wylie

Border Collie litter hopefully due 29 or 30th October.

Lynda and Archie from Groomers in Vic stock Groomers Royal Jelly Shampoo Groomers Royal Jelly Food Additive From memory as i have a new Pc try www.groomersproducts.com.au

Tapeworms only come from fleas!

Try 1000 to 2000mg of Vitamin C in his diet daily. It will help to assimilate his calcium and any excess will be peed out. Pat Hastings recommends it as well as an adult based dry food to help fronts.

My dogs get variety over the week..........so they could have Chicken carcasses complete with liver hearts kidneys and other unknowns in them Lamb flaps Pork bones including flaps Beef bones Lamb Hearts Chicken Hearts Tongues of various animals Pigs heads handed out whole that they go to town on and only leave a bit of jaw bone we occassionally source Emu tho the bones are very light so it is a very light meal LMAO occassionally turkey and any thing else we can source cheaply and in quantity I dont weigh at all, if they are getting fat i give them less if they are skinny they get more. Over time it works out and thats the main thing. Girls in whelp get given more as they like, they dont tend to be massive pigs on the whole so keeping weight steady on them all is fairly easy. I have a couple of good keepers that do get smaller amounts. The boys tend to get the most especially when girls are in season. I have a couple with minimal teeth and they do fine on whatever i give them. The old girl is 12 and has very few teeth and still goes to town on anything she is given including carcasses and any meaty bones. She loves to chew on a pigs head. I also feed my pups mainly raw tho i do feed some kibble as many puppy buyers dont want to or are uncomfortable with feeding raw. So they get given options. The pups tend to prefer raw food anyway over the kibble.

Another total RAW feeder here who does not believe in giving dogs vegie matter. Did it for 12 months and got frustrated with it on the whole. Now i just grab boxes out of the freezer, defrost them either in the fridge for a couple of days or outside covered overnight and feed them. Mine eaten frozen bones and carcasses without an issue. Its my issue when i get frozen hands trying to separate the carcasses to hand out.

Why is it that puppy buyers refuse to listen to breeders and instead listen to vets? Vets do very little in the way of animal nutrition. Breeders do far more research and have far more knowledge than vets in that regard. One of my recent puppy purchasers went and bought a small bag of kibble for there pup at the vets and was then given the third degree by the vet nurse as to why they werent buying a larger bag. They informed her it was because (I) the breeder wanted him on adult food by 16 weeks to grow him slowly. They were basically told that they shouldnt do it and the vet would be brought out to tell them as well. They stood there ground thank goodness bought the small bag and left and then informed me. Personally i would not be going back there nor should they. This was a pup that was the true runt of the litter so I had asked that they hold off on the switch over for a couple of weeks to give him a chance to catch up to where his brothers were. If your breeder suggested you switch to adult why havent you? And have you informed them you are still feeding puppy and the issues you are now having??

CoupeDash Vets arent as au fait with feeding requirements as many think. It is something breeders are far more familiar with. As a breeder i do not feed puppy food past 12 weeks as i want slow growth. All my puppies i keep and that go into pet homes are given an information sheet stating that they need to swap over to adult food at about 12 weeks if they are not going to feed raw. And the BC pup that i sent to Austria was growing very quickly tho he was not fat. The whole point was that it works. Lower the protein level and the issues can resolve. Pat Hastings of "The Puppy Puzzle" also recommends pups are moved over to adult ASAP. So its not a theory that doesnt work. It also works for pups who are way down on pastern or are over knuckling. Try it you may be surprised.

Having just been thru something similar with a Border collie that was sent overseas move him onto Adult Royal Canin not the Junior or anything else. His body is growing way faster than his ligaments can cope with. Also Vitamin C needs to be added to his diet to help assimilate the calcium he is eating. Royal Canin is to high in protein for pups that are growing quickly. The BC was no longer limping with in a week and all reports from the past month have also been no limping. He would be better off on a raw diet personally.

Dancinbcs I have seen numerous BC's here in Qld with Lupus. And my first one i saw was my vets BC 8 years ago. All have been confirmed and most have been owned by Pet people who have not passed on that information to breed clubs as they are not members or have no connections to do so. Asics case of Lupus was actually very bad and he was on all sorts of meds and was not allowed to run so my old boy Zac became her running partner.

Sure have Much prefer it over metacalm etc as it has less side effects. Was pain relief of choice for my old boy Zac when he was first diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, has been given for relief with a broken leg and also after 2 Caesars.

If a dog doesnt chew them hand them an even bigger piece so they do chew. Cut up a whole chicken and hand them half. Easy!! A large dog then hand them a whole chicken. They soon learn to start chewing properly.

If you are so worried about giving them bones why then are you feeding them minced chicken carcasses. Some of the mincing can be questionable at the best of times. Try a lamb flap for them. Turkey necks are brilliant. If you want to try something different try a lambs heart or ox heart instead of the chicken mince. They have to chew them and then work your way up to meat encased in bone. You are anxious so your dogs will be anxious. Go inside and have a cup of coffee and watch them from a window. I guarantee they will be thanking you. Do you give them things like biscuits or pigs ears cos exactly the same thing could happen. Basically if they can swallow it it ends up in one of two places, chucked up or in their stomachs.

Actually they do get offal the chicken carcasses i get have liver and kidneys and other bits in them. They eat them so there is no need to supplement.

You are correct Nickojoy A pup from a carrier to clear mating can in no way be affected. If a pup was to be used in a breeding program then yes it will need to be DNA tested for HC and L2HGA. If it comes up a carrier then it would have to be put to a clear. If it is clear then can be put to a clear for all clear or a carrier dependent on your experience and comfort with potentially breeding more carriers