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Thanks guys, shall head off and see if I can find it at the pet shop, or maybe the produce store... now will have to start feeding him in the mornings, I have a chook feeder on the wall full all the time with dry food, so they just eat when they are hungry.... he's gonna love being special...lol

I have a rotty x who is getting on for 9 this year, he weighs about 50kgs at the moment at his fitest. He gets a walk every day with some leash free time, so plenty of exercise and doesn't have any stairs to negotiate anywhere. I have noticed that when we get back from the walk he seems tired, he tends to drag behind the other dogs, and in the mornings he doesn't want to get out of his bed or out of the way when we walk along. I tried a search on here for natural therapies, and noticed that fish oil is quite common as a remedy, but how much do you give a big dog like him? I would also like to give it to the others , who are younger and not as heavy, one is 7 this year and about 25 kgs, the other is 5 and about 5kgs. Is there a limit to the amount you can give them, can you poison them with fish oil? They have seen the vet, who stated exercise was the key, they don't ever want to miss their walks.....

that photo was on icanhazcheezburger.com a while ago. It went under the caption of 'this model comes with subwoofers'. Loved it, spent a day with that as my background on the work computer.

Have watched this thread with interest, I have a mini poodle so am trying to check what i should be feeding her..... Maybe some photos from before and after? That may also help the owner realise how big she was.

Well they came around, no problems, the dogs were just happy to have a cuddle from mum in the middle ofthday and lapped up the attention. Was a good visit, they granted the kennel licence as well and while they didn't apologise for the other bloke (was 2 different people) they were really good to deal with. So At least it is all done now

having just seen this link, they will be getting done one way or the other..... http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25855609-421,00.html

I'm in Alice Springs, I would need to be here when the ranger was here, they are also seeing if I qualify for a kennel licence. So I would be holding the dogs and to be honest, I would do them myself if he wants to stand back, I thought he was being a bit narky, he had a pretty prickly attitude. At least its not some great needle that is going to leave a massive hole, when he said the vets 'put them under an anesthetic' I thought he was being a complete

Hi Guys, Just a quick questions regarding microchipping. We have moved from one town to another, our 3 dogs were lifetime registered at the old town, and the new town has agreed to let us do a transfer rather than re-register. the problem is the old town did not microchip, and the new town does. now the new town has been great, the boss at the council has stated that the rangers will come and do the chipping. I had a call from one of the rangers this morning, he is concerned the dogs might bite him when he needles them with the chip (understandable) and that i should pay for a vet to do it. I told him that i was comfortable with doing the needling if he was really worried, and he told me that he will assess the situation when he comes around. My questions is this, how big is the needle, as when i googled it most sites stated it was no different from a normal needle, just a fraction bigger. They stated the dogs did not usually need to be sedated and it could be done during a normal visit. As these are dogs that I have stictched up myself in the past, I am not worried about thier pain threshold, but if it is a huge needle maybe a bit of local anesthetic could assist? Even just to make the ranger more comfortable. Any thoughts? Suggestions?

OUr thoughts and wishes are with Paiges family at this time.