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Average around $10 for a kilo bag. I use them as jackpots for Brookie and the older boy Jasper gets his for free!!!! How much are the sardines? My doggies would love them.

This is fairly typical I'm afraid. They are very caring people but once a dog gets there you have to be better than best in order to adopt it out. Also working full time is a no no! Never mind the fact that we have to work in order to feed the beasties! There are other shelters which are a bit more relaxed with their criteria.

Yep I thought so. The goat bones and meat is fantastic dog food and really cheap! I've added whole frozen Albany sardines to their diet and they are like lollies for dogs! You can get them at the seafood shop in Midland Gate.

Rethink the camel....there have been some issues with dogs eating camel which has been affected by a particular weed and it has been known to cause deaths. I can't remember the name of it but it also affects wild horses and is found up north where the camels are found. Goat sold in Midvale has been sourced from the south west (I asked) and is not implicated. Murdoch should have some info on it and if you need it I can go through some records and find the relevant stuff for you. Yes I was thinking of adding the goat or some camel when I add he foods back in one by one, camel is also relatively cheap, the place i get my pet meat sells it I think for $3.20 a KG. I cannot believe the difference of my dog on home prepared, he has been eating raw for 3 weeks now and he is looking heaps shinier and he is more active etc.

Whole raw carrot any time he likes!

I would gradually change him over to a raw diet. Cooked meat and grains are not a natural diet for dogs. Lots of raw, soft meaty bones such as chicken carcass, goat or roo bones and lamb brisket. No load bearing bones though like the dinosaur bones or shanks you get at the butcher. I also feed natural pot set yogurt. Lots of information on feeding raw on this forum if you do a search. I have a Border Collie who periodically had gut problems from an early age and the vet advised me to have him on low dose pred for life! Not happy with that I did a lot of research and now have him on raw and have had no problems for years now. Thoroughly recommend it!!!!

LOL Yep white poop is perfectly normal....its the digested bones. When I was a kid most dog poos were white....now they're a nondescript smelly brown mess. Good luck with the diet....I've heard lots of success doing it this way. When you get to the stage of adding a different meat/bone you may want to consider goat. Its cheap and most allergic dogs do well on it.

There are a few kennels in Perth that will accept titre tests. I would get on to it soonish though and keep your records so your not caught short if you ever need to board him unexpectedly.

I don't generally feed kibble but I've won a bit so they get it for brekky...they love Advance or ProPlan. It has a strong smell and the one they especially like is the salmon and rice ProPlan.

I've seen some gorgeous work from a spitz. Sadly was retired early due to HD but mouth watering heelwork!!! If you arn't happy definatly find someone else. I ran into a trainer awhile back who told me spitz breeds where impossible to train and I should give up now Not a good attitude to have in a trainer.

What a cutie!!! Makes me feel all clucky!!! Good luck with your first UD.

I agree with jigsaw. I would also add that whilst its important to fade the lure in order to create reliability, its also important to remember to reward in position. A good way to randomly reward is to select the best, fastest responses. Good luck with your essay...it looks good to me.

It doesn't matter what you do but consistancy does matter especially as you go up through the classes. I always stop on my right foot and close with my left for the automatic sit. For the drop I give my hand signal with my right hand simultaneously with my right foot forward and my left leg comes up to meet it.

Any kind of soft bone they can consume entirely. I feed chicken frames, lamb brisket and goat bones. I never feed marrow bones or shanks as they are hard load bearing bones and can do damage. I like large bones not the small knuckle bones as I worry about them getting caught. I've just discovered chicken feet at my local butcher! They look gross but the dogs love them as a treat. :D Cheap too.. $2.99 per kg. For meat I feed goat, roo and chicken pet mince from Leonards. I also feed offal from the butchers every so often and whole raw frozen sardines from the fish shop...$10 per Kilo so they get one each as a treat per day. Mixed pulped vegies and fruit make up the rest of their diet and no grains. I try not to feed to much beef as it can be implicated in allergies.

Gotta luv them Aussies!!! She's lovely LL Haha, Daisy is great!!! You know you and her will do brilliantly brilliant on the weekend.... I've come to join the training talk thread - I own a 9month old Aussie Shepherd - she's going AWESOME in training - lots of focus, and really working nice... I can't wait until she's ready to trial.... Tonight she was just so great, so proud of my girl!!!!!! Flick Mac - I think over the holidays we should go down the oval and video each other to put up so we can get some training tips!!!!!!!!!

Can you arrange for a show training lesson once a week with someone who's style you admire? In WA there are several people and breed clubs who conduct show training throughout the week. Maybe contact your Canine control for more information. That would be handy, if it weren't mostly my things they dragged under the bed ;) I can squeeze under the bed to get everything out myself... Although it isn't something that I enjoy doing Yes that is what I am doing. When she is heeling she is looking up at me and tends to swing her bum in towards me and walk sideways (it's hard to explain, it's like she's trying to wrap her body around me the little cutie) which is NOT what I want her doing in the show ring! I used the target stick in our last training session to move her away from me and getting her to look ahead, it worked beautifully, her body straightened out, she walked very nicely, but it was very fiddly and I wondered how to transfer this to walking with no target stick at all? Thanks everyone for all of your suggestions, there are some wonderful ideas here

If thats the case then target and clicker would work really well for this. You can use a target stick.

Woo Hoo!!!! Have you picked a name for him yet? Looking forward to meeting the little guy

Both finishes are allowed. Its the handlers choice.

Fantastic!!!! Don't you just love those dogs that have learn't to play the training game!!!!! I love free shaping

LOL She loooooves me Ptolomy!!!!....or was that the corned beef? Yes you will need to get Darcy remeasured as the high jump is set at the dogs height at its withers, and the broad is double this measurement. As for the stays - yep have done it all tried quietening them down, tried reving them up, tried going in cold turkey, tried doing sits before we go in. Usually I am so short of time - coming out of one ring and having to go straight into stays - its usually a matter of grabbing the dog and a handful of food and asking for a quick sit stay on the way to the ring is about all I can manage. Last trial I was last dog in, came out and had to find a handler for one of my other kids (thanks Debazzled), so it was a case of grabbing both kids + 2 handfuls of food and off we went. Lexi did stays for Bedazzled and she has never handled her before. At todays agility trial every time Lexi saw Bedazzled she wanted to take off and see her new bestest friend

Questioning is good First question....Yes. The jumps for obedience are set at the dogs height at the wither. As for stays, I have a little ritual of tioleting and getting them focused with a tiny bit of heelwork. In the ring when I set him up in the sit stay I will ask for multiple hand touches. I like this as it sets him up mentally for a sit stay and its legal as the dog is touching your hand...you are not touching the dog which can lose points under some judges. I will always break my dog backwards after the sit stay and then heel him back into position for the down stay. I never drop him from a sit. I am also very careful of the position of any adjacent dogs and try to position him so that he is not likely to get eyeballed. Hope that helps a little

Noooooo!!!! These things were in vogue a few years ago and many dogs who were predisposed to OCD went crazy! I know Rotties who got to the stage of a light reflecting off a watch set them off. Many working type dogs who are bred to notice movement can have problems and once in its a really difficult thing to manage.

Fantastic work from Millie and RubyStar!!! Huge congratulations! :p Beautiful work RS and Millie

You know what they say about red cordial Ptolomy!!!!!! ;) The Royal is a real tough environment so make sure this isn't your first trial Its also a very l o n g day :p but its great fun. Scoota's favourite event is the Royal - he gets to share fairy floss and lollies with all the kids ;)