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I am so very very sorry for your loss. Run free little one

Dog barking can be very annoying when it occurs excessively and I fully understand (as you do) the frustrations of people who live nearby to dogs who consistently voice off. However, if it is a matter of them just being 'cranky' (and I've met those sorts too) and insist that it is your dog where you have checked to the best of your ability and beg to disagree, one possibility is to have Daire stay elsewhere for a period. Your neighbours would at some stage (if the complaint went further and unresolved) need to make diary notes of when Daire was barking and for how long and it is a very big tell-tale if they report him as barking on a day he wasn't even around. that is the plan Erny. I have moved them round this week and if it goes further and they have to fill in the diary i will either crate him inside or take him to a friends for a week to see if that changes their diary Once of the biggest tells for me is that the anger said they bark at night my dogs sleep in my room and are in fro around 8pm each night So it CANNOT be them barking at night - it is impossible i know. the neighbours gsd does though as she is only 6mo and she DOES bark a lot

A good indicator they're not up with current understanding and knowledge of how far the collars have come since the 'days of old'. The anti-bark e-collars do much of the 'work' for you. You might want to consider collar conditioning him first though, to reduce the possibility of him becoming 'collar wise'. The important thing is to use a good quality collar. I use the Dogtra with the settings I can set to suit the dog, rather than those collars which have 'set' settings and which range through the stim levels depending on whether the dog continues to bark. Of course, it is also a matter of being certain there is no specific "cause" for the barking. If there is and you don't work on that aspect at the same time, Daire's barking behaviour could manifest in another or additional unwanted behaviour. Before you begin using one, I'd be setting situations up so that you can be sure that it IS Daire that is the 'problem' barker. IHF ... you also need to be aware that although good anti-bark e-collars now operate via vibration (as opposed to the older styles which were triggered by noise whether it came from the dog wearing it or not - those styles I think would be more suited to some neighourhood cats ). This means that if your dogs are mucking around and they end up knocking the transmittor, Daire could end up receiving a stim from the collar even though he may not have barked. If the dogs are in close proximity to each other Daire might pair the stim with your other dog/s. Thanks Erny. As i said, i honestly dont think it is him Personally i think they dont like ANY dog barking - neither do i, but they could have spoken to me as i would have done something immediately I haved move the dogs to the run on the other side of the house I want to set up a sound recorder so i can hear if it is my dogs and how often and for what lengths of time I spoke to my other neighbour last night for a bout an hour and i heard them twice playing - not barking just wrestling When and if i use it on Daire i was planning on putting him in the yard seperate from the girls, him in the run and them in the yard as i am petrified a repeat of Barker will happen if one has a collar on with the rest of them

They have told me that unless the complainant rings them next friday then it is finished with If they call next week then they will have to do the diary. I asked the lady behind, as we got her complain as HUnta had dug a hole halfway into her yard and she was concerned -and i actually think that the barking was related to this, and she said she only hears them playing sometimes and the only time she hears them bark is when we get home because they are excited. When i spoke to the council the ranger said 'i listened to him bark for 25 minutes'. I said that i understood as barking dogs drive me insane but did he think that maybe they were barking as one had tried to dig to play with the neighbours dog, one they have only had 2 weeks His answer was 'No' I have fixed the holes and changed my electric fence set up so they cannot access the fenceline so that issue is sorted. The barking, well i dont think it is them, yes they bark but not often and not constantly. The complaint was at a high pitched bark which cannot be Daire Also i have on a number of occassions told Daire off only to find him asleep - it was our other neighbours dogs. So if I can make that mistake, then so can a neighbour. I am happy to try anything as i will NOT get rid of one of my dogs. I even said to the council - 'Give me a letter saying i can get my dogs debarked' They wouldnt but am happy i am doing something about it The ranger actually pushed the collar angle at me, a friend has one so i thought i could try it, it cant hurt

I had a complaint yesterday from the council about Daire barking - although i am not 100% sure it is him as they said it was a high pitched bark adn he has a deep one, anyway I have moved them to another area of our yard to see if that helps remove them from teh area they were barking Also i was wanting to know how the e collars work - if that is the right term. The council refers to them as shock collars. IF it is him, he is smart enough to learn quickly that barking is not ok I am getting one to use and want to know the best way to train him with it Thanks in advance

Is Leo ok?

I am not a breeder can i answer? I woudl do what i could to en it for the dog in the most painfree way i could. If that meant giving them a large amount of prescription medicine, i would do it I am all for euthanasia and i dont like to see animals in pain.

4 Paws has a sale on RC today (in Melbourne)

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Hope your little one recovers fully

snap just about to suggest that Nek it is $25 a 22.5kg bag at Robbos.

I would advise you to set up a run for your pup A large dog with a small pup is a disaster waiting to happen Accidents occur and injuries happen. I set up part of my yard so my gsd pup could go into it when i went to work ]It worked well as they could play when i was at home but not when i was not around to supervise. A suggestion only

it can depend on a lot of things. Does your pup get a lot of bones because they can help? Also if you are that concerned ask your breeder to tape them, because generally by 6 months if they are not up they wont be

a suggestion: crate her at night or put her in a room that she cant destroy Hunta has destroyed a number of things and i have learnt, she is nearly 2 by the way, that the only time she is truly good and trustworthy is when she is crated.

Good luck! It is a shame that the 'prescription' foods cost so much. I think LM said it was $70 for 3kg bag

Winterpaws - i cant help with the ZD price but i have a suggestion. If the ZD is for sensitive tummys allergies etc then the Royal Canin Hypo allergenic is good It has no meat proteins in it and it comes in large bags, 12kg i think for about $100 - a lot cheaper than the ZD Luciens mum is having heaps of success on it after using the ZD for Kayne. Just a thought anyway.

I got wagners joint formula from my chemist 500g for $50

how do you get the dye to work I tried wit Mitchi with food colouring and it washed out. What can i use?

I used an antihistamine when mitchi kept finding that darn plant It helped her heaps as i didnt want to use cortisone all the time Good luck

Poor little Brodie- she is cutie.

Is that a serious suggestion?? I have never heard of such a thing. Isn't that a bit ummm.....extreme? I would imagine it would be uncomfortable on the dog to not have the range of movement in their ears that they should. Very serious suggestion. It works Speak to your breeder first hun, but by about 20 weeks i would be taping if they are still all over the place. get someone who knows what they are doing to do it, your local gsd club and the breeders there will be a wonderful help

Keep the walks short swimming is great Come on joing us in the GSD thread http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?show...p;#entry3006381

My friends foxie cross's bits look like that and it is due to allergies. Poor little dot, hope the vet cna help

Oh Danois! I am so sorry that you lost Angus so young I dont often come to the bridge because i cry and when i saw Angus and then you as the OP my heart dropped. Run free Angus, know your mum will always love you. Danois, hugs to you, I am so very sorry for your loss.

omega 3 tabs can also help, this is what my vet said. 2000mg a day swimming to help build and maintain muscle around the areas joint food cartrophen injections