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In my previous life as a trainer of guide dogs.. we had a few rules. One of these was that if a dog attacked a bitch, that dog was rejected then & there. It was expected that dogs did not initiate fights with bitches . I hadn't actually thought about or questioned it until this thread :p..That was what I was taught... It didn't happen very often at all , so perhaps it was a good rule ? We stuck to it, anyway .

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Good news indeed :p

*nods*

I'm certainly no professional !!! But ,luckily the book publisher WAS, and offered me money.I did half heartedly argue against it, but she said that if my work was good enough to go in the book.. it was good enough to be paid for RB-- you're not letting anyone down but what that girl said to me is worth remembering! That man is getting the good bits for his book FREE...and earning from it .

if they're professional, they should pay you!! I have only ever had one photo published, and I was paid a decent price (tho I would have preferred the book ) It's good to be excited over something you've accomplished !

Glad he is such a good boy, as well as being handsome! Hopefully the mites will now leave the scene !

Poor little thing , You made the only decision possible - peace for her at last.

Could well be demodex mange ... all pups have some mites, but sometimes if their immune system drops below par ..the mites multiply and cause a problem. may not be that ... but that's my first thought . don't put anything on it..and ask the vet to do a skin scraping He's a handsome boy!

Every time he tells her 'bed' and she doesn't go , or get immediately put there, she IS learning..but learning not to take any notice of him

She could also have something 'mechanically' amiss in her throat .. so she feels as if there is somethuing there..or it makes her feel slightly nauseous? have you asked your vet?

Welcome! How does she lick .. like she is 'cleaning her lips'..around her mouth.. straight out & back in the front, or ??? Licking lips can be anxiety related, also nausea related .... It is almost impossible to tell this on the other side of teh screen tho

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No idea! All I can think of is when the carcase is scalded to remove hair ?

Dogs, unlike horses and humans do not sweat ..except a small amount from their pads. I presumed this is why they have no need of any added salt...pigs are the same- they do not sweat, and adding salt is not recommended.

Oops!

Banshee will be so pleased to be 'home'

Hoping the xrays come up clear, and that some rest & anti inflams do the trick

many years ago, when I was a kid.. I had a little mini foxie bitch. Mum & dad bought a purebred lab at great expense ... and while a pup the mini used to boss her around. fast forward a couple of years.... twice we came home to find my mini with her throat ripped open, literally- not just a hole or two..... Luckily she was able to be stitched/bandaged to recovery. We forever after had to be careful.

Both... because it goes hard and cannot be broken down, in a crushed form,it may become a hard dry mass in the gut, as well as not having the good bits available to the dog . That's my understanding, anyway - I am happy to be corrected

WE have always had entire bitches....Only once in latter years have we had a tragedy - one bitch killed another ...then dragged her to the back door .We buried two dogs that night. There have been many other fights requiring stitching and damage control. Oh- and in the past couple of months two of our house dogs ( one just into double figures, the other in her teens) had a nasty fight in the kitchen... rammed me in the knees when they careered around a corner..and one in particular suffered nasty scalds from the jug of boiling water I was carrying They are both healed now... but need to be watched, and shuttled in & out the house...

Cooked bone is indigestible...so they cannot break it down and use it !

He is such a gorgeous big boof!

My guess is that there is sufficient salt in blood etc for their needs.