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Jenna is a Golden Retriever x Samoyed (before I knew better) Mya is a Husky. I adopted her a few months ago from K9angel. Here's her thread, she was so so thin poor girl when K9 rescued her from Blacktown Pound. http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?show...=185582&hl=

Here are a few photos of our lovely dogs taken with my OH's new camera. Glad he talked me into letting him buy it Jenna: Shame about the shadow She was still wet from her bath here, hence the scruffy coat Mya Sorry Mya but you get in such a funny position when you pee And cosying up together, ever so slightly out of focus Feedback from all the photography buffs welcomed. :D

We have poo :D

Actually no, not really, my 5 year came into my room in the middle of the night burning up with a fever, but that's another story LOL. He's ok today. Still no happy dance from me, but Mya is still fine and her tummy is nice and soft so I still play the waiting game. May ring the vets in the morning if nothing happens tonight, just for my peace of mind. Cheers

Thanks Erny, I can go to bed and not stress too much tonight now. I will keep watching tomorrow

Mya had a bout of diarrhea a few days ago so it was starvation again for a day then she had chicken and rice yesterday and today. Problem now is she hasn't poo'd for 2 days. The last time she went was 1am on Monday morning. I've just spent the last hour walking round the garden with her but still nothing. I've given up now, I'm shattered and want to go to bed. Should I worry? She is eating fine and is happy enough. I presume if she had some kind of blockage there would be other symptoms? I shall do cartwheels in the morning if she manages to produce something. I shall even be happy if she wakes me up in the middle of the night to go out.

What a cutie, Emmy is adorable. Welcome to the world of white dogs, may all your gardens be free of mud

No, I remember it wasn't scourban because that is what I asked for but they said this was better? It definitely begins with a P as well. I'm presuming peptosyl is pink too? It smells like something you would rub on sore muscles, nasty stuff.

Fantastic news for Bailey. He is so gorgeous but I may be a bit biased towards white huskies Another happy ending :laugh:

Thanks, from what I can make out that looks like the name on the bottle, but I think the vet just put 50ml in a plain white bottle. Probably because we didn't need much.

I got some medicine for my puppy back in July last year when ahe had a bad bout of diarrheoa. It's a pink medicine and I think the name of it begins with P and ends in an L. There is water damage on the label so i cannot see what it is called. I had to give my 5kg puppy 1.75ml every 8 hours. It's expiry date is 9/2010. It worked wonders at the time. Now my 2 year old rescue Husky, Mya has a bit of a runny bum. I don't think it is anything serious, she is fine in herself but I was wondering whether to give her some of this medicine. If so, how much should I give, she is 14kg. If there is no improvement by Monday, i will pop her down to the vets but I don't think it warrants a trip to the emergency weekend vet. Any advice would be great. I will not give her any tea tonight and probably give her chicken and rice tomorrow to try and help settle things down too.

Question: Did he have minty fresh breath?

Just popped in to see how Luki is doing. He looks great Love the pics of him and the 2 'gremlins'

Looks like things are going great at 'Husky Haven', lovely pictures K9, just gorgeous dogs. I did have a good laugh at the "Phil" story

Absolutely incredible!!

Well, it was one year ago today we said goodbye to you, my sweet Holly. I think of you everyday and still miss you so much. Sometimes I look at Jenna and I can see you in her eyes, who knows how these things work. Thank you for being there for me when times were tough, I hope we were there for you in your tough times and we tried with all our hearts to make you better. It still eats me up that we didn't know what was wrong with you. If I'd have waited longer would you have got better? But you would look at me with those big eyes each morning looking so sad, how much more could you (or I) bear. I hope you weren't in pain, I don't think you were, not physically anyway, your body just failed you my darling. I hope we didn't I will love you always, we still have your ashes. I said we would scatter them in the Sea because you loved the water sooooo much but I cannot bring myself to do it so, for now, you can stay with me in my bedroom a little longer.

RIP Ben, His life may have been short but he would have felt loved. So sorry he was taken too soon

Very interesting reading. Makes me wonder if I'm wasting my money on the premium dry foods.

I hope Lottie gets better soon. Glad to hear she is in good hands. She is a stunning looking dog

I am glad you have made a decision, Baker girl, that is the hardest part. Once you have made a decision I think you feel better about things. I am, however, a little bothered by most of the replies you have received on here, and especially in the breeder's section. Correct me if I’m wrong but none of the advice has been given by a qualified vet and most of the posters have absolutely zero personal experience of the procedure at all. I sincerely hope that Baker Girl’s pup does not go on to develop HD. In my replies and pm’s to Baker girl I never tried to tell her what to do, I merely explained our situation as it is and how Jenna has faired so far. I do feel everyone’s negativity about the JPS procedure has swayed the OP’s decision, I truly hope she does not regret it. I know a forum is all about peoples opinions but all I ask is that you ask yourselves why you are so negative about a relatively minor procedure, compared to alternatives, which may, I know there is no guarantee, but may help prevent, or at least minimise, the effects of such a debilitating condition as HD. Fordogs, I know you have had some negative experiences with vets suggesting your pups have this procedure just because they are large breeds, which I do not agree with at all, but this appears to be the basis of your argument against the procedure, not any scientific evidence against it. Lilli, your first post suggested the OP ‘wait a month,’ that in itself tells me you know very little about the JPS procedure. Honestly, do you really know any more about JPS than you have researched on the Internet today? I think not. I am sure Baker Girl has spent hours searching the Internet, I know I did. I really do not want to cause an argument but this has been bothering me all day. The only person with any personal experience of the JPS is me but it I feel my posts have been somewhat overshadowed by the whole host of posts saying ‘don’t do it’, ‘listen to your breeder’, ‘major operation for a puppy’. It seems everyone is suddenly an ‘expert’. As I have said, I will update Jenna’s thread as time goes by and hopefully help someone make a more informed decision in future. All I ask is that you try and keep an open mind. In all my trawling of the internet I did not find any evidence of any dogs suffering any detrimental effects from this procedure, I know it is still relatively new but it has been around for a number of years and if it was stuffing up dogs hips I think we would have heard about it by now.

I think you are really approaching the age where it would not be beneficial to do the surgery anyway, if that helps you make the decision. I wish you all the best with your pup and if managed correctly with restricted food and exercise you can hopefully minimise any long term effects anyway. I will update my JPS posting as Jenna matures so anyone interested in her progress can follow her thread. The more people that document their experiences with JPS, the more people like you may be able to make an informed decision when faced with the same situation. Good luck

OMG I'm lost for words. How? Why? It just makes me so sad that people like this are walking around. They're sub human and don't deserve to walk this Earth.

Just wanted to check. Exactly how old is your pup now (weeks & days)? And just out of interest (I know it's no guarantee) what were the parent's hip scores, (if you know)?

Did you send Jenna's hip xrays to PennHip to have an 'official' score? What is the average for Jenna's breed(s)? No we did not send off for an 'official' score. Richard did tell us at the time what the average was for Jenna's breeds but I cannot remember now.

I do not state that the JPS procedure in Jenna is a success. All I can say is that so far there have been no detrimental effects. Jenna may well have grown and not developed HD. This we will never know. What I do know is that if she had developed HD and I had not taken the opportunity to help prevent it I would never have forgiven myself. We operated on the basis of Jenna's distraction index and her possible genetic propensity to HD. Yes, we operated on what appeared to be a perfectly healthy puppy but you can't afford to wait as it is such a small time frame. As i said earlier, it's a gamble and, to a certain extent, Jenna was a guinea pig. As time goes on we may get more information on the success rate of the JPS but the statistics are hard to interprate as there is no way of knowing if the puppies operated on would have developed HD anyway. To me the more important fact was, is there any dogs having adverse reactions to the proceedure, is it stuffing up puppies hips? These are the really important questions because, as far as i am concerned, even if Jenna would not have developed HD without the proceedure, the only damage is to my wallet, and I can live with that. Having a dog suffering with HD when I could have prevented it. That I would not cope as well with. I do not know if Baker girl is going to the same vet. We saw Dr Richard Mitchell at the Northcoast Veterinary Specialists, on the Sunshine Coast. I found some information about him on here and people had nothing but good things to say about him so I trusted him totally.