Loving my Oldies

"If" is the word here. Please see another vet or specialist. This is a much OVER diagnosed condition. One of my vets who ran his own practice and employed several vets called it "tantamount to mutilation". Sorry to be so dramatic, but just telling you the experience of a vet who practiced in England and Australia and went to Seminars all around the world over his 30+ years of having his own hospital.

Please get a second opinion before doing anything.

Well speaking as someone who goes by looks, I would say there is a difference between skinny and lean. Skinny means too thin. I cannot believe that someone could find that anything but unattractive and worrying. Sorry. Sticking out bones?? Nope.

Whether you should be worried or not, you will be :) . Keep a very close eye on your dog and as MUP says.

That is true. As long as there are humans there will be cruelty, as well as legions trying to address it and stop it.

OMG!! She is so skinny. Poor little thing. Such a beautiful face and colouring. I know they are "sleek" as I said, but jeez, that's just skinny. Not for long now she has a loving home and a mate.

The problem with most of those do-nut styles is that they don't have a removable cover & you have to wash the whole damn thing Agreed. I also bought some for about $8 at Bunnings. Dogs love them.

Yes, LG. I hate to see dogs being dragged around environments where they are obviously uncomfortable. I know when I adopted my first dogs (two little Maltese), I had visions of taking them everywhere with me. I soon learnt where they were and weren't comfortable and, because I worked full time, I often wouldn't go out at weekends, just so I could be with them. Many people are not connected with their dogs and from what I've seen over the years, a lot of people aren't even prepared to go to any bother to try to understand them and their needs. Most dogs put in the environment of Corvus' photograph, would soon learn to be "bullet proof" and to have a good time. But would the owners? How people don't understand that their feelings, attitudes, reactions, emotions, etc all transfer to the dog.

Reject Shops are great for that sort of thing. I popped into the one at Hornsby a couple of days ago and although I didn't see any of the plastic ones, the donut styles were there in abundance. And cheap. Because I have enough bedding to run a pound, I dragged myself and my skinny sad wallet out of there. :laugh:

What about leggings? I don't have anything like that and could probably get something because the dogs don't care if it is raining, but I do. LOL

Such lovely stories of chooks having a second chance at the good life. So heart warming.

Most dogs like "caves", but have to say the Cardboard Box Cave and Whippet inhabitant is just about the cutest vesion.

Poor little things. I'm so glad you were able to take them. Do their beaks ever grow back? Fantastic That would be the ideal of course, but, hey, a cage the size of an A4 piece of paper is plenty big enough. And the consumer has a right to cheap eggs, doesn't matter how the chooks suffer.

Good grief! How funny, how clever. Where is that?

LOL, that is a gorgeous photograph, Corvus. The little white dog is airborne with happiness.

I'm a bit scared of what I'll read, but I have to ask: what was the UNE doing with them and why were they in such terrible condition?

Yeah. Change "picked him up" to "hey that's a pretty cute dog." Yes, I'm cynical and I reckon the pup was surrendered because after the social media campaign he became too hot to handle.

As you would have seen from my post, TintinJac, I think it is a valid question. I am sure for some dogs, for a while, the right pound might seem like a haven (if not heaven :) ) for some dogs. Warmth, food, company, gentle hands, ailments and neglect addressed, etc etc. Depends on the pound, depends on the environment the dog has come from, lots of variables. Have a look at May's thread too (15 year old cattle girl). From Nic's description, May seemed to be happy and confident in her few days spent there.

Yes, I thought the same thing. Depends a lot on the "accommodation" and the people looking after him. If they are experienced and caring, he might even feel a damned sight better than he would have living with people who sound inexperienced and not really in tune with a dog's needs.

Agree. Sadly some people at shows seems to think that it is ok for their little dogs to behave badly. If it happens at dog shows, the organisers should be held to account and made to educate owners to control their dogs, big or small. Report to council or get a hose. True to an extent. Onlookers are to blame as well. People laugh when they see Myrtie going off her head. I tell them they wouldn't be laughing if she was a Rottweiler. Myrtie is very quickly brought under control, I have to say. As the owner of small dogs and fluffy ones at that, I really do get heartily sick and tired about people talking about yappy small fluffies and bad tempered Chihuahuas. I guess I was spoilt by my first dogs, Maltese, being really laid back and happy dogs. The only thing that ever worried me about letting them off in off leash areas was their size and consequent vulnerability. I currently have a tiny little dog who is highly reactive and sadly has made my walks not as enjoyable as they used to be. However, I work with her constantly, distracting her with treats when we see other dogs and she is not nearly as bad as she used to be. HOWEVER !! LOL. There are a couple of people who walk their large and highly reactive dogs around the neighbourhood and seem determined to "practise" on me. So there I'll be, happily walking up to 5 dogs all under control and along comes one of these people with their dog going nuts, so mine get stirred up naturally and when we have pandemonium with me walking as quickly as possible to get away from them, the big dog will be put in a sit and made to look at mine. I have told these people to, please, keep walking, but they say they have to train their dogs. One man actually puts his dog in a sit and then crouches down and cuddles it while it is slavering and trying to get to mine. I understand how really really annoying it is for big dog owners who have dogs with perfect behaviour to be assaulted by little dogs, but folks, it works both ways.

To read Jed's post here, you'd think she had a bit of the stint in hospital, waltzed out, collected the dogs and got back into life again. No mention of the weeks in a coma, excruciating pain, skin grafts, learning to walk again, pain pain pain pain and then more pain. And not to mention struggles with authorities trying to get her home rebuilt. Not many of us would have come through. She should be cloned We need more like her.

LOL, Pawfect. There is a thread about this up and running in Off Topic.

Love those sleek Hounds, but I wouldn't have the energy. I get my fix from stories and photographs here :) :)

I'm shocked that we have to ask :laugh: :laugh: Wonderful to know the girl is happy and Cheech too. Great story.

You make your own :laugh: You can make a stencil or embroider something or get stick on from websites.