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Hi, no change so far - we went back to the vets over a week ago now and he had x-rays but nothing came to light - they have put him on a new type of anti-inflammatory and told us to restrict his walks to very short lead walks only for 2 weeks. If no change by next week we have to go back and...

Shame it took so long to diagnose but i'm glad you finally got to the bottom of it and your dog recovered. Thanks for your advice I will certainly mention it to my vet when we take Merlin back this week.

Thanks for your reply. Did your dog show any other symptoms apart from not being able to jump up? His appetite is normal, still keen to go for a walk (although we have only been taking him on very short lead walks) - it's been 2 weeks now since he stopped being able to jump up.

The vet couldn't find anything obvious so he prescribed anti-inflammatory meds and said if no improvement after a week to take him back for further investigations. It's day 4 on the Metacam now and so far no improvement. He jumped into the car the other day, yelped and held up his back leg...

Hi everyone, it's been a while since I've been on here - I haven't had much time since I had my daughter. I wonder how many of the same people are still on here since my last visit, the site looks very different now. Sadly we lost one our gorgeous whippet boys last year in a freak accident, he...

Hi, the wound did need stitching and therefore we had to leave Merlin at the vets to be sedated, we did however get to pick him up last night so he didn't have to spend the whole night there. He is feeling very sorry for himself today. Yes you are right we could of done without all that hassle...

Thank you for your advice, we're just on our way to the vets in a moment. It's hard to say how deep it is as it was bleeding so much when we bandaged it so better to be safe than sorry. Thanks again.

Hello and merry christmas to all. Earlier on a walk one of my whippets cut a pad on his paw quite badly (don't know on what) - we've not come across this type of injury before as in the past we've only had minor pad nicks and we're not sure if it is a job for the vet. The whole pad is split...

Thanks Donna. Willow is looking forward to meeting up with his new girlfriend Jazz again soon :)

We are extra happy to be celebrating Willow's 2nd birthday today given the awful scare last month when he went missing all day and we begun to think we'd never see him again. He's been spoilt today and had an extra long walk - here's the birthay boy himself earlier today. Here's also wishing...

Although dogs can't get mixy themselves they can apparently carry the disease home and give it to any pet rabbits you may have.

Hi Donna Yes that would be great to meet up, it's lovely watching whippets running together. We hardly see any round here either although I do know someone else in Rainham who has 2 and on the odd occasion we do bump into them it's so funny to watch. Merlin isn't quite as interested in other...

Jesse was beautiful. I can't imagine what it must be like to lose a dog - it's a time I am dreading so my heart goes out to you. So nice you have two lovely whippies to help you through it.

I can't speak about dogs specifically but as a trainee homeopath I have seen a good few cases of rhinitis that has been helped by homeopathy, and, homeopathy can work just as well for animals. I have a friend who suffers terribly all summer but after having a course of homeopathy in the spring...

[quote If you find a place in the future which is rabbit free, please can you let us know. Thanks Donna. Hi Donna, yes finding a rabbit free place is a tall order around here. The country park in question was Cely Wood in Upminster, we used to go there a lot, especially in the winter, but...

Yes Tony I know what you mean about the flexi lead handles, being plastic they are more slippery. To be honest I rarely use the flexi lead and never use them along the street. I'm only really using them over the country park at the moment as Willow has developed a habit recently of running...

Anita i've just sent you a PM - I have good news - after over 6 hours of being on the missing list WILLOW HAS BEEN FOUND SAFE AND WELL!!!! I cannot tell you how distraught we have been all day and to be honest I never expected to see him ever again, I was convinced he'd been picked up by...

My whippet Willow has been missing since 9.10am after he got scared by some other dogs and he pulled the lead out of my hand and was chased by one of the other dogs. I was over a country park and spent some time looking for him before making my way back to the car park. At the car park a car...

Thanks for your advice - I gave him some scrambled egg this morning and so far so good, he's kept it down. Will monitor him for the rest of the day but if it happens again he's straight up the vets.

Hi all, i'm after picking brains again. Merlin my 3 year old whippet has been vomitting for the last 24 hours every time he eats - he cannot keep any food down and is sick within an hour or less of eating. It started yesterday late afternoon and once his stomach was empty he still carried on...