dancinbcs

Very cute puppy. I find the best way to have an adult and puppy together is to have an area set up for the puppy with with something the older dog can jump over into that area but the puppy can't get out. So the older dog has the option of interacting with the puppy or not. This is of course easier said than done with Border babies who seem to be as agile as monkeys and have the ability to chew through or climb over just about anything. A good pupy pen will help with leaving the puppy alone. Make sure it is a tall one with less footholds. This can be moved around to suit where you want him confined and he will learn he is safe in the pen until you return. Google puppy pens and you will see lots for sale. You need one at least 36" tall like this one. Puppy pen Otherwise put the puppy in an enclosed room with nothing he can destroy and use a sturdy baby gate so he can see out but not escape. His confined area becomes his safe haven while you are away. Once he is a lttle older he can be left in a secure outdoor yard with suitable shelter but I always advise keeping Borders under lock an key until they are out of the really cute stage at 4 months. Puppies do get stolen while they are cute but when they hit the gangly stage at 4 months they are not so appealing to thieves.

First male Border Collies prefer to be wherever their owners are and do not do well being left on their own. Given the choice they will sit on your lap and follow you everywhere including the bathroom so you need to make them secure in the knowledge, that wherever you go without them, you will come back. My current 8 year old male sometimes still sits outside the door and cries a bit if I go to have a shower. I'm sure he thinks there is a secret exit in the bathroom and all my other males have been the same. The girls don't give a toss. If they are left with another dog they usually cope better. Are you going to be leaving the puppy with the Kelpie for company when you go back to work? If so I would be starting to leave the puppy with the Kelpie for a few minutes at a time. You can also put him in a pen or crate on his own in the house and leave him alone for gradually increasing amounts of time, always with something to chew or play with. Make it all matter of fact, no fuss on leaving or coming back and he will gradually adjust. Good luck with your new baby.

You can also try straight cranberry juice. My dogs love it.

They are not very strong. How well trained is the dog? If a dog that size pulled on one it would unravel or snap.

Giving ABs at this stage can ruin the teeth of the puppies. There is no need for ABs unless she has a high temp or shows signs of infection and at the moment she has neither. The green discharge is from a placenta breaking down, not from an infection.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: How the hell could anyone groom a Whippet for 2 hours?

Don't take him anywhere until you get those feet checked by a vet. They look very abnormal.

My guess would be the placenta from the puppy that has died, has separated from the unterus and caused the green discharge. If the bitch seems fine and not in labour and the other puppies are still alive I would monitor her closely and pray she can hold them for another 2 weeks. Good luck.

News report Police say it is lucky no-one was killed during a rampage by two hunting dogs in southern New South Wales. The staghound cross dogs attacked five people in Wagga Wagga during a 30-minute frenzy on Christmas Eve. Inspector Jeff Barr says a 49-year-old woman suffered the most serious injuries, and was transferred to Canberra for surgery. "The woman was attacked from behind. She was pulled off a motorcycle and dragged some 10 metres around the back of a motor vehicle," Inspector Barr said. "Her son, being alerted by her screams, came out and put himself between the dog and his mother. He sustained some injuries there and ended up wrestling with the dog. "The dog was very violent, very hostile, very aggressive. Police had no choice and, assisted by the young man, the dog was actually destroyed." Earlier the dogs had attacked a cyclist then a man and his small dog. Inspector Barr praised the bravery of a young woman who came to the man's aid and was also attacked. He says police have now tracked down the dogs' owner, who is out of town. "At this stage, we believe that neither dog was registered or microchipped and that in itself is an offence," Inspector Barr said. "Under the Companion Animals Act, quite significant monetary fines and again depending on the circumstances, harsher penalties may apply. "The breed is not normally associated with these type of incidents, but certainly they can be used in hunting. "They are a rather large and powerful dog. It is an incident that is quite disturbing and potentially could have led to a fatality." The second dog is being held in the Wagga pound. "I would assume that over the next couple of days a decision will be made in relation to the fate of the second dog," he said. "I think its future looks quite bleak at the moment and I don't believe the animal could be trusted to interact with any member of the community."

Apart from it being illegal in NSW to sell puppies under 8 weeks, it it vital for puppies to spend the time until 8 weeks with their litter mates to learn how to be dogs and learn bite inhibition. Puppies removed from a litter before this time are far more likely to have problems interacting with other dogs and become seriously dog aggressive. You can never undo the damage that missing that time with their littermates causes. I assume your cousin is not an ANKC registered breeder or he would definitley have known about the 8 week rule. Are the "papers" just for his microchip? With your puppy being an unregistered Amstaff this is vitaly important and there are no second chances if he develops any flaw in his temperament at all. If NSW ends up going the same way as Vic he will be declared a dangerous breed anyway if you do not have ANKC papers and matching microchip to prove he is an Amstaff.

Nope my last litter was in Feb and I received this a few weeks ago. Its a bit of a joke for small time breeders but fair enough for anyone who runs a business. Wonder why it was only sent to some breeders and not others then?

Has this just been sent out to breeders as they register a litter? This is the first I have heard about it from anyone.

If he is being bought as a pet to be desexed then it shouldn't be a problem. The vet could fix the hernia at the same time he is desexed.

In NSW there is no restriction on numbers, so long as your neighbours don't complain. I currently only have two dogs but have had 4 for many years and occasionally 5 Border Collies at a time. I find 5 is one too many for me to manage in suburbia. I have quite a few single friends on acres who have 5-10 Border Collies and manage but more than 6 seems to be when they start to notice how much work and expense they are.

I worked in a shelter about 15 years ago and all the dogs were surrenders. More than half were Cattle Dog crossbreds, GSD crossbreds or Staffy crossbreds. Almost all the litters surrendered were these crosses as well and most were pts. The rest were small terrier crosses and the odd SWF crossbred. In six months we had 4 purebred dogs. One each GSD, Bull Terrier, Mini Bull Terrier and a Foxhound. The 2 year old GSD had papers with 4 generations of "A" stamp hip results so I rang the breeder. She had already refunded the full purchase price on the dog because it had severe HD. She had offered to take it back to have it pts but the owners said they wanted to keep it. Then they surrendered it and didn't tell us about the hips. The dog was pts. The Bull Terrier was an oldie whose owners where facing severe financial hardship and had to surrender the dog and several cats to move in with relatives. Sadly the dog had scars on her face from living and playing with her cats so she looked like a fighting dog. Rather than risk her going to dog fighters she was pts. The Mini BT was hidden until the the staff found a suitable owner by asking lots of questions before anyone saw her. She went to a lovely family. The Foxhound was brought in by the rangers from the pound. He was due to be pts but had a tattoo in his ear so they figured he must have been some sort of purebred and they never saw purebreds in the pound. They wanted to know what breed he was. The shelter boss had a look and asked me to come out and see if I could work out if he was a Deerhound or an Elkhound . The dog was a purebred Foxhound. By sheer luck we eventually found the owners who had reported him missing as a Beagle cross because that's what they thought he was. A truckie friend had found him in Vic where he had apparently got lost from a hunting pack, hence the tattoo number. He brought the dog to Sydney and gave it to them and none of them knew what he was.

I remember that during the Canberra fires a few years ago one of the vet surgeries and all the animals in were lost in the fires. The staff barely got away with their lives because they had no warning.

Vet bills vary a lot depending on the value of real estate where they are located and how fancy looking the place is. High rent or mortgage on their premises has to be included in their costs so inner city vets are usually a lot more expensive than those in the outer suburbs or rural areas. I use some of the best vets in Sydney. They have very up to date equipment but no fancy decor and do not offer "options", they simply do what needs to be done. I know of a lot of breeders that travel an hour, past many other vets to use them. They have two practices with about 10 vets and offer a 24/7 emergency service to their clients. A very large part of their practice is dog and cat breeders plus they also have wildlife and bird vets. Their prices are about half what the "pet" vets in the inner city charge for the same procedures and much less for vaccinations. Some of the "pet" vets around here are also rather expensive because a lot of pet owners just use the closest vet and don't shop around. My vets are able to keep their prices down because they are in outer suburbs and they don't need to spend lots of time educating owners about basics because most of their clients are very experienced owners. There is another very good and even cheaper practice a few kms from them but that one does not offer after hours services so most breeders are happy to pay a little more to get the 24 hour service. The vet that founded the cheaper practice worked on the theory that low costs meant people would bring their animals in at the slightest sign of illness so they made more visits and the animals were easier to treat than they would be if the owner waited until the situation was desperate before seeking a vet. He also had a large greyhound clientele. The founding vet and the greyhounds are now gone so I assume the prices have increased a bit but I think they are still probably cheaper than my current vet.

I'm sorry to hear that. Will you consider chemotherapy/radiotherapy? Possibly. I don't want to keep a sick dog alive for my benefit, but as I understand it, it's a far more gentle process for dogs and cats. With a dog that age it is better to use Chinese Medicine. Less side effects and much cheaper considering she is already elderly for a GSD. First though you need a diagnosis and prognosis. If it is an advanced cancer that has spread, sadly nothing is going to work. Why are they unable to get a diagnosis?

There are plenty of puppy pens available in all different sizes and they are easily joined together to make whatever size you need. Also the Bunnings compost bin panels are a cheaper alternative depending on if your puppy is a climber or not.

My cancer dog that was successfully treated with Chinese Medicine about 10 years ago had to have a completely raw natural diet. That was when I changed all my dogs over to a Barf type diet.

Urban dog owners need to realise that their dogs are just at much at risk of being killed if they get out, as rural dogs are. In a rural area, any dog found on another property is likely to be shot on sight. Farmers do not take risks with stray dogs around their livestock and country people know that. If an urban dog gets out it is most likely to hit by a car but lots of other scenarios are also possible. Rangers are paid to collect stray dogs and prevent them causing harm, not put themselves in danger. If a powerful dog is acting agressively, off the owners property, they do whatever they need to, to ensure the dog does not harm anyone. There are so many aggressive dogs roaming lose these days that drastic action needs to be taken to get through to people that they need to keep their dogs contained or face the consequences.

Also found this on googling Breeder of: Brittish Bulldog Puppies For Sale, Dogue de Bordeaux Puppies For Sale, Japanese Spitz Puppies For Sale, Schnauzer Miniature Puppies For Sale, Shar Pei Puppies For Sale, West Highland White Terrier Puppies For Sale That is enough info to find another breeder. No one can successfully breed more than about 3 breeds at the same time. Any more than that shows they are simply churning out puppies not dedicated to their chosen breeds.

The 10 year old I lost suddenly to cancer in June could only be enticed with Spaghetti Bolognese in her final week. I was also using Nutripet to try to keep her energy up while we tried some treatment but a week after diagnosis she went downhill and we realised she most likely had a brain tumour as well as all the tumours in her chest. In hindsight I should have put her down several days before when she stopped eating. Sorry for your loss, dancinbcs. We lost Django last month, it was very sudden. It would be a cruel coincidence to lose Sabella when I'm nowhere near done grieving for my dearly missed boy. I wouldn't make her hang on for me though, and I know her every breath so I'll know when the time comes. God, that is tough to lose one and now have another so ill. Basically with the food just offer anything and everything. Sweetened yoghurt, any type of deserts, cooked rabbit, cheese or whatever you are eating and keep up the Nutripet. Hope you get a favourable diagnosis for something that can be treated.

The 10 year old I lost suddenly to cancer in June could only be enticed with Spaghetti Bolognese in her final week. I was also using Nutripet to try to keep her energy up while we tried some treatment but a week after diagnosis she went downhill and we realised she most likely had a brain tumour as well as all the tumours in her chest. In hindsight I should have put her down several days before when she stopped eating.

How old is the dog? If it is an old dog she might just be telling you it is time for her to go. I would never force feed a sick old dog. Once they stop eating it tells me they have had enough. With a younger dog, if you suspect they have something they could recover from, it is a different scenario. You do whatever it takes to keep them alive until they can be cured.