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:) Thanks for the update!

if fed LARGE meaty bones etc ...they can and do use those back molars ..although they have no need to masticate thoroughly , as their stomach acids are well equipped to easily break down bones/gristle /keratin , etc .

I have heard of it , but have never seen probs with dogs fed both.

I think I might have had the same one - black and white BC look with loop sided ears but with maybe a little something else added - a very serious wise looking maybe older dog ! I liked the survey because it made me think of my preconceptions of BC's - I really thought through my answers and debated with myself if I was answering because I thought it was a BC or actually answering about the specific photo. :) could well have been the same face !

You might like to se other discussions like that on D O L :) here are a few for you ( MUCH better than some blog from USA ;) ) LINK LINK LINK

Don't think it was Elsie, either ...now I'm confused

From memory this one was shorter coated and had those 'fold up ears' ..the ones which sort of have a crease lengthwise , like a paper plane :0

Oh Bother ..now I've gone a-googling!! Ruthless makes amazing things !!! I searched for Australian ,handmade ; and am now busy drooling ... (links in no particular order) LINK LINK LINK

Could be my Aussie! Her ears were silly in the photo :laugh: as she black/white - no tan eyebrows or other facial colours ...?

:) Good to hear ! It will take time .... but being happy and eating/playing is fantastic.

What lucky pups :) It's great when Aunties help out .

Vet check before any home treatment, I think :)

Dear little man ... snuffle around now with clear eyes , over that rainbow bridge ..

I'll be watching these on Flickr now :)

Yoiks! Glad he seemed OK. Well Done .

You must be feeling so bad ... the only really good thing is that Bruno has NO idea :) , so take some comfort from that, maybe? Best of luck with today's appointment - thinking of you.

It does sound as if he has too much ...I also suggest lots of play training :) provided he is not sick ....

C'mon..who is a cartoonist ???? :D

Whose was the border collie type with not-quite-behaving ears? ..and an inscrutable expression? :p

I saw a rosella sitting beside its mate on the side of the road, just sitting there. On the way back it flew into my car and killed itself. It was very romeo and Juliette. Did the 'dead' one then sit up only to find its mate despatched by your car? 'Cause that would very, very Romeo and Juliette! But quite seriously that is quite sad that that happened MUP yes. I gave it a little dagger to finish itself off. Can anyone here draw comic strips? Lmao It'd be a best seller :p Suicidal, necrophiliac avians.....all on asphalt .....

I saw a rosella sitting beside its mate on the side of the road, just sitting there. On the way back it flew into my car and killed itself. It was very romeo and Juliette. Did the 'dead' one then sit up only to find its mate despatched by your car? 'Cause that would very, very Romeo and Juliette! But quite seriously that is quite sad that that happened MUP yes. I gave it a little dagger to finish itself off. Can anyone here draw comic strips?

Oh. R I P Smudge ... she at least wasn't stolen, or wandering for a long time. for you ... but.yes, now you know , and can lay her, and your doubts, to rest. Take care .

'scuse me *pop* that's another rainbow bubble burst , sorry ........

Sorry, that makes me smile ... that you have such a high opinion of joe/josephine public . So many first time puppy buyers buy a mixed breed, and would have little knowledge of what they may need to provide . pedigree dogs are also often purchased before research is done , and often, too because uncle or stepmum had so & so a breed & they looked wonderful .. If looks were not almost a priority in selling dogs - we would maybe have lots of medium coat, beige dogs , who all looked a similar shape , but with differing temperaments ..(a HUGE quantum leap , and facetious , sorry ... :D ) Looks are so important , as they also are the first thing which produce that warm fuzzy feeling Dogs/puppies with a shorter muzzle , pudgy legs ,.eyes innocent and 'pleading' & a bit 'buggy' .. & that baby pup fuzz...they are the ones who get the maternal feelings going , to bash down sensible reasoning ;) Can you blame people ?,.I don't .It is not THE responsible way to go about buying a pet ...but it is probably the most common.

for Dr.tony!! I hope Joey feels more comfortable soon ..poor boy.