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Not sure if mine were old enough but will give my answers if they will help as I am also interested a) Breed: Staffordshire Bull Terrier not registered ped b) Age:14 and a bit c) Diet: dry food, Bonnie, Optimum and now Black Hawk as well as meat bones, sardines, yoghurt odd dit of dog roll and Natures gift tinned d) Supplements: Joint Restore, did you want medication or just "other" stuff? e) Exercise regime: Pretty much free exercise and lead walking odd trip to the beach f) Temperament: Laid back - read you nudge him with your foot to make sure he is still alive!!! g) Prior/current health concerns: Allergies, atopy, since 14 months, since 10 heart disease, since 11 spinal arthritis with nerve damage, 13 and a half Myofacial myocytis (I think that is the correct name?) h) Living arrangements: When younger dog run, now in the garage on a heated dog bed i) Pictures! See sigi

I was also wondering about the facing up of the dog to the otehr dog. If you ahd of done that with my Dobe the resukt could have been more spectacular!!! That WHite dog looked terrified and for good reason. That bloke is a complete moron.

Hopefully you have better news tomorrow. All fingers and paws crossed

So sorry to hear about your and your daughters losses. You are right, each day is precious

It can take a bit longer to see improvements especially if they have been envenonated the evening before as it seems she has. As long as the progress on envenomation has stopped, given a little time she should start to turn the corner. tomorrow should see her starting to improve. Lost of luck

SOund like blue bottles to me. You could try sending the photo to AQWA and see if they can ID it for you You can also email a picture to these guys and they will ID it for you as well http://australianmuseum.net.au/Bluebottle

Yes most pet supply places have clickers. It keeps them mentally stimulated as they are trying to work out what you are wanting for the click/treat. They can think quite hard before trying something to see if it earns them the reward. So you don't physically show them what you want you use the clicker to capture what you want, soemtimes a little luring may help, depends on the dog, you and what you are trying to get them to do. There is a book called dog tricks by Mary Ray and Justine Harding that covers heaps of different things including obedience exercises as well and is step by step using the clicker. Not sure I made sense!

I used to baby sit a red and Tan Kelpie who was euthed a little before his 19th birthday. He had Pal working dog biscuits all his life and a bit of Protapac when he was older to help keep his weight on. Towards the end he was deaf and half blind but a happy bouncy boy until he started fitting, then a few days after his first fit, he started fitting and didn't stop and was euthed.

Umm my oldest is a 14 and a half year old Stafford, he is pretty much deaf, has spinal arthritis and a bad heart and has done do for the last 4 years or there abouts. He goes for walks every day - they are fairly slow and not too far, could eat the leg of a slow moving cow, still gives the foxes what for and is a happy happy lad

Oh no, hope China is okay, And yep Snake Catcher on here will be very helpful in cases of snake ID What an awful feeling for you trying to figure out what was going on then the panic when you realised. The very bes of luck and lots of healing vibes to China and Whippet hugs and kisses to you

If you google clicker training you will find heaps of information on it. Basically a clicker is a devince that produces a unique sound(a marker) that you then couple with a reward (food treat, toy, tug whatever) generally a yummy food treat like roast chicken or whatever your dog likes. The treats are only very small. It is very precise and you can capture small parts of a movement or exercise. Trick training would be probably be lots of fun for you both and help keep young minds occupied without a lot of physical exertion. My Dobe loved her trick training.

Shade cloth is very good but where we live is windy most of the time and very windy some of the time and it pushes to much against fences and tears often as well from the slight fairly consistant flapping. The mesh allows air to get through and not damage fences. I use it on the dog runs and have to re-attach from time to time. I did use it around the cat run and it was buried in the ground and didn't rot so that was good. Nice vid, the shots of the flattened heads give me the heebie jeebies though, I have only ever seen that on very defensive cross snakes

Kyte is a looker and yep I would imagine very different to training a Sibe

Great news I am glad you are staying :D

Well Nic B I have done everything I can think of to snake proof my dog yard. I thought I had the dog runs reasonably snake proof until I walked through the door way of the dog runs twice, then shut the door and squashed a foot long tiger snakes head in it!!! I do not have a back yard, but I do have a dog yard now attatched to the runs and and this is what I have done. Chainmesh, small mesh around the bottom buried into Blue metal (I am told snakes do not like moving over blue metal that much because it is un-naturally sharp - who knows, but it also stops the mesh rusting!) Rubber seals around the doors No long grass, perimeter sprayed for weeds, all around the outside sprayed and mowed. Some people have commented that after seeing the photos and how clear the area is they wouldn't have thought that snakes would move over such an open area. I guess mine don't read the rule book as we had over 14 do just that last year.

well apart from the tail they just described my oversized BYB Stafford.

I put entire as I have three dogs two whom are entire - didn't think about the desexed cath though..............hmmmm

yes I agree I have a mix of entire and desexed

yep me too. they did ask if you do obedience etc

It is up and running

Dobe

OUr computer automatically deletes cookies, so there will be lots more no votes coming in!

Great to hear, I have been wondering how the little fella is going. Sounds like he is having a blast

That vet nurse was mad - Pugs are gorgeous and even if someone has a breed I am personally not attracted to I can still appreciate a fit healthy and well behaved example. Pugs are gorgeous anyway she is weird!

In time means before you have a dog that is showing symptoms and ideally as soon as possible. If he was not showing any symptoms then he should be fine with correct treatment. If he shows any signs of abnormal lethergy, very pale gums, any bleeding then get him back to the vets as soon as possible. Oh and keep him quite, no rough and tumble games etc. If you are really worried have a chat to your vet.