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In case anyone is interested the book Notes from the Grooming Table by Melissa Verplank is for sale on ebay finishing in 9 days. The book is in A1 condition.

In case anyone is interested the book Notes from the Grooming Table by Melissa Verplank in A1 condition is for sale on ebay finishing in 9 days. The book is worth over $100.

If you are still interested the groomer's name is Kathy. Not sure of phone number but she is located in Blaxland behind the tile shop. Clients were going to ring with her number but may have forgotten. They said she is very good.

I also have a boarding kennel. I will take entire males and females but will not take females in season. I do not double up dogs, the only dogs kennelled together or let out together are the same owners dogs. I am a very small kennel and a female in season causes males (even desexed males) to play up.

Friends who live in Springwood have a cocker spaniel, about 16 months old and until now they have taken him back to his breeder to be trimmed.

She is a bit too far away to keep going there, so they have asked me if I know any groomers in the mountains.

Can anyone recommend a good groomer, not too far from Springwood please? I don't know any up there. Towards Penrith would be better than towards Katoomba I think.

Hi Wendy,

I have a lot of clients who use a groomer around the Springwood/Winmalee area. I am pretty sure her name is Kathy and have been told she is very good. One of the clients is arriving on the 10th April or if you are in a hurry I could ring them and ask where exactly she is and her number.

Acacia Lodge is very good. They have a lot of vet recommendations, repeat customers and customers travelling long distances. You should check it out and compare both places.

Hi

I did the Tafe Course for Grooming and I also did some work experience with very good groomers at a salon. A few hours a day twice a week. Mainly bathing, drying and brushing out.

The experience I gained from working with the groomers was far better than the course. They taught me to correctly bath, dry, brush and comb the dogs. We were not shown the true importance of this in the course. It was mainly styling and cutting it was more there is the dog, what are you going to do with it?

The course was good in a lot of ways but by far working with the groomers was better.

I would get experience from professional groomers and not a mobile dog wash. A lot of the mobile dog washes don't even rinse the dog and very few dry the dog properly.

Vet advised us to use "swift", it's a repellant for horses and he said it will last six weeks.

It is only at certain times of the year a particular type of fly causes this problem.

We spoke with our vet the other day regarding the fly problem. He told us a horse product called "Swift" will last for six weeks and is very good.

We have ordered this product and will receive it later today.

Yes I know there are a zillion topics on it but it's hard to know where to start and everything is

contradictory.

My puppy was vaccinated at 6 weeks....he's only just been weaned.

Can I give a parvac shot at 10 weeks, then the C3 at 14 weeks? There is parvo around here

so I am extra concerned.

You can give, and we do with pups, the killed parvac as early as four to five weeks of age. We give killed parvac until the pups are 14 weeks old, 1/2 ml per week and then give a C3 or C5 vaccination at 14 weeks. You can instead give 1ml every two weeks with no problems.

It looks more like a broken tail

Tape worm will also cause a dog to scoot. Has your dog had any fleas? Even one can cause flea tapeworm.

When we've had bitches who've had pups and are being finicky eaters I always use the sardines in tomato sauce as I can't stand the smell of the ones in oil.

I use Eqyss Micro Tek. I think the smell is great and it does a good job.

Why don't you just use anti-histamines. Claratyne etc

I have tried delete and it is very good.

Another alternative, which I was told about was enzymes in washing powders. I have tried Radiant with enzymes and it works really well, the smell is just great. You only need a tiny amount in a bucket of water. I hose off the area. Apply a small amount of radiant mixed in a bucket of water. Leave it on for ten minutes and then hose it off. The whole area smells great.

Clever Clippers who operate at Quakers Hill Veterinary Surgery 0296269561 are really good.

We have had problems with tonsils with older dogs. If it has been a slight inflammation they have responded to antibiotics. However we have found especially if it is a bad case (as yours appears to be) it reoccurs unless they are removed.

It's a wonder the vet didn't remove them while the dog was already under. Why did the dog have to be knocked out to check it's tonsils? Most vets just open the dog's mouth and use a torch to check them out (or our one does).

After a few days of soft food the dog is back to its normal self.

Good luck with the dog.

I've never had a dog with early stages of Kennel Cough, only a foster in the last few days of it, so sorry if this is kinda 'well der'

Daegon has a kinda cough, it's more a wheeze/rasp outwards thing, but I guess a cough. He's shaking his head a bit with it, eyes are a bit watery but I think that's probably from the 'coughing'. He's not doing it all the time, I've just let all three outside for 5 minutes and I can't hear him doing it now, so it's only in bursts really.

He still seems pretty happy within himself, he's even still eating and Daegon is fussy at the best of times, but obviously I'm concerned about him. I've left a message with someone to hopefully get him to a vet tomorrow to check that it's not something else.

If it's kennel cough is there anything I should be doing? With three dogs it's probably going to spread to all of them I guess...if it does I'm really concerned about Jaida as she is much older than the boys...how do the older dogs go with it?

ETA: have just done a very quick search (really need to get back to bed as I'm sick myself) and morgan has posted about using bryonia to help it settle, especially in the early stages. Has anyone had any experience using bryonia? I'll see if I can find some somewhere, Daegon was first coughing last night so hopefully it's still early enough.

Kennel cough is an airborne virus. The incubation period of the disease is roughly 3-7 days. It can lower the dog' resistance to other diseases thus increasing susceptibility to secondary infections and so needs to be closely observed to avoid complications.

It cannot be cured and must run its course. While a dog is still eating and drinking there is usually no problem. If the dog stops eating, drinking or has a temperature it needs to be taken to a vet.

The vaccinations used to prevent this are made from one strain of more than 100 different strains of the virus and therefore not as effective against some strains as others.

A friend who I have lost contact with ( so can't check) had this coconut spray for her dogs coat. I don't know if it was a conditioning treatment, or just a spray that made the dog smell nice. She got it from a stand at a dog show and I remember her saying you can always find it around the dog shows. I have no idea of the bottle even, but she gave me a little in a jar, and a little goes a long way and last for ages on the dog...I remember her sayinog it wasn't really cheap..

Does anyone have ANY idea what it might be????

I think it is probably Animal House Coconut Crush Cologne. It is distributed by Catonum Products Phone 0295436968 or email [email protected] they have a whole range of products. A lot of them have coconut in them. I know they are also sold at dog shows.

Hope this helps

Thanks everybody. I have ordered DAP spray and diffuser from overseas. In the meantime I am also going to try rescue remedy. Are the drops better than the spray? Do the drops work just as well added to their water?

Thanks Duncan and Dougal,

Will give both products a try. Anything to help dogs settle better in a strange environment.

DAP is ideal for the boarding kennel environment. If only all kennels could be bothered to spend the $$$...

We use it at home (Diffuser and spray) and in the car (spray) and if available, I'd use the collars too.

I buy my supplies from the UK b/c it's too expensive here.

Thanks lillysmum, where do you buy it from in the UK. I didn't know there were collars or sprays, I had only heard of the diffuser. I thought it would be a great idea in the kennels.

Assume you are talking plug in? I have both plug in and spray.

I used both recently for the first week after my dog had surgery.

I also used it when I brought the second dog home for the first time.

Don't know how it would go in a kennel though....... you don't want winds or draughts as they would blow the pheromones away

Honestly, for the cost of the DAP (and it is expensive) I would give Rescue Remedy, I actually think that is more effective by far and you see results very quickly.

The DAP is far more subtle.

Thanks for the information.

I have never used rescue remedy but have heard of it. Is it a spray from the health food shop? How does it work? Our kennels are indoors.

Virbac Dog Appeasing Pheromone. Was interested to know if anyone has used this product and whether it works? I have a small boarding kennel and was interested to know whether it would work in this situation. I know it is made by Virbac and sold through vets.