Rebanne

There is a 2nd hand one for sale in the classifieds

I'd be plonking them in the middle of the lounge room floor and leaving him to it. Let him check them out in his own time and way. I've had one go right off at the dog in the mirror, can't remember which one. It was the dressing table mirror and for several days they would bark and growl until they got over it. Which they did if they wanted to sleep in my bedroom :laugh:

I would rather go too early then a second too late. I have been that second too late and it's awful and it haunts me still.

Have you never had a dog go off at a mirror the first time they saw themselves in it, or raced behind the TV to find out where the "whatever that caught their eye" is hiding? It's the same thing, relax, he's not about to attack someone. You can put them somewhere else so he sees them more often and gets used to them if you want.

in race bred greyhounds. Not in show bred greyhounds. But race bred don't have greyhound neuropathy which is in show bred and thankfully has a test. In greyhounds there is only the test for neuropathy, nothing else. Some things that seem more common in race bred are not so much in show bred and visa versa, even allowing for the differences in breed numbers. But many of the health problems that may crop up are not specific to any one breed. On the whole sighthounds do seem to have the least genetic problems but regardless there is no way I would buy from someone who charges extra to vaccinate the pup and not when you can go to a registered breeder and buy a pup for $600 as seen on the DOL breed page which I posted a link to previously.

I don't understand why you are bringing this all up now and sorry we have no way of knowing if this is all true or not? why not just ask a hypothetical question

I would still have her on 3 meals a day for a bit longer. But I would be giving her the last meal much later in th eevening and I wouldn't leave it down for 2 hours either. I'd feed roughly 8, 2 and 8 or 9. Depends when you are home from work etc. First meal to go would be the lunch time one.

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I give a flat teaspoon of each to my 35 kilo greyhound. I buy from Daintree Quality Herbs linkie

Yes. Can you not discuss this with your girls breeder?

Be aware Dexter could have bruising around his throat and check him very carefully to make sure there isn't a tooth hole as they can become very nasty.

well they might but they also would have had less then an adult who was 3 or 4.

A good strong cattery attached to the house, with fencing between the dog and the cattery and good solid doors within the house. As a cat owner there is no way I would take a chance on a 10 year old dog becoming cat tolerant. I would figure that my cats would outlive the dog, the dog will be gone sooner rather then later and would keep them apart until dog has passed. Would save a lot of stress on all 3 animals, especially if cats are unused to dogs. We have had to keep a close eye on one of my greyhounds whenever we went to my daughter's house. Her cats lived with a greyhound, my greyhound lived with cats but one of the daughters cats gave off distinct victim vibes, which increased the interest in him by my grey. Last visit down there the cat decided he had had enough of this and started acting normally, mooching around instead of slinking etc and the greyhound lost all interest. It was a very interesting thing to see and very clear. There was no way my cat tolerant dog would have ever been left alone with this cat and we still don't let cats and dogs alone together. And these animals were used to living with the other species.

I thought temperature induced infertility only impacted on the sperm already made/in production? Mind you if it can cause problems in the short term what's to say it can't cause long term problems as well. Interesting discussion. What about imported bitches, they are born with all the ova needed, has there been a corresponding drop in their fertility or is it harder to detect?

Cat would be fine for a day, so would the dogs. I'd only stop when I needed the loo or petrol. That's when the dogs would get their toilet time. My dogs are happy to toilet every 6 or so hours, they would never go every 2. Trying to get them to go that often would add a couple of hours to the trip.

I don't need a study to tell me that pain can shorten the fuse!

I'm pretty sure your only options are Holden Commodore/Adventra or Ford Falcon. Even then I don't know you'd get 2 x lab crates on top of a false floor. My research on the above wagons with two greyhounds was for them to be on either the back seat with the foot wells filled in and the gear in the back or visa versa. I couldn't fit in a false floor and put the greys in. Mind you they are a bit taller then labs.

why not! Congratulations on your boys score.

when they first arrive or after they have been here a while?

yes greyhounds in Victoria are supposed to be on lead at all times unless on private property. There are however a couple of places where they have organised days at slipping tracks. Plus plenty of walks are organised.

And why would a dog not just make its own fun outside too? That's why there are so many dogs that bark, dig, escape and pull washing off the line. Inside or outside doesn't make any difference, you still need to provide entertainment for the dog. only ever had one dog that tried the washing on the line and sure a few dug a few holes but on the whole, nope never had any real problems with them being outside on their own. If they felt like a bit of fun they could run around, chuck toys around etc, much less damaging being outside then allowed the run of the house. But as the OP has said she lives in an apartment it doesn't matter what happens outside.

please make sure that she can't leap over the balcony railing.

I had pretty poor reports on the Kangoo from someone who had a fleet of them at their work. I'd look closer at the VW Caddy if I was buying now, they weren't around when I got my little van. eta. The little vans are courier vehicles, so made for driving around town. My van is my only car and very easy to park etc. I'm hesitant to go to something bigger for my everyday car too. I used to have a little Ford Escort panel van many, many moons ago. Could relive my youth with a Caddy :laugh: I was looking at a Caddy 7 years ago before I traded my stationwagon in on my Mazda and decided I was cutting down on dog stuff, I should have known better

better late then never Dr Bek Day at http://alpinevet.com.au/ Poerpunkah, near Bright, going to use her for my dogs

I could see you in a Caddy Maxi Anne! False floor/drawer for the gear and the greys on top. FHRP made a good point about vans to me a while back - avoid side windows - they add a lot of heat to the vehicle in Summer. enabler alert :laugh: The renault is slightly bigger in the back but might be harder to find and more expensive to service. See doing some research already. Whatever I get it must be ok to drive around town in, won't be just my dog car, it will be the only car.