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How is Mac this morning WM?

Try him on Woollies home brand mackerel in spring water WM. It looks like this but is in spring water not oil My lot would walk across sharp burrs to eat it!

O dear, I am so sorry, what a beautiful dog,

i don't know if this will help encourage him to eat but if you cut up chicken heart and fry them in a little olive oil and mix in a crumbled-up charcoal tablet. Just lightly fry, don't make them hard.

You can always use Pet Sitters Australia, they have carers who either stay at your place or take your dog to their place or visit twice a day. The carers have done an animal first aid course and have insurance cover. May be worth contacting anyway http://www.petsitaus.com.au/

It may be an idea to go to the local craft group or seniors centre and ask, I know the women's craft group here sew/knit/embroider/applique/crochet items for people who ask. Worth an ask anyway :) eta, here is one directory and if you scroll 1/2 way down there is a 'Sew Melbourne' which has a photo of a little white dog in a cosy blue coat http://craftswap.meetup.com/cities/au/melbourne/

Would you expect less from a border collie? I( don't think it embedded, can someone embed it for me please) http://www.youtube.com/embed/uqlGn-K42U8?rel=0

I got interested to see what West Highland Terriers there are for sale, I always thought that if parents are registered the pups must be registered also or is that only if one has a prefix? I was also under the impression that if the dog and bitch are purchased on the Limited register they are not to be bred. The ad proves me wrong.

yes, that is what I was thinking cavNrott, perhaps it is too risky (though I am not a nutter :D) I dampened a bowl full for the chooks but they won't eat it.

My friend bought a 20kg bag of Coprice dry dog kibble (photo of product below), her dog decided he didn't like it anymore so there is 2/3 of a bag left. Can any rescue near Brisbane use it? I can give it to my son who lives in East Brisbane so it can be picked up from there after 5pm weekdays or I can drop it off if between Redland Bay and Capalaba. Let me know if it will be of use.

O dear , I didn't realise that. It's Ok. Notice: Topic starter was looking for Dam not for bitches. No need to play rough. :) More studies needed that is for sure. Actually she was looking for bitches that were about to become Dams. and I was being tongue-in-cheek

O dear , I didn't realise that.

Daisy's three lower front teeth have always been sticky-outie but in the last month or so she has a growth appearing between, and slightly behind the teeth, it has made them more protuberant and pushing her bottom lip out (looked like a tiny camel's bottom lip) I took her to the vet and was told it is either an irritation causing the growth (her three teeth were beginning to become slightly loose) or she has squamous cell carcinoma. He said wait a few weeks as the teeth may just drop out and the tumour-like lump will go down but if they didn't they could remove the lump and teeth and send the lump off for histology. I waited but the teeth were nearly at 45° to her jaw as the growth was becoming larger so I decided to get the growth removed, unfortunately they couldn't save her three teeth which was unfortunate as they (and all the others) are good and shiny-white. Anyway, the vet phoned me today and all is good...Daisy's histo result is Hypoplastic Plasmacytic gingivitis. What a relief. I'd be interested to know if anyone here had this in their dog? I also wish that I had taken some photos of what it looked like pre-surgery

hahaha, love this "get that camera out of my face" photo RRPS

This may be of interest (Mac loves his as he feels safe from zombies sneaking up on him while he is asleep) Cudo say they have Hound Houses on special, I don't know if they are a good price or not If you Google 'Cudo Hound House' it'll take you to the page or here is the link http://products.cudo.com.au/hound-house-0

I am so sorry Huski

Mac had already buried his big bone in the garden but that wasn't to his liking so decided the shower was just the place. I wondered what the noise in the bathroom was! I really didn't need this at 5.45 this afternoon

If you Google this sentence--> 'if a waiver is signed does the Australian consumer law still apply' you will find some of the links are informative, it seems that you may still have further legal rights against the supplier.

http://www.techrepub...ftag=TRE684d531 3D Systems gets 10,000 injured dogs running again with 3D printed knee implants By Lyndsey Gilpin March 11, 2015, 3:54 AM PST // lyndseygilpin 3D Systems partnered with Rita Leibinger Medical to 3D print metal knee implants for thousands of dogs, which has sped up surgery and recovery for pets around the world. 3D Systems built prosthetic legs for Derby the dog last year. Image: 3D Systems You've probably seen the adorable story of , who was born disabled but received some incredible 3D printed prosthetic legs that allowed him to run again. The story went viral in late 2014 and, in many ways, changed how the world looked at the potential for 3D printing.After all, when our beloved pups are involved, we begin to take things pretty seriously. Little did the world know that 3D Systems, who made those prosthetics, had another advancement for dogs in the works. The 3D printing company partnered with Rita Leibinger Medical to create and print metal orthopedic knee implants to fix a very common, but difficult problem of injuries in dogs' hind leg ligaments, often caused by trauma, degeneration, or genetics. "With this implant we experienced faster, more successful surgery and a faster recovery period," Rita Leibinger, owner and founder of Rita Leibinger Medical, said in a press release. To date, 3D Systems has made more than 10,000 of the implants, allowing the dogs to walk about six weeks after surgery, and it has made the process much more efficient for veterinarians as well. The partnership between 3D Systems and Rita Leibinger Medical, which is headquartered in Germany, started in 2012. Peter Mercelis, technology and application developer manager at 3D Systems, said that Rita Leibinger Medical immediately realized the possibilities of 3D printing and started to work on improvement of the classic TTA (Tibial Tuberosity Advancement) implants and procedure to create TTA Rapid Implants 2. By reorganizing the bone force and making the knee more stable, the implant can fix the problem without the vet needing to repair the ligament. The classic TTA surgical procedure involved the use of a large fixation plate, which is now obsolete because of the new developments in this technology. The titanium implant has an open structure that promotes rapid bone ingrowth, as well as less of a risk of infection. TTA Rapid Implants 2 Image: 3D Systems The new implants were developed by a small team of engineers from both companies. They went through about four design iterations "to improve the ease of the surgical procedure, the long term bone-ingrowth, and the appearance and the manufacturing costs," Mercelis said. Because 3D printing has such short lead times, those iterations could be done on a short-term basis, and sometimes in parallel. Dr. Yves Samoy, from Ghent University in Belgium, perfected the surgical procedure, and worked with 3D Systems' manufacturing facility in Belgium to scale up the prototyping. Of course, dogs aren't the best at being patient and resting when they need to. So, every time one can get back to full speed after surgery, it's considered a success story. "The dog owners and even the vets are really surprised to see the dogs recover this fast from an orthopedic surgical procedure," Mercelis said. Although much smaller than human healthcare, the animal healthcare market is a multi-billion dollar industry -- and implant costs make up a huge portion of that. With 3D printing, the total cost of the procedure is reduced, and even better, it is also less invasive. The TTA Rapid Implants 2 will also be more widely available, and the two companies are working on scaling them down for smaller dogs and cats, too. They are also working on other implants, which will become commercially available soon. "The complex geometries, large size and weight differences of the patients are all in favor of 3D printing technology," Mercelis said. "3D Systems and Rita Leibinger Medical are currently already working on the next success stories, by developing several spinal implants." Because we can all always use more dog videos in our lives, check out 3D Systems' showcasing the 10,000 happy dogs that have benefitted from this new implant.

Now that everything has settled down I find it funny also (apart from having to carry a randy-Mac outside to the veranda and having Penny behaving like a tart at 4.15 this morning) Mac is still peering hopefully through the lounge-room sliding glass door so Penny must smell pretty good :laugh: Where did you get the corn silk tablets from cavNrot?

The vet put Penny (16) on Stilboestrol for urine incontinence. First week 1 tablet daily then twice weekly afterwards, it has been working really well...no more wee while she is sleeping. I had noticed that Mac (15) was more interested in both Penny and Daisy the last couple of days but this morning the place is Retirement Home Bedlam. I have needed to keep Mac outside (he is currently frantically trying to slide the big glass door open) as he is jumping Penny who doesn't mind the overtures, in fact she is doing little flirty dances. I phoned the vet at 8.00, she said to give Penny just one tablet weekly, the vet also kept laughing and said something along the lines of Viagra in the old peoples home. So, just a heads up for any DOLer who has a bitch on Stilboestrol and also has a dog. My sympathies go out to breeders who have a dog as well as a bitch 'in season'

From the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/10/crufts-organisers-say-no-evidence-dogs-were-poisoned Crufts organisers say no evidence dogs were poisoned • Kennel Club insists allegations of mass poisoning are 'rumour and speculation' • Says not yet 'any definitive proof 'as to the cause of death for Irish setter Jagger Following the news about Jagger, other breeders have come forward to say their dogs fell ill at the show. Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters Peter Walker The organisers of Crufts have said there is no evidence to suggest several dogs were poisoned at this year's show, following reports that as many as six animals fell ill after appearing at the event. The Kennel Club said allegations of mass poisoning were "rumour and speculation", and there was not yet any definitive proof as to the cause of death for Jagger, an Irish setter who died less than 48 hours after leaving Crufts. Jagger's owners, Aleksandra Lauwers, Dee Milligan-Bott and Jeremy Bott , say they believe the three-year-old dog was fed cubes of poisoned meat during the show at Birmingham's NEC. Crufts mystery: dog world asks whodunnit over death of Irish Setter Bott said a vet who examined Jagger in Belgium after the dog died found cubes of meat containing what appeared to be slug killer and other industrial poisons. They said the death appeared to be "a random act" rather than a fellow competitor targeting them. Following the news other breeders came forward to say their dogs had fallen ill at the show. Animals allegedly involved included a shetland sheepdog, a west highland white terrier, an Afghan hound and a shih tzu. However, the secretary of the Kennel Club, Caroline Kisko, said that while the claims were deeply distressing, "we must make it absolutely clear that there is currently no evidence that any dog has been poisoned at Crufts". She said: "The facts surrounding Jagger the Irish Setter's tragic death some 26 hours after leaving Crufts are still being established, and whilst there are suspicions about poisoning, the veterinary surgeon who carried out the postmortem has told the Kennel Club that she cannot comment on where, when and indeed if poisoning has taken place until the results of the toxicology report are available. The Kennel Club is talking to and supporting the owner at this difficult time. Advertisement"Whilst reports surrounding the welfare of dogs at Crufts are taken with the utmost of seriousness a number of the reports in the news about dogs becoming sick after leaving the show have been from anonymous sources, who have not reported the allegations to us or the police, and we cannot look into claims about which we have no direct information. We urge these people and anybody else who may have similar concerns to come forward and report them to the Kennel Club." Kisko added: "There have been reports about a few dogs who were unwell whilst at the show who were taken to one of the show vets and we can confirm that the vets at Crufts established no connection between sickness and poisoning. "Whilst there is a great deal of rumour and speculation and currently no evidence of any poisoning taking place at Crufts we are very clear that anyone caught attempting to deliberately sabotage another competitor's performance, particularly if a dog's welfare is put at risk, will face severe disciplinary action, which could include a ban on competing at all Kennel Club licensed events. Furthermore anyone who puts a dog's welfare at risk could face prosecution under the Animal Welfare Act." A spokeswoman for the club added that there were "any number of reasons why a dog may display symptoms such as sickness" at Crufts. West Midlands police said that while it was working with the NEC and Crufts to preserve any possible evidence, it had not as yet received any complaints or been asked to investigate any suspected poisonings.

http://www.theguardi...cancer-research Frankie the dog delivers the diagnosis through smelling patients' urine samples, according to a study conducted by the Arkansas University for Medical Sciences. German shepherd mix Frankie, a formerly stray dog rescued in Little Rock, Arkansas, was trained to diagnosis thyroid cancer through scent imprinting. Photograph: AM Hinson/BBC Jessica Glenza in New York A group of researchers in Arkansas have trained a dog to detect thyroid cancer by smelling patients' urine samples. The german shepherd-mix named Frankie predicted with 88% accuracy which patients had thyroid cancer and which had a benign disease. The formerly stray pup was rescued from a busy street in Little Rock, Arkansas. The study is researchers' first crack at using canines to diagnose thyroid cancer through scent imprinting – a way of training dogs to recognize a particular smell. It follows an earlier study that showed dogs could reliably distinguish between the urine samples of healthy people and those with cancer. "We've all looked at it from a skeptical, scientific standpoint, but the data just keeps leading us to the fact that this has remarkable clinical potential," said Arny Ferrando, one of the lead researchers, said in a press release from Arkansas University for Medical Sciences, where the study was conducted. Over six months, researchers at UAMS scent-imprinted Frankie with samples of blood, tissue and urine from patients with cancerous thyroid growths. Frankie was trained to turn away when benign thyroid disease was smelled, and lie down at the scent of metastatic thyroid carcinoma, a common thyroid cancer. Researchers gave Frankie samples of patients who came to the university clinic with symptoms of thyroid cancer. The results of Frankie's diagnosis, which was blinded to researchers, was compared with surgical pathologies, according to the study. Of 34 patients, Frankie accurately predicted the diagnosis 30 times. "Detecting and diagnosing thyroid cancer can be difficult, because it's often looking for a very small number of occurrences in a very large background of benign nodules. It is also difficult to say with certainty that a patient is cancer-free after surgery," said Donald Bodenner, director of the thyroid center at the university and chief of endocrine oncology, in a statement. He was also a lead researcher in the study. AdvertisementThyroid cancer is one of the fastest-growing cancer diagnoses worldwide, though the death rate has remained stable for years – leading some to believe that doctors are detecting growths that don't need treatment. Diagnosis rates have risen especially fast in countries such as South Korea where health officials have started mass screening. Compared with other cancers in the United States, thyroid cancer has a relatively low death rate. The American Cancer Society predicts that the cancer, which grows in the thyroid gland located in the neck, will result in 1,950 deaths in 2015, most of which (about two out of three) are diagnosed in people younger than 55. "Having a technique with which to do these things with a higher degree of certainty would be a tremendous advance in thyroid cancer," he said. Researchers said they were interested in the future in determining what olfactory elements are present in the samples that allows Frankie to determine which are cancerous. Dogs' sense of smell is often cited as being up to 100,000 times more acute than that of humans, according to PBS. The findings were presented at the Endocrine Society's annual conference Endo.

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