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    My girl had a phantom pregnancy after her first season. I had arranged to get her spade when she suddenly started being moody, producing milk and mooching about carrying tissues about. She came out the other side and ended up being spade. I think she needed pills to dry her up first.
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    What heat? Most it gets here is 20 degrees! Mine love the heat and sit outside to absorb it. My Patt swims too given any chance at all - jumps in the water trough, white water rafting down the streams and mill race! She finds the sea abit big, though - the lurcher swims in that collecting drift wood!
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    How's it going? Let us know. I've been following this thread with trepidation and interest! Cheers Pignut
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    I have three dogs:- 1. Patt bitch (spayed 2 yr old) prone to put on weight - 1 meal a day 2. Patt dog (castrated ? yr old) always thin and hard - 1 meal a day 3. Lurcher dog (castrated 13 yr old) prone to losing weight - on 2 meals a day and... 4. 2 x Cats (castrated boys) who hunt in the summer and want food in the winter! I have access to slaughtered sheep and sometimes cow and mackerel and herring and my freezer is full of lamb necks, ribs, lights. etc. So, I have read the Barf site and like the idea - it all makes good sense really. What ratio of veg to meat? Is th
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    My little Patt bitch is prone to be tubby. She is exercised and races about all day. I have another Patt dog, who is fed double her amount, does half her work and is thin as a pin! So, when my Patt bitch is getting porky, I cut out all biscuits and she gets only meat and veg once a day and the occasional raw egg. This trims her up a treat. Sadly she is a very good dooer and a greedy pig. She will "improve" her diet with sheep shit, horse shit and chicken shit which are all oily and greasy so must have calories. Ugh!
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    That is bad luck,mate. So sorry. Pignut
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    I wonder if they are canine viral papillomas - Viral Papilloma Dunno - just my thoughts!
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    That makes sense - I will give it my best shot. Thanks.
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    Day 1 - exam, and Norocarp inject (painkiller) Day 4 - re-exam with urine sample - 20 noroclav (A/B) - £39.16 in this neck of the woods. Expensive pee! At least he will be happier chap.
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    Then I think I am failing dismally and I should be blamed for bad training. The trouble is, for me, that when you open the front door, there in front of you are about 50 bunnies hopping about in the field running about. Not just one or two, lots and lots. The front door looks straight into a small valley heaving with rabbits. Up here, in Shetland, rabbits have no predators and there is a real problem with them. We do not have mixamytosis very much - only seen one mixy rabbit ever. So the ground can quite literally just move with rabbits. There are also no other pray such as rats o
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    That describes my Patt dog (neutered). He was not himself, no temp but pissing lots and not particularly drinking. He also recently left a puddle behind him if he sat for a long time in the evening. So, off to the vet for a course of synulox which, within a day, has completely solved the problem. He is 100% better and happier and back to his normal self. I have also made sure he took the whole course of drugs too. Good luck! Pignut
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    Nah... they are tethered outdoors while I work and when I take 'em out, I either separate them (one goes with someone else) or they go to a specific place that is enclosed for a good hunt and I am only concentrating on them and nothing else. Yes, they still piss off occasionally if we do not stick to the same rules, ie shut the fecking front door, you idiots! but things are better. I realise I can't stop them hunting - they are hard-wired to do that - but I can take responsibility for them and think ahead and not put them in situations that mean we all fail. Thanks for all your adv
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    Bring yer gun and I'll make the sandwiches - egg all right?
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    LOL!
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    A smoker is a good idea. How could I make a home-made one?
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    I have got the chance to go ratting with my two Patts and a friends two collies - all very keen! I know that they are in the byre (shed) walls and underground but the only access points are at holes in the wall. Will the dog team still be effective or are they better suited to digging them up outside? Also, when is the best time to do this - evening, daytime, early morning, when do rats leave their nests? Sorry if these sound stupid questions, but rats are very rare here (Shetland) - I have only ever seen 2 in 10 years! Not like Britain, at all. Please can you give me any ti
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    Firstly I would get a halti. They are very good for this problem and give you back far more control. They are not cruel. Secondly, I would fill your pockets with treats and find a quiet, non-distracting area with no other dogs. Right, have the dog on your left - always - this is because if you lead on a road, you are between the animal and traffic. Now, just walk off, do not look down, and see what the dog does. If you don't have the dog's attention, ask for it? Say the dogs name and then "this way" and walk. If the dog walks nicely give praise, if not be stern. I would use "ahe
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    That is worth knowing - thanks for that foxyjo. I will go and hack at partner's aloe vera plant that he has lovingly raised from birth!!!! My lurcher goes out every day after rabbits and comes back ripped to shribbens. and yes, we do have purple spray (called by us "Purple Spray") which we use for sheep/goats/horses. Haven't used it on the dog as I don't want purple sprayed furniture and carpets!
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    For bumps, to get the bruising out, use arnica cream or pillules. You can buy this over the counter in Boots and most chemists. It does help. The pillules are very easy to give as the dog hardly thinks he has taken anything - they are small enough to be put under the lip. I don't use arnica cream on open wounds as you are just introducing more gunk rather than promoting healing. Also rescue remedy for shock is excellent (for both human and dog!).
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    As long as you are, at the end of the day, the pack leader - ie you finish any arguments, make the decisions and they look to you to define the hierarchy - you should be fine. Your house, your routine and take no shit. If one is more dominant, treat them fairly and the same. Get others to as well. Neutral ground for the initial introduction is a good idea - usually outside and if possible not on leads. Don't break up the first squabble (unless it turns to bloodshed) as everyone needs to establish themselves too. I would also not have lots of folk around. A big garden or field wi
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    Thanks, guys. I hadn't thought of the puppy pile angle at all. Makes sense - she can be clingy and have that terrier insecurity and separation anxiety at times. Cheers Pignut
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    My lurcher is a peaceful castrated male dog of 11 years old. My terrier is a world-dominating little spayed bitch of 2 years old. From day 1, my terrier as a pup (and still does this) sits on my lurcher when he is lying down. She sort of parks herself on him! We have another Patt terrier (male castrated) and she wouldn't dare do it to him. She also sits on your feet - just places her back legs either side of your hanging foot and sits there! Is this normal behaviour? She is not aggressive to anyone. Is it dominant behaviour or just weird terrier stuff? It just seems abit s
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    In Surrey?????!!!!
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    Thank you - that is a useful bit of info to know.
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