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woogiebear · 03-13-2007, 01:18 PM

I gave them calcium when they were younger prompted by Spoilt's failure of ears coming up. His ears came up much later then most other Corgi's. I did give them calcium for awhile but quit it back in the middle of summer some time. Yes, they are healthy weights and thier coats are great. I was told that with Spoilt being a bluey that it was caused by a recessive gene in his liniage somewhere and to be on the lookout for any abnormalties. The Vet has not noticed anything wrong with him when I took him for his puppy exams however, I have noticed that occassionally his back end *pops* or makes a popping noise. It does not happen that often, and it does not interfere with him running pell mell throughout the house. I also don't think he necessarily sees as good as he could. He has those bright ice blue eyes but will often bark at the other side of the house towards my husband (when he is crossing the room etc.) until Scott gets closer to him and he realizes it is daddy. Shadows cause him to startle as well. Or large shapes he can't quite make out. Such as the large garbage cans on the side of the street on garbage day. He barks at them. I am wondering if he is not seeing well OR if he is a corgi/poultry mix. I guess since the vet sees nothing wrong when I bring these up to him I may just be LOOKING for something. Rotten is given to bouts of extreme wheezing. Again, vet said nothing was wrong. But as far as limping, acting like they are exhibiting signs of pain, no. And I regularly massage thier entire bodies so I am sure if they had pain somewhere they would have let me know during one of these massages. Rotten especially loves the all over body massage. He will just fall plum asleep right away. Spoilt perfers certain areas like the top of his head and his chest right where that chest bone is. He is a little touchy towards his behind but will eventually allow it.

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woogiebear Member Status: Offline Posts: 83 Join Date: Apr 2006	03-13-2007, 01:18 PM I gave them calcium when they were younger prompted by Spoilt's failure of ears coming up. His ears came up much later then most other Corgi's. I did give them calcium for awhile but quit it back in the middle of summer some time. Yes, they are healthy weights and thier coats are great. I was told that with Spoilt being a bluey that it was caused by a recessive gene in his liniage somewhere and to be on the lookout for any abnormalties. The Vet has not noticed anything wrong with him when I took him for his puppy exams however, I have noticed that occassionally his back end pops or makes a popping noise. It does not happen that often, and it does not interfere with him running pell mell throughout the house. I also don't think he necessarily sees as good as he could. He has those bright ice blue eyes but will often bark at the other side of the house towards my husband (when he is crossing the room etc.) until Scott gets closer to him and he realizes it is daddy. Shadows cause him to startle as well. Or large shapes he can't quite make out. Such as the large garbage cans on the side of the street on garbage day. He barks at them. I am wondering if he is not seeing well OR if he is a corgi/poultry mix. I guess since the vet sees nothing wrong when I bring these up to him I may just be LOOKING for something. Rotten is given to bouts of extreme wheezing. Again, vet said nothing was wrong. But as far as limping, acting like they are exhibiting signs of pain, no. And I regularly massage thier entire bodies so I am sure if they had pain somewhere they would have let me know during one of these massages. Rotten especially loves the all over body massage. He will just fall plum asleep right away. Spoilt perfers certain areas like the top of his head and his chest right where that chest bone is. He is a little touchy towards his behind but will eventually allow it.