My poor Buffy started spotting this morning so had to go back to the vets again. Looks like an infection so she is on yet another course of antibiotics.

Her skin has shown good signs of improving but the vet has said it could take up to a whole year for her hair to fully return.

I am hoping that this will be the last complication she will have and will make a fully recovery soon.

oh god shes been through the mill hasnt she

hope her luck turns soon and she gets on the road to recovery and stays there

I wouldnt be pleased paying out the money to removed something that shouldve been removed while being spayed. If they (the same practice) did thier job correctly in the first place she wouldnt have to go through it again

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I know what you mean.

They think she has got stump pyometra. When she had the op a couple of weeks ago, to remove the ovarian cyst, they also trimmed down her stump to the bare minimum as it had a cyst on there as well.

My poor Buffy, who used to be so quiet when she went to the vets, now barks and snarls as soon as we enter the waiting room. She also tries to climb on my lap!!!!!

The thing that is worrying me is that the vet said that if she does not show any signs of improvement, we will have to take her back in to have an ultrasound to see what is going on. I am hoping and praying that she will not need this, as for her to undergo another traumatic experience is so unfair on her.

I would contest the payment, as if it was me i would look at it like:-

"I paid for the work to be carried out well in the first place"
And now after everything she has been through already, She should not need a further OP due to them.

I also would move vets after the treatment.

Hopes she gets better soon x

I have only paid half the vets fees from the operation to remove the ovarian cyst. I did express my concerns when she had the pre-op check last week about the fact that it is costing another £600 to remove a cyst that shouldn't not have been able to form. All the vet said was that it is a possibilty that it was an ovarian cyst. The sample he sent off to be examined did not contain any ovarian tissue. But how can a cyst form from nothing? He also stated that these things can happen.

I am not paying them a penny until all the problems associated with this has been sorted. I think my dog has been through enough already due to their oops's.

natural BIO yogurt in her food will help.also gsd `s are really prone to food allergies i know my girl a number of years ago just couldnt tollerate certain foods,also the one we fostered 4 a while. do your research re food ring up some breeders? ask on here? they have really delicate systems.& what suits one may not suit another.but winelot is a no no 4 them im sorry .hope that helps i really feel 4 you n your poor girl .perhaps a second oppinion ? xxx

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We have gradually changed her food to 'Burns' and also giving her conditioning tablets. This, I think, has helped her skin condition alot.

She has allways been a fussy eater. Sometimes she would eat Butchers Tripe, then she would go off of it so we changed to Winalot, then she went off of that. Before we changed to Burns, she was on Tescos meat in jelly, which she loved.

lol i know they are fussy little beggers!!! but the cheaper food really doesnt suit them its the protein content my vet said? jwb ? http://www.gjwtitmuss.co.uk/JAMESWEL...AFREE29.aspbut you need samples 1st say a smaller bag to test? my heart goes out to you hun but whatever you get pop the nat bio yogurt in xx

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]mummy 2 :_lucy x rescue,2 golfish & 3 gals, african grey parrot - mojo x

Hi, poor Buffy really has been through the mill - hope things pick up soon.

My wolfie suffers a form of yeast infection...we changed her food to burns and give her Efavet tablets. We also sponge the sore patches with maleseb shampoo. This has really helped and she now looks much better and her hair has grown back in lovely condition.

Good luck with Buffy

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We are currently bathing her in the Maleseb shampoo at the moment. She went off her food a bit last week. This, I can only assume, is a result of the infection building up inside her.