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Yes I can give you my personal one and I can take it the guys who actually run the main shelter and show them. That will be great. thank you so much. [email protected]. I am so grateful to all your responses everyone is very helpful. penny

I might be able to help but first. What do you mean by a non charitable shelter? It is a non-profit organization. we do not get any funding from the goverment at all. We take in thousands of animals each year from pounds and people surrendering their animals. They then get temperament tested then vet checked then de-sexed, micro-chipped, vaccinated, etc then they go up for adoption. The problem we are having is we have our new shelter and people still dont know about us so we are trying to make people aware of us. To encourage people to adopt a homeless animal than go to a pet shop or a puppy farm. We are always running the shelters at a loss so are always looking for ways to get more funding etc hence my raffle idea. if you would like to visit our website it is www.awlqld.com.au It is the Stapylton shelter we are trying to help. cheers

are you near the animal welfare league in the gold coast? we will take them. but you need to call first and talk to them to arrange a date to drop them off.

would anyone work for or know anyone that would donate prizes for a fun raising raffle for the animal welfare league? we are a non-profit charitable shelter for all kinds of animals but mainly dogs and cats. we are based on the gold coast. (Stapylton) we are trying to run a raffle but need good prizes to attract people to buy tickets. all money that we raise goes directly back into the shelter to improve living conditions for these animals ie building another exericse area for the dogs, help build a new cattery etc if anyone would like to help or may know someone who would like to help please leave a message with your contact and I will be in touch. thankyou penny

hello this question has probably been already asked but I will ask again. I have just recently taken on a kelpie and would love to try her out with herding. so does anyone know where you can go the south side of brisbane or the gold coast where you can take your dog and learn how to herd with them? I am taking her to obedience at the moment and when we pass then I will be interested then once I have her controlled off lease. so any one know of any schools to go to?

hello I read a little about your problem. first of all there is no problem with pats and cuddles with your dogs its the way you do it is what the problem is. basically you should ask the dog to come to you and the one you asked to come is the one you want to pat and the one you didnt ask you lightly push away, until you have called it over. So if you call ghost and orion comes you lightly push orion away and keep patting ghost and vice versa. Then when you are ready you can call orion over for his pats. Dogs work in a pack structure and the older dog has to show the puppy where he is in the pack. Now if you go over to the older dog and start patting him without you calling the dog over to you then you are increasing his hierachy posistion. If a dog comes to you for attention and you give it to him then you are helping him believe he is the boss when it really should be you. So by all means pat and cuddle your dogs but call them to you first one at a time to begin with until the aggression stops. You can put the dog in the crate and slowly move him to the bedroom door then the hallway etc until you have reached the laundry. that is a way or just let the puppy cry in the laundry he wont do it for too long. but the longer you keep him in your room the harder it will be for him to settle in the laundry. hope this helps. I am a dog listener and I would recommend you read jan fennells dog listener books.

I wouldnt let the puppy run be in the garden too much until he has had all his vaccinations. I would keep the puppy inside until then. once ready you can try them on the weekend together in the garden for a hour at a time whilst you go shopping etc start of slowly then build it up.

If the puppy is going to sleep at 6ish then she will wake during the night without a doubt. its just like a baby obviously if you put it to bed early they will wake up early. you cant expect for the puppy to sleep for 12hrs or more. believe me the pup will soon be grown up so just hang in there.

personally I would keep up with the advance if it is agreeing with her. puppies can get the runs quite a lot. add some puppy meat just a table spoon at a time in with the meat just to moisten it up. the first couple of days only a tiny bit you need to introduce a puppy to new foods very slowly and if you change her diet you mix the new food with the old food for the first few days. I dont think you need to give her a lot of milk. once animals have left their mum they dont drink milk. only us humans do that. puppies need feeding at least three times day what you could do is feed her a little meat morn and eve to get her used to the new diet. it doesnt do the pup any harm having chicken and rice occassionally as well as fish. but like I just said just a table spoon in with her regualar buscuits. keep the buscuits as the main meal just add things to it to moisten the buscuits. weetabix is just our way of spoiling our pets in my eyes but as far as I know they again dont do the pup any harm. in small quantities. warm water with a dash of puppy milk. once your puppy gets older her diet wont be as important as it is now. things like vegetables can come later if you look at the tin a lot of food already has vegetables in it. so too much will give her the runs. most food you buy from pet shops are already complete and have all the ingredients your dog will need. I will say that please buy your dog a good tin meat not just cheap stuff. they need the good food at a young age to help their bones and muscles grow properly. and dont give it too much meat in one go take it slowly. the buscuits are the main key of the diet as they have the most important ingredients in them. hope this helps a little

hello I have been fostering a 6week old puppy for the last 2weeks and have not had any real problems with sleeping at night. what we do is play with her just before bed time. we dont let her sleep too much during the evening we play with her more. that way when its bed time she is really overtired. we also feed her a little just before bed as puppies tend to sleep after eating. (but be prepared you may end up with a mess, no guarantees) we dont give her a lot just a little. we put her in the laundry room and she has only cried twice and it would only be for a few mins before she realises that we are not getting up to her. In her bed we put a blanket that belonged to our other dog and a cat bed also so she has the scents of her pack. you can do this with one of you old jumpers etc. in the laundrey for the first few nights I put a night light until she was used to the room then eventually turnt it off. the pup doesnt wake up until she hears my boyfriend get up for work. he will let her out have a quick play a little food then she is put back in the laundry until I get up. which is about 2-3hrs later. she has a little whine but again only last for 1-2mins then off to sleep she goes again. The key I think is to keep her awake in the eveing as much as possible and tire her out before sleep. willow our fostered pet hates the crate which she has to go in whilst at work but doesnt mind the laundry. so why not put the crate in the laundry left open but with paper down by the back door. that way she can still wee when she needs to. and going by the back door is the start of toilet training anyway. my dog uses a crate during the day but its left open and only shut up at night. so he sees it as his bedroom. a bit like us shutting our bedroom door at night. basically what I am trying to say is why dont you bring the crate in the lounge room during the day left open, give her treats in there so its a happy place so she gets used to going in there. dont just use it for sleep time she may see this as punishment. she may just need time to get used to it so move it from room to room dont let her associate it with just bedtime. I hope this helps you have had a lot of advice. lets hope you choose the right advice for you. and puppies are like babies they are going to need time, patience, fun and consistency. it will get better dont worry!