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It's a bug they know about but don't seem to be able to fix, if you press f5 or refresh the page, that seems to fix it for most people. Doesn't work for everyone though.

Aww poor Mal, but I bet he can do the *best* sad and miserable face, especially if there is pancake involved.

To eat you ham click on 'booty' on the small menu bar that runs across the top of the screen, then click on your ham, then click on 'eat it'. Most of the weapons can't be used yet, along with the monkey, parrots and treasure maps. But apparently boobytraps with dynamite is coming soon.

That's great news Billy, I've been thinking about Mal this weekend. I think we need some pics though so we can see how he is doing for ourselves.

I might be there, we are in Wirral that weekend, but it depends how Sully's paw is doing. If it carries on healing nicely we'll come, otherwise he'll be too grumpy to be round lots of dogs.

I'm glad he's back home where he belongs.

Oh Billy, I'm sorry. But I am pretty sure the tumour removed from my MiL's dog's mouth was a mast cell tumour, and it had no real effect on him at all. It didn't bother him when it was there, or when it was removed, and he lived for years afterwards.

Awwww I'm glad he has his appetite anyway. We've got fingers and paws crossed here for him.

I need some more Pirate playing friends, cos if I keep bombing Samjam all the time she's going to think I am picking on her. Does anyone else play that I can add?

Thank you he is much better today, the vet cleaned him up and he has started his antibiotics. He ate all his dinner tonight for the first time in days. He gets tinned pilchards and sardines to get his fish oil, he has Nutradyl supplements every day, Rimadyl when he needs it (which unfortunately is most of the time at the moment) and Cartrophen every 3 months. His food also has joint supplements in it. I thought cod liver oil wasn't too good for dogs though, because of the high Vitamin A content.

My MiL's dog had a huge growth on his mouth (though it didn't grow fast like the one you describe). That also turned out to be cancer, he had it removed and that was the end of it. He lived another 5 years or so afterwards and died of old age when he was about 15. So even if it is the worst case scenario, it's not the end of the world.

He wore boots for a while after the last one, but because he doesn't pick his feet up properly they trip him up. The vet was undecided whether he would ever learn to walk in them (he trips over his own feet sometimes too) and because falls are really bad for his hips, we stopped using the boots.

He drags his feet because his legs and hips are screwed A combination of poor breeding and the behaviour of his previous owners. I do wash his feet and legs with hibiscrub. He often bites his legs and feet when he is nervous, stressed, tired, etc. it's an old habit, which has improved a bit, but it's proving hard to stop completely. If I don't clean them he gets skin infections. It doesn't seem to help with these problems though, because the infection is on the inside. Now it is open the vet will pull the hair follicle out, give him antibiotics and I will hibiscrub it everyday. I just wish I could stop it before we reached this stage

Sully has sort of false pads on his feet, where he drags his back legs, and sometimes he gets ingrowing hairs in them. That turns into an infection, and eventually it splits open. It's just happened again tonight. Unfortunately he doesn't give any obvious sign that they are sore before it reaches that stage. He bites his feet a lot anyway, so that's not helpful, and he was off his food the last 24 hours, but I thought he had toothache! (He had hurt his tooth, that wasn't just a random guess)! He isn't bothering it now it has split, he ate some sardines and rice tonight, and is looking a lot more comfortable. We are off to the vet tomorrow morning for antibiotics, etc. It's definitely the 2nd time this has happend (and possibly the 3rd, but one may have been misdiagnosed as a glass cut). Does anyone else's dog suffers with this? Is there anything I can do to prevent it? The pads (and his feet in general) are very tough and calloused, so you can't tell that there is an infection inside, it doesn't show on the outside. I have been using paw wax to try and soften his feet, but it doesnt seem to make much difference, and he hates having it on. Is there anything else I can do?

This is Sully curled up as small as he can on my sister's sofa, so that she wouldn't notice he had snuck on it. and his preferred sleeping position at home

With the loss of the no excess option how will it work in future for a dog already insured with them? I mean, Sully's monthly medication is well over £100 for his arthritis, would I have to pay an excess, as it's already an ongoing claim? Or would I pay it just once, and then future claims would be covered, or would I have to pay it every month, or every check-up or every year or something? I don't understand I have also heard some really good things about NFU, and the policy seems excellent as well. They don't seem to be very well known amongst pet owners, but definitely worth considering if you are looking to change.

It's no wonder I can't pillage properly, I think I've just had my weekly units in one sitting! Yes, it wouldn't let me send you the pirate thing until I was your friend, so you are stuck with me now.

I'll send you an invite But my pillaging just went horribly wrong and now I am a Corsair

You have to keep clicking through when it says things like 'Avast' and then you go to islands and get to pillage houses.

I thought you were trying to get me drunk cos I am special, I didn't realise you were doing that to everyone!

You go sailing and find treasure. But I don't know why.

Don't bet on it

Thank you Fi I'm going to update my profile properly today.

I can bite you if you want I don't know what it does, but it's the only thing I am sure how to do.