Dogs4Fun

One of my long ago pet dogs was an "oops" pup from a 13 year old bitch. Only one pup in the litter. But I wouldn't recommend it!

Consider stick fast fleas or ticks. Perhaps take a few in a pot to your vet and they should be able to ID them for you.

I have done it with two dogs, one of which was allergic to small number of agents, and the other to a large number. Both reponded very well. Both dogs were on treatment for several years - about 4 years for one dog and 5 for the other. They had occasional anithistamines while on the injections but have never had steroids. One dog has now passed, but was off the injections for the last 2-3 years of his life and did not have any recurrence. The other dog is still with us, and has been off the injections now for 5 years and has never had any recurrence. We did move states while the dogs were on the injections, and it is likely that that shifted us away from some of the local allergens they were initially exposured to, and this may have helped us get them to a state that they were medication free, however, the living dog is the one who is allergic to the world, including chitin (all insects including ants and cockroaches) and most household moulds, so I doubt we have eliminated his allergen load.

Have you contacted your breeder to discuss the situation?

Firstly, I'm very sorry for your loss. Dogs with congestive heart failure have some fluid buildup in their lungs even with good medication, and this can build up when things are going "bad". It is likely that what you saw was this fluid draining from the lungs out his nose. It is often blood tinged (pink) due to higher blood pressure in the lungs, and bubbly due to the movement of air through the lungs. It must have been very distresing for you.

Just get a cheap one from a feed supply place or even the supermarket. You only need it for a few trials, then it is over and done with.

The "two food / toy" game is the first thing to mind, and once introduced, can be used to train a bunch of positive behaviours.

First things first. there are lots of things that could cause a lump there, from hernias to a lipoma to a mammary mass. You need to get a proper diagnosis as to what the lump is before you worry about the future implications of it. Off to your vet

WOO HOO go little HEF man.

My dogs still hate them. I will finish the pack (too expensive to throw away!!) by showing pieces down their throats, then on to something else. Pain really, I've been very happy with it.

Hmm, lets see, need to feed dogs, put in runs, feed toddler, put to bed, get baby sitter ... check ... Just need that ticket ......

There is reasonable data to suggest an inherited increased risk of bloat in siblings and offspring of affected animals. If a dog that had bloated itself was bred from, and the pups suffered bloat later, the breeder could be up for some expensive costs.

I have written to them a while ago, and got the reply that they have no plans to change the formula or to make the tablets available again. They suggested continuing to shove the broken up tablets down my dog's throats. I think I will go look at the market again, and see what else I can use ....

I have got many a birthday present (for other people) from the craft section. I love home made stuff, and love helping support other peopl's hobbies.

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Immune mediated disease commonly causes an elevated temperature. Neoplasia can also cause an elevated temperature. You can't dismiss these based on that one finding alone.

Neither of my dogs will eat the new chews: including the dog that happily eats his blood pressure tablets. And they are too big to shove down their throats. Both would happily eat the tablets. I have been searching everywhere for someone with some old stock.

My ex house mates dog went through a period of getting out - we spent a lot of time and money dog proofing, and he would still find a way (eventually he went into a run when we weren't home) The dog was always there and asleep when you went out, and there and asleep when you came home. But in the backyard was an assortment of bras and undies, new ones every day. Never socks, shirts, shoes etc, just bras and undies. We never found out where they all came from.

We have a 1000 sqm + block and we had a MASSIVE wandering jew problem when we moved in. First step is to pull out as much as you can. Our job was 3 solid, 12 hours days of hard labour and an 8m skip. Remove all the main stuff and scrape up as much of the pinkish root material as you can. If you don't do this, you will never eliminate it, only slow it down. Have a drink, a shower and wait about 4 to 6 weeks. When you start seeing vigorous new growth (and you will), spray. You can use roundup made to double strentgh with a dash of detergent in it. Be very thorough and generous with the spray. Then every 6 weeks of so, do the rounds with the roundup again - you will miss bits. We have sprayed twice now, and have not seen any regrowth for about 3 months. So we seem to be winning.

How old is your dog? 45 min at the dog park will exercise her muscles but not her mind. Have you considered adding training in each day to tire out her mind as well? What sort of chewing opportunities does she have - other than your furniture. Chewing won't just "stop", you need to work out why she is chewing, and work on that issue. Hope you can find a decent kennel - sorry, can't help in that part of Sydney.

Are you asking why the show clips or why the whole range of other trims out there?

Sounds like your will need a run for her. Can she sleep inside with your to avoid the early morning escapes?

And one in Sydney ....

I don't think you should ever allow your dog to approach another dog without the permission of that dog's owner. But that's just me. They don't know if your dog is friendly or not. Their dog may have issues and not like being rushed - previous aggression by other dogs, and injury that can cause pain if the dog is knocked over, or may have behavioural issues that are controlled as long as the dog is not crowded. Well - I agree if the other dog is on the leash I would never let my dog approach or if the other owner says something. But in my opinion the dog owner with the issue should react... That would make things so much easier! I mean she saw me and walked past us it was not like that Teal'c came out of nowhere... The dog in this case may not have an issue, but in my opinion you should not let your dog approach someone elses dog without their explicit permission. You don't get my point ... It's about how people, not dogs behave in a public space. And to be honest: "explicit permission" kind of takes the fun away. If your dog needs "explicit permission" to be approached then don't walk it in a park with 200 other happy off leash dogs. Because if it all was about asking for "explicit permission" it would get very noisy... But hey - my first day in the forum... I better shut up. I agree with Teal'c on this one, if you don't want your dog to be approached by other in the park don't take it to an offlead park. It's kind of silly to go to a public area where you know dogs are going to be allowed offlead and expect everyone (and every dog) to keep their distance from you and your dog. I respect your opinion, but your dog is meant to be under effective control at all times, and that means you can control dog introductions. If my dog is in an on lead dog park, I don't expect evevyone to "keep their distance from me and my dog", but I do expect their dogs to be under control. I no longer take my dogs to dog parks when other dogs are using them, because too many cowboys with their untrained dogs (of all breeds) were there, and I saw too many nasty situations, including one where one of my dogs was very lucky to escape serious injury. In the latter case, my very dog friendly 6kg dog was bowled over by a completely out of control, friendly large breed dog (I won't name the breed as it is irrellevant) approaching him. His back was injured, and it took many months, a lot of money and considerable discomfort on his part to heal. The larger dog was simply brought from the car and released into the park. My dog was within 1m of me and was still injured. I still do take my dogs to dog parks, because they are the only local areas I can let my dogs run free in a large area, and I think that free exercise is important to them. However most of their exercise is on lead. I would be more than happy to have my dogs play with other dogs at such parks, if the introductions were controlled and the other owners could call their dogs out of the play at any time that things became too rough. I do let my dogs play with friend's dogs, but we can all call our dogs back when we need to. Please don't see this as a little dog / big dog bashing. I also have a large dog. I just gave an example of why uncontrolled dog greetings can be a problem, even without any agression on either side.

I don't think you should ever allow your dog to approach another dog without the permission of that dog's owner. But that's just me. They don't know if your dog is friendly or not. Their dog may have issues and not like being rushed - previous aggression by other dogs, and injury that can cause pain if the dog is knocked over, or may have behavioural issues that are controlled as long as the dog is not crowded. Well - I agree if the other dog is on the leash I would never let my dog approach or if the other owner says something. But in my opinion the dog owner with the issue should react... That would make things so much easier! I mean she saw me and walked past us it was not like that Teal'c came out of nowhere... The dog in this case may not have an issue, but in my opinion you should not let your dog approach someone elses dog without their explicit permission.