WreckitWhippet

Your dog needs a recall and to be kept away from other people and their dogs.

I pay my house sitter $50 a day, plus I make sure the fridge is full of what she likes to eat.

The amounts of glucosamine and chondroitin contained in dog foods is nowhere near enough to be considered a therapeutic dose. If you are considering or need to supplement them, you will need something like Joint Gard or the like. I would personally supplement with human grade from a health food shop. I'll see if I can find my sheet on the daily requirements.

and just as predicted the chooks are still living in that tiny cage.

I found on BH that the dogs turned to mush. It won't hurt him to be super lean. You exercise him daily and he should be a lot fitter and ripped looking for what he does. If you don't have any luck on that food, Royal Canin keeps them hard and lean.

Shoot Haredown a message as I didn't use her Chiro. Putting my hands on him I'd say he could go a good three kg's or even a bit more. Get the weight right off, have the ribs showing and pin bones just covered

Yep and chances are that pup is from a stud known to produce great working pups, it's possibly already been started and those that "want" it, will buy a ticket. ETA: a local working dog breeder well known for his dogs had one of his pups used as a promotional prize, that pup had been started and was showing all the signs of being a potentially good worker, it wasn't as though they dragged a Kelpie wannabe out of the RSPCA or local paper and offered that up, the pup came with credentials

Forget the vet and go straight to the chiro

the first movie is a must see for anyone with a dog or considering getting one. It's very basic but not being able to read the basic body language probably results in quite a few people being bitten

why would that be an issue with dogs, long chain silicons are an sometimes an issue when it comes to colour developer and hair cuticle but seeing as though dogs don't spend 4 hours at the hairdressers it's unlikely silicon will impact on the evenness of their colour

My experience says otherwise. Sometimes up to 15 dogs in my yard and house, all exercised and walked off property all shown or raced, local leash free used, contact with other dogs and never a flea infestation. Flea prevention when they are no fleas is simply pumping chemical into a dog that it doesn't need. Call me lucky but I've lived in wide and varied parts of the state over the 20 years and fleas have not been an issue For someone with a toy dog that is likely to spend a lot of time indoors and not socialising with unknown dogs, it's unlikely they will pick up fleas. A coated dog that lives indoors is also unlikely to encounter mosquito's that carry heartworm either. There are far too many people that overkill when it comes to chemicals, none of which are good for your dog and can cause problems.

I always respect your opinion Wreckit but in this case I disagree with waiting for dog/s to become flea infested before treating. I strongly believe prevention is better than cure. Once there is an established flea infestation there will also be tapeworm. It will take quite a sustained effort (and chemicals) to not only rid the dog/s of fleas but to effectively clear the fleas, eggs and immature larvae waiting to hatch in the environment. The dog/s will also need medication to get rid of tapeworm. For tapeworm to be discovered in a fecal test there needs to be a segment present in the feces. In my area we have mosquitoes and I know of once case of a dog contracting heartworm near this area. I wouldn't take the risk of leaving my dogs unprotected against heartworm in any area where there are any mosquitoes. We can't know if the mosquitoes carry heartworm unless a dog is infested. I have never used flea prevention in the 20 plus years I have owned my own dogs. Look after your yard and you don't need to worry about fleas appearing on the dogs.

I worked 9 plus hours a day, bred and raised litters. It's been done to death, it's the time you commit to the animal and what you do with it when you are home that counts. I have and will always sell to working people who are committed.

It doesn't get any more simple than that. On a leash in public, under effective control where permitted off leash and keep your bloody dogs in your own yard.

There's no need to worm a dog every 3 months, in my opinion it's over kill, you could if you want to or just have a faecal test done. Fleas, I wouldn't worry about unless you see physical sings of flea, scratchy dogs, flea dirt or fleas and then you should treat the environment as well. Heart worm, unless you are in a heart worm area, with temperatures that allow the life cycle to flourish and have the mosquito's that carry it, is also a waste of time and money. Why put any chemicals on or in your dog that it doesn't need. Keep it simple and treat what you need to.

A litter does nothing to settle a bitch, it's training hard work and maturity that does it. She needs to learn where the off switch is

If the pup does have a problem it's going to be worse of now it's been desexed and will lack the hormones necessary for correct growth and development. What on earth makes people think that neutering a large breed dog before it's mature is in any way good for the dog and vets of all people should know better. Another ignorant owner, breeder and vet and the pup is the one that suffers.

and that is your opinion based on your experience of whelping and raising how many litters ?

What she said and your vet is clueless. There is no need to get them off the bitch, she will wean them in her own good time and if it means they are still have a suckle at 8 or 9 weeks so be it. Vaccinate them at 8 weeks, hold onto them for another two, they will be eating and drinking on their own and the bitch will probably have decided not to feed them anymore. I find it very sad and not in the best interests of puppies to be forcefully weaned when the bitch will do it on her own.

You had him desexed before he was mature, your vet xrayed an immature puppy and declared he's got ed and hd, what a shemozzle all round that one is. Speak to the breeder, which is what you should have done in the first place before you whipped off his nuts and ruined any chance of correct growth and development.

That's not a bad place either but it's a bit like Orange and it's not worth leaving home if it's going to melt by the time you get there

how did you go?

Orange - but you will need a local to tell you if it's snowed on Canobolas before you leave home

you might be better off introducing the dremel to your dog yourself in a calm relaxed environment at your own pace. If the dog is already touchy when it comes to nails, a groomer plus the dremel isn't going to be stress free.

Rescue / Rehome Officer Kaz Cleave 02 9653 3504 / 0418 868 577 The club has an excellent co-ordinator and a great network of members. If you can't get Kaz which is very unlikely let me know and I will be happy to assist you.