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  1. chook1
    What you have to remember is the DDA, if your dog scares anyone, doesn't have to do much and its not under controal IE on a lead or walking to heal, then you could be classed as haveing an out of controal dangerous dog. I normally walk mine when there's no one around, very rare I bump in to anyone, mine never run up to other dogs or people unless they know them, but even so if I do bump in to someone they go stright on the lead out of respect, I wouldn't want some strange dog running up to me and mine or bouncing all over them,so why should they want the same thing.
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    Feed them to mine quite often, as well as mice and young rats, they have dried in all the time as well, but like said there's not much on them.
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    From the pictures it looks like its the glands that's causing it, when there full they are painful for the dog so they bite and nibble at the area to try and get rid of what is causing the pain, best thing you can do is ask the vet to do them and show you how to do them yourself as when first done the dog will scream and some will try to bite ( as it is very painful) also it stinks to high heaven when there expressed. Get them done first - then look at other things, coal tar shampoo is also good for flaky skin but i think that should start to clear up once the initial problem has gone
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    Both you can buy without a script - try ebay for thornit. Although you can use white Vinegar - one part Vinegar to one water, have used it before and it does work. http://www.vetinfo.com/dog-ear-infection-treatment-with-vinegar.html
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    The 5 mins per month thing is for when lead walking on hard ground, ie pavements Its the repetitive forced movement on the leash and on hard surfaces that causes the joint issues, free running walks can be longer as its normally on softer surfaces and the pup can self regulate, would advise small brakes whilst out though, sitting down for a few mins to give the pup chance to rest if it wished. Mine have gone on longer walks free running/playing, none ever had joint issues even till the day they were pts due to age/illness, current pup when walked has been out upwards of an hour and sti
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    Try the children's Benadryl its sugar and alcohol free - its what most vets would prescribe. Normal dose of antihistamine for a dog is 1 milligram of antihistamine per pound of body weight every 8 hours. http://www.antihistamine.com/articles/dog-antihistamine-dosage.html
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    Drax is 5 1/2 kg haven't measured him yet as he never keeps still, even in the vets yesterday he was trying to chew everything in site, he's a bright spark though. Just managed to mesure him he's around 12/12 1/2.
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    Its also spread via mosquito's as mixi is blood borne - so no matter if an area is clear, it only takes one of the little suckers to have fed off a rabbit miles away to infect the new area.
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    Says that ad has been archived - no longer active. http://www.preloved.co.uk/adverts/show/107843147/lurcher-for-sale-bull-whippet-greyhound-working-dog.html
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    Liver pups do come up quite often in litters, the color could have come from the saluki side, how ever nose color would determine if its a liver or just a red/fawn, nose leather would be brown or sometimes pinkish. http://www.doggenetics.co.uk/liver.html
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    But not all rescues are like that, mine have come from rescue and I know the rescue will do everything they can to place their dogs in to the right homes, if the dog needs a working home they will work to find that home, first and formost its what the dog needs, the bigger rescues I agree need to change as they don't care and put blanket bans in place on what they think a dog needs without actually taking the individual dog in to accounnt.
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    Unnecessary suffering ? From where as dogs don't suffer anything being neutered except a little pain, and most dogs cope quite well with coming in to rescue, as most go directly in to foster homes, dogs are not like humans the don't dwell on the past or past homes, actually most dogs forget any past homes very quickly.
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    End of the day if so many people didn't breed and throw out pups year in year out - talking about all types of breeds hear,or pass on their dogs when they can't cope or have had enough,there would be little need for so many rescues and vets wouldn't be so pushy for neutering or spaying to be done,rescues won't take the risk of putting an un-neutered dog in to a household as for all the will in the world people can lie through their teeth when they want something, they won't take the risk of there being any problems between the new dog and any resident dogs, neutering can reduce the risk of dog
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    But that could be cause by anything, not just neutering, did they have an mri scan done? I had two bitchs neither were done, both lived quite happly with each other till they were a little over 8 years old, then one day they kicked off, not just a little fight to the point of killing each other, had to be kept sepertaed, a few months later we had to have one of them pts, as she had liver falure. A rescue male dog I owned started showing agressive unprictable behavour towards people, never us, He wasn't done, showed no other signs or symtoms - he dropped dead one day, he was brain d
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    He actually had a good life, but unfortunally with an elderly owner who didn't give him the socal/ life skills needed to cope in the world, neutering him hasn't changed this and I see lots of possitive changes in him daily. This artical ( although american) may show why most vets don't do vas, its not much different to over hear. http://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/vet-practice-news-columns/reality-check/the-trouble-with-pet-sterilization.aspx
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    Probably because no vet will do a vas for a dog, they are not trained to do them - only ever trained to neuter, when I asked my vet to do my hob, he agreed to do it for me, but stated that he had never been trained to do one before on any type of animal. There is also no proof that neutering can cause a dog to go nervous or make an already nervous dog worse, my foster dog ( yes I do help out with rescue and no I'm not a bunny hugging lacs supporter and neither is the rescue) was very nervous when he arrived - nervous to the point of chewing himself to bits, he was neutered a couple of months
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    Jenga? KerPlunk? Trivial Pursuit? Snakes and Ladders? Is that the kinda thing you mean???? LoL No would be easier though. One way is - as he uses dry food scattering the food so the pup has to work at finding it all, scent games - hiding a rabbit skin dummy, training etc.
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    By walking the pup more you will just create further problems as you will get to a stage where even walking is not enough, the pup needs mental stimulation not just chewing a bone, you should find mental stimulation will tire the pup out much quicker and for longer.
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    Bloods don't always show for pancreatitis - you need to do the other test, a serum test called canine pancreatitis lipase immuninol reactivity - the fact he has an enlarged pancreas would suggest to me there is something going on, instead of pasta give mashed sweet potato with either fish or chicken (without skin). The mucus in his stools can be caused by lack of food, my bitch had the same when she was being syringe feed, due to recovering from septicemia she didn't eat for 3 weeks by herself. http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_canine_pancreatitis.html
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    I wouldn't be putting that dog under a GA just yet - very surprised the vet wants to do it so soon, her internal organs wouldn't be able to cope with anything like that just yet, would be better to wait a few weeks - at least a month get some weight back on her and get her a bit more healthy her body would be better able to cope with everything then. might be worth you investing in a coat also - if your keeping her outside even with a heat lamp she will use more energy trying to keep warm as there's nothing on her to help. And forget about the dogs trust if you do decide, they wil
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    From whats being said the dogs were locked up in the kitchen and the girl walked in, she had been left alone in the house she was staying at whilst the owners daughter and another friend had nipped to the shop, the two girls came back and found the girl lying there they ran off to phone for help, the owner of the dogs had apparently already said before that the mastiff was aggressive. There was 2 staffys, 1 young AB, 1 mastiff and a little fluffy shitzu type thing ( presume that is the one that wasn't shot) in the house. no one is certain the girl was even eating a pie. from what
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    If you have a 4x4 club near you why not go and speak to some of them, will give you a chance to see some of their 4x4's and find out for yourself which one would suit you. A lot of the 4x4's that come off roading near me seem to be the defender and discovery ones, although there are a few different types of vehicles that turn up most go home with out any problems.
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    garlic is toxic to dogs my dog pinches the garlic of the shelf in the kitchen, I always find either a Clove in her bed or out in the garden! How toxic is it to dogs? :s Its a toxin. While it will take a lot to kill a good size dog but it can cause damage at much lower doses. Dogs simply shouldnt be given garlic or onions at all. Actually your wrong there - garlic only has very minimum trace amounts in it and a dog would have to fed tons of the stuff every day to even show any symptoms, even over long term, i've been feeding it for 10 + years and non of my dogs have ever showed
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    Wey hey another millet type bellend. In what way am I bullshitting? This is the 1st time I've ever been to vets. £55 for 5mins work seemed extortionate. Bills up to just short of £1500 if you fancy an argument take it elsewhere. My dog is lucky to be alive. I don't know if its gen but vet reckons she's had over 3000 dogs in since xmas with a virus similar to parvo majority young dogs. Survival rate 1/10. It caused some real upset in the family as dog is a real character and the family love the thing. If you think in a bullshitter come.to Keighley west yorkshire and have a look at all the paper
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    So long as its not over kill on fat then i wouldn't worry to much, so dogs react to - to much fat others don't.
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