jessie86

Yeah you're right, I know it's such a bad habit to google everything, I need to stop. He's had grass vomits before, and this is definitely different, it's a gagging type of cough/reflux thing like he'g going to vomit, and yellow phlegm came out. Our vet doesn't work Thursday's however I'll try and get him to see someone else at the practice. Hopefully he'll be okay!

Oh no, I'm freaking out. It's more of a gagging type of thing, doesn't sound like a real 'sick dog cough'. Even if he's been immunised for this, is it still possible to contract??

Our pup used to pull like crazy, we bought the easy walker lead from pet barn, and it has 100% worked. Its amazing, our puppy school recommended it, he is now a pleasure to walk!

Hi everyone, I'm a little worried about my 7month old Vizsla puppy. I've take the day off work to be with him today. We woke up this morning to take him for his usual morning walk, and my partner said he saw our pup coughing a few time and then spat up yellow phlegm. His nose is wet, he's full of energy, he ate all his food, however this weird coughing thing has happened twice more this morning, but with no phlegm. we're trying to get in contact with our vet, and will try and take him in either today or tomorrow, I'm worried about it though, as the other day I found this werid tiny lump on his neck, it literally looked like a pimple, and I touched it and it exploded just like a pimple, and fluid leaked out, and it went away. Could he have an allergy??? or is this most likely an infection. Obviously we will have to wait to here from our Vet, but in the meantime I'm worried, and googling all these horrible symptoms which is scaring me. Our pup is fully vaccinated, wormed, treated for fleas/ticks with Advantix, and eats a healthy raw and kibble diet. Sorry for all the grosse details! Thanks, J

They were crosses, they could be lovely dogs with people but the young girl said they've done this sort of thing before, and they weren't friendly dogs, they really were in a pack. The dog at surry hills is a pit bull and has killed a Maltese terrier.

No not at all, I learnt that I'm accountable for my pup but can't control other peoples dogs behaviors. I also took for granted that all the dogs he has been introduced to are friendly and lots of dogs aren't. Pretty much taught us to be more careful with him so we can avoid ever placing him in danger.

Thanks so much for your kind words and advice and concern. Has really helped!

Yep in Sydney, beach was Turrametta on Northern Beaches. Thanks so much!

It's so scary isn't it, the after thought of 'what could have happen if we lost him' has completely freaked me out. Today at the dog park he was completely fine, so hopefully he will be okay. We did however walk him with my parents weimeraner Olive, who is 3 and he gets to play with her 3 times a week, so they know each other well, and she is quite protective of him, and wont let him run really fast in the dog park. ALSO ******Just a word of warning, to anyone that lives in Surry Hills, or walks their dogs in Surry Hills, a PitBull killed a maltese terrier two days ago in Surry Hills. Myself and my neighbours are reporting him to the RSPCA and we have alerted city of sydney council. To make matters worse, the dog is walked on a rope and the owner is not a full quid and has served jail time.

I was thinking that myself afterwards but a million dogs have done this to our pup before and he does the typical pup thing of lying on his back and being submissive and licking. But these two dogs were different, it was like they were in a pack, and if we had been a little longer I truly do think we would have lost him, it was lucky it happened just a few metres away from us. It literally took 3 men to pull these two dogs off. I guess by the same token if they wanted to really do serious damage they very easily could have. when the first dog jumped on him it got rough quick, but when the second dog joined in, it very quickly became out of control. Also as I ran away with our Pup they continued and tried to chase me when I picked him up - luckily my boyfriend yelled and found a stick to deter them and run away.

Thanks so much, was a little traumatised last night myself when I was writing my post!!! A stiff drink is being had today. We took our Pup to the vet today, and he is fine, the scratches on him don't look great but they should heal up in a few days. He has hurt his little nail however, but that should be okay also. The vet said we really need to be careful as he is a massive target when we take him out, especially with him being so young. But we took him to a local dog park today and he was completely fine. I was a little worried but hid my anxiousness, especially when our Pup decided to run up to a pit bull to play ( I ended up calmly picking him up and walking away) and letting him play with dogs that were happy and friendly. The Pitbull coud have been fine but after yesterday I wasn't taking any risks!!!!

Thanks so much everyone, the beach was Turrametta on the Northern Beaches. A lot of local dogs play down there in the afternoon when no one is around, we actually live in Inner Eastern Sydney, and thought a day at the beach would be fun!!!

It was Turrametta Beach, on the Northern Beaches, it's an unpatrolled beach, and in the afternoons a lot of people take their dogs down when it's quiet. The two dogs were cross mullmastiff's, I've called up the local rangers today!

Hi, I had the most horrible end to a beautiful day today and am still completely shaken up. My beautiful 15 week old puppy was nearly taken from me today in what could have been a horror story. My boyfriend and I were at a secluded beach with a friend who wanted to do a photo shoot with the two of us and our puppy. We had spent a whole day at the beach with him and he had the time of his life. As we were jogging on the sand with our pup and the photographer was taking photos, two massive bullmastiff's came up and literally started attacking our pup. I have nothing against the breed, my friend has one and we love him to pieces, but these two dogs looked like they were on steroids, they were huge and muscly and sinewy and clearly vicious. Less than a metre from us, we turned and then both were on top of him snapping and tramping him, our Pup made this horrible noise that I have never heard a dog make in my entire life, it took 3 big guys to get these dogs off our little puppy, and I literally had to scoop him up and run away with him. He was absolutely hysterical and traumatized and it took a good few minutes to calm him down, as I was running, in my head I thought, he's dead, he's bleeding, we've lost our pup, and then frantically searched all over his body, but amazingly he is okay, and only had a scratch under his eye, and a few nicks near his ear. I was in tears, and thought this could make the situation worse for our pup, so I calmed down and started playing with him, and ended the day on a happy and high note. I was really worried it would scar him for life from other dogs, but about 15minutes after the attack he happily walked up to another dog to day hello and was confident and happy as per usual. To make matters worse, these two huge dogs, who were literally hunting him in a pack, and if we had been any later would have caused real damage, were completely off the leash with only 3 young girls all under 14 looking after them. When they attacked, the girls were swimming in the water, and had no control over the dogs, the photographer literally had to kick one of them off our puppy. It really angered me that their owners (most probably the girls parents) would let them take those big dogs alone, the girl even admitted that they had done this before. I'm so furious with myself that I didn't get their details, but suffice to say I will never return to that beach for a very long time. Thought I would post this for a few reasons - Firstly, does anyone have any advice? Did i do the right thing by picking him up? At 15 weeks will he always remember this? Secondly, we are taking him to the vet just for a check up, but are there any signs I should look out before then as it's in a day time. and lastly this really taught me a HUGE lesson, that my pup is a target when we are out in public for a lot of dogs, I realised i need to remember that a lot of dogs don't like puppies running, and need to be more careful where we take him, however it was just one of those freak situations. Thanks for reading, I am still so upset and shakey just thinking about it. xxx

You're right outside is full of toys so it probably isn't a good idea putting him there. He is only nuts at night time, as he sleeps during the day a lot. We find taking him outside for walk even just around the block is helping, and the only way we can settle him is by picking him up on our laps and soothing him - however he is soon going to be close to 30kg and this won't be an option then!! So if we spray him without him seeing the water sprayer is it still affective, we orignally thought putting him in the laundry for time out might be good, however that's where he sleeps, so I was a bit hesitant about punishing him in a place that he is very good in (he has never toileted in the laundry, ever and goes straight to sleep when we put him in there for bed time).

I found with my 14 week old pup, the best thing to do is distract her, and let her know and think that time outside is heaps of fun! Get a kong, and stuff it with kibbels, or treats (my pup loves the kong biscuites with peanut butter) you can google it and put heaps of recipes in the kongs. she need a safe place outside, does she havea little dog house or a bed? Make her sit, and give her the kong when she is in to it, leave and leave her on her own. She will probably cry and howl, my pup used to put on a huge show, so much so that I was nearly in tears hearing him cry and he even slammed himself into the glass, which worried me so much. But the minute I made outside fun, it helped a lot! Even leave an old box outside for her to chew, or a pigs ear, or a favourite treat or toy that she loves. Good luck! Our pup cried and cried, and I made it worse, by waiting and then comind downstairs when he was really crying and this made it worse, if you don't go downstairs, she will eventually get tired and give up, it's just hard listening to it! GOOD LUCK!

We had a similar issue with our gundog pup, And I found what worked best, was to make the kennel a really fun place to be. So -- everytime I leave for work which is twice a week, i put a kong stuffed with treats and peanut butter in his kennel and make him drop or sit in the kennel first and he loves it and is distracted while I leave and lock up. I also made sure the kennel is warm and soft with blankets and bedding, our Pup sleeps inside in the laundry still, but during the day he knows the kennel is for outside and he loves the kennel. He is 14 weeks now, and will sometimes cry as a i leave, but he stops after 2minutes, I know it's soo difficult leaving and I felt soo guilty leaving while he was wailing and putting on a HUGE show outside. I also left cardboard boxes outside and he would sometimes be distracted with chewing them and not notice me sneaking out. Our puppy school taught us also not to make a big deal when you come home from work and just ignore and be calm, so he learns that you leaving and coming is not a big deal. GOOD LUCK!!!

Sorry for my late reply, We have tried all of the below, I'm sure some people will disagree with what we've tried but it's been so difficult! 1) Yelping or screaming high pitched OUCH like another puppy 2) Shoving another toy in his mouth 3) Saying 'NOOOO' in a really gruff voice 4) Tapping him on the nose and saying 'NOOOO' 5) Tried spraying some water on him (absolute last resort, which we only did twice) 6) Isolation. - putting him outside. 7) Picking him up and holding him till he calms down.

He gets a walk every afternoon around the suburb, and some time off the lead in the dog park. He also gets to play with my parents Weimeraner twice a week in my parents backyard which he loves. Every day we practice at least twice basic commands, such as: sit, stay, shake, drop, show me your tummy etc. I think he may just be a mouthy dog, My biggest fear is that he hasn't learnt that biting human skin is bad. And now he's 14 weeks, it's getting a bit better, He has stopped mouthing me (not completely) but I no longer have scratches and blood on me! Where as my husband still does. What I'm finding really annoying is, when we walk him, people come up and pat him, and I always say 'be careful he is a bit bitey at the moment' and people always reply 'oh i don't care', and let him bite them, this may be fuelling the problem?

Thank you so much, Our puppy school said not do any of this as they are only positive and reward based, but my husband has started doing this and it is slowly starting to work. At first he would bit down harder, but now he knows it is uncomfortable and is stopping!! Thank again

Thank you the ice cubes are working like a treat!

We are going through the exact same problem with our 14 week old pup. He is starting to slowly improve each week, and he is gundog so we think this plays a big part, and is also just a mouthy dog. He's stopped biting me, but not my husband or friends. What seems to work for me is, if he is on my lap and starts going crazy with his mouth open and head going everywhere trying to bit my hands, I hold him on my lap so he can see my face, and say in a stern voice 'stop that', and if he continues, i look at him in and say nooo noooo, and hold him strongly so he can't wiggle out and eventually he has started to get the idea. I also pat him a lot with my hands near his mouth and reward him when he doesn't bite! Just some advice hopefully it works or helps you a little, I know how hard it is!!

Hi, My beautiful 12 week old Gun Dog, is mouthing us like crazy. (STILL) He actively chases us to bite us, and for the behaviour to stop we have to either isolate him, or I have to physically pick him up and calm him down. The yelping and pretending we are another dog, isn't working, and It's now getting bad as he's biting peoples legs when they visit us. I don't want this habit to last, he is soo good in all other respects, it's just the biting, he has drawn blood before also. Any suggestions?? Puppy Preschool haven't given us any advice that actually works. I'm now getting angry at him, which we originally said we wouldn't do, however it's just getting really frustrating.

haha thanks so much! Elbie and our pup Hunter, sound identical! in the crazy biting stages, I just have to try and not loose my cool and view the situation rationally and not emotionally as I get so upest when he hurts us. The ignoring doesn't work for Hunter either as when we walk away he follows or just stays biting our jeans/slippers/feet/dreses antyhing and everything. Now if i get cranky at him he runs off and bites the couch instead, which to us is even worse as it's brand new! oooh the joys of puppy hood. Oh gosh I could never bites him! haha, It's nice to speak with someone who has gone through what we have and now has a non biting normal pup. I just hope I haven't been to mean and gruff with him!

Thank you so much! Will check them out now, he is such a good boy it's only the biting and barking and 3 hours of crazyness. I'm home with him all day, and we play with him every day at 3pm for 2 hours, so he has enough mental stimulation, I've even tried yelping like a dog being hurt but it's not working!!! I'll check out the thread now, I can only imagine the issues we are going to have with the lead!!! I know exactly what you mean, As he is only 9 weeks and I've had him for only 1, I have to keep remembering to put it in perspective, apart from this, he already know his name and comes when called! Thanks again.