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My 12yr old Staffy cross has started pooing a lot more lately, up from maybe twice a day to sometimes 4 or 5 and there seems to be a lot more of it. He isn't having accidents in the house and its not diarrhea (although not as solid as it used to be) changed his food to the senior version of what...

Thanks to everyone for replying, now that I cant afford the £80 a month they're trying to charge for insurance, I'm beginning to think there may be little to gain from stressing him out after 11 years of boosters.

Up until now he was insured and it was a stipulation. He doesn't come into contact with other dogs or go into kennels. For some reason the last couple of times he's gone to the vets he's become very agitated and snappy, I'm wondering if its really worth putting him through the grief .

anyone recommend a brand. preferably from a shop rather than buying online.

old dog showing signs of pancreas slowing down. anyone recommend any low fat biscuits? preferably from shops rather than having to buy in bulk online.

You'll get better nutritional advice on here than 90% of vets will give you.

Don't go near Skinners with a bargepole. A lot of dog rescue places use it, because its VAT free and cheap. You then get home and wonder why your newly found dog has cowpats.

All the research I did on Salmon oil said its a complete waste of time as an anti inflamatory unless you give them the correct dose, which is a lot more than people think. Even the bottle says 8 pumps a day for his weight. Obviously you have to build up slowly, but he's been on that amount for...

cant find one on it, just says consume within 9 months of opening. its been open about 6 weeks.

I started giving my 10 yr old Staffy/lab cross Salmon oil about 18 months ago for his arthritis. Slowly built up to 5 pumps, twice a day and had no problems. About 10 days ago the runs started and I eventually stopped the oil and saw some improvement after a few days. Yesterday reintroduced the...

Hi Montysdad, was your dog always that way with vet visits? I ask because this is quite recent for us. We've had him for about 6 years from the rescue place and while he's never been thrilled about going, this snapping at the vet and lying on his back writhing around is new ..... he was put...

That is part of the problem, for some reason they have started a policy of taking the dog into a separate room for the purpose of injections .... god knows why. It doesn't help that we never seem to see the same vet twice either, makes it impossible to build up any kind of relationship. I've...

My neighbour used to have his dog done in the car park from the same vet, every time we ask they say no and give us "the 1st appointment of the morning" ...of course we get there and 4 other dogs are in the waiting room.There is no choice of vets around my area now either, all the independents...

Thanks, I didn't know that ..... I imagine i'm going to struggle to get him insured at all for anything affordable by next year!

He's roughly 9 this year .... not having it done has occurred to me but I also thought Insurance companies demanded it as well ....