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Harvey Design jewelry,- not dogs!     Barked: Fri May 31, '13 9:21am PST  That makes her even more dangerous!!! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Harvey Design jewelry,- not dogs!     Barked: Fri May 31, '13 4:07am PST  OMD, Addy... dry eye, LCPD, etc., are all caused by the pet owner's actions?????...GIVE ME A BREAK!!!! All that web site contains is a GIANT order form. I cannot believe people actually believe and accept that guarantee. AND, BLUE EYED specials???? AUGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Sadly, my boys WERE from tested lines and STILL had serious health issues. Imagine how bad it is without any testing done!!! AND, unless you are able to spend a couple thousand getting eyes removed, dry eye is most certainly life threatening!!! The really scary part is it is now FIVE YEARS later and nothing at all has changed. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Choosing the Right Dog > An Assignment for You Guys for My Article!

Harvey Design jewelry,- not dogs!     Barked: Thu May 30, '13 7:04pm PST  I was amazed at her being so vehemently opposed to breeding clear to carrier but was FINE with JL doing no testing whatsoever.. That doesn't even make sense! She was a nice lady so therefore she is a good, responsible breeder??? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Choosing the Right Dog > An Assignment for You Guys for My Article!

Harvey Design jewelry,- not dogs!     Barked: Thu May 30, '13 4:36pm PST  Addy, just now read that Crested forum, guess it was before my owning Cresteds??? Harvey, with his removed eye from hereditary dry eye AND his missing hip from LCPD, is banging his head against the desk in frustration!!!!!!!! Didn't mean to Hijack, Tiller... I am looking BUT can it be from something published elsewhere???? (from Toto, so you can make the connection, BOL) my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Choosing the Right Dog > Small dogs... talk me in.

Harvey Design jewelry,- not dogs!     Barked: Fri Apr 12, '13 4:47am PST  I'm with Addy on the Cresteds... one of the dog worlds best kept secrets!!! I LOVE my cresteds and laugh with them day after day! They can and do go camping and kayaking with me, swim, hike, and best of all, are the best snugglers ever!!! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Harvey Design jewelry,- not dogs!     Barked: Sat Mar 16, '13 11:21am PST  i agree with your vet!!!! There are pretty much two schools of thought... one is Mother Nature/Father Time, and the fact that since dogs don't think about an action possibly hurting, they will do the action, therefore rehabbing themselves, especially if other dogs are in the home. The other is that, like humans, we need to "buy" everything for our pets and therefore, need to take them to rehab, etc. Frankly, that is well and good, IF you have the time and the money, but I had neither so Harvey was on his own!!! Harvey had the first method, and within two weeks he was following the other dogs when we went out in the field. Sure, it was slow at first, but he was 100% way, way before the ones I was reading about on the crested site who were going off to their rehab appointments twice a week. Because Harvey was out daily, he was building the muscle constantly and I believe that was best. Yes, he did get his pain meds as needed, but he knew when he needed them and was able to clearly tell me. When we went back for suture removal at two weeks Harvey walked in on four legs with nary a limp. The newer vets in the practice were amazed that I hadn't taken him for rehab, he was moving way better than any they had seen before. I did leash walk him for the first four or five days because I have steps down from my house to my dog yard and that was a bit too much, so I had to walk him out front and was afraid of the road!! After that he was on his own in the regular yard and had no issues at all. Unlike fractures and other bone surgeries when the actual bone has to heal without movement, this surgery only has to seat the femur end into the socket, but NOT unite with it. The end of the femur does heal over and form basically a new femur head. This is quick healing because movement won't set the healing back at all. Movement is actually a good thing because it strengthens the muscles which will ultimately hold that femur into the socket. I was pretty much amazed...everything I had read led me to believe it was going to be awful and his whole Summer would be spent barely walking and in pain. Not so... maybe a month before he was racing full out once again. He actually still had his sutures the first time he ran... it wasn't pretty but he ran several loops around the field and from then on, it was all uphill. Speaking of uphill, my vet DID recommend uphill walks once he was freely bearing weight. My field has a small hill so I tossed his frisbee up the hill and he would retrieve it and bring it back to me. HEY, that was rehab????? my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Dog Health > FHO in Larger Dogs?

Harvey Design jewelry,- not dogs!     Barked: Wed Mar 13, '13 5:12am PST  Sarah, years ago I sold a LARGE lab to an orthopaedic surgeon (human). At about a year old she was hit by a car and completely smashed her femur head. The surgeon insisted the vet do a FHO, they did and when I saw her 6 months later she didn't even have a limp. Since then, I did have Harvey's done, although he was/is only 15 lbs. He is PERFECT! He had LCPD, so needed the removal. My vet does specialize in orthopaedic issues so I was pretty happy about that since I was sooo worried. I also read tons of stuff about how important rehab is/was. When I asked about rehab my vet told me that if I just kept him quiet the first week or so, then let him do what he wanted nothing else was necessary as dogs aren't like humans and afraid to work the leg. He was running in the field with the other dogs just two weeks after his surgery!!! Pain management is important. Harvey would come in and stand beside the table where his pain meds were every time he did a bit more than his normal exercise for several months after his surgery. It has been two years and he has no problems at all from the surgery. He does have a LARGE scar, but he's hairless so it shows!! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Other Barks & Woofs > SPAM, Poop, & Morlocks

Harvey Design jewelry,- not dogs!     Barked: Thu Mar 7, '13 5:18pm PST  Conga rats to GRUNT!!! Sarah, my ONLY frisbee dog was Harvey... he did great right up until he lost his eye. Can't see it it well enough now!!! I started him with rollers, too. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Small Dogs > Any Chinese Crested out there?

Harvey Design jewelry,- not dogs!     Barked: Sat Feb 23, '13 3:14pm PST  We have two 3 year old hairless boys and a two year old puff girl. Great friends to all!!! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

Harvey Design jewelry,- not dogs!     Barked: Wed Jan 16, '13 5:10am PST  Yes, she could do jumps like on and off the furniture, in fact, she did some jogging with her owner to help keep her in shape. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become pals [notify]

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