~Anne~

*hugs* for you and your dad Teebs.

Really? The brochure I picked up for 'Niulife Extra Virgin Coconut Oil' actually states; "Coconut oil has no cholesterol, no trans-fats and is lower in calories than all other fats and oils. It is the premium high-heat cooking oil, enhancing the flavour of many foods." In another part of the brochure it states; "The healthiest cooking oil - free of trans fats and not damaged by heast as other oils are"

I've been checking out this coconut oil theory and it seems that is might just be good for you. The only places that sell it though is Health Food shops which is a bummer as they hike the price up. The cheapest container was more then $10 and it was only the size of a peanut butter jar. I think I will check the web and see if I can get it cheaper. I think it would be great as a cooking oil too. Thai coconut chicken sounds great!

Pugs are quite energetic as youngsters Raz but by the time they hit about 3 - 4 years they start becoming sloth like. I am very determined to keep my Pugs slim. In my view, they should come in at the waist...although there are some who feel that if mine come in at the waist then they are too thin. They're are far from thin that's for sure. Obviously it would be different for a show Pug but mine are only pets and so lean is preferable. I have seen far more fat and obese Pugs then I have Pugs in good shape or thin. I'll pm you a clip Raz of a rescue in the US, you should see how skinny one of the Pugs is in it. Edited to correct grammar.

Recovery is sually dependant on the dog, its age and health. Some dogs are sooks and are still gingerly walking around for days and days after, whilst others are tearing around almost immediately. The stitches are removed around 10 days after the surgery, if there are no complications, so I would hold off anything for 10 days after her surgery.

Thanks Charles. Raz a little rescue I had, Mollie, also had a very narrow trachea. With her, long term respiratory distress actually caused her to develop fluid on the lungs. When she came into my rescue she was on fluid tablets for an 'assumed' heart condition. I took her off to the Specialist Hospital at Nth Ryde and it turned out it was all part of brachy syndrome. We operated on her palate, larayngeal saccules and nares and she was great after that.... sadly, she passed away only 6 months after the op with pancreatic cancer though.

I'd be checking out the possibility of a collapsing trachea. If that is the case, then she will go down hill the minute the heat hits as well and she will not be able to breathe. She will effectively be starved of oxygen. Get her to another Vet or take her back to the same Vet and tell him to check the trachea, palate and laryngeal saccules and do it without delay. Check out this site for some furhter info to help you. She needs to get back to a Vet and she needs to be examined further. Not all dogs do the coughing first. Brachy Syndrome - Trachea

Where can pure virgin coconut oil be purchased?

Interesting. I'd like to hear more. I've never thought of adding cocnut oil... in fact, I didn't even realsie it was actually edible.

A harness should be fine. I prefer crates for my lot but they are much smaller dogs. I tried mine in harness and they managed to always tangle themselves up so I went back to crates.

Absolutely! What were they thinking!

These threads were a bad omen for me. My daughter has just phoned me to say Monte is in the middle of a seizure cluster at the moment. It is so hard when you are not there with them.

RIP dawggie. :nahnah: Once they go into status (status epilepticus = continual non stop seizure) they really have a really poor long term prognosis if they come out of it.

Just to clear up a misconception, you can't test for epilepsy. You can run tests on a dog that has seizures to rule out all other causes for the seizures though. If there are no other causes found for the seizures, such as toxins, disease, injury, then it is called epilepsy.

What you are describing sounds like a typical tonic/clonic seizure. The running around manic part is probably all post-ictal behaviour. My epileptic Pug runs manic too. I usually hold him though as he bangs into walls and furniture and is at risk of hurting himslef. I guess this would be harder for a Staffy die to the strength and zie. He should be crated if possible, or placed in a safe area and monitored. Bees stings do not usually cause seizures. Plants can however but so can many other toxins and so can many other diseases. The dog needs to be taken to a Vet and have blood samples taken to test for a possible cause of the seizure. If no cause is found it is diagnosed as epilepsy and he will need to be medicated. Tell them that the dog must be kept cool when he is manic and during the seizure. He must also be kept in a safe area to prevent further harm. Edited to add - the frothing and drooling is a normal part of the seizure. Many dogs also lose control of their bladder and bowel too.

I think poppop was having a hiccup hiccup...

Thanks Rappie.

Thanks. You mentioned Rose gardens.... is it the same fungus that affects roses too?

Thanks Rappie. So can a 'ringworm' also pass from human to animal and how do you tell the difference btween those that can be tranferred from dog to human to human and those that can only go from dog to human?

Can I ask how you give this? ie powder/tablet form and do you buy glucosamine for humans or pets?

Wow, I never knew that. How interesting. Therefore there must be 2 different types??? Can anyone in the medical profession confirm.

From my knowledge, ringworm is contagious and can be spread from animals to humans and humans to humans. There isn't any difference between the ringworm that a dog has and the ringworm that humans have. It is simply a skin infection caused by a particular bacteria.

Pounds usually give a C3 if they vaccinate from my knowledge. Their main issue is with parvo, nothing else. KC doesn't generally kill so it isn't a big priorty. I can't see that there would be any issues with a duplication of the vaccination. I am sure that this is a very regular thing with rescues. The greater majority of rescues vaccinate the dogs that come in if they are not already vaccinated and I would think that some would possibly be already vaccinated and then we do them again not knowing of the original vaccination.

I agree with this statement. Has anyone ever asked the processors of 'pet mince' exactly what goes into it? There are more checks and controls on meat for human consumption and I would trust it any day over pet mince.

puggy, I don't want to argue on this, but what I was pointing out is that grains does not equate to carbs, not whether a dog should or should not be fed anything. It is a common misconception that only white grain food types contain carbohydrates when in fact many, many vegetables and fruits are also high sources of carbs. Your statement was: Carbs (rice, pasta etc) are not needed in a dogs diet. They are a major source of skin issues in dogs and some believe they are a source of cancer. So don't bother with the grains. which leads readers to think that a dog should not be fed carbs and that grains are carbs. Dogs still require carbs in their diet, but just like humans, they consume too much in general. As for barf, I have never subscribed to the feeding regime of Billinghurst so I guess it is all a matter of opinion on what to feed. ;) In my view, feeding a natural diet is preferred. Someone said a long time ago "The best food for your dog is the food your dog does best on."