Rebanne

a tattoo is still needed for a male, some are cryptorchids.

Not in SA but I had a neighbour say no and the council approached the other neighbour (who was a known troublemaker!) who has said yes and asked him if he was happy to right them a letter so he did and I got my permit.

Legally, in Victoria they are not allowed off lead even in a dog park, but there are a couple of groups that have fun days at local slipping tracks around Melbourne.

I would think whatever you wanted. I only ever fed plain porridge, sometimes with an egg added in. I did do some barley once or twice for my dogs but they didn't seem very fond of it, was a few years ago now. I think you can get dried vegies. Sometimes I buy the cheap brand of frozen mixed vegies and feed that to the dogs but I am not a big believer in vegies for dogs. When I fed raw 100% I followed the original Give Your Dog A Bone. I actually was only feeding them every 2nd day until I go the hang of the amounts of bone and meat they needed. Dogs were happy but I wasn't :D Now I just feed dry and add bits and pieces to that but never vegies and not every day. My dogs don't seem bored with getting the same thing twice a day every day. They do like the odd carrot to chew on, comes out as it goes in :laugh:

No need for parsley or garlic either but I don't see why you couldn't add some dried stuff to the oats and let it all soak.

I used to just soak the rolled oats overnight in some milk and then add hot water to it in the morning, dogs loved it in winter time! There have been some concerns about flax with breeding animals on a couple of repo groups I am a member of. Not a problem for you Juice but anyone intending to breed their animals should do some research.

I had an older grey with vestibular disease, he improved quite rapidly but sometimes symptoms last for weeks and sometimes forever - things like ending up with a permanent head tilt.

Grains are not needed, I'd feed rolled oats before flaxseed.

so sorry Pheebs. Run free Lucy, no more pain.

exciting!

Isn't this the place with an area at the back that is a bit dicey with it's fencing? You were worried the big dog would get in and hurt your little dogs or has that all been fixed up? Don't want to rain on your parade but people need to know.

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Yep, I'd be interested to know. Possibly because it's cheap? maybe but they also might have found the pups do well on it. I don't feed expensive puppy food to my greyhounds, grows them too fast.

ask your breeder why they choose to feed Uncle Albers.

Strange I would have thought you had seen it several times over the years.

agree. Why do so many dog owners think others will be useless? Never meant to imply anything of the sort. Everyone was a novice at point. Just pointing out that there are lots of abandoned lab and lab mixes because a lot of people believe the marketing. Certainly, they could be awesome owners. But dismissing the idea of a puppy class to ME as a lab owner, rings alarm bells. They were getting mini essay's from a friend of a friend, goodness only knows what else they discounted, or took notice of, all information is 3rd hand. I've never taken a puppy class in my life. I am currently mentoring a new dog owner who bought one of my pups, she is doing a great job, no puppy class there either, most wouldn't know what to do with a greyhound anyway. and I have seen young out of control dogs in the hundreds in pounds, I worked in one for 10 years.

A good breeder will help them and while a lot of labs are exuberant, not all are. I'd be trying to steer these people towards a good breeder.

Agree totally, you claim you have to pay the policy out

Why not? Why? Rebanne I certainly hope I didn't come across that way. There is no reason why this family can't be fantastic dog owners but the fact is many young labs end up in pounds or locked in the back yard because of their delightful(?) exuberance. So its important she knows what she's in for. The more information they have the better. Yes you and others have come across as very judgemental.

My first dog was a GSD x Cattle dog, no internet back then and no judgemental strangers discussing me on a forum thank Dog!

agree. Why do so many dog owners think others will be useless?

I had a greyhound with it in his shoulder, PTS 3 weeks after diagnosis. If it ever strikes again I would PTS same day. Sam's Story

Me too. I'd love to see show greyhounds run. I once asked a friend who used to have both show and racing dogs why they looked so different and he said it's because the show greyhounds are bred from coursing lines. I'd love to see them course. I wonder how much stamina and agility they'd have. they are different because race bred greyhounds have been bred for over 100 years now to race on race tracks and short distances. Plenty of show bred greys overseas course very successfully. Would love to do it here.

And mine to greyhounds

Me too.