noisymina

Talk about "Off Topic"

Gee - This is all beyond my experience/ambitions - but has been so helpful just with some of the day to day stuff with Kaisie - just getting her to focus on me has been a huge advantage. So impressive. Thanks. :D

Mel774 would be worth contacting

Thanks SkyesongTollrz :cool:

Scallywags site is not bne south - looks like a UK site If you do find a good one, MyRani - please let us know :cool:

Thanks Erny - nice to have the "gut feeling" sort of confirmed. The table thing was OK - until she fell off one - her fault entirely. :cool: Some of it was quite good. She just loved doing the maze thing once she realised the game. ;) Yeh - sorry about the off topic thing everyone,

Erny - it was a bad call on the part of the trainer. Yes, the dog was "pushed" - but the trainer concerned did not like - or undersatnd Dobes - let a lone a re-homed one with unknown background. When she left me to it, I did eventually get the dog to do what was wanted. :cool: Let's face it - the dog WAS frightened of the tunnel. Once she got over the fear, it was all good. Pushing her into a thing she feared was not a good idea. What might work with a 12 week pup does not necessarily work with a 4 year old Dobermann that doesn't trust strangers. I went for some assistance with things like lead pulling - she wanted an agility champion - different agendas, I think?

I have not read all this thread - But I have a pet peeve too - And that, briefly revolves around the lack of TRAINERS with common sense. Around here, that is. If and when I find someone around here who can actually be realistically and positively helpful to me so I can actually learn something useful - well, it'll probably be too late 'cause I've now learned most of what I need (for the moment, anyway) from books and from here! The only person my present dog has almost bitten was .... a "trainer". :cool: I fear taking her anywhere like that now - for the safety of the "trainer". Even the vet can stick needles into her with almost no reaction! ;)

What about one of those pop-up kids toys - "jack-in-the-box" type thing? hehe :rolleyes:

;) :D Our Wei stole two boxes of after-dinner mints from under the Xmas tree one year - unwrapped them, got through the sealed celophane, opened the boxes, then pulled each mint out of it's indivdual wrapper. Confetti all over the countryside. I caught her as she started on the second box. :p My eggs are in the fridge - never have trusted a dog in the kitchen with food out. :rolleyes:

If you have to leave the kitchen when food is out, just shove it in the microwave. I have yet to meet a dog who can open a microwave. ;) :rolleyes:

Man of few words. ;) :rolleyes:

- he just had to make sure it was dead

You learn something every day. So that's why she won't give me the ball back. She sucks me in showing how much she wants to play ball - then runs off back to her bed with it. Leaves me standing out in the yard looking -- like a total idiot.

Sounds good to me - if a little messy.

No - I think it has something to do with the plastic bag. MY dog is not a snob - even if she IS a sook.

That's desperate stuff. We had an issue with the vacuum - even when it was off - and it is a ducted system, so all you see is the hose and nozzle. I ended up putting the hose along the corridor, to one side, and a trail of treats along on the other side. took a while, but she eventually condescended to walk along beside the hose while the vacuum was OFF. :D Then we started the walk over the hose trick - she's still dicy about it all, but not s**t scared like she used to be. Next question - why does mine carry on like a lunatic when - - - the rubbish goes out.

He's a Dobe. Should have seen mine at the agility course - no tunnels, won't jump on stands/tables, finally ventured over ther tyres - jumped through a hoop a couple of times, but then it "attacked" her and she won't go near it. etc etc. Pity about the instructor - not the least Dobe savvy, unfortunately. I guess you could put treats inside the GHOD and let him learn that it is a good thing? I've tried all sorts of grooming stuff on Dobes over the years - now it is just a wash and dry and run around. If she is shedding a bit, I use the horse grooming block on her while she is still damp - this removes a lot of loose hair - and then just wipe her over again with a damp sponge and dry as usual. At the last visit to the vet, he wanted me to use an anti-bacterial shampoo - and I must say the Malaseb has brought her coat up a treat. He recommended a good scrub in the areas where she has a bit of a skin problem, so I got the plastic brush thingy the fellas use for their hair and scrubbed all over with that too. Guess it is more in the shampoo and a good scrub than in anything else.

Forget the GHOD. Try just a damp face washer or sponge or anything else that pup does not see as fatal - and get it used to grooming like it is to patting, using a few treats as you go. Later on, the GHOD can be left lying around on the floor, on dogs bed etc if you are really sure you do need to use it - eventually. Our Dobe, who was re-homed at 4 years was a snapper whenever we got to the rear end. She's great now since she learned that a back scratch is *heavenly*. Last time we went to the vet, he actually got a thermometer where they put them - for the first time since we got her - over 2 years ago now! My fav book - "Getting in T-Touch with Your Dog" Linda Tellington-Jones. I have given up on the nails tho.

I share his disgust. Your Dad should know all the ins and outs of rabbit consumption, I would have thought? I've never heard of hydatids being a problem with Rabbits - but, even so, if the meat is thouroughly cooked, it should, theoretically, be safe. Hydatid cysts are very large and quite obvious - don't think they would be easy to miss. I've only come across tape worm in relation to pork, roo and sheep. And farmers have been eating all those for generations!

Pandii - can you send me some of those rabbits? Huh Huh??? Love fresh rabbit. The stuff we get from the butcher is frozen, domestic produce and costs a zillion. Lots of people shoot and eat rabbit - never heard of a reason not to.

I give mine roo tail - started recently as I now have supplier at a reasonable price. They come frozen from a pet food supplier. However, I don't believe there is anything added and the problem with roo meat, usually, is only tapeworm. My dog is regularly wormed and I do believe that freezing would kill it anyway - if it were present in the tail - which I think is unlikely. She had them before on occasions - but they were expensive from the supermarket. She gets one about twice a week now - they come 3 to the kg. Too much would not be good as it is very lean and contains little fat - but she needs to lose some weight and gets Lamb flap or neck and Pork trotters as well - which means she is getting plenty of fat from other things in her diet. I do keep to the meaty bones. Partly because I am - sort of - keeping to a BARF shedule. And also because I belive that any minced meat usually does have things added, you can't tell how much fat or bone is in it, and it doesn't do anything for the teeth. But that is a big ask, Pandii - I don't know about long term problems etc And there may be things to look out for that I am not aware of.

That would be the worst feeding nightmare - two dogs on opposite diets. I knew there was a reason we only have one! :p :p

Yep, it's funny alright, KitKat. Mine is getting fat on BARF. :D She should be around 30kg - last weigh-in was 31.7, down from 32. Maybe 31kg would be OK. She's probably building up a bit of muscle. That's on about 350g meaty bones and about 100g of her "mix". Oh, and her slice of toast and vegemite If we went on the recommendation of 2-3% body weight, she would need about 150g to 400g MORE. Maybe she would be the reverse on dry kibble - who knows? But I'm not going to try. Ater all, if it ain't broken, why try to fix it? :p Interesting how the dogs can vary so much, Frustrating that we can't come to one easy solution - and save ourselves a heap of time, effort and $$$$$. :p

I'm curious - why say no cabbage, and then feed brussell sprouts? I don't feed any of that family - no cabbage, sprouts, cauliflower, brocolli etc - they all contribute to wind problems. Mine likes her carrots whole too. She will take a carrot, happily trot off and eat it like a bone. When the horse gets carrots, she has to have one too. By the way - if juicing apples or pears, the seeds need to be removed first. Whilst they may go through ok unjuiced, the juicing may release the poison that they contain - or so I'm told. :p :p