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Yes. Early in December my elderly rescue Rottweiler had surgery for a small mammary tumour which grew very quickly to an obvious large lump. She had evidently been used as a puppy factory in her former life and was not spayed until she was due to come to me almost 4 years ago. We think she was aged 8-10 years back then. Her diagnosis was a malignant mixed mammary tumour with osteosarcoma. The pathogy report states there is regular cartilage and bone formation in the mammary tissue. At times the cells are producing an ostoidal matrix which is producing a lacework of mature bone. Hence she has osteosarcoma in mammary tissue. The report states that these tumours are rare and they are not as aggressive as long bone osteosarcoma, they do however metastasise. My girl is still doing very well and has not shown the signs of deterioration since her surgery, apart from general senior dog decline. She is old for a Rottweiler. I can't find any google reference to this kind of osteosarcoma either. Osteosarcoma seems to happen in the most unlikely places. My other Rottweiler was diagnosed at 6yo with osteosarcoma in her mandible. It was a very aggressive osteosarcoma. Has you friend thought about consulting with a canine oncologist?

Don't put anything on the stitches until they are healed and have been removed, or if they're disolving stitches, until they have disolved. The incision area must be kept dry until the sutures are out. You will find the hair will grow back and cover any scarring anyway without anything being applied to the incision line.

I thought this dog was still alive and recovering. Where does it say the dog died?

Rubbing Paw Paw ointment into the elbows will soften them but I have no idea how you will prevent infection. PawPaw ointment can be purchased at the chemist or health store. Some supermarkets stock it.

I gave Cellfood to my younger Rottweiler who had cancer. She did very well for quite a long time. I give it to my dogs if they show any sign of being unwell and I also take it myself for respiratory problems. I have an elderly Rott here with cancer and she has it every day. There was a member on here who had a pup with Parvo on a drip at the vets. The pup wasn't doing too well at all until it was given CellFood and apparently there was a rapid turn around and the pup was able to go home.

One of my dogs ate some pellets from a throw pack of Ratsak that blew in from somewhere in a fierce storm we had a few weeks ago. I discovered the Ratsak packet the next day and took my dog to the vet. His coagulation blood test was slightly below normal. He had a Vit. K injection followed by 3 weeks of Vit K. tablets. His blood coagulation test 3 weeks later showed a normal level. It didn't cost $1500. The first consult, test and tablets came to $315.25. When he went back for the second test it cost a revisit consult and the blood coag. test and that cost $116.16 so all up the cost was $431.31. If your dogs didn't ingest the rat and it was still intact I wouldn't worry about it. If you are nervous then pop the dog along to the vet tomorrow for a coagulation test which my vet charged $75.14 for and you will also pay a consult fee so it should amount to around $130. If you are really worried it would be worth paying that for your peace of mind.

My Pets Warehouse in Malvern Road Malvern also stocks EP Holistic.

I asked the vet when I was there last week about titres. The vet I was dealing with didn't know much so she had the senior vet ring me. He said I'd pay for a consult and for taking blood and the bloods would be sent to WA. He said it would cost me about $350 for the titre He then banged on for 10 minutes pushing the benefit of vaccinations and told me I was uneducated because I don't want my dogs to have annual vaccinations I explained that one of my Cavaliers reacted badly to the last C5 he had. Vet tried to convince me it was unlikely to be the vaccination itself but the carrying agent. So what if it was? The dog still had a bad reaction and I don't want to go down that path again. This not the vet I usually take my dogs to but go there if there is an emergency or something happens on a Sunday when my vet isn't open. Of course if anything is going to happen it will be on a Sunday.

Thank you Jessca for taking the time to send me the information of the supplier I don't know who is Ruthless' recommendation either.

Hello TKS. Very sorry to hear about Mika. I remember when you got her just before I got my Tri boy, Bronson. He will be 6yo in May. I often wondered how you and Mika were going. It's good to hear from you but very sorry to hear about Mika.

Ruthless would you mind PMing you with the supplier too. Thanks.

Hamish is a beautiful looking boy Lisa. I like to keep my Rotts on the slim side so he looks gorgeous to me.

Barry Heywood has been around forever. He ain't no young whipper snapper Ask the greyhound fraternity about his extensive experience with their racing dogs.

Scout I'm glad someone bumped the thread, I couldn't find it or remember who started the thread. If I'd remembered it was you I'd have been able to find it. I've been thinking about this poor boy and his distressed owner and wondering how they were. I have a booklet on Inverterbral Disk Disease the specialist gave me that I wanted to pass it on to your friend through you. When you say the dog was put down do you mean the dog this poor lady lost 3 weeks ago or the boy with the disk disease. I have an awful feeling it was the disk disease boy. If so, this poor lady must be devastated. Losing 2 dogs within 3 week is just too much to cope with. From your description of this dog being warm and swollen the night before it doesn't sound similar to my Cav. His was sudden and dramatic with absolutely no warning or symptoms. I hope I never again have to see that happen to a dog. I'm very happy with Bronson's recovery. On his first day home from hospital I had to manually express his bladder but from the next day on his body was working well and he improved every day.

I hope it all works out with Christian. I did pm italmum a couple of days ago offering to put her in contact with the breeder of my Cav boy. She is a very experienced, sensible breeder and would assess the situation on its merits rather than rejecting someone simply because they have children. I received no reply to my pm so I gather italmum is not interested. Cavaliers are sweet natured little dogs and I have yet to meet a snappy or mouthy one. I doubt the temperament of a Cav would be the issue, rather that it must be impressed upon the the children that the tiny, delicate bones of a toy dog are easily fractured, particularly with a young puppy.

As a pet owner I have a large powerful dryer on a stand and my dogs are quite comfortable with it blowing on them as I groom them. I have Cavaliers and they're almost completely dry by the time I take them off the grooming table. Why would a pet owner not use a dryer on a dog

When I was feeding my cancer dog I stopped all raw food and cooked her meals. She had full fat cottage cheese with cold pressed flaxseed oil for breakfast, mixed really well as Spottychick mentioned. I'd let it sit for 15 minutes or so before feeding her. I didn't give flaxseed oil with any other meals but gave her Krill oil capsules every day. Another good oil for cancer dogs is deep sea shark oil. It must be deep sea oil, not shark liver oil. I gave her Vitamin E oil capsules too. I eliminated as many carbs and sugars as possible. The oncologist said to feed her a high protein high fat diet. Skin on chicken mince is good as is minced beef. With the meat I would add in sliced zuchini cooked in a little grapseed oil and mashed sweet potato or mashed pumpkin. All her vegies were organic. Her nightcap was full cream lactose free milk with live culture organic whole yoghurt. I didn't feed dry food at all but if you want to feed dry, Artemis Maximal is grain free. My girl's normal weight was 42kg. When she went onto the cancer diet she gained 7kg...so she didn't suffer from cachexia as many cancer patients do.

Yep, Paw Paw ointment works a treat on cracked paws. I would use it before the cracks get any deeper and become painful. About six months ago my Cavalier boy had some mild hyperkeratosis on his nose. The Paw Paw ointment fixed it up in two days. The rough tissue just wiped away and he's never had a problem since. I applied the ointment twice a day.

My Cav recently ruptured a disk and was immediately paralysed from the shoulders down. I saw it happen, he was running out the door to go into the yard and suddenly fell in a screaming heap. We were at the vets within 5 minutes. He was given a pain relief injection and Tramadol meds. That kept him fairly out of it and I crated him until our appointment early the next morning. The injury happened on a Sunday. We were referred to the Specialist Referral Centre on Monday morning and the surgeon saw us within the hour. He took my boy straight in for a myelogram and then perfomed laminectomy surgery. From the time of injury to surgery was 26 hours. My boy can now walk and run again and he'll continue to improve. His spinal cord was injured and evidently it will take a few months to fully recover, if it does fully recover. He's a little bit wobbly and falls over sometimes but there's no pain and falling over doesn't bother him one bit, he just gets up and gets on with it. We walk every day and he's fine. He doesn't fall over with normal walking, only if he takes steps backwards. His back end is still weak. For surgery to have the best result it should be done soon after the injury The sooner it's done the better the chance of recovery. The surgeon gave Bronson an 86% chance of a full recovery and I think were pretty close to that with more improvement expected. I don't think it is due to bad breeding. My boy will be 6yo in May and he's never had a sick day in his life until this. He's from good lines and his elderly ancestors are still alive and well with no health problems. I would ask for a referral to a specialist surgeon to have your boy assessed. A myelogram will give you the full picture. I think this complicated kind of surgery is a bit beyond our regular vets. Please keep us posted on how he goes.

Urinary tract infection. Pop him along to the vet ASAP because those darn things are really painful. If you can't manage to collect a sample don't worry too much, the vet will take one.

Kyra I am so sorry. What a beautiful little boy. He's a lucky one to have been rescued by you and loved for the last 18 months. You gave him probably the best and happiest time of his life. Fly free now little one

Shouldn't that be classed as an accident? You didn't deliberately feed him something that would harm him. Surely insurance should cover accident and illness if we take out cover for both. I fought the insurance company for 3 months to have my claim paid for a ruptured disk my Cavalier suffered that resulted in him needing a laminectomy if he was ever going to walk again. If I'd not put up a big fight and mentioned contacting the ombudsman I doubt they would have paid it. When we had that wild storm in Melbourne 3+ weeks ago a throw pack of Ratsak ended up in my yard. It must have blown in with the wind because I don't have Ratsak here. The pack looked very old and was open with a few pellets left in it. I suspected my Cav boy had eaten some of it so I poked around in his poop with a stick the next day and saw a small amount of green. Off to the vet and he had a slightly below normal ACT test. He had a Vit K injection and tablets for 3 weeks. He has another blood test tomorrow. I guess insurance will refuse to pay the claim because it's something he ingested. I had my Cav girl tested too but her coagulation test was normal so no claim there. After reading Willow's post I'm not sure whether to claim for my boy's treatment. I'll ask the vet tomorrow if other clients have had similar claims refused.

I have a tri colour boy and a black and tan girl (both desexed). Can't wait to get a ruby. When I'm able to have one I will look for an older Cav. My tri boy is confident, calm and obedient. I can't think of one thing he has ever done wrong. He was very easy to obedience train. I got him from a reg. breeder in Vic when he was 8 weeks old. He will be 6yo in May. This boy is very popular with the kids in the street because he does very enthusiastic and impressive high fives for them. My black and tan girl is a little monkey but being deaf doesn't help. She's also from a reg breeder. She's been with me since she was 16 weeks old. She's is not the most obedient dog but she's a real cuddle pot....so affectionate. She'll be 5yo in July. They are both totally adorable. I've never had a small dog before these two. I've always had Rottweilers and GSD's. I still have an elderly Rottweiler and the Cavs get along well with her. I can't imagine not having Cavaliers in my life now. edited for shocking spelling.

Research Avemar and Artemisinin. I used those supplements for my Rottweiler, along with a few other supplements. Her prognosis was that she had only a few short weeks left and she lived happily and pain free for another nine months from her pathology result revealing a fast growing osteosarcoma. (she was tested 3 months prior but pathology was inconclusive). She had oral osteosarcoma. There are Yahoo groups for both Avemar and Artemisinin. It's well worth joining them. The most important part of nursing a cancer patient is pain relief. Without that there is no quality of life.

This is not a scientific conclusion. It is the opinion of someone who calls himself Max. I daresay Max is not qualified to advise on ligament surgery or he would have mentioned it. He rattled on enough about ruptured ligaments but made no mention of his qualifications, if any. I didn't read most of it so may have missed it. Ligament rupture is painful. If ligaments were as easily and quickly healed as Max suggests then a large number of sports people who've had ligament surgery have been led up the garden path by their medical advisors and surgeons. Max seems to be of the opinion that veterinary orthopaedic surgeons are quacks though he doesn't appear to have a degree in veterinary or medical science. I wouldn't take an atom of notice of the opinion of an unqualified person who neglects to even reveal his surname. Anyone can write anything on the internet. Doesn't mean their opinion or advice is correct. efs