Alyosha

So he wants a "Foxie" rather than a Fox Terrier? Here are Tenterfield Terrier breeders in QLD - http://www.dogzonline.com.au/breeds/breeders/tenterfield-terrier.asp?state=QLD&Submit=Go You could contact them and see if they have any available. Or there is a Jack Russell available near Brisbane: http://www.dogzonline.com.au/breeds/rescue/jack-russell-terrier.asp

I would be keeping her cool and comfortable until you get to the vet tomorrow. Do you have any vitamin C around? It may help her feel a bit better in the meantime. An exhibitor at a show last week was telling how his whippet had a grass seed abscess come up in the side of his face, sort of under his ear. He had several surgeries trying to clear it out. It sounded to me like it may have got in there through the back corner of his mouth but i don't know. eta - snap on the vit C Pers!!

I her temp elevated? I would hazard a guess she may have a grass seed abscess in her nasal cavity.

We feed Cobber working dog kibble (which I'm really pleased with) with raw mince from our local butcher - a mix of chicken and lamb. It is pretty high fat but that suits our lot. The mini-dog Pippen (pom) gets Canidae - the sea one. All have some Box 1 bikkies thrown in as well. Pippen loves pretending he's a big dog having a big bikkie!! We give lamb bones tothe big guys regularly for teeth etc as well. Pippen has a chicken neck or wing tip. I still can't get over the miniscule bits of food he needs!

Shadecloth coverings in strategic places on fences can reduce visibility quite well. Plus it can reduce snake access as well.

Andie is "Andie-Pandie". Ursula is "Ursie-Gursie" and Kurgan is "The Gherkin". Oh, and little Pom baby Pippen gets called "Boss-Dog" and answers to it. It's exactly what he thinks he is!

I do know a pom breeder that watches for this like a hawk and at the first sign has the baby teeth pulled. Yes retained baby teeth can affect the placement of adult teeth. I have a bitch (bit of a size difference, she's a Borzoi) that has a misplaced canine. As the baby tooth didn't budge so the adult canine was pushed as it came through. So it sits further back in her mouth than it should. My fault for missing it when she was teething - the baby tooth should have been pulled. It hasn't affected her in the show ring as it doesn't affect the alignment of her bite. But with incisors it is a different story. If the adult teeth gets pushed into the wrong position by retained baby teeth it can ceratnly affect her bite alignment. This not only will cause issues in the ring but can affect how the teeth wear as she ages.

Any and all Australian bats can carry ABL - micro and fruit bats. :)

:laugh: They should be, yes. I think you're right. Accrding to CSRIO the route of transmission isn't known. But all infections in humans, and the one dog one, seem to have come from contact with infected horses. So I wonder if bat to dog directly is different?

Yep. Hendra virus. It has been localised to southern Qld and maybe far north NSW I think. I think it has a different mode of tranmission. ABL is by infected saliva injection (ie penetrating the skin), so from bites, or scratches as bats lick their claws to groom themselves. I think Hendra comes from horses eating around infected bat droppings. It infects a horse and is then transmitted by the horses' respiratory secretions? From memory the human Hendra deaths have been linked to PMs on infected horses, from coming into contact with lung tissue?

Any bat in Australia can carry Lyssavirus (ABL). But I don't think the virus stays alive for very long in the environment or in a dead bat. So it is more of a worry with dogs if they find a sick or paralysed bat - which are symptoms of full-blown ABL - and get scratched or bitten. If that was the case I would certainly send bat remains for testing as ABL is related to rabies. So the virus can stay latent in a mammal's system. Once the virus becomes active and symptoms are shown there is no treatment - for humans or other animals - and it is fatal. While dormant the virus can be treated with rabies serum injections. I've been vaccinated for ABL/rabies as I used to do a lot of bat handling. But the virus is very rare. I think there have been two documented cases in humans. But as it is 100% fatal once active being over-cautious is pretty well warranted. In your case Megan I wouldn't worry about it. :)

I think demodex was close to incurable prior to modern chemicals wasn't it? So I wouldn't think there would be effective natural remedies. Woud the monthly Advocate help?

Huge congrats!! What a lovely end to the showing year for you both!! :champagne: :champagne:

Too much calcium can be as bad as not enough, and show similar symptoms. I would want a vet check to make sure it was a deficiency if she was already being supplemented. Although in saying that, my vet is adamant that powdered calcium has the lowest absorption rate of any oral supplement. Liquid is always better.

Have been anxiously waiting!! Yay!

The Borzoi don't do extreme heat with any joy at all. But, in saying that I have been to shows on very hot days and found they are probably more comfortable. A few years back springs to mind - Black Saturday in Vic, and sweltering in NSW as well. We only had three dogs at that stage, an a house with no aircon. The garage underneath was normally pretty cool but nowhere was on that day. So we packed kids and dogs in the car (7 seater van, some seats were lifted out for dog space) and drove 3 hrs to Sydney. The car aircon was bliss and the dogs were very happy. We stopped and bought a couple of bags of ice on the way. At the show the kids had one tub-trug with ice and water, the dogs had another. Start time was delayed until temp dropped to 35 (I think!! It was over 40 when we arrived). We were soooo much more comfortable, both humans and dogs. And the evening turned out beautifully once the breeze crept up and the temp started to creep down. Whereas now we have aircon, but a much smaller house. Having our seven big dogs together in there with us and kids simply doesn't work, although it would in an emergency. Last night when the temp dropped just a little (still over 30...) the dogs got excited and did a few laps when I got home from work. Then they were really feeling it and I had to soak two of them with the hose. Lucky I got home just then as OH was busy with kids etc and may not have had a chance to notice them overheating so quickly. So I will go showing tomorrow. Just Boris and I. He will travel with me in the aircon. Then at the show he'll love sitting in a crate with fan, a wet sheet underneath him, a wet one over the crate top and getting spritzed every few minutes. He just laps it up. Plus I will be close by to watch for any signs of overheating, which is a load off my mind. So I think it's very hard to generalise. Certainly I don't plan to take a team to shows in summer - 1 or 2 usually, although three fit comfortably in my big wagon with the rear seats folded flat and the aircon on. It's getting them out of the car that's the trcky bit!! My trailer doesn't get used over summer.

I shall now refer to you as "Deepthought" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

My aunt had one for years, he jumped out of a third story window and lost his. Never worried him in the least and he ran faster than their other cat! They had to watch his weigh as he got older though. A friend when I was younger also had a tripod cat. She was found near a railway line with it sliced off!! Lucky for her the wound had self-cauterised. She actually needed minimal vet care and lived for many years afterwards. She had a tendency to run in circles though... But was a real livewire. Well done for picking puss up, and going to the trouble of helping out.

This was my thought too Rev Jo. Fingers crossed!

MIne doing a bit more of what they do best: What our pups from last year were experts at doing - small child mobbing!! Winter time, and Mud time: And my boys are broken sighthounds, because the only thing they like more than a game of fetch is a game of tug!!

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Glad to hear she's home Nic. :)

So sorry to hear you have lost your gorgeous boy so young.

Fingers crossed it's a lovely big lizard! Who likes to chomp on snakes!