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  1. you feed the fish cooked or raw? can u feed raw fish to a dog? is it any better than cooked fish?
  2. thats the thing i dont know how you could possibly get any good ingredients in there for in between 80c - $2 thats what u pay for that stuff.
  3. i was wondering this. Ive seen it before it looks nothing like real meat, it smells like crap? Is there horse meat in it? and if there is horse meat in it how come they dont have to list it on the ingredients? Also wondering what animal by products actually are? Im convinced there is not one ounce of decent meat in pal and chum!
  4. hi i was wondering how much I should be feeding my dog. he is a papillon about 3.5kg. I feed rougly half eagle pack dry food and half bones/necks and occasionally some barf. I feed about 150g a day total? Is this about the right amount? He looks to be in good condition not overweight not underweight. If anything he is on the skinny side but I think thats just how the breed normally is.
  5. hi guys, my dog has broken his dewclaw close to the skin. It is still attached just really bent. I cant get to the vets til tomorow. Is there anything i should do in the meantime? There was a little bit of dry bloody on there so it was definitely bent below the level of the quick. Howver he doesnt seem to be in much pain. What is the vet likely to do with it? just cut it off where it is broken and bandage it?
  6. i know this topic has probably been done before but I was wondering what is the best way to prevent hotspots occuring? Can you use ACV internally or externally? If hot spots occur in winter what is the most likely cause? Cheers any help much appreciated
  7. thanks champion love ur bc's i read in my local newspaper today they had yellow border collie. Is that like a black maltese or what? I thought well maybe it could be tan or a liver type colour but yellow?
  8. so the hair can actually grow the wrong way and get into the canal? what happens when it gets into the canal? Can it be attached at both ends? If a dog gets water in its ear is shaking usually enough to get most of it out?
  9. thanks BC. I was just wondering my paps ears are pretty good. Just wondering if I ever need to pluck them what hairs I should actually take out?
  10. thanks guys i will have to read it again. But will still probably have to ask another question. Rom how did you find it? cheers
  11. Hi guys, I was wondering product you can use to clean a dogs ears? Do you apply it with cotton wool balls? Also what happens with dogs that need to have their ear hairs plucked at the vet? Is this because they have in grown hairs or what? Cheers
  12. yeah it is. If you buy offal from the supermarket/butcher how can you be sure there is no hydatid (sp?) tapeworm in it?
  13. hi anyone know what is the best type of offal to use in barf? ive used ox hearts before but i found them too fatty. what about chicken liver are these good?
  14. so you are standing say 3 metres away from the dog with the food in between the 2 of you. the dog is atttached a lead with you holding the end of the lead. Is this right?
  15. when you are increasing the distance and you have the tie in your hands, is the tie attached to the dog how do you stop the dog from getting to the food if you leave the food on the ground. im tired its probably obvious
  16. I dont understand this bit erny. and what is long lead dragging?
  17. I am doing obedience with him but we are not quite up to recall training. I want to start practising ive ordered a 9 metres long lead. I would like some advice on the do's and dont's of recall training. My dog is pretty good at coming on the lead in house and backyard so i want to start going to the park and using the longlead any advice would be appreciated.
  18. say you have a dog of average obedience. How many hours of training will it take you to develop a dog with good recall? What if the first time you let the dog of lead it refused to come? would you have to just keep on training?
  19. when i give my dog raw marrow bones i notice that after a week or so of being in the yard they become more brittle and im worried he may have problems digesting them. He is a papillon so it takes him ages to get thru a marrow bone. Should i take them off him after a week or so and chuck them?
  20. if you caught wild rabbit would you have to gut it before giving it to the dogs? Like could there be any parasites etc in the organs of the rabbit that could be ingested by the dog. cheers
  21. can u use it to clean ears as well?
  22. thanks poodle fan. I was also wondering if u fed ACV together with yoghurt say, because the ACV is acidic can it interfere with the live culture in the yoghurt? off topic but where can i find pics of ur poodles on here? i love poodles. u have mini's dont u?
  23. thanks i notice people often use sardines, raw egg and yoghurt in their diet. I dont think my dog would eat raw egg on its own, do u mash it up with the sardines or something else?
  24. do u have to finely cut up the veges? what is the flaxseed oil for? do u buy it from a health food store? cheers
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