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What beautiful babes :) Hi L0tta, and welcome to DogForum :) I'm a raw feeder too, not really on ethical grounds but because GSDs are very prone to not being able to cope with processed or cooked food and Molly had projectile diarrhoea on all sorts of things when she first arrived. We tried...

Oh Ray, that's not the sort of diagnosis that you can smile easily after, is it? I'm so sorry to hear that Gwen has such a difficult tumour. However, as you say, as long as she's well in herself then there's no reason to take any action other than to keep the ulcers clean and treat any pain...

^^^ What she says :) It could be that he's getting a bit big for his boots, or he may have started to associate being woken with fear or it may just be teenager issues, but there's an outside chance that there's a medical issue. This is a known issue with dogs that are having night epilepsy...

^^^ What she says! Most dogs love their crates, as long as they are introduced properly, and the more nervous or anxious the dog the more likely they are to understand the purpose of the crate as a den where they can hide from the world. Some dogs may wet their beds, but they aren't that...

Maisie only won the competition because you didn't invite Molly to compete :D I think we're all a bit biased- at least I am. Molly is about to turn 9 and is starting to get a bit elderly now, and I can definitely confirm that older dogs beat young, beautiful and cute puppies every day of the...

Hi MikeyD, and welcome to DogForum :) It does sound like you're doing fabulously in rehabilitation for your (not so) little one, so please start with a pat on your back for getting this far :) I would work first of all on training her to go to a certain place- another room, a crate, outside...

Oh poor love. The open wounds must be so sore for her and they're such a potential risk for letting infection in as well as being painful and a sign that her immune system has gone rather wonky. The term hystiocytosis can be used for a whole group of diseases and syndromes, so until the...

Hi Schippy, and welcome to DogForum :) If your existing dog is in season then I suspect you're going to be in for a really interesting few weeks. Some bitches turn into bitches from hell when they're around their season and it can take weeks before the effects pass, unfortunately. I've...

Hi nappster and welcome to DogForum :) How very unprofessional of your vet! The cost of treatment should be given (as a ball park, at least) and that should be the cost of everything, not just the cost of the x-rays. Can I suggest that you query this with the practice manager? it's really...

What dreadful news has come out this morning. A three week old baby was killed during the night by what is described as a 'small terrier'. My heart goes out to the family who have paid such a high price, no matter who was responsible for the dog that caused the death. This is a dog owner's...

Hi Chalkie222 and welcome to DogForum :) Your lot look fabulous and Lady looks she needs me to arrive and squish her ;) I'm broody at the moment and am trying very hard to explain to myself that I'm not up to looking after a puppy :(

Hi Matt and welcome to DogForum :) Everything that you've posted above sounds like a completely normal naughty puppy to me :) Did your children not go through biting phases when they were 18 months old? It's not appropriate and you need to train her out of doing this, but it's also not...

You're entitled to your view sweets, but it's just your opinion and nobody is suggesting that rehoming/euthenasia aren't on the list of potential solutions but it's completely down to the owner if they wish to explore what has happened and rectify it before taking the sort of actions which are...

Hi jlg006, and welcome to DogForum :) I'm afraid that the welcome may be the only thing that I can provide as a positive in my response to your Spike query, because sighthounds are notoriously hit and miss with recall, even those who weren't trained to go after prey. I home check for a...

Hi Paulbean, and welcome to DogForum. It sounds like you're in a rather difficult place, and I don't think that anybody would envy you with this one. The only real solution to this one is going to be to get a good behaviourist to have a look at your boy to work out exactly what has happened to...

I just get them from my local raw feeding shop, so I'd find wherever your local raw feeders shop and buy them there :) An alternative would be a wholesale butchers, but you may be buying chicken necks from there because the turkey trade is seasonal (surprise surprise) so fresh turkey necks...

Had you thought of teaching Willow scenting as an obedience discipline? She could do either the formalised type which is competed at various shows or less organised formalised scenting a human out in the big wide world exercises. I'd move her onto a bigger scale than finding a toy in your...

I agree that 13 hours is too long without a drink. I'd leave a small drink in her bowl or allow her supervised drinking just before you go to bed. As for the peeing and pooing at night, I'm afraid I have no smart answers. Have you tried putting a webcam on during the night to see what she's...

Oh poor Bear- he's very young for gum problems though, so I'm behind the getting him to a vet once you've got him into a routine with cleaning and seeing how that improves things. A lot of gum problems are down to diet, but there also has to be a genetic part to that because I've seen loads of...

I think it's very likely that the injury to his foot included a sprain of one ligament or another, and ligament takes longer to heal than bone even in a young and healthy dog, so it's likely that he's still getting some pain and instability in that foot. He will be favouring that foot, which if...