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Jai has been found this morning, stuck in some brambles and terrified. He's on his way to the vet now.

Just a thought, but has your vet considered hypothyroidism? Symptoms often include weight gain and lack of energy.

Naturediet do a lite/senior version, maybe that would be worth a try? No idea on the walking thing, do you think she doesn't like going out in the dark? If so it might get easier over the spring/summer. I guess you could get a buggy and wheel her a distance from home so she has to walk back, but it seems a bit extreme!

Oh bless her she is tiny - and very pretty I'm so glad she's there safely and settling in

I'm sure it won't be a problem, we love to see Oldies dogs at all our events

We have quite a few fosters and adopted dogs in the area, I can sort out a list and e-mail them if you like?

Jai, a white lurcher pup with dark brindle patches, was recently adopted from Greyhound GAP, but last night panicked when some drunken kids started making noise and banging dustbin lids and managed to get away from his owner and bolt. His new owners and all at GAP are frantic to get him back, there are people out now searching and postering. Please if anyone is in the area can you keep your eyes open for him? Any help getting posters up round the area would also be appreciated. His details and poster are on Doglost here: http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog_blog.php?dogId=27698&status=Lost

Happy Gotcha Day Tricks Looks like a lovely place to walk, I bet they all had a great day out

Just a bit, lol. I've got a lead packaged up to post to you in the morning

Hope you have a great day, Lynne, Happy Birthday

Does that mean you can use library books that are in EPUB format on the Kindle now? I used to buy 1-2 books every week, but since getting my Sony e-reader and joining several libraries that have e-book sections (Bromley is my latest discovery, which also gives access to Bexley and Lewisham e-book libraries ) I have only actually bought one book - so I reckon my reader has paid for itself and more! I was put off the Kindle because at the time it didn't support EPUB or PDF books, but it sounds as though that's no longer the case?

Wow, she's gorgeous, so dainty and pretty Welcome home Molly

Really sorry you are having such a hard time at the moment I'm sure it's not that your parents don't care about you staying away, but they are probably upset by the rows and have no idea how to resolve things without upsetting either you or your brother. How often is his girlfriend there, could you try to visit when she's not around? Obviously don't answer this if you'd rather not, but what sort of things do you and your brother's gf row about? Is there no way of calling a truce and at least being polite to one another even if you don't really like each other for the rest of the family's sake? Where's your brother in all this, could he talk to her and get her to be more reasonable? It's such a shame if you don't feel able to attend a family celebration just because she's going to be there. I think you should go, avoid brother's gf as much as possible, be cheerful and scrupulously polite to her if you have to have contact and if she's unpleasant just walk away, then if there's any 'atmosphere' it will be obvious who's generating it and perhaps she won't get asked next time. I know it's easier said than done though

She's so pretty - I love the picture of her and Arran looking out of the window Happy Gotcha Day Abby

I can't see any problem with you posting a link to her details here Jeanne Or perhaps you could contact them and ask if they'd like her listed on the Oldies Club site?

That's wonderful Sam, that last picture and the look on the boy's face says it all Rexy was very lucky to have access to the Dogstar team and get help when she did

You are very organised Lynne! Well done for trying, it will be interesting to see what response you get this time

Dogs seem able to tolerate a huge amount of oral pain without showing any obvious signs and will still eat OK etc - we've had dogs come into rescue with terrible teeth and gums shrunk back to expose nerves etc and they haven't shown any obvious signs of discomfort (although they must have been in some pain). Something stuck in his mouth is possible, or perhaps a bad abscess, but things like yawning and lip-licking are general signs of stress so could reflect pain somewhere else in his body. Really glad he's feeling a bit better, anyway, and hope your vet is able to get to the bottom of it and sort him out

No advice or ideas but Sending lots of good thoughts for Laney and his worried mum

Well done for taking her Sue, it was a very sad situation and her owner was devastated to have to let her go We had a couple of pictures from her previous home, she really is gorgeous She seems to be sheep friendly - in fact she's had some training in sheep handling in the past

That sounds a very long time unless there are exceptional circumstances, ie the dog is having ongoing vet treatment or the adopter is ill. We have sometimes agreed to hold dogs until after an adopter's pre-arranged holiday, but would generally only do that if it meant a delay of a week or so, not months. I assume you have a particular case in mind, is it the adopter or the rescue who is delaying things?

Meg: I must only bark at things that are genuinely exciting, not at anything and everything that moves ever whether it has anything to do with me or not. People in hats do not qualify as genuinely exciting Taz: I must remember that my mum isn't particularly keen on dead things being presented to her when we are out on walks. Strangely the longer they have been dead the less keen she seems to be. I'll stick to relatively fresh things in future Jess: I must stop boinging around like Tigger when mum is trying to get me ready to go out, it does NOT need to take 10 minutes to get my coat and lead on Sophie: I must stop pretending I haven't been fed for days, particularly when we have visitors. My starved and beaten act fools no-one! Benji: I must not bury my kong in the garden then get upset because I can't find it and expect mum to go out in the cold and rain and snow and search for it! She says next time I do it it will stay buried and I may join it

I'd also suggest trying to cut the rice out of his diet for a bit and see if that helps. It's difficult because a lot of foods for dogs with sensitive stomachs are rice-based, but some dogs really don't tolerate it well. There are plenty of good foods available that don't contain rice - Fish4Dogs and Wafcol Salmon and Potato might be worth a try, or JWB I think do some rice-free 'flavours'. I'm sure there are others people could recommend. You could mix in raw green tripe to make it more interesting if he's a fussy eater. Hope you manage to sort things out for him

What a wonderful Christmas present for your sister and family She is a beautiful little girl, this Christmas must have been very special for all of you