Since publishing my understanding on Spike’s Disease last year, I have been inundated by comments from Border Terrier owners whose dogs were affected by such a nasty disease. This has prompted me to search deeper into the cause of CECS, and to why it appears that a gluten intolerance diet can control the symptoms in […]
Whenever I have talked about keeping dogs cool in hot weather, I have always mentioned how badly my Indy fares in summer months. But how Border Terriers cope in hot weather varies from individual to individual dog. Some Borders still enjoy their walk in warmer weathers, some others, like my Indy, get totally deflated. No […]
I have already talked in the past of the differences between buying a dog and adopting one. Today I would like to discuss further why you should adopt a dog instead of buying and how to adopt a dog from a rescue centre rather than from individuals. Why should I adopt a dog Since adopting […]
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For this year too Crufts, the most internationally prestigious dog show, has been and gone. Unfortunately for legal reasons, Crufts does not allow the reproduction of their images, therefore I cannot show you the picture of the winner, but it was a lovely American Cocker Spaniel similar to the one in this picture – the […]
In my previous post on Spike’s disease I have mentioned how unfortunately a cure for this terrible disease has not yet been discovered. Then again in time it has been proven that you can manage Spike’s in your dog with a gluten free diet. Today I’d like to tell you a bit more about gluten […]
If you remember, a while ago I announced the painful news that my Indy had just been operated by the Dick White Referrals Specialist Centre in Cambridgeshire to remove a canine anal gland cancer in the left anal gland – if you missed that post, please click here. At the time, we were waiting to […]
The ones of you that follow my blog regularly may have wondered whether I had abandoned this project at all. Unfortunately I had to, after receiving yet again a not very good news towards the end of this year – possibly the most devastating news in the last 12 months in fact. Our Indy was […]
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As anticipated in my previous blog on Spike’s Disease, hip dysplasia is another one of the few medical conditions that Borders are inclined to. We have been lucky so far, as Indy has never suffered displayed canine hip dysplasia symptoms so far. However, as it appears that Border Terriers are subject to hip dysplasia, I […]