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I'm not sure and I don't even know if we have specialists as such here. I don't have insurance, no. These animals are costing me a fortune lately and Arwen has a $600 operation coming up as well. Arrrrrr! :laugh: The vet only said that it's common in German Shepherd Dogs and wasn't concerned at all... but I'm quite sure Kovu would feel bad soiling in the house and we're not particularly fond of it either of course, even though we understand he can't help it at all.

Kovu is 11 years old and has demylienating neuropathy. He can get up from laying down fine and run around like a puppy no worries, but sometimes doesn't realise he has his back toes tucked under when he's standing still. This doesn't seem to cause him any concern at all and he's not showing signs of pain except for slight twinges in his back. However he doesn't have much bowel control and this does seem to upset him a bit when he soils inside the house, poor boy Does anyone have any experience with their dogs having loss of bowl control due to this issue and know if anything can be done to help him?

From what the club were saying it was the KC they seemed most concerned about, not the other stuff... and mentioned that perhaps I could get just the KC done. Obviously I want to protect my dog (and other dogs) and I'm just not sure what is the best way to go about it. I will see what the vet things also, thank you :)

Kovu is 11 years old now and hasn't been vaccinated for the last few years. I would like to take him back to obedience training classes and was told that while it was their policy for dogs to be fully vaccinated that if our vet gave us a letter saying he didn't feel another booster was needed that they would accept that. I assume I can get titre testing done, but how accurate are the results? Now, I will speak with our vet about this of course to try and decide what is actually necessary, but I was wondering what others would do in this situation? Which vaccinations if any would you give at this age?

I'm so sorry Kirty A sudden loss like that just makes it so much harder RIP Maisie

Oh I'm so sorry Kirty :cry: RIP beautiful boy. You fought hard, now rest easy.

A beautiful tribute for a gorgeous girl. RIP Indiana

I'm so sorry RIP Jack

That was my first thought. Death trap for that poor baby

Oh no, I'm so sorry

Oh no, I'm so very sorry Jules It's so obvious how much you love your dogs, he was a very lucky boy. RIP Joey

Oh no, I'm so sorry. What an awful shock so young

I've also had a horrid problem with fleas this year. I have sprayed the run over and over and treated Kovu and he's still scratching And the poor thing gets FAD, such a mess.

I'm so sorry for your loss

Jaida and Daegon are in my bedroom... I couldn't put them away anywhere either, they're where they belong :)

Mine are from Keepsake Jewellery as I felt the similar one from Memorial Jewellery was too big. However both sites have lots of different designs and it's really what you like best :)

I'm so sorry for your loss I have had both Jaida and now Daegon cremated by the same people and they came back in a velvet pouch. I then put a small amount of their ashes into a teardrop pendant specially designed to hold ashes/fur etc. and I wear both on a chain around my neck.

Cytology results came back today and it's not lymphoma at all, it's actually metastisised prostate cancer. Vet said it was so unlucky for his age. Sigh

Thank you all.

Daegon has extensive lymphoma and has been given 4-6 weeks to live. Thanks to everything's shiny for the support and information, I appreciate it.

Yep. From doing a bit of reading and what his vet was saying I'm rather worried it's bladder cancer that's spread to the bones. It would account for pretty much all his symptoms unfortunately. Sigh

Absolutely. One of my cats almost died the same way a few months back and as hard as it was hearing that he would almost certainly die I'd rather know and prepare myself than have false hope. It just came out of nowhere, went out to the cat run to give them chicken necks and he collapsed and passed out. He was at the vet within an hour and the next day the vets told me just how serious it was, that it was most likely that he would die in the next few days. They started with aggressive treatments as soon as he was at the vets that night though. They couldn't get an IV in so they gave fluids directly into some cavity in the body and he was kept in a heated bed the whole time he was there. Got an IV in the next day and he was on antibiotics and steroids while we waited for the blood smears to come back. I'm very, very lucky they got straight onto steroid treatment without waiting for results to come back. Their thoughts were that there was no point in waiting, because by the time results come back it's likely too late to save them and the treatment of steroids wasn't going to harm him any more than leaving him with just antibiotics and saline. Exceptionally lucky little cat, nobody was expecting him to come home at all.

Such a wonderful attitude, and one both you and Bison will benefit from :)

Great, thanks :) I should have ultrasound results by then too.