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:rolleyes: and AFAIK a bit of 'work' to expel a stool is a good thing..empties out those anal glands as they are meant to be I see so many dogs just defecate with absolutely no effort..nothinmg is really solid anymore. I see fox scats around..I know...NOT dogs..and they are very hard..full of bone and fur and carapaces of bugs, and seeds... bet they don't have blocked anal glands

all of the above. BUT whatever you use has to be done at least 4x a day

Tb..you're not snappy.. just a worried 'parent' ..and way more patient than I would be

You're a stronger person than me ...I couldn't last more than a day or two with a vomiting dog.... anymore...... I always remember my old Mitch..he vomited a few times overnight..took him to the vet next morning, and he had hepatitis! he was very ill for a while..but did recover well With Hamlet..he threw up afew times..he had a blockage..I have a real worry now Hopefully he gets rid of the 'bug' soon!!

even better! isn't that where those 'magic', ancient breed white horses are/originated? They are gorgeous!

and WASH the slicer before cooking the dinner vegies

Feed lower protein meat? Would that help? Or do they metabolise it the same whatever the levels? Feed white meat/ fish mostly ?

*crosses ripley off the christmas card list* *storms off, jealous* Great shot, BTW

Yes, well.................... red sand..............

I don't have RAW on this camera..had it on my old one..but my puter hasn't the room to deal with the extra info!!!

hey, rubiton..love that horse's name!!!!!!!! Tosstesteroan LOL Nice capture, too

Hope he's Ok..prolonged vomiting is not nice

I grew up watching this behaviour amongst our working dogs. they were often given access to whole animals, and while the stomach/intestines weren't favourites (liver and heart and kidneys were ) Brains were also a treasure....and tongue! they would shake and eat . Best not to stand too close, I learnt early on...gut contents have a lingering smell.......

This is the BEST thread! Thanks to all you knowledgable people..I am learning to think a little differently. thanks Ruthless..I am glad you started it!!!

WELL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good plan!! OP..If you cannot make the fence higher..don't feel happy with them being indoors, and cannot afford to buy a run/kennel.... then an electric wire may be the go. How much exercise are they getting? A GOOD long walk (not a 'play'/beach walk)..but a walk where they must concentrate and do a little obedience every so often.. twice a day would be ideal (plus their play time Keeping lots of interesting things in the yard? Huge cardboard boxes, bones, KONGS, tyres, squeaky toys, a couple of soccer balls... food hidden under the ground... oh, and unless you are doing this at EXACTLY the moment they START to scale the fence.......they will not associate it with climbing the fence, and , not only will you waste your energy, THEY will wonder why you are doing it! (and, no, they don't 'know' they've done wrong) Hope you have some ideas to work with , now..it must be frustrating

There are some very talented folks out there !! Just wish flickr didn't take so long to download for me..I don't go in there anymore Would like to have a look at your work!

I agree that chaining has its uses (our working dogs are chained when not working, or in our company) but this needs to be taught to a dog, so the dog IS comfortable on the chain, and becomes "chain savvy" owners also have to put much thought into allocating an area,choosing a chain type, providing shelter and space, and also making the area SAFE Young Widget (7 mths) has been chained at night now for a couple of months..she is SO much quieter ..has her bone and usually a full KONG..a couple of toilet rolls to chew, her blanket and kennel....

Oh..best of luck at the Doc's Chezz!!!!!!!!!

It is a terrific and appealing artwork................. guess digitally enhanced photo should accompany it.................

and probably why my pics will never be "good" now..here is one I just played with..in PICASA http://picasa.google.com/ ........ simple and took about a minute

This is tricky. I try to use the settings on my camera (fuji finepix S8000..NOT SLR) to get colour/exposure to my liking. I may crop and/or lighten the whole image a tad... but that's all I feel comfortable doing...to present my work as a "photograph" If I put any more work into it..I think of it as an artwork I am so disillusioned by the wonderful images I see... I mentally congratulate the photographer on their skill..only to find so much digital 'brushwork' has gone into them I mainly use P/S for 'playing' as it is intimidating to me........stuff like this I am starting to explore http://www.redbubble.com/people/binjy/art/...theyre-watching I haven't looked at the site mentioned..taking waaay too long to download on dial-up I gues one can do vignettes on P/S..by using the elliptical selection tool..and then putting pic on another background or something? Sorry......... haven't tried it .

My opinion / I would be feeding whole necks..maybe frozen! I am a firm believer in giving pups/dogs LARGE bones for their size, so that there is NO possibility of them swallowing it.If they don't eat it all.so what? Cutting bones up..esp chicken necks seems a bit dangerous to me.. they may try and swallow a piece which is 'just' too large or something

Hi..I think that some class dogs as omnivores because they WILL eat some fruit etc