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No ideas on what maybe wrong with your dog but i can recommend an eye specialist in Sydney - Jeff Smith. Our foxie x had re occuring eye ulcers and it turned out she was not born with a tear duct to that eye so it was forever drying out. Jeff took one look at it and told us exactly what was wrong - it had regular vet puzzled for months. It will be the best $150 you will spend.

What a nice story!! Nowdays its a nice change to see something in the news that had a happy ending.

Second cooked chicken without the skin. Its pretty bland and hopefully wont upset his stomach.

Have done the survey. Good luck with it.

This is a terrible story. So sad. I hope this dog gets a wonderful forever home after such a horrible start. Very bad karma to those that did this unspeakable deed.

He is gorgeous!! I had a doberman many years ago and he was a fantastic dog. You have made a great choice.

Our local pet shop is the same and they have inflated, insane prices on these dogs. At the vet hospital that i work we get all sorts of 'fancy, rare' breeds and i make a point of saying 'Öh a cavoodle a cav x poodle' and thats the way its entered into the computer. We recently had boxadors (boxer X labrador) and minature border collies (part shih tzu part border collies). I rehome unwanted ex racing greyhounds maybe i should sell them as giant whippets!!

sunnyflower i am so sorry to read this thread about Oscar. I love cavs and looked into buying a pup last year from a breeder on the North Coast. I did loads of research on the breed and while on the waiting list for a pup from a breeder that MRI her breeding dogs I decided to do some fostering of greyhounds. Needless to say i ended up adopting a greyhound instead. Although i can not offer any advice my thoughts are with you while you make this hard decision. I can tell you love Oscar very much and i am sure he knows that you love him very much.

I wonder what happened to mums babies if she had just given birth??!!

They look like the best of friends. They're so cute!!

They are so cute!!

Pip's mum thanks for the reply. Will make a note of that drug for the time when we have to start down the road of drug therapy and it's good to know your fussy eater will eat joint guard as my boy is also a fussy bugger. Are the gabapentin tablets expensive ? I work for a vet hospital so am lucky enough to get tablets at cost. Normal price is about $3 a tablet and she has 1/2 twice a day which is a high dose and you may not need that much. You may be able to get a script from the vet and it may be cheaper from the chemist. Honestly without these tablets i would have had to have her PTS as one elbow was so bad she would not put any weight on it. She gets around so well you would not know she had a problem. They apparently do not have long term side effects and are used for nerve damage patients and severe pain in humans. Also another big thing he said was to keep the weight off her - the slimmer the better. (easier said than done)

My 11 year old staffy has severe arthritis and she has been to a specialist in Sydney about 2 years ago. He recommended cartrophen injections, gabapentin tablets (a human drug that has had excellent results) and carprophen tablets. I also use joint guard which i think has helped alot as well. She is a little fussy but eats the joint guard no problem.

Steady on, lassie! I imagine it's a long way away for you, but 61 is hardly decrepit! No offence was mean't - Sorry

I know someone who has 5 children under 6 and when she got home from shoppping the dog came out to greet them. After carrying the groceries inside, she locked the car up and did not notice that their cocker spaniel had jumped in. He was found dead the next morning and she was very very distressed. They brought the dog over from South Africa and it was her 'first child' - so to speak. Maybe it was an accident or as he is 61 maybe his memory is not so great.

Thank you for these details. I have a referral to the Animal Referral Hospital next week so i will see what they say. It is very kind of the offer from your sister. I will wait to see what they say and where we stand with things. Thanks again.

Thank you to everyone for sharing their experience. I have been thinking that the best that i can dog for her is to see a specialist in Sydney and go from there. I know that the tumour is currently only small as the xrays were sent to a specialist to read as my boss was not 100% sure and there was only a small sus area on the lung. They may advise chemo but with all her other issues i am not sure. At the moment she still has great quality of life and can still get a little run up to play with our foxie without coughing. The worst thing about losing a best friend is that i have had this dog longer than a relationship and i will really miss her. I keep telling myslef she has had a great life. Slept inside on our bed every single night of her life and has not even boarded at a kennel. I just hope i know when the right time is to let her go. It has been great (but sad) to know what others have tried so thank you.

Thank you for replies. I had been wondering if anyone had tried chemo and to what benefit it gave the dog.Do you know what specialist they went to?? We have spoken about giving her cortisone however not knowing what sort of tumour it is makes it difficult. She has been a beautiful dog and this has been a really difficult time. And i know she wont get better but i just want to make sure she is comfortable while we are still lucky enough to have her.

I have a beautiful 11 year old staffy that i have had since a pup. When she turned 9 everything seemed to fall apart on her. I have taken her to see the specialist in Parramatta and she needs both front elbows replaced as she has severe arthritis. Trouble is they dont do the op in dogs under 20 kgs. She then had a mass cell tumour taken off from the inside of her rear leg. There were good margains but i did not have the tumour graded as i really did not want to know. Every day has been a bonus since see the spec who gave her a guarded prognosis. Last couple of weeks her breathing had changed and she started to cough (only when she got excited). I took her to work only to find that she has a lung tumour. Its to close to the heart to have it tested. She is currently on Gabapentin tabs and carprofen twice a day to deal with pain and seems comfortable. I know its only a matter of time and i am not looking forward to that day i need to make a decision. As anyone else had any experience with it?? Any suggestions on treatment??

Just after some advice on our 3.5 year old rescued greyhound. We have had her for about 3 months and she lives with 2 small dogs, cats and chickens that live in a coup and everyone gets on well. I have heard that if you exercise pet greyhounds to much it can increase their chase drive and as i have chickens and cats i dont want this to happen. Has any one had any experience with this or heard of it?? And how much is to much exercise?? I walk her most days for about 30 minutes as she has chewed a few things when i go out if i dont take her. Thanks

Thanks, great picture - The hound looks more frightened of the chooks than the chooks do of her!! Might give Greyhounds for U a call.

Hi, I was just wanting to know if anyone has had experience with greyhounds and pet chickens. i live on a surban block and the chickens have a big run with 1.8 metre high fence. I have been thinking about either joining a rescue group or getting a hound but i feel abit worried. Any thoughts or suggestions?