Bramble has a swelling - UPDATED AGAIN please read

[jools]

Excellent, i'm so glad to hear this - perhaps your vet will recommend Silica, too 

I really hope so Rachel. He was genuinely interested in finding out more about silica.  He's a really nice guy; his dad owns the group of practices....he didn't even mind when I called him out on a Friday night to attend to an injured ferret I'd found on the road a few years ago   .

[Helen]

oh Dog, no need to thank me!  I'm just passing on information that others have taught ME!

I am SOOOOOOO pleased about the grass seed coming out Jools. What a relief   

Sorry if I came across anti-vet - I'm truly not, I firmly respect and admire vets and the work they do but I'm also really open to complementary medicine - especially in this case where it would not interfere with any of the treatments Bramble was getting from the vet.

Your vet sounds really nice Jools, I bet he does read up on silica and a few other homeo remedies for dogs to boot

now bramble, it's over to you.  Heal up quickly gorgeous girl 

[fenn2006]

Hi Jools - just catching up with this...what a relief...I will definitely be keeping Silica lodged in my memory....I wonder, in hindsight if that would have helped Fenn?  I'm guessing not?

I may even get some in for next summer!

[jools]

Impossible to say if it would have helped - but at least Fenn's better now, and that's the main thing.

Michele's updated the info sticky on grass seeds to include a bit about silica. Hopefully it'll be a help to people next year when the seed season starts again.

[fenn2006]

  uum I am dreading it 

[jools]

uum I am dreading it 

Me too!!!! I'm going to walk mine on the beach next summer - if not all the time, then most of the time.

[fenn2006]

Same here....I know I won't have any complaints from Fenn....is her favorite place