Mez'n Lola

Not smell. I bathed her with a saline I made up myself of boiled water and salt, then applied with cotton balls (usual thing). Have had a lesson of female dog anatomy today. LOL

Sounds like good advise to me.. thanks. I'll start bathing the area now. And I'll definately be taking her to the vet tomorrow, no question there. I love this little girl.

Thank you. That eases my mind. She seems perfectly well. She's still running around like mad chewing everything in sight and barking and anything that moves so... she seems perfectly normal. :rolleyes:

Last night I noticed a little splodge of pus next to a wee puddle my 12 week old puppy did on the floor. A couple of times prior I saw small white foamy mass floating in one of her wee puddles (which I thought was just bubbles??) Now I'm beginning to wonder if she has developed a urinary tract infection. Anyway, seeing as it is Sunday, and just quickly before I call my Vet out of hours, .. how urgent is it that she sees a vet. Is it urgent enough to call the vet in on a Sunday, or can it wait until Monday morning? I think I'll leave this post here for an hour before I call the vet and see what some of you with this type of experience think. Pls note; she doesn't seem to be experiencing any pain.. and she's a sook... if it hurt, she'd be carrying on.

Thanks everybody, I think I'll go with the Eagle Pack after she's been with me a week or two. I think I'll throw in the odd chicken neck and meaty bone and the odd bit of vegi just to make sure she's getting some fresh natural goodness too. How fast or slow do you think I should wean her off supercoat onto the Eagle pack? I'm just soooo glad I've finally come to a decision. Phew! Now I feel obliged to take a good look at my cats diet... he's always been on royal cannin... now I'm not too sure....here we go! :rolleyes: ...

Thanks everyone for your advice, and thankyou Goldielover for the invite, I think I will pop in there from time to time. I'll appreciate the support network. I've heard Eagle Pack is a good one, but I've never heard of Artemis before, I'll pop into website for a squiz. This whole "what to feed your dog" topic is quite a big one, with a lot of research involved. I appreciate the steer in the right direction. Thanks heaps.

Thanks for the advice Stitch. That makes sense, I've had a quick look at the BARF diet and have visited the dogfoodproject (from your advice) and now I have a better idea. Will continue to look into them in more depth over the next few days. Would still love to hear specific brand recommendations (if this allowed) for Golden Retrievers. Just to point me in the right direction, because I'm sure I'll have to visit a few different pet food distributors to find all the different brands that are out there. It would be nice to know what brand to go in search for in order to read their labels and work out price and ease of availability. Thanks again.

Hi Everyone, I'll be getting my new Golden Retriever puppy in a couple of weeks and I'm trying to find out what is the very best food to feed her. The breeder has her on supercoat at the moment but I've heard this isn't the best, and I want to take into account the special needs of a Goldy relating to allergies and bone growth. Is someone able to point me towards what they think is the best brand and why? And also, what raw food I should suppliment my puppys diet with. Also.... I was wondering what everyone thinks about crate training? It's been deacades since I had a puppy and this is the first time I've heard about it. I'm looking forward to everyones opinions.