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I don't know the answer, but one of mine brings me a present if I am ill. Usually a soft toy that she will push in next to my head in bed, then she walks off. She doesn't do it at other times.

In Canberra I would send him to a very good local vet who is also a qualified chiro. I would suggest finding someone like that if you can, it may assuage your concern that you need xrays first if the person is also a vet. Just saw the suggestion for a greyhound vet above, that may be a good option.

I wouldn't think anything either way about the vet, it was one comment passed on by a third person. I have had vets say much more tactless things to my face, but I would rather tactless and competent than a great way with words but poor skills.

What a cutie. I have seen RR s on light chain, braided leather, and nylon slips.

As I understand it, a good lure operator will work to show the best a dog can do, not just speed but agility and follow. And not to disadvantage one dog unreasonably if a couple of dogs are running together. Part of that means having it far enough ahead going into a turn that they can see it turn and it doesn't just whip away. But the distance in front seems to vary a lot on the flat. I watched a very experienced lure operator run different breeds and levels of experience and she was very responsive to how each dog was running, I suspect it is a real skill to get the best from everyone. I would love to see your Iggies course some day Kirislin, I have watched most sighthound breeds but not the little guys!

What breed is she?

One of the US Borzoi breeders has run a number of studies correlating various physical measurements with speed in the breed, the last one was about croup angle. It would be very cool to see how it plays out differently for different breeds but not likely to ever be done I guess, just doing Borzoi was huge effort. And of course heart can carry a dog a long way by itself.

Nice form Neko!

Google is your friend. Moon Moon isn't a DoL creation, he is an internet meme character.

The next will be a Borzoi and so will the one after that. But I might get another Belgian Tervueren sometime down the road.

Yeah the beautifully groomed afghan one used to annoy me too. They should use the more typical cross breeds they get . It feels highly hypocritical.

I have found male dogs to make great pets. The great general public can get some funny ideas about animals.

I agree with this. Me too. My first ever dog was a male, never desexed, grew to be well over 40kg, Borzoi. Many would suggest that sighthounds, entire males, heavily coated dogs and giant breeds are bad choices for a new owner, but no dog could have suited me better.

I would try to tslk them into surrendering it to a breed specific rescue, the pup should be with people that understand it.

For me, it was recognising that we are training each other every minute we are together, it is all learning, not just the bit the humans decide to silo off and label as such. And when they are not learning from me, they are learning from the environment.

Depends a bit on the dog, I had a Borzoi who was safe with chooks, she would run past them to startle them but knew she shouldn't chase. Same dog went crazy over foxes so it wasnt a lack of drive. But that is one Borzoi out of seven, the others could not be trusted alone with chickens

I remember an ACD in the ACT who got its CD title at 6 months.

I like having three. I have been down to 2 for a while now and three does work best for me.

Those pictured paws needed a pair of nail clippers!

I tried the Panagenics on my hair but it really didn't work out well. We do all have the same m&p brushes, just have to make sure I keep theirs out of the bathroom. Rapidgel I have used on myself, and neocort. And when their dogs beds are all clean and new they are pretty comfy.

No problem, I was just responding to your bit about where the line is between aloof and antisocial.

It's not benign and it's not aloof. A truly aloof dog has a neutral attitude to strangers, not frightened just disinterested. It may be being exacerbated by a developmental stage, but I dont know enough about fear periods to say how best to address it if so. Worth getting some professional advice. If she is young it is a good opportunity to teach some alternative behaviours and check your own body language.

Lol, not normal for mine but they are a different breed.

I agree. I used to worry about my large dogs injuring a small one, but the day I came home with my girl bleeding from bites to the hock from three loose aggro jrts was the day I stopped worrying about my dogs hurting those who attacked them, no matter what their size. I do my utmost to protect my dogs, but if others let theirs roam and attack and there are too many for me to deter I no longer try and protect the attacker even if they are much smaller. Now I am much more relaxed on walks and so are my dogs, funnily enough the dogs that like to attack seem to be thinking twice about it too, lol.

I dont know either, it was a genine question as I thought that must be the protocol. The only thing I have heard is if it has gone down and you think it is small enough to make it through, feed a meal of tinned food made sloppy with water or stock and add some metamucil, to move it along and coat it a bit. But I am reluctant to recommend what is second hand info.