Staranais

How do you get a case if the vet board turns a blind eye? You get a solicitor to file a claim in Court. You asked for recommendations for one in your last thread. Honestly though, some grief counselling might be a better use of your money. Yes. It sounds like you aren't coping. Having a dog die sucks. It really, really does. Doesn't matter if it was anyone's fault or just a mistake, it still sucks. But at the end of the day, you need to learn to live with it.

Hooray! So happy for you.

I'm glad it went well! My girl was diagnosed with shoulder OCD at just over 12 months - slightly different age and disease, but still a big joint surgery with crate rest afterwards. I'd stock up on big meaty bones to give him something to do in the crate. Also, if you don't clicker train, I'd start that - there are lots of tricks you can teach him when he's in the crate that won't stress his hip, and will tire him out by giving him something to think about.

Behaviourist. Really. Please. Just because a lot of people on the forum could probably deal with this if they saw it in real life, no one here is good enough to diagnose a dog over the internet, or teach your friends what to do over the internet. Get someone in who can assess the situation & teach your friends how to deal with it before it becomes a bigger problem. At this stage, it will probably be relative easy to deal with. Don't let it escalate. For what it's worth, if my dog started doing this, I'd say we had a bigger problem in our relationship than a simple scruff shake could fix. Until someone can see the dog, I'd follow Poodlefan's suggestions about avoiding the issue by teaching him to sleep in the crate. And I'd be sticking him on NILIF and TOT as well.

That's really disappointing.

Yes. There are two types of hookworms dogs can get (Ancylostoma & Uncinaria), both can cause infection by burrowing through the skin. Uncinaria is the one that most commonly burrows into the soles of the feet, causing hookworm dermatitis on the feet - here it's often seen in dogs chained up that can't move away from the contaminated ground, e.g. farm dogs.

I've never seen in done in NZ, it's interesting that it's common in Oz and not here. But when I was doing some volunteer work on a pacific island, we did it then, mostly since record keeping was almost non-existent and dogs & cats wandered, and we didn't want to try to desex the same animal twice. We did it under anaesthetic, but even so it did look ouchy - I bet it stung when it work up, probably as much as the spay site did. I certainly wouldn't want to do it on a conscious animal, that seems excessively cruel to me.

Oh no, that's my worst nightmare. I really hope you find her safe. ETA - if you know the vet clinic that microchipped her, they probably have a record of which registry, & might even have the microchip number, on their records.

That's an amazing age for such a big dog! Congratulations!

The pic is deceptive, it is really quite high- if she had her paws on it she'd be almost standing up, IYKWIM. I tried again today, thinking maybe I'd been a bit too lenient on her. But am still convinced its a big ask of my, not-a-great-contender-for-agility , goldie. It doesnt help that she dislikes cars so is not keen to get in anyway. Oh that makes a bit more sense then, it looked knee high in the photo!

How high is it into the car? It doesn't look that high. Can she really not jump that high? Not criticising, just surprised. I've seen goldies do agility etc before, they seemed to be able to jump OK.

It also means less crate rest for the pup, so that might also have factored into his thinking. It can be hard to keep them crated & quiet after a big surgery (hard for you, and hard for them!) I hope it goes well!

Really? Is it a legal thing in NSW (that you can't buy green tripe for pets), or it's just not available? Chuckie500, the liver treats would be fine so long as they're just liver (some low quality "liver" treats contain weird things like sugar, flavours, colours, grains, etc) - check the packet.

We did the same thing with shoulders - it sucks, doesn't it? Next puppy I get is going to be insured from day one! Hope the operation goes well.

He's probably not stubborn, he's probably unmotivated. Most dogs I've seen whose owners think they're too stubborn to recall have really just never been given a good reason to value the recall command.

Hoping to keep progressing well enough that we're not kicked out of SAR training, LOL! Also may have a dabble in obedience, & possibly agility if her leg is OK.

Very interesting. I can't say I'd want it for my animal, but different people have different beliefs, and so long as the pet isn't actually suffering then I think those beliefs should be catered for. I've done some volunteer work in the pacific, their culture meant they were very reluctant to euthanise even sick pets. It was interesting for me, as it's so routine in the West - here, most pet owners and vets things it's the only kind thing to do for an incurably sick or suffering animal. Whereas there, many people were very unhappy about the idea, they wanted to make the pet as comfortable as possible but let it die in its own time (as they would a fellow human). Like I say, it was an interesting experience.

Wow, that's such a pity! I wonder why. Dogs aren't going to get anything from well cooked liver. And I don't know how you'd do a raw diet without liver & green tripe & other offal (not without a lot of supplements, anyway).

Thanks! I was hoping it would have references, but it was an interesting opinion piece.

Nah, hadn't really thought about no rear pasterns before. It's especially confusing, because horses do have rear pasterns. Who named these things, anyway?! I'm blaming my horse background then. In my quest to become the 3 minute google expert I did hit a very interesting article linking early desexing to valgus problems in larger breeds. That's one to add to the list of issues to raise wrt mandatory desexing. Oh interesting, could you post the link here? Sorry to go OT, OP.

Nah, hadn't really thought about no rear pasterns before. It's especially confusing, because horses do have rear pasterns. Who named these things, anyway?!

It's a hind leg problem in this dog, Poodlefan, dogs only have pastern joints in their front legs. But yup, growth plate trauma (angular limb deformities) can cause valgus. ETA, sorry, unless you are referring to the area between the hock and the foot (not a joint) as a pastern? Apologies if you were. But I don't see how an issue with that area could cause valgus, unless the dog was so calcium deficient that its skeleton actually bend or broke in that area. Or maybe you meant the hocks, I guess those could be called rear pasterns.

OK that makes more sense. Valgus just means that the pups legs are bending outwards more than they should. I think the breeders would call it cow hocked. I'd contact the breeder, firstly to check that this isn't just a stage that her pups sometimes go through (some pups do), and secondly to check what she recommends feeding (so you can feed that). If it doesn't get better quickly (or gets worse) I'd be heading back to the vet to check there's nothing more sinister going on, like an angular limb deformity (growth plate trauma) or etc.

Yes, if they don't, then they certainly should. Even if you're a strong SPCA supporter you'll understand that everyone makes mistakes sometimes, so a formal appeals procedure is essential for any agency wielding any power.

What are you feeding now, and what breed & age is your pup? Are you sure it's called vigour? I've never heard of that. Could the vet have said valgus or varus, maybe? I'd contact the breeder in case they've seen something similar in their lines before & find out what they usually feed their pups, and also follow the vet's advice - if your first vet & breeder really can't agree then I'd get a second opinion from another vet. Puppy bones are nothing to mess around with, the results of making a mistake now could be with you (and with your dog) for years to come.