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That is correct mollipop once fused the pelvis would not expand. Sad to hear that one of your puppies went through the surgery I also tell my puppy buyer that I would prefer for the puppy to grow a little more prior to desexing, would prefer after first season but not all are able to do that. My breed are all hip & elbow xrayed prior to breeding so I always add hip results to puppy packs, one of my puppy people actually showed these to the vet when he spoke to them about the surgery and he completely ignored them and said that he still felt that they should go ahead with the surgery for the sake of the puppy, they were so angry they rung me the moment they hit the street and asked me for recommendations for a new vet.

lils mum, Thanks for the ACT site, I have just read it but it is still contradictory I know that the surgery must be performed before the puppy reaches the age of 22 weeks, it also states that the PENNHIP should be evaluated and the client must be fully informed before proceeding. (a) PennHip needs to go to the USA for reading (am I correct?) that takes time!!! By the time the results are back the puppy would be past the bench mark for successful surgery. (2) The client must be fully informed. Client sees the vet as being the one in authority he/she knows what they are talking about so he/she must be right and the client only wants what is best for their puppy right so if the vet tells them that JPS is warranted then (for many that is what they will do) How many will take the puppy for a second opinion (Not Many). How many will contact their breeder (Most I Hope). (3) All of the cases I have heard the puppy is PennHipped, Desexed and JPS done on the same day. One of my puppy buyers agreed to only having their female puppy PennHipped and desexed, they refused to go ahead with JPS but they only contacted me after the event sadly, (they had intended to show her) I myself have had 4 puppy owners contact me and ask why their vet has suggested JPS and I am not a big breeder (thank god they did,) 3 of these have been from the ACT and all were given the advise at different veterinary hospitals, the other was from the Central Coast.

I have posted this in the Health / Nutrition / Grooming and it appears that no one is interested. Am I among the minority because I am concerned about the prevalence of vets that are advocating this surgery? I first posted about this on the 23rd March 2008 and at the time it received many hits and even today I still receive emails asking (a) about the surgery and (B) which veterinary practices are involved in advising puppy people to have the surgery on their puppies. I would first like all breeders to warn their puppy buyers about vets who are advising that puppies undergo this unnecessary surgery, some of these vets can be very persuasive making new puppy owners think that it is in the best interest for the life long health of their new puppy. What do other think, are they concerned, who here has been contacted by worried new puppy owners because vets have advised them to have the surgery on their new puppy? These days I warn all of my new owners to BEWARE of vets who offer this surgery and to contact me if their vet should even mention JPS surgery. Edited to change spelling on title (:

It appears to me that no one is interested unless they are affected but by then it just might be too late :mad

Bump ??

Aww Too Cute, thanks for sharing, I need a puppy fix my girl was supposed to be in the December thread but no puppies seen on ultrasound

She is soooooo Elegant

I like 1, 2, & 3 Beautiful

That's a big NO from me also. We already have a GREAT SYSTEM that works well, Why change?

My Bella had very normal seasons until she had a litter at 2 & 1/2 since they she has been all over the place 7 months 9 months and her season have been very strange. She starts very slow spots for a day or so, has some bleeding and stops and that goes on for 3 or 4 weeks until she has what seems to be a normal season. I have done progesterone testing on each of her last 3 seasons resulting in (1) First stud she was taken to every second day 4 times without the dog mating her once on the 4th occasion I did another prog and she was 65, first visit to the stud she was days after 15, so progesterone rose very quickly. (2)Used a different stud and she had a very good mating 2 days after a prog reading of 10. Resulting in no puppies. (3)Last time she was mated 2 days after prog was 16 and had a second mating 2 days later and again no puppies. She is coming into season again now, I will try again and cross fingers she will finally have some puppies but I am not going to get too excited. Counting from the first day I have seen blood > that is counting the intermittent spotting to the end of her season can be approx. 60 days. I am pulling ma hair out. She has been seen by 2 vets and only answer is to give hormone treatment this time, so I will give it a try. :crossfingers:

My 5 and a half month old GSD has just finished teething, last canine fell out a few days ago I gave her a good meaty bone that she really had to pull at the meat and viola canine gone. Definitely good meaty bones and if still there at 6 months have them removed. I read an article recently about misplaced canines and the suggestion was to shove a tennis ball into the mouth and hold jaws shut for a couple of minutes a couple of times a day, it will aide the canines to move into the correct position. Good Luck. Puppies are a constant worry ears, teeth, hips, and the list goes on.

I take it that is 1 positive vote for.

I first posted on JPS surgery on the 23rd of March 2008 and I regularly receive emails from DOLers asking me about the surgery, and which vets are pushing it. I had another yesterday and it got me to thinking about how often JPS questions arise and should we not provide answers here where all can see? Most of my mails is from anxious breeders who receive calls from their puppy buyers who have been offered the surgery when taking their puppy for their 2nd vaccinations so I have been wondering if this would be a good subject to be pinned? What do others think? And if it was pinned where to put it -Breeders Community - Health and Nutrition - Puppy Problems?

Dish washing liquid is also useful for those who don't have any of the other items available.

I also have an older 11 years old GSD and she will often eat dirt also. I have no idea why she does this but it has no bad effect on her so I let her go. At this time of her life she really takes no notice of me any way !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stubborn old bugger that she is. :scold:

Definitely squirt a little on you finger and let them suck it off, twice a day. I have used it on puppies as young as 2 weeks.

jrm, yes you are correct you can make a fair bit of money doing overnight/emergency work but that would certainly be a fair way down the track at least 3 or 4 years on if you can get one. Those kind of jobs are reserved for the best qualified and only available in the inner city areas where there are a few emergency and specialty hospitals. You would have to have extra qualifications on top of your Vet nursing certificates eg. emergency care, intensive care, anesthesia course certificates or others. I worked as a vet nurse for about 14 years and always said one only does it for the love of the animals not the pay packet, I was/am married so I could afford to do the work I always loved, don't believe that I would /could live on it though if I had been single. The job is often thankless, extremely dirty (nothing like arriving at work in the early hours to find a smelly, filthy dirty cage in the iso ward with a parvo patient). Don't miss that at all!!!!

My GSDs would inhale them at that age, one gulp and they are gone so I really don't like them.

I was visiting a friend once and just spending time stroking one of her dog and as I have an incurable habit of just feeling with the finger tips (Yeah Obsessive Compulsive disorder I know) any how I felt a lump on the dogs neck and asked my friend if they had ticks in the area she said not recently but her had old dog lumps so I didn't press her any more. Next day she rung to tell me her dog was in the vets with tick paralysis. I felt awful that I didn't check the lump myself.

I have a debarked dog. I tried everything possible. She is just such a very happy, ulta energetic happy, dog but she had to tell the world how happy she was all the time, barking accompanied all of the good thing in life I was growing to really dislike her. Finally at 5 years old I thought that I could no longer live with her so I set of to find a vet who would debark her. Yeah Yeah Should have done it long ago, she still barks all the time BUT atleast I can tolerate it now that she is MUTED(not quite).

I would suggest you feel, use your finger tips, start at the nose and work methodically over the face, ears and neck then down the chest, legs, feet, back up to the pits and over the belly, groin, anus, down the back leg and feet then the tail. You will soon get used to the routine. Take your time and get to know your dogs body, every nook and cranny. Most tick are found on the face, neck, chest and forelegs. I hate ticks and have lived in a tick area and worked in vet hospitals where we would often have 2, 3 or 4 tick animals each day. My advise would be to use a tick collar, replace before the due date and daily searches.

I can't wait to see those long haired Weiz.

Great News ***** Your drought is over. :cooldance:

If I was you I wouldn't turn anyone's baby puppy upside down I would be furious if some one did that to my puppy. Just go inside with the puppies, sit down on the grass, give them a few minutes and they will be all over you. Bet you don't sit for long though those little teeth are sharp . Don't try to replicate your old dog, this puppy will be very different. The Vegas progeny have fantastic temperaments so you won't be unhappy there and from what I have seen the pigment is usually excellent but as others have said look at mum because the stud dog can't cover everything. Have lots of fun choosing and we want pics.

Did I read that right $2500.00 for a Stafford and it has a problem * I am definitely in the wrong breed!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dropjaw: I had a puppy with a grade 3 murmur picked up at 6 weeks. My vet simply said that they would not vaccinate him. Good enough for me 2 weeks later he was PTS