Ragsysmum

Agree with all the rest.....this is usually because the tummy is too empty. I give mine a handful of her normal kibble right at bedtime to see her through the night and the problem has stopped completely. You could cut down a little on her other meals if you find she is putting on weight but I would try this for a few nights first before worrying or making a vet visit if she seems fine otherwise.

So glad to read your update.....that is encouraging news and I'm sure your baby will soon be safely home again and doing well.

Good luck! Hope all goes well and you can update us all with good news very soon.

Yes I wouldn't be surprised at all. Even just sleeping awkwardly, twisting or turning sharply can sometimes be enough to pull a muscle just as can happen in humans. Once it has happened it does have a tendency to recur as with my present girl hound and I find gentle circular massaging down her neck and around the shoulder and top of leg areas on the affected side seems to give some relief and easing of the pain for her.

I wouldn't have thought the grass would cause it as many dogs eat it apparently just for the pleasure and not even always because they feel bad.....unless there is any chance the grass he ate could have been sprayed with something.

Glad all is going well with your girl. Hope she makes a full and speedy recovery once she is safely home again.

Poor Bella.....so young and not even reached her forever home yet! Here's hoping they are wrong and the swallowing problem is something more manageable like MegaE. Good luck sweet girlie.

Presume you have actually had a good look under her tail to make sure she has no 'cling ons' or 'danglers' irritating her?

No experience of this but is the plastic bag part just for outside? I would think the foot wrapped up and inside plastic would 'sweat' and delay healing. Wouldn't you need to cover with something breathable to allow air circulation to the wound for more speedy healing?

Agree with the other posters, sounds like a pulled muscle or slight nerve damage. This happens sometimes to my old girl always on her right shoulder area. I find that gentle circular massaging all along the neck, shoulder and top of leg on that side, seems to ease it for her and within a couple of days she's fine again. Watch out for any problems with eating or drinking if you don't use raised bowls though.....mine has trouble reaching down to drink from bowls at floor level when her neck is painful.

Have you checked his mouth? Could it be something is sore in there causing him to be reluctant to eat normally?

Here's hoping the improvement continues and she is soon back to normal again.

Best wishes and healing thoughts for your Cody being sent from over here.

If it happens in the early morning, it's probably empty tummy syndrome. Usually cured by feeding a handful of normal kibble or a few small biscuits right at bedtime just to see them through the night.

Certainly doesn't sound right if she is not really old and it's not very hot either. Could be just an isolated thing and she was having an 'off' day for which you may never find the cause, but if it continues I would want to have her checked out some more.

So glad to read Jester is home and doing well. Sending best wishes and healing thoughts for him from over here.

Maybe I should look into that.....actually I didn't get a receipt from the vet so I don't know what it cost. I paid £35 ( around $70 I think) for her annual health check-over, annual booster jab and 3 Drontal Plus tabs, so I didn't think that was too bad, to be honest.

Thanks Batmom. I think tapes are the most common over here and we don't have some of the others that you do over there, so that does make sense.

Can I ask a 'silly' question then? If Drontal kills all worms and Panacur only kills some of them......why does anyone use Panacur and not just Drontal all the time? My girl went for her annual injections this week and worming tabs. The vet also said we should use Drontal as Panacur didn't deal with everything. I'm in the UK so maybe there is a difference?

Which cd is that, silverfish? The 'Canine Lullabies' one or something different.....and where did you get it? My girl was never bothered by fireworks till last Novemeber when they were horrendous round here and now she is frightened of any bangs like shooting and bird scarers too so I could do with something that might help her before the next lot start up. With regard to the 'ACE'....this was mentioned on another board recently and the 'resident vet' Dr.Bill Feeman posted the following info which I'm sure he won't mind being passed on:- I would NOT recommend Acepromazine for anxiety! Acepromazine doesn't do anything to reliever anxiety... it only sedates the animal to a point that they are too tired to act on their anxiety. Imagine if you were scared of snakes and then got dropped into a room filled with snakes. Pretty scary. Now, you are dropped in that same room but you are completely exhausted after having just finished a triathalon. You may be too tired to run out of hte room but it doesn't make you any less scared!!! Acepromazine is a popular medication for car trips b/c it also has some anti-nausea properties but it really isn't appropriate for noise phobias or most other forms of anxiety.

I voted no problems because, although mine has mild megaesophagus, as long as we massage the food down her throat when necessary, it causes no problems and she is perfectly fit otherwise.

This not leaving them for more than about 4 hours without a pee break and some company, seems to be quite a common demand from the rescue groups over here. Sounds like your hounds have a super time, mom2two!

We normally go out for walks/ runs/ playing from 8-9am, 1-2pm and 6-6.30pm now that I am retired and can go whenever I wish. When I worked my dogs were out roughly 7.30-8.30am, 12.30-1pm and 6-7pm so I really only adjusted the timing according to work hours.

5 times in the 18 months we have had her. 3 times at squirrels and twice at cats when on lead. Off lead she attacks prey silently.

So glad you got Greytalk back to us so fast....began suffering withdrawal symptoms staight away!! Oh the relief to be able to log in again...many thanks and well done!