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We took Bailey to DogTech. The lady there, Forget her name. Was really good! There number is 5574 7613 There in winston hills i think it is at the vets there. We were really happy with it.

Hi all, Took her to the vet today. She has intesternal bleeding... From the fudge she got into the other week (and yes.. it was put away IN the pantry... She can open it up and jump..... GOD DAMIT!! LOL) She should be ok. Shes on Antibiotics now. And if that doesnt work she has to go on drip for 2 days. What can you do... Silly dog lol... Ben

Ohhk, Definate vet trip required... They are infected.. I just extracted them and Blood came out towards the last few extractions. So will be to the vet tomorow! Poor thing! She is alot happyer now though! Must feel better already. She was very good about it in the bath. Thanks all for your help! Will post up what the vet says! Cheers all! Ben

Nope... Definatly not urine!! I saw it come out myself and it was not pretty.. I could smell it so i lifted her tail just to check she didnt have any Poo stuck to her tail and as i lifted it up some of the yellow anal gland stuff came out of her bum i tell u i was not impressed as i was just getting ready to go to sleep... LOL! Was not pretty, I am feeding her Eagle Pack Puppy.. That Holistic stuff.. Does wonders to her coat! She occasionally gets a little bit of dog roll. Or the other night she got some nice raw steak! So when you say bones. Do you mean like Raw chicken necks and bodys etc? Or Big proper sheep bone etc? Would be a great thing for her to knaw on when im at work!! And its helping her anal glands! 2 birds one stone Ive grown up on a farm so always around dogs and yeah weve never had to extract anal glands.. Rather disturbing concept actually.. Glad we dont have to get ours extracted! HA! Thanks Ben

HA!!! thats it!! As shes been leaking on the bed 2!!! EWWWw LOL And a few nights in a row there she was Scooting very frustratedly... Ill take her into the vets then! Thanks for ya help all

Bit of an odd one.. But over the past few weeks Bailey has really started to stink! Like poo, She isnt cleaning her bum anymore? Weve never had this problem? She used to always be a very clean dog but just suddenly shes stoped? Every time she comes near me i can smell poo. I washed it last night and when i got home from work today it was the same again. Just a phase? Dirty teenager stage?? Shes 6months old now. Cheers Ben

Hey snuffy. Thats great news!! We have walked Bailey a few times. She pulls and when she does i just pull her back to me and say heel as i do so. She walks next to me for a while then goes back to pulling. I might try that Lupi harness. Where did you get it from? Ben

Haha A full nights sleep is great isnt it! Baileys just under 11weeks now and we go all night without waking up! I do take her out in the morining before i leave for work which is about 5-6am, And she usually stands by the door when she needs to go. we do still have the odd accident but that happens. Biggest prob for her is the biting!! But she is pretty much cured in that dept so we can really get onto some training. I just leave our sliding door open a tiny bit and she just wanders out when she needs to go. I ususally follow her out and when she begins to go i say "go pee" just to keep on enforcing that command! How is rocky going?

Congrats on the new pup! Our Beagle is almost 10 weeks now. Shes great! She comes, sits, liesdown, stays (sometimes) and we are working on play dead and roll over. She stands by the door and crys when she needs to go outside for a wee. But we leave the sliding door open a tiny bit so she can come in and out as she wants. She pretty much holds on all night now 2!! It is very cold here aswell and she shakes (as you put it) like a leaf! I feel bad but she seems pretty happy still. Good luck with the toilet training. Would love some photos! Ben

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Hey Pam, Yes Bailey also bites and chews but she is getting alot better eversince we have been saying no and putting her on the ground and ignoring her for 5 mins after she bites. She does it sneakly now. Bailey was the runt of the litter so shes still pretty small.. When we picked her up she was the size of the other litter they had who were 2 weeks younger!!

Thats what i thought. I want her to howl as there are some really cute videos of beagle pups howling on youtube but i imagine if i get her howling i wont be able to stop it and itl drive me nuts after a while! Keen to know also when they are fully grown?

Ok so go with a boarder collie then lol.

Just wondering at what age do dogs stop growing? Also when do they begin to bark/howl? As baileys 9 1/2 weeks now and just whines.. Havnt heard her bark or do a proper howl yet. She just looks at me funny when i howl at her Haha. The only time if heard her try to howl is the first few times we put her in her crate or outside alone... She would put her head up to the air and just make this terrible raspy howl... I thought she should be barking and howling like mad by now or does it just depend on the dog?

I havnt followed this post much as its gone off like a rocket. Back in NZ we have got a boarder collie called dusty. We got him when i was 5 and hes still going strong today (hes 14) I grew up on a farm and hes still there so we used him sometimes (Not often at all as we only have 20sheep) for a sheep dog. Hes always slept outside. Hed get nervous if we called him inside!!! He has a doghouse that dad built which is about 30mtrs from the house. And a big bed under cover on our deck. He would have to be the happiest dog ive ever met. Hes got a great nature and has never ever seemed to be unhappy. We would occasionally let him sleep inside (for those of you who know... Wellington can be VERY cold and stormy) So on nights like that hed sleep inside but most of the time he prefered his kennel or bed. I think if you go about it the right way dogs love to live outside. It may be different if you have a small back yard as opposed to 25achers to roam. Just get a boarder collie great dogs!

Bailey is only 9 weeks now. Shes has worn a flat collar since the night we got her and never had a problem with it. We took her for a 50mtr walk down our street last night with the flat collar on and when she started to go off sniffing we just have it a gentle tug and said "heel" as we did it (and gave her a peice of chicken) and she picked onto it almost instantly and began to walk next to us without pulling. We also have a harness for her but thats only for Sarah when shes driving she doesnt like her running about, where as for me shes fine on my lap for now. But we dont use the harness for walking, although it is a walking/car harness weve tryed it around the house with a leash and she just pulls and i didnt seem to have any controll what so ever. Even with peices of chicken!! Ill always walk her on a flat collar.

Great thankyou for all of your replys. She is happy as ever so i think it may be just running around eh! Thanks a heap Ben

Hi all, Bailey has now thrown up twice since weve had her. The first time was on Wed i think? But she had just eaten, Then played around and threw up some clear stuff and grass. Today she ate like normal for breaky. (we havnt changed her diet or anything, She is still on what the breeder fed her. Purina DR harrys puppy supercoat) Didnt eat much for Lunch. She went for a 2 hour drive with us and enjoyed it, Seemed happy at the time. Got home and she played with her kong for a bit which has peanut butter in it and a peice of chicken... She came inside before and just went BLAAAAAA all over the carpet? Was just clear brown stuff and again sum grass.. Took her over to her bowl and she ate HEAPS of food. She normally leaves some but she ate it all and even licked the bowl. Should we be worried or is it quite normal for them to just sometimes have a spill? She again has been running around tonight. Ben

Ok will give that a shot! I have been doing something similar, But will try it your way. I just play fetch with her and when she brings it back i just hold it "dead" and say drop. Untill she drops it.

Bailey had her first Puppy School class today and it went very well!! At first she was terrifyed and by far the smallest dog there, There was a 14 week old German Shepard, 12 week old kelpie x staffy, 13 week old great dane, 12 week old chock lab. 16 week old wei. 12 week old Sib Huski and 2 16 week old Jack russle x foxy. And then there was the tiny little heart stealing 8 week old Bailey the beagle HAHAHA!!! She just ran after scents the first 15-20 minutes and ran away when ever any of the other dogs sniffed her. But i held her and introduced her to the dogs and she soon got very confident! Ran around with them all. Tackling the Jack russles and getting in the middle of the Dane, Kelpie, German Shepards and huskis wrestling. Playing about and man shes cheeky!!! Chasing dogs around that are 5 times her size!!! I took a video of them playing but its to big of a file to upload. I have one pic of her and the Huski playing. I will upload it! She is learning her commands nicely. She Comes, Sits, Lies down, Stays (mostly) and plays fetch (Working on "Drop" any sugestions?) Keeping in mind the husky was the 3rd smallest there. So the Dane and Wei were easly twice the size of the Huski.

Ok great, thanks for that. She LOVES going outside and the yard is actually pretty safe for her so i think we might not lock her in her play pen anymore when we go out as its very small. Only time she begins to cry is when she realises shes locked outside. But i bought some chicken necks yesterday so we will try those on monday. Shes asleep on my chest at the moment snoring away haha. We are taking her to pup preschool today. Ben

Would hanging the toys up be good for our little beagle? She doesnt like being outside by herself at all lol... Screams and crys. Shes getting better though. The MAX she is ever left outside is 3 hours and only 2 times a week.

Yea shes just started lickin in the bigger end today. Towards Darkness she was trying to get into it :D

Funny the night i read the suckling noises Bailey started doing it aswell.... Pretty cute!

Thanks Pointees and snuffys! We had a HUGE breakthrough last night!! We decided to turn the crate so she could see my partner. She was standing at the gate looking at my partener. When she pretended to be asleep Little Bailey just turned over and made herself comfy. And was asleep within a minute. I Didnt have to take her to the toilet untill 4AM!!!! And we didnt hear a peep out of her all night. Even when i put her back in the crate at 4 she made 1 single tiny squeak and just went to sleep! I woke up at 5.30 and she was still fast asleep. OHHHHH sleep feels good :D