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white crumbly poo with my dogs means too many raw meaty bones...they often need something to soften it up a bit as some of them are uncomfortable with constipation when their poo is like that.

I purchased Pernease powder for my nearly 14yr old greyhound a couple of weeks ago and I also put my 7 yr old greyhound on it as he was showing signs of arthritis setting in. After about 1 week I have taken both of them off it again as I couldn't stand the stink of the wind they both had. The nearly 14yr old has many problems like demeture and horrible panting attacks which I have now put down to panic attacks and for 1 yr now she just drops her poop anywhere in the house and seems to have no control over it. Our greyhound vet thinks this is to do with the dementure. My point is for nearly 1 yr her poop has been huge and frequent but nice and easy to pick up, nicely firm formed mounds which leaves no mess and easy to clean up fortunately for me. Since she has been on the Pernease powder it is disgusting cow patty type mess which is really hard to pick up. The 7yr old has had the same wind and cow pats so I just wondered if anyone else has discovered this with Pernease powder?

Sherel doesn't reply to that email addy now - the email addy on the web site for Sherel and the one she told me to email her at is [email protected] For anyone down the Mornington peninsula there is a distributor in Mornington now who seems quite goodbigpond.com

We have had 2 of our old female greyhounds do that, it looks like they are nodding at you all the time. I have never taken any notice of it because my elderly mother's head shook like that for about the last 10 yrs of her life and she had no idea she was doing it.

Rebanne, have you worked out how much horse Joint Guard to give your guys yet please?

Does anyone know if Sherel is still a Melbourne distributor for Black Hawk please?

The GAP VIC green collar only means that dog has been temp tested with small fluffy dogs and I think if they are extremely good with small fluffy dogs they then get tested with cats and chooks are another thing again.

That is a very rash statement to say every racing greyhound is fine because it's just not true.

GAP Victoria is a department of Greyhound Racing Victoria and there for funded by GRV. By the reading of the latest media release NSW program will be run the same as GAP VIC is at the moment but it will be interesting to see if they change the NSW industry group's name from Greyhounds As Pets as it is known now. http://www.thedogs.com.au/NewsArticle.aspx?NewsId=2182

We have 6 retired greyhounds of which 3 are younger males and 3 older females. The youngest girl is nearly 10 and doing fine, the next is a 12 yr old girl with only 3 legs who has always struggled walking long distances but apart from that she is just fine until the last couple of months is really ageing. All she does is sleep and can only manage to walk 3 houses and she is exausted now. We bought her a lovely stroller/trailer but she is very nervous and just won't get in it so sadly only gets a drive for a break out of the house now. The oldest was 13 last September and the one who is really struggling and very sad to see like she is. She is also the oldest greyhound we have owned the last girl passed away at 13 and 1 week. I read a thread on here recently about old dogs and dementure and thought our girl was doing really well but since then she is really going down hill. If she goes out to the toilet by herself and doesn't come back inside straight away I have to go and find her as she tends to get lost in the small backyard. The worst thing is also the bowl problem. It was the occassional little parcle left around the house but we just don't walk around the house without shoes now because she leaves greyt big long fully formed sausages all over the place for us to step in. It is funny though the way she just squats and plop, plops right in the middle of her meal. And her panting is terrible and we just don't know whether it is pain related or not. They are the best dogs to own the dear oldies though.

Frontline flea spray isn't a permanent prevention neither is CAPSTAR they need to be repeated every day if that's all you are going to use. Advocate or any other flea product needs to be given every month not just as you remember for them to work if you have fleas that bad. Advocate also prevents heart worm so your pets should be heart worm tested before first application. The appropriate Advocate should be given for the weight of your pet like over 25kgs or what ever, as well a seperate one for your cats. Advocate is supposed to kill adult fleas but giving a Capstar first and treating all the surrounding enviroment plus doing all your animals at the same time is the only real sure way to get rid of a bad infestation of fleas. I have had my 6 dogs on Advocate and now sentinel spectrum and I often bring home dumped greyhounds for GAP who are full of fleas and so far they haven't spread to my dogs because they are treated as per directions on the packet. Below is a site with a few tips to get rid of fleas from your enviroment and then put them on a permanent preventative product. I haven't used ACV so can't help with that. http://www.ehow.com/how_2439_get-rid-fleas.html

That was my thought - I have 6 large dogs and they do their's all over the yard especially the 2 old girls just squat right in the middle of the path even outside the patio door. I pick up twice a day and before each pick up the flies are terrible but after the pick up and poop bagged and put in a seperate bin and closed and pooper scooper put in a bucket of water there isn't a fly to be seen. Their poo's are nice and firm even to the stage they are white and crumbly if they have just had bones so there is no residue for the flies to hang around for. I also pick their bowls up and put inside straight after meals which helps keep flies away. Mozzies have been our problem this year but fortunately they don't seem to bite.

Our 13 yr old greyhound sleeps on a Snooza Ortho mattress and a doona on top, that's the only thing she is comfortable on. Keeping her warm isn't a problem it's keeping her cool is our problem, she puffs and pants all year around but even worse in summer. This site has steps plus other stuff for oldies http://www.classytails.com.au/?q=catalog/18

I see your group has a lot of oldies which is greyt...I love the oldies and think there is nothing nicer than to give an oldie a home for the last year or 2 of their life. The thing I'm curious about is who pays the freight as you seem to adopt to all over the country side and have a few in foster care and adopted in Melbourne, it's no wonder they are begging for money if they pay the freight and keep the dogs kennelled for long periods too. Do you take any greyhounds in from Melbourne or send them all down from NSW? Sorry also for the questions but the person mentioned working for you Kayleigh from Pakenham is down my neck of the woods and believe me there should be absolutely no reason to freight greyhounds from NSW as we have plenty of our own down here needing rescue.

'Nursy' post='5068376' date='7th Jan 2011 - 04:42 PM']Does anyone know of any greyhound foster carers that live in Vic that could help Vic greyhound rescue this year? Greyhound rescue Vic & NSW Would this be the group you are referring to? http://greyhoundrescue.com.au/news/4-greyh...ad-to-victoria/ Yes this is the group. Greyhound rescue Vic, is not GAP or GSN. So is it NSW dogs you are looking for foster carers for?