mackiemad

Or set up a aussie farmers direct account so she has her food etc paid for and delivered during the time?

Love the bunny pics Tay!

Maybe try the dpi? I know in Vic they've colluded with cat protection society to trap and remove cat colonies. The thing is, cats, once trapped, rarely can be trapped again. You also need to establish their trust with the trap over a long time before attempting to trap or you won't get enough and will clue the other cats in. Quite hard. Carol Webb is very good at trapping cats, I think she gave a talk on it a couple if years ago for councils in Vic. Even if you're not in Vic it may be worth trying her for info? She's a very busy woman but passionate about cats and their ethical treatment - which to her does not ever include leaving them out to fend for themselves.

She is too cute! Look st that cheeky face! If she were mine she'd probably be allowed to get away with murder ;) I think you definitely did the right thing, and so glad to hear she's coming to you rather than running away

Um, that is the cutest thing I've seen all week! Spice is beautiful!

I would have been weeping! My dad dropped off my schnauzer for a clip and the regular groomer had left. When I picked him up no moustache or beard. I was furious and that's only the face! I would brush super regularly, feed more oils and leave nasty reviews everywhere possible. What a lazy useless 'groomer' - why didn't they check and talk you through what they were about to do?!

Ringworm does tend to present on head and feet/lower limbs. You can use a blacklight to test but there are some variants that don't show up under blacklight. I'd go to the vet and get a skin scrape cos its more likely to be some kind of fungus given she's immunocompromised and it's been very wet and warm. Unless it's a flea allergy?

Omg he's adorable! If be most happy to take him off your hands for you as he's clearly a handful! ;)

He's beautiful - this is not pic heavy enough!

Happy birthday Miah! Jeeze time flies, but when you have such beautiful animals like yours Jules it's not surprising :)

Jemmy ours was a corner block too, makes it very hard. Do stay vigilant and on the lookout - it may have been a once off, but if the kids get away with it and think it's a marvellous joke they will do it again. Thanks DDD, it was years ago but it still gets me very very emotional. Humans can be so crappy

When I was a child we had teenage boys constantly cutting to a tram stop through a laneway behind our home. We had cyclone fencing with hedges. They thought it was great fun to try and throw stones through the fence and hit the dog, my red heeler. They also barked at him and yelled at him. Cut to 18mths later and the dog was so fearfully aggressive to people, especially males, outside the home that he was very dangerous. We tried to talk to the kids. We tried to rehab the dog. However we euthed him at 5yrs old. Way to young. We just couldn't trust him and he was starting to escape, in any case he was so anxious and fearful that he wasn't happy. So do whatever you can to stop them making your dog fearful. I've never forgiven myself and I know it was one of the hardest decisions my dad made, putting down a dog that was so bonded to and gentle with his children. Rip Barry.

Such a handsome muscley butt! Happy gotcha day zig!

I found brushing more regularly to remove the dead undercoat at this time of year to be the most effective preventative when I had my rough collie. He only started to get hot spots as he was older and I think that was due to his coat shedding differently as he aged. Not exactly scientific but it helped me :) make sure you clip the area around the hot spot and dry the dog very thoroughly if he gets wet...worked for me! I used a betadine solution. I now have a breed that doesn't have a double coat and haven't seen a hotspot in years.

Thanks Anniek, I thought it was a little strange. I will tell her asap. Cheers :)

Along the line of green collars and the gap program. A friend of mine adopted a greyhound from gap vic on my reccomendation a couple of years ago. Having moved a few weeks ago the dog got out last night and was loose and lost in a busy suburb. When I asked her if she had updated her contact details on his microchip she said he was registered to gap vic and they won't change him over? She owns him and has for a few years, is not changing the details on the chip to the new owner normal for greyhound adoption programs? All other rescues I know of change the chip to the new owner, so I found this odd... Dog was found this morning, tired but unhurt and the fence has been fixed.

I've seen it, only in chicken and 3kg :)

Happy gotcha day Stan! While Stan's undoubtedly lucky in landing with you, I'm sure you feel even more blessed to have such a character in your life hazy :)

All the bio availability means is that it is easier for the digestivite system to process. You don't have to melt it, just carve out a teaspoon and put it in the bowl, pretty sure ivy would still eat it and they don't have to be consumed in the same mouthful to get the benefit digestively I imagine.

I use the blackmores osteo tablets, but they're designed to pull them apart and put the contents onto food if you want. I found pernease powder hard to get the right dos, so I went through it quicker - so for me it ended up more expensive.

I use the natural animal solutions omega oil, but I prefer the blackmores osteo care to the natural animal solutions joint care, as it is pretty much pure green lipped mussel :)

I think she said earlier in the thread that the dog is fussy and stopped eating it :)

Oh Dougal, such a wonderful boy. I'm sorry perse

I use creon, a human med for the same thing. Need a script though and if you chew it it doesn't work so probs not suitable for dogs...

No that makes sense to me ivy :) I've never heard of turmeric being used in that way but it has certainly helped me. I add it into warm water with lemon as a drink twice day when I have it. (tastes terrible but I just down it quickly!) I also chuck it in almost everything I cook these days too. The specialists tell me it's antibacterial qualities help detox my body and allow my nervous system to function better. Since being on the turmeric I find my digestive symptoms are better and some other symptoms lessened - though I do take a myriad of other things too. But it, more than others, has helped with skin lesions I get. Hasn't helped with my hair falling out, but the b12 injections help with that. Docs also have me on a multi b vitamin (doc grade not supermarket) and magnesium for the nerve issues too, if that helps at all?