Edenblue

Long haired mini dachy??

I've asked the vets about doing blood work but they said I wouldn't worry about it plus they said they don't want to put a old dog like him through it. He had blood work done couple of years ago and it came back normal.

Taking bloods and running a full general health profile is not something stressful/painfull. A jugualr sample should take less than a minute to aquire and an in house haematology and biochemistry profile could tell a lot.

Robert Stabler is who we reccomend to our clients when needed and Ive only ever heard fantastic things about him! :D

She's stunning! :D

Half Kegs make the best water bowels! Cheap as and cant be chewed, knocked over or carried around, and are deep enough to keep the water at a cool temp!

David is great! Your in the best possible hands.

Our clinic charges a standard fee for castrations regardless of weight, however speys on the other hand are priced in accordance with weight. Costs aside, you want to make sure that wherever you go that your pet will have an iv catheter in place throughout surgery, fluid therapy given whilst under GA, and anti inflamatories dispensed for a few days post op.

Find another vet. Our clinic orders daily, I can't recall meloxicam ever being placed on backorder due to supply issues?? We always stock it, but even if a special order were necessary, it would be available the next working day.

Thiopentane is the one to avoid, they have trouble metabolizing it.

Just wondering if anyone knows if there are any herding contacts/training/opportunities in the Hunter Valley?? Or is Erskine Park in Syd the closest??

Cheers,

Renae

More Kelpies :D

Irish Wolfhound

Whippet

And one day when we're old and grey we'll have a mini dachy or two again

Leptospirosis, is the name your after i think

When we're talking about the commercial rat/mice baits that we buy off the shelf, by the time the rodents die, the poisen has already been metabolised by thier system and seconday poisening is not an issue. I believe it is a concern though with some of the drinks and baits the pros will use.

Hi all!

I recently rescued a gorgeous little cav from our local pound and have been fostering her while we get all her vetting done. We foster normally for Aust. Working Dog Rescue but she hardly fits that description lol, so have done it all privately. We've recently had her speyed at work (Vet nurse here lol) vaccinated, given heartworm prophylaxis, flea and Intestinal worm treated etc. Two of our vets have cleared her heart We have crate trained her and taught her to lead. She's amazing with our young kiddles ( 4 and 7), horses, cats and other dogs. Chelsea is just 18 months old and we think she is now ready to find her perfect forever home. I am totally in love with her, and will not let her go untill we are 100% certain she has that amazing forever home she deserves, so thought here might be a good place just to make enquiries and see if anyone may know someone that has only the best home to offer Chelsea

Cheers,

Renae

Corn cobs definately have to be the most common i see!!! But Ive also seen Batteries, Lego, Money, Ear plugs, Bandages (dogs who have eaten horse bandages), Fish hooks, Rocks, Beer bottle lids, and Ribbons!!!!

Check out the Australian Working Dog Rescue website!!! We've always had kelpies with our kids and think they're just amazing! Our current foster boy "clooney" is the most amazing and gentle dog especially with the kids and is great fun....If you check him out on the site and want any info at all just pm me. :-))

eta heres clooneys pet rescue profile

http://www.petrescue.com.au/view/91513

Yep, puppy dreams like the rest of the comments advise Our 12 month old kelpie still has them occasionally too, he twitches and cries and sometimes even has a little bark or growl when sleeping.... involuntary blink spasms too lol

I'd be putting her on the prescription Hills I/D diet for 3 - 5 days if it was my puppy. Chicken and rice would be the only other alternative i would reccomend.

You could use Proban tablets for paralysis ticks....the tablets are given every second day, or Permoxin... You make it up as a spray rinse, then spray the dog all over once a week. These two preventatives are our best sellers with clients who choose not to use frontline for ticks. The feedback we get on the tick collars is not great.

My boy and all our fosters get eukanuba dry food only

We've always reccomended the tablet product over the suspension. We sell so little of the suspension now (and we're a big clinic) that we dont keep it on stock and its a special order product only.

You could even pop a letter to the editor or similar in the local rag down there to get a bit more of an awareness of the prob out there?

eta as i spelt poop instead of pop lol

Sounds like he does need a dental under anaesthetic. Most of our Dental patients are geriatrics for obvious reasons, for an eleven year old we would reccomend running some pre anaesthetic bloods first just to check kidney function, as long those enzymes were close to within normal ranges we would go ahead with a dental with IV Fluids.

If you really didnt want the dental you could try him with some aquadent which just goes in the drinking water to help with odours, you could brush his teeth daily with pet toothpaste or put him on one of the prescription dental diets, they might help breack off some of the tartar and might help his breath.

Yep, bathing in salty water is a great start! I would try to do it twice daily. Iodine is fab too, and if you can pop a dressing on it for a few days (change it daily) something non stick directly over the pad (melolin from your vet or something similar from a pharmacy as long as its non adhesive) then a bit of elastoplast over the top, this will just keep it clean so you reduce the chance of infection being that its on the pad and hence exposed to all kinds of surfaces.