CareyJ

Stunning! It's a stinker here in Perth at the moment. The beach is by far the best place to be.

Ive got a k9 pro brown leather collar on a brown gsp & love it.

We have a home alone. Previous gsp girl loved it! Current gsp boy not interested at all. But he does have a much bigger backyard & makes his own fun (or sleeps in the sun!)

The item number is 3160000. Get in and grab them if you can find them, they have apparently been deleted But there is allegedly stock hanging around (OH's word, but even he has been burnt by stock on hand reports recently. We bought 2 packs at least 5 years ago and they have been used for everything and are looking fairly worse for wear. Time to stock up just in case I think.

We've got a friend waiting on a dachshund puppy and I've recommended these to her assuming they were still available. OH works for bunnings (Marketing) so I'll get him to look up the system and check for her and you.

We have used The Paw House when we were in a similar situation. We'd never used a kennel before and Dempsey had a ball.

I cant get dempsey outside to go to the toilet but he doesn't care if we're going to the park. It was dreadful weather & we both got soaked but he loved every moment. It was so wet when I got home I added shampoo, lathered him up then stood him back out on the deck & let the rain wash it off! Poor dempsey wasn't so excited by that but it got the mud off!

Haha! Definately. Dempsey is currently loving the two pairs of old tracksuit pants he inherited! They were meant to be thrown out but never made it past him and we cant bring ourselves to take them off him.

Denmark is my favourite place on earth. We were there the week after you :). We got married down there too & are always interested in new places to stay.

Our german shorthaired variety will do anything for food, closely followed by toys so we can take out pick with what to motivate him with. He even knows the sound of certain things being taken out of the fridge-cheese & yoghurt in particular & will pull out all the tricks in the book to get just a little bit.

Have you tried calling them to see if they've got a stockist local to you? They're a wa company so might be able to deliver otherwise.

Peanut butter! I lent on a post on our new deck on the weekend which has sap seeping out of it (whole other issue!)and it went all over my dress. I lathered it in peanut butter, rinsed in warm water and amazingly it dissolved it. I also had some on my skin and lathering with hand sanitizer removed that. good luck from keeping the dogs from licking the peanut butter when your trying to clean it off!

I think you need a new trainer! I would give anything to spend that much time with our 11 mo GSP but like most people, I have to work work to make sure my dog has the lifestyle he is accustomed to. I dont think he is worse for it - he still gets walked twice a day and has plenty to keep him occupied. I also think it is important that they spend at least some time alone. It sounds like you are committed to doing regular short training sessions and he is happy to chill out inside and out when required. In my opinion this is much better than someone who has a dog inside constantly but doesnt do anything to work their brain.

We are in Perth and got a puppy from Adelaide. Dogtainers and Jetpets transport pets including puppies, you can have a look on their websites and they were helpful to explain everything when I rang to ask questions. We used Jetpets.

Dempsey goes nuts for bad cuz, a new one arrived yesterday & was pretty excited.

I have found that to be a super informative post Sandra777 and while I dont have a Stafford most or all of the information would useful in general for just about any dog.

Our gsp, leila had Histiocytic sacoma and at first it appeared like she had canine cough & the glands in her neck were enlarged -this is what prompted me to take her to the vet in the first place. They initially treated for CC. A week later i had to take her to the emergency vet due to an enlarged stomach-i feared bloat but it was fluid & an enlarged liver which then lead to the cancer diagnosis. Unfortunately the cough wasnt canine cough but a symptom on the cancer. My heart goes out to them & I wish for a positive outcome, I wouldnt wish going through what we did on anyone. It broke my heart to see her suffering.

We've stayed at silver springs too, great spot . Unfortunately I cant help with the house sitting problem. Family is our savior as much as they think Dempsey is crazy, they always take him!

And continues to be as they get older! But you soon start to figure out how to manage it with experience.

Yep you can get it from Bunnings and yep have seen it painted - it looked fine.

Our puppy arrived in Perth from Adelaide on Friday 24 January this year. It was scheduled to be Wednesday but it was 40 odd degrees that day. Jetpets contacted me the day before and changed the booking to Friday as it was going to be too hot. I was super worried about the heat and the only flights from Adelaide were departing around midday and landing in Perth at 4. It was warm on the Friday but they guys from Toll/virgin were super good. The person from Jetpets were as concerned as I was about the heat.

We went to our first session last night and we weren't the only puppy. He was fantastic. There really wasnt anything new but he did so well with so many other dogs around. His concentration only lasted about 45 mins but that was about enough for me too.

Thanks for you response. Dempsey is our second GSP (Just ask Rubystar and Pie how crazy our previous one Leila was!)and we attended this club previously with her and it made such a difference which is why we are wanting to get onto it as soon as possible rather than wait like we did previously. I can already see that he is such a sponge and really want to build on that now.I love the wide eyes and lip curl he gives when Ive asked for something! Now to try and capture it in a photo that isnt blurry! We've been working through triangle of temptation and a number of othe written resources but having someone there to talk you through it is invaluble. I also like teaching them to think having the distraction of other dogs.

We have a 12 week old GSP. He is a bright little monster! I havent been able to find a puppy pre-school that I was entirely happy with - all ones were a bit of a free-for-all at vets and he is not our first puppy. We've been socialising him with as many different (vaccinated) dogs as possible and getting him out and about. Our local obedience club is just down the road and term 1 enrollments close tomorrow. Now he is all vaccinated and past the quarentine period I was going to go and join the obedience club but I'm starting to worry that he is too young. I know that given his age he is only able to concentrate for 5 or 10 mins at a time and am prepared to only stay for half an hour or so of the entire 1 hour session but I also think that taking him down and running through the basic exercises I know they do in the beginners group (and he can easily do at home) and being around other dogs would be a good learning experience. At least I know all the other dogs will be on leads. We're not bad with training sessions at home but we, my husband in particular probably need a bit of structure and guidence. Do you think I'm pushing it or is it reasonable to give it a go and see how he responds?

Looking at event history on the website, they have had over 70 people per run since it started 10 weeks ago.