B-Q

I posted these in another thread, the sequence of them cracked me up. Quinn Stunning one minute ...decapitated the next

These of Buster Probably this one of Quinn. Or this one... Or this one...

Thanks busterlove, would love to see a picture of Mac! Tilly's profile looks kind of looks like Quinn in the background of your signature too Matilda by fainty_girl, on Flickr This is Mac Attack. 12kg of fury.

Tilly is gorgeous aswell! She actually looks a lot like my sisters dog Mac. A bit different colouring but built the same, I'll need to put up a pic.

omg she's gorgeous!

Quinn gets lots of comments when I take her out, her black ears and her white face and her bi-eyes really catch attention. I think she's perfect. Most people don't guess BC though.

My first choice would be a boy, after that its just whatever dog fits.

Pyrenean Shepherd Smooth Faced Rough Faced

That sucks, poor dog. It deserves better. I wish she'd appreciate you more as a friend willing to help, I wish I had a friend with a non reactive dog that I could work with Buster. Rip Pup.

You could lower the treat as/before he tries to sit. I'm teaching Buster now that Quinn knows it and I move it back next to his tailbaseso he's just following his tail back around. I can see it taking a while because he's slow with luring.

Oh wow! I love this thread.

Please tell me he actually has a waterproof trouser suit. And if so.. pictures?

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I think its gorgeous.

Except I havn't found a flea on the others in months, Quinn had a few when we first bought her home but we got them controlled and gone very fast and havn't seen any evidence since. And it has continued all the way through since it started, sometimes slightly better and sometimes worse. I'll try ripping out all the wandering jew I can find first because he also has quiet a pink belly a lot of the time. Plus Quinn is itchy but she's not leaving makrs on herself, if nothing gets any better than its back to the vet.

Thats CUTE! I love the B&W bulldog aswell.

Border Collie - You have to run them for hours and hours a day. Sure Quinn needs to get out and do stuff and I DO need to put a lot of effort into her but she needs interaction and stimulation not blind activity. And tat they arn't meant to love strangers, sure there are plenty that do and Quinn is quiet friendly when she does meet people but if we arn't actively introducing her to them then she's pretty happy to do her own thing.

I have seen a pic of a Weim thats marked like a GSP. Can't find it now though. And there are buff Tollers

Thanks guys, have asked mum about the yard and she does think we have wandering jew (I don't have a clue about plants but she does) I've got the day off tomorrow and I'm doing work outside so I might get to work out there are see whats around, if that doesn't turn up anything then its back to the vet and onto a dermotoligist if I need to. Erny - Thanks for the Calendula Tea suggestion, I was thinking about doign the same sort of thing tomorrow with apple cider vinegar but I'll have a go with the Tea.

Thanks guys, I'll look into both those. He almost 8 and he's never had an issue before, we've been in this house for just over a year so maybe its a plant? That wasn't here when we first moved in and is now. Its just that our houseyard is about 1.5 acres and a lot of it is unmaintained gardens so if I could manage it without having to tear out half the plants in the yard it would be awesome.

Like everyone else suggests re:what food. As far as how much, just read your dog and adjust according to their daily activities. Quinn ate like nothing I've ever seen the first couple of months I had her, and ravenous. She ate more than all the other adult dogs, without it she'd look all stringy and thin in a day or two. Now she's 5 months and has reduced greatly what she eats. She has a meat leftovers/vegies/rice mix in the morning about 5 days a week and good kibble the other 2 days, in the evenings she gets raw with the other dogs. Just on raw and kibble she was doing soft poo's and farting up a storm, this seems to work well for her.

As far as I can remember Buster started itching about 6 months ago, we had a bad batch of fleas and had trouble getting rid of them. Eventually we did but he didn't improve, we went to the vet, they said advantix him more often and its probably a flea alergy. We did, it didn't improve. We went back, they said he might have just had a couple of flea bites, probably an allergy, heres an injection to stop the itching for a couple of days untill I can get rid of any fleas that may be on him. So after this I was sure there were no fleas, I scoured every inch of him looking for any flea or flea poo. Nothing. Changed his shampoo to something for sensitive skin (were using hoss gloss, now use Fuzzyard oatmeal and mandarin) By now he was missing patches of hair from it on his butt. I took him off grain, didn't seem to really improve, put him back on grain and it got heaps worse, he's been back off all grain for about 6 weeks and there is no change. He's got bald patches on his behind and he's just so itchy. I feel awful for him. He is on about 70% raw, some artemis maximal and I've been adding some oil, eggs or yoghurt a couple of times a week. I'm hesitant to go back to the vet and throw more money at them for them to tell me the same thing again. Has anyone got any advice, I feel bloody awful for him. And its not just him, Quinn itches aswell and we're struggling with it, although she's not actually ripping hair out its still wayy excessive. But the other 2 dogs don't. I just don't know where to start to get answers for this? I just feel awful for them.

We have a mix of lino, tile, polished and unpolished floorboards. Well the polished stuff was pretty well worn when we moved in, its a great house for us. Doesn't look "pretty" so you don't notice the mess. We have a large rug on the loungeroom floor. I sweep the tile daily as it leads to the computer room and in the mornings I leave the door open for the dogs and they track leaves and dirt in. The lino/floor I probably do 2-3 times a week and the carpet gets vacuumed once or twice a week. Lounge is done at the same time. I try to wash my bedding 2-3 times a week and bath the dogs atleast 1-3 times a months.

Billie is gorgeous!

Every 2-4 weeks. Quinn in the bath atm because she hates it and doesn't tolerate it easily. Its too hard to do her under the hose. Buster was getting done under the hose but now I just do him in the bath after Quinn. Quinn is due for a bath anyway, i need to get a picture of the woe face she puts on during.