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feeding dogs how mant times a day
Annmarie09 replied to a topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
Twice a day, main meal after our morning walk (at least an hour after of course) and once after we eat about 7.30 ish. That's the only way I can fit in the 2 hours after eating before exercise and it means it's unlikely to be too far from the normal meal times of any foster dogs which arrive. Plus a few biscuits in the morning to keep Fly's blood sugar up before exercise and a pig's ear or bone last thing to calm her down for the night. As dogs in the wild wouldn't make a kill every day some people fast their dogs for a day every so often, the wolves at the deer centre in St Andrews are -
Your poor wife! She must have been terrified for the baby. It's a bummer, he's just a pup and we all know how excited they get when something runs! Do you know someone with a horse that is totally calm with dogs? Mine won't run from dogs, then they get up to him all ready for fun and don't know what to do! Most dogs will back down from a horse just standing looking at them, when they realise just how big they are. I was lucky, my lurcher took a smack from one of the racehorses once, not that she had ever chased them but she was too cocky about walking between their legs and under thei
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That sounds really good, but if I was the vet I'd be worried that some people would come in with every little imagined thing knowing it isn't going to cost them, presumably your vet doesn't offer that service to people like that!
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Sounds like kennel cough, a sort of choking but nothing coming up. I would get him to the vet anyway as the last thing you need is a permanent respiratory problem at his age. It can take a few days to a few weeks to clear up and the dog is infectious for some time so phone the vet ahead, tell them what you think it is and leave the dog in the car til he says you can bring him in so you don't infect anyone else's dog. Good luck!
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Common in saluki and saluki crosses my mates dog is the same, but when its on quarry its a different dog, its covered in scars on its legs chest ears and face ONLY throu coursing going through hedges, jumping fences and the dog doesnt bat an eyelid, but if you were to stand on its foot or raise youre hand to it she would tremble or wimper, sensative mentality, extreme huntng instinct and preydrive. Mine's the same, she comes back with gashes on her legs from chasing through bushes, brambles etc without complaining but look at her wrong, tap her or if my old cat looks at her she acts lik
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If your dog has collie in it make sure you are careful with doses for milbemax, as collies are very sensitive to Ivermectin and Milbemax contains Avermevtin which is a similar compound. When I asked my vet about this as my lurcher is collie cross, he said it is safe as long as the doses are correct and the dog is weighed every time it is wormed. I made the decision to use a different wormer as we use Ivermectin to worm the horses and sheep and sometimes my dog eats their dung. I know the chances of a problem are slim but I'm damned if I'm losing my dog over something that is supposed to hel
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E&L are terrible, no wonder your boss doesn't deal with them. I had my first pony insured with them, just an ordinary heinz57 14hh pony and after the first year they put my premium up to £100 for a 10 year old pony valued at £500 with no claims against him! And that was 20 years ago and was a lot of money then. I would never use them again for anything. I agree that there are many treatments I wouldn't put any of my animals through, like cancer treatment, apart from removal of a small tumour for example. But the trouble is that even tests to determine an injury or illness now are s
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Common in saluki and saluki crosses my mates dog is the same, but when its on quarry its a different dog, its covered in scars on its legs chest ears and face ONLY throu coursing going through hedges, jumping fences and the dog doesnt bat an eyelid, but if you were to stand on its foot or raise youre hand to it she would tremble or wimper, sensative mentality, extreme huntng instinct and preydrive. Mine's the same, she comes back with gashes on her legs from chasing through bushes, brambles etc without complaining but look at her wrong, tap her or if my old cat looks at her she acts lik
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You can do a chargeback with paypal, or have you done that already? Don't let pp mess you about!
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Not an ideal diet by any means but if she was in a reasonable enough condition then she probably won't have her growth stunted. I would just make sure she has the best of everything from now on, worm her every three months and perhaps give her a general vitamin supplement for dogs.
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No probs, I should have read the stuff at when I received it but I wasn't really in the right frame of mind to be thinking about vets having just lost my whippet, but nearly a year on I have finally done it!
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I have just looked at my Petplan policy and it says your dog must have a yearly dental examination. It also says that they must be vaccinated against distemper, hepatitis, leptospirosis and parvovirus otherwise they will not pay any claims for these illnesses, so presumably you are Ok for anything else. Another point I have noticed is that they will not pay out for any dogs used for guarding, track racing or coursing, or any dog crossed with a Pit Bull or any other dog that must be registered with the dangerous dogs act.
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As far as I know you have to have all the vaccinations up to date, but I haven't read all the small print so I don't know if that would mean that parvo etc would be excluded only, or if the whole policy is invalid!
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Are you not registered with a vet?? You use your own vet, obviously except in the case of being too far away, ie if you were on holiday at the other end of the country then you would get emergency help from a local vet and go home to your own for treatment. no as i dont own any dog at the moment , last lurcher i took to a vet was 12 yrs ago Ah, that's fair enough then! As soon as you get a dog, get it registered with a vet, it may sound obvious but an accident/illness can happen any time and it's so much easier to get it all done in advance!
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She may or she may not! Depends how bad she was and it depends on her! My pony was extremely ill at the age of 5 months, I was told he may not grow to the size he should but luckily he did. Don't overdo it with the food if she is really bad, you could just add more problems. Underweight animals need feeding up gradually. Do you have any photos of your pup?
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It appears that the boy was not at his own house but at his grans/uncles. I think the owner of the dog should be charged with manslaughter if the dog was an illegal breed. The point of charging him with that is (if the dog is a pitbull/cross) then he knowingly kept a dangerous dog. If it had been a labrador etc he wouldn't be charged with manslaughter as no one could have been expected to foresee what happened. A local man was jailed for manslaughter a few years back as he hit and killed a child whilst driving at 40 in a 30 zone, if he had been driving at below the speed limit he woul
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Are you not registered with a vet?? You use your own vet, obviously except in the case of being too far away, ie if you were on holiday at the other end of the country then you would get emergency help from a local vet and go home to your own for treatment.
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I'm with Petplan, not the cheapest at £18 a month but most vet's work with them, they have the forms at the surgery ready to be filled in straight away, and my vet said that some with some insurance companies they require at least some of the payment up front as some aren't very good at paying out. He said Petplan is the most reliable. Fly is down as a lurcher, no questions were asked and as she is not a pedigree she gets the cheaper rate. The excess is £ I think. Also, the cover is per year, so if the dog gets a chronic illness then she is covered for life. Also, you can get 4 weeks fr
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No, seriously though, you can't beat a saluki cross for speed and stamina, but you need to put a lot of work in with them!
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Mine!
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Salukis and their crosses are hard work, they really need to bond with you before you can do anything with them, but once bonded I believe you couldn't get a better dog. They need a LOT of exercise otherwise they get bored, they take a lot of tiring out and longer to mature than some other breeds. Because of the unique bond between a saluki and its owner, any form of shock collar is a bad idea, they are not a breed that reacts well to any sort of pain and using one is risking the bond that the owner has hopefully spent a long time building up with the dog.
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Looks like it could be a food intolerance to me, beef, wheat, something like that? If you still want to keep using some dry food in her diet there are some for dogs with allergies, James Wellbeloved is a good one. I see a lot of dogs now with skin problems, and I'm sure that if the owners tried changing the food a lot of them would improve, but the vet gives them tablets for life and they spend a fortune. Of course you need to have mange ruled out first, as that is a seriously unpleasant condition for the dog.
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gave the dog boiled egg for a change
Annmarie09 replied to Wxm's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
Yes you can give the shell aswell, they might not eat it though Annmarie, dogs eating coal are usually seeking charcoal in their diet, you can buy charcoal biscuits form the pet shop I give charcoal biscuits all the time now, I believe they help reduce farting problems. I had my GSD many years ago and didn't know about such things then. We don't have a coal fire now, but my lurcher gets a couple of the large charcoal Bonios every morning about an hour before we go for our walk so she has something to keep her going before her first feed at about lunchtime. -
gave the dog boiled egg for a change
Annmarie09 replied to Wxm's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
I give my dog raw eggs (without the shell!), if I give her cooked eggs she farts like no one's business! I know they love the shells because when my GSD used to raid the bin that was what he was after - but then again he also loved stealing the coal from the bucket but I would never have put it in his food! -
My dog has sardines in tomato sauce two or three times a week, she loves it! Tomatoes a few times a week are good for men, they help to prevent prostate problems, so if your dog is a male it may even benefit him that way, I think it's something to do with free radicals or something like that.