RuralPug

I have never had any issues with sweating with the Perla type beds. I find that if it gets too warm, the dogs tend to toss out some of the bedding and will drag it back in in they get too cool LOL. I have a friend who uses these in the sheds of her outdoor runs and just lines them with bits of carpet offcuts, which her short-coated breed seem to find adequately comfortable. Since the fosters here tend to eat/chew/destroy all other types of beds, I find the plastic ones excellent - only ever had one eaten, that was a cheap knock off, the rest seem to resist gnawing fairly well. :)

Advice given already is great. If she is yeasty, then the flaxseed oil could be feeding the yeast. Change to coconut oil or fish oil. Any sort of starch will aggravate yeast - no grains at all and keep potatoes, yams, carrots etc to a minimum and plenty of pulverised leafy greens with the meat, poultry and fish carcases. If she smells a bit like corn chips up close that is always a strong indication of a yeast bloom.

On behalf of rescue generally, bless you MW!!!

An old-fashioned home made fly repellent (which dogs DON'T lick off, IME) was to coat the ears with Vicks vapour rub. My grandfather swore by a mixture of Dettol and Vaseline to keep horse flies at bay on his working kelpies. If they are constantly cleaning the store bought repellents from each other then it is totally ineffective.

Yes, as every one has said - do NOT give him the chance to get it wrong and use an good enzyme cleaner to break down every last molecule of any inside mistakes. If you catch him in the act inside just whisk him outside (trail of pee and all) to where you want him to toilet. Don't growl or fuss, just clean it up the mistake thoroughly. If you don't have a puppy pen or a crate then draw up a roster - he is to be tethered to a family member whenever he is inside and not sleeping. That family member is responsible for noticing any pre-toileting behaviour (sniffing the floor, circling etc.) and must immediately take him outside to the preferred toileting spot and WAIT there until he pees or poos. Yes it might be 20 minutes or half an hour at first, take a book! As soon as he toilets in the correct spot IMMEDIATELY with and great verve tell him how wonderful he is and reward him with yummy treats or a toy or a game - really over the top is best so that he is bursting with pride at his own cleverness at toileting outside. And don't forget to have a rolled up newspaper handy - this is to bop the rostered tether person with if the pup is allowed to make a mistake inside! Trust me, an indoor crate is much much easier than tethering! But the same theory applies - take the pup outside very frequently after waking, eating and playing and stay with him until he has toileted so that he can be immediately rewarded. At nine weeks he is still a baby and his bladder won't last long. But it should only take a few weeks at most of this constant vigilance and over-the-top rewarding before he figures it out!

Yes it is buyer beware, but it is up to all ANKC affiliated group members to uphold the rules they agreed to upon joining so that buyers can feel a bit safer. If we don't push for our "brand" not to be pirated, then the affiliates will not make the effort to keep the brand name clean. Getting back to the original unregistered litter advertisement, were those people actually registered breeders (with a prefix) or were they just people who owned two pedigree dogs that had a litter? Were they even Dogs NSW members at all or did they just quote the registration number of one of the dogs? If those breeders were actually members of Dogs NSW (whether breeder or non-breeder members regardless) then yes, they ought to have been reported. If not, then they probably should not have mentioned the parents pedigreed status in the advert, as that would be unfair trading on Dogs NSW good name, so to speak, even if they did not intend it that way.

I'm sure that you''ll find something suitable AND comfortable AND supportive in the HomyPed range. Shop online or look up your nearest stockists.

My first thought was the same as Kavik...how frequently is "periodically"? Any more frequently than every five or six months and it is not a season, just humping for either play or dominance.

Daily brushing may help to stimulate regrowth, but it won't happen overnight. Given his age, regrowth may well be slow. Lots of antioxidants in the diet can't hurt either. I guess you won';t be recommending that particular chain to anyone!

I didn't want to take HazyWal's thread off topic, but I was really enjoying the video she posted and some of the others posted when You-tube suggested about people(not groomers) trying to bath dogs who didn't like being bathed.I started off giggling, but it wasn't very long at all that I was starting to stress out a bit as some of the videos in that compilation were more disturbing than funny. Why do people think it is funny that dogs growl and snarl and snap to avoid being bathed? Or dive under a bed in terror? Why is that funny? Is it just me???

Both the above are great options. Have inboxed you with another VIC rescue with lost of experience in flat faced breed and elderly dogs in case either of those fall through. :)

Yes pepper and salt is used to describe the most common schnauzer colour which is grey with silvery white points. Need a poodle breeder to chime in here, but there is a colour in poodles (shadow gene or something like that) that is born dark and ends up silvery. I remember my aunt talking about it, but not much more than that, sorry. Edited to add: phantom was what I was trying to remember, but that doesn't apply here. Silver beige poodles are commonly born brown and lighten gradually as they age.Google that colour and see if your pup is changing colour in a similar way to the examples online. Or just just the silver beige on this webpage.

Perfume, I tend to agree that if you want a show quality pup as a pet, you will probably have to wait a very long time for one as there will have to be a show quality pup left over after any orders for therm are filled and many breeders would prefer to see their show quality stock actually being shown so they might ask around to see if their are any show buyers waiting for show quality pups in their friends' waiting lists before they would consider selling that pup as a pet. Be patient, and build a rapport with several breeders so that they consider you as one of their friends. It might take a year or two, but a puppy that meets your specifications will appear eventually. :) If you don't want to wait a year or two, perhaps consider an older dog. Sometimes a perfect looking dog with no temperament faults just doesn't enjoy being shown and therefore the breeder will look to place him or her in a pet home. Other times, a four or five year old, having finished their show and breeding career is placed in a pet home where they will get a lot more attention than if they stayed at the breeders home with seven or eight others.

That breed in development is pretty much restricted to the US (especially the southern states) as far as I know. A very similar Australian breed which has been in development for over a decade now is the Australasian Bosdog...google to find details of breeders near you. As this is not yet an ANKC listed breed, you won't find any on the DOL puppy or breeder listings. :) Edited because I always manage to type Australian instead of Australasian with out noticing.

Excellent secure run - plenty of room for a clamshell pool in hot weather too! Look at the growth from the avatar pic to todays pic though!!!! That tiny bubba only just bigger than the cat is now a full grown wolfdog!!!

I usually START with clipping excess hair from between the pads and lots of praise for them keeping still. I will encourage them to lie on the grooming table and relax while I comb them out. I have one client that had to be muzzled when I combed out his trousers LOL - it took I think about a dozen sessions (6 weeks apart) before he learned to curb himself from "defending" his rear end and now he is quite relaxed about it! A good slicker brush will get that loose undercoat out better than most things BUT do try it yourself first - if it scrapes on your arm because it is a cheap one, then keep it well away from the skin. Better to have a good quality slicker brush which will catch the dead hair without pulling or scraping. A bristle brush takes a LOT more effort to remove the dead coat, but is handy if you're trying to bulk up your biceps! The rubber horse curry combs are excellent for double coated smooths like Pugs and Labs. I find that horse shampoo is also excellent on the dogs ( and is cheaper than the equivalent show finishes marketed for dogs!) I have several MP brushes in the kit - most are over 30 years old and still going strong LOL - but I mostly use them on full coated breeds or as finishing brushes. I don't have one for myself - I am another with cheapie supermarket brushes on my dressing table LOL!

A belly band for indoors can catch the drips and save mopping up, as long as the pad in it is changed regularly, :)

And you already know this Maree, but do use an enzyme cleaner like Urine Off to remove every last trace or they will continue. If the foster home was using an ammonia based cleaner on the poo/wee spots it could actually aggravate the behaviour. Belly bands for boys can be used in retraining which will stop marking. For a stubborn soiler, I would be tethering the dog to me whenever inside so that you can instantly nip in the bud any attempt to soil or mark indoors. Retraining two at the same time - ugh - I would probably rely on the enzyme cleaner on the outdoor dog beds AND lock the soilers out of the house when I was not there. When I was home it would be eternal vigilance when they are inside and perhaps finding their substrate preference and giving them an outdoor toilet spot that suits that preference.

The breeder is interstate, so a face to face meeting is very unlikely. I suspect the breeder would rather meet face to face, but is using all the alternative assessment tools they can think of, which ticks all the right boxes for me. If you can arrange a Skype (of course both of you need devices with cameras) that would most likely cover quite a few of the bases. :)

So what is "girly" about a cavvie? Really they are just a very small spaniel, and there is nothing girlie about spaniels. Great hunting dogs! A pair of dogs work well when they have similar energy levels and play styles. This would eliminate most of the terriers and other earth hunting breeds, all spitz breeds, all of the bull breeds and most of the working, herding and guarding breeds. Cavvies are very laid back dogs, and I am struggling to think of a laid back smooth coat which isn't going to do through a teenage devastation phase or be too high drive to be suitable for your family and current pet. Getting an older dog rather than a puppy would make your choices much wider, as every breed has the laid back odd few, regardless of common breed temperaments, but there is no way you can tell when they are babies or adolescents if they are going to end up that way. Also a few breeds which are commonly manic until or 4 or 5 years old quite often settle down to a less demanding style after that (Pugs and Dalmations are a couple of examples). But if it has to be a puppy, then perhaps you can get him to consider a cavalier of a different colour? He might consider some of the less popular colours more "manly".

So he is marking in a couple of places each night while the belly band is off? Sometimes dogs mark their territory when there are new animal or people smells inside it. Sometimes they just mark it because it is theirs - and when that is the case the slightest molecule left of a previous marking will prompt them to remark it. Ammonia based cleaners can also cause them to mark to cover over the ammonia smell of the "intruder". So, if you are not already doing it, make sure that you use an enzyme based cleaner, such as Urine Off, which removes all trace of previous markings. You can get a UV/black light which will show any invisible traces of urine, blood, sweat etc, and you can clean these off too...so hopefully there are no "invisible" stains which will cause him to re-mark in that spot. Good Luck!

What part of Qld? It is a big state... The breed Club in QLD runs a breed rescue but you might need to transport to one of the major cities for them to accept a surrender. best way to find out is to ask them.

The owner of Mornington Lodge runs a horse rescue and a country-wide pug rescue, although that has nothing to do with the quality of the accommodation and care for boarders, it might give you an indication of the deep love for animals behind Mornington Lodge!

I agree with Bjelkier - start on this page and follow the links from there. Sometimes you need to be patient waiting for a puppy, but that just gives you more time to learn in depth about the breed! :)