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Thank you I am doing that for him...he's an older man who does not do the internet thing. Darcy would be great but too far away he is in Cairns. Found a listing at 4 paws on the Sunshine Coast....the gentleman is going to call them. Ok i don't know the areas in Qld .Did you see Bart the foxy on Pr. http://www.petrescue...listings/141298 Hi yes it's Bart he is calling about :) I will wait and see how he goes with Bart and I have passed on the other phone numbers to him....thank you everyone he will surely find a suitable one in amongst all those. Cheers.

Thank you I am doing that for him...he's an older man who does not do the internet thing. Darcy would be great but too far away he is in Cairns. Found a listing at 4 paws on the Sunshine Coast....the gentleman is going to call them.

Thank you I am doing that for him...he's an older man who does not do the internet thing. Darcy would be great but too far away he is in Cairns.

Hi everyone...Robyne here from English Pointer Rescue Australia. I just had a local guy come and quote some work at home and after chatting he tells me he has been looking for a foxie or cross and is not finding the local shelter very helpful in that they won't keep him on file and contact him so just on the off chance I thought I would post here on his behalf. He is a very nice older man who already has 2 kelpies and lives on acreage. His childhood dog was a foxie and he would like a male up to 4 years old, must be good with other dogs of both sexes. A cross would be ok but it must still be small and 'foxy' like. Quite happy to pay an adoption fee but will not pay for flights etc so must be in south east Qld area. Any thoughts please pm me..thanks. Cheers, Robyne

Xanax given EARLY and then repeat every 4 hours if needed. Thundershirt as well.Most terrified dogs wont eat a thing even if you offer steak ! Try to work out where your dog wants to be..it might be a crate, or a cupboard or under the table...in my case my dog wants to be in the very deep laundry shelf which is up off the floor. So we carpeted the shelf so she doesnt slip and put a curtain across the front. When the storm starts I put a collar and lead on and take her there, indicate the shelf and then ignore her. She eventually makes her own decision to go on the shelf. The first few times this took up to 20 mins. Now she is likely to go there herself and is starting to stay there. She displays bad digging behaviour when we have storms..she is allowed to dig on the carpeted shelf but not anywhere else..anywhere else she is corrected with my voice 'uh uh'. Each time she gets off I just go and put lead and collar on her again and repeat the exercise. I find she is staying there on her own accord longer and longer.I am doing all this after consulting with a behaviourist and it's working. Takes time but worth it. The drugs are not optional in my opinion....terrified dogs and we have the drugs to help out..its a no brainer for me.I do not comfort her nor do I get tough with her, she cannot help her behaviour. I am trying to show her a 'safe' place to be and so far it's helping enormously. I also have 2 others who are scared too but not to the degree of my rescue bitch who takes it to a whole other level LOL!!! Hope my long winded story has some tips that others can use that might help.

What a gorgeous little dog ! Her face just shines with kindness. So pleased she has her forever family.

I bought the leather leads and also the martingale collars from K9 Pro. The leads are very good quality and the collars have good german chain on them. Great product.

Toileting and training issues aside....poor little bugger being left in a crate all that time. No life for a puppy whatever spin you like to put on it sorry. Let's face it...they are called crates but are .. in fact...cages. They have their place but suitable for weeks on end of confinement of a healthy young puppy...not in my opinion.

Not to worry...sorted.

Hello everyone....I have a friend who works for RSPCA. She has asked if there is contact for GSP NSW. The Illawarra RSPCA shelter has a GSP that they would like to speak to GSP rescue about re releasing the dog to rescue. So far they have had no luck with getting in touch with NSW Gsp rescue people. If anyone on here knows the right people the shelter is Illawarra and the lady to speak with there is Janelle Kalkin ( spelling ??) they are keen to speak with breed rescue re this dog. Thanks.

Sorry to hear your dog had this seizure. Definately a vet visit needed and at the very least they will want to do a blood work up to rule help rule out underlying causes. In the past 3 months my boy has been diagnosed with epilepsy...one big seizure followed by another less than 8 hours later. He had in the previous 6 months been showing a mild muscle tremour and some teeth chattering and the vet said taking that into account and the short period of time between the 2 seizures it was time for medication. If there is no underlying cause and your dog has a long period of time between seizures ( months) and no other symptoms then I personally would not medicate but I am sure your vet will give you excellent advice. All the best for a good outcome.

Spice of Life Cafe in Main St on Tamborine Mountain also welcome dogs at the tables on the footpath or on the deck AND they have good coffee !

Sorry to hear your dog is out of sorts. Re the sudden onset of the problem....my 6 year old dog ( who is now 8 ) went suddenly accutely lame in his shoulder with no warning. Xrays showed his arthritis so bad that the ortho specialist told me that on paper this dog cannot walk. After we got him throught that initial acute lameness with drugs, rest, heat and gentle exercise ( took about 2 months) he had his course of cartrophen and also takes Cosequin DS daily. Two years later he is still running and having the time of his life still playing with the rest of my pack. So yes the sudden onset DOES happen it's just that the dogs have been carrying on with life without us noticing they had a problem before and there is light at the end of the tunnel. Try not to worry too much I am sure just like my boy he will be fine.

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Sorry you your dog is going through this. My 8 year old boy was diagnosed with epilepsy 4 months ago. The beginning of this year he developed an unexplained muscle tremour and then a couple of months later he had a seizure followed by another one 8 hours later. The blood test is to exclude other causes for the seizures. My boy is on Phenomav and doing really well. The first couple of weeks on the meds until they get the dosage right is a bit scary as motor function goes a bit haywire while the body adjusts to the medication but after they get it right it's all good. They do have to have another blood test once they have started the drugs to check the levels. Please don't be frightened...the medication is easy to live with, not expensive and my dog is doing great on it as I'm sure yours will too. Good luck I hope you get good results like I did with my dog. :)

Broke my heart to see the lovely young pointer who was apparently the "worst behaved dog in the shelter' ...... normal high energy young pointer who was clearly not getting enough exercise. I hope he made it out, I really do.

I also live in the Brissie area..when I moved to this house we had a huge flea problem left from the previous owners...nothing worked until I tried Comfortis...used it for that one season and not had a problem since. We also sprayed the yard at the same time...used Pidgeons Termite treatment which we got from the local produce. Works brilliants for fleas just keep the dogs off the yard for a couple of days.

This is our experience as a breed rescue, dogs being failed on having high energy, drive and wanting to chase cats for god's sake ....but not in ALL RSPCA shelters...it does depend on the particular humans running each shelter as to whether or not a particular dog will be passed on to rescue, some of the shelters try hard to work with rescue in fact our QLD shelter has a rescue co-ordinator.

We had this problem when we bought this property 2 years ago...fleas AND lice in the millions it was horrendous. This is what we did....treat the dog with Comfortis, wash all bedding etc etc as you have done...then spray the yard, we used Birds Termite Treatment ( after trying many others which did not work) which we bought from the local produce, it also does fleas...WAY cheaper than paying someone to do it....we sprayed the yard at 3 weekly intervals for a couple of months. Keep the dog and cat off the yard for a day when you spray. We have now had a flea free yard and house for the past 18 months. We also got our neighbour to spray their yard too and she was so grateful that it worked as she had been battling the fleas for years and after we all did this we are clear.

I used Michael Woodcock for years until we moved away from the Gold Coast....I highly recommend him. I had a very seriously ill dog at one time and he was good enough to tell me when we needed more expertise than he could offer and sent me to the appropriate specialist when many vets could have just kept taking my money. He also gave wonderful care for years to my german shepherd who had severe hip dysplasia. BIG thumbs up for Michael.

And excellent points, too, TD. The CEO RSPCA Q'ld publicly gave his own opinion that an ideal animal welfare system should include an extensive, healthy network of foster-care. Makes so much sense that a dog destined for home-life be cared for, in a home-life situation. As well as extending space. Just BTW, I've had good and helpful experiences with RSPCA Q'ld over the years. re tibbies. More recently, their Behavioral Helpline has helped people I know nip problems in the bud.. And, their cooperative work with some community members has prevented a little tibbie becoming one more nasty statistic. It often takes a number of hands to hold the safety net. In this case registered breeders, caring members of the community and RSPCA Q'ld joined hands to get that outcome. Bless 'em all! Yes I too would like to say how good the RSPCA Wacol shelter are to deal with in regards to our breed rescue. The rescue co-ordinator there is more than helpful.

Megan I do breed rescue...pointers...we have had one particular RSPCA shelter failing them on temp test because they were high energy and would chase cats....we know for a fact at least one pointer has been euthed on this assessment even though we could have homed the dog with no problems. EVERY young pointer who goes into care in that facility will likely fail the same test..and we won't be able to save any of them because they will only work with us AFTER a dog has PASSED his temp test. It's extremely frustrating and nice dogs are dying for no good reason. It all depends on the shelter staff...some RSPCA shelters have released dogs to us and they are wonderful shelter staff to work with. So is it a myth...sadly not.

I have four which I find is ok. I can take 2 out and the others still have company as someone has already said in this thread. Sometimes I have a foster as well and I find that five is a bit much for me...mainly because we don't have enough couches in the loungeroom for everyone and the humans end up sitting on the floor ....or a dog LOL!!!!