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Sounds a bit odd.... our working dog bitches whelped outside even in Winter .. no artificial heating .. a whelping bitch generates a LOT of warmth!! We have never lost a newborn to chilling... Poor little mites .

Hi - You DO need a secure floored and roofed enclosure for this dog. No question. You also need to enlist the services of the best professional you can find to work with you and your dog .If you need recommendations, just let us know where you are, and someone will probably give you the name of a professional.

Glad you had a nice visit re:the bunnings pen.. good idea...but I have one concern. A pen so high will allow her to stand on hind legs up against the fence... a big NO NO after knee surgery make sure the roof of the pen is just high enough for her to sit comfortably ...NOT be able to ry & stand two legged .

Lyn- he is NOT naughty. Naughty is when a pup KNOWS the rules, and then breaks them.Your puppy does not yet know human rules .... What your puppy is doing is playing ....as he would have with his littermates! Puppies bounce, and nip, and run, and yip. When a puppy does this too hard to its mum or a brother/sister, they will growl and perhaps the mother will nip him ... he gets told!! Use a LOW voice .... and remember, puppies live IN THE MOMENT. By the time you yell at him, pick him up, and put him in his crate.... he has NO idea why Lyn- what did you research before you got your very cute puppy? Did you read some bits about how dogs behave? Did you read all about your chosen breed, and what they may be like? apologies if you have done all this In your post, you seemed so surprised and a bit angry that your pup did this............... when it is absolutely perfectly normal CLICK HERE and have a read also, CLICK HERE

My mini cards were about 21 AUD incl postage- for 100. I am so looking forward to getting them

I ordered some minis today I have some of a friend's rattling round in my camera bag etc.. they've been there for ages, with no peeling ..mind you- no body heat, either, like a pocket.

!!!!!Surely you jest!! $2k would be a stud fee...certainly not a sale price ! Tsk, tsk....

Water Skink? great shot!

Sorry about the bird...

the spider bridge !

Heartlessness? Maybe for some... I certainly do not stop on a busy road if I see a 'dead' bird .If I see one struggling, yes. But one lying there ..I presume severe injury leading to death , and don't stop. Perhaps they thought it was dead, and there was nothing they could do? roos I stop and do a pouch check, and pull bodies of emus/roos off the road so that vehicles do not hit them and cause an accident

Terrier cross - with that 'windswept' look

Only advice I have is a vet visit .Don't start mucking about with diet yet.. find out what it is ,first If the vet only advises steroids/creams , ask for a referral to a dermatologist and get it sorted properly! it may be very simple, just needing a nutritional supplement/change of food .. but it may not, too .

shortstep - I honestly think you will get more topic related discussion if you edit the title of the thread and remove the hype words Then, those who pop in will be the ones genuinely interested :D

*coffee splurk!*

and how will you judge that? I looked at it because I wanted to know why cryptorchidism made the news

The pup needs to be vet checked.. and , as PF said, collect a fresh sample and take with you . Stop fiddling with diet, until you know what the problem is, too

Thanks, folks. I think it was one sort of spider wasp. It certainly worked hard ...eventually the spider was dragged quite a few metres up into a bush- nearly a metre off the ground.

That pic takes me baaaack to the 60's ! :D It's great

perhaps your vet has not seen many - I have seen cleft palates with, and without a harelip.I hope the rest of the litter get the 'all clear ', and that the bitch is also OK

Last night, I found a very placid Southern Bell Frog.. placid because it sat still as this was done in torchlight, hand held.. using my finepix on super macro ..with camera about 5 cm from the frog's head and I only needed one shot .

a bumblebee???FM ?/ LOVE it.

Ok - get them all vet checked, as it seems they have not been yet ... I hope the bitch has been .... and perhaps also contact your bitch's breeder for advice ? Cleft palates do happen...and if the vet confirms it , then you have a decision to make. For me, I prefer to not let them suffer any longer than I absolutely have to.

Just posting again

So sorry Hope she's home again soon What was wrong with her patella? One of my dogs had surgery for a slipping patella .. there were no pins- just lots of bandage!