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Kittens are not puppies. Apart from a very few breeds,cnats do not have the large growth rates and size chnages that many dogs do. No you do not remove all of the hormones but you remove most of them. YOu desex a Chi early and you most likely will not or rarely notice any issues, do it to a Great Dane, chances are you will see a lot more issues. It's quite simple. In young growing/maturing people you wouldn't remove their hormones as they wouldn't go properly. My SIL's brother has recieved hormone injections since being quite young due to a testicular problem. Why? as they said he would not grow and mature properly. Hmmmm interesting...........

hmmmm never done one of those before :)

Is that a DVD?

As stated, I am looking for pointers for dvd's, videos, webpages etc etc for pointers on teaching a dog a collection command. I have never needed one on a dog before and now I need it for Lewis but more so for Wilson. They get their whippet on and lengthen out when doing agility. It is great to have the speed but they sometimes overshoot jumps etc as they do hugely long jumps or huge strides when they need to be shortening up.

Don't worry, I'm a vet with two purebred cats (as well as two rescues) and a purebred dog - you should hear the flak I cop sometimes :laugh: Jokes aside, there's more than enough scientific (health-related) evidence to seriously question the practice of routine desexing, especially in large breed dogs. Of course I'm against backyard breeding and accidental pregnancies, however I'm also against mindless desexing. I think every case needs careful consideration of the possible benefits and risks. So nice to hear this coming from a vet! Can we have more vets like you please :) Well in 8 years you'll have me Just have to get through 8 years of uni! Great news, now can you move near me :) or when you are done at least. OT but 8years? I thought it was 5

I would be thinking ouchy feet. I see a number of bull breeds that get ouchy feet at this time of year. Try driving him somewhere with grass that you can go for a walk on

Miniature Bull Terrier, so they have a longer. Is there anything like sensitive pads? or the footpath is retaining heat? So it is not uncomfy to run inside or on grass but is on a footpath

Mine have been in my dreams some upsetting but mostly good. I woke up sobbing one night after my dog came to me and laid on the bed. I was patting her and amazed how I could feel every hair and just like when she was here. I woke up and it was gone, I so desperately wanted that again.

Don't worry, I'm a vet with two purebred cats (as well as two rescues) and a purebred dog - you should hear the flak I cop sometimes :laugh: Jokes aside, there's more than enough scientific (health-related) evidence to seriously question the practice of routine desexing, especially in large breed dogs. Of course I'm against backyard breeding and accidental pregnancies, however I'm also against mindless desexing. I think every case needs careful consideration of the possible benefits and risks. So nice to hear this coming from a vet! Can we have more vets like you please :)

With mine it's the fact that they are following me everywhere, if someone else wants to do something with them they have to actively lead them, hold them etc. I got Lewis at almost 8 months within 24 hours I knew he was my dog. I only had to think about moving and he was there. In the past I was working on the kennels which are a little way from the house and in my FIL's shed which is a little way from the kennels. I left him home with mum as it was freezing. She opened the door and he slipped through without her realising and ran to the kennels, I wasn't there husband was, left there and went up to the shed. As soon as he found me he was super excited. Part of the reason if I am going out I lock them in their yard so he doesn't try to follow me to town or something. I feed and do most things with my husbands dog. One word from my husband dog is gone and doesn't look back. He is definitely my husbands dog

Yep sprinkle flour around, any snake tracks show up in it. Good to see it has finally gone. You can get lockable bait stations to put rat bait in. I got some from my pestie. They can't drag it around and it's easy to check when it's empty. I haven't had one in my house but had a few in my garage and on that got up into the wall when we were sheeting what eventually became a passage. The biggest dugite we have had around the house was around 6 foot long, the biggest one I have ever seen whilst out walking through the farm was a good 7 feet long and as robs as my forearm. The muscle definition was incredible. I have never seen one that big since.

I wouldn't worry too much about them. They could have been trying to shove their opinion down your throat earlier. I often have things that say adopt don't shop come up on mine or don't support breeders while shelter dogs die. Sometimes we have discussions about it depending on if I need entertainment. You know why you are doing what you are. If it really bothers you say essentially what you have on here.

So you didn't have any shrinkage problems No but I wash it in cold water and on gentle in a machine without an agitator. The first time I did it was because someone had pooped in it then squished it into the corner seams and I just couldn't get it clean so thought what the hell. Done it a few times now :)

I take my skins off my frames from time to time and put them through the washing machine - without an agitator- on gentle and they come out sparkling :)

The Dobe wasn't rehomed she was in rescue and was worked with there. She was fine with people she saw regularly but not when the new person was brought in

K9 Pro and K9+ are different companies

The Dobe I speak of was seriously challenged, born with a major temperament flaw then owned by am imbicile. Unfortunately The damaged he managed to do in around a year was irreversable. Many dogs are helped and trained every day with their caring, loving owners, a good trainer/behaviouist and support. Your boy is not in the realms of the Dobe.

My whippets do it of course but so does my BC. I would call that a double suspension gallop :)

Yes I agree, you shouldn't save them all just to save them all. I know of a rescue Dobe that had large temperament issues. The Rescue worked witha behaiouist for 12 months on this girl and she was going fantastically. They found a very dog/large dog/Dobe savy person prepared to take her on knowing her full history. They went to her yard and when the gate opened the dog flew the person who came to look at her, no warning and bite her quite badly on the thigh, she was euthed. It goes to show no matter how much work you put ina dn how hard you try some just should not be rehomed

I thought of that but even if they weren't crate trained, in the event of an emergency they would probably end up in one for a few hours while being transported. I guess I was trying to think of a solution that acknowledged the need to be prepared for fire season and shared the responsibility for that between the kennel and pet owner given the pet owner is choosing to use a kennel that could be in an evac area. The kennel owner would be responsible for moving the dog to safety so why shouldn't the owner provide the cage/carrier it gets moved in? And I'm assuming owner's would be warned in advance of the need to supply an evac crate. There would have to be a transitional period. And you will always get an animal who turns up without one. Oh yes without a doubt, if its an emergency they would just have to. However many owners have never had the use for a crate, don't own one and I think would not be open to buying one for the odd trip to a kennel. I have lots of crates, mainly big ones in case of such an emergency, but I don't think it is realistic to expect owners to supply something they have no other use for.

One of my dogs is registered with DogsVic and I transfered him via Dogs vic to my name and he is shown in WA, no issues there. The issue wold be if I was a member of dogs Vic and showing him in WA, thats where the three month rule applies.

That poor poor cat. My heart is shattered watching that. Yes he is alive but the horror

Most of the dogs I get through - I don't board cats - are not crate trained dogs and the owners don't own crates. I collect my own BUT I have a much smaller facility than above.

agreed Jed

And as I have said before a vast majority of kennels do have a plan. I don't know if these people did or not, I cannot comment but Most people that have kennels have a plan. If in a major fire risk area the very least they should have is a certain width fire break around the kennels/yards so as to reduce fuel load and an even better an independant sprinkler system ie run by generator and not relying on mains power. One of the best I have seen was a house in the Perth hills. They implemented a system using sprinklers etc where all water was diverted back to the pool, the pool was the water reserviour and it meant that the sprinkler system along the roof and around the house could operate until their generator was empty which had a large fuel tank and something like a days ability to run. Not perfect but a very good sytem. It also helped guard against ember attack. They could also use tank water and a different generator to wet the ground/lawns etc around the house. That did run out eventually though, but the area would be well wet down by then.