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You've both done good!! :)

oh damn . I am sorry. You & Amber have been working so hard with such good results :) Fingers crossed, hugz and healing thoughts.

Your girls looks beautiful :) I am SO sorry about Carny . losing a best friend horse is one of the hardest things .I will be thinking of you ..and imagining him, freed from this tired old body - kicking up his heels as he heads for the slushie bucket over the rainbow bridge ;)

oh - I hadn't seen it . I think Stan Greyhound should wear one ;)

and yes, they are real > anyone speak Russian? LINK HERE I really would like one of these things ;)

oh - re reading .. there is excitement ..and there is ANXIETY ... I am perhaps leaning the anxiety rote now ... Ok - I have found something for you to read ..from HERE, an article by behaviourist /trainer , Mark Singer . an excerpt :

A natural remedy ? yep . Training to be calm ...giving that little busy brain LOTS of stuff to learn ..and teaching appropriate behaviour around people. tell me - if you had a 3 yr old child who ran up to visitors, climbed on their laps , and interrupted every conversation - would you be using a supplement/medication, or would you be teaching how to behave when the visitors are there ? ;) It's not a great leap from that scenario, to a terrier ...really .....

pup is acting like a BRAT, not a boss ;)

How's she going now ?

Cha- I agree! he sounds a bit like a pushy teenager ;)

please do NOT stop the grumbles - that is a warning ..and if the pup does NOT listen - next may be a snap . IF there is NO grumble - and just a snap/bite ... because the lab feels insecure now his owner won't let him warn the pup ..he could do damage to try & rein the youngster in . I would be teaching the youngster to sleep in a crate/pen to give the old boy some well deserved peace & quiet . In our porch at present are 4 dogs - all in their OWN beds .. rarely do any of ours share a bed past puppyhood.

Sorry - you must have the wrong puppy identified - THAT face can do no wrong!! ;)

I shouldn't ...but ... LOL What a mix!!!! :) Ok ... perhaps make him a dig pit - full of sand /clean straw /kongs/ big bones /nylabones and deer antlers? That is HIS spot to play . It needs to be big enough for him to stand in & dig in several places ..perhaps 1.5 metre X 2 metres? And deep enough to get a decent dig ;) I would not bother with weedmat just yet ..Imagination is painting images of a very satisfied puppy after pulling it all up/out, and dragging it 'round the yard

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It isn't the controversy which is a concern - D O L thrives on controversy ;) Sometimes these situations have legal ramifications to them ..and telling stories in public is often very unwise I wish you and pup all the best - pls give us an update ? :)

oh. wow. :hug:What an ordeal for everyone . I hope the old boy feels much more comfortable now :)

LOL - imagining trapping 12 kg ferals here and taking to the vet for desexing! NOT. !

I have NFI who 'Morrissey' is .cecil the lion? not really . They are not indigenous, or in countable numbers, or popular with tourists....I love cats - and feel ill at the thought of masses of poisonings etc ...however , it would be SO much better for Australia as a whole ...we used to have possums, ground nesting birs and small mammals - over the past 40 yrs, cats & foxes have decimated our wildlife.Morrissey should come watch a feral cat take down a goatling or lamb - yes it IS like a lion ...but.....

H WDO it :)

:) Actually, his coat is NOT soft .. the ruff is quite coarse ..he's a good model - anything for attention ;)

It's been a little while .the gremlin is now old enough to spend more time with The Boss - and has had some experience with feral goats .The Boss has decided Smoke will either be brilliant - or dead , as his idea of controlling billygoats is to grab their beards ,& hang on!! Oh Dear.... he is excellent at running under bellies to get from one side of a yard to the other ..and apart from being car sick , is doing OK.

Look at them ... almost real dogs now ;)

yes, I agree - the breeder would probably have been aware . if so - then sending you a pup with problems is at the least , certainly not good practice. Glad you have sought advice from the kennel club, too. take it slow ... do some thinking ..and hope it works out for you all :)

Hi - how disappointing .I hope you have contacted the breeder- they need to be made aware- ..... I would also advise reading this . http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/262328-knuckling-over/