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    Curious

    skycat replied to Dan Newcombe's topic in General Talk

    Let's just hope that the 'immature' morons actually take the time to read this!
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    You need to make the kennel the most attractive place to be: plenty of bedding, toys, a roof over its head to keep the sun or rain out, enough room in the pen to pee and crap well away from the bed area. BTW: I've known many dogs with so called allergies which have disappeared altogether when the dog has been put on a raw food only diet. Many dogs are very mildly allergic to something or other in commercially made dog food, which can cause extreme reactions to flea bites or other irritants. What are you feeding the dog?
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    If a pup of that age is deemed agressive then it is nearly always the fault of the handler/owner: wrong sort of handling will turn any pup with spirit into a defensive bite-back creature. If the pup has come to associate being 'grabbed' by the collar as a precurser to being shut in a kennel, or being told off, or it has simply been too roughly handled then all the above could make a pup want to stand up for itself. Sounds as though she'd be better off with someone who understands dogs. Hope she finds a decent home.
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    Get some Arnica 30c from a health food shop: good for bruising and most injuries. Could be the dog's wrenched the claw slightly from the nail bed: not uncommon. Stand the dog's foot in cold water, or run a hose on the foot twice a day for 10 minutes at a time to help reduce inflammation and if it's no better by Monday then take it to the vet. Even if it is better after the weekend keep the dog on the lead for at least one week after it has stopped limping to allow the area to heal properly.
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    my new dog pen

    skycat replied to twiggy's topic in General Talk

    That's a nice and tidy set up, but personally I'd want a bed area with the option of being enclosed in the cold weather: open bed areas are great in summer but don't offer the dog any protection in winter: OK for GSDs and the like (heavy coated breeds) but for small dogs or lurchers they are likely to get chilled.
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    I would have thought that rubber matting wouldn't help the dog dry off at all if it goes in there cold and wet: straw, changed weekly, all the way for me during the winter. Piece of carpet during the hot months.
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    K9 sulphur blocks in their water helps to keep them cool too.
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    Now here's a difficult one! Times I've been to see a person and come away with a malnourished, cowed dog and ended up buying the dog just to get it out of where it is: but I haven't dared to say anything to the person at the time as I'm a 5' 6' female and if the person I'm facing is a large bloke I'd hardly fancy my chances if it came to a punch up! Also, I've found that most of these people who keep their dogs in shit conditions and badly fed etc don't actually realise they are doing anything wrong! They've seen their fathers/uncles/grandads keep dogs like that so just do the same, and
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    Unfortunately most pet owners or first time rescue dog owners don't seem to have much idea as to what a dog might or might not do when it arrives in a new home. I would have thought by now with so many dogs being homed as adults into pet homes that a 'care' pack full of advise and precautions would be mandatory when the do is homed. Such as 'KEEPING ALL DOORS SHUT ALL THE TIME!' I do hope the dog is found safely.
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    Contact Dorwest Herbs and get some Urtica Urens 3c: all this starving and purging bitches went out with the ark IMO. Yes of course starving a bitch completely will help her milk to dry up, but how much nicer for the bitch not to have to do that. Believe me, Urtica Urens 3c works and I've used it for years: totally safe and no side effects, no starving or purging, non toxic and absolutely reliable.
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    I never boost my dogs: just have the puppy ones at 8 and 12 weeks old. Even my vet said it wasn't really necessary. If you have doubts about your dog's immunity get it blood tested, and only boost (not the whole pupy course again) if it needs it.
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    Refuse to pay: you know your bitch, and you knew she was in trouble so the vets were at fault. Arseholes that think they know it all: makes my blood boil.
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    my defence

    skycat replied to digger dan's topic in General Talk

    So true: its a syndrome: "I'm not OK so nobody else can be OK." If your'e in a bad place mentally or emotionally then you'll try and make everyone else suffer as well. Like I said on the other thread: the internet is like an online court: judge and jury all rolled into one. At the end of the day most people go on sites like this for the craic and to learn more, and find out what other people are hunting, what dogs they've got etc etc. I've had dogs for more years than a lot of youse have been alive LOL, but I'm still learning stuff about dogs all the time: medical, behavioural etc etc.
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    the thing is that everyone starts somwhere when they get into dogs, and one of the really GOOD things about t'internet is that everyone can learn something: God knows there's enough experts on here to make a real difference to a dog's life. And no, I'm not being saracastic. I feel sorry for you Digger Dan: you put on those pics in all innocence and get a load of flack, but at the end of the day maybe you can learn summat too. Gundogs may be OK on a hard surface bed, but IMO, lurchers, being bonier, thinner skinned dogs need more than a hard surface to lie on, and yes, they do need room t
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    If the bit hanging off is smaller than the pad itself then just get a sharp pair of scissors and cut it off. It will look sore but shouldl heal no problem but don't let the dog run loose until its completely healed. The dog will lick at it and keep it clean. Probably take about 3 weeks to heal.
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    It could be congenital, born like it, but if there has been damage to a joint or muscle then swelling will occur. Quite often you think that the ok leg is the one that is damaged as the muscles are more developed to compensate : they have to do more work than the damaged leg so get bigger, even if the dog is not showing lameness. Get the dog to a good chiropractor or greyhound vet and get the dog checked out.
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    How good to see another litter of well reared, well fed, wormed and socialised pups. I do hope that the people advertising runty, spindly legged and pot bellied pups on here take note of what properly reared pups look like!
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    I got bitten by an adder on the ankle when I was 12. My leg swelled up to just above the knee: my dear dad reckoned that as I hadn't keeled over I wasn't likely to die LOL Took about a fortnight for the swelling to go down. Keep the dog moving: just walking: it is the best way to dissipate the toxins, and very gentle massage of the swollen leg will also help to remove the toxin from that area.
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    Certainly the best reared pups I've seen on here for a long time.........maybe ever.
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    Any confident pup will want to explore its world, and getting it out in the field is part of growing up. All the back yard training in the world won't help if the dog has never seen the great outdoors. Now I'm no gundog trainer, but IMO lurchers and terriers can't be that different. The pup has to learn its boundaries, in terms of what it is allowed and not allowed to do but at 4 months old it is still very much a baby. IMO too much training too early on will only make a dog rebel more when it hits that teenage stage. I concentrate on recall with the odd retrieve etc until the pup i
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    There's that many people who are in the hunting'dog game half heartedly. I personally know a few blokes (and the odd woman) who have given it all up for a relationship: all I can say is that if someone is prepared to give up their dogs for a person then they're not 100% committed to the game and tht the dogs are going to be better off with someone who really wants to work them and put the time in.
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    Could you not team up with someone who can do the hard work: a ferreting partner: I know that for many people ferreting isn't as exciting as lamping etc, but at least you can sit: take a fold up fishing chair when you need to rest. At least you get to watch your dog work and for a lot of us that is the most important bit of hunting.
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    To the vet: AND FAST!
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    Ah! The secret is in how they catch their prey: or this is what the famous man himself told me LOL So anyone who has a dog that rolls with its prey in a rugby tackle type strike can be called a tumbler in that case
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    Just shows that in the right hands a Saluki is just as trainable as any other dog: NOTE: in the RIGHT hands and with the right upbringing. Look forward to more on that beautiful pup.
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