Recent content by fiwen30

I use Weldricks Pharmacy, and have never had problems.

Poor baby, she must be worried that her family are away! Great job for noticing she didn’t seem ‘right’, many people wouldn’t have, and it could’ve ended up far worse for a cat her age if it had gone unmedicated.

Took my cat to the vet - he’d been licking excessively at his back legs, and the fur had worn very thin and I’d found a lump high up on the back of his thigh. It was soft and malleable, and he DID NOT want me prodding at it. I was distraught, thinking the worst. Saw a new vet at the practice...

Oh RF, there aren’t enough words to say how sorry I am. We’re all here for you xxx

It’s not just the buying of the laser either (and it’s right that home-use ones aren’t as effective), it’s that when you go for a laser session with a qualified(!), experienced(!) vet physio, they can actually get hands on with the dog, and actually know what they’re doing with the laser to be...

I’ve been using laser on and off with my 13 year old boy for a few years now. It started as assistance for recovery after a TPLO for a ruptured cruciate, and then later as additional management for arthritis pain. It has done him wonders, along with appropriate pain medication, reduced...

I am pretty sure my lad was £50, from the Dogs Trust in Ballymena, and he got free vacc’d and neutering - though that was 12 years ago now!

I think I paid £50 for my lad, admittedly 12 years ago now. £450 seems very expensive, but that could just be comparatively to here.

I don’t think I have anything else to add that hasn’t already been covered - and everything mentioned gets implemented for my 13 year old boy! Maybe to point out how vital it is that pain is appropriately managed through medication, so as not to cause compensation in other areas of the body...

The JR won’t snap at, or bite people when she’s guarding, but I’d never test it to see! The chi-JR might, though. The JR truly is a really nice person most of the time, and is super easy to handle by anyone, including me - but when she’s giving me that hard-eyed stare I’m never going to touch...

I think the problem is that my partner either doesn’t know how to, or hasn’t previously been inclined to, correct the behaviour. None of the dogs are actually trained at all, outside of their daily routine of being in/out/dinner. They all just…exist, and the guarding behaviours are just a thing...

I wasn’t talking about getting jiggy 🤣

Oh 100%. If it was my dog, the first hard stare would have it out the room. Unfortunately, it is not my dog. The family have 4 dogs between them - 3 terriers, and a lab - and both my partner and his mum spoil their respective terriers half to death. My partner’s JR-x is considerably more...

I like my partner’s 6 year old JR-x bitch about 80% of the time. She’s a game, plucky, funny, affectionate little thing. The remaining 20% of the time is when my partner and I are sitting or lying close together, and the little horror will resource guard him from me. It takes the form of the...

His breath is smelly. I’d never heard of Canident before, it sounds interesting. I’d asked our vet if there was anything less invasive/proctive that we could be doing, as was recommended Stomodine to try - it seems like an antibacterial gel to help with gingivitis etc., but it wouldn’t remove...