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Examples of snoods on dogs http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&a...G=Search+Images Your poor boy - his ear looks so painful It's great that his personality is starting to come back though - he must be starting to feel better

Hi guys We had a snake encounter last night (yay for summer ). Anya bailed up a RBB under her kennel. We environmentally relocated the snake and Anya didn't appear to have been bitten as far as we could determine. We phoned our vet as soon as it happened, and they advised us to monitor her and they would be on standby if needed (if I know our vet they probably went into the surgery and setup everything in preparation). Everything is fine, Anya has shown no signs of snakebite - pupils are normal and reactive, no weakness, no blood in the urine. It occured to me this morning, when asked by oonga, that I didn't know how long the window of danger is - as in, over what timeframe would you reasonably expect the dog to show signs of envenomation? The incident happened at about 6pm last night. I'm still watching Anya very closely, and will do for the next few days (as in watching her pee, checking her pupils, etc). Going to be a long, hot, snake heavy summer guys - hold on to your hats!

First thought that jumps to mind is Ridgy X I don't see Cattle Dog in her (doesn't mean that there isn't, of course!) I don't see Rotty in her either, but I've seen photos from other people who apparently have RottyXMastiffs, that look similar to your photo, and I couldn't see the Rotty in any of them either

Or Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog, I guess, but when people say "red cattle dog" I think they are generally referring to the Australian Cattle Dog

Australian Cattle Dog

OH GR ;) I am so very, very sorry to hear that Sambucca has left for the bridge. My thoughts are with you all, poor Grotty family Beautiful Sambucca, travely swiftly and sweetly to the bridge.

As to when - it depends from litter to litter Normally by around 4 weeks I will be starting to introduce some foods. As for what - for the last few litters we have starting them on a mixture of mince and natural yoghurt, then gradually including soaked Advance rehydratable. As they get older, we start including veges as well. Next litter I want to try a more BARF approach as I have heard very positive results from other breeders with going this way

No, you're correct - it's not into a muscle when the vet injects like that. It's subcutaneous - under the skin. For IM - probably one of the easiest places is at the top of the thigh, nice big muscle Although, having said that, I'm only going on what I've seen. I can't inject a dog (or anything else) to save my life, I have a terrible phobia of needles. Injecting things (be it dogs or sheep - happens a lot with the sheep - vaccinations, penicillan, etc) is always a job for OH

Thanks poodlefan!

The different breeds of dogs are divided into groups, based on what purpose they are bred for - the Labrador Retriever is in the group called "Gundogs" Gundogs are bred to retrieve game shot by the hunter. (please feel free to correct any inaccuracies gundog people! I have utility dogs so I'm not certain on my explanation )

We use Robert McDowell's treatments with our dogs We first became aware of them when we were looking for alternative treatments for Stewie's Osteosarcoma. We found Robert McDowell, and started Stewie on his treatments and feeding recommendations (BARF) - Stewie lived a happy 10 months post diagnosis, mostly without needing any conventional pain killers - which is unusual for Osteo, as it is an extremely aggressive and painful cancer. We have used his Bone Healing mix with crushed millet and linseed on Enya with her foot (flattened foot due to severing digital tendons, resulting in sesamoiditis) with really good levels of success. We also use this mixture for our "pups" as they are a large, fast growing breed. I've been very happy with the results we have had with his products, and with Robert's accessibility - he's always very interested in how the treatments are going, and willing to tweak things to match individual circumstances.

Yep, I agree - looks like poor Pearl has a hotspot.

We used the Protech Duramune vaccinations with our last litter of pups. No problem with the first vaccination, but the second vaccination left them all very, very ill. We still had our two, mums boy and mack_truck's Foxy with us for the second vaccination. We had four very sick pups - Radar had bloody diahrrea, all had fevers and diahrrea and were very miserable. The vet suspected parvo (they ultimately tested negative). I've never had anything like this happen before, and it was terrifying. It was only after this event that I found out about the multitude of reported problems from people who have used this vaccine. Never again. goldielover - my understanding is that yes, Fort Dodge is the manufacturer of Protech Duramune.

What wonderful news Jodie! Give Ollie lots of hugs and kisses from all of us!

Funny how it works, isn't it, persephone? We have two pups (well - 14 months old) from our last litter. Our first Rottweilers with tails, and both have had cold tail. They both got saturated one day during winter (apparently playing in the freezing rain was more fun than staying in their dry shed and kennel), and both had no tail movement for the three days after being soaked. Go figure - other people have tailed breeds and never see it - we get it with our first tailed Rottys!

Thanks Kiash - that's pretty much confirms what I thought. Thanks for that

How common would you consider bobtails to be Kiash? I know you socialise with a much wider circle of breeders than I do, so you are more likely to hear of it occuring than I am.

Can't offer you much help Warley - I have never had a bobtail and have not seen one in person (apart from one pup I barely remember when I was a toddler). Although the gene does exist, they are not as common as many people seem to believe. My understanding from the few photos I have seen is that yes, tail length can vary considerably. My father had a few bobtails back in the 70's, and no spine x-rays were taken back then. The line that was producing bobtails for him had other health issues and temperament issues though, so he discontinued using stock from those lines. I've not heard of anyone having bobtails and x-raying spines. Mind you, it's damn rare that I hear of anyone even having bobtails - so not surprising I wouldn't hear of spinal x-raying

Yep - Anne - look at the backgrounds in the pictures this person has posted here and the photos the sent to you. Same person. BYB. Untested parents. Unknown background re temperament or health. Makes me sick.

Yep, your vet is the one you need to speak with - they are the ones who can see the pups, advise you best and monitor their progress. I'm guessing the parents have not had their hips and elbows x-rayed and scored? How about their eyes? Are they certified free from entropian and ectropian?

Excellent news!!

Argh, sorry Erin - I didn't even stop to think that I was talking gobbledygook with the scores. Keeping it really simple, each hip is scored and the lower the score the better the hip - the score for each hip can be between 0 (best) and 53 (worst). Enya is a 1:3, which means her left hip scored 1 and her right hip scored 3 - so she has good hips. The scoring is done by professional readers - so when breeders talk about hip scoring, they have the x-rays taken by a vet and then those x-rays are sent off to the reader to be scored, so the scoring is a separate process. You shouldn't have to worry about going into that much detail - I only gave the scores as an indication to show that Enya sits the same, and she has good hips Rowan Kilmartin sounds wonderful, blacklabrador! Can he move down to north east Victoria?

I agree you are doing the right thing with a vet visit - always better to be safe than sorry. As far as the sitting goes though - Enya sits exactly the same way when she is on a slippery surface. She has a hip score of 1:3

Yes, this would be what I would be most concerned about.

I am so very, very sorry to hear that Bacchus has passed. Please - if you feel up to it at some stage - we would love to see photos and hear about Bacchus - there is a Rainbow Bridge section that is dedicated to sharing our memories.