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For a friends bitch, not sure how far along she is, fairly by the sounds of the dog. Packaging says "no known contra-indications but not specifically OK for pregant or lactating bitches. Says can be used on puppies/kittens from 4 weeks so makes me think perhaps not. Anyway has anyone used it or can offer any advice? Thanks

I would be interested to know just how many people turn up and how many animals are available for sale and actually get sold. Will you go Pandy? I hope the RSPCA do turn up just because it might scare some away, although we all know what a toothless tiger they are, certainly many members of the general public don't.

How disappointing

How old are the dogs? If either is older than 12 - 24 months castration is unlikely to help with marking issues. It becomes a habit after time and removal of testosterone will not remove the habit. But as you said your getting him done anyway and of course there are all the added benefits if reduced testicular cancer blah blah that you already know so good on you I have only crate trained a pup but all the literature says you can crate train at any ages so should be do-able, might take a bit more resolve on your part as they are likely to be more persistent than a pup. Definitely separate crates. There is lots of info on the interwebs about crate training so I won't type all the dos and dont's in here. Sounds like your on to it and you'll be less stressed once the dogs can come inside and be safe.

We own a boarding kennel and from the description of the injury i wouldn't have rung the owner. We treat every boarder as we would our own dog or cat, what ever i would do for my own is how our guests are treated including trips to the vet or home treatment depending on the problem. You leave your fur kids in my care and trust that I will do what is best for them (in our case you actually sign to say that is as you would want it in case I want to take the dog/cat to the vet and can't get hold of the owner, as show dog says due to phone turned off, out of range what ever). BUT you should expect a full report on how the stay went, what problems occurred etc. We don't just tell the good aspects of a stay. If the dog is a problem boarder eg. Doesn't eat, gets stressed, is destructive we tell the owners that way they know what to expect when they board the dog next time, with us or someone else. I think we explain things to the owners very thoroughly and in a friendly way. Glad you sent them an email, I am looking forward to the response and really hope for the sake of the good boarding kennels they manage to provide a suitable explanation and redeem themselves a little. We are not all bad

Just to add to the huge array of choices you've already been given I would wash her in a vet grade evening primrose oil shampoo :p I have tried it on quite a few clients dogs with skin problems and find it works well. I know you said you rinse well but that is often a contributing factor to the itching in the first instance, my rule is once I think I'm definitely done I rinse one more time :D

I was getting my GSD down from the back of the car when the builders where at our place and as always said affectionately "Down you get Bozo" and the guy with a look of absolutely horror said "Ohh you didn't really call that beautiful dog Bozo?" Nahh his name's Locky but he comes to Bozo too :D

Thanks guys It seemed a bit odd to start a whole breed thread when I am only going to post in there once Thank you to MalteseLuna for your PM. My parents Malt had to be PTS a few months ago, suffering from cancer, and Mum swore she wasn't getting another one as it was too heartbreaking BUT I knew they wouldn't be able to help themselves. They love the breed and have decided they don't want anything else. "Boomer" their old dog was a wonderful boy, not snappy, forever faithful - I hope the next one is as good :D

Well I think I just might ;) Thanks guys, I was starting to think my eyes were failing me!

Not sure where else to post this but I can't find the Maltese thread in the breeds sub-section. My Mum is after a reputable breeder so I thought that'd be the spot to ask. Could anyone direct me to the right thread?

Sorry if this is a dumb question from a non showy but do the neuters have to be on main register? Would I need to talk to my breeder about getting a potential show quality pup on the main register but I would still want the pup neutered, cause I have no intention of breeding and do not want to have an entire male around the place?

I have a heated single tank plumbed in - love it We also had a temperature regulator put on mine cause the hot water would fluctuate and I was scared of burning the dogs, think this is mainly cause we use pumped rain water so that might not be an issue for you. We also had a floor drain put in and the waste hose goes into a pipe that sticks out from the drain.

Yes indeed, I might go every night with the OH and our boy if there was red wine on offer, especially if when we got to our destination we could have cheese and bikkies as opposed to all the huffing and puffing and sweating - well you get the picture

T sleeps with us on the bed, if we both get up together to go to the shower he moves to the couch and waits for us to come out again, before going back to bed where he watches us get dressed if only one of us gets up to go to the shower he'll stay in bed until the other one gets up hecdoes this every single morning without fail!

We replaced ours with a garden hose type spray head from the hardware store. This way I can choose the type of spray eg. Shower has heaps of water and works like a normal hydrobath head, jet is a condensed stream good for dirty feet on big dogs and it has a trigger so you can regulate the amount of water, good for doing heads or really small dogs. Hope this makes some sense