Shelb74

After a week of rest our girl was showing significant improvement so we chose not to put her through further tests, plus they don't do them in Canberra so would've had to have taken her to Sydney. I forgot to mention that she also swims a lot which I think has helped in her recovery.

My Weimeraner slipped a disc this time 2 years ago when she was 9 years old. The vet took an xray which showed some calcification on her spine and prescribed pain killers and strict crate rest for at least 2 weeks. Once she was able to walk around again we took her in for regular accupuncture treatments which helped a lot but ever since her accident her back end is a little wobbly and she's sometimes a little incontinent when she's sleeping, particularly if she's been out for a big walk or feeling a bit stiff. We've continued with accupuncture treatments but she only needs them every couple of months now.

Our old girl has incontinence while she's asleep. She is a little arthritic in her hips and we found that her incontinence would worsen when she was really sore. She responds really well with regular accupuncture and the holistic vet also prescribed some chinese medicine.

If I order food online I do it through Pet Circle.

I agree with Haredown Whippets, if you want to feed predominently dry food make it a good quality one. Even though they are more expensive you generally don't need to feed them as much to get the right nutrients as they don't have as many fillers as the cheaper brands. I would also be wetting it down so that you know she's injesting enough water to help the dry food swell and soften in her tummy :).

Thanks everyone. I seem to have solved the problem (for now) by feeding the guzzler pup outside and the big dog inside then closing the door between them. He still eats faster than she does, but we don't let him in until she's completely finished and walked away from her bowl, and I think the fact that he's now finding an empty bowl has encouraged him to saver his own dinner for a bit longer.... :)

Wow, I can't believe there are so many other poor car sick puppies out there, at least we're not alone... My puppy is 12 weeks old and when we picked him up from the breeder the GPS took us home via a very windy, hilly road and the poor bugger vomitted 3 times. Hubby said yesterday he put the back seat down so that he could sit up a bit higher and look out the window and that seemed to help a little, but he's now gotten to the point where he won't come down to the front lawn if he thinks we're going in the car. Last night I sat him in the back of the car and fed him some treats and as soon as he started to look a little less stressed I took him out of the car and played with him on the lawn. I figured I'd keep doing that for the next couple of nights and then on the weekend take him for a short drive down the road and back.

my husband just got back from taking the old girl for her accupuncture appointment and he asked the holistic vet what could be done about Paul. She has recommended Rescue Remedy, a couple of drops about 1 hour before travel and then a couple of drops just before travel. The next car ride will be on Saturday to the dog park so I'll let you know how we go.

My poor little Pauly boy gets carsick and although he doesn't always physically throw up on car rides, you can see that he's stressed (pants and drools a lot) and he isn't excited about going into the car. I'm hoping that he'll grown out of the sickness, but I'm worried that he's already associating the car with feeling horrible. So far the majority of his car rides have been weekly trips to the holistic vet to watch his big sister get accupuncture (Paul gets to explore the room off lead and gets liver treats when his sister does) and now puppy school, so I don't think he's stressed about the destination. Does anyone have any advice on how I can make the car fun? My other dog jumps in the car as soon as she sees a door open...

Is anyone feeding celery seeds to their older dog? If so, how much do you feed? Is it about 1 teaspoon a day for a 30kg dog?

Kate has her own practise now called Holistic Paws.

I can't believe I didn't think of using a kong! we used to use Kongs when the other dogs were pups. Thanks for the reminder, I will purchase some today. Thanks again everyone for all of your suggestions.

will his whippet puppy teeth be strong enough to crush the bone of a chicken wing or turkey neck??

Sandra, we've been feeding him a meat mix but he also gets chicken necks for breakfast, which he was chewing until this morning when I noticed him pick up a neck, chew on it a couple of times (but not enough) and then swallow it whole! So I may need to go back to holding his chicken necks for him again until he goes back to chewing properly. Thanks for your suggestions. Tonight I will feed him outside and her inside, that way he can still run around as much as he likes once he's done, and on cold/rainy days I'll feed him in his crate :D . I'd forgotton how much work these puppies can be!! Lucky he's cute!

Kate Milhouse is fantastic! and for a regular vet I highly recommend Fiona at West Queanbeyan Vets.