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Hopefully the problem will disappear soon with all this work!! The cooler season is coming, fingers crossed it gets easier.

i never like to put a dog on anti-biotics unless its life or death that wound is far too open for my liking and i hope the vet re stitches it for you tomorrow. keep us posted

that doesnt look good, and those stitches look a bit tight. can you go to another vet? sounds like your one doesnt really care too much. even if a collar is put on its still open to infection. and if Axle trys to rub his belly on carpet or grass to relieve the itching it will make it alot worse.

perhaps get a pest control guy so come through and spray the whole house, yard and under the house? fleas breed in sandy soil, and if you have some under your house or in your yard... they will just keep coming back

thankyou benny! this food section is going to be big!

perfect thankyou!!

oh no jane! im crying as a read your post. RIP Wonder Boy.

excellent thankyou! and i like the "dog salad" name! ;)

yes ive noticed my crew improve since i started feeding them mince, rice, vegies and kibble together. been doing this for a long time and not had problems.

As most of you know, I'm writing a book for foster carers... I'm going to have a recipe section. I would like recipes for Weight Gain (I've got satin balls) Weight Loss You've favourite BARF meal Treats (Dry or Wet treats) and anything else you make for your doggies. i don't putting your name under your recipe/s if you want. i know i could do a Google search and find heaps.. but I'm after recipes that i have testimonial of them working. ta! please?!

wow this is an awesome article... http://www.api4animals.org/facts.php?p=359&more=1 kinda off the topic, but maybe we can get some answers from here.

ive always mixed and never had a problem either. steeeeeeeeve!!!!

Kibble and raw food are digested differently, and should NEVER be fed together, in the same meal. If you feed dry kibble at the same meal as the raw meat, you are increasing the amount of time the food is in the body, and increasing the possibility of illness from microbes. is this true? eta: digesting is digesting, they might take longer times to digest, but it all has to go down sometime. i guess different meats and kibbles could mean different amount of time food is spent in the stomach....

Obtaining many of these items is not as difficult as you might think. Many are available over the counter, it's just a matter of knowing what to buy. This can take a bit of research. Worm pastes are just one example. But the point remains that the manufacturers have a huge markup on some products. For example, the chemical used in a popular flea control is sold as other products for the equivalent of 30cents per dog dose. And they are still making money on the product as that is a retail over the counter price, but for bulk (you have to buy $300 worth at a time). It will cost you $1.50 per dose if you buy smaller amounts. I think it's more like $6 or more for the 'dog' product per dose. And sure, I'm all for buying cheap on the net. My only comment was that the pet shop rip off is mild compared to the manufacturer rip off. BTW - Look at tick control as well. Dog dip costs 4 times as much as sheep dip, even though its the same stuff so tell us where and how!! what is "dip"?

well people seem to think they only place you can buy these types of things from is a vet. and actually i think the makers of the product have some hang ups about other places selling it... they think you need a uni cert to be able to understand and explain to clients how flea treatments and worming products work :D

SoG and i feed our crew a mix of Chicken Pet Mince, Rice, Pumpkin/Potato, Dry Bikkies and on the odd night they get a can of tuna or sardines mixed in. We find it the cheapest way to feed them a good diet. The Dry Bikkies have been supercoat or bonnie lately (and i found the supercoat better than bonnie), but im off to the pet supplies store today to pick up some of their mixed bags of broken stock. they sell it pretty cheap and its a mix of all the good dry bikkies and since we have such a variety of breeds here i think its a good way to go

cocker hair, GR and border collie hair are the worst. i have it stuck in my elbows. i have had some stuck in my finger webbing and it does really hurt. i just loofa in those areas at night and tweeze them out when i see them!

do you know if it removes the urine and faeces smell to the dogs? i've emailed the email address on the website asking.

we have that at work.. yummo!

Onion and garlic poisoning Onions and garlic are other dangerous food ingredients that cause sickness in dogs, cats and also livestock. Onions and garlic contain the toxic ingredient thiosulphate. Onions are more of a danger. Pets affected by onion toxicity will develop haemolytic anaemia, where the pet’s red blood cells burst while circulating in its body. At first, pets affected by onion poisoning show gastroenteritis with vomiting and diarrhoea. They will show no interest in food and will be dull and weak. The red pigment from the burst blood cells appears in an affected animal’s urine and it becomes breathless. The breathlessness occurs because the red blood cells that carry oxygen through the body are reduced in number. The poisoning occurs a few days after the pet has eaten the onion. All forms of onion can be a problem including dehydrated onions, raw onions, cooked onions and table scraps containing cooked onions and/or garlic. Left over pizza, Chinese dishes and commercial baby food containing onion, sometimes fed as a supplement to young pets, can cause illness. Onion poisoning can occur with a single ingestion of large quantities or with repeated meals containing small amounts of onion. A single meal of 600 to 800 grams of raw onion can be dangerous whereas a ten-kilogram dog, fed 150 grams of onion for several days, is also likely to develop anaemia. The condition improves once the dog is prevented from eating any further onion While garlic also contains the toxic ingredient thiosulphate, it seems that garlic is less toxic and large amounts would need to be eaten to cause illness.

Ive seen a staffy that liked to chew bricks! he had almost no teeth at all!

ok, take care

BittyMooPeeb. thing that sets you apart is that you learned by watching a professional and had some hands on experience and guidance.

Ones ability to clip is related to a number of factors as some people will pick up the skill naturally and have confidence to tackle new tasks. The risk of cutting an animal is not great if you use the correct blades and seek advice. We all have to start somewhere. I encourage Kiki to have a go as it sounds if she has researched the task and is asking for advice on DOL. I am also a groomer and would still advise Kiki to get some professional help to start off -maybe watch the groomer for a few times, and pick up some professional hints before attempting her own dog. and while some pick up the skill naturally, some also fail and i have seen some of the worst that owners have done to their own dogs. The risk of cutting a dog is greatly improved when the person handling the tools doesn't know how to use them properly. being a groomer is a TRAINED profession. it takes years of skill and understanding of a dogs coat. its not something a pet owner can learn by watching a DVD. Kiki is welcome to have a go. but seek the expertise of a professional in real life. ask to be shown how to handle the clippers and handle the dog in real life.

hi, im a groomer and here is some advice. go to a professional. watching a DVD does not mean you will know how to use clippers and avoid slicing open your dog.