Libby99

Very, very cute!

Ours didn't come with a divider, but my husband made one from some wood. I had to dismantle it one day to clean the crate out, and we didn't put it back in and he is fine with out it. Not sure if we could have done that from the start or not. But it definetely worked for us

Yep we have done puppy school and have been training with him at home too, but with no other dogs in the house, obviously we can't socialise him in our home environment, so how do I do it outside the home if he keeps barking? At puppy school he was the smallest puppy and the most submissive, he would bark the minute we walked in but would then calm down immediately once he had seen the other dogs and then no barking for the rest of the class. He is also great with my Mum's Cav and my friend's Kelpie and Poodle. He is actually great in off leash parks, we met up at an off leash park (fenced in, would not take him to one that wasn't fenced) during the week with my friend's Kelpie and Poodle and my dog did not bark at all as he was off the leash, he only barks on the leash and once he has sniffed the other dog he is ok. He doesn't have an ounce of aggression in him. A JR X and 2 Labs came into the park later on and he pretty much ignored them, no barking at all. I realise that he needs to stop this barking whenever he sees another dog (it's only when on leash though), but once he gets past that he is great with other dogs. I am more concerned for his safety when being off leash with my friend's dogs as her Silky once attacked a Lab while she (the Silky) was off leash and I think the Lab was on leash. They think her Silky was abused until the age of 5 months when they got her and while she is ok with her Maltese sister and her Mum's dog, they are all older and a bit calmer I suppose? Even once my dog had calmed down hers were still snapping and snarling whenever he went near. So when we are out walking the best thing to do when he starts barking and carrying on when seeing another dog would be to walk in the other direction and not let him say hello until he calms down? Do you really think it is a bad idea to stop going to the fenced in dog park with my other friend's dogs that he plays well with? We go during the day when there is no or few people there. I think I will give the off leash park a miss with the silky and maltese. Thanks

Hi everyone, I am hoping to get some advice about what to do with a situation that occured tonight. My friend and I took our dogs for a walk for the first time together (she has two females, a Silky Terrier and a Maltese and I have a 4 month old male Kelpie X). My puppy barks like crazy when he sees another dog. He is very friendly and just wants to say hello (as soon as he is allowed to say hello the barking stops). When he got close to my friend's dogs (he was barking like mad), her dogs started barking and snarling at him and tried to snap at him a few times. We walked around the oval a little bit away from each other and eventually they all calmed down, but as soon as my puppy noticed them again he would try and lurch in their direction and I think scare her dogs and off we would go again. I am just wondering what the best way to handle this situation is as we want to be able to walk our dogs together and were planning to go to an off leash park together next week, probably not a good idea until we figure out what to do. One DVD I have watched said the best way to introduce dogs was on neutral territory off leash. I know why off leash was suggested, but obviously this is not suitable if one dog is aggressive? Also what is the best way to stop my dog barking everytime he sees another dog? We are doing the million paws walk together on Sunday, that should be interesting. Hope someone can help us :cool:

Wow these toys look so good! Off to your website to order something

Very sad, RIP Rex

Hi everyone, I am sure this has been posted 100 times before, but I tried to search and couldn't come up with what I was looking for. Our little boy is approx 12 weeks and a Kelpie X (we think, he was a stray from the pound). I have been told 2 different things by 2 different vets at the same clinic. 1st vet said to give him some puppy dry food in the morning, then chicken mince and rice for dinner (I just assumed he meant raw chicken, he didn't specify cooked) for a few weeks so his tummy has time to adjust from the pound food. The 2nd vet I saw on Monday, said not to feed raw chicken. I have never heard this before, I always thought raw meat was better than cooked for dogs? He said raw beef was ok, but not chicken. He also said his diet wasn't balanced enough and he would be better off on either all dry puppy food, or some tinned puppy food too. I would prefer to feed him fresh ingredients, but really just want to do what is best for our dog. He also has a chicken neck or wing most days (is this too much?). I bought a bag of bones from the butcher too and was going to give him 1-2 per week, does this sound ok? So for about the past week he has been having Hills Science dry puppy food for breakfast (have since read Hills Science isn't that great, but will finish the packet and then might try Royal Canine?), then for dinner raw chicken mince with some dry food mixed in and tonight he had some vegies which he loved. Does this sound ok? Sorry, last question. What is the go with onions? Everything I read says not to feed onions to dogs, but then on the other hand my Mum has had dogs all her life and has always fed them leftover spag bol etc with onions in it and they have all been fine. Such a shame to waste all those leftovers, but almost everything we cook has onions in it. What is your opinion? Thanks

RIP Dusty I love silkies. The little silky girl I grew up with, died 2 years ago and I still miss her