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Photos will be forthcoming. You can meet her in person at the training club when she's had her vaccines. I'll make sure I mention this conversation so you know who I am.

Pup is a giant breed, so not tiny thankfully. I'm happy to do lots of supervising, and have a crate, and can separate via closed doors if necessary, I was mostly just wondering about the first actual meeting.

I've got a new pup on the way (and I'm pretty excited ). What is the ideal way to introduce her to our current dog? Raff is 4 and is usually great with other dogs, and gentle when meeting puppies but he's had a year of being an only dog after Willow died last year. Pup is flying to us, so no chance of a pre-meet.

Cool! I'll order some Riff Raff patches!

Thanks everyone. I ordered the Julius K9 - it looks pretty cool!

Riff Raff and I have been getting into Noseworks. He LOVES it! Suggestions for a good Noseworks harness? He is a staffy/kelpie type cross breed, with wide shoulders, but a very deep chest - like a boxer maybe?

If Choc's aggression has really increased in a year, then it might be worth a vet check. We've just experienced this with one of our dogs. Her personality shift was due to a liver tumour which cost her her life unfortunately. She wasn't as old as Choc.

Raff's look more like the bulldog in this video. I was able to stop the last one by calling his name. http://www.neuropetvet.com/other-topics/idiopathic-head-tremors/

Great idea, I'll start writing it down. He doesn't seem any different at all afterwards. He just continues on as normal. That's what's weird about it really. Very short in duration, he complies with requests etc while tremor is occurring and recovers in no time.

Thanks Snook. I haven't seen him do it for a couple of days, so it could be that it has stopped as inexplicably as it began.

Our 3 year old staffy x kelpie type has just been diagnosed. Apparently it happens periodically in bull breeds. It is quite disconcerting. His head just starts vibrating from side to side for no reason. It can happen even when he is sleeping.

Advantix works well.

Perfect - thanks Kirislin. I'll ask around and see if I can get someone to order one for me.

I'm desperately hunting for one of these too. Willing to share details Kirislin? I'm in Tassie, so I'm a bit limited shop wise.

We use curcumin to prevent bowel polyp formation in our son who has a genetic predisposition. The research is very promising. I hadn't considered using it for my dog who has had multiple histiocytomas, lipomas and one mast cell tumour (all successfully removed surgically). Does anyone have any information about whether it would make a difference in the development of these skin tumours in a dog? And what is the benefit of using turmeric over Curcumin?

I've discussed this with people a lot. I call my old girl stubborn, because she is. She is food motivated and will work really nicely most of the time, but she is also headstrong and will blow you off if she feels like it. The thing is, that if we say that biddable is the opposite to stubborn, which it seems that it is, then if we can say that biddable is a trait, then isn't a lack of biddability (hence stubbornness) also a trait? Obviously apathy is not the same thing, neither is a lack of training or feeble mindedness, but - isn't that how it works?

There are devices beginning to be available that set off an alarm when the car is locked and the weight hasn't been removed from a child safety seat. That is a start! I'm not sure how it would work with a dog. You could set an an alert on your phone to remind you when you reached a destination? I might try that later today and see how it works.

I almost walked away and left my child in the car. If he had not waved at me as I walked past the window I dread to think what may have happened. I am NOT a bad or neglectful mother, nor am I a heartless monster who deserves to not have her children or animals in her care. If you actually think back to a time where you have had one of those genuine brain farts, then you will understand. Sure - you may have boiled something over on the stove, or forgotten to buy the very thing you went into the shop for, or put something down somewhere and literally had no idea where you left it. These things happen to all of us. Unfortunately sometimes those brain farts end in tragedy. We are only human - we are fallible. For me it was a sequence of unusual events that ended thus. I was going into uni on a day I didn't normally attend to work on an experiment. I left early so I had time to drop my son at daycare on the way. I had had little sleep (toddler, honours project rounding up, exams pending). I was stressed about getting my experiment to work. My son was quiet in the car (he is a talker!!). I started mentally listing the things I needed to accomplish during the day as I drove. My head was in the lab already, so I drove there and got a great park. I grabbed my bag, jumped out of the car and headed off. I thank god every day that my cheeky little monkey smiled and waved at me as I walked past the car. I am fallible. Crucify me if you will.

You need to only change one thing at a time before you can truly decide that. I would imagine it's the brushing rather than the diet....

It should be fairly easy to get garbanzo bean flour. It is flour made from chickpeas and is usually called besan flour in Aus.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/black-mamba-cane-toad-control.shtml It's a hoax. It was from a satirical piece.

20% off all premium dog foods so that might be worth a trip down there for some.

We see a lot of labs. But also dachshunds, kelpies and crosses and more recently schnauzers and crosses.

My girl is a crutch sniffer. She's tall so just the right height to really jam her nose up there. Sigh....

Did they do a fine needle biopsy Teekay? Our girl had something that looked identical, but the biopsy and subsequent pathology showed histiocytes, and it went away on its own - no surgery necessary. It was so much better than the following surgery for a suspected MCT. The incision was huge, the recovery awkward, and she has been left with a big scar. Thankfully still no MCT, but an expensive and painful experience for all of us.