20-08-2008, 08:37 | #151 |
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Awwwwww poor thing *hugs to Trio and Pheebs*
I agree with Paulie
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20-08-2008, 08:44 | #152 |
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I don't think there is anything you can do apart from what you are doing now Pheebs. Just let he out when she wants to go and just leave her to it If she keeps whining alot then you might want to talk to the vet about her being in pain and see if you can get something for the pain.
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20-08-2008, 09:13 | #153 |
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One thing (dunno if it's been mentioned) - get some recommended food for her.
Apparently dog food is unpoliced so they fill it with e-numbers, which is obviously bad for them but it also sends then in to a barking frenzy. Recently (well Christmas) my sister bought a lovely choc lab and fed it on stuff recommended by the breeder (some expensive brand name like pedigree chum), but when she asked the vet, they told her to get proper stuff by order. They also said that if they eat meat to give the remains to the dog. |
21-08-2008, 13:58 | #154 |
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How's she doing now hun?
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21-08-2008, 14:03 | #155 |
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We have recommended food! Hooray! The price of it however... booooooo!
Still, for her, anything Trio is back to normal! YAAAAAAAAAAAY! This is good news! She slept like a baby last night (although without me realised snuck onto the bed once or twice during the night! Nawty puppy dawg) and yeh. 100% herself Still... under vets orders she's being kept calm and no long walks. Boo! |
21-08-2008, 15:54 | #156 |
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Glad she's much better
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21-08-2008, 16:04 | #157 |
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Bit sad for her still though as she's not limping/having any problems etc... and yet we can't take her out for her fav long walks at the moment
Playing fun games with her like "find it" instead where she's not running round like a loon. Poor baby. She loves running round like a loon |
21-08-2008, 17:20 | #158 |
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I was gonna say how do you keep a dog like Trio calm?! Poor sausage.
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03-09-2008, 08:20 | #159 |
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She's doing well! No longer limping or anything! Took her to the vets for her check up and he was happy which is good news!
We still have to do 5-10mins walks on lead (though allowed to let her off to trot about and sniff... just no running or nowt). The time will increase 5 mins every couple of weeks until she's just over 1years and then things can go back to normal. I am having a slight problem with her though. I try to play with her in the morning (spend 15 - 20mins playing training games like "find it" or training her to bring me certain items or sitting/stand/down/roll over commands) and then play some more training games mid morning, then take her out for her 5min walk around lunch time, then mid afternoon play some more training games and then Pickys home and she gets to play with him for a bit. My problem is she is attention seeking sooooooo much. I almost feel like I'm not giving her enough and realise she's going to have more energy considering she's not get her 45min walks anymore but... I just don't know what to do! I need to work... so when trainings over I try and give her a kong with grub in it to play with but within 20mins she's bored, will trot over to me and paw me. If I pay no attention she'll try scrambling up me so I try and ignore her some more and eventually after about 10mins she will give up, walk off, lie down and sigh. I feel *awful*. Is she being over attentiony or am I being a poopy owner and not giving her enough stimulus? We have every blooming toy possible for her which she'll sometimes play with by herself but 90% of the time will want us to play with her. She pretty much has access to outside all of the time but tends not to go outside unless I go with her (driving me loopy now). Any ideas people? |
03-09-2008, 09:17 | #160 |
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I have just spent 45 minutes on the phone to a chap called Rob (he does Dog Borstal show apparently! I felt a bit of a div when he mentioned it as I didn't have a clue!)
What an incredibly superb chap and my crikey have I learned sooo much! Dog food... well... I'm changing ours again! He went through what was put into it - even Royal Canin which we've been advised to go on to... it's full of... really awful stuff! As for her attention seeking and what not, he's given me some advice and ideas to go on but explained to me that dogs normally spend 17hours odd sleeping a day and don't *need* the stimulus unless you give it to them (they will keep going as long as you do kind of thing) And so, if you give them lots and lots to do and give them too much attention you'll start to get behavioural issues. (We went into more depth with this - sooo interesting). Anyway, alls well. I feel better. Am riled at some of the information I have been taught (really can't believe it - he's said to look on the internet about what's in dog food just to show me what all those long jumbly words on the back of dog food packets actually mean... had a quick glance and zomg! It's awful!) Good chap. Best intentions. Really rallying to get this diet stuff out in the open (after the Kennel Club show on BBC slating pedigree dogs - what a shocker that was). He's pushing it with Dog Borstal so I'm going to watch with great anticipation what's showed and not on the BBC (loads is cut bare in mind). Genius man. Lovely lovely chap. |