Crumbling Disc - UPDATED

[caza61]

hi kelly , i'll look into t-touch , ozzy has allways been difficult from a puppy and he only likes u touching him when he wants to be touched  , but we understand him so thats the main thing !! he lets us know when he wants to be left alone !! 

[caza61]

well ozzy seems to be improving every day , but we are gona go for the whole 4 weeks with keeping him quiet and the meds ,, only thing now when we go into see him he has started jumping up  , which is not good for him ! but how do u stop a mad cocker from jumping up and getting all excited 

[caza61]

glad to say ozzy is so much better  but we are still resting him , and he doestnt mind us stroking him now , we have had to put carpet in the kitchen because he was slipping on it . he is still on the anti inflamatry's , not sure how long he has to be on these , the vet didnt say . he still has got another 2 weeks of confinement so i know it is still early days (and he is really fed up ). 

[Poppsie]

Awwww Ozzzy it's hard work being poorly sweetheart you must rest and give yourself time to heal boy glad he's on the mend caza keep up the good work Hun  x x x

[primmer]

Glad to hear Ozzy is improving, healing hugs from me and Murphy   

[KellyT]

keep going ozzy! Jennie sends you lots of licks cos she knows what its like 

If he needs to be on the anti -inflams for an extended duration you could try supplementing his diet some glousamine and chondritin .. trees some good links in a couple of other posts

here
http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/discuss/index.php?topic=90509.0

here
http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/discuss/index.php?topic=89804.msg1335012#msg1335012

and here
http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/discuss/index.php?topic=89804.msg1335012#msg1335012


... they are supposed to be really good  and I was considering getting some for Jennie

[bluegirl]

Hope he continues to stay well.

[caza61]

hi everyone just looking for some more advice , ozzy has bitten my daughter and my friend today  , they only stroked his head , i dont think it is his neck making him grumpy beacuse he lets me stroke him from his neck down , has anyone got any ideas please ??   

[Sheryl]

I would still say pain, especially if it is out of character.

[KellyT]

definitely could be pain still ..  Light pressure on his head could cause a pain spike if the pain is in his neck; or make him think he is going to be in pain enough to want to respond.  Jennie even tried to bite me and growled at me during her worst times, and I'm her favourite hooo-man; but she nearly took the face off the neuro-vet we saw :embarrassed:

If not pain, then maybe they frightened him as they went to stroke him cos he didn't see them properly, or couldn't turn his head to see what was 'coming' at him? 

[caza61]

going to get my hubby to take him back to the vet , think it may be his ear again , he's shaking his head , only thing is that will mean eardrops!!, and it is impossible to get them in him because he just bites us , does anyone know if the vet charges if we ask them to put them in every day ??

[bluegirl]

I would imagine they would, unless the nurse does it as a free service.

[Sheryl]

Can you not just slip a muzzle on him for your safety just while you put the drops in?

[caza61]

its impossible to muzzle him ! soon as he sees the muzzle he goes under the table or in a corner and you just cant get near him , he has allways been like this , even the vet has a problem to get the muzzle on 

[Sheryl]

Oh dear.  Are you taking him to the vets?  I was just thinking that even if it is his ears, if he is shaking his head, it may be causing pain in his neck.  Poor Ozzy, he must be fed up by now.  Hope you get everything sorted soon xx