Just been watching bondi vet they had a bulldog bought in as over excitable and generally hard to handle and shown as pulling the ownere everywhere. Seemed lovely temperment and very well loved.
Advice ? get him immediately castrated it will sove the problem vet even repeated this after the op when the dog was still slightly sedated again saying in a while this is how calm he will be all the time. Really ? I would be surprised .
The other point was the inserted silicone testicles so he still looked male when the boyfriend walked him down the street fgs. 
The other interesting case was a young retriever bought very cheaply because she had severe problems with her front legs, a congenital abnormality which very soon would cause her extreme pain and need to pts.
The owner obvioulsy loved her and took her to have acomplicated operation costing thousands to correct her legs. Very touching story would love to have seen the finished result

> The other point was the inserted silicone testicles so he still looked male when the boyfriend walked him down the street

Total waste of money but maybe that is what it takes to get the average Australian bloke to neuter his dog :) 
Personally though, I am more uncomfortable with the second story.

Yes I understand what you mean. As there was no background to the dog given or real prognosis it was difficult to assess what the expected outcome would have been. However having got his pup the owner had adifficult choice either to see her in pain very rapidly to the extent pof suggesting within weeks pts may be th ebest option or the operation he went in to debt to raise the expect 6000 australian dollars

> get him immediately castrated it will sove the problem vet

And there's loads of us that thought it was training that taught a dog to walk on a slack lead ;) I'll have to tell my sister about this magic fix, her Boxer pulls like a steam train - oh wait, the boxer is a speyed female - nothing for the vet to chop off!

> The other interesting case was a young retriever bought very cheaply because she had severe problems with her front legs, a congenital abnormality which very soon would cause her extreme pain and need to pts.

Ahh poor thing :( What problems did she have? Had she seen a specialist or was it just the vet (the same vet that thinks chopping off testicles and replacing them with fake ones makes a dog stop pulling on a lead) that gave that prognosis?

Buster had one foot that was turning out really badly, the vet said it would HAVE to be opperated on, the specialist didn't say it was a must as it hadn't finished growing so could right itself (it's a lot better than it was,, but not a 'show' foot and causes him, no problems). I was also told by the vet that Busters UAP (elbow displasia) HAD to be opperated on, again, the specialist didn't.

yes I liked the magic fix too lol:) still waiting for the fix to work on my 4 and half year old gsd  poor owner think she could be asking for her money back on the silicone testicles too. I wanted to shout training !!! at the screen. Think she could be in for a shock once elroy ( the dog) is fully round and as barmy and strong as before:) Guess there will be loads of people off for the op now for their dogs to stop excited behaviour and pulling it was so strongly said. 

Rosie the retriever had problems with bone growth ( no name given as far as I heard ) reulsting in fron legs like flippers from roughly her ankles on both legs.  Very severe she could only walk short distances abit like aseal would and he had only had her acouple of weeks so probably around 12 weeks or so.
She was referred to a specialist ( not the bronzed surfing blond bondi vet who thinks testicles = lead pulling ) lol who was happy to do the op as he felt it would be successful. Needed to break both legs place in an external cage thingy and have the crews that were inserted tighten daily for about 14 days.

> Rosie the retriever had problems with bone growth ( no name given as far as I heard ) reulsting in fron legs like flippers from roughly her ankles on both legs.

Poor poopet. That sounds like carple subluxation. Buster had that, but his was improved nutritionally and he wasn't completely down on his pasterns, he was almost there and his feet flapped around like flippers. I wonder why they didn't try the nutritional approach first?

Buster was like the GSD up in this link, (scroll down to second line of pics) he looked the the pup at '5 months old', diet change and it rectified to almost normal :)

Thats interesting yes the pup looked like that. They didnt mention anything other than abnormal bone growth and a passing comment from th e"breeder" that she hadnthad the right food !! odd in the extreme.
Then referred her and went for the serious op. She was little sweettie a happy waggy tail girl even when just round from the op was wagging away with her tail while her poor owner cuddled her and tried to hold back his tears.

> passing comment from th e"breeder" that she hadnthad the right foo

The wrong diet is what caused Buster to go down on his pasterns. I didn't feed him what the breeder told me to :( When he did go down his pasterns, after seeing the vet (who told me the pasterns & turned out foot needed opperating on), I phoned the breeder, he gave me instructions for a diet to correct the problems and it worked :) It's amazing how the wrong diet can cause drastic changes to a growing pup.

The article I linked to, also talks about how carple subluxation has been produced experementally in Beagle by altering the calcium/magnesium/phosphorus levels and ratios in the diet.

The article concludes:
"The interesting and surprising thing that I learned from recent reports is that improvement to the point of resuming normalcy is possible with manipulation of the nutritional intake of the dog. While much of the survey response had nothing to do with the disorder, a recurring theme and the most likely approach to use in improving both the weak pastern and the true subluxated joint, is the lowering of protein level in the diet."

The article is written by a man that has has lectured on Gait-and-Structure, Canine Orthopedic Disorders, and other topics, written books onthe subject etc..

If that was the condition I agree why jump to such an operation first. Pleased you were so successful with Buster though

Its normally quite an interesting programme to watch, they always seem to go the extra mile not like UK vets, they wouldnt be seen dead doing half the things the Bondi practice do.

Also on a completely different note - Bondi Vet - mmmm I would ;)

;)

> Bondi Vet - mmmm I would ;-)

mmmm Bondi Vet probably wouldn't though! Bondi Beach is very much loved by the boyz, I understand ;)

He's not quite as dishy in person... :0

He doesn't hold a lot of credence here with a lot of people either.. it's all about the TV appearances :(