David See

How would you know what our circumstances are? So, yes, you were rude.

She has had an inverted vulva for some time (looks like a small plum) but the vet said there was nothing to worry about. Maybe this has something to do with that?

Hi all, haven't been here for a while. Yesterday after I got home from work I noticed our 12 yo Kelpie was peeing more than she normally does. Then I noticed she was only TRYING without success. Over and over. No stream. She would go and lie down, hop back up about 3 minutes later and try all over again. Any ideas? She doesn't seem overly distressed about it. DS

Hi all, This evening I was in our home office doing some work and looked out the window to see our dog wobbling all over the backyard attempting to vomit. On closer inspection she had trembling back legs and her eyes were glazed. I had seen this behaviour before. A quick inspection to the front yard and sure enough - most of the snail pellets my wife had put down at the weekend were gone. The dog never goes into the front yard (that's why we thought it ok to use the pellets there) but she went out there tonight when we were admiring our christmas lights we also installed on the weekend. We didn't even see her go near the pellets!! I called the local vet - he was 20 mins away from his work and I met him there around 9pm. It is only a 5 min drive from home. Whilst waiting for the vet in the car park, Bessie got much worse and was stumbling everywhere with poo flying out one end at a rate of knots and vomit the other. Yep, up came the pellets. That was the culprit. Thank goodness she waited till we got out of the car. Vet arrived, took her inside, checked her vitals. Gave her the antidote for the Bayer brand snail pellets (with bitrex) and then some vallium to settle her for the night. She settled down within 10 minutes. Shaking stopped. She vomited three times in the vet's, more and more pellets came up. She had eaten HEAPS. She is home now and will not settle. She seems fine but is stumbling all over the place due to the vallium (apparently). No more shakes. No more vomit. No more exploding poos. She wants water but the vet said not too much. The bill? $175.00. I thought that was reasonable considering it was a callout and it saved my dog's life. A near disaster has a happy ending!

Hi all, I have been trying a few different brands of dry food for the dogs to see how they go on each. So far I found Optimum to be ok, but this week I tried Supercoat. The dogs have done nothing but poop ever since...the older one does enormous poops where the younger one has the squits and sprays all over the place with loud passing-wind noises and she is a little lethargic. The noises are funny, but obviously something is upsetting her. Perhaps the food? Has anyone else's dogs had this reaction to the brand?

What gets me with our dog is that all the toys are left - she goes for the things she shouldn't. Looks like the backyard is going to get all boringly clean and clinical again.

The relentless destruction is one thing but this is another: The pup, an 11 month old Kelpie Cross Border Collie, undoes our other dog's collar whenever they are together and left alone. She doesn't pull it off, she UNDOES IT COMPLETELY. I have NO IDEA how she does it, but she has learned how to undo the collar. It is not just pulled off, it is completely undone. I thought I was imagining things for a while until it kept happening. Amazing.

I was about to post the same type of question. I have an 11-moth-old Kelpie cross Border Collie that is continually destructive. I also have a 10 year old Kelpie. They both get on well. Everytime we go out, something is wrecked. Everytime we go in the house fo a while, something is ruined. Our office is in the garage and when I am in there the pup won't touch a thing as she knows I am close by. As I write she is alseep on her bed. This is disappointing and relentless and makes you so angry as there seems to be no stopping it.

We're back, not Parvo - vet said she has picked up a bug and will be over it in a day or two as long as she doesn't start vomiting or get the squits. Vet suspected parvo but said because her belly wasn't sore, Parvo was out. She got a shot for her 39.6 temperature and is on antibiotics. Back home now and she seems a little better, following our other dog around at last. There goes another $100 but at least Molly is ok. She has also remembered to use her tongue to drink, too! David

On the way to vet now - she wouldn't drink, either, just stick her nose in the bowl and not do anything - just look at the water closely. DS

wife trying to get in touch with one now (Sunday) having some trouble, hence this post

Hi all, I know I am going to have to take her to the vet, but I needed some initial advice. Our new Pup, Molly, has been lethargic over the last day. I just went out the back to see the dogs and she was crying around the side of the house, lying on her side, just wimpering. It took all her energy to get up. I picked her up, still wimpering, and I noticed she had bubbles at the side of her mouth. She has appeared awfully skinny over the last day or so, too. I am wondering if she has been bitten by something, or poisoned. Twice since we had her, it appeared as if she had some kind of snotty growth around her bottom lip. This morning I had to litterally peel something off her bottom lip, around the front edge. Looked like snot, but was completely attached to her skin. Once there was like a dried mucus all over her nose like a second skin, if you like, that had to be peeled off. Thought you guys might know something before it is off to the vet. Regards David

Gee, so sorry to hear that - it is incredible how these creatures get into you and it is truly a death in the family wwhen we lose one. I really don't hold much hope for bessie - I just have a feeling...it is so sad to see drops of dried blood under her bed from where her nose has been hanging over whilst she has been sleeping. I just hope she isn't in pain. She doesn't appear to be. I wonder how the tumours start and I wonder why they bleed? I understand that bleeding could happen after a biopsy - but yours obviously happened beofre the tests, as did Bess's. She had a sneezing fit one day, next thing there was blood pouring down into her mouth and over her paws. A very sad sight and the thing that prompted me to get her to the vet. She has only had a couple of smaller bleeds since then but she suffers from a lot of browny-coloured mucus coming from both nostrils. Sometimes so thick it just hangs down over her mouth. David

Hi all, Bess was taken to the vet this morning to have the stitches removed - all ok there. The vet said he would send the x-rays and pathology results from the nasal blockage to a specialist in Sydney who will then be able to advise us of our options. Bessie is still snorting as much as ever and has muscus running from her nose every now and then, Some bllod here and there as well. Sometimes she looks a sad sight indeed when she hops out of her kennel and her nose is covered in blood. David

I would think that the mucus and so forth shows signs of an infection rather than a tumour, although I guess the tumour could be causing irritation and therefore an infection. Perhaps she just has something caught up there? I just don't know and I fear invasive investigation will be the next step.....$$$$$$$$$$ That sounds cruel, but I don't mean it to be - we just don't have the money to go any further at this point. D