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  1. skycat
    It's very unlikely to be due to the meat she's been eating. The 'spaghetti' worms are round worms, which are present in nearly all puppies. How old is your pup? And what have you been worming her with? Over the counter at pet shop wormers are next to useless. If a puppy has a heavy round worm burden it can lower the immune system, leaving the pup open to bacterial infections as well as viruses, as well as causing stunted growth. If a pup is shitting out round worms without having just been wormed it is certainly carrying a lot of worms in its digestive system. Puppies under 4 months of age
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    We have two large male lurchers, and a male Whirrier: the Whirrier has to live in a kennel 24/7 because he's a feisty little thing though no nastiness in him: just little man syndrome or should I say, typical terrier attitude. But he can and does work fine with the lurchers when they are concentrating on a common cause. The two big male lurchers live togethe in the house with absolutely no problem: though their two temperaments are poles apart. The older dog is boss, calm and intelligent and confident, and the Saluki head case is very submissive to him and there's never been a problem. But I
  3. skycat
    Looks like he's been supported by a lot of people, so the display's going back up
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    Alert, and obviously very well reared.
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    Fluffy bunny syndrome.
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    A lot is also down to the breeder: if the breeder gets the pups out and about in their garden, plays with them a lot, and generally exposes them to noise and comings and goings, rather than keeping them shut away in a kennel in a high walled yard and never let out, it makes a big difference. By the time some pups are 8-10 weeks old they may already have started to react with fear at new things rather than curiosity if they have been kept shut up and not handled and played with by people (the breeder, family and friends). Also depends on the type of dog and the basic breed traits.
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    Yes. http://mrsbrownsboysukfanclub.weebly.com/the-real-life-family-connections.html
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    One of the very few things that make me really laugh, but then again, I'm a simple soul and love a bit of slapstick, plus I like the fact that most of the players are his real life family in some way or another, AND it's filmed in front of a live audience. It's actually quite cleverly done if you don't mind the constant double entendre and sexual inuendo, but it is exactly those things that make if so funny. I hated the Carry On films, loathed them but I love Mrs B's boys: go figure
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    'dry nuggets', or complete dog food, can be as good or as bad as the ingredients it contains. Good complete food costs a fortune: think upwards of £40 per 15 kilo bag. Anything cheaper will be cereal based and often contains masses of artificial preservatives, colouring and flavouring. If you consider that a dog needs a good source of protein in the form of meat, fish etc, and is designed to process natural foods rather than baked, excessively heat-treated man-made products which are mostly cereals, will do less good than the the real thing. After all, we do better on fresh ingredients than on
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    No, I don't really believe this at all, but it is important that the dog doesn't associate shitting with getting a bollocking.
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    If you live in an area where Parvo is rife: such as some inner city areas where nobody vaccinates their dogs and the disease is around all the time, or in areas heavily infested with rats (Leptospirosis) then I'd keep the pup well away from public areas or rat areas until its vaccinations are completed. But if you live in a 'nice' area, where dog owners keep their dogs up to date with vaccinations, dirt/rubbish/refuse is at a minimum and regularly cleared away, I'd get the pup out and about straight after its first jab. I've never had a problem doing it this way, but I do live in a 'nice' area
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    :icon_eek:See a back man first. If you don't know of anyone in your area go to the local greyhound track and ask who they use. Seriously, what a good bone man doesn't know isn't worth knowing, but do be careful and use someone who is recommended and has loads of experience: there are one or two who are useless and dangerous to dogs. I'd recommend Robert Meek, but I guess your'e too far north for him.
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    Beautiful! Every time I see those old abandoned cottages in the middle of nowhere I just ache to set them right and live out my days far from the madding crowd.
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    Some people do say that they eat their own faeces in order to 'hide' the evidence: this could happen if the dog is constantly scolded for crapping in the house, which is why it is so important to praise the dog when it does it in the right place: outside, and say nothing when you find and clear up crap from in the house. Of course some pups also learn to do it if they are getting an inadequate diet: once again, poor quality cereal based foods often cause this as the dog is trying to get more nutrition into its body as canines are not very good at extracting all the nutrients from cereals,
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    It's more likely a soft tissue injury which won't show up on x-ray. Try taking him to a good Greyhound vet or bone man (osteopath) These guys are much better at diagnosing soft tissue injuries: muscle/tendon/ligament problems than ordinary vets.
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    The main problem in getting a pup from an environment like yours has come from is how the pup was reared. Pups that are reared on one material: straw in his case, is that the pups are shut in a stable/pen etc all covered in the same substance. They never get the opportunity to move from that place, nor to know the difference between bed and not bed: so they get used to peeing and crapping on the same material and in the same place they eat, play and sleep. Even worse is how he feeds the pup: throwing food down on the floor that has already been peed and crapped on. A sensible breeder provi
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    What a cracking little dog.
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    Used to be a real delicacy: pressed tongue, and very delicious, you could buy it tinned, though I don't know as I'd fancy it from your photo
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    Most bitches are fine for around a month after their season has finished, but after that, when they would, if they were actually in whelp, lose muscle tone, and their ligaments slacken. Internal fat is also laid down during this time, and even if a bitch doesn't put on obvious weight, she will be carrying fat inside her round her internal organs: not a good idea to strain the heart and lungs during this period. The time to avoid running them is from about a month after the season, until 10-12 weeks after the season. If you imagine that from week 5-6 after the season, a bitch in whelp is pr
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    I use a dead rabbit held just in the hole to lure the ferret out. Wiggle it about a bit, let the ferret latch and and SLOWLY draw the rabbit out. Reach round with one foot and plug the hole, and let the ferret have a bit of a rag on the rabbit before gently picking it up, making sure to keep rabbit on the ground: lift it up in the air and the ferret may drop off and try to get back down the hole. We've used this method for many years and it has never failed. Too many people are way too impatient with ferrets: do everything nice and slow and easy and most come right once they've got used to be
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    Slight problem there with working lurchers though Imagine, you're happily whizzing along a nice path through the woods and a large, (or even a small) beastie jumps up and makes off through the trees ....
  22. skycat
    Never a truer word
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    Depending on the breeding, many pups just don't have the instinct or abilities to look further than their nose at this age. Their primary sense when young is smell, and I find that most of my pups have their noses glued to the ground, and fail to see rabbits hopping about up the field. Don't worry about it at all: your pup will start seeing those rabbits soon enough: then you'll be better off encouraging it to play with you rather than letting it chase rabbits it has no chance of catching. Chasing rabbits when young is all very well, but disheartening to a pup if if continually fails to catch.
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    My Airedale's parents were not working, but they came from a long line of workers in the States. Sometimes you have to take that chance if it is the only option available to you: I'm glad I did.
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    Runts often have domed heads, wider apart eyes than usual, or bug eyed. Their legs may be very lacking in bone too, and they are usually only half the size of the rest of the litter. Big difference between a small pup but normally formed pup and a true runt, as bunnys said. I've tried to rear true runts, and they often have something internally wrong with them too: dodgy digestive system or heart. Not worth the risk if it is a true runt.
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