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I have an older RC Collie on it, she has been on 4 weekly injections for about 9-10 months now. I was told about the possible side effects at the time, and also met a collie owner a few months ago who was very anti the drug as she felt that is why she lost her collie (they developed cancer after a couple of months). It is scary, but it honestly has made such a positive difference to my girl that I won't be stopping it unless something changes with her. My girl is an old lady - she still plays (albeit only for a little while), and gets very excited when she hears the lead (walks are just a slow potter now with more sniffing than walking) and still has an amazing appetite - so quality over quantity at this stage. I am dreading the day that will ultimately come, and can only hope it is a few years away yet. But is this drug helps, then I will keep using it until (if) it causes her a problem Pic just cos

Hi Boronia! Yes, monthly as advised. One Forever Care boy (Bob) has had 6 so far and hasn't skipped a beat. It's really worked for him. He also takes heart meds and just had his 6 monthly full blood panel which has only improved since his last one, bar 1 age related kidney marker being slightly out. I've got no proof that it would be best to switch back to Cartrophen except for the stories in the article. So will have to quiz the vet. One page I follow on FB 'CavalierHealth.org' has been warning people for a while with quite scary stories. You know how it is though, I can't think of one product that doesn't come with alarming warnings. It's a shame that Beransa was touted as completely harmless according to the article.

Hi _PL_ did your littlies have a second injection after a month? Dandie Zara's vet gave her one and it's made quite a difference but I am wondering if she should have a second injection as well afetr reading that article. Zara is 14½ and unfortunately has a luxating patella and as she has really short legs an operation to take a nick out of her knee joint can be tricky, also he age is a factor as Dandies only live 12-15 years so to put her through that may be too hard on her

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16UufAW9Dm/ Btw, my two are couch potatoes, don't dig, and prefer clean-ish water.

From what I saw volunteers sighted her (perhaps on trail cameras) in March this year a couple of times in the same area, so were able to commence a targeted rescue. It still took them almost 2 months to capture her. She's obviously been off the radar for a very long time and stopped behaving like a spoilt pet. From memory the owners stayed in the area for weeks searching for her when she first went missing and I guess it gets to a point that without any signs of life, at some point you'd have to assume she's passed to the elements. It would be awful not knowing what happened to your doggo, especially in such a harsh environment.

An island of almost 450,000 hectares! Around half of it is also covered in native vegetation- a lot of it eucalypt forests . The population of the island is around 5,000 people - spread out. It is not the easiest place to search , and she was only sighted a few times, running into the bush if anyone approached . Apparently the owners thought she would die/had died - she is only a teeny little thing after all ...and was very much a cossetted pet .

apparently the dog was dropped off at the RSPCA. Why am I not surprised this happened in Victoria? What a hole.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/distressing-moment-dog-stolen-from-dad-on-walk-by-group-of-youths/news-story/442020314d7eaadf9b14d0c9b020730d

I'd like to know why it took so long to get this dog. Did everyone just think she died soon after being lost? After all the dog was on an island.

Amazing outcome! I hope we hear more about her transition back to being a companion animal again as there could be some good learnings for other lost dogs existing in survival mode.

Remarkable story. A lot of hard work and luck went in to making it happen. ABC News

It make a great difference to my old Borzoi - he was much happier, clearly in less pain and movement improved hugely. He had 7 doses before I lost him. All drugs have side effects - I once gave them over the count worming pills from our local pet shop. My girl was fine but my big boy had a weird reaction - he got very hypo for about 7 hours. Of course it was a weekend - I learnt to never treat them with anything on a weekend.

Time waster. See comments under managing my dog's destructive behavior, same person, four days later.

Yes I have kept that in mind. Many more views than people in the discussion. But some careful reading and judicious questioning early on might reveal who is genuine. Remember the person who wrote they were doing right by their puppy having already bought it "four little outfits"?

still. others reading the advice can take note for their dog. so not wasted time replying

A really old thread here so maybe Starkehre is still about if you search as she appears to have sold them https://www.dolforums.com.au/profile/27202-starkehre/

I looked into getting a new one about 4 years ago & had no luck. But I think I saw that they are no longer made in Australia, just designed & Australian company But things may have changed

I hope they are, they were great crates.

I've found Beransa to be wonderful for our seniors. Zero side effects, good results. Will have to quiz our vet moving forward. Very very sorry for the people whose pets suffered. I hope now that it's known not to be completely safe, adverse reactions can be dealt with ASAP. I do see lots of alarming claims about pet products, particularly flea and tick. You just never know who to believe.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-23/pet-owners-speak-out-about-drug-beransa/105128714

Just wondering whether the K9+ Royale soft dog crates are still being made? I have an old one, which is still great, & would like a 2nd for our pup. I believe that you could get spare parts, too. Our old one has a broken "slider?" from a very exciteable BC jumping on it. I like buying Aus made & they were good quality, too. The mesh doesn't tear.

And the dog has changed sex, so more issues for the poor dog.

I agree . Waste of time & effort

After 2 months of recovery , Laser therapy and Hydrotherapy and swimming , its looking more and more like Surgery is going to be the only option . while bandit is still happy and excited every day and love to go on walks ( 10 minutes) he would want 60 I have not seen any real improvement in the first 8 weeks , The biggest challenge is keeping him still and calm , imagine a Jack Russell who just had 10 red bulls and cocaine thats bandit , So now I am looking at vet options , I would love to just use me Vet I have had for his entire life but as a Pensioner with limited funds I have no option but to look around TPLO Cruciate Surgery is looking to be the option and can range from $4500-8000 depending on the dog _ looking at followup care which usually is included can help determine the Vet I use.

See edited post snippet. This poster will not answer questions or respond to advice. The story is bogus. Posts like this... they just get some attention and go back to edit the post to add advertising of an external link. Common on FB too. Works better there because of the share function.