Cairo, 8 year old staffordshire bull terrier just diagnosed

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Cairo has this habit of picking up sticks which we try to stop as I'm always frightened of injury, so he always gets his toy so that he's carrying something to stop him stick hunting.

Does it work? Well, the jury's out on that one as he was bimbling along, waited until I wasn't looking, put the toy down, grabbed the stick and then the toy so that I couldn't take the stick off him.

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And his best "whaaat?" look

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He is so cute. Total innocence there.

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Sharlene and Molly muffin

Hi Alison,

How is a darling Cairo doing? Hope the heat has gotten a bit better so that walks are more easy.

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Sharlene and molly muffin

The last couple of days have been a bit cooler - between 18 and 22 centigrade and we had rain - it was bliss.

He's got a few little bald patches on his body and his poor ears are bald at the edges but he seems fine. Very unfit but fine.

His latest passion is to outwit us with stick hunting - I'm sure he waits till he sees us blink and he's off. I nearly wrestled him to the ground the other night because he was just grabbing mouthful after mouthful of sticks. He's a cheeky devil.

hahahaha, well it is very good to hear that Cairo still has personality abundance! I'd love to see that wrestling match! Who wins the stick, we'd call it. lol He is a funny guy. Glad he is doing so well still.

Any thoughts to maybe trying to add some fish oil supplements for the coat, or coconut oil, etc?

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Sharlene and molly muffin

Oh he won the stick wrestling match. I took my eye off him for a second because the kids with the out of control collies were coming up the road towards us and then there was a retriever behind us (two breeds he's not fond of) and because I looked away, he took the chance to grab every stick he could find - along with the toy he already had. I must have looked like some maniac, growling at him to leave the sticks alone whilst trying to wrestle them off him. I swear he was laughing at me - he had that "I've got all the sticks and there is nothing you can do about it" look.

I've ordered him a safe stick - he'll probably want that, and the toy, and all the sticks. :rolleyes:

His coat looks good but it's the bald bits. Any particular kind of oil or amount to give him? Coconut oil might be good or I could give him a cod liver oil capsule?

What a picture that paints of all those sticks, glad he is still doing good. Never used it but Salmon oil is suppose to be good for the coat :)

I'm pretty sure that Cairo is going to want Every stick and Every toy. All his. The trick is going to be for him to figure out how to take them All on his walks. LOL He'll be bringing his luggage full of sticks next. hahaha

I think fish oil usually is a good for coat, and so is coconut, so either could be used.

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Sharlene and molly muffin

He's not good today - but it's chucking it down with rain - so I don't know if he didn't want to walk because it's raining or because there's something wrong with him. He was panting heavily and just plodding and shaking. He really doesn't like being out in the rain, so for the moment, we'll blame that but keep an eye on him.

How is Cairo doing now? If he continues like this, might want to get him in and get him checked out.

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Sharlene and molly muffin