I think he is ignoring this post.... Hoping it will just go away... Maybe if we keep it at the top of the page he will finally give in and post some pics :) Linda

The last few days my main LCD TV has been bawlky at channel changing and the volume has been sluggish and hard to control with the remote. When I would start changing channels it would just keep rolling up thru dozens of channels -rolling from one to the next. Or the volume bar would be hard to move, then just keep moving and get way too loud or too low. It happened with both remotes and new batteries. The TV is 4 yrs old so I thought the Ir receiver was going bad. (I actually put an ad on Craigslist and had a guy coming who wanted to buy it for a computer monitor. Then it seemed to respond better to the remote so I told him not to come). Then later today it was uncontrollable again with the remotes. I decided to google 'LCD rolling thru channels' and stumbled on the answer. The web page said the remote probably had a stuck down key -push them all to free it. I got both the remotes and tried them and they seemed ok in appearance. Then I got out my night vision scope --you can see the Ir flare with a night scope (or your dgital camera). Neither remote was firing without being pressed. Then I looked around the couch and the old DVD player remote was in the remote holder on the arm where we keep some various remotes. The scope showed constant firing of this little remote!! I picked it up and the firing stopped -- it had been pressed down in a tight holder on the couch. To prove the problem I simultaneously pressed the tv volume on the tv remote and a number key on the DVD player remote --- and the TV volume went sluggish- then out of control, and the channel changer did the same. Whoo Hoo!! Thanks again Google and some unnamed dude who posted there!

Honestly, a second opinion might be a good idea. I could understand if he didn't see reason for the x-rays if this was a general problem, but since this is an intermittent problem, I would think he'd realize that there might not be pain at the time of the visit...but that doesn't mean everything is ok! It seems like you're doing what you can, but unfortunately it also seems like you have a vet that isn't doing too much to get to the bottom of things. I just hate to know that your baby is in pain and nothing is being done about it. About going to a new vet "if" it keeps up....I think this will definitely continue (it seems like it's been going on for a while now...almost a year?), and how can your vet "find anything" if he doesn't do any digging! I could be totally off base, but from what you're saying, he doesn't seem to be doing right by you or your dog.

Assuming that Nick was tired, or that he thought you were interfering with something that he should have chosen, or something, & that he really doesn't feel like Chad is someone to swear about, in other words, assuming there's something to work with here... One thing I've noticed that men *are* good at is detailed directions/instructions. 1. When alarm goes off, push button. 2. Throw back covers. 3. Put feet into slippers. 4. etc Send Chad to a friend's house for the evening, & take Nick for a walk or a bike ride & tire him out, since people are more open-minded & less likely to erupt when they're a little tired ("physically tired", not "stress-tired", do *not* try this when he's just spent 10 hours on an excruciating project at work!). When you get home (be sure this isn't on a football night, or whatever night he has something else on his mind), sit down with him & tell him that you want everyone to be happy in the family & that you want him & Chad to have a good, strong, enjoyable relationship, & that you want to try an experiment. & have an outline of your "project" in front of you, with one goal & a few basic or simple steps to achieve it. Tell him you haven't thought past this first small goal, you want to start small, & ask him for his ideas for more steps toward the goal. Agree to get together in a week to talk about how successful it's been & what can be done to fine-tune the steps or refine the goal. At that get-together, agree to have another meeting the following week. Praise every tiny improvement as it happens during the week. (We know to praise dogs, & yet we forget to do it with our nearest & dearest!) When the first goal has been attained, or is within reach, ask him for thoughts on another goal. That first get-together may give you a yes/no answer: if Nick is willing to give it a try, even if he's wary (& people are often wary of something new), hang in there, but if he blows up & tells you to mind your own business & stalks off *& doesn't come back to make up & explore the idea further after he's cooled down*... then I'd say you need to take your son & get outta Dodge. I wish all of you the best.