sunny daze

yes I am able to do home visit for you in Caringbah South if you have not found anyone to do it for you. I am only about 15 minutes away. Please PM me if you would like me to assist.

sorry should this be in the general dog rescue section as opposed to the urgent rescue section for dogs in urgent need

Breed rescues are great and have a lot of experience with their own breed but there are a lot of great mixed breeds out there that would miss out on homes if everyone just went to a breed specific rescue. Also non breed specific rescue do take in pure breeds from time to time and provided they are a reputable rescue group would do just a good a job as a breed rescue in rehoming that dog to an appropriate home. I agree with the trial period which is what we offer and new owners are encouraged to contact us at anytime if they have any settling in issues. After a few days we also contact the new owner to see how things are going and offer any advice if required. We also have a behavioural consultant and a few of our more experienced carers who are able to work with the new owners with settling in issues. We also conduct an extensive interview process as I think it is important to try as best you can to match the dog with the home environment and we also require a meet and greet with all family members including children and other animals. It is rare that if you take that extra bit of time and care with rehoming in the first place that dogs are returned. This does result in some prospective owners being upset from time to time when you have to tell them that they are not suitable for a particular dog which I guess is going to happen from time to time. It is not good for the dog to go off on a whim to an unsuitable home in the first place. Naturally if it is just not working out for whatever reason we will always take one of our dogs back and refund the adoption fee.

Initially we were told that the dog was approx 4 years old and they had had the dog for about 2 years. The wife has subsquently now told us that they got the dog when it was about 12 weeks old and have had her for about 6 years. We did have an offer to take the dog on if we were unable to find the original rescue group. This offer has now fallen through . We have checked the microchip number and no other info is available. We can only go on what we are told by the owners who are divorcing. This is why we would be looking to put any other rescue group in contact directly with the owners so you can speak with the owners and meet with Lu Lu. If anyone is able to assist please contact us on the number provided. Hopefully someone will be able to assist Lu Lu.

the owner tells us approx 2 years ago which would have made her about 2 at the time as she is about 4 now. btw the reason for the surrender is a marriage breakup hope this helps

thanks bully. Our 10 yr old female shepherd has just been "diagnosed" in all probability of having this condition. I think she has had it for about 6 months. We first noticed she seemed to be favouring her left side slightly about 6 months ago and we thought she must have done herself some sought of injury. So off to the vet we took a wait and see approach. In April of this year we did some x-rays which showed she had arthritis in her spine and lower back and we put it down to the pain from this. We started her on some anti-inflammatory tablets. I could see no real change so we took her off these and booked in for some accupuncture treatments for her arthritis. This did not really help and we were reccommended to go to a neurologist which we did. It is possible that her paralysis is being caused by a bulging disc and we have started her on a course of steroids for two weeks. The neurologist said that she would expect to see some improvement after this time if it was this. At least she does not appear to be in any pain, it is just so sad to watch your dog deteriorate before your eyes with seemingly not much you can do about. Which is why I am determined to do everything I can to at least make her comfortable and have some quality of life. At this stage she is still able to walk (albeit a bit wobbly sometimes but most of the time she is ok). I know it is important for dogs with this condition to keep moving and she does want to walk and swim which is the good news. Once again thank you for the link.

Has anyone had any experience with this Degenerative condition (which occurs predominantly in larger breeds particularly shepherds). I am most interested in any treatment approaches. I would be very grateful for any info