Jack@sandysmum

Ok. Thanks for your help tilly. I will let you know how I go. Can you buy the Malawash at Bunnings? Otherwise will have to wait until Monday!

Ok, will be going and getting some Malawash. Under the house is quite a confined space, will my hubby need to wear breathing apparatus to spread the lime/ spray Malawash?

We have bombed the house and there are less in here, we also have a dyson which we empty everytime after we vacuum. What is Malawash and where can you buy it from? I am not sure whether I want to lay out money on something that may not work, that is why I am planning on getting in the professionals, but I was wondering what harm the chemicals they use are doing to the animals?

I know there is a sticky about fleas, but I want to know about spraying and if it affects your animals? We have an absolute infestation at the moment, inside and out, apparently the infestation may be coming from under the house, which neither animal has access too, but is apparently because of all the rain/flash flooding and larvae have been washed into soil under the house, driving me crazy! We have tried things ourselves but is not working so we want to call in the "big guns". We have about a two week wait though! I know they say that your fish tank should be covered, but what about the effects on the walking/roaming animals?

Thanks everyone for your responses, he is about 16mths old and is around 25-30kgs. They are not really groomers, it is one of those hydrobath people, he really looks forward to it and now just sits there. I do think he is a bit matted around his leg areas - they are off limits to him to brush, but i always give him a go over with a brush on the back and underbelly at least once a week. I think I will go with the complete trim to start with and then go from there. I have been quoted between $40-50 to have him done and apparently this is quite cheap. How hard of a job would it be to do it myself if I bought my own clippers? Again, thanks everyone!

Hi, I didn't want to overtake the clipping the 7yr old retriever post, but I have a GRxstandard poodle and get him washed once a month and the people who do it have said to get him clipped. I will attach his picture as I am not sure whether his hair is more poodle like or GR. He does shed ( yes, that's right) and even though he is washed once a month is quite knotty. What do people think, should I clip or not clip? http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/Do...oo/jackcrop.jpg - the most recent. http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u176/Do...oo/100_1102.jpg - this one was a few months ago but he is standing.

PW that poodle looks like it has had fairy floss glued to it :rolleyes:

:p I have never heard of "eye tacking". What is it and why is it done? Gorgeous puppy by the way!

I wanted to give him something other than the normal bones, chicken necks, carcasses etc. The toy sounds like a great idea!

After reading through quite a few posts I noted that some pets are put on medications that have the same name as human medications. i.e. Endep. Are they the same as human drugs or are they specially prepared for animals and use the same names, which would also mean the same company makes them? I would think that maybe the doses maybe alot different too?

It is nearly Jack's first birthday (30/6) and I am after some suggestions of food I can give him to celebrate. In another post I note that someone gave their boy a small piece of choccy cake as well as some other things. Is a small piece of chocolate cake ok, or is it a definite no, no?

We had this problem too so I ended up putting everything half way over the line and winding it right up, there was no way Jack was able to get it, now due to a certain little nephew who decided my line was a swing I put Jack in his play area whilst it is out.

My Maltese Gizmo was around eight years old when she starting having fits last year. She started having them quite regularly and one night alone we counted at least eight, we took her to the vet who told us that unfortunately at her age that it was unlikely that it was epilepsy and that it was more than likely she had a small tumour on her brain that was causing the seizures. He also said that although we counted at least eight she could have been having double what we counted. They were very distressing, not just for her, but my eight year old son and even the cat, who even though they weren't the best of pals could sense that something wasn't right. We decided to put her to sleep nearly a year ago ;), we just couldn't see her suffering any more, We will miss her forever! BTW I found it sooo hard to make the decision and I took my sis-in-law and my husband came as well, I couldn't do it alone. I can still remember the noise in the dead of the night and wake up thinking she is still here, it is getting better, but I miss her so much. I am sorry if this is no help but your post reminded me over again.

We were in Darwin over five years ago and at that time the toads had only come as far as Kakadu! Soon enough they will be taking over Australia. We have friends in Qld who also have a 9 iron ready and regularly have a "practice". ;) eta: I am really missing Darwin at the moment, the cold weather is coming so fast, not to mention the public holidays that we don't get down here!

I sharpen my scissors on the neck of a brown glass beer bottle. I open them up and make a cutting motion all the way to the end - it worked great and my fringe was neat for once!