rugerfly

you will probably also need to have him on glucosamine and chondroiten such as 'joint food' by natures way or similar in supermarket...the powder form is great....you should be giving him this every night, same as sashas blend but not so dear...this will help him a great deal. Cartrophen injections are not expensive either. Also perhaps seek the opinion of a muscle manipulator, often vets dont know alot about the goings on in the nerve/muscle department. These guys can really help a lot.

are you letting him off lead? probably dont, he will have to have controlled walks and no zoomies....stopping twisting turning is what makes him ouch and rotate's the hip a bit too much.. walkies on leash daily if you can probably not quite 3kms see how he goes.....poor little baby.

Hi there from aus.... you sound very caring about your little boy. Desexing a male dog is considered to be a very simple opperation, its interestring to know that your vet does pre op check up too Im sure your little guy wont change, cept his wee might not stink as much love the pics..

well that is good news....yep, no dramas when its on and off.....just have to watch if they jump up on your bed....

what are you winging about, your geting rain!!!!! haha.. both mine do it too sometimes.....its a fairly unfixable habbit unfortunatly, i never catch them. Boy is worse than my girl....(as usual)

my bitch became incontinent after desexing at around two years old...she was on stilbestrol and still is occasionally. Now I can put it down to after heavy exercise, then and usually only then. When they lay down and relax completely, she wets her pants. Shes had it for four years now. No biggy. she keeps herself pretty clean.

yup. a lot of ppl here use them. its a pinch collar, go to the thread about the rotty fun day not being so much fun, bit of info there..

check chains dont do a thing for my strong boy who leaps and bounds at everything, neither does the halti im using. they eventually overcome the discomfort that it causes by squishing up their faces and eyes and twisting their neck. Im saving up for another prong collar for him. Its a hard situation for you to be in but dont wait too long to get the right equiptment or you will teach your dog to pull so hard, just like i did, without even knowing it.

originally when first starting out with my gsp (shes very driven :D ) at an obedience club, they didnt allow check chains so i had a choice of a halti or a half check thingy. the half check thingy didnt do a dam thing and now i know why. AFter now seeing how they are supposed to be fitted, i can see that it would work a treat and require little force. I found that the halti was too much of a distraction for her and she was too busy trying to avoid it. Try the limited martingale half check thingy but needs to be correctly fitted.

Im sorry your rotty fun day was spoilt by such silly remarks.... I cant believe i waited so long to get a prong collar. IF they hurt so bad and are cruel, why is fly jumping out of her skin to get it on and doing excited yips whilst walking in it. I also dont have to issue a correction...if it tightenes, she backs off, thats the end of it. Good luck with your little rotty boy, i hope you make some real progress with him. :D

Steve very off topic but i just went to your fly trap page and nearly fell off my chair when the buzzing sound came on!!! :D scared the hell out of me....thought a swarm of beez was in my room!

is it a GSP????????

i need the shepherd part and the pointer part changed around..... :D

think your best bet would be coprice

yep, i second a crate in the house. till they learn their spot, dont let them have the run of the house. Then again i cant practice what i preach... seriously, a puppy should learn to love its crate, so dont leave it just for punishment.....buy one now before its too late...

how cute of aunty to look after her new toy.......

'aunt'

Sounds social!!!! I wanna come too!!! are you guiys going to learn anything????? hhaa..

his dad's pretty big, so he will also be a chunky but. Also not sure how big the litter was but he might have got all the food!! lol... i have a large boy, dont worry too much, but try to get him to grow slowly if you can..

:D Im just as bad as you, lol, ...

lol BL, ruger does exactly the same walking past other dogs but chucks in the odd back flip and forward roll....haha... sorry its not funny... Had my K9 force lesson today with Fly monster so hopefully we can get rid of this sillyness...cant wait to get out there but have to do the baby steps first.

yep, know em all well, i was going to say by the colouring on his little chest which has his mums white. not just whispy like some but real colour... all good temps those ones....he should be a joy for you...

he is cute, who is his mummy and daddy?

so nike, you go from putting a puppy in a box in a unit and wondering why it poos to informing an experienced dog owner on animal behaviour? interesting. PS your grammar and english have also improved. well done.

was wondering about things to give them for upset tummys, i hate seeing them uncomfortable, like little kids who cant tell you whats wrong..