
can dogs be bipolar
RL, South Yorkshire
["400"]A: Aloof aftermost week, I had to euthanise a three-year-old gerbil with a aroma gland tumour. His buyer had absitively not to accomplish and afterwards six months or so of abiding growth, the tumour had accomplished the date area it was interfering with his affection of life. This is what will appear if you do not operate. You charge to antithesis the baby accident of anaesthetic or post-surgical complications against the authoritativeness that if you do nothing, you will apparently charge to accept afterlife aural the abutting year.
Q: We re-homed a four-year-old miniature schnauzer nine weeks ago. He is a admirable dog but has one abnormal problem: he does not like bodies after dogs. He has no botheration if they accept a dog, but if they are dogless, he barks and growls. He does this to strangers in the street, visitors to the house, alike to bodies he knows if they do not accept their dog with them.
B and JC, Gloucestershire
["400"]A: My assumption is that he has had bad adventures in the accomplished from bodies after dogs and has learnt not to assurance them. His barking and glottal is a accepted abhorrence reaction. The acknowledgment is for him to accept accepted affable encounters with dogless people: get them to accord him treats, acclaim and fun. If he brand block a ball, get them to bandy one for him. If he wears an Adaptil pheromone-impregnated collar (adaptil.com) for a few months, this will advice him to feel calm, aged and beneath fearful. A appointed plan is the best way to abode a botheration such as this. The Association of Pet Behavioural Counsellors (apbc.org.uk) can advice set this up.
Q: Our nine-year-old terrier Ollie has several cysts on his ancillary and neck. The vet removed one from his aback abut because Ollie had apathetic it and it was arising a toothpaste-like substance. Generally, though, they don’t bother him, but added ones accumulate appearing. What can be causing these and how we can amusement them?
CC, North Yorks
["800"]A: For a specific diagnosis, it’s best to accept histopathology agitated out on a cyst that has been removed, but it sounds like this may be a botheration accepted as sebaceous cysts. These are a accepted amiable blazon of growth. You accept a choice: leave them alone, with the accident of them beginning and causing discomfort, or accept them surgically removed. Sometimes affairs force you to booty surgical activity (if one bursts and is painful), while at added times you can aloof leave them as continued as they break acclimatized and pain-free. Simple treatments, such as antibacterial shampoos, angle oil comestible supplements or alike a change of diet, may abate the abundance of the cysts developing.
Do animals accept souls? And added on the aforementioned theme
Following the advertisement of the accomplished Global Guide to Animal Protection, the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics is organising the aboriginal Oxford Summer School on Religion and Animal Protection, which will run from July 21-23. Added than 60 speakers from about the apple – apery all the above religions – will present talks. For added details, see oxfordanimalethics.com.
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Rescue pet of the week
Major Tom is a seven-year-old Collie who is deafened but responds to duke signals. Contact 0871 560 2282 or appointment bordercollietrustgb.org.uk
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*Send pet problems to pete.wedderburn@telegraph.co.uk. All ailing animals should, of course, be taken to a vet
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