Maverick

I have cockers who matt.. usually in their arm pits which hurts This is what I do... bath and then leave in conditioner (I like Laser Lites). Hair dry then get a wide tooth comb and gently detangle. If its not a wash week, I love Aloveen conditioner. Rub some on your hands then rub into matt and viola, no more matt. I find wide tooth combs the best for grooming.

Ok, I have been lazy.. Will get some pics on the weekend. I have no excuse as I own a digital camera... On the topic of fussy eating cockers. My girl Mai went fussy last night! :D Partner fed dogs pet mince last night. She turned her nose up and only ate the dry food.. Oh my god, I nearly had a heart attack. As she was sifting through, hoover boy Maverick polished up the rest without even a growl from her. Go figure ? This is from a proclaimed food addict

hehe I was covered in JRT puppies last night. We thought they might like a romp in a different room last night. Oh dear, puppies everywhere. My cockers ran at the first sight of them and then I had puppies crawling all over me and giving me puppy kisses

Don't worry. Mai's mum didn't eat and would only eat BBQ chicken With Saffy who is a picky eater at the best of times and is now a porker. We fed her 3-4 times a day. She had weet bix, warm milk, an egg and divatatec in the morning, mince and kibble with beef stock lunch time and weet bix again at dinner. She loved the weet bix so we kept on feeding it. Now the puppies at 5 weeks get puppy kibble ground up, mince and puppy porridge all mixed up. Smells gross but the kids love it and play in it They are walking fatty boom bahs now.. Mum gets taken away for good this weekend.

Divetelac here! great stuff..

Love aloveen. Used it as a detangler last night on Dru's referal! Great stuff, my cockers went to sleep whille I was pulling out matts.. amazing

Wendy, You have just had me bawling my eyes out.... Clowny reminds me of my first dog Dusty. She was a beautiful black cocker which grew up with myself and my two brothers. I was 12 when we got her, brothers 9 and 6 and she was the best dog. I remember when my 6yo brother picked up and dropped her down the inside stairs. Up she got, shook herself and pottered off. She had such tolerance that girl. When my father had her put down (about 4 years ago) he was the only one there. My mum was overseas and I had left home and never knew about it. He said he cried and it was like losing a part of our lives and a very important part of the family. He also lost a part of our childhood. Dusty was 14 when she was put to sleep. My father rang me that night to inform me of our loss and invited me over for the weekend. At that stage I had Mai and she was about 10months old so I think that helped the grieving process, having a bouncy, naughty black and white cocker around. No dog ever replaces another but puppies help the grieving There will never be another Clowny or Dusty but we will have other personalities to love and who will love us twice as much. Holly (who has been sprung crying at work)