Gerda the Schnauzer

I've rung the BARF people here, and its $16.50 a box, 12 patties, or $14.50/box if you get 4 boxes. So I think that will be a reasonable price if I combine it with raw bones/wings too. Thanks for all the help.

Ok, panic over, I found the ingredient listing on here THANKYOU so much for doing that! I'll try Royal Canin, seems to have small amounts only of carbs, and its easily available from the place we get our cat food. Phew. Thanks, sorry for the rambles. Gerda is in being desexed so I'm a bit on edge!

oooh, I just found the huge thread dealing with this, sorry i missed it. But what a pain! I can only get Ziwipeak in 1 kg bags near here, urgh, too expensive. Natural Balance looks good in term sof meat, but all the potato and other things are just strange. I'd love to do BARF, but I'm not sure I can afford it, or know enough about it to manage making it (or time). Gerda gets 2 raw chicken wings a day, and a bone or two a week, the kibble was just to add in some veggies. It took so long to choose Orijen, grr.

Hiya, Thanks for replying, that's the same company that just shut their store northside.. its just too far away for me (with two children in the car!). Also they don't always have it in stock, and are a bit unreliable about ordering it.. and I am running low. Is Eukanuba really not great?? Gerda does have sensitive skin, and I don't want to upset it by adding carbs into her diet, but running out of alternatives.

Hi there, My supplier of Orijen food has closed down, in North Brisbane, and I can't find anywhere else here that stocks it - any help? The online places are only for southern states. But also, are there any other no-carb foods I could try, that are made in Australia? (bit worried about the troubles with Orijen cat food). Thanks

She sneezed again, so I just took her in to the vet. Not something I wanted to risk. Lucky too - she was showing early signs (in her lungs, and her eyes not dialating). So she's in there now and has had the syrum. Just spoke to the vet who said she is doing great so far. So glad I took her when I did!

Thankyou puggy puggy, I'll do it tonigt when hubby is home to help (she doesn't like it being touched, of course).

We are just ouside Brisbane. Heaps of rain, hot weather... livestock in the area (but not near me really). The vets are always treating for ticks, there we 3 in the one hour Iwas there last time. I think this is the worst time of year for it. But I am so surprised that she must have had this last one from our garden, as we can't walk her at the moment. We only have a normal suburban size yard, no grasses, high fences... where did it come from??!@!?

She has stopped sneezing now I think... that's good right? The crater looks very sore though....

Hi there, Gerda (6months, schnauzer) had a paralysis tick last Friday, but was fine (they found it at the vets when she went in for desexing). Today she was sneezing a lot, so I sent hubby out to check for something up her nose... he said nothing. I checked again ust now and found a semi-engorged paralysis tick on her muzzle. I've removed the whole thing, its wriggling in the bag here... but there was a crater in her skin. She is showing no signs of the tick - except the sneezing and sort of expelling air fast - is this just because of where it was?? I rang the vet, the recpetionist just said they couldn't advise whether to bring her in or not, but that she was showing no signs which is good. She is treated with Advantix, last dose on Friday. Any ideas? Where we live I need to get used to this, but I mostly need to know when to worry and when not to. We treat her, and check her every night (this one must have only gotten on to her ths morning some time). She is calm and crated at the moment, next to me. Thanks for any help, GTS

Hi there, Gerda is doing very well, no signs of any problems so far, so I guess she is out of the woods (the tick infested woods!). But I still won't walk her for the time they said. More time for training in the garden! I've brought the operation forward to the 29th, hopefully that will do the trick. Thanks for the advice on 'season' signs Belgian Blue - how awful for the poor dog, and for you to watch. Maybe you could care for her a bit behind his back?

Thanks Gretel, Tilly, Yes, we were warned that advantix wasn't a cure-all, but I'll take any help I can living here! We check her, but obviously not well enough at all, I always concentrated more on her head and neck... and she hadn't shown any signs at all, even the vet commented on that. Oh well, live and learn - just so long as she lives.

Hiya, Just need to tell someone (anyone) who loves dogs... my poor Gerda went in to get desexed this morning, and they rang and said they couldn't do it because they found a paralysis tick on her leg :cool: . She had only just been knocked out (they stopped instantly) and let her recover. It had been there for a day maybe and they said it was really well hidden, which is why we didn't find it obviously. I picked her up this afternoon, and am watching her like a hawk. Luckily we give her tick protection every two weeks - BUT she just skipped over the weight range of the one she had, so I'm not convniced she was as covered as she could have been.... She got her dose on time tonight, of the bigger weight range, so hopefully that will help. She seems a little wobbly/tired, but is calming down for the night now. Anyway, now I am also worried about her going in to season. Her 6 month birthday is the 16th of Dec, and she can't be operated on for 14 days, assuming all goes ok. So I've booked her in for the 2nd of Jan... but when do they get their first season??!?! She is a standard schnauzer. Is the first sign bleeding? yikes. Thanks for listening, all emotional and 'other' people think she is 'just a dog' . GTS

Thanks. K9 - Well I'm glad you couldn't understand it either! We do have a K9 centre not too far from here... I was going to ring and see if they do group sessions. Too many training methods might get confusing. I think doing the TOT will help her with being on a tie back when visitors come, and at cafes etc. But I'd like to make sure I am doing it right! Poodlefan - She is kind of used to the place, its at our vets, where puppy school was held too, so she has been there a lot, and is quite comfortable there, but never been left alone, and not in that particular room before. I underestimated how hard it would be for her. I have all my own grooming supplies, so one day I will do it myself, but wanted to start off with a prof. year or two. I'm sure they will be willing to help/treat etc. She does go to lots of new places, but mostly on her morning walk with hubby, and there aren't that many people up at that time! I do the social thing with her normally (beaches, shops etc).

She does very well with basic commands, we just haven't advanced to doing them with big distractions, so yes the classes would help with that. Poodlefan - she in only on her own for a couple of hours each day, and sometimes again later (as we are inside in the middle of the day and doing the lunch rush). She comes out with the whole family once a week, visiting my mum's property normally. Some try to touch her but she backs right away so they give up normally. She is used to some and will even take a treat from them now. Today was great though, a friend came over with her children, I put Gerda on a lead and gave her a roo-chew. She barked at her at first (ignores the kids), but I held her, in a sit, and my friend just let her sniff her hand. Then I popped her on a tie back to eat her chew while the kids played. She was calm and happy, and the boys sat with her for a while, so all in all an improvement Her canines just popped out too, so maybe she was extra-sensitive yesterday with her teething hurting her too. Jules - yes, I wouldn't expect individual/stranger problems to be dealt with in a big class! But she asked so I told her LOL. She said they do home visits for $200... yikes. Hopefully I can sort it out myself.