Recent content by Possum

I’m going to switch him onto raw I think, the quantity of wet food I’d have to feed was ridiculous. He was previously on a good kibble that didn’t swell in water, but I’m not happy feeding it any more. He’s on rice and chicken initially a tablespoon at a time for the next couple of weeks on vet...

I get to pick him up at 6 :D vets are really pleased with how he’s doing so far. I’m worried about the ‘what now’, particularly as there was no obvious trigger - he wasn’t stressed, ate nothing weird, had a normal walk at a normal time, a 3 hour gap between walk and dinner, is a picky eater...

Thanks everyone. Nicnac, what was the post-op recovery like? Did you have to keep them quiet for weeks?

Hi all - I’ve not been here for probably upwards of a year, but was quite active around the time I adopted my gorgeous Newfie boy. Not long after I got him I started reading about bloat, posted something on here about it and Satinbaze gave me lots of info. It obviously stuck in my mind...

True, the dog:carpet ratio leaves something to be desired!

To be honest, the hair's not terrible other than the couple of months he's blowing his coat. My parents' springer was far worse! The slobber on the other hand... :p

Get a Newf! We adore ours, they have a long life expectancy for a giant breed and the sayings about their temperament are right on the money. Ours is very active outdoors and loves a long walk but just flops in the house. He's intelligent and has been very trainable despite having come to us...

Thanks all. Unfortunately I don't have her email address, only name/phone number, we found her through a recommendation and her Facebook page. I've tried calling again, left a message saying I need her to let us know ASAP what's going on, that it's fine either way but we need to know whether we...

I've got a bit of a peculiar dog walker situation, and would like some advice. After a couple of false starter, we found a lovely dog walker to take our 2 dogs out while my OH is working temporarily longer hours. She walked them for about 4 weeks and it seemed to be going well, I think we...

My pony has severe COPD, and about 2 years ago it flared and took almost a year to get under control. I'm sorry to say that the only thing that worked was oral steroids, it was contra-indicated for him due to previous lami but ventipulmin and the inhaler were doing nothing so we had no choice...

When I see other dogs on lead, I choose to put my dogs on for their protection unless I know the dog in question is only on lead because the owner has no recall (and we see a few of these!). I have 2 friendly, well-socialised and well behaved dogs, and I want to keep them that way - allowing...

Maybe seeing people is the issue? At her age I'm not sure you'd want to up the exercise, could you find a quieter place for her crate and/or cover it to encourage her to sleep rather than look at all the exciting things she could be doing? ETA - I wouldn't give her a reaction for doing it, not...

I completely agree with you, but this isn't the situation OP described. From the sounds of it the loose dog wasn't boisterous or in her face, didn't approach her or her dog but just followed behind. I know it wasn't the walk you had hoped for OP, but for training purposes an opportunity to...

It depends what it was doing - if it was just mooching along behind you then I'm not sure that it's any different to someone walking their dog near yours and your reaction's a bit OTT. Did it interact with your pup?

The problem is the trainer has a conflict of interest - keeping the horse there for longer and selling for more is obviously going to be in their financial interest, so although you can listen to their advice you should certainly not rely on it.