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All Bran, is fibre from wheat. if you feed this to your puppy, you will need to give her more liquid..otherwise , yes she will have LOT of bulky matter to try & squeeze out, and it may hurt This is NOT A GOOD IDEA just after surgery..straining could do damage hey... when the vets saw her..and she obviously went to the toilet..remember she had not had lots to eat the night before... or that morning... so there may not have been much to come out! If a dog is fed a diet with not a lot of cereal in it.. the droppings/poo will certainly be smaller and a bit harder. This is not really a bad thing... Also remember she is only a little dog. Ask the vet (or maybe not, if all they can suggest is allbran) and try adding a dessertspoon of mashed cooked pumpkin instead of the bran. My Dog Hamlet, one old cat, and some humans take PSYLLIUM husks (from health food shop or pharmacy) This , when soaked, forms a gel.. which is much kinder on the gut than bran...but increases bulk, and lubricates the gut as well... hamlet weighs about 24 kgs and only has not quitye a 1/2 a teaspoonful..soaked in water for a few minutes, then mixed in his food. sorry for the long post...

Poor old boy depending on what other flea treatment chemicals he has in/on his system..I would recommend PERMOXIN..sprayed locally every few days !! Works amazingly well here..we have heaps of flies. CAUTION TOXIC TO CATS. If the wounds are infected/oozing..may I suggest a few days treatment of the dreaded purple/pink spray..CETRIGEN.....(before using the permoxin) used mostly for horses and farm animals... but containing antibacterial AND insect repelling ingredients Only trouble is the BRIGHT colour b

but it doesn't mean he is the 'top dog', really I do all this for our working dogs..... but will they listen to me when working? NOOOO ! Their attention is all for their 'boss'..my brother.

It is probably normal..., but often puppies get infections- localised ones. Male adult dogs do as well.. it is called balanitis. You can't hurt by gently bathing his sheath with warm salty water night & morning... this will clean it If it gets worse..by all means take him to the vet!!

agreed

pyreneans do , from memory

What breed do you have? they are normal in some breeds... and a fault in others, and totally nonexistent in most dogs, AFAIK

he knows darn well who was in the bed! he is being a terror Get OH to do some of the exercises as well.. so The fluffy tyrant sees OH as a leader too!

You are on the right track... any privileges, such as being on human furniture are to be worked for... and only taken when invited . he is now getting older, and making his presence felt . have a read here LINK and LINK

toughen up on yourself!! first .You have to learn to see the world and what it offers thru your pup's nose/eyes/ears...and that can take some doing!

Hi- feed him a nice big meal of canned P*L food ..get him to drink some extra water if you can... also- some mashed well cooked pumpkin may help hard droppings are not a bad thing at all....and there should be some effort required to get rid of them... but if they are tiny 'pebbles' he may need a bit more fluid...

Glad you have him back! Hope everyone gets a good sleep tonight .

I'm sure you can 'force' him to drink chicken broth or something if he needs extra fluid.. ...you are a good cook! If there's no one there, he''s better off at home, definitely!! If he does get sick- then you are there with him, and can take him to an emergency vet! he will be much happier with you ;)

Oh Dear !! Little garbage guts

IF the clinic has staff present overnight, and it will be more reassuring for you to have him there- then by all means do it If there are no staff overnight..don't do it .

Ok... May I suggest that you start teaching her that to get anything, or GO anywhere... she must listen, and obey At this stage, from what I am reading- she sounds as if she doesn't have much asked of her at all.... so she possibly doesn't have a lot of respect for you here- have some 'homework' LINK 1 LINK 2 LINK 3

What does she do when you put her collar and leash on and go for a walk?

and she will- it is instinctual. yes, you need an elizabethan collar properly fitted for her... With regard to her behaviour otherwise... perhaps she is just getting too much attention? Maybe change things around... only praise/cuddle her when she earns it. When she sits, or walks nicely... when she brings back her toy for you... when she is lying quietly.... When you do praise her- be calm and don't try & hug her- she's not a doll,, or a human baby Scratch her chest- stroke her face along the sides... scratch on her back.. just above the tail... and see if she responds better . Do you know what the situation was with her breeder? perhaps the puppies were not handled properly when babies?

Good news

That doesn't sound good Hopefully he will be much happier soon

or... "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."

It seems an expensive exercise to me as well... altho maybe they xrayed him or something and there is need for caution.... for bub anyway

Bub- don't fret ... I had to give many dogs enemas whilst working at the vet. and also have done so for our own dogs occasionally... providing it is just a hard dry mass of bone, it should be fine if you do give him extra bone-- or it is warmer weather..make sure he drinks some extra fluid.. and perhaps give him some sardines in oil as well

I had no idea these were around!

That's a 'quick sketch' ????? Looks fantastic!!