More than likely! I was all for self managing but went to the vet when he pooped blood and nothing else (sorry for TMI!). Vet said it's fairly common and due to stomach inflammation so as long as it's not constant and he's drinking / got energy then carry on with the bland diet etc. Just passing that on as I paid £120 for the info and it might save you some stress and money!
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on him, he has so many mats
My girl likes Tesco small dog biscuits..I confess I half them...husband then gives her two "because she knows..."
I was going to get them for him to try, he loves Tesco's dental and twisted chicken treats
Ha, your girl 'knows' to!
She gets half a dentastix at lunch and half after dinner....
I expect she knows but...They like what they like! My boy was happy yesterday he had his Bonio!She gets half a dentastix at lunch and half after dinner....
Can I ask what breed of doggo you have?
A golden cocker..what's yours?
Aww lovely!
Mines a border collie, there's a pic of him just back, looking very muddy!
What a cutie!
When you find the perfect stick 
I don't want to ruin the fun but please don't let dogs play with sticks. I've seen dogs seriously injured or die from sticks. Some with huge vets bills due to how complex the injuries are from themWhen you find the perfect stick
I'm wary of sticks but it's a nightmare trying to stop her. We try distract her with other things or get her to chase a stone (which she obviously never finds because it's so small 
). As soon as we hear a snap, it's taken from her but she would jump into a pond to get her precious sticks. It's a nightmare!
This is her just after we tried taking this stick from her, she turned around and started chasing us with it
). As soon as we hear a snap, it's taken from her but she would jump into a pond to get her precious sticks. It's a nightmare!This is her just after we tried taking this stick from her, she turned around and started chasing us with it
I am a horrible pet parent.
(TL;DR: don't let your dog have a stick)
Re: the sticks - as I said before, we watch her and as soon as she snaps a stick we take it from her. If it looks jagged, we take it from her. If the bark is hanging off, we take it from her.
That didn't matter this week. Since last summer we've started letting her off leash in enclosed parks when nobody else is around (and she usually just stays close to us anyway) so that's what we did on this walk at around 6:30pm so it was dark.
We were nearing the end of the walk and couldn't hear her following us, so we turned and she was bucking and hitting her face with her nails - like properly digging into her face and at first we laughed thinking she was playing (She does look like this occasionally when she's playing but I am a bleeping idiot). Quickly realised something was wrong, she had grabbed a stick and we didn't realise. The stick was quite long and stringy (if that makes sense?? Like it was spongy and peeling?) and it looked like it was going through the roof of her mouth at first but realised it was stuck at the side, down the side of her gums (this occasionally happens when she has carrots too for some reason) - I think one of the stringy bits had got wrapped around or stuck between her teeth.
I could hear the panic in my husband's voice because he couldn't get it. I don't know how but I stayed calm and stood with her in between my legs which amazingly and thankfully calmed her down enough where I was able to free the stick after a few attempts.
The whole time I was thinking "she's going to die, it's going to pierce her organs and we're not going to get to a vet in time". As soon as I knew she was ok I just burst into tears. The worst 65 days of my life (it was about a minute or less but it felt like days).
The little witch happily trotted off and tried to find another stick and we stopped that and will continue doing so even though I hate stopping her having fun.
All of this to say (and I am sorry for the bloody essay) we were always so vigilant and thought allowing her to carry a stick but not chew/snap it would be fine. It wasn't and I will not risk it now. I am willing to be big bad mama to her by not allowing her to have sticks because we'd rather that than have her injured or lose her.
I honestly hate myself. I knew the risks and thought we were being safe and I would never have forgiven myself if it ended another way. So please please please, don't be like me. Just stop the stick play as much as you can. It's not worth it.
(TL;DR: don't let your dog have a stick)
Re: the sticks - as I said before, we watch her and as soon as she snaps a stick we take it from her. If it looks jagged, we take it from her. If the bark is hanging off, we take it from her.
That didn't matter this week. Since last summer we've started letting her off leash in enclosed parks when nobody else is around (and she usually just stays close to us anyway) so that's what we did on this walk at around 6:30pm so it was dark.
We were nearing the end of the walk and couldn't hear her following us, so we turned and she was bucking and hitting her face with her nails - like properly digging into her face and at first we laughed thinking she was playing (She does look like this occasionally when she's playing but I am a bleeping idiot). Quickly realised something was wrong, she had grabbed a stick and we didn't realise. The stick was quite long and stringy (if that makes sense?? Like it was spongy and peeling?) and it looked like it was going through the roof of her mouth at first but realised it was stuck at the side, down the side of her gums (this occasionally happens when she has carrots too for some reason) - I think one of the stringy bits had got wrapped around or stuck between her teeth.
I could hear the panic in my husband's voice because he couldn't get it. I don't know how but I stayed calm and stood with her in between my legs which amazingly and thankfully calmed her down enough where I was able to free the stick after a few attempts.
The whole time I was thinking "she's going to die, it's going to pierce her organs and we're not going to get to a vet in time". As soon as I knew she was ok I just burst into tears. The worst 65 days of my life (it was about a minute or less but it felt like days).
The little witch happily trotted off and tried to find another stick and we stopped that and will continue doing so even though I hate stopping her having fun.
All of this to say (and I am sorry for the bloody essay) we were always so vigilant and thought allowing her to carry a stick but not chew/snap it would be fine. It wasn't and I will not risk it now. I am willing to be big bad mama to her by not allowing her to have sticks because we'd rather that than have her injured or lose her.
I honestly hate myself. I knew the risks and thought we were being safe and I would never have forgiven myself if it ended another way. So please please please, don't be like me. Just stop the stick play as much as you can. It's not worth it.
All that matters is she's ok
it's not something you expect to happen but it can do easily. I've seen a dog that was just carrying a stick, the dog tripped and fell onto the stick which snapped inside the dog. I've seen pictures of people making stick libraries for dogs only pictures though thankly never seen one in person (I'd probably empty it if I did )Yeah I think I'd empty it now too. It just happened so fast and I'm so thankful it wasn't something worse. I just wish they didn't enjoy sticks so much, little people!
I'm now mega anxious when walking her and am constantly watching her or telling her no because I thinks she's picking a stick up which is tit. I know I'm going to end up projecting my anxiety onto her and that's no good either. Hopefully the fear fades quick but sticks are now the enemy and I wish I had tried harder to not let her have them instead of it taking something happening to force it.
But she's happy and healthy and that's all that matters!
I'm now mega anxious when walking her and am constantly watching her or telling her no because I thinks she's picking a stick up which is tit. I know I'm going to end up projecting my anxiety onto her and that's no good either. Hopefully the fear fades quick but sticks are now the enemy and I wish I had tried harder to not let her have them instead of it taking something happening to force it.
But she's happy and healthy and that's all that matters!
On another note, we've noticed she has a cracked nail? I don't know if this is normal or it'll fall off on its own or if we need to talk to the vet?
She doesn't appear to even notice it, isn't in pain or pulling away when we touch it and she's walking on it without any issues. She seems fine but I'm slightly worried about her catching it and then bleeding out or something
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These pictures aren't the best but I hope you can see what mean...
She doesn't appear to even notice it, isn't in pain or pulling away when we touch it and she's walking on it without any issues. She seems fine but I'm slightly worried about her catching it and then bleeding out or something
.These pictures aren't the best but I hope you can see what mean...
@SkinkaareFan how are you and doggo, please don't beat yourself up x
Off topic abit, I gave up watching crufts a few years ago, but it's on now, nice to see a scruffs category!
Back in my day, a mix breed was called a mongrel or Heinz 57! Not anymore!
Oh love the doggo who won, what a softie!
Off topic abit, I gave up watching crufts a few years ago, but it's on now, nice to see a scruffs category!
Back in my day, a mix breed was called a mongrel or Heinz 57! Not anymore!
Oh love the doggo who won, what a softie!
I love watching the agility and flyball. My dog also likes watching crufts