Relatives pets!

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grumpyoldman — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 15:56:41 GMT

I used to have this problem a lot, free advice tends not to have any value, the best way of dealing with requests for FOC advice and treatment is to say , love to chat but just cleaning the car ,mowing the lawn .chopping logs ,painting the garage etc etc . Would you like to help ? we can talk while you work . Strangely never any takers , the Christmas cards dry up but i can live with that.

There is a lot of puppy recycling at the moment particularly French Bull dogs , the 6-8 weeks old ropey ones that come in from Eastern Europe with a passport and giardiasis .

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Neil Wheadon — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 13:53:15 GMT

Consider this folks, straight from a breeder

If I don't sell my puppy for £2000 then what's happening is other people are buying the puppies and selling them straight on. There's truth in that

Neil

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Bob Russell — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:26:54 GMT

Just be warned some joker has been on Pets4Homes and added a nought to each and every puppy price!

Border Collie puppy for £1500. I am sure they really mean £150?

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Gillian Mostyn — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 08:40:39 GMT

[quote userid="3169" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/off-duty-discussions/29433/relatives-pets/226217#226217"]I know what the proper advice is with puppies, but I found my Patterdale online, 6 weeks old, council estate, accidental mating [/quote]

Sounds perfect.

The advice is to get a puppy from a known home where you can see mum and chat to the breeder. The demographics of the owner and the cost of the puppy are irrelevant.

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Joyce Whitehead — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:15:43 GMT

It’s a family joke in our extended family that my brother only phones me when he has a problem with one of the dogs. Occasionally he phones about other things and always starts with “it’s not about the dogs” on those occasions.

Memorably he phoned 18 months or so ago saying his youngest dog looked a bit swollen in his abdomen and was drooling... He was lucky to be straight down to his local vet after a phone call and the dog survived the GDV surgery. (He lives 350 miles from me) We also attempted to diagnose his older dog with his obvious visual issue with nothing more than an iPhone. Referral to an ophthalmologist confirmed PRA. The first case in the breed in the country, a greater Swiss mountain dog.

Staff animals are almost as bad, they always get the hard to diagnose issues.

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Michael Woodhouse — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 20:47:32 GMT

My sister is driving 2 hours on Thursday so I can castrate 2 rabbits and look in her cats ears (no doubt for free).

I know what the proper advice is with puppies, but I found my Patterdale online, 6 weeks old, council estate, accidental mating and she's a very sweet dog. Got a free tin of ASDA value puppy food and everything.......

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Julie Innes — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:23:39 GMT

Glad I am not alone! I don't mind so much with the family members who speak to me at other times, about other things! It's the ones who I haven't seen or heard from in years who think it's ok to message me at unsociable hours!

I have to say, though, the puppy bought in the pub is adorable! Sold (for ££!!) as a collie x lab, it is actually a lurcher, with a really calm gentle nature.Came with a vaccine certificate bearing a different ID chip to the one currently in the pup (of course!). Still not met the cavachon and the Westiepoo, but the cockapoo is sweet enough. Sigh. My other sensible cousin is getting a lovely, well researched springer spaniel, still gestating, so looking forward to that one!

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bob lehner — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 12:57:40 GMT

My son and family live in Barcelona. I managed to diagnose ATE in one of their cats remotely (confirmed by local vet), but didn't do so well for a chicken wtih diarrhoea.

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Miriam Lodewyks — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 07:20:16 GMT

Explained to my brother why most vets (incl. me!) and Many charities Choose Petplan.... he went with Tesco!

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Clare Tapsfield-Wright — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 21:08:02 GMT

A friend of mine had a Doberman which was crazy and finally killed itself running into a tree in the garden and broke its neck. They asked me what breed they should get next as they wanted low maint ance and I said Dalmatians could be hard work and daschunds had bad BA is so they got one of each

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Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 20:19:10 GMT

Daughter no.3, with two young children, got........ a big rescue dog from Romania.

Aaaarrrrrgh I thought.

But she has proved to be the most intelligent, faithful, attentive, well-adjusted dog you could wish for. Because, no question, daughter no.3 took immense pains in good training.

Not only is the dog perfectly safe with the children, she notices any perceived danger and guards them.

I suspect she is of some sort of shepherding breed.

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Gillian Mostyn — Sat, 24 Oct 2020 13:19:37 GMT

I got asked recently for recommendations for a medium sized breed for a family dog. I gave my own recommendations plus those of colleagues and from a vets FB page.

They've decided to get a dalmation.

Funnily enough, of the many many breeds I discussed, dalmation wasn't one of them.

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Jill Butterworth — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 19:10:18 GMT

Tell them they need pet insurance! Regale them with tales of expensive referral costs and feel reassured that you can charge them if need be. My sister's innocuous little JRT ended up with atopy, a luxated lens and several bouts of V & D. Luckily I didn't have to treat it, but she was glad of the policy.

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Clive Ansell — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:18:55 GMT

[quote userid="7811" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/off-duty-discussions/29433/relatives-pets"]after replying to an ad on Scumtree[/quote]

Scumtree - love it , made me laugh

Another I recently came across was sleasipetcare

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Derek Lyon — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:19:21 GMT

Don't answer your phone. I retired 23 years ago and get this all the time even from abroad!!!!

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Neil Wheadon — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:22:24 GMT

[quote userid="7811" url="~/001/nonclinical/f/off-duty-discussions/29433/relatives-pets"]after replying to an ad on Scumtree was ill with V+ and D+[/quote]

What a great quote

Neil

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Gillian Mostyn — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 13:13:11 GMT

I feel your pain - so frustrating.

I've had friends asking me lots of good questions about getting a puppy, who then disregard all advice and go and get a completely inappropriate breed from a bloke off t'internet - primarily because it is available immediately rather than waiting for 'the perfect specimen'.

Having said that, I am an impulsive person with no patience at all so I've done daft things too. Just not wrt pets...