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Thanks again for all the replies I will look out for the book from now on

Thanks for the advice everyone I'll take it all in! :D And thanks Gretel the link is great!

Thanks for the advice!

have wanted to feed my dog a BARF diet ever since I heard about it. I was planning to feed chicken necks, human mince, vegetables, fish, eggs etc. But I just got an email from my breeder regarding this: Thepuppies will need a puppy growth biscuit for at least six months - DONT skimp on cheap foods at this stage - you mentioned the BARF diet previously - many vets do not recommend this for growing pups - how do you know what vitamins are lacking n what you are feeding. Puppy bikkies are formulated so pups dont lack anything. if you want to had some homecooked food the recommended mix is 3/4 dry formula and no more than 1/4 meat,chicken - scraps etc. NEVER feed only meat this will encourage a picky eater. My cavs are eating Purina small breed bikkies currently. My advice to you is BARF diets require careful planning every week, whilst you will rely on your parents to help, feeding with a good quality commerical food takes the worry out of this planning and has all the nutritional needs of your growig pup. Do you think it's ok to feed BARF to a puppy? And with the dry food I would prefer to feed Innova or supercoat, well really anything other than Purina. What do you think? Thanks in advance Emily

I've heard that it can be very damaging on a young puppy's bones and joints to go on long walks. http://forums.dogzonline.com.au/index.php?...c=73379&hl=

Chew treats= bones

Thanks I'll check it out

Thanks for the replies Are the baby playpens cheap?

I'm hopefully getting a puppy in January 07 and I've been doing a lot of research on breeds, puppies, everything! I just was wondering if anyone had any advice? What should I get, an x-pen or a crate? I live in a very open house with hardly any boundaries and no 'safe' room for the puppy. For that reason an x-pen seems like a good choice. But I also want to use a crate/x-pen for housetraining and maybe that can't be done with an x-pen? Also I'm getting a cavalier puppy Thanks everyone

I've always heard that Eukaneba and Hills Science diet are very good brands?