borderstaff

ok so my staffy has mange but i dont want to take her to the vet casue they will charge me to tell me what i already know casue she has had it in the same place a few times but i have run out of the medication. Is there anything i can buy with out taking her to the vet?????????????

Hi sas im sorry i dont understand what NILIF is..... i do think so knows i am the boss/Leader and our relationship is VERY close i have had her since the day she was born so im all she has ever known she sleeps on our bedroom floor everynight and come on the bed for snuggles in the morning. Anytime anything happens she always comes running to me as if to say "Mummy can i go" or can "i have some too" and everyone tells me how much she loves me.... hehehe she is a moocher!!!!

Yeah i called her yesterday at lunch time and she is way till 5th april so i will have to wait and see its not that long to wait..... does anyone have any idea or a round about price of each lesson????

I'll put myself between you and the worrying thing/person. Now let's go do something nice". It may be for your girl that being your OH's truck dog might not be an appropriate future for her - but who knows.

Thank you Corine for the PM thats great.... Henrynchlo i totaly aggree with you....i dont want to do anything to confuss her thats why i want a really good behaviourists i just love my litttle kirra and i hate seeing her so scared all the time.. just a question have you guys used this lady or just heard good things about her im just intrested thats all!!!!!!

yeah i do do this but i doest appear to help but it cant do any harm well thats what i think. I do praise her alot when she is good. but how do i teach her not to growl i usally just say no to her but she looks at me and does it anyway sometime she has a little aditude??? can you get a ones that are experienced in border collies that would be really good...i really want to see someone that has been recommended casue i know there are alot out there that say they are good but are not....and knowing my luck i will get one that knows nothing hehehehehehe..... ok i will look in to it but do you know of anyone how has used them for this or similar behavour??? Thank you guys so much for this i will take in everything you have said and work on my little girl and her probs...

I have a 9 month old BC and she is very scared of people she growls every time a strange person try’s to pat her she has never ever tried to bite anyone she just growls and then she curls up and try to hide....scared stiff But there are some strangers she doesn’t care about like the vet the other day Kirra got bitten by a bee the poor thing and it was on her mouth and when the vet went to look at it kirra didn’t care she just let her she didn’t growl nothing she just sat there I really don’t get it. Some people she doesn’t care about but most she is really scared...which is a real problem casue my parnter wants to take her to work with him. he is a sub contrctor bulider but kirra growls would growl at all his customer so she can not go. I was thinking about taking her to a behaviorist and I have looked into it but the one I looked at it wasn’t what I was looking for, it was more of a dog club and I am looking more for a one on one consultation so if anyone has had a good experice with a behaviorist that has fixed this sort of problem I would love to hear from you about it cause its all very confusing to me who to choose and how to go about it. I live in the Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

That is an amazing story i had no idea that that could happen..thank you for posting that story>>>>> my thoughts are with you and your little baby

i use grated carrot and it works a treat on my staffy

No dont clip the coat will never be the same again. Unless thats what you want!!

yeah the vet said to take her for 6 month check ups and she has recently been and they said she was really healthy and i will continue to take her every 6 months. i did ask my vet weather or not to vac her and he suggested that i could give her i lower injection c3 or somethinkg like that then i said i dont want to give her any and he said that taking her age and what she has gone though i probaby dont need to at all anymore. So that makes me happy i was a little worried he would tell me off but he was really good about it. does anyone know when the dog clubs are going to starts accepting that the dog does not need one every year. Cause i want to take my other 2 dogs but i dont want them vac!!!

THANK YOU ALL so much my decision has now been confirmed I will NOT be vac her anymore. Well I think she will be happy with that decision as well.

I was just wonder peoples opinion on the C5 injection I have heard so information that some how the injection in linked to the in crease of cancer in our dogs I have a 11 year old and she had cancer 6 months ago now she had an op and it was removed and now her injection is due and i wondering if i should give it to her. She doesn’t go to dog school anymore but our other dogs do. i was thinking if she is 11 she might have had enough.

I would love to bring my pup where about do you do all this herding. I do have chickens in the backyard and she chases them but who know with the sheep it might be a little different. Could you please tell me where and when i could bring her to socialise and take a look.

I have 6 dogs 4 border collies and 2 Staffy and we have never removed the dew claw from any of them and they have never been a problem. I have never really thought about removing them to tell you the truth, but recently new research has found that the dew claw is actually very beneficial in active dogs border collies, kelpies ect when they are running it help stop vibration running up the leg its sort of a shock absorber.

i was just wondering at what age can you start hearding because i have a 14 week old border collie and i think she will love it and it looks like the dogs really enjoy it but im not sure at what age i can take her.