TigerJack

I initially thought the same about going to a home made raw diet but do some research first. Meat based protein is harder to digest than dairy based protein. You've got to keep the ammonia levels in the blood down and meat protein must produce more than dairy. I was advised to avoid all meat initially and go with cottage cheese. Got her on to Hills id and she did really well. Lilly's coat has come back to being beautiful and healthy since the surgery. Fixing things so her liver could regenerate and function properly had more to do with that than initial diet. Go check out the yahoo grou

Digitalwingx - My experience with Liver shunt has meant my dog is virtually back to normal. My Yorkie Lilly was 3 when she suddenly got neurological symptoms back in January this year. I was imagining brain tumours and all sorts of things. My vet said I would think him silly but he thought it might be a liver shunt, apparently Yorkies are top of the small dog list for getting them. She is unusual in that she was older than they are usually picked up, being 3. Her bile salts test was 20ish and then over 240 after food. (Numbers should be around 2 and 20 max.) I had the ultrasound done an

a dog run is just a big crate. Google Susan Garret Crate games and follow her method. Makes dogs happy to be in crates / runs and its not too hard. Make the crate / run into the safe refuge, happy place rather than a jail cell where you get left alone.

Theres a few places and large variety of prices. A friend and I have both just gotten new dog walks made and have gotten most of the bits and pieces to chip them. The agility nats have gotten in the way and they will be finished once that is over. Yes you can get a version at Bunnings. They only have quite dark colours in stock. It does say you can special order the lighter colours but that is at a significantly higher price. The chip is the kind that is black in the middle and colour coated. BBAE on the central coast will sell you the right amount for contacts. He makes agility gea

Haemangiosarcoma sucks. Since I lost my boy to it I have heard of so many others so its not uncommon sadly. My boy Jack was a Malinois cross and from first looking off and skipping a meal, unheard of, to the end was only 3 days. His was in his belly. It was all over everything but primarily through his liver and spleen. He was bleeding internally. Sorry for your situation. I wish I'd done what you are doing and just have as good a last few days as possible. I was talked into 'maybe surgery will work' and instead we just ended up not waking him up. Poor boy's last memory is with strang

Also, if you're getting a pup, ask your breeder to send you home with the 6 weeks free insurance which the breeder needs to set up. My breeder said it was easy. Just set up a log in and list the puppy with dates etc plus my details. Then you upgrade to paid version after the pup is home. Gives you coverage from before you own the pup and there's nothing that might not be covered. Also I remember asking for the breeder to get a short statement from the vet who saw the pups at vaccination before I got them which just stated checked this and that and all clear.

Petplan here on two yorkies. Youngest boy was still on their free 6 week introduction when he broke his leg requiring 3 pins being inserted. I (obviously) continued into the paid policy and I got the lot back (over $4500) minus two x $150 excess fees. One excess for the 6 week free policy and one for the ongoing paid policy. I have my guys in today getting investigated for liver shunts so will let you know in a week or so how those claims go.

Have you tried a thunder shirt and DAP spray. Both would help her cope with the stress of all of this

Also, the pink identification form you've got from the Companion animals register has nothing at all to do with the Dogs NSW registration of a purebred dog. The pink form is recognising that the dog has been microchipped. You now need to take that along to council and pay the one off registration fee so that the dog is council registered to your name. Its lifetime registration in NSW. Make sure all the contact details are correct on the pink form and go along to council with it.

I have a little maltese cross dog who does this. She is elderly and getting arthritic and she makes some kind of shift in her sleep that hurts and it jolts her awake with a yelp. She then growls at the nearest of my other dogs because she seems to think they caused the pain. Seems to be neck pain as it happens when she lifts her head.

I have several young Kelpies and an older staffy x whippet as my 'large dogs' and I have a small herd of toy dogs. I have chihuahuas and I love them to bits but some of them (the boys) are perfect with people but a pain with the other dogs. Constantly being the 'big' dog and generally annoying my kelpie boy. The worst shedding dog I have is my short coat chi boy! I have one small white fluffy of indeterminate type but the coat is a nightmare and does need to be clipped off. I have ventured into the registered breed world with my latest littlie and gotten a Yorkshire terrier. Fantastic

Going on the 12th for agility and then 18th 19th 20th for flyball

My small dogs are inside all day with no access to outdoors. They have all easily adapted to using an indoor loo. I did initially go to the trouble of putting fake lawn on top of a plastic tray but then you just have to wash the fake lawn as it does get stinky, just hosing it doesn't really cut the smell. I changed to putting old towels on top of the plastic tray and those are easy to wash. Downside is they think any floor mat you leave around is for peeing on but you just don't leave them around. Trick to getting them to start using it is to not clean up immediately they use it the first

My small dogs are inside all day with no access to outdoors. They have all easily adapted to using an indoor loo. I did initially go to the trouble of putting fake lawn on top of a plastic tray but then you just have to wash the fake lawn as it does get stinky, just hosing it doesn't really cut the smell. I changed to putting old towels on top of the plastic tray and those are easy to wash. Downside is they think any floor mat you leave around is for peeing on but you just don't leave them around. Trick to getting them to start using it is to not clean up immediately they use it the first

I have a few thundershirts for different dogs, different anxieties. My storm phobic dog only gets full calming effect from the shirt if I get it on her before the storm arrives. She can tell when they are coming though and tries to climb into my lap, panting alot. As long as I get her shirt on and her into a place she feels secure (smallish crate, covered over) then she copes. If she's loose, she tends not to calm as she doesn't feel safe. My generally anxious boy who got even more freaked with helicopters constantly over us during recent bush fires, sometimes has an anxious night if hi