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Oh dear that doesn’t look good. Poor pup x It could be the stitches are pulled too tight. Do they do like a running stitch that they pull to tighten and it’s been pulled too much and come away at the bottom, I don’t know but I wouldn’t be happy either x

Ohhhhh I didn’t realise that it was toxic! I used to use it on Spikes back for his allergies, luckily he wasn’t able to reach that area. If you do use it before going out it would act as a barrier to what was causing the allergy but yeah wash it off but there must be something else out there...

Of course lol we even sucked the salt and vinegar off them for him:rolleyes:

Have you tried sudocrem? That’s the only other thing I can think of at the moment

Went to vets but the report from the ophthalmologist is not back yet. Anyway what ever is in the report vet said if it is a brain tumour or anything like that there wouldn’t be anything they could do. It’s not his adrenal glands or diabetes as he’s not drinking loads. He’s a little monkey...

Off to the normal vet later, the last couple of weeks we noticed that his sense of smell didn’t seem too good but just put it down to sniffing more due to losing his sight, I think I mentioned having to wash his face after a walk as his nose was so near the ground he was smelling awful, anyway...

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Yes I know your not being heartless x. I think it’s just the frustration of not being able to do anything to save his sight. I bought him some noisy toys and balls but typically he’s not interested lol. He’s been ok on the walk we do everyday so that’s good. We do keep the furniture in the same...

Spike saw the ophthalmologist today, unfortunately it’s not cateracts. He has SARDS. There’s nothing they can do for his eyesight. Vet said it ties in really with his history of bad allergies, it’s an autoimmune disease. So we just have to help him as much as we can but he seems fine in himself...

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Just gorgeous:D

Bleuuuuuggghhhhh. My son had a lizard that was fed on locusts, the smell of them alone was disgusting. Would be giving those ‘delicacy’s’ a miss lol

I know, it’s more worry than having kids at least they can tell you what’s wrong with them lol. Spike knows when something different is going on I had to monitor his water intake for a week to see if he was drinking excess which would point towards diabetes. So first day he drank 125mls, second...

It’s awful when they are ill because they can’t tell you how they are feeling and then you feel guilty and feel you maybe should have noticed something sooner, at least that’s how I’m feeling at the moment with Spike and also to some extent with the way Roxy passed with a heart attack but my...

Oh dear that did happen really quickly, this is my worry with Spike. The cateracts seem to have happened really quickly, one day he was playing ball out the back with my grandson the next he couldn’t seem to see it, that’s what alerted us to him having a problem, took him straight to the vets...

Oh I’m so sorry for your losses, both in the same year:(. We lost our 14 year old Roxy, 4th December and miss her dreadfully. When we lost our previous dog we went 8 months without a dog, it was awful. Vet did a urine test on Spike and his kidneys are fine and there’s no sign of diabetes so that...

Hellooo x

Thank you all for the replies and for Benny’s lovely video, that helps a lot as Spike still needs to be assessed by an ophthalmologist and there is always the chance that he won’t be suitable for surgery. Spike is a Jack Russell and is ‘only’ 10, he will let me do anything to him so the...

Just wondering does anyone have or had a dog suffer with cateracts and did you have them operated on. Poor Spike has just been diagnosed with them and vet is pressing for them to be operated on. Feeling so sorry for him he’s just lost his lifelong best buddy and now he’s losing his sight. I have...

When I had the allergy tests done on Spike they were covered by his insurance, don’t know if you have Roxy insured? Just a thought, does her harness go anywhere near where the rash is if it does wash it or any bedding that would go near there and check if the washing powder/liquid could be to...