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.

My 11 week old whippet puppy Paul, inhales his food and then runs over to Izzy's (the older dog) bowl and helps himself to hers! Lucky for him Izzy isn't agressive and lets him eat her food.. We separate them when eating so that he cannot see her and we release Izzy first to give her a head start and with the hope that Paul will find an empty bowl when he runs over to help Izzy finish her food. This worked for a little while until last night Izzy decided to eat particularly slow so there was still food in there when Paul had finished his dinner. We watch them eat so I was able to catch him before he stole any and I put him in his crate until Izzy finished. This morning I think he was motivated by the possibility of eating 2 breakfasts so he ate at lightening speed but when he ran over to Izzy's bowl I scooped him up and put him outside. So, does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do to teach him to slow down? We are teaching him to "wait" which he is starting to get, and as mentioned above we separate them so that they can't see each other, and we also supervise. Should I feed him in his crate which is in the spare bedroom? or feed him outside and Izzy inside? Has anyone had success with those slow feeder bowls? Here is a pic of the little angel with his patient sister....

whoops, thanks. I'll repost in that thread...

We've joined the whippet world! His name is Paul and he's the cutest little thing! Although Izzy, our weimeraner isn't quite convinced of his cuteness yet. She isn't aggressive towards him, just walks away if he gets to close, but she's slowly warming to him and each day he gets a little bit closer..

Thanks Jonjuro. We got some great raw feeding advice from our Holistic Vet yesterday so I'm feeling a lot more confident now. One more sleep till puppy time!!

Thanks everyone for your advice. Yes, I will definitely be continuing on with what the breeder recommends in the first instance but I would like to (slowly) transition him to raw feeding eventually.:)

Hi everyone! So we're picking up a whippet puppy on the weekend and I'm feeling a bit nervous on what to feed him. We feed our 11 year old Weimeraner a raw diet and I'd like to continue this with the new boy but I'm worried that I may not feed him enough vitamins and minerals for a growing baby, or not got the ratio's right. I've read the raw feeding topics on this forum as well as scoured the internet so i feel confident with feeding our adult dog, but apart from soft bones for calcium is there anything else that i should be feeding the little guy to make sure he's getting everything that he needs to grow up healthy? should I feed a supplement or something??

Thanks everyone for you suggestions. We all finally had a good night sleep last night! Last night when she went in her crate we left the door open for her, we also set up a few blankets on her dog bed in the loungeroom. She actually stayed in her crate till around 430am then she came into our room (this is close to when hubby gets up anyway). We did actually put one of WIlson's old blankets in her crate last night so maybe this helped??

Thanks everyone. Her crate is in the spare bedroom next to ours. Its just strange because she chooses to go in her crate without us telling her to, she just doesn't want to stay there. She's gone from a confident, happy dog to sad and quite anxious at times. Out of the 2, Izzy was the one that warned us when someone was at the door and this has stopped as well. Its breaking my heart to see her like this. We've been taking her nearly everywhere with us and during the day when we're at work we drop her off at a friends house who has 2 cockerspaniels to keep her company and my friend also works from home so is there all day with them. Even she noticed that Izzy has lost her confidence. We've begun searching for a new friend for her so hopefully when we find the right one we'll get our old Izzy back. Thanks again for all of your suggestions, I'll buy some adaptil spray today and set her up with a nice warm bed on the floor in our room tonight and let you know how we go.

Hi I'm hoping someone here will be able to help me. We recently had to put our almost 11 year old GSP to sleep and his best friend, our 11 year old female weimeraner isn't coping which, is understandable as they have been together since she was 6 months old. Both dogs would sleep in side by side crates each night with no problems but when Wilson (GSP) started to get sick, Izzy (Wei) began scratching and barking to be let out. At first I thought she needed to go to the toilet so I would let her out but she's a clever dog and if you let her get away with something once you will have a struggle on your hands for many days to come. Anyway, since Wilson left us the scratching and barking has gotten worse. She takes herself to her crate when we go to bed, we lock the door, and within 5 mins of lights out she starts. If we leave the door open she comes out into the loungeroom to sleep which seems to be where she wants to be, but then she gets cold so she comes to our room and tries to jump on the bed (we don't let her!). We put an ultrasonic barking collar on her which worked a treat with the barking, but then she just started scratching with avengence! and to the point where she had become quite distressed. Is it possible that grief has made her claustraphobic?? and is there anything that can be done about it? the sleepless nights are killing us!!!