Harvest mite

[Birker2020]

I just wanted to come back to the whole ‘dog is fussy’ thing. And this is a general observation, not aimed at the OP.

A client’s dog was diagnosed with diabetes two months ago. As a result both her dogs are now fed twice a day with absolutely no treats/snacks in between. The ‘healthy’ dog who was previously fussy, now isn’t. Quite simply I suspect because he’s genuinely hungry at meal times and is no longer getting the rubbish he was previously fed. He protested for a couple of days only.

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[poiuytrewq]

The little round balls are Nitrogen. Nitrogen spread a few months prior should be completely safe. I wouldn't imagine its anything to do with that imo
Mites are just starting to be around, but only just (at least in my area) as in literally the past week and again imo it takes a while for numbers to build and become problematic.

 

[skinnydipper]

She had her claws cut at the vets, unfortunately she had one the vet cut too close to the quick and it bled, she had one of those lipstick type sticks to stop it bleeding, she had it prepared just in case. She said its a nightmare doing her claws as most of them are black claws so its hard to see the line.

So with her claw and the scope down her ear which made her scream she had a bit of a rough day. I felt so sorry for her I took her a tiny bit of pork crackling which I'd popped in a tissue in my handbag when we went for a carvery on Friday night. And as we expected she turned her nose up at it! She really is the fussiest dog ever! I mean what dog won't eat a tiny bit of pork crackling!?

I saw Summer recently on the photo thread and wondered how she is getting on.

Have the problems with her eyes, ears and skin responded to treatment?

Have you been able to keep on top of nail trimming at home? She would probably find that less traumatic.