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Same as how you would teaching them not to jump or walk on any table. Say no everytime she looks like she is even going to get on it.. Even if she only puts a paw on it - say no. It is not hard.

I think the most logical answer is to teach her she is not allowed on the computer desk.

Why don't you teach her not to jump up on tables. You don't have to caught her in the act to teach her that. I find it quite bizarre that she would even jump up there to go to the toilet? Well she is obviously not sure on where she is meant to go. Dogs are clean animals - even puppies who have accidents. They don't just poo everywhere unless something is not right or they are unsure what they are meant to be doing. And once the smell is there - they will keep going back to that place. Pick one place in the garden and show her that that is where she can go. If she can get in and out on her own then it won't take long.

Um, how does a puppy get up onto the computer desk to poo in the first place?

Have you been to the vet to make sure she doesn't have an allergy? Mine do this when their allergies play up and I have herbs for my two which work wonders.

I think that whole desexing arguement began to try and help stop all the unwanted puppies (and kittens) that are born every year. And in order to try and get the general public to start being responsible for their pets - they use other points as for the postive reasons of why they should desex. So they push it. Which I can understand why they encourage desexing. Lot of people still have no idea how many unwanted pets there are and how many get put down and the list is growing each year.

It must have been very bad timing or day. That's the only thing I can think of?? He is usually a very polite and pleasant man - very old fashioned with manners.

I find that very strange I have been taking all my dogs to Barry for years, easily 8 years now, and I have never had anything like this happen. He has always been very polite and taken the time out needed for my dogs. If he did happen to be busy and couldn't stop to talk on the phone - he always told the girls at reception to apologise for him and what to say. He has always been very open and discussed what he thought he could or could not help my dogs with.

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Have you ever considered getting a cat??? They are the best mice problem solvers and it is natural - unpleasant for the mice but it is the way of the world. Also will have a friend for your puppy?

Thats so sad - RIP little one! (Sometimes a new friend just what is needed to mend a broken heart.)

Let him run on some concrete somewhere (maybe throw a ball a few times on a basketball court) or down a concrete driveway or hill. It will file his nails down!

Good because I would have been worried if the vet didn't mention it!!!!! I would have suggested a second vet.

A dog physio or chiro may be a good idea too. Your vet should have aleast suggested Wobblers to you???

How sad..... R.I.P little one.

My vet told me that is it normal for dogs to have some reaction to them as it is putting a disaese into their systems but more than roughly 24hrs is not right.

I would definitely not be vaccinating that dog again!!! Tex has bad reaction to them - he has only ever had his puppy shoot, one-year booster and again this year four years later. He gets quite sick (vomitting dirrahoea, shakes etc etc) but not that bad as that poor dog. By the time his is due again in another four/five years - the vet has told me there will be natural versions of vaccinations around by then - that is something that maybe your friend can look into. But for now - I would not get anymore vacs for that dog.

Well, I must have understood something considering all the advice is very similar! Good luck with your puppy Shekhina.

No I am not. If it is removed from his diet and replaced by something else - he might just get enough curiousty to see whats in his food bowl rather than "I bet it is the yucky stuff again". The only time I tried to give any of my dogs kibble the reaction wasn't a good one and as soon as they saw that it was in their bowls - they would just walk away. Narrow down his diet to what you KNOW he will eat and focus on ONLY that food. Stop giving him things he refuses to eat. Once he starts to enjoy eating again and looking forward to meal time and whats in his food bowl - slowly add little bits of other things in his diet so that he gets a taste for them. Have you tried PAL puppy food - most pups enjoy it? it is not perfect but it alteast may get his taste buds going?

But if a dog doesn't like kibble - it doesn't like kibble. Why keep trying to get it to eat it, when it won't. I tried to get my two to eat it for a few weeks because someone insisted to me how good it was for them and how important it was for them to eat it. This was when they were about 2yrs old and both of them ate pretty much anything. But not kibble! They refused every time, point blank - so I got the hint - They simply did not like it and were not going to eat it - so I stopped giving it to them. Less stressful for me!

Maybe you need to change what you feed him? Don't give him anymore Kibble. Both my two HATE kibble - refuse point blank to eat it. It might also be upsetting him - maybe he has a problem digesting it. Only give him two meals a day and things that you know he will eat. Narrow it down - mince for breaksfast and chicken wings for dinner. It is better that he eats something rather than trying to prove a point - I think it have gone beyond that now. Tex was a problem eater. When he was a pup - all he would eat was PAL puppy food, milk, cheese and raw meat - beef only. That was it. So that what I feed him. As he got older - I introduced more food into his diet and did it slowly so that he got a taste for it. He was about 10mths when he decided that most food was OK and pretty much ate anything. He can still is fussy with meat - he really only likes beef. But he eats nearly eveything else - he loves his fruit and vegies and Pasta.

I would say so. It is usually very obvious when they have overcooked! They look like they are struggling! Just keep an eye on him when he starts to get tired and make him slow down before he gets to the struggling stage

Don't figure that! Tex doesn't stop even when he is about to have a heart attack. I actually have to stop him. He would just keep going if I didn't. I know when he starts to look for shade - it is game over too.

Tex gets very hot very quickly in hotter weather and pants excessively. Mind you - he is like trying to slow down a frieght train - you can see the reason why he has gotten so worked up. But I have to watch him like a hawk! He usually looks like he is having trouble cooling down and he makes a chuckling noise with the panting and will occasionally vomit. His mouth will be very red too. Don't know if that helps but that is the reaction Boofer gets when he overheats.