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I am very grateful we don't have rats - just mice , in great number

welcome, well, done, and we want more photos ;) It all sounds OK - just remember it may take several months before her & her bladder communicate properly . :) Continue with a toilet word - you will find it almost THE best thing your dog learns :) It means that she can/will toilet whenever/wherever is your choice ! Sounds as if you are starting her off well -

awwww- lovely photos!

Go , young lady !!

A person who is an instructor at an obedience club should be ( IMO) a) more aware of the fact that random feeding is actually a form of disrespect to an owner .... and b) should be setting an example of how to behave around dogs & owners. I hope Jessie continues to improve and be happy - perhaps buy a set of these ! LINK

the ingredient DIFENACOUM has a much lower toxicity rate than many others, thankfully. Grams of bait required to be fatal Bait Ingredient in commonly sold baits Mouse / Rat Dog Difenacoum 0.4 / 9.0 ```````````````````` ``````` 1000 Bromadiolone 0.9 / 5.6 `````````````````````` ``````` 200 Brodifacoum 0.2 / 1.3 `````````````````````````` `` 5 Warfarin 37.4 / 58 `````````````````````````` ``` 400 The ingredient coumatetralyl - there is this excerpt from a study done HERE do lots of label reading etc before placing any mouse/rat poisons around where pets/native raptors/lizards live .

Glad to hear she is feeling better ! I am wondering, as a similar thing happens to me ..if dogs get angiodema? Angiodema is a severe swelling after allergy/injury/pressure . I have a tendency to it ..and it happens with allergens and surgery -- massive amount of localised swelling around surgery site ..gradually disappearing after some weeks . severe reaction to certain allergens - eyes closed..huge hives ,pain/shivering .. Any of our vets know if dogs can have this , and have it happen after incisions etc ?

woo hoo!! MUST learn how to link to flickr/photobucket ..or reduce image size to under 300 kb & attach to a post ;) MUST. carrying him is great - means he stays away from parvo etc on the footpath/grass . he an have plenty of leash training/walking around your yard for now :)

I know ;)

It wouldn't last long with all the sand/mud she trots thru ;) Nice idea though!

T - can't find an express bag large enough ;)

yes.

brings back memories of 30-something yrs ago - when I was working with Guide Dogs - and we were training dogs for Japan ..we had to sort out, and train dogs to use , a poo bag system - as there was nowhere for them to toilet the dogs not pleasant for anyone , really .... and imagine attaching/collecting/emptying them as a visually impaired person .....

yep.

..and why would it be a judgement ? if you rescued a lizard off a highway, or decided to chain yourself to a tree - and we said "well Done , you are doing the right thing!" Would that be a judgement ? No .... I also think you have done a good thing - it saves all sorts of hassles :)

getting a cat to hunt the rats is probably condemning it to snakebite too use pelletised rat bait - that way they don't cart bits of wax block around ! The bait I bought recently and now use is stuff from HERE "The Big Cheese" The ingredient is one which is safer to use around animals/children . I will also highly recommend their live catch mouse traps for multiple catches ( but yes, you do have to kill the trapped rodents) !!

if he gives you 'the look' , loves to be with you - anticipates your actions .....gosh - it's hard for me to describe ...

:) yes.

Smart boy :) I like to think he'll hang around home for a while now :)

How sad & worrying - Thinking of you ....

anyone have an in season bitch?

Thanks for the reminder :)

He is definitely a lot of Koolie , some lab ..and himself I guess ;)

Dogs do mount each other during play , and as a sign of who thinks they are top dog ...