gremlin22

thanks for all the advice, she currently takes the vetzyme high strength glucosamine along with pain releif but allthough joints don't seem too much worse they acertainly arn't improved other than the pain releif doing it's job. people have told me this join aid stuff is really really good especially in the larger breeds..i think it is the join aid one i was told about, it does seem massivly expensive, but i guess if it works then it's more than worth it. does the vetzyme flexi joint stuff work as well as the joint aid brand? anyone got experience of both in a similar size dog?

anyone know where to get this stuff? dogs in the kennels i work at sometimes bring it in, a massive tub of like powder/pellet stuff.. it's supposed to be really good, owners just say they got it off the net and it's pricey, tried putting in searches but i get a million hits for loads of different ones. i'm told the stuff is somewhere in the region of 40 quid a tub, anyone know where to get it? i'm after it for my mums gsd, she has athritis and some degeneration in her back legs. she's 11. she just had major surgery to remove a football size lump, they took her spleen too as it was attatched. we really didn't think she'd make it but she did, she was on norocarp twice a day and the vetzyme high strength glucosamine but i'm told this joint aid stuff is really really good.so where can i get it and which is best? people that i've spoken to say it works better than the vet supplied stuff but my vet, or his receptionist at least has never heard of it.

we just had a similar one stay at our kennels it was a marine rescue dog in training, is that the same thing

pups and muts posts as joa http://pupsandmutsdogrescue.co.uk/flashes/intro.html

maybe there's a food type person out there that can answer this..we have now resorted to eating those steamfresh type veg becuase if we buy fresh it rots long before we eat it with working hours and stuff..can you buy normal veg from supermarkets and freeze it to use at home? I'm not sure if the veg is frozen before it makes supermarket shelves thats why i ask. I have to ask tho, my other half is veggie (the most awkward in the world, won't eat mushroom, tomatoe,garlic or peppers) and we go through loads of quorn type products, why is it so expensive? I am not veggie, and buying meat is cheaper..which seems to be the wrong way round to me, I would have thought it made more sense for the meat to cost more. I would love to grow my own veg but aside from been a rubbish gardener I don't have the space nor cash for an allotment.I can't afford organic food because it costs as much as quorn does and then some, and my local farm shops, although really nice food, are incredibly expensive.I think if i did grow my own stuff i would definatly be veggie, but whilst i buy food already prepared for me, i can't resist bacon butties no matter how hard i try.

That is an amazing story, very sad too. He sounds a remarkable dog, sorry about your friend.

ah.." not signed over to the charity" so they didn't own the dog in question then..

er i wasn't having a go merely saying i don't beleive that support dogs do this, since it was mentioned in the same topic as support dogs are named seemedonly fair to balance that. and yes i replied to your pm.....

I've been to the support dogs centre near me, they do amazing work. They train up everything from peoples own pets to taking in and training rescue dogs,they do not breed their own, and they train them for a variety of different situations. http://www.support-dogs.org.uk/content.php?categoryId=53 having spent a day there, it's amazing the number of people that call saying they don't want their dog anymore do support dogs want it to train up, when asked why they're getting rid of the dog they get the exact same excuses all rescues get. They even work with some rescues to go and assess dogs that appear to have the right temprament,please don't be accusing them of "getting rid" of a dog into rescue, they have an adoption scheme for any dogs that don't make the grade or are retired and they work hard to find these homes.

i've only had her since december, we thought it was just the stress of been taken from her home at first, but i'm fairly sure that would have settled down by now, she is 6yrs old and a lab x. She scratches very occasionally,though not really where the fur is going. she's been deflead and de wormed, frontline and milbemax. The vet didn't seem concerned, she's been in a couple of times since we got her just to get her boosters and stuff. just edited to say, i have no ideawhy i said november on previous post, i must be going barmy, we took her in just before xmas

Thanks for that, her skin is completly fine, and it's not just where her harness or collars are, her belly and backwards from there is balding too. She eats beta adult food mixed with a bit of canned food just for extra taste, she was really sensitive toa nything with colouring in it. we generally have to bath her because she has a charming habbit of rolling in poo..we have a lot of foxes near us so it doesn't come off very easy. i thought maybe something in the long grass had been tickling her belly, though it has been the same since november so it can't be seasonal plants. i tried putting her some kiddies suncream on just as a bit of a barrier, and some fur has grown back, it's just very thin. We only had her since december and i remember her previous owner saying she never wore a collar before because it made herfur go funny..i thought she just meant it made it go messy but maybe there was more to it.

Our doggie seems to be going bald.. she has to wear two collars becuase she has in the past spooked and managed to wriggle from harnesses and collars so she always wears a second one in case she doesn't stop running one day so she has some id. however she now looks like a dog recovering from neck surgery or something, she has a bald patch where her collar goes, and on her belly and inside the top of her legs. She lost fur where her harness came into contact with her too. We havn't changed soap powder or food, her fur where it still is is really glossy and shiny and she seems fine in herself, but she does look a bit like something from a neglect case.. any suggestions on what this could be or has anyone else ever encountered it? it's not scaly skin, we have no central heating, and she has fairly regular baths the vet didn't seem concerned but we are starting to get odd looks now

poor blythe, fingers crossed for her hope the rest of your lot are ok

yeah jess is rubbish at down but she'll freeze on the spot at pretty much any distance if you shout wait..good thing too cos she's prone to spooking

I can't beleive people are seriously blaming the owner... She may not even have been going round the boot sale, she may just have been dropping off or picking up something..it doesn't even matter..the only ones responsible are the f***wits that torched the car. by this logic, if you kennel your animal outdoors and someone torches it or something else horrendous..it's your own fault? you take your dog for a walk and let if off lead and someone grabs it and kills it..it's your fault??? come off it..

Christine aka joa.. fom pups and muts

Just before christmas we got a call from Christine about a dog that needed an urgent same day foster..her owners couldn't keep her any more so she came to us for a bit.. She was really nervous and hid for the first three days solid, she's scared of almost any noise outside and bolts back home and has a thing for licking toes..so naturally..we decided to keep her She doesn't hide anymore..except if she hears a bang of any kind outdoors, but she is terrified of cameras..completly and utterly so we had to sneak a photo when she wasn't paying attention..credit to my mum for keeping her occupied so this is Jess she's 6 years old..and appears to be going bald, and she loves to talk

fanks for that, it's not just flash cameras tho, she does it too with my mobile phone, no flash.. was wondering are dogs sensitive to infra red as a lot of cameras even mobiles use an IR beam for autofocus. Doesn't matter what treat i give her, she'll just panick on sight of camera/phone and run, even if it's not switched on, quite how a mobile phone and a camera have become associated as the same thing i'm not sure, my camera is normal camera size, my phone..tiny..even if i put it all on silent it doesn't help. it's very odd. If she was trying to nick it i think it'd be easier as it is she just runs away and hides in the smallest darkest place she can find, if there is nothing she hides behind your body and every time you turn she'll move around a bit more..it's kinda funny till you actually need a pic for stuff like rescue boards. i did get one pic outdoors, but she was still on lead, photo's like that never look as nice as a dog sat freely in a photo. any kind of loud noise ans she's off too, right down to crisp packets..She's not generally scared of everyday life tho, she's great in the car, with other dogs, kids, people,cats..you name it she's good.oh and she hates the cold..hehe..can't say i blame her on that one.. forgot we did get one off lead, she was worn out from an hour of chasing stiks by this point

is dog borstal ok?..i really like that programme..and mic martin does rule..hehe if only for the all blak policy..:-)

has anyone ever heard of this before? i just got in a foster dog, she's lovely, a little shy at times but so sweet.. however as soon as you go to tke a photo..either with a camera or a mobile, flash or no flash, she runs and hides..her old owner said she's been a little odd since bonfire night so i can understand to some extent the flash phobia, but even with no flash she runs away scared, even before you take the photo. she will find the smallest darkest corner possible and refuseto budge.. any suggestions on bringing her out of this a bit? i tried biscuits..she's not fooled..

"I'm going to pummel you until you taste like chicken!!" haha i like that

thanks

thanks everyone. the halti is sounding best. Just a case of getting my parents to go for the idea now...d'oh!

My mum has a 10yo GSD, and she's a nightmare to walk. I've tried her on a halti headcoller and she was fine, but my parents think they are cruel. I think it's because when headcollers first came out they got a cheap and nasty one and it cut her face, now they're really paranoid about the same happening again. Does anyone know of any padded brands of headcollar, that still work well? I've also tried her on a harness but it doesn't help much and my parents don't like it. The dog is not a spring chicken any more so lead training doesn't help. I have tried but as I don't live there, I can't keep up the training and my parents don't. So are there any padded headcollars out there? She really is difficult to walk, she pulls like mad and can pull my 6 ft 3 dad into the road.She gets walked every day, often in the car to the woods, and most ofher walk is off lead, she just needs to be on a lead for safety near roads and things.