~Anne~

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Pugs are not fussy by far. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that they were meant to be called pigs but someone made a typo.

But i thought it was created by Debra Tranter? I don't believe she is against dogs being bred all together? Has someone hijacked e message perhaps? She was a member and very active member of animal Liberation - which would appear to give fair doubt. http://www.alv.org.au/about.php I know who she represents but I wasn't aware that she wanted to stop all breeding which is what was stated. Hey, you know that I think Tranter is deceptive and manipulative with her pursuits of people she deems 'bad'. Aphra - great posts as always.

But i thought it was created by Debra Tranter? I don't believe she is against dogs being bred all together? Has someone hijacked e message perhaps?

Yes, the Oscar's Law folk have kept the real horrors of puppy farming (whoever does it) in the face of the public. But they leave out the essential message ... how dogs should be bred & raised. If the public is to become informed on how not to support puppy farming (whoever does it), they need to know what to look for. And regulators & lawmakers need to base any 'rules' on that, too. True. But then are we expecting them to be experts in marketing and messages? I also think it might be a bit of a run-away train with supporters increasing the speed. I am sure it was initially perceived as a way to raise awareness of puppy farms. I think the public think of puppy farms as dogs being kept in cages and or sheds and dog breeding on a mass scale for commercial purposes and it is is image that is the impetus for people to support such a thing.

I have always understood that Oscars Law was a promotion campaign with a message along the lines of 'ban puppy farms' as opposed to an actual introduction of a 'law' in the literal sense. Perhaps I'm wrong. Who knows. I don't think it is that a big an issue really. It certainly has helped to raise some level of awareness amongst the general public so to that end it is acceptable to me.

Molly's leaked continually when hers were infected and the smell was more like infection rather than silvery fish. Don't ask me what silvery fish is but that's the way I perceive the normal smell! :laugh: When I say continually, I mean leaking little bits all the time, not just expressing them a couple of times a day. She also licked the area constantly. But then, she was a cat and they tend to be more focused on grooming than dogs.

Boof does it very regularly. I'd say almost on a daily basis and just like your girl, sometimes several times in one day. Mind you, he's not on my lap so it could happen a billion times a day and I wouldn't know. I have a bitch that scoots but hers is the nether region she is trying to scratch. Might be something to consider? She may also need to have them regularly expressed. Some do. But they should only be expressed when they are compacted. If she is leaking she isn't compacted because the release of the fluid means there isn't a blockage. They do leak more when infected though. My cat, Molly, had infected sacs once and that was how I discovered it, the constant leaking. Not sure about the pumpkin etc. I've read your posts and I think they're on a good diet. If they have solid faeces then they're fine. Pumpkin etc would only help if they had sensitive stomach or bowel and had very soft or watery poo.

Ill get those bottles of phenomav to you soon too. I didn't bring them up with me this week but will next week.

But still i loved Monte and he had disgusting eating habits.......... Boofy is pretty easy in comparison!

What makes it worse is that I know when it has happened even though he will be on his mat at my feet or in his bed because he suddenly turns around and starts intently licking the mat or bed.

It's another reason why my pugs were retrained not to go on furniture. I have a very regular spontaneous expressor! :laugh:

But would encephalitis cause seizures? I have no idea. If so, it's not epilepsy but encephalitis and the seizures would be only one of the symptoms of the illness. The dog is within the age range for onset of epilepsy but for the vet to be administering antibiotics and fluids I'd think he thinks there is so sing behind the seizure.

Most dogs don't need them expressed. The more you express them, the more they need to be expressed. The glands are there for a purpose and are best left alone. It is 100% normal for anal glands to leak fluid some times. It's when they don't that they become a problem and become impacted but for some bizarre reason dog owners have switched this around and they now routinely express them because they express easily by themselves We tend to notice the anal glands of little dogs more because they're often on our laps or sitting beside us on furniture. Do yourself and your dogs a favour and ,are sure they have nice healthy poos that will keep the glands expressed well enough and accept they will also spontaneously express through fear, excitement, marking and just because. On another note, they're not actually glands. They're sac like.

Wow, I've never heard the chicken mince one Mantis? I guess there is also the possibility it was coincidental? Far_kennel_73 - epilepsy is what is diagnosed when there are no known cause for the seizures. Seizures can be caused through many things including toxins and disease. It does sound like it might be seizure activity from what you describe. Can I ask why he is on a drip and antibiotics though? Did he have a temperature or something to indicate a possible infection? Was he dehydrated? It seems like the vet is not thinking epilepsy at all.

OMG, what a brilliant outcome. Well done!

Agree with the heart idea posed by Peres. It may have been a lack of oxygen temporarily to the brain?? I would be thinking the issues are all linked. I hope your vet can get it sorted for you. Just in seizures though, I watched Monte expereince a huge range of seizures from tonic clonic to petite and focal. I can tell you that they are all very different and every dog shows some differing physical manifestations of them all. Not all seizures involve excess saliva, drool or frothing. Dogs do not always loose control of bowels or bladder. Monte has had seizures where he has staggered like he is drunk, others where he has stood stock still and twitched, and still others where he dropped and rolled got up and ran and then stiffened up as if to go into a full tonic clonic before slowly relaxing and coming back to normal and he has of course had many, many tonic clinics where he has collapsed, frothed, lost control of his bladder (only in his last few years with this) and then run manic after the seizure. So, as you can see, there is no one size fits all with seizure activity.

Ok, thanks!

Tell me more. Do you use it straight? I assume you warm it up and pour it over?

RIP Coco. At the risk of repeating something already said, well done to you for caring for him in his twilight years.

She's gorgeous. I hope the most perfect home is found. It seems you've given her the start she needed.

Recently, Ive been using baby bath as a shampoo for my pugs.

I was a vet nurse many years ago and a locum had 3 dogs die during surgery because he wasn't great at watching the patients he was operating on. I have no idea what it is like today, and I imagine it is different for each clinic, but in my day most vets didn't want you assisting beyond the initial tubing. It wasn't like humans where you have a team of people around you during an OP each monitoring different things.

Interesting link, nowhere does it say the animal must be taken to the pound, only that you have to notify the council that you found an animal, and can take it to the pound. I wonder if that's just lazy wording, or if like some other councils you are able to keep it as long as the council know where it is if the owners call/come looking for it. Prob best to call the council and ask, either way. Each State is different. Maybe Queenslanders dont have to take them to the pound?

Thanks. That's interesting.