Sandra777

I don't subscribe to this "cure" - you usually end up with two barking dogs. These are puppies, no doubt Oscar is being a brat as dog puppies do and his sister is treating him with contempt as bitch puppies do Another good reason for not buying siblings. Separating them will stop Oscar yapping at everything his sister does (or doesn't do as the case may be) until OP can work out a way to keep him amused or until he gets a bit older, mind you being a JRT he's programmed to get easily excited and tell everyone all about it. Wouldn't surprise me at all

First off, separate the dogs when you leave them so it doesn't aggravate the neighbours further and doesn't become such an ingrained habit that it's almost impossible to break. It's a very self rewarding behaviour so easily established as a habit. As for stopping it, I wouldn't have any idea where to start, my dogs are never left alone together so I've never thought about this problem. Hope someone can help you out.

Some of mine have discharged until 10 or 12 weeks.

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Variety is great so I'd give it a go, but introduce a small amount first incase he does react. I would imagine the red would include common allergy-inducing meat such as beef (don't know the product so you'd probably want to check this out) so I would approach it with care but be happy if he's fine. More variety the better IMO!

Dishwashing liquid on a fairly wet (hot-ish water) face washer and scrub. Rinse well with plenty of warm water.

You can insure breeding dogs but not for anything that is breeding related - so accidents and such yes, caesars etc no. OP - sorry can't answer the original question but I would think not? Companies with lots of vehicles still have to list each one individually, they can't just insure 10 cars.

Personally I would leave the collar on him, just make sure it's firmly buckled enough that he can't catch a toe under it. Keep an eye on him and if it is obviously distressing him remove it, but it's normal for them to scratch at the collar for a while and if you distract him and make it fun he'll soon get used to the new sensation.

I gave the pups some sardines when they were maybe 5 weeks old and they all walked around the bowl and looked disgusted, mean I know but it really was quite funny. Sardines were off the menu until the weekend when I found I still had some lurking in the cupboard so offered the pups some again and they were doing backflips and squeaking with excitement (sounded like a pod of dolphins) at the smell of them, then cleaned the bowls in about 10 seconds flat. Weird animals sometimes

Pretty sure that's mostly for effect so they look like little lions - but I think it could be related to the bed warmer thing with Chinese Cresteds - the bare skin transmits more heat (or seems to, don't think there's any science behind it) so maybe the Lowchen was clipped to look like a lion and be practical as a bed warmer. Don't know enough about the history of the breed to be sure but this is what I've picked up from various places

Same Lepto as is spread by rats or a different version? Lepto in the form as spread by rats isn't that easy to catch (and isn't confined to the tropics, it's a major issue in NZ ). Assuming it's the same form of the disease avoid areas carriers (rats, bats?) could have urinated and it really won't be that much of an issue. I've had a vaccinated dog die of Lepto, the vaccination isn't very reliable anyway. A Stafford pup at 12 weeks weighs around 6 or 7 kg at the most, not really much of a burden! Tough, good for the pup to learn that you control the things he wants.

Check if parvo is prevalent in your area (phone around the vets). If not, then it's reasonably safe to allow a pup which has had it's 8 week shot to go out in public so long as you avoid the obvious high traffic dog areas (dog parks, sports ovals, walking tracks those sorts of things). Carry the puppy most of the time, just let him down for a quick run around so long as you are away from roads, long grass, thick bush etc. Below the high tide mark on a beach is usually considered to be "safe" but I really don't know how true this is. Trips in the car that don't end at the vet is one a lot of people forget. In a high parvo area I'd be way more cautious, but that said you can bring Parvo home on your shoes and it can also be airborne so keeping the pup behind a locked fence or even inside is still no guarantee. It's a balancing act and IMO socialisation is more important than the risk of disease but you need to be sensible. Use puppy preschool for dog socialisation, you don't need to take the pup to a random dog park for this sort of thing. The breeder's puppy pack should give you sensible advice on this too. ETA: my pups only get two puppy shots, so investigate this too

I just open their mouths and pop the bit of the pill down their throat. Don't think I'd like to do this with a small breed puppy though, I usually have to push one or two down with a finger.

Moot point, you're not allowed water bowls in their crates anymore. Madness, pure and simple. The advice to freeze some water in a bottle so the dog could lick off the condensation was not well received here I agree that in your case Centiout, Ellz's post is an impossible sceanario, but in this particular case we are talking about a simple airport to airport hop, different thing to what you have to try to organise

Daily heartworm in the mozzie season, intenstinal wormer only when a fecal test indicates an issue (have a squizz about every 3 months, usually worm twice a year)

Only ever used liquid once - the Drontal(?) chocolate suspension stuff when it first came out and ended up painted in the stuff Always used pills with no problems, a pill cutter isn't expensive or a good sharp narrow bladed knife and a level surface works well too...... I've always started at 2 weeks and not had any issues.

A chicken body (carcase) or a couple of wings usually goes down well for breakfast around here.

Not ideal for inside the house, but the old fashioned wood wool is great if you can even get it any more - or shredded paper provided it's not too colourful is just as good. Makes a huge mess but just pop it all back in the crate and it's ready for the next day.

Ethical breeders of a grossly overbred & exploited breed such as Staffords will rarely breed a litter without the intention of keeping a puppy or without, at the very least, someone else in the show/performance world wanting the pick - which is quite different criteria to the pick a pet buyer such as yourself would choose. Sometimes mother nature has a good laugh and none of the pups are suitable for whatever arena the litter was bred for, but the intention is there, and not many I know will make this decision when the pups are so young, even when the sexes don't line up with what the breeder was actually looking for.

:D :D And the point of breeding the litter was..................

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For personality and all the other criteria check out the Portuguese Water Dog. Awesome dogs, super intelligent but with an independent streak a mile wide. The third best dog breed in the world :D

My guess would be he has trained you to let him in when he barks. A short sharp shock won't hurt him if he is otherwise bold and happy - instead of opening the door and letting him in, open the door and throw a jug of cold water in his face, then shut the door again. He is getting to an age when he will try the boundaries and will definitely train you if you don't train him first There are no doubt many more subtle training methods, but IME with a bold and happy puppy, one short quick shock often does the job just as well.

Probably just technically challenged like me. I sometimes forget to label the camera files and end up with 500 files with long numeric names. Not the end of the world - give her a call