Dog_Horse_Girl

Danois, it's different in the NT. A permission for keeping of pets in a strata title complex is given on a case-by-case basis, and in the case of this particular tenant, as the property owner didn't give permission, the BC also declined permission. The next tenancy had to proceed on a strictly "no pets" basis and this came from the BC, not the individual owner. Hypocritical? Probably. But the strata laws in the NT can allow an owner to keep a pet and not a tenant even when residing in the one complex under the same strata title plan. BTW - Bodies Corporate are still very old-fashioned (read: backward) in many jurisdictions and this is why so many people (owners and tenants) can have problems occupying these types of properties if they keep pets. I had a landlord refuse permission for a single fish in an appropriately-size tank and only because, "the Body Corp prohibits the keeping of pets," even though the BC allowed both fish and birds to be kept as long as it didn't cause a nuisance or interference with other residents. I managed another unit in an upstairs/downstairs unit complex...this unit had approval for a dog to be kept (by both owner and BC) even though it's an upstairs unit with NO YARD...so it really depends on individual circumstances and the attitude of whomever is at the Chair of the BC. There was a case in QLD not long ago where someone had migrated from the UK with their small dog and they had bought a super-expensive apartment in a high-rise complex. They then found out, when trying to move in, that permission for their dog was not going to be given despite earlier "promises" in writing that it would be okay. This is a multi-million dollar property I'm referring to. The owner threatened court action and was finally given the okay to bring their dog into the apartment. This is also a property with other pets but because ONE owner complained about one dog's occasional barking when the owner came home from work, the policy had been revised and there were to be no further or future permissions for pets to be kept at the apartment complex. It's always going to be tricky whilever you have strata title complexes...it only takes one objection for pets to be banned altogether and that can happen to people already in residence being forced into removing their pets.

Actually, they cannot differentiate between owners and tenants. If they allow an owner to have a pet in a strata then they would struggle considerably to say no to a tenant under the way Body Corp laws work. Not in my experience. One of my predecessors had approved an application for a tenant with a dog and a cat for a townhouse. A few months into the tenancy and the neighbours began to complain about the dog and cat. Upon investigation, it was determined that the property owner had never given permission for the pets to be at the property. Therefore, even though two owners in the complex had pets on the property, this tenant did not have permission granted either by the BC or the property owner. It went to court. The tenant won on a technicality but I had to decline to renew their lease a few months after I took over the portfolio on owner's instructions because they were never asked about the dog or cat and they would never have agreed to rent the property to anyone with pets. Their property, their choice.

That was my ex. You should see the house I'm renting. It's older and needs work, and in is words, is "a shitter". I disagree. Yes, it's old and needs updating. But it's not forever and it's big enough for me and the dogs. The yard is securely fenced so I have no worries about the dogs and the best bit is the dogs are permitted inside (I have that in writing). I would never not disclose I had pets. Having been an owner-occupier, property owner with a rental, and a property manager, there is no way I would be dishonest or deceptive about my dogs. If you think lying is okay, when you are found out, you ruin it for everyone with a pet, not just yourself. One of our former tenants didn't advise she intended to get a pup so we didn't know until we visited the property (from interstate) and saw the dog turds all over the verandah (block wasn't fully fenced which is why we said no to pets). PM insisted we had been informed and we had approved it. We insisted otherwise. She eventually checked her records and found that approval was for a different property and owner.

I should add that I had information prepared about each of my dogs. A photo (important!), a brief description of each dog and their health needs, and copies of their microchip/registration/desexing documents. This shows I'm a responsible dog owner and it shows the property owner and manager that I care enough about my dogs to present them as part of my application rather than just stating I have three dogs.

You may find that units and townhouses will not allow "animals" because the owner's corporation (body corporate) doesn't allow it. IF you find somewhere which is "pet tolerant" then you may find it's only for owners of units/townhouses rather than we mere tenants. You may need to find a house instead, which is more expensive but unfortunately QLD is not overly dog-friendly in my experience. It's well behind NSW and the ACT in that regard... Brisbane City Council is good. The others? Not so much. They're supposed to be improving though. I moved away from Brisbane because I couldn't find a dog-friendly rental that I could afford that wasn't in a seriously awful neighbourhood. ;) I do have three dogs though.

I saw the ad for the show and promptly forgot it was on until it had already started...so I saw half of it. The cat was amazing...walking and JUMPING straight away. And yes, one hot vet! Who can complain?

I got a sample bag not long ago. It gave my greyhound a badly upset tummy. But I've just tried it with my allergy girl this morning and we'll see what happens. She's been on the euk naturally wild fish formula but since it was recalled, I've been giving her mostly raw with the occasional tinned fish meal (eg sardines, mackerel). Would like to keep her on raw...but she's only able to tolerate turkey, roo or fish. So following this is quite expensive where I live ATM. The euk isn't cheap either but she was doing very well on it when all else was failing.

I'm very sorry for your loss. What a terrible time you must be going through. My thoughts are with you...run free Kato!

Shells, I don't know who the parents are, or even if the parents are around. I don't know who the kids belong to but I think the teen lives there and the younger boys are just visiting. I've only recently moved here so I don't know which kid/s belong where or to whom.

I seem to be getting somewhere...I hope. *crosses fingers and toes* Have applied frontline again on Monday. Capstar yesterday for all the dogs. Found a few dead fleas on them all yesterday...and some flea dirt but no living fleas. Today's flea comb revealed a few listless fleas so I think the combination is working. Plus I washed bedding again and hung it on the line to dry in the hot, hot sun. I sprayed the carpets and skirtings with surface spray (label says it works on fleas) today after vacuuming and mopping the hard floors. I'll put half of the flea collar into their bed with the zippered cover...and the other half under the furniture. Phew. I've never had an infestation this bad before. I just hope we're over the worst of it now.

GM I'm so sorry about Goldie. It's a bastard when we have to make that call. She knew how much she was loved. You gave her the best possible home...you can be sure of that.

So I know it's school holidays and that kids are bored etc. The kids next door are not there full time AFAIK but there are two younger boys (probably about 8 yrs old) who seem to be staying and there's a teen boy as well who I think is there full time. Not 100% sure of the relationships etc but maybe the bloke who is my neighbour is either an uncle or grandparent. The bloke is quite nice and easy to have a chat with and his wife only died recently. Anyway, what's been happening: 1. They play cricket or soft ball in their back yard - fair enough. But they seem to hit the ball over my fence quite a lot. Six times or more yesterday and four times today so far. The kids then climb up the fence and yell out to me so I have to go and get the ball and hand it back. Okay, so I know kids play and I know balls can go astray - but really? You'd think they would either stop hitting the ball in my direction or perhaps go to the park to play...it's just down the road and a good size for cricket and that sort of thing. The older boy seems quite responsible and capable of supervising the younger two. 2. The dogs are normally quiet and they usually only bark for a reason. Ruby (staffy cross) has never been fond of kids, I don't know why but as she was a rescue, anything is possible. I also feel that she could have been a camp dog before she was impounded but we will never know for sure. Lots of impounded dogs in the Darwin area are camp dogs, and just as many - if not more - are not. She has always had a slight food aggression problem so is fed separately and there's no issue. But these kids climbing on the fence and hanging over it are seriously annoying her. Now it's escalated with one of the younger boys - he's decided that climbing on the fence gets a reaction from her, so he's upped the ante and has started (this afternoon) hanging around the fence - fence-running almost. He's posturing and growling at her. Naturally, Ruby has reacted to this. I told him that she doesn't like kids and he needs to stop behaving that way because she is already upset. The second time the ball came over in the space of two minutes, I explained to the child that he needs to leave my dogs alone and that if he doesn't I will be cranky. I'm trying to get a job ATM and while I know kids will be kids, it's really difficult to complete job applications when I've got to go outside regularly to retrieve someone's kid's ball. I'm not sure what I can do other than repeat to the kids that they can't gee my dogs up...any suggestions? BTW - dogs are inside dogs. I take them out and supervise them when they're outside. I don't want to get off-side with anybody here. I just want to protect my dogs.

Some people just shouldn't work in "helping" jobs such as receptionists; while I appreciate that vets are busy people and that they do set aside time to perform pre-booked surgery etc, sometimes emergencies happen and staff must be trained in how to deal with genuine emergencies and how to ask relevant questions to determine what's relevant. If the receptionist isn't sure, why not check with the vet while the caller holds?

You will find the strength. What I focussed on when I had to have Aussie PTS was looking at him as he lay on the table, struggling to live. His eyes were still on me and I saw his love there. I saw his pain there too and I realised, I had to do this for HIM. I had to give him this one last gift that he needed. He told me it was the right thing to do. It was difficult. I was devastated as he was my first dog adopted by me, for me. My ex couldn't stay in the consult room when Aussie was about to be PTS as he found it too hard. But I couldn't leave him. It was truly the last gift I had to give. There's no other way to describe it. It broke my heart and even now, nine years later, it hurts but I have happy memories of Aussie too. He was a good boy and had a good life. And because I had the courage, he had the best death possible too. As horrible as that sounds, it is true.

As someone else said, it's better to make the decision early rather than late. My old boy Aussie went downhill over the last 12 mths of his life but in the last 12 hours, he must have had multiple organ failure and internal bleeding. Had I had my time over again, I probably would have had him PTS peacefully a few days earlier. There weren't many indications other than the morning of his death he was off his food, we went out for the day and when we came home, he was very lethargic and refused food and drink. But he may have told us something...and being Christmas we ignored it or overlooked it...I'll never know for sure.

My dogs are basically indoor dogs. There is no bedding outside. The neighbours have multiple outside cats and they also rarely seem to mow their yard. I am guessing from this that the fleas are coming from the neighbour's place as I've seen their cats in my yard. I mow as often as weather permits and have just taken care of the yard yesterday and today. I inherited a LOT of weeds as well which I am trying to get on top of, which is not easy and as I'm renting, the landlady doesn't want to spend any money. It's her first investment property and while she's nice enough, from what she's said, she's a tight-arse without a clue and her PM should be providing her with more appropriate information. Flea spraying is the landlord's responsibility but she has refused...and *kindly* given me "permission" to do so at my own expense. It's summer in a sub-tropical climate and we've had lots of rain and localised flooding. Therefore fleas are going to be difficult for me to eradicate if my neighbours don't start looking after their animals and their yard. I haven't actually met them...but they're a bit feral if their behaviour is anything to indicate their character. It's a country town so I don't want to step on anyone's toes, given that I'm new in the place and am desperately job-hunting. I'm still using the frontline but Lilly has had a worrying episode recently that has repeated today (when I applied frontline again). Her back end seems to spasm and she hunches with hind legs trembling...as a precaution I'll stop the frontline from now on and seek vet advice when I can afford a visit. In the meantime I'll be monitoring her closely and of course if she were to worsen, I'd see a vet and use my credit card to pay the bill. It wasn't until she had this episode today that I connected the dots to the previous frontline dose...so there seems to be a correlation between applying the frontline and the hind leg weakness/tremors. She also seemed to turn towards her rear end and 'hop' a few times...it was quite disturbing but only lasted a few seconds. She will be 11 yrs old on 10th of this month so no spring chicken. But she's always been a goofball and quite silly - one of her nicknames is Sillychops! Of course none of the shops were open today...and as tomorrow is a public holiday, they won't be open then either. The joys of living in the country! :D

You're introducing rice - can you perhaps explain why you're doing this? Dogs aren't good at coping with grains. It's one (of many) reasons why lower quality processed foods are responsible for causing so many problems for sensitive dogs. Go right back to basics. 1. Feed two meals per day only. Get rid of every new food that you've recently introduced. Put the food down and remove in 10 mins as others have said. If the dog did okay on the dry, then just feed the dry. Perhaps find a higher quality dry to try once the dog settles down somewhat. If you research in this forum, there is a wide range of what people feed - many use brands such as Eagle Pack, Canidae, Royal Canin, etc with great success. Yes, they cost more but you feed less and if the dog does better then it's worth the slight increase in expenditure. 2. Check the dog and environment for fleas. If the dog has fleas it will scratch. A cheap flea comb will show if there are fleas on the dog and it will remove them and the flea dirt. Put the comb into hot water as it catches the fleas...hot water kills them on contact. 3. Look at the dog's skin. If the dog is rubbing its face on surfaces, if the dog is chewing its paws, these are two signs of something other than fleas causing irritation. If the skin is red and raw/broken, the dog is scratching a lot and not getting relief. This sort of thing suggests allergic response. What is causing that can be a long time in finding and you may never find everything which is causing it. If the dog is sensitive to fleas, once the fleas are gone the irritation should go too. 4. Don't bath the dog too often until the skin issue is under control. 5. Don't give supplements as I may have mentioned earlier. 6. Apply an anti-inflammatory and antibiotic ointment to the worst areas of skin - you need to see the vet for this. Ask for something like Ilium Neocort. Definitely give the dog time to settle and if you are going to bath, use a gentle oatmeal shampoo or one your vet prescribes.

Excellent and so it should. ;)

Blimey - no advice or information specific to where you live...I just wanted to say lucky it wasn't worse, I mean what if you'd gone into labour on the spot! Seriously, these people didn't read your dog's body language correctly so they made a wrong assumption. I'd just be saying, if asked, that the front door was accidentally left open and you hadn't realised it was so. Your dog is friendly and when she saw someone walking their dogs past, she wanted to play. Say the couple completely misunderstood your dog's intentions and that they yelled at you for no reason. I hope it goes nowhere...anyone can leave a door open by mistake.

And we will never know what he was talking about because he spat the dummy when all we tried to do was decipher his story and lend a hand. I feel very sad for this dog. Here we are trying to help and the owner doesn't seem to want to know...I have to wonder at the purpose of the thread?

Excellent you have both dogs...sorry to hear your ex has been a shit and damaged your stuff. But I take the view that it's just stuff...I gave up some things too when I left but I have my dogs (and even his dog as he didn't want her ) and that's all that matters in the end. There will be times when you'll wonder if you did the right thing. Only you can know that...I have my moments where I "wish" my life hadn't changed but they are becoming fewer and further between. I'm almost sure that our marriage wouldn't have survived intact and healthy for much longer and we just needed to have the courage to move away from each other. I'm still finding that courage every day. Some days it's in hiding and won't come out but most days I make it through relatively okay.

I'm no expert on beagles but they're known to be vacuum cleaners around food. I think you're feeding him too much...try cutting back and getting the chicken out of the diet altogether. Many dogs are highly allergic to chicken, fine with other poultry but terrible with chicken (my Ruby has severe food and contact allergies). If the itching doesn't improve, consult a vet who knows about doing a proper elimination diet. What is needed is a complete removal of all but two foods, one protein source and one vegetable source ONLY for six weeks. No treats, no flavoured tablets, no supplements and only two foods. But in pups I don't know how safe this would be which is why you must consult a good vet who knows what they're talking about. Best of luck - allergies can be difficult to narrow down. Ruby is allergic to chicken, beef, most grasses, yoghurt, eggs and many other foods sadly. But she does well on fish, turkey, okay on lamb surprisingly, and sweet potato.

Yes, I looked on the website at the product information statement which comes with the packaging when you buy Capstar...it doesn't say anything about safety in dogs with epilepsy. I use the flea comb and hot water combo...I also used to put eucalyptus oil in the water but found that's not needed as the hot water kills the fleas on contact. I've not been able to find flea powder anywhere here. Will have to have another look for the mortein spray you mention as I can't recall seeing it here. Thanks Anne, that's what I was looking for so I'll get some when the shops open (hopefully tomorrow as they don't trade on public holidays and nothing was open today either). AmandaJ every other cause of seizures was ruled out so the conclusion reached by my vet at the time, after lots of detective work, was epilepsy. I have taken Molly off her phenobarb on vet's advice and she seemed to do well for about five months. She then suffered a really bad cluster when we were in Tenant Creek NT (nearest vet in Alice Springs five hours to the south) and I almost lost her. My last vet (in Brisbane) did a full series bloodwork in November and she's doing really well. Levels of pheno are within clinicial efficacy and everything else was within normal - no sign of any damage to liver etc, so I'm happy with that. GM - they're sensitive to one of the chemicals aren't they? Thanks for reminding me. Is it safe to use on Ruby instead, given they share beds and other space? Danois, under normal circumstances I would have consulted my vet. But given that I've just moved here, have no vet here as yet, and no funds to pay for a consult even if a vet were open, it's not possible. I'm living in a country town where vets open at 8 or 9am and close at 5pm Monday to Friday. They don't open after hours, on public holidays, or on weekends (except a couple of hours on Saturday mornings I think). I could call and ask but given that I'm not a client and they don't know my dogs, any definite advice would be hard to come by I would think. I'll keep doing what I'm doing...and get some Capstar and hope I can get the better of this without spending a lot of money. But the neighbour's cats roam freely and they're probably responsible for spreading these fleas in the first place. The neighbours also don't seem to like mowing their place...and I know it's been wet but I managed to mow my front yard yesterday...GAH!

It really depends on whether you want dogs staying in your own accommodation or the facility's accommodation. But I highly recommend: Country Style They have cabins and the times I stayed there, dogs were welcome inside the cabins...and everywhere else in the park. Friendly service although a bit pricey but the cabins are GREAT!!! There's also a caravan park in Nambucca Heads which allowed dogs inside when I stayed a few years back now. Pelican Park They may be fully booked given the time of year. Give them a call and see what they say. The Pelican Park is nothing flash but everything was clean and the service was good.

I'm not following either. But if we are to assume that the dog was put onto the ute tray (as so many people in this country seem to do with their dogs...some ridiculous notion of tradition...), and if we are to assume that the dog somehow managed to fall off the tray, then we also must assume that the means of tether was harmful to the dog and that this caused the OP some concern, as it should. The solution, if what happened is what I've just posted, is simple: don't tether your dog on a ute tray. It's not very safe - as you've discovered. What can you do instead? Well, put the dog in the ute cab and secure the dog appropriately using a harness and tether strap OR a crate appropriate to the size of the dog. A ute tray gets REALLY HOT in summer. Keeping the dog in the cab means the dog doesn't overheat the way it would if on the tray. If you won't do that, then you must get a properly designed and made crate, and have it properly secured to the tray - that is, permanently secured with proper bolts and so on. There must be a covering over the metal floor of the crate to protect your dog as best as possible from heat and cold. This is just my opinion after years of watching dog owners put their dogs through so much misery by leaving them on a ute tray, tethered by a flat collar, with no regard for the dog's safety or well-being. There are many dogs which have died either because they've choked when they fell, or because they slid off the tray and into traffic, or because someone thought it would be a laugh to let the dog loose while nobody was looking and the dog was never seen again.