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What a cutey. I hope he gets better soon!

I can't find any information on the site about who makes it, how it's made etc or who petline is, where they are or why I would want their dog food over anyone elses. There's not even any packaging to see. For all I can tell it could be made in China. They also have no contact details and no business details. Sorry. That's a "steer clear" for me. ETA Oh and might seem a minor thing but all the spelling errors on the site sets off my radar too.

Dawwwwww He's a cutey!! I'm thinking I might teach Dylan to "speak" and "shush" on command too He seems SO trainable.

Awwww one happy chappy!!!! Flies should be banned.

Just followed the link from another thread to your pic!!! Just brilliant!!! Thanks for the giggle. What a pair of cuties.

Hee hee. Tell measurement 3 of them makes sc very tired.... Yes tango does the half turn or whatever it is. He will do that with me on the spot and it turns into a dance!! I reckon I could enter him in that doggy dancing thingy!

Heres a good step by step on using 7 Zip Link You can make them smaller by using compression other than the trad "zip" files but that only helps if the other person also has 7 Zip or something similar that will uncompress them at the other end. Anyway, that link explains how to make sure you have settings right for general use.

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Thanks mackie! And yep, very hard to imagine - a few months ago it just simply wouldn't have happened!!

Oh if only MM. I'm sure Pepper would be a fascinating chatter! LOL Maybe she was jealous! There was definitely something up her nose! You know what I think - and I might be completely off-base. It seemed to me that Pepper doesn't really know how to be "dominant" but she felt she had to take on the role with this new nutty puppy. So she sometimes got it right but just didn't know where to draw the line - perhaps the point is that she needed for me to take a more active role and set the boundaries for all of them. Does that make sense? Pepper has always been the "bottom" dog and perfectly happy with that. Everyone loved her and looked after her. Tango threw all that out of whack because he attacked her and she'd never been attacked by any dog I brought into the house before. So she went a little over the top with the next newbie in the household. My amatuer dog psychology LOL I have a feeling it will all work out fine tho. At the moment Tango keeps barking at Dylan when he's being an upstart and Pepper has slipped back a bit and eased up on the little fella. She really does take all her cues from me, has done all her life, so maybe I was expecting a bit too much of the poor old dear

Id be the same mackie - cooked chicken bones always make me nervous. I hate that people just throw them onto the ground all over the place when they've finished eating!!

We've had some interesting times going on here. One thing that happened is something I never thought I'd have to do. Pepper has been getting quite nasty with the pup - I'm not sure what's going on there. But there was one moment when she flew at him for no reason. I saw it happen and I could see that Dylan was just walking past and she attacked him. Dylan was screaming and she was still going. I reacted fairly instantly and did something I've never EVER had to do with Pep. I actually growled at her, smacked her and threw her outside. I was flabbergasted. It was like Tango when he first arrived. I know I need to let them sort it out etc but having watched her over the past few days it just looked like she was getting out of hand. She had started getting protective of food, toys, me! She'd started snarling at him when he tried to get in the crate with her or in her bed. All sorts of things she's never done before. ANyway. After a little while I let her back in. Then I decided I'd try some bonding between her and Dylan. So I gave Tango a big juicy bone (Yes! He gets them now!!!) and took Dylan and Pep for a long off-lead walk. It was bliss because I could let them both off the lead and NEITHER of them disappeared on me! So while we were walking, after a while, I could see Pepper starting to "play bow" to the puppy and they raced around together like old friends. We played games like hide and seek (pepper and I would hide behind a tree and then JUMP out and go AHAAAAA!!!! At dylan when he came looking for us) and chasey. There was a fantastic moment when I wished I'd had the camera with me. We came across a sort of hump in the track - a bit like you'd find BMX kids flying over. There was water and a log on the other side. Pepper and Dylan raced over it and then I thought I'd trick them so I bobbed down behind it and hid. They both came racing back (I could hear them thundering along) and Dylan did this AMAZING leap across the water/log and over the hump and almost over my head on the other side, landing just next to me. He leapt up at me excitedly then leapt over at Pep and they both took off again. It was absolutely magic to see! Especially from my angle just beneath him as he leapt/flew across! We were gone almost 2 hours - Tango was so thrilled to see us when we got back LOL - poor lovey hee hee but he had his bone so he was happy Anyway, sometime later Dylan flopped into the larger dog bed/basket and started to fall asleep. Pepper, who had been in another bed, looked over at him, got up and climbed in with him! Dylan was all calm about it, like he'd been waiting for that to happen ;) And she was perfectly content having him snuggled up against her. I can't tell you how thrilled I was to see Pepper at last, snuggled up in bed and cuddling with another dog - just like she used to with my other two. But the best was yet to come. Later that night I moved the big dog basket into the bedroom expecting Tango to get in that and Pepper and Dylan to hop into the crate. Well Tango got in the big basket and Pepper just climbed right on in with him and curled into a ball next to him!!! Tango was looking at me like "What the...????" but Pepper was just sighing and looking ready to fall asleep, as if this was something that happened ALL the time! Dylan meanwhile was also trying to get into the basket hahahahaha but I knew this was still a bit tenuous between Tango and Pepper and if he jumped in as well it could all go to hell in a handbag!!! So I encouraged Dylan over to the crate. He climbed in sort of reluctantly and settled into a little ball - then Pepper seemed to be unsure what to do. She was looking over towards Dylan sniffing the air. Then turning her head slightly to where Tango was lying down just behind her. It was like "Oh my god! I suddenly have TWO dogs I can cuddle with now. But which one???". She eventually got out of the basket and curled up with Dylan. Not just in the same crate like she has in the past, but snuggled up against him. He didn't bash her or do any of those stupid puppy things she hates but instead just sighed a bit and snuggled into her side. Fantastic stuff! All three of them made my heart glow Pepper is still snarling at him etc this morning but as far as I can tell only when it's appropriate. Not the random crap she was pulling yesterday. I got them all to sit and then scattered some small treats around them and both Tango and Pepper let the pup take the treats from right under their noses.

Awww gorgeous pooches kilo. I especially like Asha - but I'm a sucker for white dogs.

btw Why have you got a washing machine in the back yard?

Thank goodness you took this lovely girl in vc! :)I know you'll miss her but I'm sure you picked the best home and family for her! Well done ;) :D

Thanks for that luffy - I have to admit I have a lot of trouble with the search function in this forum so I appreciate you linking that for me ;)

How small are the treat holes? I ask because of issues with kongs getting stuck on the dogs tongue etc - I threw out the kong I had. They look different tho.

Thanks for all the ideas! I'll go check em out. Tokkie - awww but Ringo doesn't look like he could hurt a fly!!! :D The tough toy Dylan just destroyed was extremely tough. It was only when he was sitting in his basket chewing on the edges that he broke through the edging. ;) So it would have lasted if I hadn't given it to him in his bed - but I had to because otherwise he'd chew on the bed itself and he's already pulled of several pieces of the foam frame. Honbun - that pacifier looks like it might do the trick for calming him down. Anyway - I'll go look at all those suggestions and thanks again

Hi arctic! Yes Tango is a liver spot dalmatian. I only ever had liver spots til I got Pepper. His are fairly light - my previous boy was sometimes mistaken for a black/white. And no Dylan doesn't have a blue eye. Its probably the eye-patch and light that fools ya Thanks for your nice comments ;) You know I watch that vid and can't help but be amazed every time at Tango. SOmetimes I forget what he was like only a few months ago. Timid, scared of every noise, snappy (well sometimes he's still snappy LOL) and didn't know how to play or interact. It's hard to imagine that before I got him he was on drugs for alleged OCD!!!! And that he used to bark at shadows and anything that moved. He seems so confident and calm now. He still isn't sure how to play but he's getting the idea!! :D

Hi there Just wondering if anyone has suggestions for toys for the dally puppy I just brought into my home. His age is unkown - but he's at least 6 months old. He is still chewing on things and has wrecked everything I've given him. The biggest suprise was today when he managed to destroy the Kahuna Tough Toy that I've had for years! Even my previous boy didn't do that - and he was a monster when it came to toys. So I'm looking for something for him to chew on (apart from bones) that might have a chance of lasting more than a day or so. I've heard people mention Bad Cuz - are they tough? I was also looking at this as an option orka stick Any thoughts???? ETA Also has anyone got or had a kong puppy flyer? I don't expect that to be all that tough - I was just thinking of it for exercise and training. Are they any good???

Exactly TD - Pepper really doesn't quite know what to do with Tango "playing" and Dylan just keeps looking at me LMAO If I stop chasing Tango everyone stops. Altho it's not me Tango is interested in. I love the way Tango is trying to interact with the pup tho. He really has surprised me.

Yes I know! That's why I bought that house ;)

Oooh I made a music video!! It's a bit long but I kinda like it. It's a lovely indication of what Tango is like. He keeps growling and snarling which puts Dylan off but if you watch it you can see he's trying to play with the pup. It's not perfect but it's my first attempt at this stuff so I hope you like it too! Dylan and Tango

LOL @ you playing with the toys. Could you throw some my way - Dylan keeps destroying all the toys here - including the "allegedly" indestructible ones! If you can ditch the rice from his diet then that would be better (but again don't rush anything). Cooked grains are not good for them usually - which is why the VANs guy developed the fermented stuff. Pumpking and sweet potato are excellent for them.

Yes, I was a bit worried about that but I just hate to see the poor little fella scratching and licking and turning his feet and bottom red. I thought the VAN and roo might effect a miracle cure. I thought I would feed a little at a time and see how he went. I think I might be trying to sort out the problem too quickly. He has had reasonable poos on the chicken and rice and only small amounts but the itching and licking seemed to get worse. I've also been told that chicken is a commom allergen in dogs. Is rice a problem for some dogs too? Yes it can be a problem for some dogs. But you felt it was helping him. My dog tango gets a lot of rice (due to a health issue effecting what he can eat) and does fine on it. It depends on your dog. Mate, you need to slow down. Sometimes these things can take a bit of time and working out to get it right. I'd say stick as closely as you can to whatever you've been giving him since it seems to have helped a bit. Add the Van complete mix to it and gradually replace the rice with VAN and then if that's going well stick with chicken and Van. You can try other meat once you have him stable on something consistent and it seems to be working. If he doesn't do well on chicken and VAN try another meat source. If it's still no good, cut the Van for a while and try another meat source and veggies. etc It's lovely how keen you are to help your little pooch. LOL But don't panic. Buy what you can afford and try to keep it simple