• Early recognition of pain
    • Arthritis
      • Stats
        • 80% dogs over 8
        • 35% of all dogs = 3.15m dogs in UK
      • licking
      • chewing
      • chronic pain
        • behaviour change
          • willingness to interact
          • more clingy
          • uninterested and distant
          • can be confused with canine cognitive disfunction
          • noise sensitivity
        • capability and gait
          • not always a limp
          • irregular walking
          • loosing balance
          • laboured sit to stand
        • postural change
          • sit
          • sleeping posture
        • muscular changes
      • 40%-80% of advice is forgotten immediately
      • Body condition score of 4/4.5 is ideal
  • Puppies removed from mother too early more likely to
    • bark
    • be fearful on walks
    • be reactive to noise
    • be destructive
    • resource guard
    • be attention seeking
  • Pandemic puppy boom
    • bad breeders
      • sold before 8 weeks
      • sold sick/with worms, giardiasis, fleas, diarrhoea
      • calling the dogs a different breed to inflate prices
      • taking deposits and then increasing price when pup is ready to leave
      • taking deposits, telling new owner puppy has died and selling to someone else at an increased price
      • sold as KC reg with no paperwork
      • puppies with behavioural issues
      • no health testing of the parents
      • stressed parents
      • no socialisation/habituation
      • puppy not weaned – pup doesn’t know how to eat or drink
      • pup doesn’t know how to play with toys
      • ask for 2 forms of ID from breeder
      • WhatsApp ask the breeder to drop a pin of their location
      • good breeders have waiting lists
      • ask to see live videos of the pup
      • does the breeder answer the phone
      • screenshot all correspondence
      • does breeder ask about you
  • Sleep
    • Can die of sleep deprivation
    • key to physical, emotional and cognitive health
    • waste removed from brain and body faster when asleep
    • important for growth, housekeeping and immune system
    • recharges body systems, balances emotions
    • memories are consolidated
    • brain more active at night than day
    • sleep helps with decision making
    • puppies need 18-20 hours
    • adults 12-14 hours
    • elderly dogs need more
    • large breeds nap for longer and more often that small breeds
    • polyphasic sleepers
    • crepuscular but adapt to our sleep cycles
    • deeper sleep between 21:00-06:00