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I note all ingredients in the recipes are cooked. I wonder if the cooking part is essential for some reason. ???? Really? What do you call bone meal?

A friend of mine swears the Hills B/D did wonders for her increasingly senile old boy.

She is 14 weeks. She has had her 12 week vaccination (vet is recommending another at 16 weeks) . Is their a particular club you recommend over another? Not really. Belco and CDC are larger than Tuggers but all pretty much have similar training programs (and sometimes the same instructors) so I'd probably go for the closest one. CDC does have off lead areas for members to use outside of trraining hours if that makes any difference.

Old enough then. The Community clubs are at Narrabundah (CDC), Tuggeranong (TDTC) and Mitchell (Belconnen DTC). All have websites as far as I know. RSPCA also conduct classes but are a lot more expensive.

It's only JUST in NSW :laugh:

How old is your puppy? All of the community based clubs have classes on Sundays but the minimum age for training is 3 months.

Albury is in New South Wales. Lots of inconsistencies in that story and a few hard lessons. I will never understand how people can leave their dogs at home when they go away.

You will need to teach the older pup about appropriate play behaviour. Stopping the play when it gets too rough is your first step. This is not an age combination I'd have recommended but now it will be up to you to set the ground rules. I gather the younger pup is not an ANKC registered pup? Gutsy play to buy one in a BSL state.

We should probably be thankful we're not trying to name a racehorse! I understand Century got his name because it was the 100th name submitted. Ditto Gold Clock - they were looking around for inspiration and spied one on the mantlepiece.

I didn't get ANY of my original ten. So I decided I'd go for something to do with the breed's original function. As Whippets were bred to course hares I went for Haredown. Then when I got it Espinay (I think) said, "good that you got part of your surname in there". Hadn't even occurred to me!

You can posts links all you like. However you did rubbish a food recommended by some posters and haven't yet, to my knowledge actually made a recommendation of your own. How "helpful" that was is for the OP to determine I suppose.

The fact that a significant number of DOLers neither own nor breed pedigree dogs is somewhat ironic in that context.

I wouldn't care if it was made from crushed Barbie dolls if it prevents my dog's kidney condition from deteriorating. I've been a forum member here long enough (since 2004) to know what its aims are and fully acknowledge that there will be many views different to mine. You are naturally entitled to your view. My point is that where people are seeking practical help, its good if people focus on providing it.

Nope, it can be bought over the internet without prescription :) And don't worry, I'm calm. Just a tad frustrated at people trotting out their personal feeding philosophies when what people are seeking is practical help. You writing off foods you have no experience of feeding as "crap" IS unhelpful. This is not the only thread where that is occuring. You can wax lyrical about raw feeding all you like with little argument from me as long as the assertions made have some basis in fact. 5 years ago I was as hard core on raw feeding as you can get. Then along came a dog that changed everything. Nowadays I'm in the middle ground. Experience has taught me that there is no one answer as to the "right" diet for a dog. What I can tell you is feeding "crap" as you describe it to a dog diagnosed with early stage renal failure has held his kidney condition stable for over 12 months now. I call that a good result and a damn side more useful as advice than a bunch of internet links. The OP asked for dry food recommendations, not a sermon.

Such as ????? I gave a concrete example of what I feed. What's your suggestion other than "not Hills crap" ? How is what you're saying assisting the OP to feed her dog?

The advantage would be a far greater quantiy of probiotics for the dose There is a brand for dogs but you can also use probiotics from the fridge section of the health food store.:)

Perhaps a canine probiotic might be worth a try?

Frankly the first thing I'd be looking for in a baby puppy with loose stools would be a Coccidia test.

I gather phosphorus levels are important too Rappie? I think K/D is 14% protein. I try to feed treats lower than that. For the older boy in my house, he loves Dentasticks and they are 10% protein or thereabouts. They are his daily treat. :)

I certainly don't understand your position on a few issues. Where, for example, does your proposal to feed whole grains to your pup fit within your view that dogs should be fed as nature intended them to eat?

I would respectfully disagree. The point of the article was the purebred dogs need to be marketed in the places that puppy buyers go to FIND pups. Ideas that people shouldn't advertise or that advertising in such places makes you a lesser breeder are rubbish. And I agree. We need to promote that pedigree dogs make great pets. And we need to promote it to pet dog buyers. That's how I see the point of the article and I totally support the assertion. What and how we market is what people followed on with.

Sorry, but this is not how stomach Ph works. You don't permanently alter a dog's stomach Ph with diet. It is what is is. What some combinations of food in the stomach can do is make a particular meal more or less digestible. Accusing others of ignorance or laziness is no way to advocate for raw feeding. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that dogs can do well on either raw or commercial diets and frankly some do better on one than the other. And sometimes its the quality of either diet that makes the difference. Not all raw OR commerical diets are equal in nutritional value. Unfounded assertions don't assist your case.

Drontal would work.

I have yet to read any scientific evidence that supports this assertion. In fact i've read plenty of evidence that suggests stomach contents are discarded. The proposed diet for your pup is likely to have significant calcium and phosphorus imbalance issues. Either feed meat on the bone (eg. chicken wings) OR a balanced commerical diet OR both.

Breeding practices are what MAKE purebred dogs. Don't see how you can talk about one without the other.