Corgi Health - MyCorgi.com2024-03-28T17:12:05Zhttp://mycorgi.com/forum/categories/corgi-health/listForCategory?categoryId=1150197%3ACategory%3A6533&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNew puppy strange odortag:mycorgi.com,2021-12-06:1150197:Topic:21161332021-12-06T00:53:13.595ZBirdie and Chiefhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/ErinandPopppy
<p>My new puppy has a funny smell it almost smells like onions. It is not his butt ears or his breath. I changed his food as soon as we brought him home and that hasn’t helped either. The smell is obviously coming from his skin but there are no signs of skin irritation or anything like that. I have an appointment with the vet Friday but I was just wondering if anyone has any ideas or has had a similar problem. I’ve had Corgis for 20 years and have never had this issue.</p>
<p>My new puppy has a funny smell it almost smells like onions. It is not his butt ears or his breath. I changed his food as soon as we brought him home and that hasn’t helped either. The smell is obviously coming from his skin but there are no signs of skin irritation or anything like that. I have an appointment with the vet Friday but I was just wondering if anyone has any ideas or has had a similar problem. I’ve had Corgis for 20 years and have never had this issue.</p> Sudden trouble walkingtag:mycorgi.com,2020-05-31:1150197:Topic:20137872020-05-31T15:50:35.540ZMurphyhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/CharlieCorgi
<p style="text-align: left;">My little guy is almost 7. Out of the blue late last night he had sudden trouble with his hind legs which I noticed when he went to the bathroom. By the time he went to bed about 30 minutes later, he could barely stand up or move his legs and he was clearly not comfortable. His hind legs basically gave out. It was frightening, but thankfully this morning he is able to stand and walk (a little slower than normal), and he’s been sleeping all day. I’m going to limit…</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">My little guy is almost 7. Out of the blue late last night he had sudden trouble with his hind legs which I noticed when he went to the bathroom. By the time he went to bed about 30 minutes later, he could barely stand up or move his legs and he was clearly not comfortable. His hind legs basically gave out. It was frightening, but thankfully this morning he is able to stand and walk (a little slower than normal), and he’s been sleeping all day. I’m going to limit his walking/jumping and take him to the vet in a few days, but what wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. </p> how to ease hip pain?tag:mycorgi.com,2020-05-26:1150197:Topic:20136922020-05-26T11:41:04.185ZRebecca Marie O'Bryanhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/rebeccamarieeschenburg
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5359449271?profile=original" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-center" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5359449271?profile=RESIZE_710x"></img></a> I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for supplements or things I could do to ease Baden's joint/hip pain? I currently give him a supplement recommended by the vet, salmon oil, joint pill, turmic, bone broth, and a mushroom supplement. He is also at a healthy weight :)</p>
<p>Baden is now showing his age at 8. He is still very active and always up…</p>
<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5359449271?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/5359449271?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-center"/></a>I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations for supplements or things I could do to ease Baden's joint/hip pain? I currently give him a supplement recommended by the vet, salmon oil, joint pill, turmic, bone broth, and a mushroom supplement. He is also at a healthy weight :)</p>
<p>Baden is now showing his age at 8. He is still very active and always up for a fun filled adventure or playing fetch. His arthritis is really starting to take a toll and my vet basically said its best to continue being active with lots of breaks with limited fetch time rather than stopping all together. Baden is the first senior pet I have had and I just want to be sure im doing all that I can for him. My vet said his arthritis resides mainly in his knees and hips so sometimes his backend can get a bit wobbly.</p>
<p>If you have any suggestions or recommendations please feel free to comment :)</p>
<p>***also please note I am currently stationed in Okinawa so hemp or CBD oil can NOT be shipped here unfortunately*** </p> Walking funny with lumps under skintag:mycorgi.com,2020-02-07:1150197:Topic:20120662020-02-07T00:05:38.793ZCodyhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/AprilSpann
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<p>My corgi, Cody, started nipping at his hindquarter a couple days ago. He has had hot spots before, but I didn't see any red skin, so I know it isn't that. I did feel a lot of small lumps under his skin next to his spine. I'm really worried. He seems to be walking different too, like swaying more in his hind legs. The lumps seem to be painful to him, or itchy, I'm not sure which. Cody is 10 yrs old and is a purebred. He has been healthy all his life with only a sensitive tummy…</p>
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>My corgi, Cody, started nipping at his hindquarter a couple days ago. He has had hot spots before, but I didn't see any red skin, so I know it isn't that. I did feel a lot of small lumps under his skin next to his spine. I'm really worried. He seems to be walking different too, like swaying more in his hind legs. The lumps seem to be painful to him, or itchy, I'm not sure which. Cody is 10 yrs old and is a purebred. He has been healthy all his life with only a sensitive tummy to worry about (and the one time hot spot). He has for years done this weird thing where he acts startled or like someone pinched him from behind and it's as if he is trying to get away from it. It only last for a few seconds and then he's seemed fine. Has anyone experienced any of these issues? The lumps on under his skin next to his spine are my biggest concern. I plan to take him to the vet within the next week. Update: Cody does have a hot spot on his left hind quarter. It wasn't there this morning but now it's red and raw. Still not sure what the lumps are. I had some spray left over from his last bout with hot spots and he seems a little more comfortable now that I sprayed it.</p> Rectal Herniatag:mycorgi.com,2019-07-27:1150197:Topic:20093212019-07-27T18:37:26.541ZChilihttp://mycorgi.com/profile/McKenzie
<p>Hey there! My corgi was recently diagnosed with a rectal hernia and I have decided to have corrective surgery done to fix it. Has anyone had to go through anything like this before? I'm obviously hoping for a good outcome and the hernia is only on one side so the vet said it should be easier to correct than a bilateral hernia. Please pray for me and my doggie! I want him to be ok.</p>
<p>Hey there! My corgi was recently diagnosed with a rectal hernia and I have decided to have corrective surgery done to fix it. Has anyone had to go through anything like this before? I'm obviously hoping for a good outcome and the hernia is only on one side so the vet said it should be easier to correct than a bilateral hernia. Please pray for me and my doggie! I want him to be ok.</p> Lymphoma at age 14 - I could use some advicetag:mycorgi.com,2019-07-01:1150197:Topic:20095292019-07-01T14:32:23.454ZChristopherhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Christopher804
<p>Teddy Bear, our Pembroke Welsh. He just turned 14 in May, and started having some breathing issues. Rapid/shallow breaths even at complete rest. Up until this, he had been still playing fetch, eating like a horse and happy. Enlarged lymph nodes in neck and rear legs. Fine needle aspiration -- lymphoma.</p>
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<p>I can afford chemo, but I am not sure I want to put him through it. He is on Prednisone which seems to be helping -- but I realize this is a one or two month stop-gap at…</p>
<p>Teddy Bear, our Pembroke Welsh. He just turned 14 in May, and started having some breathing issues. Rapid/shallow breaths even at complete rest. Up until this, he had been still playing fetch, eating like a horse and happy. Enlarged lymph nodes in neck and rear legs. Fine needle aspiration -- lymphoma.</p>
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<p>I can afford chemo, but I am not sure I want to put him through it. He is on Prednisone which seems to be helping -- but I realize this is a one or two month stop-gap at best.</p>
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<p>I'd love to try some alternative/Eastern medicine because I really believe that if the immune system can be strengthened then there is a chance of suppressing the disease even further. I just can't find anyone near me (Poughkeepsie New York) that specializes in this.</p>
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<p>Do you guys think I'm being realistic and doing the best by him, by withholding the chemo protocol, at age 14? Or should I consider doing it?</p>
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<p>Any other pointers or advice would be appreciated. We realize how blessed we are to have had him for 14 years -- but of course we want him to be with us for another 100 years.</p> Corgi Skin Problem, Please help!tag:mycorgi.com,2019-03-09:1150197:Topic:20038402019-03-09T17:44:42.866ZBobhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Bob
<p>Sorry, I put this in the discussion area first, then saw the health question area.</p>
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<p>Our 11 year old Corgi seems to have a migrating skin rash on her back. We took her to the vet and she gave us a special shampoo as well as a skin spray. We are also adding fish oil to her diet.</p>
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<p>The dog does not seem to be bothered by it because she is not reaching back trying to get to it and not rolling on her back at all. It is scaly and there are some areas on the edge where…</p>
<p>Sorry, I put this in the discussion area first, then saw the health question area.</p>
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<p>Our 11 year old Corgi seems to have a migrating skin rash on her back. We took her to the vet and she gave us a special shampoo as well as a skin spray. We are also adding fish oil to her diet.</p>
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<p>The dog does not seem to be bothered by it because she is not reaching back trying to get to it and not rolling on her back at all. It is scaly and there are some areas on the edge where the skin meets the bare patch that look red. It cleared up on one side of her back and but has now moved over to the other side. It seems to migrate or creep very slowly from the initial point. Not sure what's going on??</p>
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<p>Have not changed her diet ( except recent addition of fish oil to treat it ) or anything else.</p>
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<p>Any feedback appreciated.</p>
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<p>Thank you, Lola the dog!</p> Help!! Corgi is yelping when I pet his sides, laying around a lottag:mycorgi.com,2019-01-11:1150197:Topic:19986982019-01-11T16:12:50.073Zhope pedigohttp://mycorgi.com/profile/hopepedigo
<p>2 days ago my Corgy started yelping randomly when he was touched, and he never yelps! I just figured he was being temperamental but Today he's yelping when I just pet his sides lightly? He yelped yesterday when I put him in and out of our van to go to the groomers, but I just figured I maybe picked him up wrong, but now I'm worried and not sure what's going on with him. Not sure if something got worse at the groomers or if he was already dealing with some issue. He's eating fine, and peeing…</p>
<p>2 days ago my Corgy started yelping randomly when he was touched, and he never yelps! I just figured he was being temperamental but Today he's yelping when I just pet his sides lightly? He yelped yesterday when I put him in and out of our van to go to the groomers, but I just figured I maybe picked him up wrong, but now I'm worried and not sure what's going on with him. Not sure if something got worse at the groomers or if he was already dealing with some issue. He's eating fine, and peeing normally. He's started an odd behavior as well, after 3 years of living with our other large dog, he all of the sudden( over the last few months) is aggressive and barking at the large dog a lot when our large dog gets to excited.Not sure if that's related or not, I'm wondering now if he's aggressive because the large dog is hyper and bumps him off and on when he's excited? Anyone ever dealt with this? Any help would be appreciated!</p> Seriously need help with peeing in the house issuetag:mycorgi.com,2018-11-08:1150197:Topic:19882582018-11-08T21:53:39.908ZBea Shttp://mycorgi.com/profile/RebeccaStewart
<p>We really need some advice, but first I'll set up the situation. It's a long read :(</p>
<p>We have a five year old male Corgi called Fortie. We got him as a three month old puppy and trained him up. By around six months he was fully house trained, no problems with anything like that. Apart from being stubborn, he was great! At the time we were living in a two bed room apartment.</p>
<p>Around the time he was two years old we moved to a house in the country with a big garden. It's a big…</p>
<p>We really need some advice, but first I'll set up the situation. It's a long read :(</p>
<p>We have a five year old male Corgi called Fortie. We got him as a three month old puppy and trained him up. By around six months he was fully house trained, no problems with anything like that. Apart from being stubborn, he was great! At the time we were living in a two bed room apartment.</p>
<p>Around the time he was two years old we moved to a house in the country with a big garden. It's a big house, but not massive chateau or anything. It has a very open kitchen/living/hall area and then ground floor bedrooms and upstairs bedrooms.</p>
<p>For the first year it was good, no problems for our boy. We renovated the kitchen, started laying new floor tiles and no problems with Fortie. But then mid-last year we started major renovating work on the ground floor and we moved into the bedroom on the second floor while the downstairs areas being renovated. After that work started, Fortie started peeing in the house. Sometimes it would be that he would stay with us upstairs and then leave and go an pee downstairs and come back again, like the ground floor was no longer 'the house'. So we would close the door so he couldn't leave.</p>
<p>Then he started peeing when I would go out and he'd be left alone. This has become increasingly worse to the point that every time I go out, he pees. It seems to be me he has the issue with, not my husband, I think because I work from home so I'm 'always around'. He was also peeing in the house when I was in my workspace because he couldn't be with me (I work with food, so he can't come in).</p>
<p>We've tried several things to stop it including sectioning off areas so he has a small zone when we go out. I always take him out to the garden before I leave the house (he actually doesn't want to go into the garden without us for some reason. Sometimes I'll be out gardening and he'll go back inside :/ ).</p>
<p>We don't crate him and we won't be doing that as he has never done it in his life.</p>
<p>Recently we started a new method. He understands a lot of words and he knows the word for pee, no, good etc etc. So we started giving him a stern talking to saying 'no pee in the house' and then giving him a super yummy treat to keep him occupied while we were out. It started to work. For two weeks he stopped peeing in the house! Every time we'd go out, 'no pee' here's your treat et voila! No pee! </p>
<p>Then, last weekend we had friends come to stay and help with the renovations. They brought their little dog with them, who Fortie knows. He has stayed with them several times when we go away and she's been here before. He started peeing in the house -- during the day. Since they left on Sunday, he's peed three times upstairs (we've moved back downstairs) and peed when I've gone out. Today was the limit though. I've never seen anything like it. I was upstairs using the bathroom and came down to find he'd peed on the edge of the couch. I had to go out for a few hours, so I gave him 'the talk' and the treats and left. When I came back I found he'd peed SIX TIMES including once on the side his own box. SIX TIMES.</p>
<p>Then my brother-in-law arrived tonight and Fortie freaked up. Totally afraid of him, though he's met him a couple of times. Seriously afraid and hiding behind us and eyeing him off :/ I've only seen him act like that with one other person, but not as bad...</p>
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<p>I'm at a loss as what to do now. I don't know what's wrong with him. We're trying to make the house more 'normal' while the work continues (our workman has abandoned us, so we're having to do a lot ourselves, thus it's taking longer). We've cleaned up a lot of the house, put the furniture back into place and use all parts of the ground floor. I close off the second floor so he can't go up there when we're not there. However, the house isn't going to be fully 'normal' for a few more months and there's not much we can do about it.</p>
<p>To make matters worse, I'm six months pregnant and due in January so we have to stop this asap. It's our first child and I'm worried that Fortie's not going to be able to handle it. As I'm pregs I can't do big walks with him, but try to walk around the garden several times (it's almost an acre) with him and make him run with games of fetch or chase the ball etc.</p>
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<p>To me it's like an anxiety issue. I think he's super attached to us and for some reason has become anxious when we leave. I don't know if the noise of the renovations upset him in the beginning and now it's this bad habit, or what, but I need some solutions.</p>
<p>Can anyone please, please, please help? Please only positive and helpful advice cos I'm at the end of my tether :( He's normally such a sweetheart and I want him to be happy again :(</p>
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<p></p> CBD oil for pain management in senior dogs?tag:mycorgi.com,2018-10-11:1150197:Topic:19815082018-10-11T02:17:26.624ZDiane Burdahttp://mycorgi.com/profile/DianeBurda
<p>I am considering trying CBD oil to ease my 14 year old Corgis ( 15 in :March) discomfort from arthritis. I would love to hear from anyone that has tried it.</p>
<p>I am considering trying CBD oil to ease my 14 year old Corgis ( 15 in :March) discomfort from arthritis. I would love to hear from anyone that has tried it.</p>