Loving my Oldies

I've quoted a few posts here to respond to specifically, but thank you everyone for your helpful and considered replies. I really appreciate it. I've tried making it more slushy, but she hasn't managed any better . LOL as I was coming home I was thinking about what I could do and was wondering what I coule put on my hands which would make the little balls so palletable that she couldn't resist. I might give Clunkers a try as well as a standyby. I don't know this one donatella. Supermarket or pet store?? It isn't the no teefies that is the problem, I think her tongue is exhausted LOL. I'll give this a try. A long time ago, I had a little dog whose bottom jaw was slowly being eaten away by cancer and he used to lap up his sloshy food very happily.

Didn't think of that. But I have been putting the usual in her bowl as well as the kibble. Although last night, I recall I did give her just kibble.

Ha ha ha --- Whiskas do that too, but my cat won't touch it. I have to go out now, so will look at Canidae at the Pet Shop. Thanks.

So apologies, but doing a search would probably bring up a thousand topics and posts, so asking again :) Background first: My five dogs get fed a mix of raw beef and ground up chicken, steamed vegetables and sometimes cooked chicken. For treats they get dried roo bones and roo jerky. When walking, for treats, they get tiny bits of dried liver. They are all small and elderly ranging from 10+ to 14+. The problem I have encountered just recently is that Myrtie is having trouble picking up her food. She was spending ages at her bowl and I would find most of the food still there. She has no teeth on one side of her mouth, so her tongue hangs out all the time. This has not presented a problem in the past with her ability to pick up her food, but I suppose that her tongue is not as agile/strong as it used to be, thus the problem with food. I have tried hand feeding her, but that doesn't work either because she tends to pick up her food, drop eat and then pick it up again. Idosyncratic is the second name of all my dogs :D Luckily she loves kibble and so for the past few days, I have started feeding her mostly Optimum Kibble, but that presents another problem. She is doing enormous (for her at 3.4kgs) poos (mostly my dogs' poos are nice and little and firm LOL) so can I assume from that that most of the food is rubbish ?? In the past, hoping to give them a good kibble I've tried Royal Canin, Black Hawke, Science, Bene.... something, and all have been rejected big time. Which one next could anyone suggest?

There are lots of dogs that fully recover from this type of condition and go on to live amazing lives! Nothing to do with surgery can ever give an iron clad guarantee- to many factors. Also what is normal? Does that mean if she needed a wheelchair but was pain free that it wouldn't be normal? I can understand saying that it is too expensive and other dogs can be helped but I think your asking a little too much to want guarantees.... I would never say not to carry out an expensive procedure on one dog because so many other dogs could be helped. Don't know where that came from. I have a dog on whom I spent willingly and happily thousands of dollars to restore his sight. Just meant the house didn't get painted LOL. I'm simply putting it out there to consider whether surgery would help this little dog. I know "normal" can mean different things to different people, but in cases like these whether the dog is owned by someone with squillions to spend or not, the outcome for the dog needs to be considered. There have been many threads over the years discussing this difficult issue :).

There are lots of dogs that fully recover from this type of condition and go on to live amazing lives! Nothing to do with surgery can ever give an iron clad guarantee- to many factors. Also what is normal? Does that mean if she needed a wheelchair but was pain free that it wouldn't be normal? I can understand saying that it is too expensive and other dogs can be helped but I think your asking a little too much to want guarantees.... I would never say not to carry out an expensive procedure on one dog because so many other dogs could be helped. Don't know where that came from. I have a dog on whom I spent willingly and happily thousands of dollars to restore his sight. Just meant the house didn't get painted LOL. I'm simply putting it out there to consider whether surgery would help this little dog. I know "normal" can mean different things to different people, but in cases like these whether the dog is owned by someone with squillions to spend or not, the outcome for the dog needs to be considered. There have been many threads over the years discussing this difficult issue :).

Lovely to see all the offers of help. For the sake of the little dog, I would want an iron clad guarantee that surgery would free her from pain and enable her to live a happy, normal as possible life.

Thank you Melzawelza :)

Full marks for trying and having the best result. But I think he needs to learn a little bit about anatomy LOL. It was good to see the reporter demonstrating the best way to perform CPR on a squirrel. CC, I found a geckos floating in a bowl of water downstairs. I put the little thing in the garden with dappled sunlight and under a propped up bucket and was thrilled sometime later to find him gone. I'd kept checking and it took a couple of hours but he came around eventually.

No one is saying that SDCH is No Kill, but they do keep dogs and cats for as long as possible. The dog is being surrendered and as such pounds are not legally bound to keep him for a minimum time.

Oh, all those beautiful ones gone to god. I still miss my little black poodle, Rover. He was 3 weeks off his 20th birthday and I had him for three years. He was passionately and obsessively attached to the little Chihuahua I mentioned in a previous post.

Oh good. In the right hands (and yours seem to be exactly that ) Chihuahuas are great little dogs. Unfortunately, too many people see "little" and not "dog". Doesn't matter what size, a dog is still a dog and, all things being equal, wants to do all the usual doggy things. I once had an elderly, half blind L/H Chihuahua rescued from a pound, and she was fabulous. She loved her walks, ate like a horse and pity help any of the other dogs if they tried to muscle in LOL. Rascal, I am VERY upset. Why isn't Claudia in your banner?

Marvellous photographs showing a beautiful boy in a beautiful beautiful home I'm off to google Kirkland LOL.

Hmm, not good. So sad. Just had a thought: what about Big Dog Rescue? If they have room, they may be able to get the dog out of Blacktown.

What about your friend ?

Just to add, if you are allowed to surrender a dog anywhere, Hornsby Vet in Leonard Street is one of the holding vets for SDCH.

I don't think that is the case, dogs life. However, if it is, I ditto what fbaudry has said about Sydnet Dogs and Cats Home. Good luck in your endeavours.

Yes, the children over the road would be broken hearted too .... like hell. I am in my front garden a lot and so I regularly see all members of,the family coming and going ay various times through the days. The gate to the courtyard with the poor dog is kept is down the side adjacent their driveway, so they have to pass it when the get out of their cars or the children walk in from school. I rarely if ever see them look in let alone go in to interact with the dog.

Apart from the fact that "your" family is in the Blue Mountains, Scottsmum, you could be talking about the people over the road from me. Female, Black Labrador. Locked in front courtyard with no view of the outside world except the sky. Ignored most of the time and given an occasional walk, read drag. Breaks my heart because I hear the poor think crying and yelping with sheer lonliness and boredom. And yes, outside with cover, but wind blows in the rain.

LOL, no you would not be able to trust people to honour your rules and requests. I think if I wanted to stay in dog friendly accommodation and wanted my dog on the bed or furniture, I would take my own throws and covers to protect the bed and furniture. People can treat holiday and rental accommodations pretty carelessly.

He sounds a dog in a million, CM. Deepest sympathies on your loss.

Best advice ever Walter the Weimaraner used to live around the corner from me (family rented and have just moved). He barked a bit, but then He was left alone for most of the day and I very rarely saw them walking him, so I don't hold that against him. He regularly got out when tradesmen were there and when his people would leave the front door open. He didn't seem to have a mean bone in his body and, though I was not one of his people, he would obey me and go home. As I would have my little dogs in tow, he didn't show any interest in them except wanting to be friendly. I once saw a couple of LH Weimaraners at a show and, whilst I can't say anything about their personalities, I nearly swooned :laugh: :laugh: at their beauty.

Stunning, Kirislin. I'll bet the man was thrilled to bits as well and he will now have such beautiful photographs. Some years ago I used to see a woman walking two Afghans on Beecroft Road. On the same road I saw a man come whizzing out of side street being pulled on a uni-cycle by three Whippets. No camera on me though

Thanks, they look lovely. If Benny stills needs to get DH on side, I hope he doesn't express his enjoyment of his dinner in, ummmm, a particularly doggy and aromatic way. :laugh: :laugh:

Groan... along with just about every second dogs and boy baby born lately.