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Yep - smart enough to know a good thing home when she sees it! :laugh: She is lovely. :)

I think it is definitely worth a try. Nothing to lose!

When we first got Kaisie at 4 years old, I wondered what the heck I had taken on. She was clearly a nut case and incredibly highly strung. It didn't help that I was told that the Dobes they were breeding "these days" were very highly strung. She'd run full speed into trees, compost bins and generally ran beserk, reacted to mops, hoses, vacuums etc by running off as far as she could get. Two years later, you would not have been able to tell she was the same dog. 100% environment! In that case.

This is one misc resource still on my computer - dunno where the rest has gone! It is not the exact recipe I used , but I did use rose hips and cornsilk. If you want to Google, you will probably find more than I found back then! So......Quote:

what was herbal treatment ? Sounds interesting I'll have to do a search and see if I can find the list of what I used. It was not cheap (but then Propalin isn't either) and was a bit of work. Will have a look over the next couple of days and see if I can retrieve it. One of the cheapest and easiest to find is Corn Silk - a good tonic for the urinary tract - so they say. My new little girl (in the Avatar) happily eats a bit of corn silk when I open the corn cobs to cook dinner. :)

My dog with spey incontinence was eventually on two different drugs to keep it under control. !. Sometimes one does it, sometimes the other, and sometimes both are needed. 2. They DO have a period of overhang and it can take varying times for it to return once meds are discontinued. Due to vet problems, I had her on a herbal treatment programme for 12 months quite successfully. Spey incontinence does not go away. 3. Urinary tract infections can be more frequent because of the incontinence and can contribute to a return so always need to be considered and urine samples checked if there are problems. 4. I have to agree - another vet sounds like a good idea.

I'd go with this. My Dobe used to bury if she was not hungry - even the meaty ones. I always found she had put on a bit of weight when she started to bury - so that was my indication to cut back on rations - not necessarily leave her without meals.. Easy to keep her a good weight. Weight bearing bones are not the best for them anyway - and if you have a nice garden, well, you and the dog are better off without them. :) The ones Persephone suggested keep their teeth in perfect condition - well they did with Kaisie. :) Kaisie use to bury under DH's mulched fruit trees which did not impress him very much.

As a general rule, anything with a milky type sap needs to be treated with suspicion. Oleander is one that is well worth avoiding.

Oh WOW - huge legal precedent in that one. :)

Oh Shek - that is so sad. *hugs* I remember him right from the start! You looked after him so well too.

Rabbit stew. Seriously awesome! ETA - do you guys know how much we have to pay for rabbits? Wild ones are even more expensive than farmed ones.

Teach him to bring the bunnies to you and you can all have a feast. Nom nom nom...

*hugs*

If skin kids start eating dirt, I usually think either (or both) worms and mineral deficiency of some sort. But then, he could just be crazy!

I'm more concerned about his children. Hope someone is keeping an eye on the lot of them.

I saw a dog do that recently - cleans all the others teeth. Seems the Dingo in him has something to do with it. :) Now - with some training I might be able to get the cat to groom the dog, right?

:laugh: Soooo- I wonder what the cat is doing when she plays "bitey" with the dog? And then the dog licks her ears for her. :)

Sounds like he and Woo will have a ball then, Puppy Sniffer.. She is very "mouthy". :laugh:

It is quite possible for an animal (or human) to develop an allergy or intolerance at any time - even to something eaten all their lives! IBD as described by Stitch with a "trigger" food may, I think, be related. I don't see why age would preclude liver problems (or any other). Certainly it reduces the possibility - but does not eliminate it. Eg Kaisie ate Roo ok for quite a while - then later started chucking it and anything containing it. I don't think VAN agrees with all dogs. I did get some once - many years ago - and would not use it again. Personal opinion. It may well have changed formula since then - don't know.

Weird but not unusual. The more one deals with "organisations", the more one does not want to go there!

I suspect there MAY be a problem with them saying "Yes, you have a case, you should complain". That may leave them open to problems if you complain and get a rejection or something - so yeh, what everyone does today is cover the arse. Then again, they would upset you if they sad no, you don't have a case. And they may be wrong if they say that too. Only you know the situation and the details. Sometimes these things happen - it has happened to me - but in my situation, I chose not to take it any further. Up to you. Chat with friends and maybe see if someone with a veterinary or vet nursing background could help you make the decision one way or another. Message me if you wish.

Or is it that kids born with sociopathic tendencies like to torture and harm animals?

Awesome! :)

I'm glad I did not watch the programme. The RSPCA is now a totally different creature to what it was many years ago when I "adopted" my first dog. I only wish they would do now what they did then for that poor dog - and for myself as a very young, first time owner. She was a badly neglected dog with health issues. These days she would not last five minutes, let alone be rehomed. Minimax - lighten up. There are worse things in this world.