Runter'n'Puby

JackieW, sorry I'm a little confused, what is it that you mean when you say "the normal op"

oh, thanks for that Wheresmyrock. I would appreciate that info.

Thanks guys for your responses. I can see that it's important I get a second opinion at another vet clinic (this will mean driving to another town about 50km away, as there is only one vet clinic in my closest town! but I understand that its obviously important to get this taken seriously). Punter is not a big dog, he is a labrador crossed with some kind of working breed (border collie, maybe cattle dog?), he's only 26kg, so I guess I had thought that this type of injury would only happen in a much larger dog, like a rotty. However I'd rather not run the risk of this getting worse and him getting arthritis later on, so I'll bite the bullet and find a more thorough vet clinic! I'll let you know. Thanks cavNrott for your original suggestion that this is what it could be. Its taught me to not take my vet's word as the word of God and to get a second opinion if my suspicion tells me something is not right.

My dog Punter is experiencing intermittent lameness on his left back leg, and this has been going on for a couple of months. Two vets have felt his leg and said nothing is wrong with it (except for a hopeful suggestion by one of a mild luxating patella? but the second vet said they could see no evidence for this). Neither would do x-rays or check any further because he wasn't lame at the time so they didn't think it could be too serious. It has been suggested to me by another DOLer that it might be cruciate ligament damage, so I wondered if anyone else has experienced this with their dogs and can tell me what the symptoms were and what the solution was? I'd be grateful for any input. Regards, RnP

it works for this dog, although it's still got its legs

oh that is such a good idea. would that work for my beagle do you think?

Kaos is not far off that either ;) as i think you saw when you were over!! She can nearly clear the fence! terrorbull! you are a bad owner. she must be untrained and hungry and thirsty. you are a naughty naughty owner.

edited to add quote so people know what i am laughing at

one word for you BEAGLE as far as my beagle is concerned, going under/around/over/through a fence is not running away, it's staying on a scent.

Hey Gambino, I'm wondering still where you bought your dog from? Rescue organisations don't rehome 6 week old pups, and you have been vocal previously about not buying animals from pet shops. I am wondering what's left?

It got deleted, probably because of all the verbal abuse that was being thrown around!

This little dog is lucky. "It" gets to go to the vet to get "it's" nails clipped. Honey was vomiting twice a day and she didn't get taken to a vet!

I don't know of any others. If there are Aldi Trucks coming and going from Pyramid Hill that might be a clue!

Okay I think I understand now. Thanks guys for being patient and explaining it to me.

To be more precise, Aldi products are branded differently as opposed to repackaged. From my limited knowledge, and explained to me when a cousin worked for Aldi, there are three gradings for most grocery products. Grade 1 is the highest (premium) and grade 3 is the lowest (products such as no-name, no-frills - all generic). Aldi have two lines. One has their own 'generic' label and this is usually grade 3 and the other 'premium' Aldi brand is grade 2. i'm not sure i understand the difference between repackaged or "branded differently" puggles. I had always heard that Aldi food was just normal brands with a new label, that they don't actually manufacture this stuff themselves, but source it from existing companies, buy bulk and put their own label on it. Is this not true?