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Exactly. I had a friend die recently, very suddenly. Most of his friends knew he had a recent will updated because he'd spoken about it and his wishes, but no one knew where it was. The only copy anyone could find in his house was a really really old one, so unfortunately that was the one used and it was NOT at all what his current wishes were. But as no one knew which solicitor had his current will, and he didn't have copy of it, there was nothing we could do

Ah ok, I didn't actually read any of the arguments, I just couldn't think of what the problem would be. Honestly, if the dog is pooping and no food is staying backed up for weeks on end - I can't see how it's a problem! And I'm the most anti-dry food person you will find, don't me wrong ;) However if your dog is doing well on something, then go for it. Dogs don't tend to read research on stomach acidity.

If the theory behind not feeding dry and raw at the same time is different digestion rates, then the same could be said for meat and bone as they digest at different rates too. But seriously, digestive systems are smarter than that. They don't fall over if they get different foods!

I don't have a will, because I don't really have any assets or dependents I never thought about needing one. But now I have 4 legged dependents I should probably think about having a formal will drawn up.

If you want non-shedding, the length of the coat is then going to be mostly dependent on how long you have it clipped.

With raw egg...don't feed the egg white :) OK if it's cooked. As for the person who advocates not feeding raw & kibble.....I think that is probably a lot of hogwash, but I am no rocket scientist so how would I know, except that my two BC's are fed a mixture of raw & kibble & really...the proof is in the pudding :laugh: If you can get your guy whole meat ie steaks etc it will be much better for his teeth than mince. IMO Whole eggs are fine - don't feed just the yolk or just the white - feed the whole egg. The "don't feed raw whites" comes about as you shouldn't feed whites on their own, but whites and yolks together are fine.

Does Stan get to take his oven with him? :laugh: he's over the oven now he has discovered that big white cold cupboard full of food...if only he could work out those damn fridge locks. Give him time ... he's probably working out how to grow thumbs!

Does Stan get to take his oven with him?

My guys are fed raw, they get a chicken frame for dinner, and brekkie is a mix I make up in bulk and freeze. The mix contains 5kg of mince (usually a mix of beef and lamb, but more beef than lamb as one pug has a sensitivity to lamb so I only give small amounts at a time), two livers chopped, a few tins of sardines in oil, some carrots, zucchini and apples through the juicer (pulp only, not the juice). And that mix lasts a month. There is no need to feed every single food, every single day. A raw diet is about balance over time.

From my behavioural genetics textbook "Hybrid Vigour or Heterosis is the increase in viability and performance when different inbred strains are crossed." When was the book published, and how much credence does the author have? :) Probably more than wikipedia.

Very scary! Some actually saying waiting until they pass out and fall over as the act of falling can dislodge the item, but I don't know if I could do that :x

Calling a hip replacement an artificial limb or prosthetic is a bit of a stretch. Definitely lodge a dispute and see How you go.

Did they say why it was declined?

Aww look at her all snuggled in, saying Thanks for finding me dad, don't ever let go.

It's not about breeding, it's about behaviours of both the desexed and undesexed dog in that situation. And again, a show dog is far more used to other dogs than the average. But the rescue might not be edit: not saying I agree, just trying to see both sides blackjaq said she was refused a rescue because she had an entire showdog. I know, but I'm saying the rescue dog might be the one that doesn't get along with an entire dog, not the other way around. I don't understand the logic, to me it seems to be along the lines of having a blanket rule of not letting people have a rescue dog if they work out of house - but people run rescues as they see fit, and probably have the rules they do because they've had issues in the past.

It's not about breeding, it's about behaviours of both the desexed and undesexed dog in that situation. And again, a show dog is far more used to other dogs than the average. But the rescue might not be edit: not saying I agree, just trying to see both sides

How did they pronounce it? They tended to ask for "the poodle pup with the funny name - how do you say that?" T. When I was little we had a Bichon called Moet :D (pronounced Moey)

Except I can't whistle, I think I'm the only person on the planet that can't :laugh:

Ah, common sense, the actual least common of them all :laugh:

Oh and I have a "top 10" common name for one of my pugs - Max, but she's a girl so I don't count it as being common because I've never met another girl Max :laugh:

Amber was named because she is amber coloured Well that's a bit more subtle at least :p Oh, another common one that shits me: Jackie for a JRT

Bit OT, but you can arrange for your property to be a "no fly zone" with electricity companies if you notify them that your animals are sensitive to fly-overs. So they will arrange to do inspections via other means when they are doing aerial line inspections.

Ok, sorry I misread (broken brain, it's late and I'm on DOL procrastinating instead of writing a uni essay). If the vaccinated puppy is the common link - then did the puppy go somewhere to be vaccinated, or did someone come to you to vaccinate it? Either way, it must have had contact with the outside world during the vaccination process and may have come into contact with KC - maybe she passed it on, but didn't get it herself. (no idea if that's even possible, just throwing random ideas out there).

Is it a type of vaccine that contains a small amount of the disease? Like some human vaccines contain tiny traces of the disease they are vaccinating against, not enough to usually make someone sick but enough to build a resistance. Maybe it was one of those really rare cases in your pup that it actually made him sick?

I dislike (well, not dislike, but find eye-rollingly boring) names that describe what the dog looks like. Fluffy for a white fluffy, Spot for a dally, Blacky for a black dog/cat, etc. Be original people! However, I do like ironic names. I know a Boston terrier called Brooklyn, a dally called Stripe, a greyhound called Turtle :laugh: