WreckitWhippet

I'm not sure what "thrive " means to some people. To the experienced breeder, exhibitor and owner, "thrive" usually means along the lines of doing exceptionally well, looking glorious in coat, having excellent muscle tone etc and in the case of babies they are active, nice and plump, glossy. There is a difference between " thriving" and merely "getting by" in a dog. I doubt there are many if any dogs that truly "thrive" on a vegetarian diet.

There are a few things that don't quite add up for me, it's just a vibe I'm getting. 23 January 2006 25th September 2009 7th October 2009 Three years isn't that long, lovey. 29th September 2009 31st October 2009 Within one month your Parvo cases have jumped from 5 per week, to 10-15 cases per week. Dont patronise me. Does it really matter who I am??? You guys honestly need to get a life.... Yes within a month our parvo cases did increase from 5 a week (which is fairly normal) to 10-15. It called an outbreak. Who cares what anyone says on a public forum anyway??? Seriously - forums are for fun chat and sometimes you grab a bit of info. Surely nobody with half a brain would actually take the advice given on this forum and take it as gospel. Most of it is rubbish anyway. No wonder most people come on this forum a few times then leave. Unless you are part of the natural dog, no vaccinations, BARF diet, brigade you are blasted. What a small minded bunch of people you all are. You can all think what you like - Im out... For the record: there isn't an owner or a breeder on here who advocates NO vaccination

We demand more portraits of Bec's OH ...LOL I might make mine the sujbect of tomorrows shoot ..

May I just add ( an it's completely inappropriate ) phwaorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

LOL, I was thinking it was a big file and was waiting for the rest of it to download... Love the idea

I was going to offer Poodie. You can have her for three weeks..LOL

My poor neglected animals just get the carrot peels ..LOL

detachable flash I must buy then I can't have my eyes losing the black glass look

Cat truffle is disgusting regarldess of your dog being a raging vegan or a meatasaurus .... second to that is bloody duck poo and possum crap eewwwww

If she smelt like cabbage maybe? ;) Yeah but it's a serious question.

Miranda I wonder would you be able to get a vego male to repeatedly serve a bitch ?

Just plain old photobucket for me. I don't edit much. Leeshy another question. I find with the flash that I'm losing the glass eyed look and the reflection. Any tips on that one ?

I was thinking the same yesterday but dare not say it

I've found that my pics and skills have really improved since I've set myself a daily limit when taking part in the challenges. I've found it encourages me to really think about the subject, the light, what's in the background etc.

Yes they are almost identical when compared with a herbivore, but humans are omniverous whereas a dog is first and foremost a carnivore. Although able to deal with small amounts of carbohydrate a dog's GI tract is designed to process flesh and bones. Starting from the head a dog has a long protruding jaw and large canines both of which are designed to grab and hold its prey, the jaw only moves up and down not side to side so dogs are unable to grind foods such as cereal grains or corn. The molars in a dog are used to crack and pulverise bone. Unlike us a dog's saliva contains no enzymes to break down starch, a dog's saliva acts solely as a lubricant to allow it to bolt down its food in large pieces as quickly as possible. The dog's stomach is relatively small because a carnivore eats a nutrient rich diet so only small amounts are required at each meal and their stomach acid is approximately three times stronger than hours having a PH of 1/2 compared to a human's 4/5 thus allowing the dog to to break down bone. The very strong acid also kills most bacteria. Their gut is comparatively much shorter than ours and food passes through much more quickly, this is another safeguard against bacterial infection. However the shorter gut also means that vegetable matter isn't well processed which is why cheap dry foods with lots of cereal fillers can cause digestive disturbances, humans with their much longer gut process carbohydrates much more efficiently. For those of you who consider a vegetarian diet completely suitable for a dog tell me have any of you ever bred a litter from two medium sized vegetarian dogs, weaned the puppies straight onto a vegetarian diet and successfully raised them to adulthood? The voice of common sense and reason, as always Miranda

Is it just someone's beliefs that lead them to feed a vegetarian diet or do they firmly believe that it is the optimum diet for dogs? I wonder if those who opt to feed their dogs no meat, happily pump their dogs full of Proheart slow release, moxidetcin, ivermectin and over vaccinate, without a second thought.

Don't want to feed your dog meat, then find another pet.

This morning involved flash and no flash. My next stop will be the horse paddock for an Arab or two and I've got a shoot planned for next week. I've been asked again to take pics for a horse magazine advert.

Emma from Clean Canines ph: 0405 387 979

My bet is it's the latest bug that is doing the rounds. It's been all through NSW and also some in QLD have had it. It seems to impact more on pups but others with adults have had it too. The good news is that it only lasts 24 hours, the bad news is it's stinks. Most of the people who I know , have also questioned the food that they have fed their dogs. Keep the fluids up

Light is my enemy I am yet to make it my friend ETA the pic. To me Poodie is all about her hair. I'm sure she has some other features in there somewhere

I'm still struggling with the basics I've spent hours upon hours of attempting to get the light right to capture the faces of the black Staffords, finally I think I have it, I've cracked a couple of them of late. The subject of Poodie is a whole other story

Leeshy, what's your opinion on your subject matter not facing you in a portrait ? does it cease to be a portrait and become soemthing else ?

I love it when the challenge is portraits :p it inspires me

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