Happy New Year from Perth, Western Australia

[SapphysMum]

Hello, my name is Jo and I have a six month old female blue merle called Sapphire. She is gorgeous but she has strained her hip or knee (doing running skids around the garden!). She has had anti-inflammatories and is hardly limping at all now. The vet says to keep her calm and as still as possible for another week or two! She is having cartrophen injections and glucosamine & chrondroitin powder.

She has loads of chew bones and toys but she is going stir crazy! Any ideas on how to keep her amused for another week or two???

PS This website is a wonderful wonderful idea!

SapphysMum :D

[Tracytj]

Oh my--poor you! and poor Sapphy!

How about grooming with a nice soft brush or mitt? My dogs love it and would like a lot more of it. It always relaxes them and induces sleepiness.

Take a large doggy treat and put in the toe of an old long sock. give it a twist and turn it inside out. Repeat until you run out of sock and knot the end. My pooches will work a long time trying to disect a sock to get to that one dog biscuit.

Good luck and welcome!

Tracy (From Minnesota, right in the middle of North America!)

[eddies55]

Welcome to DOL from Queensland.

Poor babe I know what it's like tring to keep a dane quiet, Ha, good luck.

If she loves her food a kong filled with peanut butter will keep her enertained for hours, or at the moment the pups are chewing on frozern carrots and loving them.

Hope she gets well soon

Karen.

[PorterRico]

Happy New Year from California!!
Hope your dane baby gets better soon. Welcome, I'm a new member too.
Well wishes from Vanessa and Porter(Rico):)


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[wopfr3]

Hi, welcome, I am from Perth Western Australia Too!

Tex broke his foot at a similar age doing exactly the same thing.

We also had to keep him calm.

The Kong idea with peanut butter (I froze it as well) really worked as did a marrowbone.

Hope she recovers soon.

Fleur

[andipanda]

Welcome to DOL !!! keeping an active Dane quiet is quite difficult. Does she have any interest in watching the television? My dalmatian and Dane will watch 102 dalmatians straight through. They love all the barking!!! :+ andi

[ladylike]

>Hello, my name is Jo and I have a six month old female blue
>merle called Sapphire. She is gorgeous but she has strained
>her hip or knee (doing running skids around the garden!).
>She has had anti-inflammatories and is hardly limping at all
>now. The vet says to keep her calm and as still as possible
>for another week or two! She is having cartrophen injections
>and glucosamine & chrondroitin powder.
>
>She has loads of chew bones and toys but she is going stir
>crazy! Any ideas on how to keep her amused for another week
>or two???
>
>PS This website is a wonderful wonderful idea!
>
>SapphysMum :D
I am new here and I can not figure out how to start a new discussion? I did not mean to jump in on your post but I need some help navigating this site. :D

Ladylike

[Victoria]

Welcome.... from SW Arizona!

Victoria & Bree


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[SapphysMum]

Hello Ladylike

I'm not good at navigating the site myself but you can email the webmaster, there is a link and he has been really helpful to me when I need help. He replies really quickly. I am sure I just clicked on register now and then once registered you can click on post to do your own message.

Good Luck!


SapphysMum

[jue03]

welcome to you! good luck with your baby's bobo and in fact, Paul is always there....quickly!