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hi Can you expand on this ? What exactly do you do ? We have an almost 10 weeker who I describe as a fire-cracker stuffed football ;) he is a Koolie- thankfully he lives on our property and has much freedom!

It sounds a very complicated life for a dog ...I suggest you visit people who have both breeds and see them in action , so you get to know what they are like. Also make sure you double check on accompanied flying permissions . You will need to do a LOT of training to get your dog used to all these things - being so confined, travel, great crowds of people, being quiet, the very restrictive toileting arrangements . YOU will need to understand dogs quite well to carry out this training . Ensure you do your homework thoroughly .

It depends on which conditions ... Xrays are needed for hip/elbow scores , for example.

She is! That photo brought to mind a lady telling the maid the day's tasks.... LOL Love the look on her face

Actually, a tractor tyre just lying down provides much fun ..it can be climbed into/run around inside of /curled up in/jumped over/hidden in ...run around and around .....I've seen it done it is also the WARMEST spot in Winter!

Malcolm is such a well-loved and thought- of boy ...your post had my eyes watering - and not from all the delicious scents

I agree ...

I love the wooden step/swing set-up Feel that would get more use that the static tyres .

Sound advice

Piles of leaves,definitely some cardboard boxes, and a table ..one very solid and low one ..can be climbed on , climbed under/jumped on/off/run around /used as a pouncing point

hi Strokes can be devastating, and life changing . luckily there are things which can help . Two weeks isn't long , in the scheme of things . The damage is done, and he will still be getting used to it What rehab did your vet suggest , and how did it help ? have you done hydrotherapy/physio to help that side of his body which was affected etc ? Has changing the type of food made it easier for him to pick it up/eat it with the lack of jaw control? Did the vet, or whoever else mention using scent trails & the like to help him find his way ? Does he watch you more for hand signal now, or is one ear sufficient to understand you with ? What else have you tried?

yes, poor lad

Ocka @ 9 weeks ... his right eye is changing, but the left one will remain blue I think.

I know you don't enjoy using chemicals. I had a dog with Malassezia and changed diet, plus did regular baths with Malaseb, which was the BEST thing, as it removed the yeast from the folds of skin, the anal area and between toes, and mouth area, and so stopped the continual re-infection every time the dog curled up in a ball, licked toes etc ..... The triple whammy of bathing, diet change, very frequent bedding changes made such a difference! I had an itchy dog forever, as he had allergies to several things..but the yeast never made a comeback. Your girl's case may be different, just sharing what we did

Hi What a worry What external things are you doing ..as in baths, bedding materials , etc ?

yayyy

...we have 8 mth olds who do this to the adults in the pack ... the adults tell them off when it gets too much ...but it is very much an appeasing "I am friendly, submissive, little' gesture . She is obviously being a very patient girl What a great update! You've done really well..all of you!! Keep up these baby steps , and BREATHE

May I also suggest the use of an ADAPTIL diffuser for inside ..that might help him feel a bit less anxious...also maybe give him an item of yr Mum's clothing on which to sleep ..one which smells of her .

The trouble is ..it needs to be done RIGHT. If a gap/mistake can be found by the dog, said dog will try even harder next time ..and even harder the next ... getting smarter each time ;) . being an older boy, he will be canny anyway ... so you need to be calm and precise and get some help to make sure it all works first time . by all means ask more questions !

I am sorry your Mum is ill... hopefully she'll recover soon. training a dog to NOT jump fences. I can't see a way . All I can suggest is this.. CLICK HERE and HERE Digging under... same deal . cement blocks..wire netting placed flat all along the bottom of the fence, and anchored securely etc . I would also suggest a strand of barbed wire .

Hailey lives such a fortunate and varied life

Terrible snap, but as I was getting wood this evening Ocka decided he'd join in ..clambering up onto the woodpile ....

Oh..aside from traffic and people, yes! Our littlies get so much experience walking on/over, all different materials ..sand/leaves/wood/netting/mesh/old tyres/straw/car parts/junk piles.... LOL,the outside is one ginormous playground, full of sensory delights! I remember when our 'old man' as he is now, Indi was a baby, at about 3 weeks, he was investigating part of the shade cloth shade sail that was low to the ground, clambering over tree roots, and climbing up into a large wooden box ... (hence the Indi name ..after Indiana Jones) I always think of our poor little prospective guide dog puppies, who, when they went to their foster homes, had basically seen only concrete flat floors We just didn't do anything else back then.(Over 40 years ago!!!) Fed slops all together out of huge pans ..living on concrete ... poor babies - still they knew no better, I guess, and they were warm and never hungry, and had toys and lots of kennel staff to cuddle them And I remember it all so well, it does NOT seem that long ago !!!!! I am also still friends with a few folks I've known since those days ... one was my boss in the '80s! We are very frequent correspondents on FB nowdays, it's nice LOL..we get on better now than we did :P

Clive, A.K.A Petal (yes, he answers to it , and gets called it a lot of the time..he is much more a Petal than a Clive) got a real, shop-bought bed yesterday! From the Reject Shop ..but still ;) thankfully he adores it ...took about 2 seconds for him to get comfy in it

Here he is with his toys on long elastic....much fun!