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Zara cannot have any red meat (she forms struvite crystals) so she has raw chicken...drumsticks, wings and frames. The problem I have is that she pretty near inhales the meat; the minimum chewing required to quickly form it into the right shape so it's forced down her throat, these pieces are usually hucked up and re-shaped to repeat the trying-to-swallow trick at least three more times. She will not happily chew a bone/frame, her main aim is to get it down as quickly as possible. Do any Dolers have suggestions some sort of product that is biggish that she can chew on that'll prevent tartar build-up. Low magnesium is required

Maybe DOLers can share this ABC info ABC Brisbane 1 hr · ‼️CALL FOR INFORMATION - CAN YOU HELP RSPCA?‼️ RSPCA Queensland is appealing for the owners of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier seized in the Storybook Farm raid to get in touch. The dog, who has been named Pauly by RSPCA staff, was discovered with one of his hind legs crudely amputated, at the property in north Brisbane on March 20. They say it's extremely important they find out how Pauly came to be with the group. “We’d like to speak with the owners or whoever may have dropped him at Storybook Farm so we know a little more about what we are dealing with. There won’t be any judgement, it’s simply about working out how and when this poor dog came to be at Storybook," RSPCA Queensland Chief Inspector Daniel Young said. Pauly has since had further surgery on his leg and is recovering with RSPCA vets watching over him. Meanwhile, RSPCA said it’s staff are waiting for the dogs to be officially handed over by the owner of Storybook Farm so they can start either sending them back to their homes or getting them ready for adoption. If you have any information about Pauly or any of the animals surrendered to Storybook please contact RSPCA Queensland by email on [email protected] or by phone on (07) 3426 9999.

Maybe you can help here @Danois and @Flashsmum

This was on the Dandie FB page, a rather good map though Ireland seems to be missing some dogs...Glen of Imaal for one

Public Notice: Important Voluntary Product Recall Information Hill's Pet Nutrition is expanding its voluntary recall of canned dog food products due to elevated levels of Vitamin D. This expansion relates to the same vitamin premix that led to the 1 Feb. voluntary recall. Please review the full list of recalled products below including the additional products added 21 March, 2019. Find out if your products are affected in the list below. https://www.hillspet.com.au/productlist?fbclid=IwAR0TC_9ZpTRufC9AYSSZGSIvKzEN2ilqfgRlqJlz5Ive-uBEAV5xlGHY03c

I hope you see this @giraffez

Zara had a big piece of apple that we forgot to core, I later found the seed capsule/carapace on the floor with no apple-flesh attached...a tiny ball with seeds to be seen through the openings, she must have spent ages nibbling the apple flesh without getting one taste of the inner it looked a bit like these

The best news EVER Fred, how wonderful Agatha is home

someone is going to be one lucky hooman if it all works out

This is from a link that Dogs Outside the Ring posted http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/study-finds-new-supplement-supports-muscle-mass-retention-and-earlier-return-normal-weight-bearing-p Study finds new supplement supports muscle mass retention and earlier return to normal weight-bearing post-TPLO surgery The compound, derived from fertilized egg yolk, was studied in a randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study at Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. Feb 15, 2019 By Theresa L. Entriken, DVM, Katie James, dvm360 Associate Content Specialist VETERINARY MEDICINE A new supplement showed positive results for dogs with naturally occurring cranial cruciate ligament (CCL) rupture recovering from tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) in a study conducted at Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. After undergoing a TPLO, veterinary patients often show marked muscle loss in the affected limb due to disuse atrophy. This study evaluated the impact of Fortetropin on attenuating muscle atrophy after TPLO surgery. Principal study investigator Kenneth R. Harkin, DVM, DACVIM (SAIM), presented the study results on Jan. 20 in the Discovery Theater at the 2019 VMX conference in Orlando, Florida. His presentation “The impact of Fortetropin supplementation on dogs recovering from TPLO surgery” was sponsored by the product manufacturer, MYOS RENS Technology, a biotherapeutics and bionutrition company. The company also fully funded the study. Dr. Harkin’s presentation highlights and the study’s key findings include: One of the dvm360 team participated in this study! Associate Content Specialist Katie James’ dog Blitz tore his right CCL in March 2018 and had a TPLO repair performed at K-State. They participated in this study as mentioned in this article about the postsurgical recovery process. > This randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study involved 100 dogs. As a model for recovery from surgery, TPLO was selected because of reproducibility. > Fortetropin is a nonthermal pasteurized, freeze-dried fertilized egg yolk product. Fertilized egg yolk exhibits a proteomic profile that differs in 18 proteins compared with unfertilized egg yolk. > Dogs in the Fortetropin and placebo (cheese powder protein) groups were evaluated at baseline and postoperatively at eight and 12 weeks. The dogs had eight weeks of forced exercise restriction postoperatively, with a gradual return to activity during weeks nine through 12. > The study participant evaluations included thigh circumference measurement, stance force analysis, serum myostatin and C-reactive protein concentration measurements, ultrasonographic assessments of thigh and epaxial muscle thickness, and muscle condition scoring. > Dogs in the Fortetropin group showed no change in thigh circumference, which was statistically significant at the p < 0.1 level. This indicated that dogs receiving Fortetropin did not exhibit disuse muscle atrophy compared with the placebo group. > Force plate stance analysis showed that Fortetropin-supplemented dogs had more significant improvement in percentage of weight supported by the affected limb (faster return to normal stance distribution) than did dogs in the placebo group. > Myostatin is a protein that prevents muscle growth and promotes muscle atrophy. Dogs that received Fortetropin showed no significant change in serum myostatin concentrations over any time period, which indicated that myostatin was inhibited in this group compared with the placebo group. Significant changes in myostatin concentrations were noted in the placebo group, indicating that myostatin was not inhibited in these dogs. The mechanism of action of fertilized egg yolk in reducing serum myostatin concentrations is unknown. > The study results also showed that C-reactive protein, a biomarker of inflammation, was not elevated in either group. Muscle condition scores were not significantly different between the two groups. Furthermore, the results indicated that ultrasonographic evaluation of muscle thickness may have been a suboptimal assessment because of interobserver variability and because the same ultrasonographer did not perform all evaluations. In the MYOS RENS Technology press release, Dr. Harkin says, "This study demonstrates the benefits of Fortetropin in dogs with prolonged postoperative recovery periods. Restoration or maintenance of muscle mass through the reduction of serum myostatin levels with Fortetropin offers veterinarians a novel approach to in-home rehabilitation of injured dogs, including potentially improving or restoring mobility in geriatric dogs." The company also states in their release that they believe the results of the study will enable them to expand their veterinary business and change how veterinary teams address canine muscle health. It also plans to pursue clinical trials for human rehabilitation and recovery applications.

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/sports/intro-earthdog-terriers-dachshunds-fearless-leaders-underground-movement/?fbclid=IwAR1Hqs_qMRrN8yYsgTVDyclv5HtyPVBX6jEPQEirJXWHE48e3jGn6GY05c0 Earthdogs: Terriers & Dachshunds are Underground Hunters By Bud Boccone Feb 25, 2019 | 2 Minutes Among the marvels of human ingenuity is the way various breeds of dog were developed, mentally and physically, to tackle specific jobs. Consider the farmer’s eternal war against rodents and other burrowing mammals that devastate grain stores, raid henhouses, tear up fields, dig away riverbanks, and carry disease. As their number-one weapon in subterranean warfare, farmers developed a variety of terrier breeds and Dachshunds. These “earthdogs” were built small and flexible enough to pursue quarry into underground lairs, but with jaws and forequarters of sufficient strength to hold and dispatch a recalcitrant woodchuck or gopher. They had to be smart, independent workers (there’s no room down a rathole for a handler), with keen eyes and a piercing, relentless bark that a handler waiting aboveground could use to mark their location. Above all, a certain spirit was demanded, a plucky, devil-may-care fearlessness that has made the word terrier synonymous with feisty persistence. Planet Earthdog These days, most earthdogs are valued as house pets instead of ingeniously contrived rodent-catching machines. But an inner exterminator still lurks within these breeds, and the AKC Earthdog program was founded in 1993 to test their go-to-ground instincts. Earthdog is a performance event for Dachshunds and 28 terrier breeds. It has an introductory class and three levels of titling competition: Junior, Senior, and Master. In earthdog, specially constructed tunnels, or “dens,” are laid beneath the ground by the event-giving club. At each level of competition, the dens are more challenging. The dog has from 30 to 90 seconds, depending on the competitive level, to enter the narrow, turning den and find the quarry at its end. The dog then works the quarry—bark, scratch, growl, and otherwise “worry” the rat, which is always safely caged. (In fact, the quarry is often a pet of one of the participants, sometimes even a purebred show rat.) A judge times and evaluates each run. What might be appealing to a dog-sport newbie is that earthdogs require little, if any, training. It is fairly common for one with no experience to earn a passing score. It’s all about instinct. “It’s not unusual to see a puppy in the introductory class tentatively enter the den and, in a minute or so, hear him barking and growling at his natural prey,” says Karla Diethorn, a longtime enthusiast of the sport. “He goes down the hole a puppy, but he emerges an earthdog!” AKC Earthdog will awaken your terrier or Dachshund’s instincts and provide an opportunity for you both to get outdoors and enjoy quality time together. It might also change the way you think of your dog. “I think once people attend an earthdog event, they see their dogs differently,” says Jo Ann Frier-Murza, author of the book Earthdogs In and Out. “After an introduction to earthdog tests, owners see their dogs as animals with natural instincts, not pets or toys,” she says. “Instead of just taking their dog along with them when they go places, they might actually consider what the dog would like to do. Sort of the way a parent would take a child to a soccer game or a birthday party.”

I am so sorry Animal house, she was your beautiful best buddy. Have fun over the bridge Minty-girl

Just for interest https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24534524 http://www.lagosvet.com/diseases.htm https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304401714004671

I did take screenshots of one page but deleted them...I'll go and have a look in the trash... well that was easy, here are the three pages of photos that I put in the trash...Westies! (go figure ) so sorry, no, I didn't check those pages

have you thought about one of these LmO, perhaps you could (or know someone who could) make one https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=blind+halo+for+dogs&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

I want Lulu!

You can get big bags of carrots at Woollies for a pretty reasonable price, give them as treats. Regarding yogurt...buy a yogurt maker (from a charity shop is the cheapest way, just make sure it has the container inside.) buy the no-sugar fat-free Easiyo sachets from the supermarket (it's around $3.50) and make it yourself. Make it up around 6pm, when you have mixed it all, put it in the thermos-like container and let it work overnight and take it out of the thermos at 6am, let it sit in the fridge for a day as it thickens up better edited to add that they are on special here https://www.ausnaturalcare.com.au/easiyo-yoghurt/easiyo-yogurt-makers-starter-kits

Don't worry so much that your dog is drinking from the pond...she is a dog and that's what they do. Pond water will not cause heartworm at all. Take her to the vet and get her anal glands checked as this may be why she is scooting If you let us know how old she is and breed, weight and diet we will be able to help you more. Oh...and a photo because there are never enough dog-photos

O blast, what a nuisance LmO, can you right click on the video and when the URL appears click on that to highlight it then right click to copy then paste it into your browser's search-bar as a 'paste and go' then watch it there. Try it with this NY Post link as it has Winky's agility video in the article https://nypost.com/2019/02/13/meet-winky-the-bichon-frise-westminsters-breakout-star/ edited to add...do you have some sort of No Script program?

and a little more about Winky from the New York Post: https://nypost.com/2019/02/13/meet-winky-the-bichon-frise-westminsters-breakout-star/ Meet Winky the bichon frise, Westminster’s breakout star By Rob Bailey-Millado February 13, 2019 | 1:12pm Winky the sassy bichon frise slayed the crowd Tuesday with her relaxed approach to the agility challenge. Now the internet is turning this four-legged beauty into a bona fide viral sensation. While her fierce competitors raced through tunnels and over and around obstacles, Winky calmly walked the runway to the top of the A-frame — and struck a pose before sauntering back down. And when working the doggie version of a catwalk, Winky stopped once again as if acknowledging the cheers of her newfound fans. In the end, however, Winky’s losing time of 192 seconds included 92 “faults” and made her fashionably late. Still, it’s worth noting that there were boos when esteemed judge Peter Green declared King, a 7-year-old wire fox terrier, America’s new top dog Tuesday night. We’d like to think it’s because the audience was well aware of who America’s real top dog is.

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show February 11 at 3:00 AM · One of our favorite moments from yesterday's Masters Agility Championship Preliminaries, Winky the Bichon Frise!