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  1. skycat
    Speaking from a female point of view, and I know it's impossible to give advice without knowing the both of you very well, but anyway: if you know why she's left, but just don't want to tell us, you surely know if it's fixable or not. Silly arguments over nothing much? Money problems? Or has her love just run its course? Only you can know that, and all the advice we can give is useless if we don't know all the facts. But if you are sure it's over, then I'd definitely get out of the area for a while: a complete change of scenery can work wonders on the morale. Not so easy with a dog in to
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    Get these CDs to desensitise him again: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sounds-Scary-phobias-including-fireworks/dp/B000XPA5MU/ref=sr_1_1?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1354459578&sr=1-1 Also, he is at the second fear stage some pups go through: which often happens around the 10-12 month mark. Just be easy on him, but keep exposing him to bangs which aren't too loud, and don't fuss over him if he's scared. Just act as normal. Fireworks are a completely different thing to gun shot: the sound seems to come from every where, and its worse because it is usually at night in the dark when the do
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    Husky boots:http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=dogs+boots&tag=googhydr-21&index=pets&hvadid=9671829008&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11518829681475209769&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&ref=pd_sl_28ngp0x5gw_b
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    Do people seriously expect a dog to run on frozen ground and come away foot perfect?
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    Don't tar us all with the same brush: Christmas is just another ploy to get the masses to spend what they haven't got, so they can be enslaved by debt for yet another year: Bah! Humbug! :laugh:
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    To anyone who knows what they are looking at, though you say the pics may not do them justice, you can see by the amount of bone in their legs that they are being very well reared indeed: AND they have learned to keep their bed clean by the way things are set up :thumbs: Feck I'm tempted! Never seen Razor in the flesh, but always liked the look of that dog very much.
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    Paulus: it's hardly for cosmetic reasons if it saves the dog from getting skin cancer. Having seen white furred cats with cancerous ears, I think it's a great idea.
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    He said the dog was 'under' at the time: which means 'under anaesthetic', or to put it in plain English: unconscious and therefore feeling no pain. Very sensible thing to do IMO: better than getting skin cancer.
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    pups should always leave their littermates and dams before the age of 10 weeks. Unless the breeder socialises pups over 8 or 9 weeks old with different situations and people, dogs etc, pups find it very hard to cope with new surroundings. There have been loads of posts on here over the years where people have taken on older pups that have never been outside the kennel and yard they were born in. Once that window of socialisation has closed, at between 10 and 12 weeks, most pups view anything new with fear, and their inability to adapt to new people and surroundings can affect them all thei
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    Pups can go as early as 6 weeks, but they shouldn't be left alone in a kennel, well, no pup should even at 8 weeks IMO, but a 6 week old pup needs more attention, warmth, social interaction: pups reared alone from a very early age often develop behavioural problems around other dogs. The difference between a 6 week old pup and an 8 week old pup is surprisingly great; though not really surprising considering how quickly they change and develop during the first few weeks of their lives. Nothing wrong with leaving the pups with the bitch until they go to their new homes, PROVIDING the bitch c
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    howling pup.

    skycat replied to BS40liam's topic in General Talk

    Maybe women understand the needs of young things better than some men. Warmth will calm the pup, as will a dap difuser.
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    It's fine to road walk or bike the dog at a trot: no point in keeping it shut in: loose too much fitness that way. It's only at a gallop that dogs' stoppers come into contact with the ground.
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    Running on hard ground, stony ground, road ways: generally speaking fast dogs are more likely to damage their stopper pads: it acts as a shock absorber when the dog is galloping hard: hits the ground. Also when landing after jumping. Don't let the dog gallop until they are properly healed or they'll just open up again: 7-14 days depending on how bad it is. If there is a cut just below the stopper, on the leg, it can take weeks to heal.
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    Most people need glasses for reading and close up as they age: mid forties onwards normally, but eyes continue to change for many years. I don't know if they'd do surgery so early in case the eyes changed again: worth finding out.
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    Tree Barks Powder from Dorwest Herbs: http://www.dorwest.com/Catalogue/Dietary-Supplements/Tree-Barks-powder Helps to line the gut, very good stuff indeed: same as Slipperly Elm you used to be able to get for humans: don't be tempted to give the modern human version!
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    Feed only boiled rice and either boiled chicken or white fish for 4 days. Red meat is harder to digest. Has pup been wormed? With proper wormers, not the crap you get from shops. Get pup to vet asap if no improvement by tonight: pups can go down hill fast through dehydration.
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    Tendons can take at least 3 months to heal. Get the dog to a good greyhound vet for a check up, and pray that your normal vet knew what they were doing.
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    YOU are his protector and pack leader. Don't let the other dogs near him. The poor dog has obviously not had a good life, and he really needs you to do his 'fighting' for him, not in the literal sense of course. Keep other dogs away from him, and if you can't, tell the owners in no uncertain terms that you need your dog to feel more confident, not the target of their uncontrollable mutts. If your dog has been neutered that could well be a reason for their behaviour as well as some male dogs appear confused by the scent of neutered males. Also, it doesn't matter what breed your dog is. If
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    Had a few geese given to us over the years by the wildfowlers: some were lovely, others were really like boot leather How do you tell how old a goose is before you shoot it?
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    What a beautiful dog he was, and obviously useful as well. My thoughts are with you.
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    Fit dogs fed a raw diet look kind of leaner than dogs fed on loads of cereal based food: I don't know quite how to explain it any different, but there's a tautness to their muscles, and a certain gleam to them which I never saw before I fed raw. ~She looks very good
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    So I guess I've just been lucky!
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    I've got a Dispatch: brilliant vehicle. I've got mine kitted out with built in terrier boxes and dog cages at the back, the middle is empty for large items, but the cages come out completely if I need to transport a bed or sofa. Quite economical, and although my MOT man hates them, says their rubbish, touch wood mine has never been any problem: O2 reg and still going strong. (Each time I take it in for MOT I remind him of what he thinks of them, and though he tries his best to find something wrong, he can't: fingers crossed I haven't jinxed it by saying this! ) The body is galvanised too, s
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    The only shakers I've had were the Airedale blooded dogs, but they preferred a throat hold and then shook hard. Most of my lurchers ,mostly around 25", 50lbs ish would grab hold anywhere, sometimes even the brush if the fox was about to dive into cover, then let go and grab the throat as the fox spun round. Seldom had a dog that regularly took fox without taking a nip or two in the process. But for the most, they were 'throttlers' rather than shakers.
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    That's a very good point: there is no way I would let a vet do anything without a proper explanation first. But as far as diet is concerned, most vets are in the pockets of the high end complete food manufacturers: Hill Science Diet etc. So they are hardly likely to advocate a raw diet, and most vets view any food containing raw (God forbid!!! ) bones with deep suspicion: even my own fairly enlightened vet was horrified when I told her that I rear pups on chicken carcases and raw rabbits :laugh: But I've also never ever had any dog have to get teeth pulled, except for accidental damage whe
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