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My GSD Sophie had her spleen removed due to hemangiosarcoma at the age of 8 years. She lived till she was 13.8, passing away 2 years ago this July. She had no follow up treatment,I was told at the time that the cancer had not spread as far as the vet could see. She was a very lucky girl considering her condition before the spleen removal.I feed her a mainly raw diet after, whether that helped I dont know.

Thats what you do with a dairy cow, strip that teat out as much as you can.However if it is mastitis it will very sore to touch. Maybe dogs are different to cows? Cleanliness to prevent contamination also applies and antibiotics.

Speaking of her name is the G silent?

She looks so much better. You are doing a wonderful job with her and her bubs Cheryl.

Good aussie names... Ned,Banjo,Anzac,Tom,Jack,Ted,Flynn,Kelly,Morgan,Dan. What about street names in Narrandera?

Love those ears also. Welcome to the south coast Teddy, you are one lucky boy.

There is a lovely gsd on Gumtree for sale in Lunea, good with kids, cats and dogs....

Hi,I have had gsd,s for over 3O years. I have found they dont tolerate some raw meats very well, roo meat goes right thru them or they vomit it straight back up. The two girls I have now I feed cooked chicken mince with added dry food, I make a batch that lasts a few days,draining the fat off then add the dry. Meaty beef bones are ok as are chicken necks or frames which my girls are not keen on. Fatty lamb off cuts sometime produce jelly poops. They love the 4x2 dry biscuits. I think you have to find the right mix that suits your dog.I would start with cooked chicken,fat drained off and dry food and build on that adding sardines or tuna.Maybe as she gets older you introduce raw again, go slowly till she recovers. I remember the first night I had my youngest here, she was 12 months old then. The older one could handle raw blade steaks, I simply forgot and feed her raw only to get up next morning to a stinking mess.

I have cats and dogs sleeping inside together with no troubles at night. Cats have their own favourite sleeping spaces up high, with their food on the kitchen table which we don,t use as the young dog will eat it. Two older dogs sleep in the bedroom and the young one sleeps in the lounge. She was in a crate till she adjusted and I found out she was not destructive or chased cats. Actually dogs quite like being crated at night or at least mine did, I bet if I still had them up they would climb in. My youngest just turned 2 and the other day I discovered new teeth marks on my computor plug in cable :)

My daughters b/c has cancer of the nose and he is on pain meds and is doing very well.He is even playing with the younger dogs, she knows its only time as his tumor is disfiguring his face but at the moment it is manageable and he is happy. I had a gsd with hemangiosarcoma of the spleen at age 8 and she lived till nearly 14. Far out living the expected survival rate I was given. Its not an easy decision to make, I feel for you.

I have a GSD that constantly get sebacous cysts.I assume that is the type you arew talking about. They get so big then burst,I cut the hair around then so they can drain.I help clean them out with betadine,peroxide or salt water.They heal up,but you have to remove all the cheesy stuff out or they will reform. Some take longer than others to heal. At the moment my girl has two new systs forming. A friend recently payed $250 for the vet to treat her dog the same way I do mine.

We got to 47.8 on the coast before the southerly blew through like a gale.

Or call GSD rescue nsw sometimes they have people in Queensland wanting dogs.

My daughter has a young female lilac bearded border collie. I thought she was a funny looking thing compared to the two "normal" coated boys. :laugh:

I dip in ice water for about 5 minutes and put calamin lotion on the bite. I dont know how much it helps but my poor Maltie got biten two days ago on her pad and she was very upset. I got bitten last night on the hand( had a bee in the bedroom) and it is damn sore. So I know what it feels like.

I can relate to your problem,I had a young male who sprayed each spring.A solution occured but not the one I wanted. Anyway I used phenyl( now called wheelie bin cleaner) to rid the dreadful odour. It was the only thing I found powerful enough.

Hi what a worry for you,for some reason ticks are really bad this year. My 11 yo Maltie and a gsd both had a ticks this week. I removed the one on the Maltese Sunday evening,next day her breathing got worse and she vomited yellow bile. I decide to take her to the vet. The usual tell tale sign of paralysis in the back legs didnt occur. The serum took over 24 hours to have an effect. I had washed the gsd in Nucidol (like Malawash)and her tick was dead. In your case I query a tick, if you are worried about your yard there is a product called Webzone you can spray. I have used it when a tenants dogs kept getting ticks. There is also a high energy gel called Energel if your pup is not eating. I,m surprised your vet didnt tell you about it. If you pup is no better tommorow and hasnt eaten I would go to another vet.

Fantastic to hear HHH is on the mend also.. I think when they eat it is a great relief. It is a concern that ticks are on the increase. My vet treated 69 cases in November, they now have a tally board on display for each month.

My dog had a canula put in and the anti tick serum was administered slowly over an hour. She had the purified anti tick serum because of her age and her damaged throat. Also I nursed her the whole time and bought her home afterwards as she stresses out at the vets.I used to think they used a trip but apparently not.

Georgie is fine this morning, she has her voice back :laugh: but is a bit tired which is understandable. These ticks are a bit of a worry as we have a large cleared grassed area and my dogs do not go into the bush. mo4g, I had a cat treated many years ago, he was much worse and took awhile to recover.Recently someone I know couldnt/wouldnt afford to get their dog treated at the vet and that dog took 6 days to get over it. I think you have used enough Advantix for now, sometimes ticks dont drop off but are still dead.And yes in my experience ticks do get under tick collars.I think a daily checking over is the go for me now.

I,m glad to say my girl has improved today. She has eaten 2 meals and kept them down. There is still some heavy breathing but I think she has turned the corner. I,m a bit worried now as I found a large dead tick on one of my gsd,s today. I had washed and rinsed with Nucidol on Tuesday so looks like I killed it then. This is the first time in over 13 years I have had paralysis ticks on my animals, grass ticks abound here but feed and drop off. I wonder if the increasing Roo population has anything to do with it.

Thanks Katdog & Erny.Erny funnily the natural host of paralysis tick is the Wombat,Kangaroo,Possum all of which we have abundance of here. I have seen wombats and roos covered in tick with no efects what so ever.

Dogbesotted, I have been reading your posts with interest as I pulled a tick out of my mostly indoors 11.5 yo Maltie on Sunday evening. It started to have an effect on her late Monday so off to the vet for the anti serum. Her breathing was badly effected,very laboured to the point I thought she was going to die of a heart attack.. There has been an improvement in her breathing today. Although as I type it is heavy again. She last ate on Sunday, any water she does drink she gags back up. She ate a small amount of soft cat food but it came back up also. I started her on Nutrigel tonight.Funnily her back legs are only slightly effected. Damn ticks they are worse this year although I suspect it came inside on my cat.

Missymoo I to took in a badly breed 10 yo Maltese last year after no-one claimed her from our local pound despite being micro chipped and her photo being in the local paper. She,d been living on the streets for a few months before being caught,vacumming food crumbs of the ground. She had mamery tumors and a few teeth removed and is now living the life of a lady.