Recent content by caitlin95uk

Thanks guys. Glad I am currently doing the right thing. I agree Alec about his rapid growth being the issue. I might possibly have over-exercised him at the beginning. I didn't take him on long walks as such, just when he did walk I didn't restrict him and he seemed to just run and run and run...

That's a massive help, Alec. You're the first to point out to me that he's probably carrying too much weight. I hadn't noticed at all, but I am inclined to agree. He's fed raw and only once a day, but I have recently changed diets, so only been raw for less than a week. Before he was on a low...

Oh whoops, he is also a golden retriever.

Thank you, Alec. I've tried my best to get a side on photo, but it's very very difficult with an excitable puppy. The original photos do make it look disproportionate, his pasterns are not as thin as they look in that photo. In these photos I think he looks a lot more proportionate. His growth...

Thor was diagnosed with panosteitis without x-ray, vet was just quite sure what it is. However, I'm starting to think it is something else. To me his growth plates always look so big, like big knobbly-knee's. Vet didn't notice enough to point them out but this was a while ago now. He's 8 months...

Just because he's been jumping the same way since he was young doesn't make it ok. Funny how one of the previous owners has a horse that rides similarly as tense with plenty of bucking.

Parents weren't elbow scored, regretting it now though. Thanks all, will book into vet to check him over. Letting him rest for a couple of weeks - he's so energetic it's hard to force him to chill out but he looks like he is due a growth spurt and it wouldn't surprise me if it's panosteitis.

I have a 4 month old golden retriever puppy. He's small for his age but his mum was quite small so will possibly be a smaller golden retriever when older. He's a lovely sweet puppy. In the morning, he gets a 2/3 minute walk to do his business. It's worth saying, he hates mornings and would...

Countrywide do it for £22.99, my local feed store do it for £16.

That's awful. However, vetting means you found out before you bought him and saved yourself a lot more heartache. Good luck.

I'm a firm believer in PTS. I've seen a post on FB this morning from a woman claiming that an old man on her yard can't manage to look after the horse any more. Horse is in it's late 20's with arthritis, man was very sad about situation but had decided to PTS. Woman had caught wind and posted...

Well yes if you read my replies you would see I admitted it was wrong of me to expect that. I can be bothered to walk him, in fact I over-worry that I walk him too much for his age. He attends puppy classes and is walked daily, the yard is where all the training is put to practice. But to...

Both yards I have been at allow dogs. However I can accept that two yards in my lifetime isn't a massive amount and is probably a rarity. I have to say it does sound like chaos but it isn't really, dogs tend to stay close to their owners and all get on well (except for obviously this dog)...

Fair enough. I presumed people would say that and rightly so. It just seems such a shame, but you are right. He could kill him easily and that should be my priority. It is a deal breaker for me, I have to say because even without the puppy, I myself don't feel 100% around him knowing what he's...

Super aggressive dog at the yard, it's not the yard owners but his daughters so therefore it is on the yard most of the day. Dogs are very much welcome to the yard. I have got a 3 month old puppy who has been going to the yard since he was vaccinated. Plenty of dogs at the yard free roam...