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Why don't you ask the ranger to take him and have him impounded, so if the owner wants him back, he'll have to empty part of his pocket. Having said that, it's not the dog's fault, and it seems the owner is a very irresponsible one and in the end, it's the dog that suffers the consequences.

Your poor cat, I hope the healing process doesn't take too long. From what I understand, Revolution has caused many problems in the USA. and a lot of the dog people have stopped using it for this reason. I just can't recall just what was occurring, but if my memory serves me correctly, some animals were dieing. My own vet tried to have me on this product, but because I knew of problems I refused and have my boys on Sentinal Spectrum which takes care of fleas and worms.

Of course it isn't an ideal diet but the dogs aren't at an ideal weight, they need to lose the weight and the diet puggy puggy has suggested works very well to shed weight off dogs-I've seen it done before but as I have already made up portions I will be sticking to roo and pumpkin. They don't need a variety of meat really, and these to mcfatties are certainly not getting lamb or beef as it is too fatty-all they're getting is lean roo and necks for their teeth. Sorry if I seem a bit bitchy, but you are coming across like I [and puggy puggy] don't really know what we are talking about/doing, please just bear in mind how what you write can come across sounding like. I never inferred that you or Puggy Puggy don't know whqt you are talking about. I merely stated that chicken necks is not an ideal, or may I add for that matter a balanced diet. In the long term a dog will subsist on that feeding but will not thrive. I did suggest giving them more meat, and as you yourself state now you do feed roo. Also, I wouldn't have thought you were coming across as being bitchy, you said that, not me,. so perhaps you are of the mind that you have come across a trifle strong. Your friend Puggy Puggy did not mention feeding meat, so I took the opportunity to voice my opinion.

If you really want to get the weight off I would suggest half a chicken neck and some veggies slops for the fatties. My adult pugs, that are of healthy weight, get approx 100 to 150 grams of food each a day. Half a chicken neck and veggies is not an ideal diet. The dogs need more MEAT. The necks are mainly bone. They need a variety of meats, including chicken, beef, and other low fat varieties such as kangaroo, rabbit, goat and venison. Probably the easiest to come by is the roo. These meats can be supplemented with raw veggies run through a food processor.

"feed them to the new puppies as 'raw meat' ". This can't be true though. Dogs don't feed on dog meat. They don't even chew on dog bones. I would imagine dogs would eat other dogs , but the statement made that this shop did such a thing, and I stress that I don't know the shop being discussed, needs to be backed up with positive evidence. Statements like that can lead to an awful lot angst if not true. Having said that, if it is true, that is a dreadful thing to do.

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I raw feed my two boys, and it's interesting. If I happen to have some cooked meat around, and I mix it with their raw meat, they will first pick out the raw, and then go for the cooked. The won't even touch the kibble or canned stuff. Dogs were 'made' to eat raw, not the processed foods that so many of us feed. Your fur kid is not just a pretty face, and she is trying to tell you something.

It has been mentioned that some photos were too distressing to be released. In my opinion they should be released for the general public to view, so it can be seen just how these so called dog breeders, who are just puppy making factories cherish their animals. Mr. and Mrs. general public must be shown and told the truth so they will open their eyes as to the misery these turds bring upon their charges. You would think, wouldn't you that the breeding animals would be kept in top condition to keep mass producing their livelihood. Shame on them, and the RSPCA for allowing this misery to occur and to sadly continue. If only we could discourage puppies being bought from these so called breeders and pet shops.

Before having the titer test done on my mini schnauzer, I asked my vet if she did titers. She didn't know anything about them. I then asked if she did 3 yearly shots and she said she didn't. I just moved vets to one that does both. She told me that my 12 something mini boy didn't need vaccinating at that age. Yearly shots are just, in my opinion, a money grabbing exercise.

I had my two yr. old mini schnauzer to the vet to have a titer test done, because he was due to have his annual vaccination. Well the test came back that he still has immunity and not to bother with the vaccine. If next year, his immunity is low, he will get the three yearly shot. I try to keep vaccinations as minimal as possible.

Just let your dog out. You can bet your sweet life that the cat won't come onto your property.

If I were picking a puppy to come and share our family home, I would definately like to meet the mum. as I would like to see her temprement. Having small grandchildren in my case it is imperative that the family temprement is good. by the way, my granndkids are NOT allowed to be rough and 'rude' to my dogs.

I would NEVER give my boys any of those chews again. One of them choked on a rawhide chew and I had to pull it out of his throat. After a while they get 'gluggy' and tend to stick in the throat. It's raw bones for them now, more natural and much healthier.

My pups came to me at 12 weeks of age, and they were well adjusted little boys. A pup should be with the litter until 8 weeks, because that is when they are learning from litter mates and mum. Having said that, bringing home a six week old puppy to an experienced dog home should be no big deal, as you stated about pups you have bred. This poor woman seems not to have that experience, otherwise she wouldn't have accepted the puppy at that age. In Victoria it is mandatory to microchip puppies.

Well, this thread brings me back quite a number of years when my grown up adult sons were small children. My hubby and I were going out for the night and my younger sister and her then boyfriend were baby sitting for us. I warned her boyfriend, who thought it was funny to tease our great dane, not to do so. The idiot didn't listen did he? When we came home, our dane was lying on top of him close to the front door, for about 3 hours, it seems. Before the days of mobile 'phones, so we couldn't be contacted. He pretended that he was tasking one of the kids out the front door, so the dog reacted. This dane was remarkably gentle with all small children, and he didn't like his kids being messed with. Needless to say, that was the absolute last time the idiot messed with our big boy.

I agree. My boy had irritated eyes too and it ended up being chronic dry eye. Even after months of treatment, he developed ulcers and to cut to the chase, still has chronic dry eye in one of his eyes, (he had the other removed) and is attending an eye specialist, now 6 monthly, unless we have other eye problems with him.

No to both, but diabetes was mentioned as a possible development when she was at the vets soon after the pancreatitis. Would the blood test show that one? They didn't do a urine test. I hope we find the answers very soon too as she can hardly lose any more weight. I have made her a little warm coat for if the weather gets cold but I hope by winter she will not need it. Thanks for all the replies. The vet actually said it was a pretty ‘complete’ diet but it makes sense to me to change it. She was so very ill at the time ( when she had the pancreatitis in July) that I have been afraid to experiment too far since. I know lean chicken breast is ok. I remember someone saying kangaroo was not recommended for their dog after pancreatitis but they didn’t say why. Here’s hoping the blood tests can help, I think the vet didn’t suggest much more until we get those results. (Edited for second reply) What part of Melbourne do you live in? The natural vet that I was referring to is in South Road Bentleigh. She modified my mini's diet and one of the meats he is on is Kangaroo. She also prescribed a mixture of herbs which he takes daily. I am feeding him some of the meats that I was before his attack. My own regular vet insisted I go on commercial diets and I resisted vehemently. My boys have always been fed a raw and natural diet. I also asked my regular vet regarding the digestive enzymes and was told they were not needed. Says who? He dropped from 9kg down to 8kg. That's a lot to lose for a mini schnauzer. He is now back up to 8.6kg and looks fantastic. If cooked kangaroo, mashed potatoes and pumpkin is a complete diet, I'll go heeeeee. Regardless of the blood results I would be trying Dr Ann Neville at South Rd Animal Health at Bentliegh. I consulted her from Sydney so if you are in Melbourne, get over there asap. This dog's whole system seems out of whack and even if it is cancer Ann can help with that as well. Her results with cancer dogs are astounding. She can also do a hair analysis that will tell her what the dog's body is deficient in and then use supplements to correct the imbalance. Yes, this is the vet I was referring to. She is fantastic. She treats animals from all over Melbourne that are brought there by their owners. It's worth a try.

No to both, but diabetes was mentioned as a possible development when she was at the vets soon after the pancreatitis. Would the blood test show that one? They didn't do a urine test. I hope we find the answers very soon too as she can hardly lose any more weight. I have made her a little warm coat for if the weather gets cold but I hope by winter she will not need it. Thanks for all the replies. The vet actually said it was a pretty ‘complete’ diet but it makes sense to me to change it. She was so very ill at the time ( when she had the pancreatitis in July) that I have been afraid to experiment too far since. I know lean chicken breast is ok. I remember someone saying kangaroo was not recommended for their dog after pancreatitis but they didn’t say why. Here’s hoping the blood tests can help, I think the vet didn’t suggest much more until we get those results. (Edited for second reply) What part of Melbourne do you live in? The natural vet that I was referring to is in South Road Bentleigh. She modified my mini's diet and one of the meats he is on is Kangaroo. She also prescribed a mixture of herbs which he takes daily. I am feeding him some of the meats that I was before his attack. My own regular vet insisted I go on commercial diets and I resisted vehemently. My boys have always been fed a raw and natural diet. I also asked my regular vet regarding the digestive enzymes and was told they were not needed. Says who? He dropped from 9kg down to 8kg. That's a lot to lose for a mini schnauzer. He is now back up to 8.6kg and looks fantastic. If cooked kangaroo, mashed potatoes and pumpkin is a complete diet, I'll go heeeeee.

I have had a standard and a mini at the same time years ago. My big boy has now gone, but he was super intelligent, protecting his family, and I mean human and his mini 'brother' to the end. When a grandchild was born into the family, he took over the job of No. 1 attendant, and he was the most gentle boy with her it was a beautiful time in all our lives. He tended to each subsequent grandchild with the same enthusiasm and love. The children, from an early age on were taught to be gentle, kind and considerate to the dogs. It's been nearly 3 years since he has gone, and my oldest grandchild still talks about him. On the other side of the coin, my mini totally ignored our first grandchild for just about 6 months, but we didn't push the issue until he was ready to accept the baby. Eventually he did, but now when we are all together, he takes himself upstairs after greeting them and stays on his own. His choice. There was never any aggression with the standard except when he came across a situation and perceived someone needed help. Both sizes have their merits, but even though, at the time, my big boy was my soul mate, I will now go for the mini, because of the size and our advancing age.

Couldn't agree more. What's even worse is something I encountered recently - where dogs are deliberately set onto someone elses dogs. I was walking my dogs (on leads) past a friends house the other day and I realised the friend was being visited by a local guy who owns 2 aggressive kelpies. I saw the dogs in the back of the ute sitting in my friends driveway and just as I registered they were there, they suddenly leapt off the ute, hackles up and rushed at my dogs with ferocious growls and snarls etc. Fortunately for all of us they were too stupid to go to the open gate and instead tried to cut diagonally across in front of us so they came up against a tall picket fence. We had time to run down the street and get back to my house before they realised the gate was open. We were lucky, this could have ended with dogs and me injured or killed. Later I learnt from my friend that the dogs owner had deliberately "skitched" his dogs onto mine!!!! WHy? Apparently he thought it was "funny". He deserves to be locked up and to me this is a criminal act - an assault. do you know if your friend tried to stop this person doing what he did. If not, I would reconsider the friend bit

Who 'smacked' your dog??? Me! as she was very naughty chasing a little dog and she wouldn't come back when I called. I wouldn't come back either if I knew I would get smacked when I did.

Who 'smacked' your dog??? Me! as she was very naughty chasing a little dog and she wouldn't come back when I called. Did you smack her after she finally came back? Now if I knew that when I finally came back I would get a smack, I wouldn't come back either.

Albinos are a genetic mutation or "freak" to be non-PC. IMO they should not be raised because of the health issues that will abound. They are not "white" in the sense a genetically white dog is white, they are genetically "wrong". I would be trying reasonably hard to steer son elsewhere, unless he wants a dog with the potential for major health issues including melanoma from a VERY early age. Thanks to both replies. I have spoken to my friend and he said his son had already paid the RSPCA for the pup. Duh!!! Told him to get another pup from there and leave problems. What I am very disappointed about is that the RSPCA allows such a pup to be adopted out. Apparently this pup was originally bought from a pet shop and then given up. Wouldn't you think this would ring alarm bells? Some people are incredibly naive and are ruled by the heart and not the head. His father told me that if there are problems with the pup, they will have it put down. Why step into such a situation when there are other adoptable pups out there? There, glad I got that off my chest!!!!

OK - quick low-down Staffords come in brindle, whole coloured red, tan pattern or white/pied. They are either fully pigmented (not blue) or dilute (blue). There is also liver but ignore that one for now Red to red only produces red or black and tan (could also produce liver) brindle to brindle can produce absolutely anything because it is the dominant gene and can hide any other gene. Generations of brindle breeding can produce huge surprises - I know of a dog which sires red pups despite the fact his nearest red ancestor is SIX generations back, and then there's only one of them! Blue is a recessive gene which dilutes black pigment. It is not actually a colour in itself. AFAIK two blues mated together can produce only blue dilute - however it could be blue fawn or blue brindle. "Blue"and "blue brindle"are the same colour. The only exception to this would be pieds and whites - white is an absence of colour so masks what is there can you could get a pure white dog which is genetically blue dilute because these are two different genes and one cancels out the other. A blue mated to another colour can produce anything as it's a recessive gene so can be overpowered by virtually any other gene so without knowing if both parents are blue or what the other parent is I can't even begin to guess. If they have both the parent's DNA certificates they can DNA test the puppy to confirm whether the parents are genuine or not, they don't need anyone else's permission. I have a question please. My friend's son is picking up an albino 4months old pup from the RSPCA tomorrow. I reminded him that albinos have red/pink eyes and he said he does. Is he looking for trouble?