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My sort of line of Russell types always throw at least one pup with hind dew claws: take them off: the hind ones often seem to grow out sideways more than the front ones and can get snagged if they work cover a lot.
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Phew! Thank God for that: I've sent you a pm.
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Feckin HUGE mate! Sorry......couldn't resist that! LOL Seriously though, he's gonna be a big un isn't he: though some lines of dog do most of their growing upwards much faster than others. My dog of a not dissimilar type was 26 inches at about 7 months, but he's 1 year old and 27 1/2 inches now: he still looks like a gangly pup though and won't be physically mature until he's at least 2 years old. I certainly won't be doing any serious hard work with him until next winter. These sort of dogs go up very early, then spend another year or so filling out. Plus if you're feed
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I've heard that killing spiders is supposed to bring bad luck. I always salute a single magpie so it doesn't bring me bad luck: comes from the rhyme: One for sorrow, Two for joy, Three for a girl, Four for a boy, Five for silver, Six for gold And seven for a secret that's never been told. Apparently there are more lines in a different version but this is the one I know. As for making your own luck: I reckon the secret is to think positive all the time: not easy I know, but if you appreciate the maybe tiny bits of good luck, or the good things in your life instead of fo
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Sosmething I've noticed is that certain of my dogs only roll in certain types of shit. My old white bitch only ever rolled in goose shit (flocks of Canadas and Greys round here), we joked that it was because she wanted to disguise her shining white outline LOL. Some of mine only ever roll in fox shit, and they are always the dogs that 'liked' foxes. The dogs that don't 'like' foxes ignore fox shit: so could that have something to do with using the scent of their foe to attract them? Who knows, but that particular theory might seem to fit, and I've had no exceptions whatsoever on that one
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Just fantastic!
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Always a sad moment when you break through to a dead dog: only happened to me twice, but like the others have said: when they can walk away at any time it's only their gameness and breeding that gives them no reverse gear.
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WEll done: it's great when a pup does that. Just be careful doing too much running while he's still growing though: bit heavy dogs like that need to be at least 18 months old before they are physically mature: too much too soon will damage his joints, especially his feet.
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Are you sure she wasn't stung by a wasp or bee: that sounds exactly like the reaction my terriers have had both times when they've been stung. It might be worth checking her carefully all over to see if there's still a sting in her somewhere.
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Mine often go a bit scurfy when they are moulting: if the diet is right then a good grooming once a day will help to get rid of the dead skin along with the moulting fur.
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I just googled this: my first thought would have been a bladder infection, and this could be one of the causes. Sometimes caused by infection getting in through the open vulva when the bitch is in season. My first option would be a trip to the vet for antibiotics. http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_urina...continence.html
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Ducks are notoriously lousy mothers! Compared to chickens at any rate.
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I check my dogs all the time, but when you get a really tough high pain threshold dog they can work through discomfort as their adrenalin is up and they want to catch. If I went to the doctor every time I got a little niggle I'd never be out of the surgery. LOL. No working dog is going to be completely damage free once it has a couple of season's hard work under its belt: it's par for the course, just like human athletes. But like you say MC: massage before work pays dividends in loosening up tight or sore muscles.
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That sounds suspiciously like an infection and the greeny fluid would be pus! Vet job I'd say.
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Handbags aside, the original post goes to prove that no matter how well we look after our dogs infection or something nasty can creep in without our knowing: its knowing the dog inside out, (well, not quite!) that allows some owners to see if the dog isn't quite right and take the appropriate action. Trapped nerves in necks is a good one: the dog may stop striking properly, or if it has a low pain threshold then won't try at all, may have trouble turning sharply on one or both sides: I wonder how many people have seen a dog like this and just put its lack of oomph down to the dog losing in
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I used to use straw or paper, but it makes a mess and the terriers used to piss in it from time to time. Now I use vet bed: yes it's expensive, but once you've bought it vetbed lasts forever. Just wash it once a week and it dries within half an hour, unless its raining LOL. Very warm in winter. In the summer I put that away and put pieces of carpet (free from skips out back of carpet shops) down in the terrier boxes, though I always make sure the lurchers have either a very thick carpet or leave their vet bed in as well as they have thinner skins and can get kennel sores or bald bits if
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Cracking dog! Very similar head to my old bitch, now departed many a year: her daughter is now 11: don't get many like that any more: very intelligent dogs IMO. Maybe in the fullness of time he might be available at stud if he works out OK?
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Well with all that unsettling I'm not surprised the dog is screwed up: once again, not having a go at you: honestly, but its just that people don't realise how much it can mess with a dog's head moving it to a different home, AND being spayed: losing their hormones can mess their heads up too, big time, especially if she's now come back home only to find another female who is now in season in her place, so to speak. Think about it! I reckon I'd be pissing in the other woman's bed if that was the case LOL
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Some of my bitches really hate peeing and crapping even down the bottom of my huge garden: they'll hold it and hold it until they are taken out for a walk. If you or whoever is looking after her can't get her out on a daily walk, which I would consider the minimum for any dog, then surely it might be fairer on the bitch to let her go somewhere where she will get the exercise and attention she needs. I had one little lurcher bitch who just held it until she had to go wherever she was: she'd only ever normally pee on grass, though not the back garden: felt it wasn't her place. She wasn't that
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Take a bottle of water with you wherever you go with your dogs: they'll learn to come to you when they are thirsty: its a matter of habit and training. Tell them to leave any water as Oneredtrim says. You can actually buy a plastic bottle which fits inside a holder that dogs can drink from easily. http://www.amazon.co.uk/PBI-racpb18-Travel...e/dp/B000AYYOTO Don't exercise dogs during the heat of the day in summer if they don't have access to water to swim in/cool down in and drink.
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pup trying to eat his own leg!!!
skycat replied to dogga's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
Stress related! Must admit I hadn't thought of that: dogs pick up on tension in a household and it is responsible for a lot of behavioural problems including chewing themselves. Good point. -
I was just thinking the same thing! I feel dead guilty cos I've got a hob and jill in a separate hutch to the others at the moment and the others have their massive court with pipes, while these two are stuck in a hutch: OK, it is 6 foot long, but the sooner I get the summer shed sorted out the better. Then the jills will all go in there for the duration and the hobs will have the usual court. Nowadays when I see a ferret in a crappy little hutch it really pisses me off when I compare it to the state of the art places a lot of ferrets live in: and that's the great thing about the forums: I
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What type of terrier is he? Love the big ears! LOL
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I'd go for grizzle: not uncommon in Salukis: very pretty colour.........and the dog's nice too!
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Fucithalmic Eye Drops: comes in a tube, from chemist. They are a soothing antibiotic ointment, prescription only: go to doctor say its for yourself, cheaper than going to vet. Works 100% and very fast: keep tube in fridge and use when necessary. Good for healing and soothing scratched eyeballs as well in bushing dogs.