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It's not being made anymore cause they can't source the active ingredient. I just bought 3 bottles so that will keep me going for a while. Hope it's only temporary, but sounds like it could be the end for Proban It's the only thing I trust to keep the paralysis ticks off.

Anybody who depends on Proban should buy up now as it is no longer being produced due to the fact that the active ingredient can no longer be sourced.

I slice my liver very thinly, place it on racks & pop it in a slow oven for a couple of hours...it really stinks the house out, but dogs love it. I have a hydrator, but havn't tried dog treats in it yet, as I would then have to put up with a smelly house for at least 3 days

I find that to treat for something really special, like a fast recall, it helps to have a treat that you can take about 30 seconds to finish delivering it. Something that you can break up into little pieces all the time giving praise & the dog is eagily looking up at you salvinating. It's called "silver service treating" as compared to "fast service" & it really sticks in the dog's mind. It doesn't have to be a big treat, just something that you can break up into tiny pieces. ;)

That is just awful. Big hugs to you JulesP & RIP Beautiful Brock

I have three types of treats...home cooked ones for serious agility training, dried treats for sticking in my pocket, so that I always have a reward on hand, & for clicker training which I mainly do inside on the loungeroom carpet, I use the Black Hawk Kibble...they will stand on their heads (almost) to get it & I just reduce the amount that they get in their meal. I do most of the training of my BC pup, three times a day, just using his Black Hawk.

And very soon available from Coffs Harbour NSW to cover the Mid North Coast/North Coast/North Western NSW. Any one interested can PM me Delivery is no problem & will be getting a great rate through a local courier company.

The vets will love you :rolleyes:

Clean Run have some good tug toys on their free shipping at the moment. I find ALL of their toys really tough. My 2 BC's play tug with them all the time & they are lasting well. I have just ordered a couple more. I do supervise their tug sessions & don't allow them to just lie there & chew on them. ;)

I'm only going by what this supplier told me....she has 14 kelpies & divides her tablets up (far more economical) & it works for her. I can't for the life of me see why the active ingredient wouldn't be evenly mixed. It's not as if they get a tablet & then mix the stuff in...it would be mixed up in a huge vat then made into tablets IMO

Why don't you give him just half a tablet...enough to treat a dog up to 27 kilos then. This is the advice I was given by my supplier who is a kelpie breeder & she divides the tablets up to treat her multiple dogs...no problems...dogs are healty & no fleas. They can be a little tricky to halve, but try scoring the tablet first down the middle.

What are you offering him & what brand of kibble if any are you offering him?? Ask for a sample of Black Hawk & see if he will eat that, I've never met a dog yet that cant be tempted with that. My pup goes bolistic over it, but if I offer him a bit of Pro-Plan, he turns his nose up at it. You can email for a sample of BH at [email protected]

That's interesting, as she has been digging a lot cause of the puppy Did your spots come up very quickly

I bought 500g of the mixed treats & they are just the right size. I think I will order a couple of kilos next time...just have to save up. Both my dogs love them & being dried, they are easy to put in one's pocket without making a mess. I mix them half & half with Black Hawk to make them go further.

I would be hungry too if I were on a diet. As someone said...bulk it out with mashed pumpkin or sweet potato. My BC girl is on 1 cup BH at night & for breakfast she gets a lovely raw meaty bone, plus training treats during the day, which sometimes come in the form of BH. She weighs 19 kilos.

Can anybody recommend a free web page design service that is "user friendly" & doesn't drive you crazy with lots of adds & pop ups etc. I would like to put one together for my dogs (just for fun) plus we are going to be distributing Black Hawk dog food & thought it might be handy to have a bit of a web page with links to other sites. It would have to be fairly simple software as I am definately not a tech-head.

I have been bathing her nose in calendula tea & applying the Neocort twice a day & this morning one of the growths has scabbed & is lifting off

I just bought 500g of treats from Happy Paws Treats & find them an ideal tiny size & the dogs love them. I still use my home cooked liver, chicken etc, but I find it handy to have something dry which I can stuff my pocket with. http://www.happypawstreats.com.au/home.cfm

I thought the idea of putting up the youtube link, was that it was a video of Shortstep & a bird he had rescued Shortstep certainly didn't give any explaination to the contrary.

Min Pins stand 25 to 30 cm high at the withers,

To me they look very identical to Miniature Pinschers which feature in this months Dogs NSW Magazine, they were bred to catch rats & a breed standard was set down in Germany in 1895. If this is what they are, then there are a few breeders around with a Miniature Pinschers Club formed in NSW. But that's just my observation....could well be wrong ;)

I didn't know we got Humming Birds in Australia Usually they are about the size of a large bumble bee.

Bumping this up...I was wondering if it might be "Collie Nose". They definately came up very quickly like two large shiny blood blisters

My 3 year old border collie girl has some growths on her nose. They seem to have come up very quickly. I first noticed them a week ago...they were a lot smaller, round & shiny. They are now dull, & crusty but I notice another little one appearing. The vet has me putting Neocort cream on her nose twice a day, hoping it is some kind of infection, maybe from a scratch or bite from the puppy. If they havn't gone in two weeks, or more appear, he is going to do a biopsy. Any ideas would be very welcome ETA...it is not ringworm.

Just saw a red belly snake on the side of the road near Glenreagh Nth. NSW. Maybe they are all coming out of their holes because of the flood last week. Having blacks around will not guarantee you will not get browns, but the blacks eat the young browns thus reducing the numbers. In areas where you get cane toads, the blacks are dying out from eating the toads & being taken over by the browns. I don't like any snakes, but the blacks are fairly non agressive, where the browns will cross the road to have a go at you Unfortunately some dogs like to chase them & thats how they get bitten.