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I was once knocked completely off my feet by two exuberant labs I was free running in a park It hurt. A lot.

I have always boarded them if needed, or left them at home or with friends when I went away , without a problem having an ill animal stay in hospital is always a worry - but only because of the illness .

Poor little things should never have seen the light of day

They look very huggable

I'm glad for you that he's looking much stronger

R I P old lady ...

I guess it was no surprise for you - and now you can carry out tests etc how YOU want them done Hopefully that mating won't be repeated ....

I presume this one is teh correct date ?^^^

gapvic- set the little boy free .... poor little angel.

Make sure mum gets some good red meat into her and some calcium - she has done a BIG thing. I don't enjoy watching littlies literally fighting just to start living Unless I can get them somewhere where they can get properly checked/sub cutaneous fluid, etc .. I hate seeing them suffering ,and give them their wings . Best of luck with your little one - hopefully the glucose will give him a burst. A drop of Rescue remedy on the tongue helps too (brandy)

Lots of short training bursts whenever you are home! 5-10 minutes of training several times a day will occupy her brain .. long 'on leash walks' .. There are probably toys out there which roll/bounce and will catch her attention ... here is one you can use when home LINK

No, it was a comment from the OP , originally ... from GABBA

Yep get a good trainer to show you in person . Working with a trainer one-on-one will help you and your dog understand more of how the other operates, and will give you strategies tailored to your dog and the situation .

That link doesn't work for me ...

No..no mummy dogs are not my 'babies', or 'furkids' either. just dogs & owners ... we do use our names .. as in "Go find XXXXX" names of humans,other dogs or the cats

Take a new tug .. or a folded up small towel ... and engage the pup in play ...without mason around! I'd do this before the dogs meet - just you & the pup first. Do the greetings/getting to smell you stuff .. then take him a for a short leash walk.. and produce your tug toy .. make it exciting, have pup on long lead, and toss it around, seeing what he does

A DOL'er recently lost her JRT from apparently hunting/eating poisoned rats

That should be in all teh greyhound adoption promotional material Absolutely wonderful !

GABBA- I suggested you contact your dog's BREEDER .they are the ones who know him,and his bloodline. They know what age maturity kicks in , when is an age to start breeding, and can also suggest the health checks necessary to find out IF your dog's genes are suitable to be spread around . I just can not understand why all this has not been discussed with teh breeder by now Once again, perhaps the breeder will explain it to you? I wouldn't have a problem as such, but would wonder how much research you did NOT do on your chosen breed :rolleyes:

Oh..D'oh . :rolleyes: sorry . Nowhere else you can walk the dogs? I'd be more concerned with grass seeds in bodily orifices than wet legs

like chaps? some on ebay... or rainwear on a site like THIS ?

I wouldn't buy a couch, or carpet or anything... the texture is what he wants ..and the fun. flattened cardboard cartons and thick layered newspaper is one of the warmest (no, not snuggly) insulating bedding materials :rolleyes:

No :rolleyes: that's goats !

you don't 'pull him away'..because you shouldn't have stopped in the first place you just keep walking at a constant pace, chattering away brightly ,and if he wants to stop and be caught up and made uncomfortable for a second or three, that's HIS problem.

The fact I find disturbing is that this bird has become so used to feeding on land .. and eating all sorts of rubbish , that it now sees most things as food, instead of feeding mostly in/from the water as it should be. Eating a live pigeon, with flapping wings is not really much different to eating a wildly flopping ,spiky finned fish, after all...