Dear Casey,
Have you tried any of the canned foods? In regards to dry foods, Pro Plan’s and Rice has freeze dried chicken in it, and is a widely accepted food. Usually with hip dysplasia we have to fight to kee dogs light- not beg them to eat 🙁
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He is 2 years old he is a sharpea, rott, pit, and lab mix, he has had double hip surgery due to hip displasia at the age of one. I am having a hard time with him keeping his weight on and is a really picky dog when it comes to food.
Dear Casey,
Have you tried any of the canned foods? In regards to dry foods, Pro Plan’s and Rice has freeze dried chicken in it, and is a widely accepted food. Usually with hip dysplasia we have to fight to kee dogs light- not beg them to eat 🙁
I live in the UK so have different foods here. However find the best quality kibble you can, which has meat as the first two ingredients is holistic and doesn’t contain corn, preferably no grain. Dogs cannot digest it and its just a filler that comes out the other end.
I wouldn’t feed raw unless you are confident you know what you are doing and can find a balanced ready made raw diet.
If your dog is fussy you could always add a little high quality wet food to his meals or chicken/lean minced beef ect.
Hope this helps!
Hi Doctor,
I need help which is perhaps very late but even though i want to know something serious.
Recently last Sunday i lost my son he was German Shepherd 3 yrs only.
Since last week Wednesday he wasn’t eating we took him to one vet care in but that doctor without taking his blood sample. Just gave him injection course of antibiotic for three days when we told him that what happened he said nothing just insect bite. Which i had a doubt on second day again we told that he hasn’t eaten anything please examine he didn’t just gave him injection.
He said that he is OK on last day we also told him that he is not eating and his poop was red and sticky he ignored it. Suddenly on Saturday night around 20:00pm he started showing neurological signs we cried badly we called that doctor he didn’t pick up .
We rushed our boy to other Vet but unfortunately he tried level best to save him but his body was having no fluid and he died on Sunday.
Please help me into this matter what made that we lost him he was very strong. PLEASE HELP ME so that i can know what made him to die.
I WANT TO GIVE JUSTICE TO MY SON’S SOUL
Thanks and Regards,
Ankeet
I am so sorry your dog went through this, you must be devastated to have lost him in this traumatic way.
If you want to take this further then I suggest you write to the Organization who deals with Veterinary Complaints in your Country. I’m in the UK so don’t know who it is, but I’m sure you will find them online.
You would need to send all the notes/invoicss from the Vet who dealt with him and also possibly a Report from the last Vet you took him to.
It is really not ethical for us to comment about this on here. However, I am very sad this has happened to your dog. My thoughts are with you.
Dear Julie .
Thanks for your valuable reply and yes it is very traumatic for us even we are hiding it to our dad who is in his business trip to India he loved him alot I don’t know what to do once he come should we tell him because he is a diabetic patient
did you get a necropsy done? that’s the only real way to determine what caused the death of your dog.
i am very sorry for your loss. it hurts, when we lose them young. i know your pain – i lost a puppy to a birth defect a couple of years ago and it still hurts to think of him. please give yourself time to grieve. if you truly feel the vet didn’t do everything he could to save your dog, then yes, contact the governing body in your country. if your location is correct, and you’re in Tanzania, here’s the website: http://www.mifugouvuvi.go.tz/vertinary-council-of-tanzania/
Thank you so much Laura for your kind words and concerns also thanks for giving me the link of website
this is going to sound really, really weird, but…if you have grief counseling in your area, consider it. it was one of the best things for me. it really helped me deal with the death of my puppy. he was my first dog, and the suddenness of it was such a shock to the system that i really didn’t know what i was going to do or how i was going to recover.
i wish you solace, Ankeet.
I’m so sorry for your loos.I’m just Pomeranian owner and don’t have enough experience about dog.But I had same disaster and I just want to sympathy with u.
My 3th months Pomeranian died 5 months ago. He had same signs (red poo.don’t eat.throw out some foam from his noise)soooooo bad and I just cry all of the time.That was distemper one of the worst and deadly dog’s illness.His vet did any things he can.2 midnight we keep him in ICU.some nights use pulmotor .I tried to help him and I believed he could survive But he Could’t he died and made me lonley..
I’m so sorry abou it 🙁
Counselling helped me too Laura though my boy was 16 and had always been there. Its very hard to deal with.
Honestly is always the best policy Ankeet. If you dad your dog died for another reason you will have a lifetime of keeping a secret from him. You did all you could it wasn’t your fault. I lost a puppy from our last litter due to a Vets mistakes and the nurse who was looking after her. The Vet admitted it and paid compensation…but it didn’t bring her back. I do know how you feel and I would take Laura’s advice and seek counselling to talk it through. It does help. Thinking of you x
Well I can’t know if it’s too late to examine his body because he died on sunday 30th Aug 2015 now I don’t know if it’s body will be ok or not if yes then I will go for examining the body so that the other Vet who gave injection should be stopped from practising his services he is not a qualified one I think so .
Well I can’t know if it’s too late to examine his body because he died on sunday 30th Aug 2015 now I don’t know if it’s body will be ok or not if yes then I will go for examining the body so that the other Vet who gave injection should be stopped from practising his services he is not a qualified one I think so .
i read an article that i agree with quite a bit…it said that people grieve as much for a lost pet as we do for lost people. i think it’s because we spend SO MUCH time with our pets, and they give so much love to us.
it hit right as i was dealing with my loss, and it helped.
Ankeet, this might help you like it helped me. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/the-death-of-pet-can-hurt-as-much-as-the-loss-of-a-relative/2012/02/21/gIQALXTXcS_story.html
I’ve just read the article and agree with it too Laura. I’ve felt that grief myself and its easily as deep if not deeper than losing a family member. I’m feeling it agajn through my dear friend who has just lost her Great Dane from bone cancer. I wish i could help her through it but its your own private hell of pain.
people who say “it’s just a dog” or “it’s just a cat” or hell, “it’s just a turtle” really don’t understand. and i pity them. they’ve never experienced that kind of love or grief.
there needs to be more dialog about the grief that comes with losing a pet.
My dog has just started to develop a red bump on the top of his front paw. Its the only one he has. He doesn’t seem to notice it. It seems to be getting a bit bigger over time.
How old is your dog? This could be many things. Monitor it and if it keeps getting larger or appears to bother him its best to get it checked out by a vet.
-Six year old bichon-shih tzu
-Very happy and outgoing dog, never known to be afraid of anything.
Hello Bree, It sounds like something is really bothering him. I think a visit to the vet would be best so they can check him all over to try and determine the reason for his recent change in behavior. I hope he feels better soon – keep us posted!
Diedra
my dog anit had a poo in two days what can I do to make him go
How much did your dog drink?
Hi Ashley,
Did your dog get into an entire gallon of oil? Did it just lick some off the ground or pan? A little cooking oil won’t hurt a dog but if your dog drank a lot of it, it’s time to call your vet asap.
Good luck,
~Kelly
My dog has a place on her side it the size of one of her tits but looks like it is filled with blood and every once in a while it will bleed a little bit what is it.
I have a female pit bull pup and I don’t know why bit she eats sticks chuncks of wood I clean the yard get anything that’s wood out and then she eats on our trees why does she eat them please help
Puppies, like babies test things with their mouths especially if teething.
You do need to watch her though if she swallowed a peice of wood it could cause all sorts of serious problems. Try and distract her with a toy or a treat…..hopefully she will grow out of it. You could train her not to chew wood too….you’d have to catch her in the act…..calmly and firmly say NO get her to come to you, lots of praise and a treat. Its not too soon for calm sensible training.
I have a female pit bull pup I need help she’s done something yo her eye or has something in it what do I do
Hi Brittany, if she was my dog I would take her straight to your Vet. Therr could be numerous things wrong with her eye….something in it; an infection; a condition called Entropian where the eyelashes rub on the eye; an ulcer….lots of things. Please don’t risk her eyesight by trying to treat it yourself. Take her to a Vet its the only way you will know whats wrong and have it treated properly.
Good luck!
^ this. don’t wait to see what will happen, Brittany. take your dog to the vet TODAY.
We can’t tell you what it is, it could be anything from a large skin tag to cancer. It looks like he keeps catching it as its bleeding or has been.
Please take him to a Vet and have it investigated, looks like it needs taking off.
Thank you.
Anymore thoughts
Hi Ashley…..hopefully our Vet Krista will comment and give you her opinion ?
Hopefully