peibe

There is a great post in here done by K9 Force and puppies

I highly recommend having a read

So sorry to read this about your baby girl

My male Shar Pei has HD, he has a had femural neck extension which has helped but his other leg is gone now and I do not want to put him through it again

HD can be managed for a short period of time, my boy is on natural treatment from a naturalpath and lots of swimming

He is 4 years old now and sadly I will not have him for much longer but it has been a great 4 years

So sorry to hear this

RIP Oakley

and big hugs to you Cassie, OH and Zephyr

So sorry for your loss

May Sambucca run free, free from pain

I already hand out the NILIF and TOT but thanks for letting me add this to it

Cheers

Fantastic read K9 and very helpful

Would you mind if I gave a copy of this with the link to your webpage of cource with the puppies I adopt out through rescue?

Shiba Inu's are quite rare

Does he have pedigree papers?

contac the Shiba Inu breeders on DOL, they might know where he came from if you give some of them the general area he came from

They are beautiful doggies

Try some raw food and bones

My male Pei poos the same

I was told it means they have healthy poos and you are feeding them right

Read it on an internet site, wish I could remember which one

I am so sorry to hear this about your little Bubba

May he run free at the bridge and watch over you always

I like to give puppies a commercial food diet until they are grown

It is important that you are feeding the correct nutrician at a young age to ensure they grow correctly

She might not like Optimum, my dogs do not but will eat other brands, give other commercial puppy food a try eg Advance, Eukanuba or Hill Science Diet

Or read up on BARF and the correct doses of food for a growing pup

Irritate Bowel Syndrom

My girl has this aswell, before I got her feeding right what Zedley passed was a daily occurance but on a 20kg dog scale

I hope it is nothing to worry about

I would like to add

I have fostered many a Shih Tzu and have found them to be a pleasent easy going dog with little or no vices, they got along wonderfully with my Shar Pei and various other foster dogs I had at the time

I did not find them to be territorial or not good with other dogs at all, quite the opposite in fact

What ever breed you decide to get make sure your OH likes the breed and is willing to get another dog/pup and ensure you purchase from an ethical registered breeder

So sorry to hear this

Nothing to add that can be of assistance

Just wanted to give Jack some nice healing vibes

To add

Depends on breed

Age difference

Size difference

If they get along

How long alone for

There are alot of variables and before I can comment further more information please

Until they are around the same size

Take her to the vet for a checkup to make sure she has not throat, mouth, teeth problems etc that could be stopping her eating

Put whatever you decide to feed her down for 15 minutes, crate her alone if possible

If she does not eat it take it away and give her nothing else until the next morning, then offer her the same food again

A dog will not starve, you have to teach her that what you give to eat is all she is going to get

She has you trained well LOL

My Shar Pei bitch was fussy, but that was my fault, once I did the above she eats what she is given because she knows there will be nothing else

All I will say is I was worried when Frank impulse brought a Cocker Spaniel in the beginning after loosing his much loved GSD

Seems my worries where warranted

Great advise from some, get professional help Frank, it will be better for you, dog and family

So sorry to hear of your loss

Run free Niki

Sorry to hear this, but you did the right thing for Trez

RIP sweet man

So sorry that you had to do this

I have been in the same situation too many times

Remember you gave her your best shot with the little resourses that you had and you freed her

RIP sweet Muppet

So sorry for your loss

Run free Kaeleigh, be at peace

Sorry to hear that you and your Mum had to go through this, but you did the right thing for Iko, that is all you have to remember

She had a good time with you while she was there and it eased her passing

RIP Iko you can now run free without your demons

Great news

Ollie dog is number one

Are you taking the litter to a vet?

There is a big chance your puppies will start to die if their feeding, bowel movements are not correct

Please see your vet about getting the puppies desexed before rehoming too

There are alot of dumped Rotties in Australia, it would be horrible to hand raise a litter of pups to then find out some had been dumped in pounds or breed over and over again to make someone money

ETA. Warley, breeding is all for you too hard for me, I just save them and desex them

Take the puppies to the vet for a checkup and to get their feeding right, it will give them the best chance of survival

As other Rottie people have stated the Bob tail gene is not a good one

A friend of a friend breed her Rotties without doing any health testing as you have done, she thought that there was no need for health testing of what looked like 2 healthy dogs. The father of the pups was a bob tail the mother docked (before tail docking was banned)

Well it turned out a large litter with 5 bob tails, seeing as tail docking was banned everyone wanted the bob tailed pups.

Well 2 years later only one of those pups is still alive, all 5 have problems with their spine and have had to be put to sleep

The only boy that is left is with a very nice owner who has spent thousands on his vet treatment trying to keep him alive, he spends his life in a doggy chair on wheels so that he can get around

One of the female bob tails was put to sleep for attacking and killing another dog, it was only discovered after she died that she had a deformed spine and she attacked after the other dog after he jumped on her to play

This friend of a friend has also been sued by 3 of the people that brought the puppies for compensation, last I heard they won, not sure how much they got but she did have to sell her car?

I would recommend that you desex your female and not let her have any more puppies, the bob tail is not a good thing

Please remember DOL that this is a chance to educate, some people have no idea about the correct way to breed dogs