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  1. skycat
    You need to vary the diet as much as possible to make sure the dog gets everything it needs: see the different things I have put in the previous post. Landywoods do a good selection of mince etc. http://www.landywoods.co.uk/ Like I said: Google BARF and it will tell you all you need to know. As far as the amount goes, each dog is different, and pups need more meals per day than adults. If the dog gets too fat then give it less, if it loses weight then give it more: it aint rocket science LOL! If its a terrier pup then try to imagine how large its stomach is inside the body! If the
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    Get him on to raw food only: chicken carcases, rabbit, breast of lamb, chicken wings, minced raw veg, live natural yogurt, oily fish in oil a couple of times a week, cooked eggs, add a teaspoon of SA37 vitamin and mineral supplement once a day. TAKE HIM RIGHT OFF COMMERCIAL FOOD COMPLETELY, and that includes tinned food as well. No biscuit at all. Some dogs have mild allergic reactions to grains foods such as wheat, and soya, a common 'filler' in comercial foods is also a bit dodgy with some dogs. Dogs aren't designed to digest pulses and beans either. Google BARF diet if you want
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    Could it be some type of food sensitivity? What are you feeding him?
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    3rd one down's just superb! And the dogs look well mired up with slurry too! All good fun.
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    That's a good account: lucky you being able to take the dog to work with you: that dog will be really well switched on and used to working in any situation.
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    If her mother is keeping it clean then so much the better. There's very few dogs that would lick a wound so much that it won't heal. The position of the wound does mean that it probably couldn't be stitched as there is too much movement in that area and the stitches might tear out: that is probably why the vet wouldn't do it. The problem with putting a photo up on a forum is that we can't see EXACTLY how things really are in the flesh. I've just had a young dog do a jagged skin tear in his chest going over a barbed wire fence: right underneath and the lowest point of his chest. OK, so I
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    Heart breaking and so unfair: my thoughts are with you and your mrs: God loves a trier: too much sometimes to leave them on this earth for long.
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    For a start you need to get an Elizabethan collar on her: it's a wide plastic funnel that fits round the dog's neck and extends to just beyond its nose; if the wound is where it looks as though it is then the collar can sit well below it so the wound would be protected by the collar if she tries to scratch it. The vet should have told you to do that if they were any good at all! However, if the wound is too far down the neck for a collar to be fitted then you could try taping her hind feet inside padded socks so at least she won't do so much damage if she does try and scratch it. To be h
  9. skycat
    Try putting a handful of straw or shavings in the run: many dogs don't like pissing on hard surfaces, or non absorbant surfaces like concrete. I know it makes more mess in the run, but believe me, it usually works a treat.
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    Aw, that's so sweet: like hens' teeth round here: too many bloody mink!
  11. skycat
    I agree! Think I'l have to find me some organic farms with moveable sheds!
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    I reckon its in the genes: my dad hunted, rough shooter, my mum didn't and neither does my sister: no interest at all. The only thing that pisses me off about getting older and wiser (? LOL) is that the body can't do what it used to. I always say that even if I have to crawl I'll still be out watching my dogs work: like has already been said: that bond with your dog: the ultimate predator catching and bringing that catch back to you: its a special kind of feeling.
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    skycat replied to Kay's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs

    NO need to bash: if the dog knows its wrong to bite the hand that feeds then offer the hand in a fist with the food inside your fist, knuckles facing the dog's jaws so it can't nose the food out. If the dog sits then give it the sit command, then say wait. If no sit then just position dog in front you you, offer fist and say 'wait' at the same time. Do not open fist if dog nudges hand. Don't expect the dog to wait for more than a milli second to begin with: its a greyhound and greedy and never been trained. Track dogs have very boring lives and food is the high point of the day: understand
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    Just like some people can smoke 60 a day and never get lung cancer, so some dogs you could feed on the worst crap in the world and they wouldn't get anal gland problems. If a dog is prone to it then feeding crap will bring out the problem: 2 sisters from my line are a good example: they are the only dogs I have ever had to get it on a regular basis, but their mother and other relatives never ever had a problem no matter what they were fed. But like I said earlier, once on raw and nothing but raw: hey presto, end of problem. One thing to watch out for it if you feed TOO MUCH bone and the dog
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    It's probably bred from a long line of bitsas so could have anything and everything in it!
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    Brillliant! And that is a very nice pup indeed.
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    Too true. The stools need to be hard. Look at fox shit: hard little lumps bound together with the fur or feather of whatever they've been eating. It isn't enough to say that the stools are firm, don't lose their shape: they really need to be hard for the passing of them to empty the anal glands. I used to have a problem with some of my line: never again since feeding entirely raw meat and bones.
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    I'm not full time pest control, but that is the main reason we get permission on farms: to get rid of pests. that said, it is good to remember that rabbit is number one food for so many other animals: stoats, foxes, badgers, crows, birds of prey, humans, owls, mink, can't think of any more at the moment. My point being that all those animals and birds that kill and eat rabbits will be a) depriving new born young of their mothers, hence life will not be concerned about eating tiny fluffy bunny-wunnies on their first day out of the nest, and c) be always on the look out for the easiest possi
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    But still no location: unless I'm blind and can't see it! Fairly important info IMO as I doubt many people would be able to travel 100s of miles to pick up a kennel: and knowing the cost of transport nowdays it would be an arm and a leg job to get it sent.
  20. skycat
    Congratulations both of you. And well done Mrs Bigredbusa!
  21. skycat
    Well I just googled it and came up with the info that it is vitamin B15! Is that the same thing you're on about?
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    Try to avoid doing the things that make it worse! In my case: heavy lifting, doing anything bent over, standing still in one position for more than 5 minutes, leaning sideways and down to pick something up. Surely your osteopath or chiropractor has given you exercise to do before you even get out of bed? Mine has, and they do help, though a cure is out of the question when you arthritis in the spine due to wear and tear. Something I do wear all the time now is a magnetic bracelet: this is the bees knees and has meant I don't need to take so many pain killers all the time: still c
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    That's a really good hen house: like the fact it's off the ground too: less place for rats to hide and burrow under. What would you charge to make one up to sell? Or have you had enough carpentry for a while LOL
  24. skycat
    All mine have ripped and mangled ears from doing cover day in day out: I just put Savlon on them to soothe and help heal. Someone did reccomend putting Vaseline on the inside of the ear flaps to help them better slide past thorns: must admit I keep forgetting to try it. Anything's worth trying. Keep badly ripped ears out of cover until they've healed.
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    Doesn't look overweight at all to me either: big boned pup with a lot of growing still to do.
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