Rebanne

I ditched petplan and joined my current pup up with Woolies. Most life long issues will show up within the first couple of years. After that it is bad luck things like bloat, broken legs, snake bite etc. If my current pup has no issues in the first couple of years, and there is no reason she would, I'll drop the insurance and cover the bad luck stuff like I always have, with a credit card.

totally agree. If the breeder is doing their job properly future vaccinations would have been discussed.

I know where that Christmas party was! Benny looks good. Did you see the show greyhound's there?

what a good idea! Though most of my yard has inner fences, they protect the few shrubs/small trees etc that I do have growing.

I had neighbours move in at the back of my place with 3 staffy types. They love jumping on the fence. Not too bad but they do it if my dogs are there and of course my dogs were interested cause the staffy's are. Vicious circle. My dogs aren't barkers but I was worried about injuries amongst the trees or snapping at each other so I built an inner fence from mesh and Bunnings compost panels. My dogs still patrol, staffy's still scratch at the fence but the heat has gone out of the confrontation.

I just used dog lead clips to join two together and there was my door

oh dear I might have gone online and bought 5 pairs of shoes and got 80% off all :D

so sorry to read this. As others said he was happy right up to the end. Bless.

agree

don't you mean Possible Problem as your info is 2nd and 3rd hand

Only an MRI showed up Fern's problems, xray showed a very faint problem spot which was actually not a problem. Fern's is at the base of her tail. We saw a specialist at Werribee Vet Clinic. The confinement was tried first as I didn't want to do surgery. I've kept her going pretty happily for 12 months now, with confinement on flare ups, limiting her activity and using Pred.

strict crate rest for at least 6 weeks, toilet on lead only, good pain killers.

maybe look into dry eye drops for people.

Yes Rebanne, I did. I'm not being lax with this and we're doing daily prog tests at this stage on the advice on my very experienced breeder vet. As it is today she is at level 26 and the puppies heart rates are totally normal. Another test in a couple of days then :)

I hope you have been back to the vet and got another prog test

I always do 6 weekly

certainly possible if they leave behind an piece of ovary

try a memory foam mattress with a heated pet bed on top. Fern loves hers

I had a dog once chew a spot like that onto her leg. I too thought hotspot but once she was treated by a chiropractor the dog stopped chewing and the sore went away. The vet(chiropractor) said it was a pain spot that the dog was chewing to try and get rid of it.

I cannot trial my Salukis in a range of ANKC recognised breed specific disciplines (herding, RAFT, earth dog etc). I think this is completely appropriate. My Salukis were not bred for any of those disciplines, and those disciplines would not add anything to my breeding program, especially to my assessments about whether my Salukis were fit for function. Lure coursing is not just chasing a bag on a string. It was designed by sighthound people for sighthounds, for their physical characteristics and their breed specific aptitudes. In most countries the only breeds who can compete are sighthounds. I think some respect should be shown to the sighthound people who worked hard for recognition, because they were prepared to include an all breeds stream, understanding that other breeds had an interest. They could easily have just put up a proposal that was sighthound only.

I photoshop, much easier

Happy Gotcha Day Maddie

last one baby Fern If any one wants I can put a video up