The Spotted Devil

Maybe crate the brother? :D

Bunnings for panels or Vebo for a play pen.

Yes but cheap! Just hose them off later and spray with vinegar or Urine Off.

Crate with compost panels as a second barrier. Works really in my house to give Em space from the cats (who pinch her food) and Zig (who is just annoying) when she's in season.

Love The Focused Puppy for a great start to life! Their website with some other titles that look good too: http://www.k9infocus.com/book_video.htm

Thanks Ptolomy! We had lots of help along the way... certainly more to come as it starts to sink in. By the way, how many times do you have to recount points before you stop worrying that you've miscalculated??? :laugh: And I did take cake to training :D

Hell yeah Not sure that it will sink in properly until I have that pedigree back actually...

Yes same about the interstate pass cards....plugging away here :D

Seriously? I have to hand write an app form the old fashioned way for Dogs Vic!!!! (But yes I may have an Excel spreadsheet set up for tracking his points )

Thanks all! He sure is gorgeous - and he's still our boy, titles or none :) Any volunteers to help me with the paperwork? There's over 50 pass cards to write out on the title application form :laugh:

Heh heh. Lilly has the Death Stare nailed. It generally only takes ONE look and pups learn not to mess with her :D

My cats are never quite as cooperative as the dogs when it comes to Christmas good will and cheer...

Plastic milk bottles are a definite favourite here. Sometimes I add in some dry food. My pups also love cardboard boxes. And cats.

What made you go down this path if you don't mind my asking? What were your symptoms? And yep - that is what I understand too. It was for Lilly but she started plucking her hair out about 6 months after Brontë died. I assumed it was stress and change as they were very close and she was howling a lot and very clingy. I took her to my vet who insisted we approach it methodically. Started by treating for fleas first and trying her on anti-inflammatory meds for 10 days. These also had an anti-anxiety side effect. She really improved but deteriorated after about a week. My vet thought it could be an allergy exacerbated by her anxiety (ie over reacts to the slightest irritation) and suggested we go down the Z/D path just to check diet. We were all surprised at how dramatic her progress has been. She still plucks if we are very late with her dinner or if I am away from home too much so I think it was always a combination. She's 10 but it's not unusual for food allergies to appear later in life with cats - I still think it may have been triggered by the sudden changes here.

As I understand it (and this is what I did) you really need to have them on Z/D for a few months and then introduce each food for a month as it can take a long time to get stuff out of their system and, conversely, react to it. I thought it would be really onerous but Lilly loved the food and it was pretty simple - she was on a mix of wet and dry.

Oh and denali that pic of Todd is PRICELESS!

I think Santa's Little Helpers are about to go on strike :laugh:

Maybe...depends if her prog levels go up lol!

Such great pics!!! I have to go with 2013….don't really fancy trying to get photos with Em in season at the moment :laugh:

Didn't see this post before I wrote mine - so interesting to hear of other entire males that could be marking like this! Are the poos normal the whole time? They do get slightly runnier with each one. The last one is usually not even worth getting a bag out for :laugh: He does a LOT of scraping behaviour around it and will try to poo on anything that is slightly higher than the ground - bushes, tree trunks and even on rocks. But he is a bit of a drop kick that way :D

If it's any help Zig poos at least 6-7 times out walking and I believe it's certainly a marking thing with him based on his behaviour. I've been lucky so far in that I have been able to pinpoint issues. Em scratched like crazy within 24 hours of being on dry food containing corn and recovered just as quickly. I just ran a Z/D elimination diet with one of my kits (Lilly) and it was the best thing ever - at this point we've introduced her beloved chicken necks and chicken meat chunks no problem and also her dry food. We are just starting to introduce one flavour at a time of Eagle Pack wet. The big one was beef - threw up immediately and plucked violently within 24 hours of keeping a meal down. We took the elimination and introduction of foods VERY slowly. Although my vet tells me that Z/D doesn't work for all!

I REALLY need to get on FB. Maybe today is the day :D Thanks so much for all the good wishes! He's such a fun boy to run and always tries so hard but I think it's that joyful look on his face that I love so much. We had reached a real stand still with Masters Jumping as we just couldn't make time - a lot of credit has to be given to the H360 handling system as he is now running 10 seconds under SCT consistently and enjoying agility SO much more. At the end of the day though, he's still our crazy Zig… Hanging out with Dizzy… Assisting in a Melbourne Uni tutorial… Making friends everywhere… And generally being a d!ckhead :laugh:

Fingers crossed you're in the second class Both dogs are running tonight so there will be cake for all!