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When Charlie got sick, there was a time where the specialist, the vets, the boyfriend and I thought he was a little depressed but we kept him busy. But, there will be days where he just stay in his crate or bed, and only left the crate or bed when we physically made him. He had good days and then he had bad days, and when those bad days were really really bad. Everything changed when we got Emmy

I met an Aussie Bulldog at the park a few weeks ago... well, actually I heard her before I saw her.. she grunted, groaned and snorted a lot. She wasn't the healthiest looking dog I've seen but the owner was proud that he had an Aussie Bulldog. When i told him that I didn't think Australian Bulldog was a breed, he said 'oh you're one of those people' and walked off. WTF?

Charlie shoves his nose in my hand when he has an episode... He rubs his nose against my palm and he settles down quickly. First dog I ever had with this problem and he taught me what to do. I just thought he was weird.

Sounds like your pup has an upset stomach. Maybe find a vet that will you give you proper answers and do proper testing on WHY your pup has an upset stomach, instead of telling you change your pup's diet again.

Good luck!! Sending positive vibe towards your way! I'm sure Lacy and Tully will do awesome

Thanks everyone for your help I've read everything and I'm letting it sink in, think about it and work out which way it the best to use on Charlie. I can get him to stop barking but now the whinging, so I know I got to be more firmer on him and be more consistent on him. I really do like the idea of just sending him to his crate to settle down and leave Emmy alone. (LMSW - training the boyfriend is harder then training the dog... richie is a softie)

Yeah, I put him in the spare room. Where he just carries on. I would play with him but thinking he is trying to her to play with him, but now I realise it's not the case. It's the case where he just want to have what she has. Emmy steals Charlie's toy and runs off with him.. but then comes back and hits him with it (her way of inviting him to play tug with her).

Doesn't work. He just want want Emmy has at the moment. When he finally gets it, he only holds it for 2 minutes and then leaves it.

I lead him into the spare room and wait till he calms down and close the door. And, just leave him in there. Once I go, he will bark and whinge... I don't let him out till his quiets down. This can sometimes take a few minutes or this can take about 20 minutes... (thankfully I have awesome neighbours!)

Ok.. Charlie and Emmy usually are great sharing their stuff. BUT, there is a situation where it's starting to drive me crazy. It doesn't happen often but when it happens... GRRRRR Charlie sometimes decides he really really wants what Emmy have. Doesn't matter if it's a toy or treat but they will be happily be on the floor playing with their own toy when suddenly Charlie gets up and sits right in front of Emmy and whinges for the toy or treat. He doesn't take it but sits there and whinges watching Emmy with the toy/treat and sometimes looks at me to get the toy. Emmy ignores it. But then she must gets annoyed with him so she gets her toy and jumps on the couch and continues playing and chewing with whatever she has... he follows her and starts barking for it. Doesn't take a break from his barking either except when he pauses to whinge... (I once ignored it to see if he would get bored.. he did this for over an hour!) I've tried distracting him with other toys/treats, I've tried playing with him, I've used my firm voice to stop him (this stops the barking but not the whinging), tried putting him in a separate room, crated him with something else, ignoring him doesn't help (I tried and he barked/whinges for an hour straight... till Emmy got bored with what she was doing and left it, and then Charlie got the toy/treat). He isn't satisfied till he gets what he wants. I don't want to take the toy/treat off Emmy because she hasn't done anything wrong but I don't want to kill Charlie either because he is my heart dog and all.. So, DOLers, you guys got any advice for me?

I do this too. If their dogs (or animals) get along great with mine.. I will even offer animal sitting service too. Free of charge

Yellow Unfortunately too many people think that Goldies are just long haired Labs My mum's friend gets really insulted if anyone call her GR a Labrador.

Yellow oops..

I think for a normal dog person (not crazy dog people like us)... it would be just the normal black, golden and chocolate labradors

No specific recommendations? I would like the one I buy to be of good quality & prices aren't always the best indicative of that. Thanks doggie raincoats This is where I got mine but I've been told you can get them cheaper

they do exist Just look around on the internet to find a good deal

At a guess that's probably the oral formulation though, CW EW? ETA: if she's been given 0.25ml of a 20mg/ml solution, which it looks like from the receipt, and she weighs 25kg, that sounds like an entirely appropriate dosage to me. Yes.. sorry it is. I miss the injection part. But i hope your dog gets well soon though

We were told 2 drops of metacam a kilo Charlie is 6kg.. he gets 12 drops If your dog is 25 kgs.. it should get 50 drops?

watching the show.. there was a lot of 'wtf' moments for me too. Emmy likes the puppy though... she went up to the tv for a close look, her tail was wagging and gave it a happy play bark...

hijack all the way I was curious myself what all that meant also!

Tell them that dogs in the pound all deserves to find a home too...

You should come to the Cavalier speciality show this weekend, at Erskine Park thanks for the heads up. I'll let her know :D

good on you There are a lot of people out there who doesn't know about Puppy Farms and don't understand why it's not a good idea to buy a pup from the pet shops. From what I've experience.. it comes with the culture on how they were bought around dogs. Either they have never had a dog before or growing up, their dogs were from friends selling or giving dogs away.. they don't understand puppies or dogs. They don't know about training or anything either. Example, my boyfriend and his friends. All of them have no idea about dogs or pets. They have no idea how to look after them, they didn't understand why I take my 2 to training etc and put so much time into them. They go get a dog because they want a Charlie, and now realise why I put so much time and effort into him. My boyfriend directs his friends all to me if they are thinking about getting a puppy. I explain to them about it, and then I will help them find breeders for them. When I tell them about puppy farms, the pound and all that.. they get so horrified. They all love Charlie but when I tell them about his health issues and I don't know much about his parents... they really make them think. Currently I'm helping a friend into researching a CKCS and we will be going to shows to meet some breeders

You know, I tried this method on my friend's pup who has a bad mouthing problem and it worked!! He hasn't tried to bite me since but licks my hand like crazy now

Good luck my friend! I've tried since Dante was 12 months old to find someone to do the CGC with. Delta have changed things up and now not that many Delta instructors can do the Award/test. I contacted Delta just recently to tell them about the deliema of not many of their instructors actually even wanting to do it. They sent me the details of 1 that would help me.....an hours drive away! Hopefully one day I'll find someone who can do it - you generally need to do a 6 week course and then the test. Where are you doing yours? Thanks PM you the details on where I'm doing it.