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In less than 12months have been to vet for general check up, tooth abscess, ear infection, teeth extraction, anal glands, skin problem, 'sleep in both eyes needed cleaning' and dandruff like stuff on head, basically have spent a fortune and ended up complaining and moving to a different vets I...

I'm taking Biddy to her shortly so we will have a talk about it then and I will let her choose what to do, she is far more experienced with dogs than I am so I am absolutely confident that biddy will be well looked after. Dreading it a bit Biddy will probably be more ok about it than me. I...

Thanks Hemlock and Flobo, I was so worried about her going to my friends that I was ready to cancel my holiday I have found an egg cup that takes about 25mg I will tell my friend both your suggestions and let her do what she feels best doing. She has had dogs for most of her life so is not a...

Have tried many foods but in the end chose to feed my dog Tails.com food I know it is supposedly not the best but I am always able to get the small 150g trays, it is wet enough to mix with kibble and I can see the meat and veg in it. More importantly Biddy loves it I was advised to feed her a...

Thanks for all your replies, I will definitely look at getting Natural Instinct food and am going to call on the butcher who gave me bones last time (they were beef bones I think) Hopefully get her diet sorted and any problems she has may just disappear. I hope so anyway

Tinytom, Hemlock and Excuseme, thank you all for your replies, I am certainly leaning more towards the raw food option although I will leave it for a while. I am leaving her with a friend end of next month for 9 days while I go on holiday so will keep feeding basic food for now. My friend only...

Thanks for you Feverfew and Excuse me for your replies, a lot to think about. I have never been keen to try the raw food though I think I will consider it. I will stop the chews straight away and maybe try raw bones again. I did get some from the butcher previously but she would not touch...

Thanks Feverfew I will definitely get Aromesse soap so that I have it for when I do eventually bathe her again. What food did you change to? I am currently feeding Harringtons wet food and Fish4Dogs dry food and usually salmon and chicken once a week. She has started having dental chews which...

Thanks Tiny, I will do that, no plans on bathing her anytime soon. Not sure how I will cope when I think she smells but will see how I go

Thanks Judy, I will stop the feed with the extra linseed and omega3 and wait to see if anyone else has tried the topical treatments and know which is best Sometimes I do more harm when I think I am doing good, so always check haha

I recently attended vets for another reason but pointed out dry, flaky patches of skin on biddy which seemed to be getting worse, there were darkened patches of thick dandruff like stuff At first the vet thought she had some kind of fungal skin infection but said the skin seemed healthy beneath...

Thanks Hemlock I cannot praise this practice enough. I only have the choice of 2 where I live, I just wish I had come to this one first.

Hi Maltese, I have been having a similar problem. Previous vets I went to were terrible, 5 visits with 5 different vets all with different opinions, spent a fortune only for the 4th vet to check her anal glands (Biddy squealed) say they were full and attempt to empty them. Since then she has...

Thanks Judy for your reply. The vet said that her glands were full but I only saw a smear on the tissue that she used. I will stop using the baby wipes in case it is irritating her. I only used them to clean up the dry scaly skin to see better what was going on I have phoned the new vets and...

Getting a bit worried now, still not been able to book app with vet. Surgery I was attending did not send the required information to the new practice I registered with. I phoned them myself and receptionist left me on hold for a long time before coming back and saying that the practice...

Hi Montysdad so sorry about your loss last year, I cannot imagine how that feels like,. I have taken over the care of a middle aged dog and have no experience at all (never owned a dog in my life before) but I do think there are good vets and bad ones, same as doctors really. I have...

Thanks Judy I totally agree with all you say. I have completed the registration and just waiting to hear from them. They are going to request the notes from the vet practice I have been using and will then contact me. I have told them not to believe everything that has been written down and...

Thanks excuseme. I did start looking at small practices in neighbouring towns and at the same time asked every person I knew or met who had a dog about where they went for their pets treatment Everyone local used one of the 2 practices in town but time and time again the name of a vet came up...

I have had a dog for 8 months. She is 9 yrs old and was the most stressed, frightened and nervous dog I have ever met in my life. I am an active 70 yr old and was determined to give this little mutt the best life she could have We only have the choice of 2 vets here and both of them are big...

Thanks Hemlock, I have different size bowls so will use only the small ones in future