twodoggies2001

I guess we were very lucky with our boy. He knew the boundaries and never crossed them. He was very easy to live with. We didn't expect to have an obedience perfect dog, but he was of his own accord. Listened and obeyed without question. Yes, there are exceptions to the standard. That's what I meant in an earlier post that each dog has it's own personality and that makes it more fun.

As a matter of fact, I just met a Wheaten at the vets with my unreal dog (mini schnauzer) lol and commented to the owner as he did to me that they are so similar in look, besides the colouring, to each other. I don't know if this is the correct way, but she was groomed just like Schnauzers are supposed to be groomed. The standard Schnauzer is very comparable to the size of the Wheaten. They both need the grooming, so what's the difference? Standards are a completely different dog to the mini - they are not the same dog in 3 different sizes. Minis are a lot more biddable. Standards are incredibly smart, but every one I've met has been stubborn (what's in it for me) and they are incredibly powerful dogs for their size. Both should have a strong prey drive. I don't have chickens due to my mini's drive. Of course they would be separated but she's obsess over them and they would have to cope with a predator stalking them through the cage all day. My cousin's standard scaled a pool fence to kill her 5 chickens, after living with them for months. I consider myself a training-savvy owner. I do agility and obedience with my dogs. No way would I be able to handle a standard! Our family has also had a standard schnauzer. We had him when we also got our first mini. He was an incredibly easy dog to train, and I am just your average dog owner. There was never any need to command him. We just spoke to him and he seemed to know exactly what was expected of him. He was the most loving and true soul and would do anything to protect his family, including his mini 'brother', not to mention the grandchildren when they came along.

As a matter of fact, I just met a Wheaten at the vets with my unreal dog (mini schnauzer) lol and commented to the owner as he did to me that they are so similar in look, besides the colouring, to each other. I don't know if this is the correct way, but she was groomed just like Schnauzers are supposed to be groomed. The standard Schnauzer is very comparable to the size of the Wheaten. They both need the grooming, so what's the difference? Personality, I assume. Sure, but you will always get a range of personalities within a breed anyway. I have had mini schnauzers for a number of years now, and I can honestly say that each of them has had their own personality. That's the fun of it.

As a matter of fact, I just met a Wheaten at the vets with my unreal dog (mini schnauzer) lol and commented to the owner as he did to me that they are so similar in look, besides the colouring, to each other. I don't know if this is the correct way, but she was groomed just like Schnauzers are supposed to be groomed. The standard Schnauzer is very comparable to the size of the Wheaten. They both need the grooming, so what's the difference?

I think that's an opening line to a conversation. I wouldn't take it too seriously lol.

I have read your second and third posts. Sorry DC, a post like this is just so out of line and so lacking in compassion that it makes me feel quite ill. Agreed. You make it sound like it's the fault of the deceased little poodle. Apparently, when the owner of the little poodle was screaming and asking for help from neighbours, the owner of the offending dog came out, and coldly told the poor women to stop screaming and went inside, without even commenting on what his dog had done. That's compassion for you.

Heart is considered muscle meat rather than offal.

Had to check the date,and no, it's not April 1.

In my limited experience I've found if one goes through the othr will follow!!! Wrong, lol. My youngster, now 12 months old will come in the doggy door, but not out, even though he wants to be everywhere his big 'brother' is. We have tried the treat thing, holding open the flap which sometimes works and just all being outside and encouraging him, but 99% of the time to no avail. He will happily come in though.

Becks, just out of curiosity, is that the meal for the day, or do you feed them something else at another time the same day? If I were to feed 1 carcass I would have a couple of little barrels. I do take off the fat because of pancreatitis because I've had experience with it before and I'm being very cautious.

Thanks also twodoggies, Im still getting the hang of it all.. feeding this way. My other cavs have had raw bones in the past, but ive mostly always cooked their meals(not bones) and or given them dry food, Her lovely breeder did give me lots of feeding advice, but i just wasn't sure about how to go about giving the chicken frames exactly My boys are mini schnauzers and when I get the chicken frames, I cut them into 3 pieces. They have one of these pieces as their meal. Other mornings they have either chicken necks, baby veal ribs or rabbit. I have stopped feeding mine chicken wings because the skin is too fatty for Minis. You don't have to be too pedantic if one day they get a bigger portion and the next day a smaller portion, but it is important to remember if your are intending to feed raw, the bones that you feed make up their calcium intake. I have never supplemented their calcium in other ways.

My two get the bony part of their meal as part of their daily intake. The get theirs in the morning and in the afternoon they get the meaty part of their feed together with extras such as non fat cottage cheese, or half a hard boiled egg, or non fat yoghurt. When fed raw and natural, the actually need less in quantity and at first, it looks like they are not being fed enough but, because their systems utilize the food given, and there are no fillers involved as in commercially produced, less goes in and less goes out.

Sorry,but I have to disagree with you. 'Wasting' $1500 on furniture or TV is not the same as spending on a puppy. In the lifetime of the puppy, you spend much more than the $1500 and that's OK, but you can't make such a comparison. Having said that, my husband and I spent much more that $1500 on our last puppy to have as a pet, and we were told the price on the initial enquiry. It was up to us to say yes or no and we opted for yes. I don't regret it, but some other people, and rightly so, wouldn't consider this a reasonable price or a puppy. I feel the buyer has the right to know what he/she is up for so as not to waste the breeder's or buyer's time.

If you are feeding your puppy the fully edible bones, then you don't need to supplement with calcium because the bones is where the Miah is getting it from. Sardines are also very good for the calcium.

Isn't Napisan a sort of bleach?

Not sure how old the Urine Off, but I swear by it. l When my now 4.5yr. old mini schnauzer was a puppy, I used it on a wool carpet, and I'd defy anyone to point out to me where he had gone to do his business. Actually a carpet cleaner told me about this product as he uses it himself in his business.

Urine Off. www.urineoff.com

I always use Urine Off. It's supposed to get rid of the smell as well as the stain.

What are the odds that someone is waiting to steal a dog at any given place just in case someone comes to tie one up nearby? I tied my dog outside the servo again on Monday, after this thread started, because I could see her head the whole time and I could see anyone coming towards her well before they'd reach her too. She was on grass behind the air compressor, well away from the door and none of the 3 other people in the complex gave her a second glance. Obviously her owner was the one in the shop watching her, there's no shortage of security cameras, no clean get-away route. Less risk of theft or interference with her in this scenario than there is of an accident happening every time we get in the car IMO. Edit - and no, I wouldn't leave them where I couldn't see them or get to them in a dozen steps if needed. But the risks of trouble in this scenario seem quite low to me. The odds of somwonw planning a theft like this are probably not high but think on the opportunistic side of it. Good for you that you would leave your dog tied up and several people barely gave her a second look. You are free to do what suits you, but again I say, I wouldn't.

I would never leave either of my boys tied up outside the place I'm going into. Not even for a second. My main fear would be theft and frankly, I'm amazed that so many posters have said that they tie their dogs where they can be seen. What does it take to untie and abscond with said pooch. The staffy was picked up and taken from outside a busy Coles supermarket in busy Bentleigh, and if it were not for an alert person who recognised the pup he may still be missing to this day. I'll bet the owner won't be doing this again. I don't think that either of my two would bite anyone, but how can I be 100% sure of this? It could happen out of fear, not to mention a dog aggressive passer by.

You've just answered your own question. My first fear would be someone taking the end of the lead and taking the dog away. In fact, it happened last week as outlined on 3AW. Why take the risk?

How are other chews any different to bones if they are the same shape etc ... except that bones are better for them in the end. Yes, at least they provide nutrition and calcium

that could be true, and we don't know otherwise but why in the world didn't he stop and have some interaction with the family of the victim. That would have been the humane thing to do. I personally think he just hightailed it.

And now you make me see RED, here you go suggesting the small dog was to blame. Read the article again. The black dog was offleash. It was a much bigger dog. This was an unprovoked attack - it sounds like it was so sudden that noone had time to do much, they didn't see it coming! It RIPPED THE INNARDS out of the smaller dog. What does it take to make you and people like you realise that this is abnormal? It is completely unacceptable and this owner should go to jail and pay an enormous fine, his dog should be euthanased. The owner did nothing at all to prevent this attack and I'd like to know how many other dogs and animals have been killed already by this large dog - you can put money on it that it's done it before. wow, so many posters suggesting i'm excusing an unprovoked attack. Read what i actually said and try again. I did not place blame on either dog, I simply stated I'd really like to know the full story, not just what the media has told us. Did this occur in an offleash dog area? Did the larger dog approach the smaller dog and the larger dog ended up reacting to the smaller dog acting aggressively? Was the small dog really on leash? Lots of questions which we probably will never know the answer to. What does it take to make people like me reaslie that this is abnormal? What does it take to make morons who own little yappy fluffballs to realise that it's not ok for their dog to aggressively approach other dogs? I didn't intend for my comment to suggest that a dog getting barked at was reason enough for the other dog to react in such a manner, however anyone who lives in the real world will see stupid owners of all sized dogs allow their uncontrolled dogs to act dominant or aggressively toward other dogs, the majority of those are little fluffy yap yaps. It doesn't take much for a large dog to rip a small dog apart! BTW, I'm absolutely sick of stupid owners(mostly owning little fluffball yap yaps) who allow their dogs to charge and carry on toward my dog. It may well be the case that this little dog was completely innocent and the larger dog(well it's owner at least) was completely at fault but I'd like to know the full story, not just what we're told by the media! How do you get it into your head that stupid owners (mostly owning little fluffball yap yaps) allow their dogs to charge and carry on. What sort of a dog do you have? Personally, I wouldn't like to tangle with an owner like you. I think you would be the sort of owner who would blame any other dog or owner because you think you're correct. I have two mini schnauzers (must be one of those stupid owners and a moron) who interact with dogs at the park, big and small. By the way, the are not yap yaps. I have never had a problem with any dogs there. Why, because the owners are of the responsible and considerate type. More often than not, it's not the dog, it's the person that's with them. The person responsible for the dog that attacked is a moron and surely would have realised that the dog, supposedly under his control had the capability and obviously the temperament to do what he did. Again, I ask, how you would react if it was you in this situation and had seen your dog ripped apart in front of your eyes.