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The Place at Yarramundi is called Yarramundi reserve. Go onto goodle maps and type in 46 Springwood Road, Yarramundi, New South Wales and it should come up for you. Its a really great place with plenty of sand leading into the water. Its great in winter gets a little to busy in summer on the weekend.

Just an update, Dex is home and all good. The vet still isnt sure what happened but tends to think it was more a case of toxin/poisin rather than epilepsy. But I guess we won't really know so fingers cross it doesnt happen again as it was pretty scary. Thanks for all the tips and well wishers. Mike

Thanks for all the replies, I forgot to mention that he did have a temperature which I guess is why he went on the drip. My first though was epilepsy but the vet seemed to think it was something else. Im not sure if they where just trying to be optimistic though. The Vet also hadn't seen a dog with the same sort of BOB and sway which confused them a little bit. I haven't heard from the vet yet but hopefully can pick him up at 10am and find out some more. Thanks for all your help, if anyone else has more advice I would love to hear it.

Just wondering if any has seen this before. I just had to rush Dex our 18 month golden retriever to the vet. This has never happened before he was sitting there and then suddenly started bobbing his head, like the dogs on the back window of a car. It was defiantly more a bobble/wobble than like a shaking tremor. His whole body then started bobbing and he got very scared and wet himself. The vet seems to think it could be a virus/poising or epilepsy. Anyway I just had a look at lots of videos online and can't find one video of a dog with epilepsy that is shaking the same way Dex was. Basically Dex was shaking his head like somebody would to say yes to a question. He is still at the vet on a drip and antibiotics. Just wondering can anyone shed some insight and have they seen this before. Thanks in advance.

Another thread (Rescue Dogs - Clues To Their Lives Before You.) about not knowing the history of a rescue dog and making assumptions about the dog's history has got me thinking. If your dog ended up in a shelter and a new owner took them without knowing it's history does your dog do any quirky things that could make the new owners feel that the dog had been mistreated or abused in some way. For example my dog Dex has never liked you offering his food to him in his bowl, he will actually back away and run off if you hold it up to him. Hence if somebody adopted him from a shelter I'm sure they would assume he has been abused round dinner time, which has never been the case and I have no idea why he get's scared. He is also scared of photo frames, as one fell near him and made a loud bang when he was a pup, if you have a photo frame near him he gets really scared, so again a new owner would think he has maybe been hit with a photo frame. So does anyone else dog do quirky things that could mislead new owners about their history?

Wow seems like their are a lot around the mountains areas I never realized. The vet said he has seen a high amount come in recently with most being from the Mt riverview area at a guess that would be at least 60km from the ocean.

He is on frontline and I think he would of got it yesterday in the lower blue mountains area NSW.

Ok I ended up taking it to the vet. He looked under the microscope, he is 99% sure it is just a bush tick but did struggle to identify it. The legs all looked the same to him indicating bush tick but the legs where very close to the front and bunched indicating a a paralyses tick. If it was a paralyses it was very young and vet thinks it wouldn't do any harm. So hopefully Dex should be ok. Thanks for everyone's help I should be alot better at identifying ticks in the future. I guess you can never be to sure so it's better to be safe than sorry.

J Thank you for making me triple check I just found another one same size under his tail. I wish he had a short coat would be so much easier. Still looking for more. Thank you

It is really really tiny and very hard to take a photo of. You can't even see the legs without taking a photo. Here are some more photos of it, I really don't see and colour difference in the legs, that's why I'm leaning more towards a bush tick. Thanks all the advice is appreciated. The vet didn't think it had been on their long due to size and my where abouts.

Thanks for the quick replies. Just called the vet they think it is most likely a bush tick, as stormy said the vet said the best way to tell is from the legs colour. The tick is very tiny so it is hard to see but from what I can tell they all look the same colour. I now just have to keep him quiet and monitor him. He seems to be acting very normal. Thanks for all the replies

Hi, I have never seen a tick in my life and I just found this tiny tick on my dog two minutes ago that just fell off when I touched it. I'm a bit of a journey away from the vet so I was wondering is this a paralysis tick. Should I be worried as I said Iv never seen a tick in my life so have no idea what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks

Thanks for the replies. My dog defiantly could be doing some wrong things, that I Haven't picked up on. It just shocked me there first encounter my dog was yawning and looking the other way and his dog was still really aggressive. Dex has never had any other problems with other dogs, so I just found it weird. My dog was desexed a few months ago and his is still entire. The dogs havn't actually played together either when they are both of lead his dog shows no interest in mine, and is very loyal to his owner and eager to please. Next time we are out I will give the long walks on the lead for awhile. Sounds silly but when we got are dogs we kinda of planned that if one of us goes away the other can look after the dogs rather than Kennels. Any other advice would be great.

Hi Guy's, Just after some advice, both myself and my friend have male dogs that are both about a year old. Mine is a golden retriever and his is a Hungarian vizsla so similar size. The problem is they don't get along, I guess i'm a bit bias but my dog has never done anything wrong and if it comes within 5-10m of the Viszla the vizslas hackles will go up and it will start foaming at the mouth while really growling, my dog just ignores it. My friend hasn't really socialised his dog as it grew up and it hasn't met many other dog's, it lives with another dog but has dominated it and gotten away with it since young. How can I get the dog's to get along is their any tips, we have introduced them on neutral turf and when off leash they are ok until close together. It would be great if we could get them to get along so we can leave dogs with each other when we go on holidays etc. Any tips would be great.

Well I went off my vet's advice, and like someone said its better than some random on the internet's advice. It was actually a hard decision because when I researched it on the net so many people had unsupported information and opinions on the best time to do it. Anyway back on track it's kinda of good to hear that my dog isn't the only one that does this. My next question is can I stop it? Once he has gone the first time would it be ok to correct him every other time he tries to go or would this make him scared to go at all. I really just don't want to have to have to carry 4 bags of *&^# and since it has only been going on one week I would love to stop it.

I guess my title says it all, My golden retriever pup is around 10 month's he was desexed about 3 weeks ago. Usually on our walks he would mark peeing on as many things as he could and would only ever poop once. After being desexed it was like a switch turned it off and he completely stopped marking. Until this week on every walk we have been on he has pooped 4 times which is a real pain to pick up and carry. Is there any reason he could be doing this, his diet hasn't changed what so ever and he isn't going the bathroom in our yard. Do dogs mark by pooping or is it something else. Thanks in advance

Thanks for all the advice, I feel alot better now that he doesn't have to always have it on. It was just the way the vet said it made it sound like it had to be on him for 24/7 for the next 10 days. He's had it off all day and so far hasn't licked the wound. Thank again

Hi Guys, Just 2 days ago we got our 10 month old male Golden Retriever desexed. It went really well, my only problem is the vet told us to leave the Elizabethan collar on for 10 days until the stitches come out. While we are around him we take the collar off and on the odd time he goes to lick down there we tell him no and he stops. The problem with the collar is it's ruining our house and probable hurting dex when he walks it into things. We have to leave him for a few hours tomorrow and I don't want to leave the collar on him while we are out, are there any alternatives to stop him pulling the stitches out, he really doesn't seem bothered by them, but is there something else we can do to stop him licking them. Thanks in advance

Adding a table spoon of apple cider vinegar to a bucket of water will stop the burns in the grass, Just make sure every source of water has the apple cider vinegar in it otherwise it won't work. The problem I found with the dog rocks is your not meant to change the water, you should always top it up for them to work and I found the water can get pretty dirty. I don't use either now as I have drained him to go on my mulch area which I don't have to worry about. Good luck with it.

Hi Everyone, Just wondering if anyone can tell me if my dog's tail is normal. He is a 7 month old Golden Retriever and he sometimes get's pretty obsessed with his tail, and the other day I noticed the tip of his tail is very narrow and a little red looking. Every dog I have owned previously has had a docked tail so I'm not sure how they are meant to look. It just seems to go really thin at the very end. I will be going the vet in 2 weeks so will ask him then, but in the mean time would love to know if its normal. Sorry for the pic quality

Thanks for all the advice, really appreciate it and it has already started working. Last night I sat down by my fire place and ignored him, and within a few minutes he came over and just sat near me. I think the way I previously handled it by putting food and treats by the fire place had him to suspicious that something was up. Also I'm going to stop doing the trick where he grabs drinks from the fridge and will start doing it again in a few months. I was just really surprised that a 6 month old pup learnt how to do it perfectly in 2 days and then suddenly can't do it. Once again thank you, and I would love to hear if anyone else has any dogs scared of weird objects.

Hey guys Just wondering if anybody would be able to help or who has experienced similar. I have a 7 month Golden retriever puppy who is a fantastic dog real easy to train and a great personality. The only problem I have is he gets scared of inanimate objects, he is usually a fairly brave puppy and never scared of other dogs no matter what their size is. For example in our lounge room we have a fire place with a little wooden sign that says imagine. In front of the fire place was Dex's favorite spot until his tail knocked the imagine sign down and gave him a scare. Now he won't go anywhere near our fire place even when the imagine sign isn't there. I have tried playing with him in the area, feeding him in front of it and giving him lots of treats. Even if I put his favourite treat at the fire place he won't go near it. I also taught him how to get drinks from the fridge, in 2 days he could open the fridge and bring a drink over to me until he opened the fridge a little to hard and the door made a noise that scared him. He will now open the fridge very cautiously with no excitement and won't grab anything out. I place food and treats in their and he will eventually get them out. This has been going on for a month and know matter how hard I try I can't get him confident around these things that have scared him. Does anyone have any advice on how to get Dex some confidence around things that scare him. Thanks in advance

Thank's for all the opinions and information, been really helpful. Im glad that my main concern that his temperament will change doesn't seem to be an issue. All though I still find it strange that so many people say to owners with hyper dogs that they will calm down once desexed and people think this will work instead of training etc. Look's like I will wait a few more months till he is more mature to have desexed. Thanks again

Hi Everyone, I have a 5 1/2 month old male Golden retriever which is my first dog. It's getting to the time where we are looking at getting him de sexed and I just wanted to get some opinions on stuff I have heard. He will not ever be bred from so obviously I would like to get him desexed. One thing I have read time and time again is desxing a male dog will calm a dog down, thing is we love his personality how it is at the moment and he is already a very quiet and calm dog. And my fear is if we get him desexed he will loose some of the energy he has. In everyone's experience how much does desexing change a dogs personality, does it calm dogs down that are already calm or only calm dogs down that are highly energetic or is it all a myth and a bit of placebo and the dog has just matured naturally? Is 6 months the best time to have them desexed? Any help would be great thanks,

Thank you for all the great advice, I really like the idea of walking him through the house rather than using the gate. I should of explained my situation a little better. I have really good fences and gates and I'm pretty sure that their is no chance he could break out of them. I hope to have Dex for a long time and I was just a bit more worried about something like a neighbourhood kid opening the gate or something like that, and if Dex ever was out loose I wanted him to have the best chance possible to stay safe and be able to find his way home. It's just when you see Lost dog signs all the time I wonder how it happens and if it's more likely to happen when a dog doesn't know his area. I have just never seen any sort of training tutorials on getting your dog to know his home ect. And I would of thought this would be a fairly important thing as if you have a dog for 10-15 years odds of them being out by themselves at least once would be pretty high. I have trained Dex not to cross a rd unless on command is their other Rd sense that people teach their dogs. Thank again for everyone's advice,