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I add a cup of cider vinegar to the rinse water and that gets rid of any excess shampoo and gives the coat a nice shine.

Where do you get your titre testing done Sidoney?

I went to Illawarra a few years ago when it was on Saturdays. The trainer was great and the people were very friendly and helpful.

I already said somewhere - numerous times I had seen these collars called fursavers. Suits me just fine. This is a fursaver:

Goldstien's sell portable dog pens and will make them with a roof etc. Goldstien Fencing 1543 Wisemans Ferry Rd Maroota NSW 2756 p: 02 45750313 f: 02 45750354

Myszka once her hormones have settled why don't you take her to Luci Ellem for show training. She should be able to help you work on this and her husband is also a judge so you could ask him to help too.

Contact K9 Force via PM or email he is in the Hawkesbury area of NSW. If you're not in NSW he can probably refer you to someone in your area. Amhailte and Nekhbet have given some very good advice too. Here's some links: Nothing in life is free (NILIF) Triangle of Temptation (TOT) Both of these programs are a non-confrontational method of allowing your dogs to choose to respect you as their leader. edited to fix links

Hi Toohey, sorry I should have been more specific. What RMB's are you feeding, chicken, roo, beef? Did the split nails start after a change in her diet or when you started cutting her food back? If you can afford it http://www.naturalvet.com.au/ at Russell Lea. The initial visit is 1 hour and from memory is about $170. They take a full history and can advise you on what changes you might make to her diet. They can prescribe traditional, homeopathic & chinese herbal medicines.

Maybe you should try and change some ingredients in your raw diet before changing to kibble. What's in your dogs raw diet at the moment?

could it be fungal, like athletes foot in humans?

I've been too stingy to buy any vids from Leerburg lol After you've watched them can you please post a review?

Priceless Pets? http://www.pricelesspets.com.au/

I have given my dogs aspirin in the past but only on the advice of my vet. Do you have any rescue remedy, it may help.

Eagle Pack http://www.eaglepack.com.au/

Val Bonney is in Qld at The Gap (not sure how far away that is from you) Phone: (07) 3300 2959 In the past K9Force has recommended Dr Jackie Perkins Phone: (07) 3351 0600 web: http://www.good-dog.com.au/

Hey Myszka you can still go to a meet without your dog so you can catch up with other DOLers. Maybe you could borrow one of Rex's dobe girlfriends for the day & bring her with you

I wouldn't take a fear aggressive dog to a DOL meet. To paraphrase K9, it's only a training exercise if you have a goal and you control all the other players. I don't know how you can do that in a park full of excited dogs running, jumping, chasing & play barking. How are you going to watch Rex from every angle to make sure your he isn't bothered by any of these dogs? Maybe you will be holding him on a short leash, alert for any approaching dogs, will he read the signals you are sending & become worried & stressed before another dog even approaches. I've only been to 1 meet and when I arrived with my dog on-lead he was mounted by a dog before I got the gate shut at the park A few other dogs came over to sniff the my dog which I think is normal behaviour. When I opened my bag a mob of dogs appeared to see if I had any food I kept my dog on-lead to see how the other dogs behaved and then let him go off-lead. I was worried he would be rough with the little dogs but he was fine apart from continually sniffing a cute dane with pink toenails so I put him back on-lead to settle.

Eagle Pack have an aussie website as well: http://www.eaglepack.com.au

It took me a few weeks to get a good aim with spitting food. Have you tried having the dog in front of you in a sit or drop & just letting the food drop out of your mouth. It takes a bit longer for the dog to get good at catching the food this way too.

Hi Tuberculosis I started NILIF with my girl 3 years ago and from memory it took 2 or 3 weeks for her to stop whining & howling to get what she wanted. She was very spoiled & used to getting her own way When she whined & howled I would turn my head away & ignore her & wait for 5 minutes of quiet. I think it helped that she could see I wasn't reacting to her cries.

Hey Myszka if you can get the video copied I'd like to see it too.

I think the op is called a gastropexy, they stitch the stomach to the side of the body to stop it twisting when they bloat. Saw it on foxtel on K9 boot camp, military dogs in Texas were getting it done when they finished training.

What about a bark collar?