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Check My Diet!

Worried your dog isn't getting everything he needs? 

Feeding a fresh diet is great for your dog, but balancing it correctly can be complicated....

 Many homemade (raw or cooked) diets suffer from deficiencies which may affect your dog over time. Some deficiencies can take a year or more to be apparent, others may never be outwardly noticeable but may shorten your dog's life. 

 Common deficiencies include zinc causing dry, flakey or itchy skin and antioxidant vitamin E resulting in cell damage and increased risk of cancer. Manganese deficiencies may be almost invisible but can lead to weakened ligaments and conditions like ruptured cruciates. This means that the fact your dog 'looks fine' may not be enough.

The 'Check my Diet' service can assess your dog's whole diet​

www.petdrugsonline.co.uk  Great site and prices

CCEG Golden Oldies

Maddie 13 years

How old we don't know but we helped them and I love them

Alabama Rot

Alabama rot, also known as CRGV (Cutaneous and Renal Glomerular Vasculopathy), is a very rare potentially life-threatening diseasethat blocks and damages theblood vessels in a dog’s skin and kidneys. Affecteddogs will often develop ulcers or sores on the bottom part of their legs and will go on to develop kidney failure, which is often fatal. At the moment the only way to confirm Alabama rot is by analysing tissue from the dog’s kidney after it has died.

 What causes Alabama rot?

The cause of Alabama rot is not known and so unfortunately diagnosing and treating an affected dog can be very difficult. Many of the dogs that died from Alabama rot had been walking in muddy woodland areas during winter and spring months, so it’s thought that wet muddy conditions may somehow be linked to the cause.

 How common is Alabama rot?

Alabama rot is a well-publicised, but very rare disease that is known to have affected around 150 dogs in the UK between November 2012 and March 2018. Reports of Alabama rot seem to be on the increase, which may be because more dogs are becoming affected, or that vets and owners are more aware of the condition.

Where is Alabama rot found in the UK?

When Alabama rot was first noticed, most of the cases appeared to be around the New Forest area. Since then, affected dogs have been found throughout the UK. There are no reported cases in East Anglia to date the nearest being Stanstead Abbotts

 What are the signs of Alabama rot?

• Marks, sores or ulcers on the skin 
• Skin ulcers usually appear on the legs or paws, but could appear anywhere on the body, including the head, tummy, around the mouth and nose, or on the tongue. These marks may appear as an area of redness or could look like a cut, bruise, sting or open sore. These signs could be caused by a large number of different things, but in a small number of cases this could be the first signs of Alabama rot. Always speak to your vet if your dog unexpectedly develops any of these signs.
• Kidney failure
• Being off their food.
• A change in drinking.
• Being sick.
• Not weeing as much.
• Being tired.
• Signs of kidney failure usually appears around three days after the marks on the skin, but can appear more quickly, or may sometimes take up to ten days. Signs that there are problems with the kidneys include:

If you’re concerned that your dog might have Alabama Rot it’s very important that you speak to your vet as soon as possible.

see other hearth concerns on the Disney Diaries Page....

Microchip Scanner

Testing  our Scanner we discovered one dog that had been chipped didn't register on the scanner...the chip had 'gone' or stopped working. So after a visit to the vet (who also couldn't find it) a new chip was inserted.
So, if you would like your dog's chip checked please ask.

“Dogs’ lives are short, too short, but you know that going in. You know the pain is coming, you’re going to lose a dog, and there’s going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can’t support the illusion that a dog can be your lifelong companion. There’s such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware it comes with an unbearable price. Maybe loving dogs is a way we do penance for all the other illusions we allow ourselves and for the mistakes we make because of those illusions.”
Dean Koontz,