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Some more from our Brisbane trip

I was only in Brisbane for a week, back in whoop whoop again

I think I have seen it once at home, it's normally out in the bush if he does it and as I said it's very seldom and random.

If that was the case I would expect him to have issues towards the end of a walk but thats not the case, the 3 legging can be at any time and its not every time, this whole thing is totally random

Teekay I was impressed by his fitness they had a few chase sessions while those dogs were there and he kept it up for ages. That knife shouldn't scarier than anything in your kitchen I'm pretty clumsy, the knives in my kitchen scare me too :laugh: Good on Jonah, seems like his sociability has improved heaps. Didn't he used to have problems with other dogs? He still does sometimes its from fear of being bitten but its mostly just growling now if they move too quickly around him. Although he will try mount certain dogs if he thinks he can get away with it

I flew Jonah to Brisbane for his surgery only to be told there is nothing wrong with him and no surgery is required. So he got a seaside holiday instead although he did get chomped by a staffy and I now have a broken hand from its head. Some buddies

Teekay I was impressed by his fitness they had a few chase sessions while those dogs were there and he kept it up for ages. That knife shouldn't scarier than anything in your kitchen

Its a bit awkward editing photos with my left hand so I have a bit of catching up to do. 16/52 My latest acquisition a handmade custom 17/51 Jonah chasing a Greyhound on the Sunshine coast

No Shar Pei = No Care although the dumb or intelligence rating seems useless

A surgeon and a medicine specialist examined him and they ran him up and down the hill the practice is built on. I am pretty happy with what they have done to try and find something. He occasionally holds that leg up for maybe 3 steps in a hour long bush walk, but he has been doing that intermittently on both legs for nearly a year now. Its like I till customers with funny intermittent noises in their cars. Leave it till something falls off and then we will know what it is. Not so happy with that approach with Jonah but I am down about 2k so far and no answers so that's what it will have to be.

He showed no reaction when they tried manipulating his leg while he was awake and due to his muscle tone and tensing up they couldn't manipulate it properly. CavNrott I am fully aware that soft tissue does not show up on X rays. As I said there is no damage to his knee indicating a torn ligament and as I said they X rayed both hips and knees and hocks and all are in order. David Burgess has a good reputation as a surgeon and has operated on a number of Shar Pei so I have to assume he knowsSoswift what he is talking about. He could easily have done the surgery, the fact that he wouldn't is a pretty strong indicator to me that there is something else going on. I refuse to do surgery on a guess so for now life goes on. OSoswift he was attacked at my sons house by his room mates dog.

Definitely something happened to his knee on those occasions but QVS assure me that the ligament is doing its job when they manipulate the knee under sedation. X rays can pick up damage in the knee caused by a torn ligament and in his case there is none. They reckon it may be soft tissue damage and want to see him when he is lame t get to the bottom of it. Pity its either a 7 hour drive to or 2 flights totaling approx 6 hours to get to someone who can do something about it. .He has has been running approx 5km a day in the bush for the last week with no signs of anything wrong with his legs so we will carry on and hope for the best.

Qvs says there is nothing wrong with him. I actually went there to spend time with my daughter who is visiting from South Africa I hadn't seen her for 7 years. While I was there Jonah was also attacked by a staffy and I broke my hand on its head. Sitting in Er as I write this waiting for a full cast and staring down the barrel of a 6 week unpaid holiday. Fun times, Jonah had his 1st leash free run in the bush this morning and loved it.

Some really good, photos. That ferret looks like a handful MDD, good landscape Range. Shewolf that waterfall is creepy and I really like that tree carving.

Thanks Persephone Clearly my spell check isn't working properly ☺ and I hate poor spelling so my ocd is having a field day.

I posted here a while ago about Jonah tearing his cruciate ligament, as usual nothing is straightforward with him and I am wondering if its just due to incompetent vets. approx 2 months ago Jonah was sore and limping and after he was x rayed I was told he needed surgery and Meloxycam and Cartrophan injections, I said no to thye surgery and made enclosures for him and made a buggy so he could get out and Jesse could get decent exercise while his leg heeled. At the time the vet said his knee looked in very good condition on the x rays and she was surprised he wasnt lame or limping. 6 weeks later he was looking good aqnd tried to get to a cat and I could see his knee was very unstable and swollen so I decided that I had to do the surgery which cant be done in Kal. I was going to Brisbane so it was decided to get thye surgery done there and leave him with Shar Pei savvy friends to convalesce. Flew him to Brisbane took him to QVS where he was examined by a surgoen and x rayed, both knees, hips and hocks and no sign of a torn ligament was found. Blood tests were done and he was run up and down a hill ouside and examined by a 2nd specialist. The upshot is his hips and knees are in good shape, he hasnt had Shar Pei fever and is otherwise a healthy and fit dog. This has caused huge stress in my life and consumed a fair bit of money as well, needless to say I think I will be changing vets.

Nice view, any fish in that river?

I am travelling this weekend so getting early 15/52

I was going to show some of mine but after seeing yours I have changed my mind

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Thanks BC it's due the small fortune in supplements and food they get. I like to think so anyway

Maddogdodge- I am a sucker for sunrises and that is a good one Ranga- Nice spider 13/52 Jesse mid stride

What she said

20kg of Blackhawk costs me $120 in Kalgoorlie WA. Both my dogs are on it and doing well on it even Jonah the Shar Pei 's skin conditions are under control.