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RIP Gilbert. Handsome man. Hugs to you TKS.

Apparently they can. I investigated this a while back for a friend who had a Lagotto with this problem. My animal chiro said that they have about 50% success in fixing them. Needs a few visits and special exercises etc in between. Obviously if the problem doesnt correct itself then vetinary treatment would be your next option.

Put your hand up if you've met T bone He's four. :D My pups have all mostly grown out of wanting to chew stuff up by the time they were two.

As there are often many factors influencing joint problems including genetics, you cannot conclude from one dog that large amounts of exercise don't cause problems. Running after a horse on trail rides or in paddocks with stopping and starting and varied gaits is not the same physically as pounding along at the same gait on a lead - particulary if the pup is walked on the road. Kylie if you walk your dog that much you are going against the advice of most breeders of labradors and other large dogs. My animal chiropractor recommends the same. No more than ten minutes at a time walking on lead. If you are determined to do your own thing regardless of the advice that you've been given then I just hope that your dog doesn't end up suffering as a result. What you do now could influence your dog's joint health later on. Arthritis is a very painful conditition.

Jumping around is not the same as the continuous pounding that a dog does during a walk. It's much harder on joints. Every dog is a different size and make up of muscle/fat/bone. Even within the same breed at the same age. I would tend to think that 23kg is just right for a labrador of that age but I can't say for sure without seeing her. I have 9 month old who is 26kg who is just right for his height. You need to learn to assess your dog with your eyes and your hands to see if she is the right weight. Get your vet or someone else experienced to show you how to do this.

I have a "Walkydog" for sale. Used twice $50 pick up.

Yep that's how Tbone got it too. Frustration

RIP Gorgeous Boy. What a stunner he was.

There are some drugs which are the same and some which aren't compatible. I would never substitute without checking first. My dog is currently on Metacam. Very expensive as a dog medication but as a human medication (Mobic) much less so. I spoke to a vet pharmacologist to ensure that they were interchangable before I substituted. I have also substituted the human antibiotic suspension for Clavulox (clavulanic acid/amoxicillin combination) for a dog. Buggered if I will pay so much for pet medications when I can give them the same thing for less. Those antibiotic tablets are unreasonably priced.

I only met you once but I'll never forget your spunk and personality, or how much you meant to your Mum and Dad. RIP Suki.

Hypodipsia means lack of thirst (for a number of reasons). It probably means that the mechanism that makes the dog thirsty is faulty. Hypernatraemia is the condition that made her sick (sodium too concentrated in the blood) which happened because she didn't drink. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?c...p;dopt=Abstract

What's a shih-poo? Don't answer that. If you have any difficulty toilet training your mixed poodle breed dont' hesitate to ask questions here. Or do a search of other threads - there's some great information on here.

Of course there is. We all eat meat (cooked) because it's good for us. But the longer it's cooked the more nutrients it loses.

I don't think wee training mats really have an important part to play in toilet training a dog.

Cooking doesn't so much take away the nutrients but it does change the food somewhat. Minerals are pretty much stable even with cooking. I've seen studies that report that 1/4 - 1/3 of vitamins, both water and fat soluable are lost from a particular kind of meat during cooking.

Yep pet mince is generallya meat/bone mix and should never be cooked. The contents of it do vary from butcher to butcher but it's usually at least based on chicken carcasses.

My favourite game with T bone is to hide toys for him to sniff out and retrieve. He waits in the kitchen while I hide something and then I tell him to get it. Often I will use household objects that he has never seen before - I just let him sniff them first so he knows what he's looking for. He loves it and so I do.

Cooking takes away nutrients of all food (as does storing, refrigeration and freezing).

"We" haven't always only eated cooked meat. Raw meat is also believed to be much more digestible to humans. Most humans these days don't find raw meat palatable but some will have it "undercooked". The more you cook it the harder it becomes to digest it. Yes we can both cope with it but raw is better. Dogs find raw meat palatable so why spend time cooking their meat to turn it into something less digestible for them?

Cooking actually makes it less appropriate for their digestive system. There is absolutely no reason to cook the meat that you give to your dogs. Don't pander to your dogs preferences. Feed them what is best for them and take it away if they don't eat it.

She will have a growth spurt any second and lose it all.

I don't think vestibular syndrome would cause a "blown pupil". Changes in the pupil such as that arise from neurological cause and have nothing to do with the ear. Recovery from stroke depends on many things - one being what type of stroke it is and where it is in the brain. Generally whatever function isn't recovered in the first week or so won't be regained.

What about marrow bones that another dog has eaten the meat from? If it was fresh he would probably love chewing on it. My dogs seem to eat them for hours after all the meat is gone. Should be okay perhaps if he's not swallowing any meat?

It's also a very effective cough suppressant.

I think dogbesotted was referring to "body salts" in general. Sodium, magnesium, potassium etc. I don't think sodium is a problem with lasix - just potassium. It has to do with the way the lasix makes the kidney filter off the fluid out of the blood. It causes potassium to be lost in the process.