Ian

It's obviously been a big op for all of you & will no doubt take time to get used to but I hope he continues to improve & surprise your vet(s) with his progress. Good luck

I'm sorry to read of your loss. It's never easy and there is never a good time but I hope that you will find some comfort in knowing that you did all you could for him and he will have died peacefully and knowing that he was loved & will be remembered. RIP Jack http://www.indigo.org/rainbowbridge_ver2.html

Best of luck for a speedy recovery & no further problems with this

At least you seem to be going in the right direction.

It would usually be used for sick animals or abandoned pups and could be argued that you may create a rod for your own back / habit if you choose to go down that route but if you are seriously wooried and feel that you can't just wait for her to eat it is possible to force feed using a syringe when feeding wet food. Example here http://www.vetinfo.com/using-a-feeding-syringe-for-dogs.html

Anyone watching this CBB? I think it's been one of the better series. I was surprised to see Jasmine go last night, expected it to be Liz. Wonder what that idiot Lee will do now?

Not always easy perhaps, particularly with a puppy but I'd agree that a dog wont generally starve themselves. Assuming you don't want them to graze have you tried taking it away if uneaten within a certain time & then just waiting until next meal time?

Good news. Some dogs just dont seem to like dry alone but then I guess I wouldn't eat dry food either

Well if shes gaining weight, all be it slower than you'd like, the vet is happy that there is no medical problem etc you may just have to wait until she decides she's hungry. Not sure about the grass / mud thing really, perhaps as a pup she'll grow out of it though you could google pica if need be.

I'm not sure how long you've had her & you may well have already tried / thought of all this but off the top of my head Is she eating the food Laney is on seperately or stealing it from Laneys dish? Would she eat more if fed away from Laney, if fed a wet food rather than complete? Anything that may have caused a loss of appetite (eg recent vaccinations, change in environment) or do you think she's just picky?

puppy food tends to be slightly higher in protein and perhaps calories than the same manufacturers standard food for older dogs but I can't see any reason at all that any decent should cause problems - particularly if the dog is more inclined to eat it than the puppy food

I heard "Frank Kelly's Xmas countdown" on Radio 2 yesterday. I'd never heard it before that I can recall but as I sat there laughing I thought it worth looking up & sharing http://cueballcol.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/xmas-07-christmas-countdown-the-12-days-of-christmas-frank-kelly/ Merry xmas all!

Quite an achievement for a "relatively unknown small charity with no dedicated fundraising or PR/Media teams"

It really must be beginning to look like Xmas in your house!

Latest email from them offers £5 off a 7.5kg bag or £10 off a 10kg bag so perhaps worth registering if you're a regular buyer of JWB

I'm sorry to read your news & hope it proved less serious than you feared when the xrays were dont today.

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Not sure whether Helen Flanagan or Rylan Clark really are going to be parachuted in as rumoured but a reasonable start so far. Can we believe that Joey from T. O. W.I.E. really can't read a clock at his age or does he just like Amy spending time with him as tutor? I was surprised they both did so well on the first trial & also that they then got picked again. Much as you might have expected them to be the first pair the fun in putting them up repeatedly usually disappears when they do well on trials. If Helen does go back in she's almost certain to be up immediately I would think. Is Matthew Wright ill in some way or has he just lost an awful lot of weight since I last saw him?

Is there anywhere he could swim locally? - it's good for getting weight off & there's no load on the joints

Thats a shame, I hope she's soon on the mend again

Easily done but it does sound like he may possibly have just been over indulging a love of fatty food. I hope it therefore proves less serious than you fear could be the case.

Arguably now even closer - not rabies cases but 3 unvaccinated pups have been found in Peterborough http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/health/health-news/alarm-after-three-puppies-not-vaccinated-against-rabies-found-in-peterborough-1-5632332

Enthusiastic but not that good a dancer unfortunately, I hadn't expected him to last much longer. Even if you are right Ola will never be short of offers I suspect, she's hot!

I'm glad to see the back of Vanessa & James (as I just don't like her at all / on anything, nor James cockiness ), though to be fair I thought Tony had to be the first out & Julien should probably have gone third or fourth rather than be up in week 1 and 2 if it wasn't for the annual comedy effect helping Dave - he certainly isn't a good dancer. There are already a few decent dancers there though, could get interesting trying to pick a winner later in the series if they all continue to progress well in training.

Sounds like an interesting week