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Newfoundland Discussions / Has anybody out there been through this
« on: September 05, 2006, 11:23:59 am »
well i am living in hope.Dakota is really bad he cant get up on his feet he cant walk he is just lying peeing and pooing all over the place because he cant go outside.He is on pain killers which dont seem to be working he got a jab today for to settle his stomach also tablets for the fluid that has, built up in his right back leg,we are waiting for the verdict of specialist in fife to determine if an operation on his hips could help him Iam so pissed off i phoned breeder as i found out she has been selling litter after litter and im afraid i ended up telling her just exactly what i thought of her.All i want is for dakota to get better but to be honest i dont think it is going to happen it seems he is too old for one operation and too young for another,he is only 9 months old

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / searching all day
« on: September 03, 2006, 12:24:29 pm »
i have been searching all day to see if i can see what kind of breeder i got dakota from. Well from what i can see she has sold one litter after another from £750 to£1000 it doesnt look to good how can this type of scum be aloud to carry on causing pain and greif to helpless young animals and their owners who trusted them

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Just a thoughtI
« on: September 03, 2006, 07:43:01 am »
When i think back to before dakota got his xray his back legs were abit stiff and he was given the naracarp and it helped ,then he got his xray done and after that he was really bad with the pain.I was wondering could the vet have been a bit heavy handed with him as i understand they have to be xrayed on their backs and he did say he had to manouver his legs about quite a bit.just a thought,he seems abit better today not so miserable looking

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / just wish these pain killers would work
« on: September 02, 2006, 02:47:56 am »
Another day of watching dakota lying around looking miserable,still cant walk without moaning.Just wish i could do something to help him ,i gave him first tablet this morning but it doesnt seem to have done much to ease pain.Yesterday he could at least walk as i took him out he was a little bit unsteady but today he has hardly moved.What a great dog he is even though he is in pain he still wants to give me a paw i am giving him lots of cuddles and tlc hope it helps

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / stuck inside kennel
« on: September 01, 2006, 11:02:50 am »
Tonight hubby got stuck in kennel,as you probably know dakota has been finding it difficult to stand up when he has been sitting or lying down with his hip problems.Anywa y dakota had started to bark in the kennel i think he wanted a drink or something to eat and he couldnt get up,so my hubby went in the kennel and helped him to his feet.I had left his food outside the door along with his water,so he was sort of stuck in the doorway eating his food while hubby was still stuck inside kennel.He had to wait until dakota was ready to move before he could get out. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D           

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / I feel so sorry for him
« on: September 01, 2006, 01:45:09 am »
Took him to vet again he has took him off the naracarp i told him about his stools being black and he had been a bit sick so i have to put him on half a paracetamol for a couple of days to let his stomach settle and then he has to take two rimadyl daily until we know what is going to happen.The vet said  that it was both his hips that were bad he said they were very loose.He is obviously in pain as we have to help him up when he sits down and is just lying around all day its breaking my heart to see him like this.I want to take him for a walk but im to scared he will collapse Ijust feel so sorry for him.

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Newfoundland Discussions / not a very nice topic
« on: August 31, 2006, 06:34:03 am »
sorry for being so straight to the point but what does it mean if your dogs poo is jet black,I just checked on him out the back garden and as i say it was jet black and solid.

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Newfoundland Discussions / back to vet tomorrow yet again
« on: August 31, 2006, 02:56:10 am »
Felt really sorry for dakota last night he was obviously in a lot of pain and he had already had his two tablets of norocarp50mg which the vet prescribed for him,So i gave him another as i couldnt watch him in pain any longer.Iphoned vet this morning to ask if it was ok to give him an extra tablet he said going by his weight it was a bit more than he should be taking it seems he is only aloud 2and abit.He wants to see him tomorrow i think he is going to change his medication,still not got his results back yet to see how severe his hips are but judging by the way he is i am not too hopefull.I contacted breeder and she was surprise she said all the rest of the litter were alright and that she had kept two bitches for herself and they had no problems.Anywa y just have to wait and see what vet says tomorrow fingers and everything else crossed

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / have to wait and see
« on: August 29, 2006, 11:21:13 am »
Well .got dakotas xray done  this morning.It seems the results arent too good.He said the sockets are not tight enough and so they are moving,he is refering the xrays to a specialist in this feild and have to wait and see what happens next in terms of treatment.I got glucosomine today and vitamins so i hope this will help if not cure.Its been an odd day with dakota as he has been very groggy all day and is just now started to pace around crying a bit maybe feeling sorry for himself because he hasnt been walked today ,Im afraid he would have never made it to the end of the street because he just didnt want to move.I think it is going to be a restless night for us both as he has more or less been sleeping all day

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Medical Conditions & Diseases / Im really worried
« on: August 28, 2006, 05:01:50 am »
Just back from vet with dakota.He has been a bit stiff lately and finds it hard to get up after sleeping or when he sits down.A couple of weeks ago i got norocarp tablets to see if it would help and it did for a while.Two days ago he started to get quite stiff again and his claws on his two back legs started to bleed,I thought maybe he had hanked them on something and bathed them with salt water and tried to bandage them but didnt help.Anyway today the vet has given him another course of norocarp tablets and he wants him to have an xray tomorrow morning he said his claws were bleeding because he has been dragging his back legs and his words said it didnt look too good.He mentioned hip dislexia and asked if i was insured as it could be costly.It just seems so unfair he is only a baby and to think he should be full of energy and bounding around and cant.When i asked if it was his hips and could it be fixed he replied sometimes.Has anyone had similar thing happen to their dog .

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / at last he is eating dog food
« on: July 29, 2006, 08:28:02 am »
Can you remember in the past all the problems i have had feeding dakota or should i say getting him to eat anykind of dogfood he just wasnt interested.Wel l at long last i have found it never thought it would happen.Hejust cant get enough of this semi moist complete food it is called hilife has anyone tried it,honestly he just loves it. :) :) :)

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / here we go again
« on: July 26, 2006, 10:59:04 am »
 :-\ :oJust found a bottle of piriton hayfever relief lying outside in back garden,it belongs to my grandson i gave him a teaspoon before bedtime left it on work top in kitchen silly me.Well he has done it yet again,he managed to get child proof cap off as bottle isnt chewed and swallowed remaining piriton left in bottle glad to say it wasnt a full bottle.Maybe he will sleep tonight ;D ;D

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Newfoundland Discussions / what next
« on: July 26, 2006, 04:19:37 am »
Got up this morning to find a small pile of sickness in living room.On closer inspection i saw noodles or something similar,thats funny he hasnt had noodles.So then ithought has he got worms had an even closer look it turned out he had swallowed my daughters hair net she wears for her work.He must have stolen it from the wash basket.I wonder what he is going to get up to next ;D ;D

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Medical Conditions & Diseases / bleeding nose
« on: July 25, 2006, 01:48:25 pm »
 :(Hi everyone its been a while since i last chatted anyway I got a bit of a fright today i was walking my Dakota and when i looked down at him as i always do,he had blood dripping from one of his nosrils.It looked a lot worse than it was because it had been dripping in his mouth and looked like his mouth was bleeding as well fortunately it wasnt.Has anybody any ideas as to what could have caused this it wasnt bleeding for long.I was wondering,we have been having a very hot summer so far and i thought maybe it could be heat related.I just hope this is a one off and doesnt happen again.Also i had him at the vet on saturday andhe has dermatitis on his neck.

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Behavior, Housebreaking, Obedience / another puddle on the kitchen floor
« on: July 12, 2006, 12:59:14 am »
 :(can anyone tell me when my dakota is going to stop wanting to releive himself in the middle of the night.He doesnt have any accidents during the day just at night,he will start barking usually around 3am i get up to let him out you can guarantee there will be a puddle in kithen.I usually let him out last thing around 11.30pm any suggestions

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