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This is the mighty cute Teddy...

He's not so bad. Just normal puppy. Our other dog is Kelpie/Border Collie and she's extremely crusie. I'm leaving a part of the garden that's got loose sand, rotting sleepers and other stuff that all our animals like to explore. And I think that laying weed matting is probably asking for trouble. Hmmmm. Might need more chicken wire...

I am putting straw on the raised garden beds but it won't stay put on the other beds. I can see it blowing all over the back yard. :laugh:

I have a partly used 3.5kg bag of Supercoat Puppy kibble if anyone local would like it. My pup is now on different food. There is also a bag of Whiskers dry kibble for cats that my hubby bought by mistake. Unfortunately it was decanted into a container and the bag thrown away so I have double baggged it in plastic shopping bags to keep it contained. If anyone is interested me just pm me and I will sort out a pick up day and time.

Sorry if this has been discussed here before but I've not been on for ages and today I just haven't managed to find much when searching for related topics. I have an 18week old lab/beagle/kelpie who just loves to chew everything and eat it. We've had to throw a lot of toys out as it is clear that he loves to pull off material, threads, rope, etc and eat it. Outside he loves biting into twigs and wood, especially the old rotting timber left from a garden bed. We have been cleaning the yard up like crazy and the next step is to lay down weed matting and about 3mx3 mulch. What mulch should we get? I know not to get anything chemically treated or dyed but there is a choice in the size of the mulch as well as different types (pine vs Eucy). I just want him not to make himself sick. Do puppies grow out of this or can I just blame his breed mix? I've lived with a lab before and she would eat almost anything in reach, even as an adult. Fun times :laugh:

What a lovely story. :heart:

We recently lost our lovely old man Alfie to age and infirmity and I am starting the process to look for a new companion for our 5 year old Kelpie/Border collie Gracie. She was a stray and not well socialised, as she reacts with anxiety and barking with most other dogs. She took to Alfie with no trouble but he was the boss man at home here first. Unfortunately, in the last 18 months poor Gracie didn't get many walks due to the two of them being pretty anxious about being separated, she is a pain on the lead and I had some heath issues that decreased motivation. I have now started her going for very short walks just in the street in front of our house to hopefully give her some calming experiences. Sadly a lot of dogs around here are not walked on leads and there are quite a lot of fence-rushers as well. However I will perservere. What I would like is some feedback about what I need to know when introducing a new dog to Gracie. Is a puppy a better bet than an older rescue dog? Does the sex of the dog matter? If we go the rescue dog we would be looking at one about 4 years or younger and probably something bigger than the 10kg Alfie was but not as big as Gracie, as she seems to react more to large dogs. We also have cats so that might make a successful adoption a bit harder. Am I being overly anxious? She's never attacked another dog but then I've not put her in that situation, although she and Alfie once chased someone's terrier out of the off lead park Very naughty dogs!

He was a funny little fellow but he had a bad habit or raiding shopping bags or work bags for chocolate. He never had a reaction but gave us numerous heart attacks from it. One time he took and ate a whole Flake bar. Never found the wrapper from that one :)

Our little boy went to the rainbow bridge last Monday. He would have been 13 in a month or so. Rescued by Rescued With Love, he was with us for nearly seven years. Now he's not with us we realise just how much he was a huge part of our family daily life. Our other dog Gracie is missing him terribly. So are we.

I live in Glenroy, thankfully the nicer side, but I used to live close to where this latest attack happened. This suburb is particularly bad for dogs off leash and wandering. I usually average at least one stray a year I drop into the local vet for scanning. About half are chipped. Even around the block where I live I am so sick of charging dogs. Some are not fully contained and will come right out of the yard after us. I have reported quite a few to the council, in particular one little pom who is always wandering over the road, that I have seen nearly get skittled twice. He is a nasty little bugger

Alfie's lovely groomer moved to Sunbury and the other local groomer did a terrible job last time. Can anyone recommend a good groomer in areas around Glenroy, Broadmeadows, Coburg, Essendon? Even a good mobile groomer would be good. He needs attention rather terribly

Beautiful boy! Brewster??

Both the dogs have pulled up fine this morning. No vomiting or diarrhea Still, never going to give them opportunity to get their greedy jaws on any more chocolate again, so I hope they enjoyed themselves this last time!!

We are back from the vet. He had a good look at the two of them and is happy they aren't showing any signs of being affected by toxicity. He things that the larger dog is more likely to have eaten the bulk of it as Alfie might have been showing signs by now. He's advised me to feed them as normal so that the foil they might have ingested will hopefully move through their gut ok. He's just got me checking their gums periodically and to look for signs of excessive vomiting and/or diarrhea. Hopefully my heart rate and stress levels can come down now...

Yeah I must admit I'm a bit worried. I may have to take them to the vet just for my own peace of mind...