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I'm not sure whether or not this will exist - but does anyone know if any place in Melbourne hires out hydrobaths?

Hi Very long time! I am surprised anyone even remembers me!! I don't think I have posted in the last 3 years.

Hi All, I am writing on behalf of Guide Dogs Victoria. We're currently planning the 2011 Open Day event for February 27 and are seeking demonstrations or dog related performances. These would be performed at our demonstration stand in between Guide Dog and Puppy Raising demos. We would love to hear from anyone available to run a fun and interesting activity like agility, dog dancing or frisbee. This will be performed to a crowd of local dog lovers and will be a great opportunity to promote your sport. If you are interested, please contact Megan on (03) 9854 4522 or via email.. We have restricted internet access at the office, so we may not be able to reply back to this topic in a timely fashion. Thanks and hope to see you there! Mel

Have PM'd you with some recommendations

I agree - it looks awesome! I would definately try it on mine to see how they go if it wasn't crazy expensive ETA: said was expensive instead of wasn't

She has a trained recall, sits for her food, begs, kisses my nose (targets my nose with hers) and will jump on anything we ask. I have been toying with the idea of training her something else, I'm just not sure what yet. She is targeted trained to the chopstick and I can move her just about anywhere with it so it wouldn't be hard for me to get started. I just need an idea and the time/patience to get it done. I am going to go through my old tape footage and see if there is anything else I can edit and upload!

Tunnel and "table" (chair)

I have fed my pup Nutro Puppy exclusively and his coat is amazing. He's about 8 months old now and his adult coat is coming through but it is still so so soft and shiny. We get comments about the glorious colour of his coat and when they go to pat him they all make that "aaaaahhh" noise because he's so silky. One of the girls at the local pet supply store had her pup on the same (aussie tri) and the black was just the most magnificent black coat I've ever seen. It might seem like everyone is pushing Nutro, but it's just easy to rave on about. I was at the pet store today and a man saw us buying Nutro and started raving about well his Burmese cats did on it and how they all had such clear sparkling eyes since swapping them over. It's a good food and it keeps everyone happy My pup has gone over to adult food now (I was going to wait until about 9-10 months, but there was a problem with the bag we bought and because we couldn't fix it over christmas we ended up putting him on to our other dogs food) and is still doing really well, although we'll probably add a few sardines and bones occasionally to make up for the protein and fat. Our older dog is a Golden Retriever and we have had such a struggle with his weight (most goldie owners do). We made so many mistakes with him when he was younger and life would have been so much easier if we had started him on Nutro. He gains weight so quickly, we have to be so so strict with his diet to stop his ribs from disappearing. He does really well on both the Lite and Adult formula.

I wonder how pricey it is. There is an NZ company that makes similar food and the price is horrific. They sell cans and dry but my local pet supply store won't stock either because they can't sell it at the RRP. I asked them to order some of the cat food in for me once and they were telling me how they were going to trial a small amount of stock for sale but were doubtful that people would spend the money. Most places stock the treats which are quite good too, but they're about $7 a bag and my dog eats carrots willingly so we don't get them very often!

I'd feed A - I would not be satisfied with a product that lists cereals as the number 1 ingrediant, no matter how much "real meat" is secondary.

The best thing to do is treat the hot spot and dry it out - I'd say the baby powder would do that! Must be on to a winner!!!

Personally I LOVE Nutro, my pup has the most beautiful shiney adult coat coming through. One of the girls at the pet supply store brings in her black tri aussie shepherd pup who is also on Nutro and she has the most glorious black coat I've ever seen.

My goldie is 2 in a week or so and he still squats like a girl. Maybe forever

Dry food - "other" = Nutro

Get to the vet for a dental check up, could be a dental disease. A pups breath should never smell like bum!