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You will have to wait a lot longer for a Rottie then T. But Smoke is such a little charmer... and there's not a chance in Hades that perse is going to send him to me... lol! T.

You need to tell the Boss that Smoke really should come to live at my house... *grin* T.

Looks like he's got eyes only for the Boss... T.

Smoke sounds like he has the insticts... lol! T.

Little Mjukuu is growing up fast! 15 weeks old now, and growing more confident and adventurous by the day... More photos from today's Taronga outing here... T.

Adorable... simply adorable! T.

I ended up in hospital with pancreatitis once... and that was once too many! It hurts like no other pain on earth! I learned the true meaning of "writhing in pain"... and that enough morphine can actually help you sleep through anything! (tey gave me a LOT of morphine) I've had one pancreas turn since I had my gallbladder out, and that was 24 hours of discomfort... taught me not to pile salami on my lunch too thickly (I did have about 10 slices... errr!) T.

The 5 bottles of Creon have a new home then... lol! Also replied to your PM... Hopefully the vet will give you a dosage regime to try and the tablets will help... and not cost you anything to test with... *grin* They aren't overly expensive in the grand scheme of things really. T.

I looked EPI up... http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/digestive_system/the_exocrine_pancreas/exocrine_pancreatic_insufficiency_in_small_animals.html I have 5 x 100 "Creon 10,000" pills I was offered by my GP after I had my gallbladder out (in case my pancreas got upset during settling after surgery)... never been opened. If your vet reckons they may be usable in dogs (and in particular Sarah), I'd be happy to send them to you. They are human medicine, but may be able to be used in dogs - they are derived from pig pancreas. T.

I found that one of my dogs who had to have regular x-rays recovered faster from a GA than from a sedation... and the costs were comparable to each other, so the quick GA was the preference for me. This was also a dog who was claustrophobic and did not handle cages of any kind - think 47kg rottweiler with stress vomit and diarrhoea... not a fave of vet techs anywhere! I would bring him in 30 mins before his procedure time, wait for it to be done, then sit with him in a corner and wait for him to get his legs enough to stumble back to the car, and get him home to the safety of the couch... lol! T.

I took full length and portrait shots of all the models... but I liked the portrait shots best, so that's what I've uploaded... *grin* The lighting is surprisngly good for taking photos of most of them too, which is a bonus. VM - the first time I went to Madame Tussauds, I really thought I was going to be creeped out in a big way, but surprisingly I wasn't fazed at all. I may get creeped out if there were some of the scary ones like they have in London though... T.

Excellent news! If it helps, I just wormed my lot last weekend because I saw a tapeworm in Zeddy's poop... T.

It's not as creepy as you would think either kirislin... *grin* T.

Being a lady of leisure between TAFE days, I decided to break the boredom the other day by going down to Darling Harbour and visiting a few of the attractions... here are some snaps from Madame Tussauds... More here... T.

The Purina selector told me there weren't any breeds for me... none, zilch, nada, zip... lol! That's fine though, I have 4 mutts here that might disagree with the selector... T.

Still a stunning photo kirislin... they are so gorgeous! T.

Just a tip about supermarket meat... if there has been any issues with refrigeration, they will mark in-date meat down for quick sale... usually fine for dogs, but I wouldn't eat it... T.

Also remember that Stevie had that lump happening when the bloods were taken... could be related to that... possibly why it hadn't resolved of it's own accord. T.

Can't wait to see what we learn about diet in my TAFE course... T.

I'm willing to lay odds on it not being heartworm... and Stevie is an amazingly healthy specimen, so if the worst happens to be, then she will be a prime candidate for doing just fine with the treatment, OK? The only advice I can reliably give you right now is to stop panicking until you have the test results to confirm or rule out this particular nasty. I know we have plenty of mozzies around here, but I've never actually seen them on any of my dogs... seems they prefer my sweet blood instead... grrr! You'd have to be pretty unlucky for Stevie to have had a mozzie get through all that fur to infect her on the one month you may have missed with the preventative IMHO. T.

Gorgeous!!! T.

Go Neko!! The little black streak! T.

I'd be thinking that some (maybe quite a few) Poodle breeders might be a little leery of an unknown person wanting a mains registered bitch with a view to breeding. And with the high incidence of poodle crosses out in the market, one can probably understand why they may be a bit precious about supplying same, yes? If you are really wanting to become a registered Poodle breeder, maybe doing some groundwork might be in order... go to some shows, get to know breeders/exhibitors personally, make yourself known to them... then maybe someone will want to mentor you into the world of breeding top quality poodles. It's not as simple as getting a prefix and a couple of mains registered dogs and putting them together... it's going to take a fair bit of effort on your part long before you even look at getting to that point. T.

Uh oh! Looks like the Boss may end up with his own little heart dog... lol! T.

You SO need to send him to me perse! T.