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A friend’s older dog did this, I think it’s more common as they get older and possibly sight loss adds to the mix. It’s sometimes seen as a form of confusion or disorientation, a night light might help if she’s normally in the dark, and maybe a plug-in pheromone diffuser like Adaptil might help...

Hi @Luvdawgs , welcome to the Forum to you and your girl Ginger! I have two labradors, our younger boy Stilton is 11 months old and our older boy Kipper is 6 with arthritis; he's been on Librela for a couple of years now. So far it's helped substantially, we've had no side effects and monitor...

There are stacks of vegan recipes and adaptations, another favourite is cheesy puffs which are basically apple purée, flour and can be cheddar but can be nutritional yeast 👍

Happily! The star shape is an experiment that’s worked, like you I’m exploring ways to maximize the pleasure for small amounts and with these, you can break each biscuit into 5 pieces. They’re fairly short but hold their structure well. The recipe is from Lily’s Kitchen and is v simple: 50g...

I gave one of our sweet potato and peanut butter biscuits to a chap we met walking his dog Jet, he liked it although was surprised by how crunchy it was!

We’re making most of our dog treats now, it’s a revelation as they’re very tasty (fit for humans!) and sooo much cheaper. Obviously they take time which is the big cost, but so far it’s worthwhile. Today I made digestives - apple purée, oats, flour, coconut oil, cider vinegar, and ground pumpkin...

We’ve been through a lot of bed shenanigans, we have three popular ones now: Stilton has a doughnut bed which he loves, Kipper has two supportive memory foam beds from George Barclay and Chameau, both on offer in our local farming supplies shop (one in my office, one in the corridor). If we had...

Do you know what, there’s no perfect answer for this - I completely sympathize, but there’ll be plenty of people with experiences that mean they wished it were the other way round. And you can’t blame yourself either way - we’re taught to be cool until it’s not, not to wait too long in case it’s...

Golly that's understandable. While your vet is reassuring, they don't have your particular perspective. I'll ask our vet (who takes a lot of interest in Librela and side effects) if she knows of evidence either way on interactions with seizures. She's linked in with colleagues at the Bristol...

I'm sorry Poppy's limp has got worse again, it's so hard to see them like that isn't it. I can't remember your concerns about Librela based on the Facebook page - are there specific issues you're concerned about, or more generally about starting a new drug? This is not to dismiss your worries...

How exciting, do you have your itinerary planned yet? how long are you adventuring for?

Me too - poor Snowie, it’s a lot to be dealing with for him and you. Lots of gentleness and easy going all round x

I also did a quick session on creating a start button with Stilton which was all new, and he was fabulous! I’m really looking forward to extending this with them both, it’s a super technique.

Last night Kipper and I did day 3 ‘figure of 8s’ and he got very excited! I had to use a couple of buckets in our front room which did the job, although quite a confined space. Kipper and I learned these years ago and he finds them very rewarding, but we keep them to a minimum to avoid...

Yes! It's basically a way for the dog to say 'yep, I'm happy with this - carry on' or 'no thanks, I don't want it' with the golden rule that you only use it when the dog has genuine choice - so if the dog doesn't opt in, the thing doesn't happen. The idea is fundamentally to give the dog...

Kipper and I just managed 5 minutes on beginning a start button - we’ve never done this before and he picked it up so quickly. It’s my mechanics that are a bit shonky. The aim is to get the dog in place on e.g. a mat in front of you, then feed a treat between their front paws, wait for eye...

This afternoon, Stilton and I had a quick session on place too. He smashed it! Now to introduce distractions… Day 2 is beginning a start button behavior, I’m hoping to find time to slip that in tomorrow daytime!

Wood ants. In conifer woods near us on the edge of the moor, the wood ants have taken over and eat anyone who comes near (I’m convinced). Their nests are about 4 feet high and in the summer they’re a heaving mass of ant-ey activity, it makes my skin crawl. Although I do deeply admire their...

This morning Kipper and I tacked a little ‘place’ training session on the end of our walk round our local industrial estate. We kept it short and simple, since we haven’t done it for a while and never in this environment, and he aced it

Sounds like you’ve got a good plan in place and Joy will be back to full speed soon. We’ve found Librela helpful so far, and it took about 3 weeks before we noticed a difference but it obviously varies. Sleep tight x