Our bloke just loves everyone. His best friend is our neighbour's 120-pound rottweiler. He wants to be friends with our cat but she's having none of it. I didn't know cats could growl.

We're trying to train him to use the stairs. He's getting a bit big for Souvette to carry and I don't have the strength these days to carry anything.

What's happened to you?

Not sure.I'm always tired and lethargic, have no strength whatsoever, get dizzy and uncoordinated, and my mood is a bit iffy. My SIL (a nurse) reckoned it could be anemia. I did some research an vitamin B12 deficiency came up. I've got pretty much all of the symptoms. I've just started taking industrial doses of B12. We'll see if that does anything.

Had your blood pressure checked recently? Some of that sounds like it could be hypotension - I'm just coming through that, took my eye off the ball as it were, dizziness, feeling weak and uncoordination all featured.

My first one (Chrissie) was a blonde with apricot ears, she was quite tall for a cockerpoo, came to my knees, and weighed around 45lbs. The one I have now (Abbey) is chocolate/sable, half the size, comes to mid calf and weighs around 23lbs..

One thing I absolutely hate is that breeders here like to chop their tails - doc them, which is just so unnecessary. Abbey's tail was docked far too short resulting in issues. Other problems they can have are hip issues.

One of the biggest pain in the bum things about them is the double coat, which depending on the 'type', mattes very easily, right down to the skin, once it gets past a certain length - it can literally go like wool if you don't catch it early enough and results in having to cut the fur ultra short (and shaving them makes it worse in the long term). Lovely dogs though and would be my first choice every time. Calm, loving and loyal.. both of mine have been devoted, never leaving my side.

Sorry to hear of everyone else's malfunctions.

I had something similar last week, got dizzy, fell over, had to attend a series of meetings with people from out of town with a fat lip and carpet burns all up my face. A number of ribald remarks about rug burns ensued. Went to the doctor on the weekend and had an EKG, a cat scan, blood work, a heart monitoring session the whole business. Best to get it all done before Doug Ford abolishes hospitals.

We have still got Daisy, so we're not completely berift, we have been amazed at how quiet she is though. She is being spoiled. I picked up Henry's ashes on Friday and have a urn on order. Didn't want to bury him as we're not staying here.

I've been saying no more dogs for a while, OH wants an old English Sheepdog but I think they would be too rambunctious after having chows.

Can all you dizzy blokes just sort yourselves out, sheesh, do as your missus's say and see a doctor and then take the medication please!

There's an Old English Sheepdog / Poodle cross that might be interesting - either standard poodle = large dog - or miniature poodle - small dog! (Sheepadoodle!)

https://cranbrookfamilydogs.com/
Oooh and tiny sheepadoodles! https://cranbrookfamilydogs.com/tiny-sheepadoodles/

They are super cute!

On it, honest!

Funny you mention that. I was outside with the got one morning a couple of weeks ago. I sat on a low wall next to a flower bed. When I went to stand up, I simply flopped backwards into the flower bed. It took me five attempts to pull myself upright.

Someone mentioned hypotension. I don't think it is that. I am more likely to have hypertension. I develop it when you put me in front of a white coat. That was proved at an insurance medical several years ago. The blood pressure test was the first thing to be done. It was off the scale. The doctor had the patience to keep taking the readings throughout the medical, as I became more relaxed. They went down and down and eventually hit textbook normal.

Hope the results are good ones - well done for at least going and getting them done!


That doesn't sound good. Do please get checked out, something definitely isn't right! Could you be hypoglycemic?

They have a nifty machine now that takes your blood pressure 3-6 times and they average it out.

Liar. You're as bad as me!

Why is it that blokes won't go to the doctor?

Not so! I refer you here: Health question #2 of 2 - hypotension.

Also I had a full scan last Monday - they cheated, I thought that it was just going to be an MRI, it was full on, including drinking a litre of yak piss, intravenous flaming liquid and the obligatory dose of liquid where the sun doesn't shine.

Result...clean.

One more appointment with a gastro-specialist in two weeks time, but doc reckons that to be just a formality.