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Too many problems with supply, drove us nuts, which is a shame, it is a good product.

Actually all the ones I have worked with over the last 30 years have been, yes. Stocking food and trying to keep up with customers swapping and changing, and keeping up with supply of imported products, and most top range foods are imported, is a PITA. There are still plenty of Vets out there who don't look at marketing products as high priority.

Selling food in a clinic is no different to selling drugs. Vets get nothing but the retail profit (which is very little) for selling food. So they make money by selling us food... More profits for them... More money. There are plenty of dry food brands better than Hills and other brands vets stock, if they really wanted to supply the best diets they'd go out and sell those foods. Diva, makes sense. In a way I can understand why the vet said dry is better than raw, as you do need a little knowledge to feed raw appropriately but the bone issue got to me. Hills is popular on Vets shelves because they make an excellent range of specialist diets for animals that have medical issues. The only Hills we sell is for medical reasons, other than that we sell Pro plan, Advance, Eukanuba, Royal Canin and until recently Eagle Pack. Our hospital animals and boarders are all fed Pro Plan. We do not push any food unless there is a medical problem. Yes, many problems can be managed with home made diets but OWNER COMPLIANCE is a huge issue.

I have never been involved with any Vet clinic that has had an arrangement as such, maybe the company is simply supplying food for the hospital cases? None I have ever worked in have ever had any kick back from the food companies.

Could you please tell us how you know this. I would be very interested.

Ain't that the truth Ellz!!!

Larger gauge needle, slowly.

It possibly will just keep coming out if she is having a big coat drop. The fastest way to get it all out is to give her a good hydro bath, then use a air force blower and blow it all out, or just keep at it as you are, going through her bit by bit, but it does take a while. I'd do it in stages over a couple of days if she's had enough.

One of the big things to learn up front is what the individual Breeds are actually meant to look like, what sort of coats they have, and what tools of trade you need to get them that way. Poodle owners wont be happy if you scalp Fifi, Schnauzer owners will probably take a contract out on you if you stuff up the beard and eyebrows. IMO too many people set up as groomers and simply turn every dog they get into a generic clipped off mutt. YES, some owners want that, but most appreciate their dog coming home looking something like it is meant to. Personally I believe that learning under an experienced groomer is the best way to go about it.

It is only superior if it suits your needs, and your dogs do well on it, makes no difference how it reads. Mine looked like crap on it. For me it was inferior.

It doesn't pay to rely too much on the charts and figures if your dog does have a feed of chocolate, reaction amongst individuals may vary. Always be aware and call your Vet if you have any concerns at all. On of my clients almost lost her dog to theobromine toxicity last year, the daughter was dog sitting, Chloe ate stolen chocolate, someone on a parenting forum googled it, and assured her that dog had not eaten enough according to the figures. It nearly ended really badly when feeling confident the dog would be alright they left her alone for the day and went to work, they came home to a really ill dog.

If you want to feed rodent, feed bunny!! My dogs love it. Rabbits are not rodents! Sorry but I under no circumstances support rabbits being eaten. I am a registered breeder and exhibitor. Every rabbit show i am at we get at least one person come in saying they're only good for eating. It makes me so mad they are domesticated animals bred for temperament, pets and show purposes. Breeders don't do years of work on their lines for people to come along and eat them. In my research and through talking with other breeders we have found even if vaccinated against Calicivirus, it still doesnt cover all strains. Myxomatosis still doesn't have a vaccine in Australia against the disease. If people choose to feed rabbit to their dogs for whatever reason, I would be very careful with where you source it. With all due respect, rabbits have been bred for the table for a very long time. Rabbit from the local rabbit breeder was a regular on our table when I was growing up, and today it still continues. You may show them, but for generations they have also been bred to eat, maybe not some of the little dwarf breeds, and those bred for fancy coats, but big fat meat rabbits. My uncle bred NZ whites for the table. Don't get me wrong but every breed of rabbit are show rabbits, yeah i know NZW rabbits are for some people bred for the table but they are also show rabbits and are pets for children and adults. All breeds of rabbits now days are bred for their temperaments and the show table with some people purchasing to eat them (large breeds only). I know people who have been showing and breeding for 40 and 60 years plus so for generations they've also been show rabbits. NSW supplies about 120,000 rabbits every year that are bred specifically for the table.

If you want to feed rodent, feed bunny!! My dogs love it. Rabbits are not rodents! Sorry but I under no circumstances support rabbits being eaten. I am a registered breeder and exhibitor. Every rabbit show i am at we get at least one person come in saying they're only good for eating. It makes me so mad they are domesticated animals bred for temperament, pets and show purposes. Breeders don't do years of work on their lines for people to come along and eat them. In my research and through talking with other breeders we have found even if vaccinated against Calicivirus, it still doesnt cover all strains. Myxomatosis still doesn't have a vaccine in Australia against the disease. If people choose to feed rabbit to their dogs for whatever reason, I would be very careful with where you source it. With all due respect, rabbits have been bred for the table for a very long time. Rabbit from the local rabbit breeder was a regular on our table when I was growing up, and today it still continues. You may show them, but for generations they have also been bred to eat, maybe not some of the little dwarf breeds, and those bred for fancy coats, but big fat meat rabbits. My uncle bred NZ whites for the table.

One of my dogs reacts badly to Frontline, first one I have had that does, but I have seen the reactions in Grooming dogs. I administer flea treatments to a lot of my clients animals at their request, and I had one react so badly one day the Vet and myself were simply gobsmacked. Any product/ medication etc is capable of causing a reaction.

I have tried my cats on just about every brand known to man, and most of the ones that read well they wouldn't eat,or didn't agree with them. They are on Pro Plan Salmon and Rice and looking super, doing great and they love it. Much less hair around the place and their coats look great. Waste of money buying the something they wont eat, or doesn't agree with them.

Is she scratching because she still has fleas, or because she has reacted to the bites, big difference.

Really we don't truly know what the Vet said. I have witnessed some shocker from clients, who either choose not to hear what the Vet says or relay their own version. I wouldn't have groomed it either, the owner sounds like an idiot. I had some fool woman want her dog groomed whilst it was in hospital being treated after being hit by a car, the open wounds and broken bones didn't phase her.

Totally normal, he is a little boy, even little human boys have their moments.

The only way you will rid your environment from fleas is to use products that kill prevent the eggs from hatching and that act upon larvae. If you only use products that kill the adults new fleas will be continually emerging. I have found that products such as Raid Flea Killer plus, Virbac Protecta Home Spray, and Excelpet Fleaban house and carpet spray are excellent. In the house the value of thorough vacuuming cannot be stressed enough, all soft furnishings and floors thoroughly vacuumed and bombed or sprayed. If you your pet travels in your car the same applies there, vacuum and spray. All undercover areas that your pet frequents need to be sprayed with a product that works on all stages of the flea life cycle and continual spraying for adults in all other areas. A Product such as Revolution that acts upon the adults eggs and larvae used in conjuction with Capstar and treating the environment consistently will dramatically help reduce the infestation. All animals in the household must be treated with suitable products at the same time. Capstar used every time the animal has been out and about will also help by killing new arrivals that hitch hike home. Do not allow any animals onto your premises unless they have been treated. Treating an infestation is not cheap, but if you do it properly you will eliminate them, it cost us a small fortune to treat an outbreak here that started with my grooming towels I bought home to wash. We live on large acreage so it wasn't cheap and it was hard work, but it was worth it.

I have always fed a large amount of chicken, simply because it is the cheapest and most readily available meat I can source where I live without having meat freighted in. I add other meats and offal as I can get them but the basis is chicken. All my bitches have cycled normally, conceived easily and whelped good sized healthy litters. I do no progesterone testing, no ultra sounds, no AIs. Sometimes I think it can be something lacking in the diet rather than something that is included, diets may be deficient in Vit E or zinc for instance.

Any vet reading this should not be recommending the general use of the injection, let alone giving it at the same time as other vaccines that also have the potential for adverse events. Proheart 6 is used in the USA, not here, Proheart 12 is used in Australia. Until Australia falls in line with the USA on this it will continue to be used as per manufacturers directions. BTW my Vets do not advise using it.

A good groom out is all that is needed. That lovely spitz coat insulates if it is maintained properly, really no need at all to clip.

And yet they gave your dog the heartworm injection on the same day as their annual vaccinations, which is directly contraindicated by the manufacturers of the drug? Actually the manufacturers do suggest that it can be given at the same time as a vaccination. There is nothing on the product information supplied with the drug that states otherwise. They actually suggest that pups can be started on proheart S12 at the time of their final vaccination.

Hey Colin, where are the lamingtons????????????? This is just not on....... LOL

Depends on Breed.