While looking up information on the internet about Symmetrical Lupoid Onychodystrophy I came across your message. My dog (a three year old standard poodle) was diagnosed with SLO about three months ago. He is now on medication for this disease. Until the beginning of the year he was a very active dog, doing agility and flyball. I had to stop with all this because he was losing toenails all the time. I wonder if he will ever be able to do dog sport again?

Cap’s brother Audie does the same ‘carry things around’ thing. He’s obsessed with shoes – never chews them, just carries them – especially to greet people he likes. It’s actually kind of cute and – we can tell how happy he is by the size of the shoe. Once when I’d been gone all day he met me with one of Mark’s size 13 ice fishing boots in his mouth. It was almost as big as he is!