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Bridei- I am so sorry the vet started the surgery and then stopped. That must have been a shock. However- if that weight is correct- then your poor little dog has a dangerous amount of fat to carry around ..and her hips/heart/lungs may all be feeling the strain She needs you to be strong now- to help her get back to a healthy body :D As said , feed her half of what she is now getting , with NO treats (unless it is part of her daily ration) It will be very hard for you to do- but it WILL HELP HER ! So - be cheerful for her - keep her happy and interested in watching/doing things .. :D Split her daily ration in two - feed her twice a day . If she is getting dry food- then put it in a treat ball or even a small plastic soft drink bottle and make her 'work' to get her food (when her leg's healed a bit) She will be SO much more comfortable as her body gets back to a normal shape - a lot of the strain will come off her joints, too! Keep us posted- come in here to 'yell' if you want . It's all positive from here- you are helping your girl to feel better - as of today!

for you - and hoping Molly is home again soon

Good luck for this morning !

Sounds much like it ..... Or else she's just seeing if her mouth will open wiiiiiide enuff!!

Not good. Thinking of him

Perhaps she has lost some of the muscle mass off her skull, so the bone appears as if it's higher??

WooHOo!!! You do good work!

here are our two old bags who fight.... half asleep on 'their chairs' Butter wouldn't melt.....

BeardieXborder with a dash of terrier ? No wolfy that I can see ..not that size. She looks a sweet girl !

Both Irfanview and The Gimp hurt my brain Can't use either

Chicken necks are great- but buy the bigger ones, so your pup doesn't try and swallow them whole They can get stuck! You can also feed her chicken wings, and turkey wings/necks! these are terrific because the pup/dog can munch up the whole thing .. they get meat and bone and have a good time doing so! A chicken neck is just that! the neck cut off a chicken body ,and minus the head ;)They are all cleaned... kinda look like bony sausages . ;)If you buy some ... store them in teh freezer, so they stay fresh. You can feed them frozen- it encourages chewing, and keeps pup busy longer

I like the angle And the corrugations ! The dog's head does seem to be not quite in focus ...

I don't think IW's come in Black & white?

I always use Supercoat puppy for ours , and LOVE the results pups grow well, poo is not in huge quantities ,or loose, and the pups are shiny coated , and satisfied. By all means change to a better brand ..BUT feed her on this for the first week or two- so as not to upset her tummy ... there will be all sorts of changes happening, one more is unneccesary when you DO find a food you want to use- then GRADUALLY decrease the supercoat, and add the new food each day until she is only eating the new food

I like this thread

Oops- poor penny As you said tho- it would have been worse if left - Don't blame yourself- adrenaline does make us do things we wouldn't normally .

dagmar- Jaxx'sBuddy is taking the dog to the vet this morning- this has been going on for a week - and there is more detail on symptoms in post 5 Jaxx;s buddy- hope everything went ok this morning!

Last night , I was searching for free editing prog's ( use a few different ones- depending on what I'm doing - they are all different) and found THIS little gem yes, it is limited- but does do the basics quite well, and at 1.9 MB won't clog up the works!! ;)

After reading the dedicated UPDATE thread .. HERE am going to light another candle

Thank you troy!!

Ooh- did we break it?

Well I would DEFINITELY be back at the vet's tomorrow morning and asking them for a better check> What was her temperature ? Gum colour? Did they even do any thing but feel her tummy? poor little girl - there seems to be something not right . Hopefully THIS time they will do some sort of procedure to check her stomach etc.

Take her back to the vet. Sorry - but feeling a dog's belly alone will not find a blockage Does she have vomiting? Diarrhoea? A hunched-up appearance? A droopy tail? Is she drinking less/more? What sort of poo is there? watery? slimy? smelly?gassy? Not trying to diagnose- just "an upset tummy" is not much info

Untl they get deleted or banned or something, anyway It is funny!

Floodles indeed- do I sense a DOl infiltration?