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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.

Opal had xrays today and she has severe arthritis in her bad hip that she dislocated 5 years ago. She has 5 -6 years of life left one would think. I am not keen on just giving her more and more pain medication. My vet is leaning to FHO and has sent off a report to another vet who would be the one doing any actual surgery. Hip Denervation was also mentioned which I haven't heard of before. A quick google has shown me this could be quite good for Opal. Much less invasive but would need to be repeated at maybe 2 year intervals. Anyone have any experience with this? Something has to be done soon for my poor girl.

watched it yesterday. In a specialist vets over Easter with spinal surgery. What did they expect?

I'd be finding a vet that can get her in quicker. I wouldn't be self treating an eye.

excellent update, thanks Asal

No reason the pup can't spend time outside. I would guess the owner has got older and it's more work then she remembers. So time outside, some crate training, a puppy training class.

I was surprised with the first muster dogs that kelpies were being used on cattle in the outback and the one used on sheep failed. I was expecting cattledogs on cattle. My only experience with kelpies ( 2nd hand ) was them being used on sheep.