twodoggies2001

When my old boy had a pancreatic attack years ago, his diet was modified by a homeopathic vet and in the veggie mix there was raw beetroot. All the veggies were processed through the food processor. Ii fed it to both my dogs and both relished the veggie mix. No ill effects.

My boy is fed raw, and I grate raw veggies without any flavouring whatsoever. I don't feel dogs need the extra flavours, especially salts and sugars. Having said that, I don't think my boy even has a chance to taste. He just hoovers up whatever is in his plate. I have been lucky to the extent that none of the dogs that have lived with our family has been fussy. Anything offered is eaten.

and to add do you just buy stuff like chicken necks, bones etc from the butchers, supermarket?? In my case, I buy from the butcher because they are more value for money. I buy human grade cuts. My philosophy is 'cheap is not always economical'

I take my boy to an off lead park and he has a ball. I can say that up till now, we have not encountered an unruly, untrained dog in our fun times there. There are times when if I don't want him to approach a particular I just call him away, and that's the key. Your own dog has to be obedient, and I always have voice control over him. That's half the battle, but lots of work into achieving this. I want my boy to have as much fun and freedom as possible when it's his time at the park, and if he's a good boy, then he gets it. There are certain sections of the park where dogs are required to be leashed and abide by this rule, but as soon as we are clear of this area, off comes the lead.

I have a mini schnauzer who is now 3 1/2 years old. He hasn't been vaccinated since he had his puppy booster. I have now decided to have him titred and he has been tested as having sufficient immunity for the past two years. I am also very wary of having a 12 month heartworm vaccination. I would rather give him the monthly chew. I wonder about the 3 yearly vaccine, breeders have told me every 3 years but vets always argue that with me. I have a ragdoll cat also which is strictly an indoor cat and the vet pretty much had a go at me for not vacc yearly some boarding places also wont take her cause of not vacc yearly.

It may have been a murder scene so I assume they don't move the body until they do some investigating. Poor doggie, the worst part for me is when the body was put into the van, which I think was an ambulance. The poor creature was so lost and alone!!!!

Considering the ever increasing reports in the media where "professional help" and counselling after disasters are being shown to do more harm than good, no way would professional help be my first port of call. so, where would you go?

I agree with this advice. Your grandson does need the professional help and needs to be desensitized. He obviously has a phobia which is so unfortunate as he is missing put on the love and companionship a dog could provide him. I wish your family luck in this venture and hope this all works out for everyone.

Sure, but it is the inhumane way these dogs are killed. Absolutley horrendous

Vets and feeding. Sometimes I wonder!!! One of my mini schnauzers had pancreatitus brought on by I believe medication. Both my dogs are raw fed and the vet said I had change to a dry food. I did a lot of research and then consequently changed vets who modified the raw diet to suit my sick boy and 4 years later, he is still eating raw thereby disputing the need for a dry food diet. I have always fed my dogs raw and as far as I'm concerned, will continue to do so. My older boy is now almost 14 1/2 years old, has his problems but still manages to eat his meaty bones with great gusto.

It is a beautiful story. Mini schnauzers are very intelligent little dogs. I know, because I have two of them lol.

they are not used on greyhounds cause they bite people they are not used on greyhounds cause they bite people Agreed! Greyhounds are such gorgeous animals - such a misconception about them though Sorry I should have explained myself better, and I do love greyhounds,and know they are a gentle dog by nature, what I should have said was, they muzzle greyhounds, and they don't bite for no reason so why not muzzle a dog that does bite, I don't understand why they have to muzzle greyhounds at all anyway. I believe that greyhounds are muzzled because they chase lures and could well mistake a small dog or cat in public for same. Many years ago, when I was a child, we owned a pekinese and a fellow up the road had a racing greyhound and walked it unmuzzled. That same greyhound took to our peke ad almost killed him. Not the greyhound's fault, but definately the fault of the idiotic owner. He had a huge vet bill that he paid. There are many types of dogs - both purebred and crossbreeds that are far more dangerous in general, than a greyhound. If your thoughts were right, all large dogs would be muzzled. There are many large dogs that would kill a small fluffy animal, even of the same species and it regularly happens in dog parks as well as out on the street, you just don't hear about it. Only last week I heard about someone's Maltese being ripped apart by a Malamute. I was referring to a racing greyhound. What the owner was doing was in fact illegal. I have met several greyhounds at the park and they have be desensitised and are truly wonderful dogs and I have no problem with them.

they are not used on greyhounds cause they bite people they are not used on greyhounds cause they bite people Agreed! Greyhounds are such gorgeous animals - such a misconception about them though Sorry I should have explained myself better, and I do love greyhounds,and know they are a gentle dog by nature, what I should have said was, they muzzle greyhounds, and they don't bite for no reason so why not muzzle a dog that does bite, I don't understand why they have to muzzle greyhounds at all anyway. I believe that greyhounds are muzzled because they chase lures and could well mistake a small dog or cat in public for same. Many years ago, when I was a child, we owned a pekinese and a fellow up the road had a racing greyhound and walked it unmuzzled. That same greyhound took to our peke ad almost killed him. Not the greyhound's fault, but definately the fault of the idiotic owner. He had a huge vet bill that he paid.

Pretty standard care for any facial wound. Please, stop making excuses for this dog. The fact is he bit his owner inflicting a wound to her face. Thank goodness it wasn't worse or a child being the victim. The owner of this dog is obviously very wary of her dog and worried about her daughter and friends when they come across to visit. It shouldn't have to be like that. The dog probably shouldn't be rehomed, because it is untrustworthy so what is she to do. Lock it away each time the daughter rehome a very dog savvy person take over if willing and knows what he/she is doing.

Yeah I believe we do expect too much at times. For that reason I would never have a dog PTS because it defended itself against rough handling or anything that caused it pain. Just heard on the news that a family dog has scalped a 4 year old and the child is fighting for life. Breed at this time unknown. How can anyone afford to take the risk whether the dog was defending itself or not. I was under the impression we were referring to a dog maybe snapping at a child who caused a dog pain, not a dog mauling a child severely. In my mind there's a difference. The OP stated that the dog is aggressive, so one could easily graduate from snapping to more if that way way inclined. I mean, how much leeway do we allow?

Yeah I believe we do expect too much at times. For that reason I would never have a dog PTS because it defended itself against rough handling or anything that caused it pain. Just heard on the news that a family dog has scalped a 4 year old and the child is fighting for life. Breed at this time unknown. How can anyone afford to take the risk whether the dog was defending itself or not.

I agree. The dog is aggressive and there is an 11year old child. If the dog stays, which I don't think he should, whenever the child uses the back yard, the dog needs to be locked away. What a situation to be in. Personally, in this situation, OI think the best all round should be to put the dog to sleep.

The victim may have walked out of the way to the extent of the leash. They have stated they walked on to the nature strip. The dog may however have lunged at the person, dragging the owner and so decreasing the distance. The fact that the victim did move any distance around the people suggests that they attempted not to get chomped. Or do you think the victim should have crossed the road? They stated that the footpath was blocked with the offenders and their dogs and walked onto the nature strip for that reason, not to be clear of the dog's leash range, which at the time probably didn't enter the victim's head to do so? The leash range of a strange dog to me is their personal space which I prefer to keep out of to prevent what happened in this case. So if you want to be a thrillseeker by entering a strange dog's personal space, the bottom line is, be aware that getting bitten may be the result........the choice is yours :D In all honesty, shouldn't people with dogs move off the footpath onto the nature rather than the other way around?

I feed my boys roo as part of their diet and I used to buy it from the pet supplier. I couldn't take the smell,so now buy the human grade. I know it costs more, but what the heck. My older boy needs lean non fatty meats and my younger boy eats it for added variety.

Money is not the most important thing to the landlord at all. There is no point from the landlord's point of view in having a higher rent and a poor quality tenant. In our case, we would rather have a lower rent and a better tenant who would ensure the property is swell looked after. In our own case, we have had many long term tenants and have not raised rentals or kept the rises low, because we appreciate good tenants.

If the agent is worth his weight he will put these tenants on a black list so any other agent when looking up their credentials will hopefully, for the sake of the new prospective landlord not rent to them. That's called karma.

Sorry, I have to jump in on this one. I am on the other side of the coin. I am a landlord and also a dog lover, but I had to reject an application through the real estate agent when a young woman with a husky, applied to rent a townhouse, no front gates and a small courtyard and she worked long hours during the day. Where would the dog be all day? As much as I sympathised with the applicant I need to look out for my property and investment too. I have no doubt that a lot of dog owners will look after the property but my husband couldn't take the risk. I have no objection to dogs as long as the owner is there for most of the day.

I just googled the Barf percentages fed to puppies and they quote up to 10%. When they grow into adults, 2% is the go. Is your puppy lean. The beauty of the raw diet is that for larger breeds, they grow more slowly and evenly, which is not a bad thing.

I just wanted to be sure with the transition and it only took about a week until my boy was on completely raw, so it didn't bother him and it didn't bother me.

When we brought our mini schnauzer home as a pup around 3 years ago, he was given a bag of Advance by the breeder. Because I too also feed raw, he was slowly transitioned over to a fully raw diet and haven't looked back. I didn't want to go straight into the raw in case he would get an upset tummy. I just added a little raw each time he was fed until he was off the dry food completely. Good luck with your pup.