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Showdog my comments are from my own experiences and I am honestlt not sure I could go through having almost an entire breeding seasons worth of birds killed again so I guess I wouldn't attempt re-training etc again YET I have implemented a lot o things that will hopefully prevent this happening again in my yard.And yes after wiping out at least a dozen birds he was a killing machine in my eyes...come pick up some bodies and piles of feathers and than start defending a dog that kills chooks. Trust me it is not a pretty thing to do when you have raised these birds from hatching and nurtured them to adulthood. People are passionate about other animals as well showdog AND raise other animals as well. Josh everything I own is desexed (dogs/cats) so I guesss I will never be a puppy/kitten farmer.

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I re-housed AFTER the loss of quite a few birds and AFTER numerous different attempts of re-training etc had failed. Some dogs will just never get the idea they are to co-exist with other animals no matter how hard you try.....my gundog has run freely with guninea pigs,chooks,ducks,cats,rabbits and a rainbow lorikeet over the years without issue EVER!! Yet my Pap X Terrier was just a killing machine when it came to the poultry....at least I gave him back rather than put him down....NOW that would have been a real disgrace,not rehousing.

Hey Tracie perhaps you need to go and read your original post again AND stop and read what I have written. At no time in your orig post have you mentioned the loss of a dog to epilesy,but what the hell does that have to do with a puppy killing a chook??? I have given you positve advice in a previous post...training!!! If you bothered to read it. My post re me being missquoted was intended only to stop people "quoting" only part sentences of what I wrote or typed. Get a grip as I certainly did not ask (nor did my post) what I perceive as a personal attack in your last post. You asked for advice,well I gave advice through my own experiences with a dog killing my much treasured and loved show birds. PS: My name is Sebastion not mate and I don't like being spoken or typed at in such a condescending way and I am pretty sure others will feel the same.

Hey if you are going to "quote" me at least have the decency people to quote the entire sentence AND not delete part of it for your own purposes as this leads to me being misquoted!! I gave my opinion which is what everyone else has done. I don't trust Terriers...they simply have a higher kill instinct than most other breeds,go check what they were bred for!!! I am not a new comer to the world of dogs so please don't attempt to treat me as such.

I have not long ago sent a dog back to the rescue he came from,even though it broke my heart for killing chooks. I have show birds and after he cleaned me out of over a dozen birds in about 7 months AND many things had been attempted to prevent it from happening again I had no choice but to just give up on him. Yes was a major shame but considering I also have 4 cats and a Labrador (gundog) that have never touched or even looked at my poultry the wrong way,thats the way it had to be. He was a PapX JR I think...and when you have a terrier mix they just cannot be trusted. Chooks have the right to free range the same as a dog has the right to not be kenneled (runned) forever. I got to the point that even under supervision I couldn't trust him....and the chooks were really afraid of him even when they were locked up and he went near their fenceline. Give your dog time AND training and see how things pan out. Not all terriers/dogs are the same so your pup may learn. And he may also have just been trying to play. Give him another chance...but if he stuffs up again than I'd be sending him elsewhere to live. JMO

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Hi Mochelle, A ex Golden Retriever client of mine in QLD spent 3 summers in a row at the vet for hot spots on her goldie and than out of desperation tried Aloe Vera straight off the plant in the garden as soon as the spot started to appear...the hot spots cleared up really quickly. Cheers

I have both single and double coated breeds here(oh and there is the black Lab as well) and whilst the Sam is currently not being shown I tend not to worry much,but she still has quite a good coat in gr8 condition. The lab has never been shown and at 8.5yrs he has a brilliant coat that shines beautifully even when he hasn't had a bath for a few weeks. Than there is the Afghan that gets bathed twice a week in a good shampoo and has the conditioner left in and blow dried into his coat,a bit like a treatment twice a week. My guys all get eggs (shell as well) once a week and fish in oil once a week,these being the only additives to my guys diets. Apart from that nothing special happens here,but I have also been known to finish grooming a dog at a show and than not show him at all if I thought the coat didn't look good enough and being a groomer I am pretty critical.