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Amen to that.

I agree, Christina- I certainly can not understand it being a sport... Definitely!! Firearms however can not be used safely in many areas...

YAYYYYYYYYYYY Such great news to see first thing!!

I'm in two minds about using dogs to help with dispatching pigs ... From what I've seen, and done .. it is MUCH preferable to poison/trapping ..but nowhere near as humane as a well placed chunk of lead travelling at great speed. Around here a lot of pig control is done with dogs ..as national parks etc do not allow firearms . There are people good at it..and 'cowboys' the good ones do a good service, their dogs enjoy the work , and are looked after - and pigs are killed as quickly as the method allows. The dogs are usually nice dogs .. a real mixed bag - mastiff/bullbreed/deerhound & who knows what else .They look pretty formidable in their 'armour' ! We have, on occasion, used our koolies as holders - a couple were excellent at it ..but obviously they could only be used on smaller animals . We never had any injured dogs, either. A koolie on each ear-- and a pig was going nowhere .... not ideal.. but when the person has no firearm ... and comes across pigs ..

I have passed on the info to a vet friend to spread around as well. Hoping some news soon...

Good thing you have a willing model!!

A very well fed Foxhoundoceros, perhaps? .he is very handsome!!

What do you feed, and when? This has a BIG bearing on when your pup will need to toilet ;)

done.

But she needs to , to endure this confinement , doesn't she? Didn't you describe her as anxious etc? Then she may well benefit from some happy pills ..or whatever the doggy equivalent

ace is not really a CALMATIVE ..what it may do is lessen her control over her body .. which may make her MORE stressed She needs something to actually calm her down...not make her wobbly ... Poor girl ..it is all such a culture shock for her .

Hope he feels better very soon - poor little mite - and also hope the others don't get it ! Best of luck with the nursing....

Hi - may I suggest that for a few days- she gets NOTHING except her puppy kibble- unadulterated. NO wings, treats,fish.... Use the kibble as rewards, drop bits 'accidentally' on teh floor , feed her as normal... don't fuss about feeding ..just put it down..walk away , and pick up what's not eaten in ten minutes. NOTHING until next feed time. see how that goes ....

Hope he's OK.

for Horus . Toby looked a beautiful ,happy boy ..

Slow progress is good progress

She's not ill - just pregnant

I enjoyed watching the dogs at work - esp the water rescue dogs in Italy ..and the herding ones

I read their stuff often - but not much of it stays in my head Hope it helps

Please keep them apart when you are away - or you may come home to much more than a scratch I agree with Nekhbet and the others. If you want, someone on here can recommend a professional who can help you ...

Introduce them in neutral territory ..a park neither of them has seen, preferably an empty park ;) on leash at a distance, then casually closer - do not force them to greet each other .. walk them alongside each other for some distance ... then , if all is well, let them just relax a bit on leash still- and see how things are from there.. this can't be hurried ... there can still be damage done. IF all goes well- the a few more meetings may be useful before you take her back home ..and my belief is she will still view it as 'hers' - so tread carefully.

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Ahh. Corvus, I also didn't realise you were speaking of dogs with a serious bite history - I didn't see where that was specified . yes- if one had a dog who was known to be aggressive and who had caused injury - then appropriate measures should be taken to avoid any further injuries . ..however I would think , even with a muzzle on the body language may incite confrontation/attack from other dogs- so,as well as muzzling, segregation would be a useful thing. efs.