Petition To Further Restrict Fireworks (UK)

[BikerMatt]

Yeah, that's why we had our boy done as a pup. It's more important they have a long healthy life.

His breed are prone to eye problems in later life. They build up scar tissue and their eyes fade a bit.

He had been having strange red eyes for a while although they didn't seem to bother him. The vet tried some drops and it went. But once stopped it just came back so they decided to keep him on them. According to the eye specialist this is fine as lone as it doesn't become an ulcer and then that type of drops actually make it worse.

We did notice it stopped helping him a week before. But then he went a bit quiet so we kept an eye on him for a few days and he started to sleep all the time. We were concerned because he's nearly 12 so it could have just been his time. The day before the vets he started getting mucus in that eye more than normal and he kept it shut so we then suspected the eye and maybe an infection. He was still eating and pooing as normal and that's always a good sign.

We don't know how the ulcer started but the specialist said it just happens with that scar tissue build up and could occur anytime in the other eye.

Knowing the eyes can be a problem we knew the insurance was best kept in place.

Sounds like he's getting there Terry.

Is he a particular breed?

I can't wait until we're in a position to have a dog. Had a Briard when i was growing up, he was one hell of a dog, a big bear of a dog, he passed in 1996, i still think of him and still have pictures up of him.

[MyNameIsTerry]

Yes, he's a Shih Tzu. He's in the pic on my "about me" page. A pic of when he was young is here. His eyes are grey now.



I remember you mentioning about your Briard, I had a Google as I've never heard of them. Beautiful dogs.

[BikerMatt]

Yes, he's a Shih Tzu. He's in the pic on my "about me" page. A pic of when he was young is here. His eyes are grey now.



I remember you mentioning about your Briard, I had a Google as I've never heard of them. Beautiful dogs.

Yes i remember your dog now from the pet thread earlier in the year.

What a total beaut! Bet he's full of character?!

The Briard we had was a black one, total nutter until he got to about ten. Don't see many about, my Mum and Dad saw his Mum standing outside a vet's one day, wen't over to talk to the owner, she was due to have a litter and we ended up with one.

[MyNameIsTerry]

Yes, he is full of character. He's a very good dog and gets on with everyone. He's never been around other dogs much though so he will play with them but is a bit less confident. He loves people though and will jump all over anyone. They love him down the vets...which he drags us into every time we go.

The only problem we ever have with him is separation anxiety. With my parents being elderly, it's less of a problem to deal with now as there is usually someone in.

[BikerMatt]

Yes, he is full of character. He's a very good dog and gets on with everyone. He's never been around other dogs much though so he will play with them but is a bit less confident. He loves people though and will jump all over anyone. They love him down the vets...which he drags us into every time we go.

The only problem we ever have with him is separation anxiety. With my parents being elderly, it's less of a problem to deal with now as there is usually someone in.

Bless him

Any dog i've ever had, goes all stiff and hits reverse as soon as they see the vets. And trying to get my cats in their baskets when they are due a trip to the vet is a nightmare!

[MyNameIsTerry]

It seems like the Diwali celebrations are in full swing tonight. It's like mini Bonfire Night.

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Bless him

Any dog i've ever had, goes all stiff and hits reverse as soon as they see the vets. And trying to get my cats in their baskets when they are due a trip to the vet is a nightmare!

Spoke to soon, Matt, Petplan have sent us a letter about them not covering part of it. It's cost £1300 but they won't cover £375. I think they haven't counted the excesses out of that though as the vet sent us a letter too which says it's part payed.

Yeah, cats are bad for the vets. My GF has lots of trouble getting them there. One they used to have a few years back would really go at the vet. He used to ask if it was that one and mention whether he needed his special thicker gloves

At the eye specialists one dog came in and it just faced the door shaking. It wouldn't turn around for the owners. It did start to relax when another dog started sniffing around him.

Most dogs at our vets cower under the chairs. Ours sits there happy as anything. He gets a little shaky when he goes behind the reception desk and out of the treatment rooms into the back where owners can't go if they need to do something private bit he soon gets over it. Otherwise they can stick needles in his neck, thermometers up his bottom and he doesn't flinch. The vet once said they are quite brace dogs as a breed and strong for their size. They all seem to love him down there as he's friendly and never any trouble to treat. Even the practice manager came out of her office once when we took him for a walk (he was staying in hospital though but said we could visit for a bit) and said they all loved him down there.

[Magic]

Fireworks Galore here. Eleven dogs in our row of houses. Last week I open the front door, not for long.I thought they were real guns. Just big bangs very very loud.
I hate the bu--ers.

[unsure_about_this]

Fireworks also going off where I live tonight, big bangs sounds like guns sometimes.

Hopefully not many are going off where my sister and brother in law, so can get my niece of 1 week and a day to sleep.

[MyNameIsTerry]

We had about 3 hours of it. Not as bad as Bonfire Night but still quite a bit.

Magic - I think there was a display on as there was loads going off over the city somewhere around 7pm.

Diwali will finish after 5 days so we may be in for it again tonight as started on Wednesday

[debs71]

I was rather hoping the torrential rain we had here all day and evening would put the buggers off, but no such luck.

It was explosions galore as per.

Didn't seem to bother Del boy (my cat) very much though. He just raised his head up from the sofa, gave the window a dirty look then went back to sleep again.

Note to self: must check my anxiety meds to see if the little blighter got his paws on any.