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Please could I get some suggestions how to help with my dog Fungus. Fungus is a 5 yo lab X Do you guys think the TOT would work for us? I'm not sure if it would help this sort of behaviour. He has become a complete pain in the arse over the last week or so. He has always been a pretty laid back dog, but he has all of a sudden become incredibly clingy. I cannot walk out of the room without him following me. If I'm standing still he nudges me incessantly for a pat, he gets really worked up and excited at the drop of a hat, especially when I am doing stuff with my almost 2 yo son Hamish. It's full on attention seeking behaviour and seems to occur mostly when Hamish is involved. He seems so jealous all of a sudden. He's not bothered with following Mr fungles around, just me. He tries to sit on me or always maintain some sort of physical contact, which I assume is dominace behaviour. We moved just over a month ago and our old place was 7 acres of bush that he was allowed to wander as he pleased when we were home, although he was put into a fenced area with access into the house when we were out. He still has access inside and a fenced area at the new house but isn't allowed to wander in the bush anymore. He would only wander around for 10 minutes a couple of times a day anyway - the rest of the time he would be with us. I've started walking him more to compensate for the lack of bush time, and this seems to have coincided with the annoying clingyness. Surely more exercise shouldn't increase bad behaviour? But this seems to be the only change that corresponds with this behaviour change. We have been a bit slack with training as he's such an easy going dog. He will only eat when told he can do so, and has a reasonable sit stay. We are guilty of letting him on the couch and bed :rolleyes: Thanks How can I stop this super annoying behaviour?

Fungles almost inhales his grub. We give him frozen chicken frames which take him around 10 minutes to get through verus 1 minute if he gets them fresh. The bones in the frames almost seem to be cartlidge rather than bone so they should get digested pretty easily. When he was smaller we'd chop the frames into 2 halves and freeze them - bigger and less likely to be swollowed whole.

Hi Kelly How's Chloe's weight loss going? Not sure if you've tried it but would she eat cooked vegies? Mix them up into her canned stuff. Or is she too canny and would just pick 'em out and spit them? We ahve to make sure Fungles stays slim too and he's a lab X so its a bit of a battle when it comes to his grub! Hope she can get rid of her UTI.

Hate pricky bits -I don't get dog hair so much but grass seeds. Don't realise they are they until doing something like walking down the street and one sticks in somewhere sensitive and I have to shift around to stop the pain. Its never a good look picking at your boobs in public!!

WOOOHOOOO indeed. I've been reading this thread from way back when you first had the ops on Chloe. My boy had cruciate surgery around the same time, and he is finally almost healed too. God it is such a good feeling! Enjoy (and hugs for Chloe too)

Take her to the vet ASAP - she sounds exactly the same as our boy. He was only around 19 months when he started limping when he initially got up, hopping on 3 legs for a few steps and then seemed normal. He seemed to improve and we stoppped worrying about it for a few weeks until it started up again. A trip to the vet and a ruptured cruciate ligament was immediately diagnosed. Apparently it is pretty easy to pick if you know what to look for and no x-ray is necessary to check in particular if it is fully ruptured. He had his knee reconstructed, but because we didn't take him to the vet immediately we noticed the lameness he now has mild arthritic changes in his knee as the ruptured ligament couldn't do it's job of suporting the bones of the knee. He had his operation just before Christmas and is s l o w l y getting better. He was going great for a few months until he spent the day chasing a bird that made it inside the house and he seems to have damaged something again. His x ray yesterday revealed the plate and pins are fine so he's on light duties again and Metacam. He is also on a course of cartrophen injections which treat the arthritis and so far seem to be working a charm. So even if she is young arthritis can develop as a result of injury and a large, active dog is a prime candidate for a ruptured cruciate... Does she stand on 3 legs with the toes of the bad leg just touching the ground?? Good luck with it all