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Yes. On more than one occasion I have been told of greyhound dogs slaughtered and fed back to the rest of the kennel too.

I would have thought a few horses were sent to the lions, so to speak. I know I have seen horse parts in the big cat enclosures at the zoos here.

Caltrop..... three corner jack on steroids. I know your pain! Yay for Don.

I told him, "Gruf, it's fashion. Hold a blank stare and look starving". He nailed it

Gruf is dressed by Max of Adelaide

Sounds like you are a great Chi owner. Apart from all the other advice, it sounds like you have made some sensible decisions. I would also add be sure to keep your little one slim, and fit, as in good muscle tone. Extra weight will add to your dogs possibility of doing a critical injury to the knee, and stave off arthritic changes for a bit longer. Good muscle tone goes a long way to supporting the joint as well. Maybe also look at joint health supplements to support joint health for her lifetime.

Yes I'm pretty sure that's it! Thanks guys. I see her for a bath again an about 3 weeks so I will clarify it then. It's a 10.5 yrs old ShihTzu type dog. I noticed the slight bump between her eyes several months back and the owner concurred she thought it felt different, and went to the vet. Physical examination at the vet just said its normal. The dog is very brachycephalic and was kind of hard to tell, although both myself and the owner thought there was a slight change there. Anyway, next few times I see the dog every six or eight weeks or so, it was hard to tell if it had changed more.....until last visit seven weeks ago I was immediately alarmed by the change and urged the owner to revisit the vet. Scans, X-rays, blood tests, specialists etc and they got the diagnosis. Today it was seven weeks since I had seen her and it had grown rapidly. There isn't really anything that can be done for the dog, realistically. She has pain medication, and still looks well and active. The vet said they'd like to say she might be around in a years time, but they're not really willing to speculate. It is one of the weirdest things I have seen/felt on a dog in almost 30 yrs!

No it doesn't sound like it. If you stretch the bottom lip out there is usually a concentrated area of stained hairs around halfway along the bottom lip, in the little fold known as the flew. Trimming the hairs out of that folded area right at the skin can help reduce the look of the stain, as can using thinning shears judiciously throughout the stained area. Both of those options can reduce the look of the stain without destroying the integrity of the bearded look. If it is mor of a lick stain on the hairs on the top lip right up next to the nose, once again, thoughtful trimming of the hairs right up next to the skin can reduce the look of the stain. Care is needed trimming the hair around the nose though, as heavy handed work can result in a "poodely" look like the dog had its nose in a pencil sharpener!

No that is not it. But a huge thanks for your efforts !

My ezy coats are going strong as ever after ten years of commercial use. I have the single motor ones. Used with the original red concentrator nozzle I can't find better. I personally do not want a heated dryer. The ezy coat generate heat through operation and never get hot hot. Plenty warm enough for the dogs comfort. I can easily get a wet Samoyed out of the bath, towel it down with just one towel, and dry it to the bone in 20 mins or so. Most SWF dry in six or seven minutes.

Hi waggy. The saliva stains will not wash off. There are products that help with tear staining around the eyes, which is essentially the same thing, but many of them have little effect. There is one product called Angel Eyes that is marketed for tear stains, that is a food additive, which may help lessen the stain over time. The best line of defence is to keep the area as dry as possible. Unfortunately being a saliva stain around the mouth that will be difficult. Keeping the coat as short as possible will minimise the visual look of the stain. The only way to really remove the stain is to trim off the affected hair. What type of dog do you have, and how old? Some breeds are more prone to stain because of coat colour and being long haired around the mouth. Other breeds are excessively drooly which will add to the problem. Otherwise, if it is a new thing, I would want the dog checked thoroughly around the lips, mouth and teeth to make sure everything is normal and healthy. There are some conditions that may cause a dog to suddenly become more drooly than before.

Hi I am hoping a vet or other knowledgeable member can help me track down the name of a rare bone tumor that one of my grooming clients has been diagnosed with. It is some sort of chrondosarcoma? The location of the tumor is in the skull right between the eyes (on a brachycephalic) and apparently the only other place they can occur is the jaw bone, and if the metastasise ( not sure if that's the right term but you know, if they spread) they usually go to the liver? I have seen the name, but dr.google hasn't helped. If I see it again I will know it. It is two word, the first two or three syllables, the second, somethingorotherchrondosomthingorother! Any ideas. Thank you.

Wire first step is ask you groomer what blades and combs they use. Once you know what length your dogs generally get clipped to, invest in good sturdy clippers. The best results will always be on a clean dry groomed out coat. If you clip the dogs regularly, don't waste your time farting around pre clipping, and don't wreck your blades on a dirty coat. Wash and thoroughly dry the dogs. Then do sanitary clipping around the groin, bottom, foot pads, eyes, ear openings, underarms etc. I would use my small trimmer for this, but if you just have the larger clippers, use a 10# for sanitary work. Watch out for the blade becoming too hot by touching it against your arm periodically to check. I very rarely use blades for body clipping these days having switched primarily to the stainless steel snap on combs. I don't even own a 3,4 or 5 blade at all anymore! If you want the dogs shaved down smooth, a 7# blade is what you want. If you want a plusher look, or a breed style , invest in some Wahl stainless steel snap on combs. Using the different combs to adjust length of coat you can muck around to get what you like. Asking your current groomer what they use will help. Always put the dog on a table big enough for it to comfortably stand on, but not so big that they can move around everywhere, or so wide they can keep moving to the other side, it will kill you back! A sturdy card or trestle table with a non slip surface or mat would be good. Put it next to a verandah post if you can so that you can use the post as a makeshift tether. It will help if you don't have to worry that your dog will spring off the table while you have hold of its ear with one hand and a clipper in the other etc. Ps, human and dog clipper blades are opposite in numbering. A number 1 in dog grooming is like 1 1/2 inches long, not a buzz cut. If you only want to do sanitary grooming on your dogs, then a Wah super trimmer/bravura will be your best friend. Use it on the Middle setting for sanitary areas, except for foot pads on the shortest setting. These trimmers come with a set of snap on combs, so if you want to do a bit of shaping on the coat, use the combs over the blade set on the shortest setting. They don't have the power of a full size clipper but should fit your requirements if you just neaten you wheaties more in the Irish style rather than the sculpted US style.

Just for clarification, the Wahl trimmer /super trimmer are the replacement of the Bravura/bellisima and the smaller one, the MiniBrav/Bella. The mini has the one non adjustable blade approx 30# blade, the Bravua/super trimmer is the bigger one with the 5 in 1 adjustable blade that pro groomers use for Poodle FFT and sanitary trimming and detailing. Both trimmers can be used corded or cordless, and are super quiet, but still have good power. The beauty of the blades on these trimmers is that they do not conduct heat at all, unlike regular large clipper blades. No heat ever, perfect for Poodle detailing.

haha the husky on the far left of that picture looks like 'are you kidding me, I ain't smilin'

The worst offender in our town was the CEO of the local council! Every damn day his 2 little fluffies were allowed to crap all over the riverfront reserve, where, ironically, there are several council installed signs, bins, and bag dispensers. Every one saw it and knew it, but he seemed untouchable to folks for some reason. I walked right up to him one day and took a picture with him, his dog, and the crapping in progress. Asked if he was going to pick it up. he said yeah, I was going to go and get a bag. Dickhead walks right past the bag dispenser on the way into the park everyday, chooses not to grab some bags, knows his dogs crap several times there everyday, lets them crap there everyday, walks right past the 2nd bag dispenser everyday without grabbing a bag. He never has a bag, despite the amazing convenience of it all, having 2 bag dispensers located next to 2 bins, in a stretch of park about 400 metres long along the river bank. His dogs have passed recently and the park is much cleaner now.

There are not many chemical ways to bulk up a dog without the risk of being caught. Down here, race winners are swabbed, random dogs at race meets are swabbed and on kennel inspections, even dogs that aren't racing or breeding can be swabbed at random. If you dog tests positive for even a tiny amount of something most people would consider not too serious (like caffeine), you will win yourself a holiday from competing. A lot of trainers use treadmills or swimming to improve muscles and because of the type of muscling they have, you can turn a flabby, unfit greyhound into muscles on legs with fairly minimal effort so there's not even much benefit to be had from trying to artificially bulk them up. Most of the drugs that people do try to get away with using are things like vasodilators and stimulants (caffeine being the most common down here). Yes That is why i said i guess there are some, because I know it would be hard to put a dog on the track that had been chemically 'enhanced' . Like you say, it doesn't take much to make a nice fit muscly Greyhound. I love the look of a well muscled Grey. I was just trying to point out that even an average pet Greyhound could still look pumped up to the average man on the street.

yes that's just lovely. Keep the killing of excess dogs out of the publics eye, problem solved. Are you serious!. People want to stop the dogs being bred to huge excess in the first place. A society that thinks breeding all these dogs to justify a few golden ones on the track, and killing the rest, is not what we should be striving for in the 21st century. Dog forbid things evolve as time goes by, and animal sports racing & betting belongs in a bygone era. I'm not sure if you noticed it but Steve bolded the part about it being the best solution for the industry itself and I'd agree with her- for the industry, that would be the easiest and best plan to make all of this go away. The trouble with attitudes of management is that they have been geared towards minimising bad press by sweeping things under the carpet and making grand announcements of punishments (of the people caught doing the wrong thing) and of plans for the future. Previously, this has always worked very well for them as a means of stuffing the problems back into their box but long term, it was never going to work. Now, they need a total change of attitudes and to start looking to actually really improving the industry. They are perfectly capable of it, it just won't be popular with many of their members. Yeah I did get that steve meant it would be a good solution for the industry, rather than society in general. On the topic of greyhounds looking bulked, muscly, ugly. I guess there are those in some circles that will try to pump their dogs up one way or another, but even the average sofa dwelling grey is well chiseled and well muscled, because after all, they are sprinters, not endurance runners. They need big muscles for big sprinting power bursts, whether that be around a track, after a bunny, or a few hot laps of the back yard.

yes that's just lovely. Keep the killing of excess dogs out of the publics eye, problem solved. Are you serious!. People want to stop the dogs being bred to huge excess in the first place. A society that thinks breeding all these dogs to justify a few golden ones on the track, and killing the rest, is not what we should be striving for in the 21st century. Dog forbid things evolve as time goes by, and animal sports racing & betting belongs in a bygone era.

Ditto. I have no time for boozy folks, so my dog never has to deal with it either. sorry you & Don were in that position.

Good dogs do make lots of money but they are a very very very small %. This why slow dogs are destroyed to make room for the next Brett Lee hopeful. For those that don't know Brett Lee is the worlds fastest Greyhound, his service fee (straws) was $32,000 last time I looked, not to mention what he actually won for his owners. Thousands of offspring over many years but none are as good as dad. It is very hard to get a good dog, but that doesn't stop people from trying because if they do make it financially it is worth it, at least the unprofitable dogs won't die if legislation is introduced and the industry is monitored and policed, by an independent body. Most of the unprofitable dogs will still die because the simple fact is too many are bred in the pursuit of greed and there are not ten thousand or so suitable retirement homes for greyhounds PER ANNUM in Australia. Not if legislation was changed. Look how quickly the bikie laws were introduced it was only a matter of months. The money generated from the rise in regos can fund extra facilities being started to cater for the retired dogs. If it cost the owners an extra $500 dollars per dog to actually get their dogs to retirement stage and that money went to that independent body it could be possible. The bookies and TAB could help too. 'Extra facilities for retired dogs' Are you suggestion they be sent to kennels or some sort of mass retirement home, rather than an actual family home? Not really a solution. There are currently way too many potential racing greyhounds bred for there to ever be enough retirement homes for them. Nothing you can say will change my mind that racing animals for sports betting can ever be a good thing for humanity. The facilities for them to be assessed in and live at until they are rehomed. It's a pity that I can't change the mind of you and others who think the industry should go because if the industry is closed down I'm guessing it would go underground MANY MANY more animals WOULD SUFFER and DIE in the long term. There are too many bred for them all, or even a reasonable percentage, to ever be rehomed.

Good dogs do make lots of money but they are a very very very small %. This why slow dogs are destroyed to make room for the next Brett Lee hopeful. For those that don't know Brett Lee is the worlds fastest Greyhound, his service fee (straws) was $32,000 last time I looked, not to mention what he actually won for his owners. Thousands of offspring over many years but none are as good as dad. It is very hard to get a good dog, but that doesn't stop people from trying because if they do make it financially it is worth it, at least the unprofitable dogs won't die if legislation is introduced and the industry is monitored and policed, by an independent body. Most of the unprofitable dogs will still die because the simple fact is too many are bred in the pursuit of greed and there are not ten thousand or so suitable retirement homes for greyhounds PER ANNUM in Australia. Not if legislation was changed. Look how quickly the bikie laws were introduced it was only a matter of months. The money generated from the rise in regos can fund extra facilities being started to cater for the retired dogs. If it cost the owners an extra $500 dollars per dog to actually get their dogs to retirement stage and that money went to that independent body it could be possible. The bookies and TAB could help too. 'Extra facilities for retired dogs' Are you suggestion they be sent to kennels or some sort of mass retirement home, rather than an actual family home? Not really a solution. There are currently way too many potential racing greyhounds bred for there to ever be enough retirement homes for them. Nothing you can say will change my mind that racing animals for sports betting can ever be a good thing for humanity. The facilities for them to be assessed in and live at until they are rehomed. It's a pity that I can't change the mind of you and others who think the industry should go because if the industry is closed down I'm guessing it would go underground MANY MANY more animals WOULD SUFFER and DIE in the long term. I agree, a minority would try to operate underground, but I don't for a minute believe that without major track stadiums and television coverage and government backing, that the underground could ever thrive and produce the numbers of animals as it does for the public arena.

I don't even think betting on human sports has served humans or sports, well. At least humans have a choice whether or not they play the sport though.

Good dogs do make lots of money but they are a very very very small %. This why slow dogs are destroyed to make room for the next Brett Lee hopeful. For those that don't know Brett Lee is the worlds fastest Greyhound, his service fee (straws) was $32,000 last time I looked, not to mention what he actually won for his owners. Thousands of offspring over many years but none are as good as dad. It is very hard to get a good dog, but that doesn't stop people from trying because if they do make it financially it is worth it, at least the unprofitable dogs won't die if legislation is introduced and the industry is monitored and policed, by an independent body. Most of the unprofitable dogs will still die because the simple fact is too many are bred in the pursuit of greed and there are not ten thousand or so suitable retirement homes for greyhounds PER ANNUM in Australia. Not if legislation was changed. Look how quickly the bikie laws were introduced it was only a matter of months. The money generated from the rise in regos can fund extra facilities being started to cater for the retired dogs. If it cost the owners an extra $500 dollars per dog to actually get their dogs to retirement stage and that money went to that independent body it could be possible. The bookies and TAB could help too. 'Extra facilities for retired dogs' Are you suggestion they be sent to kennels or some sort of mass retirement home, rather than an actual family home? Not really a solution. There are currently way too many potential racing greyhounds bred for there to ever be enough retirement homes for them. Nothing you can say will change my mind that racing animals for sports betting can ever be a good thing for humanity.

Good dogs do make lots of money but they are a very very very small %. This why slow dogs are destroyed to make room for the next Brett Lee hopeful. For those that don't know Brett Lee is the worlds fastest Greyhound, his service fee (straws) was $32,000 last time I looked, not to mention what he actually won for his owners. Thousands of offspring over many years but none are as good as dad. It is very hard to get a good dog, but that doesn't stop people from trying because if they do make it financially it is worth it, at least the unprofitable dogs won't die if legislation is introduced and the industry is monitored and policed, by an independent body. Most of the unprofitable dogs will still die because the simple fact is too many are bred in the pursuit of greed and there are not ten thousand or so suitable retirement homes for greyhounds PER ANNUM in Australia.