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<br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(238, 242, 247);">sounds an awfully high proportion of dogs in utes ..and accidents!

I think I agree in this case .

I am sorry she had to leave ... R I P gorgeous girl .

R I P Grumpy .... Sheridan you gave him such care and love.

please do NOT use paracetamol . the vet is the best person to suggest a painkiller which may help ..and if the vet has not done so , p'raps you need to phone & ask? I do hope there is some improvement soon

:) poor boy....

Our dogs learn from baby puppies to pull out any sort of prickle/bindi ;) maybe he just has to learn?

absolutely understandable poor thing- her world is no longer reliable. To some degree yes.. but SUDDEN onset blindness means that their dog has not had time to adjust .. to train herself to use her nose & ears in locating things which were so easily seen .. all of a sudden there is no differing light to help her subconscious , either. rescue remedy or a D A P diffuser may help her at present , poor girl. if she likes food/treats .. then liver treats , or her kibble , can be used to get her to be more mobile :) Introduce treat balls with liver treats / a few smelly cat food kibble bits in .... give her bones outside . Get her to sniff some vanilla/lavender on a cloth from a little distance, and treat her ..so she associates it with good stuff :) then Drip or spray vanilla or lavender at around 35 cm distances to help her navigate . maybe place little bells /winchimes around the yard boundary , and take her and show her teh fencelines again . use texture a LOT ... she will then be able to confidently follow 'paths' by what it feels like underfoot .... if she has dog friends ..some gentle socialising may help - as long as your folks remember she can no longer see body language/hackles, tail wags ....

RAW FEEDING THREAD HEAPS of info :) How much do you feed her? What treats /extras does she have ? What's her weight like?

yes, certain grass seeds do migrate around the body Sometimes they can be located in the abscess on the foot ..we used to use local anaesthetic , then do a lot of exploring by feel with forceps ..but, yes ,sometimes surgery is required ..as the seed will cause infection/pain wherever it travels Hope all goes well at the vets

only in very large quantities ..Most of my dogs have eaten all my apple cores for years ... no problems. Th e seeds contain minute quantities of a cyanide compound , but I have never seen or heard of any dogs ill or dead from this...

Oh This is not good at all. The news about his mother is not what you wanted to find out , either. Take care.

poor little fella ... he is swamped by lab love, gentle though it is .. guess the parents thought it was 'cute' .

american cutespeak for 'bitch' ?

She does love 'her' sheep . Here they are this morning .

same here .. the toddler wasn't terribly impressed with the whole idea .. Very nice dog though :)

that sounds like a very big assumption ... edit... but no so big if you are talking about the ones puppysniffer posted on

It's always so sad when this happens. She was so pretty :)

Glad cat has been found :)

poor cat has probably hidden away somewhere ....

tend to agree. Hope the cat is not too badly injured, and that things go OK.

Oh, yes!! Flint;s!! It is great stuff..aside from the smell . Thanks, I'd almost forgotten about it .

if she's not limping, and there's no sign of blood ..I would not be worrying . ..Pads take ages to heal , and the more you put on it, the more she'll lick at it , most likely. Just clean it with saline after a walk , play ..and dry it well . The purple spray is good if there is an open wound ..it also stains BADLY ......anything it touches .

You can't just post something like that without a photo!! :p

My dogs pick their own strawberries, tomatoes, apples, walnuts , plums & figs :)