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Mine will clean up their own vomit if it happens inside but not outside. Sometimes if they have eaten too much to quickly it will come straight back up and they will eat it again. Tastes better second time around?

I've also decided to have Arnie kept in the laundry for the 6 weeks instead of crating.

if it has only just started, christmas could be pushing it but I would wait then. Arnie is on 3 legs almost always and it's taken 10 months to get like that. If Molly is only doing it sporadically now, keep an eye on it and when it becomes limping about half the time, go see the vet again. I don't know why your vet would suggest surgery straight away. In this case, I would get another opinion and wait. Try another week of anti-inflams and the supplements suggested earlier in this thread. Contact the chihuahua club of QLD for a vet recommendation. As chi's are known for this problem, any vet they recommend should be experienced with the problem and procedures and courses of treatment.

it's absolutely disgusting Arnie shits outside then brings it in to eat. I've always thought he was a bit special too. The other night he must have eaten too much pooh because he vomited. I don;t know whats worse...pooh, vomit or vomited pooh :D I am on pooh patrol twice a day but he still gets his grubby little hands on it. If I catch him with it, I say "NO" and take it off him and he runs along on his merry way to play with something else. No kisses for poohbreath.

Hello Molly My 14 month old chihuahua Arnie is having his surgery tomorrow. He has a grade 4 luxating patella. He's been limping since I got him home at 12 weeks old and it's getting worse every day. The vet tried 2 weeks of anti-inflams but they did nothing. There is no need for an xray because your pup will need to be sedated for the xray then anethetised for the surgery anyway. My vet manipulated the joint to feel how badly it was affected. I asked him what procedure he is going to perform and he said he won't know until he opens up the leg and has a look. Arnie is a hypo puppy still and will need to be crated for 6 weeks. I have no idea how much it will cost as I haven't been given a quote yet. I guess I will find out when I drop him off in the morning. The limping could be caused by an injury but would heal by itself, usually with no damage. Because your pup is limping often with the knee popped, it sounds exactly how my pup started out. Now he runs around on 3 legs 95% of the time. Arthiritis is imminent if you don't get this fixed and it's best to do it now and let it heal before the other knee possibly goes. I believe arthiritis is more painful than luxating patella. If you have a search for luxatting patella, a post by toydogs, she has written a paper on this issue as it's a common problem in our breed. I found it very helpful. What state are you in? If you're in Melbourne I can recommend you 4 vets who were recommended to me.

I just had a look at Arnie's balls. They are smaller than the size of a pea. My other boy Mort got desexed when he was 6 months old. The vet told him he had tiny balls Our new vet calls them "tentacles".

The RSPCA told me they desex pups 4kgs or smaller at 8 weeks. I'm waiting till mine is 6months and getting him done at our vet