BigDaz

There is a place in Coburg called Pet Love which make sits own BARF, I get the Kangaroo but they also have Beef, Ox, and Rabbit.

My two Staffy's do this occasionally, about 6 weeks ago they started doing it numerous times each day. They normally have Kangaroo for dinner but I had also started buying beef for a bit of a change, and because the Kangaroo was occasionally hard to get. Once I stopped feeding them beef, they stopped reverse sneezing and have not done it much at all since the beef stopped. It may be a coincidence but it all seems to fall into place, it started when I put them on beef and stopped when I took them off beef. It may not be just food though, it could be some other change, new plants or even just more flowers in the garden. (This part is me guessing, I could be totally off the mark)

One of my girls has arthritis which she developed at 8 months so we give her Joint Guard. I asked the Vet at the time if it is worth giving our other girl, her sister who has no issues, Joint Guard as well. The Vet said it would not hurt, but there would be no real benefit either.

I agree with megan. At least a 12 mth return policy. (everything else you buy has a 12 mth warranty) Some genetic disorders occur after the 8 week handover. The problem there is that I was too attached to my girls after 2 weeks to be able to return either one of them. I dont actually understand how anyone could return an animal they have had for any length of time, if you can I would question your reasoning for having an animal in the first place. One cost me probably $4000 in Vet bills the first year, but the way I look at it is that I am glad I got her as someone else may not have had the patience or money to look after her the way I can. Her problems were not necessarily genetic, but I would think the same even if they were.

My girl did this once, inside, is was the poo she ate earlier. Hopefully it is that and not something worse.

My girls love these and they last for ages, being Staffy's this is a rare thing. I am not sure what goes into making them, but I know the shop I first bought them at, here , the people that run the place warned me off other treats and said these were a lot better for a dog. Being real beef they are a lot easier to digest. I really have no idea if this is right, but would also be interested to know if someone knows differently.

The problem with this it that the result will depend on the temperature of your hands. If you have cold hands the ears will feel warm, if you have warm hands the ears will feel cold. If in any doubt to a dogs health, take it to the Vet.

My girl was doing something similar when I got home from work one night, a dry cough and had thrown up a thick mucus a couple of times, not really water but thicker. I took her straight to the vet. She had an anti-inflammatory shot and she was fine after that. The Vets said it could be a scratch or some sort of inflammation on the oesophagus and the ant-inflammatory would help, but if it persisted to bring her back as the throwing up is a sigh of Kennel Cough.

My Staffy's like Great Barko and I did notice an improvement in their coat when moving from Eagle Pack. I now feed Raw for the main meal and Barko is just a morning thing, but it is the only dry food they will eat consistently and even though it is not their main meal now, it seemed to work well for them.

One of my girls was doing exactly the same thing when I got home from work one day last week, there were three or four white puddles of quite dense liquid mucus. I took her striaght to the vet and they said the same thing, possibly a scratched esophogus and gave her an Anti-inflammatory injection. They were worried it could be something worse like Kennel Cough, but said to keep an eye on her, and our other dog to be sure. The next day both were fine.

Dont be too concerned about the chicken necks, I have two Staffy's that just about swallow them whole, scares the hell out of me but they love them. This may sound stupid, but are you x-raying the correct leg. I took a video of my girl limping to my speacialist to ensure we were on the same page. The first xrays I had taken of my girls OCD showed nothing wrong, because of antique x-ray equipment. I was not happy with this so was referred to a place with good x-ray equipment and right away the specialist picked up something on the x-ray and operated.

My Staffy's love Bully Sticks, the large ones last quite a while.

You are in for a hell of a time, I know, I have two female Staffy litter mates, but hopefully it works out in the end. The following is just my experience, there are experts here that know a lot more than me. As others have said, separate them as much as possible and for a decent period of time to try to stop any separation anxiety. We didn’t do this enough and our girls hate being apart, they do cope, but they are constantly waiting for the other to return. As far as the fighting goes, my girls were much the same, play fighting almost nonstop when they were puppies, but being Staffy's they always came back for some human attention. We let them go to an extent but stopped them when it got too heated, we still have no idea which is the more dominant and they are nearly 2 years old. You may get a lot of negative comments on this forum in regards to having litter mates, we got so many we were looking at returning one of our girls to the breeder, but we are glad we didnt, we have two beautiful Staffy's who so far are getting on really well, hopfully it stays that way. Having done it, I would never reccommend it, but since you already have two, it can work out well but can be hard work.

Why? And what about the choice the dog would make? For the same reason i couldn't convince you to buy a red car if you wanted a blue car. I will reiterate one last time... we have not made ANY decisions thus far, so you can all rest easy tonight! The sad thing is you probably do consider a dog much the way you would consider a car, you seem to be missing the whole point of what people are saying. DO NOT get a Staffy. If you want an outside dog, please don’t subject a Staffy to your world, it would be cruel. Even if you choose another breed, also reconsider at what age you subject the poor thing to the cold and heat. Actually, having just re-read this I think subjecting any dog to your world would be cruel. I am not trying or meaning to be offensive, but you seem to consider a living animal as something to buy and own, like a car, that’s not the way to think about an animal. Staffy' are inside dogs who feel the cold extremely badly and it is their breeding to be inside an part of the family, if you do insist on getting a dog, don’t get a Staffy.

Can you explain more about your situation. What city are you in? Just to give an idea on temperature, maybe the cold is affecting them. Are the pups intended to be purely outside dogs, will you not keep them inside when they are young. You say you cant leave the yellow one inside the crate, where is the crate? Is it outside or inside? Have you thought about returning them to where you got them from, 2 dogs are a hell of a lot of work, I know, ive done it.

Just dont make him suffer for too long, if you cant give him the treatment he needs and he is not improving, look at other options.

Is this still considered to be appropriate behaviour? I wouldn't have a problem with it if my dog did that. But I wouldn't want it to lead onto something like running away etc... Having done it I would never suggest anyone get two, I was more saying that the shy one may turn out to be a very loving dog. I dont like her rolling on her back, it leaves her too open to attack............it is cute when she does it to a puppy though.

My girls like Beef Chews, Whizzers, or whatever you call them. Basically dried Bull or Goat penis, depends on what size you prefer.

That actually means that she had Elbow Dysplasia I believe. OCD is one of the elements of Elbow Dysplasia and means that the cartilage flap is loose in the joint. I had a boy with ED. He had arthroscopic surgery from which he recovered very quickly but was on crate rest for a month. He had the fractured coronoid processes removed and the joints cleaned out and there was some improvement. He will never move normally and will be in some pain for the rest of his life. OK, so a differnet problem, ignore what I said then.

My girl had OCD, specifically Fragmented Coronoid Process, for which there really was no option other than surgery. I dont know enough about your particular problem but if you leave it too long you will be risking ongoing arthritis, and could be risking problems such as HD related to the dog making allowance for the elbow problem, so you should consider the surgery option. I actually had my girls hip x-rayed today to find out if her previous OCD problem caused any hip problems, luckily she was all clear.

When we went to the Breeder to choose our Staffy we had a choice of two. One was very forward while the other stood back, very shy. The breeder was trying to talk us into the shy one while we were tending to go the other, to cut a long story short.......we bought both, two females. Now 18 months later, remembering both have had exactly the same upbringing, they are still the same. The shy one still greets dogs half her size by rolling on her back submissively, the other approaches chest out ready for anything. They both are not shy with people, they will go to anyone, but the shy one has the most lovely nature you can get in a dog, I dont think she would ever purposely hurt another living thing, where as the other, for example, would rip a cat apart given half a chance. What I am saying is, if you are discounting one dog purely on shyness you may be missing out on a beautiful dog, like we nearly did. It may present it's own challenges but it may not be as bad an outcome as you think, but that also depends on what you want from a dog as well.

I can only comment on the jumping, I still have worked out how to stop one of my girls from mouthing. We have two Staffy's who used to jump on everyone that came through the door, a number of people show us different methods and nothing worked, except this. When our girls would jump, we would stand over them, so leaning slightly forward, stamp our feet and make a loud noise.....always using the same noise. Now if they jump we just have to make the noise and they know, although the number of times they do it has reduced greatly, it is really only our inconsistencies holding them back. What works for one doesn’t always work for another, but this worked great for us.

Maybe take a sample with you that they could look at under the microscope as it may not be there at the time you go to the vet.

I havent read thorugh the whole post, so sorry if I am repeating something or off track. I get fresh Roo Tail from Pet Love in Coburg.

Go the chicken and RICE, sure your dogs didnt cook rice for themsleves when they lived in the wild........................... I have two Staffy's and always give them chicken and rice when they have an upset tummy, I dont think a whole plate of chicken only is necessarily a good thing which is why I mix in some rice, sure it is a filler, but that's how I use it. Definitely go back to the vet if it doesn’t improve very soon. Don’t worry too much about the Vet thinking you’re a bit over zealous, better to be safe than sorry. One of my girl’s made the top 10 customer list last year!