Kirty

Haha thats so cute! I don't think its being protective at all, looks like a pet sheep having fun. I used to work at a riding school that had a pet sheep - and he thought he was a dog too.

She's done her cruciate.

When I say 'not painful', I mean that she is bright and happy within herself and I can't locate a painful joint or location on her leg. If there was a break for example, I would expect her to be flat and of course there would be pain on manipulation.

Let me preface this by saying we are off to the vet tomorrow. Tonight I took the dogs to the park and with the first throw of the ball, Maisie started limping on her back leg. She stopped running momentarily, then picked up the ball and ran back to me. She didn't yelp or seem sore, she is just on three legs. I made her sit with me for a while and we left shortly after, and she is still happily running around on three legs. I have felt all up and down the leg and toes, I have bent and stretched it and she doesn't cry or pull away at all. I am wondering if she has done a cruciate?

I would be hesitant to foster her and then move her on again. A blind dog needs time to get its bearings in a new home so ideally it should go from one home to the next with no homes in between. Blind dogs cope very very well (they use their noses to navigate) but it will take time for her to learn how to get outside, where to toilet, etc.

Why not a trap? You can buy humane traps off Ebay - just set it, catch the mouse, then release it somewhere else.

I would try not to sedate him to check his eyes. I'd leave the room and get a nurse to help. Dogs are often more calm when the owner is not in the room.

Old wives tale. Dogs and cats definitely don't NEED to have a litter for any reason!

Doesn't look like a hot spot to me either. How did the vet visit go Kirislin?

Have you changed your hair? Have you started doing something recently that might make you smell different? What is his eyesight like? I take it he has been checked for a problem with his eyes?

Cocker Spaniels, PBGVs and Bulldogs. Oh and Poodles.

GSD x Daccy - poor, deformed looking puppies. Had chunky, big bodies and heads like a GSD but with stumpy, deformed little legs. In PP of course. Staffy x Maltese (again in PP) - ugly, scruffy little things. Kelpie x Chi - looked just like a Pom!

I think it would be helpful to have a behaviourist come and visit.

*bump*

My greyhound was EXTREMELY fussy when she first arrived. In fact, she ate pretty much nothing for the first 3 days! I ended up buying her roast chicken, expensive cuts of beef, etc trying to tempt her! LOL! I think at first, she was just stressed and confused. She eventually started eating better, but she is still a picky eater. She is too skinny but she won't eat very much and she doesn't like many things so getting weight on her is a challenge to say the least.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Kuga was a gorgeous dog. RIP Kuga.

Giant Schnauzers, Wheatons and Kerry Blues can be pretty full-on dogs, not exactly great for people who have no idea about dogs.

God I can't stand the AVA.

I have always had bitches, always, and never had an issue. But late last year, my 18mo Dane bitch decided to try and kill my 15mo Greyhound bitch. She did some serious damage. We kept them entirely seperate for weeks (didn't even see each other through the window), then tried to introduce them again. It went OK for a week or two, but then my OH left them unsupervised and the Dane went the Greyhound again. They now live seperately and I don't trust the Dane at all. Funnily enough, the Dane is fine with Maisie who is the alpha bitch.

The thing is that CM is not dealing with your average pet either. He is dealing with idiot owners (most of the time) who have let their dog become a monster. These are dogs with serious behavioural problems that are facing an uncertain future. They need to be stopped NOW. What we see on TV are aggressive, dominant, feral little turds that are beyond basic positive reinforcement. He has a lot of good advice for people to prevent their dogs getting to that stage though, which people need to pay attention to.

I thought pennhip was not hugely reliable? And from memory of past threads on the topic, I have a feeling most vets will tell you they need the surgery anyway.

Oh come on, its hardly a kick. He taps the dog with its foot, with less force than when you give a dog a good thump on the backside for being good. Its a tool to break the dog's fixation. The dogs get a shock, they are not hurt.

True. I should have said, make sure they have been tested.

Whichever breeder you end up purchasing from, please make sure the breedings dogs are DNA clear for PRA.

Black Russian Terriers are fairly new to the ANKC I believe?