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If only my hubbie and I were as neurotic about worming ourselves as we are about the dog!!! we had combantrin when when we were kids. Yukky chalky banana tasting stuff.

My husband fishes on a very regular basis and brings home salmon more than anything. I fry it in the teeniest bit of butter (more to stop it sticking to the pan than anything) and Coops gobbles it greedily. He's a total snob and won't eat anything out of a can..have tried it all...salmon, mackerel, tuna, sardines..he won't have a bar of it. Fresh salmon though...ah yes, that is acceptable.

I agree totally. Our dog, bought from ethical registered breeder, did it for a little while and he is on a BARF diet. He's over it now as we did the same as CavNRott. Quick clean ups are in the best interests of everybody.

I'm no expert at all but I agree with sas, under no circumstances, no matter how tempting it is do you let them be unsupervised. If you wouldn't leave a baby unsupervised, you shouldn't leave a dog unsupervised. If you supervise at all times then when they do do something undesirable your'e there to correct it immediately. Good luck

Wow, over 50kgs! What kind of dog do you have? Mines 5 kg!!!!!

Apparently if she sprinkle bicarb over your carpets overnight and vacume it up the next morning it neutralizes odurs. P.S - My spelling is rubbish I know...sorry! (ashamed to admit I'm a teacher!)

Our little cav boy is called Cooper too! We'll have to compare pics. Our boy is a bit funny about food, even now at 11 months. Sometimes he won't eat out of the bowl and prefers to have it tipped all over the floor. It's very strange. Sometimes I think it might have something to do with those beautiful ears! It's very sad to hear the probs your coopie is having. Our boy has a touchy stomach and we went through a similar thing when we first brought him home. Just a thought, could he have contracted something from your cat? Our coopie had the runs and wouldn't eat much when we brought him home. We took him to the vet and they recommended boiled rice and steamed chicken. We kept him on that with the Hills small puppy ibtes for about two weeks. We refused to give him anything else and he eventually gave it a go. His stools firmed up and we eventually introduced other things but he can still be finnicky about food.... eggs are a nightmare. If you need more advice I can put you in contact with the lady we got our boy from. She's great and really knows her stuff. We are keeping our fingers crossed for you and your coopie!!!!! P.S - I agree with badboyz, you definately have to have the courtesy to contact the breeder first and foremost. It doesn't matter if you think you are being neurotic and your'e calling them up over what you think are silly things. Most will want to know what's going on and how they can help and you owe them that.

Neither was I! My husband thought it was hilarious!

Ours still does it from time to time to one of his stuffed toys. We call it his b*tch. Having had his knee operated on a few weeks ago he's a bit wobbly. He actually brought the toy over to me last night to hold so he could have a go. :cool: I was not impressed.

Our boy is nine months old. He knows 'sit' 'drop' and 'stay' as separate commands. Hmmmmmmm, what else can you try? What's the triangle of temptation?

Our boy does exactly the same thing but with leaves and sticks. He loves grabbing them, showing me he has them in his mouth and then running madly. He also loves to grab cleaning cloths and socks. We racked our brains as to how to get the stuff off him and not give chase. Eventually we worked it out. He knew the 'stay' command and was very obedient at staying when and where he was told. Over the last couple of days we have told him to 'stay'whenever he has something in his mouth. He usually obliges which gives us enough time to calmly and slowly walk over and get whatever he has in his mouth, out. We give loads of praise for staying and he seems unaffected.This really seems to be working for us at the moment. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before he's onto us. It's probably not the right thing but itseems to be working for us. Good Luck

We started out with Dentabones too but he had all this gluey mess all over his face and paws. Now he hasl amb shanks and puppy bones which we buy from out local pet supply store. The lamb shanks were messy in the begining so we spread a big sheet out on the carpet (folded in half) and trained him that this was his mat to eat bones on. We've now graduated to a towel on the floor. He gets so excited whenhe sees the towel coming out! He also gets a kong which he spends hours licking out. Don't forget the most important thing when giving bones........supervision! Good luck!

Wow, good reply. Our cav is 'elligible' for the yearly dose this month and I seriously don't think I'll get him the yearly injection. Realistically, it's not that much of a hassle to give him a tablet (he'll eat anything!...........in true cav style!)

We too were terrified our boy would get stolen or escape. We trained him to go in the laundry when we weren't home by making him go occassionally in the laundry whenwe were home. Then he knew it was o.k to go there.

We have a delightful Cav boy who is the absolute love of our lives (so far...no kiddies yet!). From the moment we got him, we trained him on newspaper in the laundry whilst indoors but outside most of the time. He's 8 months now and its great because he knows that when we are home he is to go outside but if we aren't at home, he has the laundry option. As he gets older Ihave noticed that he prefers to hang on if we aren't home and just wait but obviously if we go away for the day we can't expect him to hang on. Our backyard backs on to a freeway so a doggy door is not an option (they can dig the little buggers!)

We tried our Cav boy on eggs and found that they give him runny, bloody poo too so we now avoid it like the plague! I'm not a fan of any tinned food so Chum is out for us. We were feeding our puppy diced chicken, sometimes with a little rice and Hills dry food (the puppy bite sizes) which he just loves. Now that he is almost 8 months old he has lots of vegies as well. We never ever give chicken wings (I know a lot of people do and they love them and I'm fine with that...it's just my personal preference plus I can't stand that crunching noise!) We occasionally give him lamb necks and lamb shanks (all uncooked) and he loves those. We also give him dog biscuits that we buy from our local Pet Supply store. Dogs are lactose intolerant so I would avoid milk including the puppy milks. Water is plenty! In regards to the toilet training, we have a spare room which we put newspaper in and he has learnt to go on this. He knows when we are home to go outside but whilst we are at work and he is in the house, he goes on the newspaper. As he is getting older he is hanging on more and more anyway. We don't have a doggie door as I am too scared he'll escape or get stolen so I am happy for him to go on the newspaper whilst indoors. Your puppy looks just like ours at the same age. They are such adorable creatures, so loving. I wouldn't swap Cooper for a million dollars! Good luck!

What a sweetie! Our cav boy had the same thing. I was aware of it but not too worried about it. I took him to the vet to get desexed and when I went to pick him up afterwards the vet said he had had a look at his teeth and removed the baby ones. I was fine with that:)