New Age Outlaw

Mine get it occasionally (they love it, but then they would eat dirt if you put in a bowl and told them it was food! ) but I agree it is expensive. I only buy it when they have some marked down ones (last ones I bought were $2.49!! :rolleyes: ).

Nope, I don't bother with annual check ups. Mine go to the vets when they need to or have something wrong. I have had vets who send me reminder letters...I just ignore them . No-one at the vets has ever said anything to me about it; I guess they send them to everyone in the hope that people will come in (a kind of scattergun approach). :rolleyes:

I have one like this too. He's a 30+kg greyhound, and when he came home (too slow to make a race dog) the trainer told me never to hydrobath him - they tried twice and poor Ziggy went ballistic - scratched the trainer and his wife to pieces and just about tipped the hydrobath over! ;) He is absolutely terrified (not of water, cos he will stand like a lamb for a bucket and hose bath) probably either of the vibration or the noise (or both). Maybe someday in the future I will work on his problem, but at present I am happy just to bath him with the bucket and hose.

;) I do that too. I got some for $1.49 the other nite! Mine love it for something a bit different (but then Cleo would eat dirt if you put it in a bowl and told her it was food! )

Greyhounds can be prone to this condition too...I don't soak their food but I don't give more than 50% of any meal as dry food, and I feed twice per day. The more and smaller meals theory makes sense (less food in the stomach at any given moment) and (touch wood) none of my dogs has bloated.

I had a little scruffy terrier that had this surgery many years ago...it was very successful and the infections he got after the op were never as bad (probably because we noticed them earlier and were able to clean them much more easily. He lived a long and happy life. :rolleyes:

My current foster dog Flash...

I doubt it will hurt your dog, but I don't actually think it is that cheap when compared to JointGuard (the same thing but formulated for dogs). The Natures Way version of that Blackmores product has less of the active ingredients...you would have to give 10g a day of the Natures Way product but only 5g of the JointGuard to get the same dosage. Therefore, it doesn't work out cheaper...in fact I think the JointGuard worked out a little bit better value for money.

She's gorgeous! You've done a great job with her!

Poor tiny babies! RIP little ones. :rolleyes:

RIP gorgeous Jake!

Silver, You never raced because you were born with a heart murmur. You only had one litter, but between them they won over 50 races. But you contributed in so many other ways. You taught manners to numerous foster greyhounds, your calm nature made scared kids learn not to be afraid of big dogs, you were an ambassador for your breed at many pet expos at the Friends Of The Hound stand. You were 11 years old when the bone cancer was discovered, and after bravely battling for two months it was obvious that you were tired of fighting. So, this morning we gave you your wings and you went to sleep in my arms. I know your boy Ernie is waiting for you on the other side as is your mum Muffy, brothers Fletch & Goldie, and of course your old mate Dylan. Rest easy old girl. I'll miss you!

Oops! Double post! Stupid computer!!!!

Hahaha! Yeah! They do look like that don't they? We spent yesterday morning cutting them into pieces with a bandsaw and an axe!!!

Canine Country at Woodridge. There is a super variety of different meats there too, and they sell Eagle Pack! Can you tell it's one of my favourite shops?

I get them for $32 for a 15kg box, but I'm in Brissy so that's probably not much help to you.

He looks OK to me in the picture (though it can be a little hard to tell in photos, especially with black dogs), but if he needs a little extra try adding half a cup of dry morning and nite and see how that goes...increase the amount gradually if you think he needs it. Make sure it is a top quality dry though, the cheaper ones you need to feed more of so are false economy. Beautiful dog too!!!

I have found that a full raw diet doesn't seem to work too well with greyhounds, possibly because of their fast metabolism. I now mix high quality dry food (I use Eagle Pack holistic) with meat and turkey necks and that seems to work for my girls. Each dog has different needs, but as an example my girl Cleo gets one cup dry and 200 grams mince for breakfast and a piece of turkey neck (around 200g) and cup of dry for dinner. I also add a spoon of greek yoghurt and a couple of times a week some fish (sardines, mackerel, salmon). It is a matter of a bit of experimenting until you get the amounts right. The other thing to remember is that greys burn lots of energy in winter just to keep warm (the above diet is the winter rations - I reduce the amounts in summer or Cleo would get fat pretty quickly). If Zorro's not wearing one, a coat at nite might help.

Sometimes it won't recur, but the more often it happens the more often it is likely to happen, mainly because scar tissue is more brittle than normal tissue, so it is more prone to split on impact. It can be an ongoing problem, but not always. ;) Sorry, that doesn't sound very helpful does it?

I have found had success using savlon antiseptic powder on these kinds of injuries (helps dry the area out rather than the wet kinds of antiseptic),then some padding, or some greyhound trainers tape a hair curler on the tail (it lets the injury air but protects the tail from re-injury).

Given the amount of stress that the joints of most racing greys have been under through their racing career, I always give mine jointguard from the day I get them. I also give fish oil tablets daily (except for the couple of times a week that I give fish like sardines, mackerel or salmon) as this is believed to work with the glucosamine to improve the protection to joints (and anyway the fish oil makes their coats nice!).

Thanx for the warning - she's already on fish oil & jointguard for arthritis. I am not wanting to treat the arthritis (which is under control), but interested in treatment for cancer. ETA I agree people need to be extremely careful about giving any medication or vitamin/mineral supplements to animals.

Hi Morgan! I am very interested in knowing more about this treatment, and I am curious about the dosage mentioned. I don't have access to a produce at the moment, but noticed some Selenium tablets in the healthfood shop. They had 25 micrograms (according to the label) of selenium (as Selenomethionine), and the recommended dosage for a person was 1 tablet per day. At 1 milligram per 10 kgs bodyweight per day, that would be 40 tablets a day. Maybe this is not the same stuff you are talking about. Otherwise, can someone point me to an online store that definitely has the right stuff, because all the onliune stores I have looked at don't have it, or have a similar thing to the one I found in the health store. Thanx! PS Apologies to Busterlove for the hijack.

I usually give mine Greek yoghurt. About a heaped teaspoon a day. I use the full fat, but because the have pretty fast metabolisms so they can cope with it. If you have dogs that need to watch their figures, then I am sure the low fat varieties would be OK as well.

My old gal Silver is on Metacam & Tramal, and she is doing really well on them. I had heard talk of side effects from Metacam, and resisted as long as I could, but her situation changed making it a neccessity, and I am relieved to say no side effects for her, and she is feeling great at the moment. We also found that accupuncture can be helpful in treating arthritis.