New Age Outlaw

I guess I am just seeking some ideas/reassurance from the experienced people here. My old gal Cleo (10 yaers old) acquired a large laceration behind her ear on Boxing Day. I took her to the emergency vet and they stitched her under a general anaesthetic, and she came home and all seemed well - she's been eating, sleeping, weeing, pooing etc all normally. Yesterday, the wound was looking a bit icky and looked to be separating a bit, so yesterday afternoon it was back to the emergency vet for a look-see. They eventually decided not to re-stitch the 2 stitches that had come apart, but just gave her a mild sedative and cleaned the wound up a bit, leaving 3 of the original stitches in place...she came home this morning (was at the vets overnight because they had some life or death emergencies come in so Cleo had to wait for a little while and it ended up being too late for me to bring her home). She was panting quite heavily in the car on the way home; but I has been quite hot today and she would have been a bit stressed by the second trip to the vets. When we got home I took her out for toiletting, and she had a little bit of diarehha. I offered a little bit of food which she refused (extremely unusual for her). She seemed a bit distressed and still panting, drinking a lot of water etc and she seemed a bit shaky in the back legs. I left her in the air con for a few hours and the panting has reduced a bit (although when she is out of the air con she does pant again) and she is still drinking a bit more water than usual. She ate her dinner quite happily. I am wondering if it is stress, or maybe a bit of dehydration, or a reaction to the sedative, or a combination of all of those things. I am just curious what others think. Obviously, if she is not showing any improvement in these symptoms by the morning I will take her back to the vet for another look, but as she is sleeping at the moment and not overly distressed I don't feel she needs to go back right now.

Churchable is west of Ipswich, around the Coominya/Atkinson's Dam area.

I'm in Brisbane City Council area (normal sized house block) and I had no problem getting a permit to have more than the usually allowed 2 dogs...just had to pay my money and fill in some forms. I think it varies greatly between the different councils in Qld.

A few reasons, the main one being too many uncontrolled, badly behaved dogs (and a few similar children) whose owners don't exercise any discipline over their charges. Ziggy is frightened when other dogs he doesn't know just charge up to him and get in his face, and Candy gets cranky with those same dogs...and it happens far too often (all of mine are fine if the other dogs are calm and behave respectfully towards them). More bad experiences than good ones when walking have lead me to stay home for the most part. Cleo doesn't like walking - she's 10 years old and healthy (no arthritis or other physical reason why she shouldn't), but she's never really enjoyed it or wanted to go. Plus we live in a very hilly area so my knees don't cope all that well.

It depends on a lot o variables related to the individual animal...type of dog, age of dog, health of dog. My dogs rarely go off property. Each day we play in the yard and each dog can chose how much or little they want to participate...the younger ones really get into it and the older girls play some days, and other days they don't. Lately Cleo (my old gal) is separated from the others as she has stitches, so I have been walking her for her toilet breaks, and she hates it! :p I have to just about drag her up the driveway to go out. ETA One of the reasons I don't like taking mine out is there are too many other dogs that I encounter that are poorly socialised, or aggressive, or off lead (or all of those things), not to mention stupid people (usually the owners to the above mentioned dogs). I hate putting myself and my dogs in the position of having avoid/deal with those things, so we tend to not go out so much.

Some pics of my old gal Silver, not long before she went to the bridge. She loved a good snuggle under her blankie!

:D Some people have waaay more imagination than I do.....

Apparently there are some people who have been trash talking about me...they don't think I know about it, but I do. No idea what they are saying exactly, because I'm simply not that interested in them or what they have to say, but I am told it is all negative. Hypocrites that they are, they are always nice to my face, because they think I don't know they are being nasty behind my back. :D Whatever... :D I'm far too busy with life etc to be bothered with stuff that should have been left in the playground. ;)

4 greyhounds here! Walking, when we go (which is not every day), is I take the two older girls first (they only get a very short walk as they are not up to serious physical exertion these days), and then the two younger ones for a slightly longer walk. Other days, when we don't walk, I just play ball in the yard and those who feel the need for exercise play, the others just watch. The dogs have an area under the house where there are beds, plus there are more beds out under the verandah, so there are plenty of choices for them the lie on. In the under house space, there is a separate area that has a gate (we call it "the cage"), so I can lock one or two away without stopping the others going in and out...helpful when you have a sick or injured dog. I lock them all up under the house when I go to bed, so they aren't out barking at possums! At feeding time they all have their own place to eat, and they know where to stand to get their tea...doesn't take them long to learn that! I am lucky because I have found some cheap options for buying meat for them (OH knows someone who works at the abattoir who can get us ox hearts and kidneys etc in bulk and very cheap), and (touch wood) I haven't had too many issues with vet bills (my boss is a vet so that helps with simple things ). As others have said, routine and systems is the way, and I have found it not a problem at all managing the four of them. In fact, I really enjoy having so many.

Discoid Lupus maybe?

So, does that mean cattle farms are actually mormons? I mean, one bull with all those "wives"? A classic case of polygamy if you ask me!

Oooooh! I like!!!

I have used Country Pet Motel on numerous occasions and can thoroughly recommend it...the people who own/run it are lovely, the place is clean and nice, and no charging through the nose for "extras".

A lovely tribute to an obviously special dog. RIP Journey!

There was one in RSPCA Townsville a few weeks ago.

Really? I've never liked the colouring in any dog really. [/color][/size][/font] Ah, well colouring is a personal thing, of course, and I know plenty of people who don't like brindle, but being a greyhound person we see a lot of that colour so we get used to it pretty quickly! :D Plus for me, my first greyhound (and a very special boy he was) was brindle, which makes me all the more partial to that colour. Funny thing is, when I first bought him I proudly sent a photo to my mother, and her reply was "Oh, one of those ugly stripy ones!"...I was crushed! I thought he was gorgeous!

That brindle pug is gorgeous!!!!!!

Hydrobath at home, except for Ziggy who is terrified of the hydrobath so he gets a cold hose in the back yard .

Recently we adopted a dog overseas and used Jetpets without a drama. And I have to say I am sooooooo jealous of you moving to Amsterdam! :rolleyes: It's a fabulous city...I would love to move to somewhere in Europe.

We always had small dogs when I was a child, dachshunds, and later a beagle (and a weird looking heinz 57 dog that my mother picked up as a stray ). My first partner was into GSDs in a big way, so by default I became a GSD person too. Much later, I became involved in greyhounds, and today they remain my breed of choice for many reasons (I now have 4 ). I can't imagine that I won't always have at least one greyhound in my life, but somewhere down the track I would still love to have another dachshund as well. Plus a Xolo, of course!

OK, it's a bit dark, but Ziggy coming right for me... Pearl & Ziggy having a race... Pearl on the run...

I love Singapore; it's a wonderful place to visit and the Zoo is just one of it's many attractions (there is also the Night Safari and the Bird Park for those of us animal obsessed types! :p ).

I don't actually think that's how it works though. My understanding of their protocol is that dogs go into GAP foster care where they are assessed etc - the foster carers keep detailed records of each individual dog's traits so that it can then be matched to the most suitable home...they look at all aspects of the dog and of the potential adopter (not just if they are cat friendly and the adopter has a cat) in order to make the match as close a possible. Therefore the dog in question wouldn't be rehomed straight from you; it needs to go through the same process as any other GAP greyhound. At least that's how it works here in Qld...I am assuming it is a similar process in Vic.

It is a lovely zoo...I swear those tigers were just posing for pictures!

I took loads of pics of these white tigers - they were so beautiful! ♥♥♥