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OT, Yellowgirl, but I your siggy pic. Aww, thanks DDD, they're my own special seniors :) Seuss -11, Madeline -10 and Pepper - 14

I saw this a little while ago and actually did laugh out loud! Love Amy Schumer :) The sad part is that these are the sort of people that will be answering the ad and lining up to save the poor widdle doggy from the junkyard who just needs love to make everything all better. I think there's been so much effort spent on making it a fairy story that the facts have become lost in the process. I'm confused about the two week comment as well.

Any luck for these two sweethearts yet? Seem to have been adopted, they have a few up there right now. Yay! :D

This is the correct meaning, and it's spot on in this instance. 'Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human form or other characteristics to beings other than humans, particularly deities and animals.' This reminds me of some of the Pound Rounds writeups. I don't have any problem with the dog's story or history being told, or even with the dog telling its own story, but this bullsh!t makes me want to punch a wall.

Any luck for these two sweethearts yet?

Yes! I swear it's like living with a four year old human - "what's this thing?" *pokes and knocks thing over* "what does this do?" *pulls cord and nearly smashes the TV* "I'm hungry" *opens fridge to help self* "I'm bored" *pulls everything off the bench for no apparent reason* "what are you doing in there?" *opens door to see* Sigh, so curious and clever. But right now when there is hair EVERYWHERE, including in my nose and throat, coat drop is the worst thing LOL I could totally see this as I was reading it SG Hmmm, the worst thing about cresties? .. still trying to think of something :) It's certainly not shedding :laugh:

So happy to see that people are opening their hearts to the precious seniors :) Such a shame about the greyhounds still waiting though, they're such beautiful, gentle dogs, I think the general public needs to hear more about GAP and other greyhound rescue groups.

Thankyou CrazyCresties, he's doing okay tonight so far

Thanks Westiemum, yes I'm definitely keeping notes. He's had his dinner tonight and no problems so far.. although he hasn't come up for his after dinner cuddles yet as he usually does, the heater's on and he's snuggled up fast asleep.

Thanks for your input JulesP. Was the leg action anything like this? I took it a few seconds before the one in the original post. I've only ever seen him do this high stepping - usually the back legs, sometimes front legs as well, but I've not seen the wobbles before. http://vid685.photobucket.com/albums/vv215/66yellowgirl/DSCN4685.mp4

Thanks DDD. He doesn't appear to be in any pain but he's a very stoic non-complaining type of boy. He was doing something weird with his back legs before I got the camera, my first thought was that maybe his arthritis was bothering him and he'd made himself uncomfortable when he was on my lap, then he started the wobbles. Gentle hugs to sweet Danny Danny saw this and has spent the day demanding hugs - LOL. Back to Seuss. Could be that he was just trying to sort out pains from being on your lap. Whilst I am not at the wobbling stage, I sure have some awful pains going on if I've been in the one position for a while. Seuss and I have age in common :cry: I can relate to that too DDD. I did think when he first started doing the little kicks with his back legs that he might have been in some pain or discomfort and that's why he wanted to get down.

Thanks DDD. He doesn't appear to be in any pain but he's a very stoic non-complaining type of boy. He was doing something weird with his back legs before I got the camera, my first thought was that maybe his arthritis was bothering him and he'd made himself uncomfortable when he was on my lap, then he started the wobbles. Gentle hugs to sweet Danny

Yes, I think it's unusual too Power Legs, I've seen lots of different issues when I was fostering seniors and special-needs dogs, but not quite the same as this. I think we'll be going back to the vet and I'll take the video with me. I'll ask about hypoglycaemia too.

Thanks Gallomph, I appreciate the input - the changes you've made sound like they're working for your dog which is wonderful :) Your references to food are interesting, I will watch him more closely after feeding now. All 3 dogs are on low fat, low protein, low salt, no preservatives - basically a kidney diet as my 14 year old girl has kidney disease and pancreatitis and I've found this particular diet works well for all the oldies. I know that the vitamin supplement Nutrigel doesn't agree with him (makes him vomit) so I do think that there might be a dietary related issue here somewhere. Interestingly, he had a fair bit of extra tuna tonight so I'm going to keep note of what he eats and when he has the wobbles.

My 11 year old Chinese Crested boy, Seuss, has just had some sort of 'wobble episode'. I just happened to have my camera right next to me, apologies for the quality though. He'd had his dinner about 20 minutes before and he'd just got down from my lap after a 10 minute cuddle. He seemed a bit 'wonky' when I put him on the floor so I kept watching him and saw that he was lifting his legs, particularly the back legs and then started wobbling. I've had Seuss for about 5 months, he was in pretty bad shape when he came to me and needed surgery to remove several lumps on his body which the biopsy later reported were about to turn cancerous, so we got to that just in time. He's had several minor episodes of 'funny walking' where he high steps as if he can't work out where the floor is. This is the first time I've seen him wobble like this. He'd been vet checked for the funny walks and the vet found nothing definitive, blood tests were all normal. He's fine immediately afterwards, as he is now. After tonight's episode he went to his bed for a few minutes and then took himself outside to the toilet and came back in wagging his tail, happy as a clam. There's absolutely no sign of anything having been wrong for those few minutes. Has anyone experienced anything like this with their dog? Hopefully the video works - it's taken me over an hour to work out how to get it in here. http://vid685.photobucket.com/albums/vv215/66yellowgirl/DSCN4686%202.mp4 Edit - another short video in post #13.

A friend sent me a link to this supplement - 'DOGtorX' http://www.petequinox.com.au/shop.html She's had amazing results with her little dog who has terrible arthritis even though she's only 4 years old. She said she noticed a difference within about two weeks and it's like she has a new dog. A friend of a friend says that the product has helped with her dog's anxiety. I emailed the company for more info as they don't show the ingredient list or have a nutritional analysis. I haven't heard back from them but my friend sent me a photo of the container. I'm thinking of trying this product on Pepper, my 14 year old Crestie who, among other things, has pancreatitis (which is why I needed the analysis list), anxiety and OCD issues, in the hope that it might help with her anxiety. She's also on medications for Epiphora (over-production of tears), bronchial issues and allergies. She was recently at the vet for suspected Cushings Disease, which turned out to be an extremely bad recurrence of pancreatitis. She's okay now but her anxiety and OCD seems to have increased and she doesn't respond to anti anxiety meds. At $75 a pop plus delivery it's not something I'm taking lightly, I don't usually pay much attention to online testimonials but having a first hand and a second hand recommendation for this product has made me want to know if anyone else has used it or heard anything about it. Obviously their 'miracle ingredient' is the oligopeptide amino acids but it's down on the list of ingredients and I don't know if I'm just becoming more cynical these days or if it's worth giving it a go.

How wonderful to hear of someone who is keen to learn and doing her best to help and calm two frightened little poundies. BTW Yellowgirl .... love your sig photo. She was a really nice lady DDD and is really looking out for these two little girls. Sig is Seuss, Madeline and Pepper :) Darling Seuss is a recent addition with thanks and eternal gratitude to our very own Dogmad

http://www.apswa.asn.au/dogs/maud-and-fi-fi-female-chinese-crested-10yo I've been sent the link to these babies four times now :laugh: Thank you for sharing them here CrazyCresties, I'm hoping they'll find a great local home. I did contact the shelter to find out a bit more about them, they are extremely timid and have lived in kennels all their life The lady I spoke to at the centre was lovely but not familiar with cresties, she's doing a good job with them though and she has them in a crate inside the shelter rather than being in the kennels. One of the girls has been shaved and I explained to the lady that the dog would be a hairy hairless - she was quite surprised to hear that not all cresties are hairless, she thought someone was trying to trick her by shaving the dog, bless her heart :) The usual adoption fee is around $400 per dog but it's expected that the girls will have a slightly reduced fee due to them having to go together and also being seniors (they may also be older than 10 years). They will consider interstate adoption if there are no local offers - there has been some interest in the girls but nothing definite as yet. I'm trying very hard to practice grown up impulse control here ..lol. I'm no longer running my rescue group so if I took them I'd be on my own. It's very hard for me to look past a senior crestie in need. The girls may be harder to rehome due to their temperament (they're not just timid, they growl too). I'm not sure what the universe is telling me to do here, I've misread some signs a couple of times recently, so I'm trying to step back and see if I'm meant to be involved here. The best thing for them would be to have a local adoption but if they are still looking for a home in say two weeks then I will have another look into it.

Thinking of you, your family and Benny

I'm so, so sorry for what's happening with you and Benny I've recently been through losing one of my precious boys and I know how heartbreaking it is to see them in pain and how helpless you feel in this situation. Although my boy's situation was different to your Benny (Jordie had ruptured a disc in his spine and was paralyzed), the speed with which it happened and the decision about pain management and quality of life are very similar. I agree with cavNrott's advice. It's very, very hard to put our own pain aside when faced with such a heartbreaking decision - I only had 24 hours after diagnosis with my Jordie and as much as I wanted to just hold him and keep him with me and ignore the reality, I couldn't allow him to continue to be in pain knowing that there was no hope for his future. I wanted his last day with me to be as beautiful as I could make it - for him, not for me. I still miss him every day, it's still very raw, but I don't regret my decision to let him go when it was best for him. I don't think I could stand it if I also had the guilt of knowing that I made him stay long after he told me he was ready to go. Big, big hugs to you and your sweet Benny

We must make honourable mention of the wee lads in her life as well!!! All adorable fluffies She does like the boys VM, although the closest thing to a fluffy here is the teddy .. lol! :) I am so shocked at Stella's wantonness. I thought she was totally devoted to Jordie. And now I don't know if my phantom puppy has been sired by a Teddy Bear Such a worry. Not a real worry. You will save on coats in Winter because of the lovely curly coats puppy will have I guess we'll have to wait for the imaginary whelping to find out! :) Maybe he might throw back a wee fluffy Tufty then? Pretty sure there will be some Tufties in there .. lol! :)

Aww, thanks melzawelza - I think she's a bit of a cutie too :) xx

I'm not 'that' concerned Stitch ..lol but thank you for the info on time length. My vet says she's happy and healthy, she's just having a fairly long one by the looks of things. xx

Thanks again Jules :) Has anyone had a dog whose phantom pregnancy has gone for longer than 2 months? I'm not worried, the vet says she's happy and healthy, just interested in other DOLers experiences. Oh, and we have another possible imaginary father in the running hehehe https://www.facebook.com/LittleLegsDogRescue/photos/a.125533404229284.23859.125509400898351/664989693616983/?type=1&theater

You may have already seen it but there's a 5 month old Boston boy advertised in the puppies for sale section - looking for a NSW home. xx