanks Powerlegs, will be sure to update when I have one. We have started Gapapentin a couple of months ago. Opal is also on Meloxicam and has been on that full time for the past 12 months. She is only 5 1/2 years old which is why I would like to find a better long term solution for her.

I haven't read the article yet but American Greyhounds are notorious for hook worm resistance in Greyhound circles.

have yet to see the vet who would end up doing whatever is decided on. I am just trying to educate myself before seeing him.

What it will do to her long term.

Reality is the retired racing greyhounds are becoming thin on the ground in America. Many states have banned gambling on Greyhound races so they don't have them. Less races means less dogs available for adoption. People wanting a greyhound are learning what it's like to get most purebred dogs. Go on a waiting list. Not sure if price has gone up. There are a couple of places breeding race bred greys for pets, don't know what they charge though.

There is an Aussie rescue sending Greyhounds across to America currently for adoption purposes. The most recent dogs were in the last couple of weeks.

I sold two greyhound pups to Hawaii years ago as they didn't have rabies and we don't have rabies. It was very hard for them to import from mainland America.