Hi All Westies Lover

What Jac said is true.

I am the buyer that bought from Irene, her first batch of westies. We bought Taco from Irene and he had seizure on the second night we got him. We got him on a Sunday and on the second sunday he died after we sent him to a vet because he had seizure. And seizure is the symptom that happened at the last stage of canine distemper. Of course i went back to Irene to tell her what happened and ask her if we can get a partial refund because we paid alot for Taco. We argued on the phone, Irene then only told us that the 'gurantee' was only 5 days, which she never told us before and in the end Irene hung up on us (my sister and i). obviously the issue was never resolved. that was more than a year ago.

Altho it was 2 short weeks we had Taco, i was so smitten by him. After a year i didnt manage to get over Taco and through out last year till now i still visit Irene's website to look at her westies because i never manage to find a westie like Taco.


After 1 year, my boyfriend and i decided to give Irene's westie another chance, (this is the part where everyone will come in to tell me that i am insane) so I went back to Irene. My bf and i drove up to Penang to visit Irene and have a very good look at the puppies. In the end we left with Puffy, it was only after much consideration, debate and sane and objective mind.

Now Puffy has been with us for almost a month already. He is not showing any signs of distemper (i was most worried about), i have been doing all i can to prevent it. However, Puffy do have seborrhea, and for westie's, i've read, it is a genetic disease. I am doing all i can to reduce any potential harm to Puffy from seborrhea. I can say that, I am not regretting much for buying Puffy from Irene but I do hope that Puffy have a good and healthy life. So now all I can is to try to get him as close to that as possible.

Yes he have

but i guess her dogs, Ozzy and Christy doesnt appear to have it maybe because it is reccessive gene in them.

i am so worried now like i am not sure when Puffy will get another round of infection once he stop his antibiotics.

any other westies owner out there know anything about seborrhea?

Hi everyone

Previously, i've posted several post about my westie, Puffy from Starhill Kennel, i've never actually introduce Puffy to you all.

This is Puffy (attached picture), he is now almost 5 months old


P.s i am still new with lowyat forum, i wanted to add in a post in this thread but didnt realise i started a new topic.. sigh..


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I am from KL, Bukit Damansara to be exact.

Irene gave me a discount for Puffy because the first puppy i bought from her a year ago died after 2 weeks. Puffy was actually selling cheaper compared to the other westies she sold.

[quote=Jenn7912,Aug 28 2009, 11:46 AM]
yeah, may be he is still a puppy( almost 8 months old)... have to correct him time to time..

Yes, His tail is recovering, wound has dried and the skin has fallen.. but one thing now like sudah botak( only can see his pink skin )... dunno whether his licking will affect the speed of recovery or not... I play fetch wif him every day, so he seems to love it (cos he gets his treats) and didnt chase his tail...

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Added on August 28, 2009, 12:19 pm[quote=huffpuffpuffy,Aug 26 2009, 03:10 PM]
Hi everyone

Previously, i've posted several post about my westie, Puffy from Starhill Kennel, i've never actually introduce Puffy to you all.

This is Puffy (attached picture), he is now almost 5 months old
P.s i am still new with lowyat forum, i wanted to add in a post in this thread but didnt realise i started a new topic.. sigh..
very cute puffy...:-)

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thank you

but now he is not so cute cause he got skin problem.
I've clipped his fur short so when i shower him with malaseb it is better for his skin.
so now not so cute looking already.

before this he wasnt taking any medication just omega fatty acids oil and supplements to boost his immune system, i also shower him with malaseb twice a week cause the vet said that he has sebborrhea. he only took had skin infections and had to take antibiotics to control it and that was a couple of months back

a couple of weeks ago when i came back from my trip he had skin very bad skin infection and scabs collected at the end of his ears, i brought him to a different vet cause it is nearer can i couldnt wait already. the vet said that he has mange, so now he is on antibiotics and mange medication. hopefully the mange medication works and he wouldnt have any more skin infections after this

i am monitoring his food, i changed his food from the normal eukanuba puppy food to lamb and rice puppy food. hopefully he will be better

and yes i got him from irene

What kind of skin problem does Casper has? Is he under antibiotic medication? do you use malaseb too?

it is troublesome and worrying to have a puppy with skin problem but until now i still havent regret getting Puffy. i cant imagine having another puppy apart from him. i guess taking care of a puppy/doggy is like taking care of a real baby. my family always joke that Puffy is my son

yea Puffy was diagnose to have demodex mites by the 2nd vet i brought him to. after his first round of antibiotics, he had an outbreak and now he is on his second round of antibiotics. i am worried that one day these stupid bacteria or fungus will overcome the antibiotics (that doesnt do much harm to his body), i will need to start giving him antibiotics that will harm his body

so now he is on his mange medication, i hope he will be much better if this medication works.

did you find benzoyl peroxide better than malaseb? cause i think malaseb is not really working for Puffy.

its good to hear Casper skin condition is under control. i hope one day Puffy will too.
I can so relate to what you mean by being the personal doctor hahaha cause everyday when i get home after work when i am playing with thim i will check and see if got anything unusual happening on his body or not.

my next biggest problem now is tht Puffy eats his own shit and lick his own pee "

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Added on September 1, 2009, 4:19 pmHi Jac

yea i think i am going to consider bringing him to the gasing vet hospital, my friend who has a min. shz. recommended to me too.

i hope puffy gets better too. my first vet recommended for me to change to the lamb and rice formula first, if it doesnt work i will need to change puffy's food to fish base food. so now still experimenting which type of food will suite him better. i read from your blog on the dog food analysis and i saw the review on eukanuba before. dont think the lamb and rice is good for him cause his outbreak was bad this time

time really flies Scubby is 1 yr old already!
hurry up post more new pictures of him, i miss looking at Scubby's pictures u post

This post has been edited by huffpuffpuffy: Sep 1 2009, 04:19 PM

I didnt approach Irene at all, i kinda figure that she will most probably be no help at all
i might as well just concentrate on getting Puffy better
apart from this skin issue and eating his business, he is alright

i also dont know y he is eating and licking his business. first we figured that he might be him feeling hungry thats y but i think we feed him enough
now he eats 3 big soup spoon per meal and 3 meals a day and in between we feed in a few kibbles when he is a good boy. dont think we are under feeding him.
and when we catch him eating his business, we will scold with the tone that he will know that he shouldnt be doing that.

Yea i make sure he drinks alot of water every time after he take his medication to wash down the antibiotics
but he doesnt like to drink the water when i add in apple cider vinegar so i have to give him plain water alternate days

thanks for the advice larry ho

i also hope puffy wont have to go thru this for long and have an itch-free life

Hi May Yee

thanks for the advise

we have been watching Puffy very closely for the pass few days.
When i am at work, he is at home with my parents and my maid so they will watch him.
So once he poop we will watch him for a while if he approaches his poo very close like to sniff we will use very stern voice to tell him no and then clean up the poo so he knows he is not suppose to eat it but sometimes when he wanders off to somewhere else for less 5 mins, i will catch him pooing and eating it T_T will continue to monitor him
I never beat Puffy ever if he does anything wrong, i only use a rolled up newspaper to scare him. heartache oh if whack him

we are treating Puffy's eaer mange now. the vet said that it is because Puffy's immune system is low which caused the demodax which leads to the bacterial infection on his body like armpits area. Did Ping ever get like bacterial infection from crusty ear mange? cause my vet said that once we treat Puffy's ear mange, the other skin diseases will go away. but honestly, i have my doubts...

So cute he has a birthday cupcake

Happy Belated Birthday Scubby!