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My lab is turning 2yr this month. i sometimes feed him chicken carcass , i get a box full or $5 at my butcher. He also gets drumsticks, wings and neck. Every Saturday when i do my weekly shopping i buy him a big pork leg, he loves it!! these are all given raw. thanks for the info. i didnt know that can food was bad for a dog. what i feed him i always buy from the supermarkets. He is a big boy and loves his food. he chows it down very very fast! doesnt look like he even take time to chew! He was only there for 1 week. and didn't look any difference in weight when i went to pick him up, so i couldn't tell, maybe its because i wasn't away for that long. what is the recommend daily intake for a large dog his size? i feed him 2 x 1.2kg can and a bit of dry food. once a day. if he doesnt have the can food then its raw meat. Is that too much to feed him? i see he is beginning to look fat now! yesterday afternoon we went for our walk and when we got to the park and i was running around with him, he looked so tired and looked as if he was skipping instead of running!

I labrador just came back from my partner's sister place. He stayed there for 1 week while i was away oversea visiting my sick father. I gave my p/s money to pay for his boarding. she also has a big dog. i told her what he eats at home, which is Aldi's can food or sometimes chump can food 1.2kg x 2, and a little bit of chump food,and thinking that she will be feeding him the same thing. I went and pick him up yesterday and now he wont touch his food!! i rang her and ask her what she has been feeding him and she told me only dry dog food and treats. i have told her before i left that i don't like feeding my dog alot of dry food. i believe its not good to feed a dog totally on that diet only, i know its cheap but dogs are suppose to eat meat only. i don't know why some dogs owners feed their dogs on entirely dog dry food??? when i took him out to go toilet at 5am he got hungry and started to eat this dinner that i made earlier, but he didnt eat much of it, which is totally out of character for him. He loves his food and usually eats it in 2 sec!! he doesn't seem to chew at all, just gup it all down! :rolleyes: i am now very worried that he isnt eating. I now want to change his diet. Can anyone please recommend me a good diet? is an all raw meat diet good? i also want to give him yogurt but scare it might upset his tummy. He diarrhea when he was a pup on milk (made for puppy) so i haven't gave it to him since or give anything that has milk in it . Has any body ever brought pet food from WESTERN PET food store? do you recommend their raw meat? im looking for a place that has reasonable price and good quality meat. If you know of any store / suppliers in Sydney metro, please let me know. greatly appreciate it. Does your dog have farting problems due to it's diet? my dog farts alot, i think its because of the can dog food. My partner usually have to kick him out of our bedroom because he stinks up the whole room and is unbearable to breath or sleep!!!

hi, i am looking for a obedience class in the fairfield area. Does anyone have any good recommendation? and does anyone know how much it cost to attend? My dog is a 2yr Labrador and i need to give him some training. He knows how to sit, stay, go home in my language only. he knows how to lay down but only when i say and also point my fingers to the ground then he understands and do it. he is a very smart dog, i only have to teach him once or twice and he catches on real quick. The only problem i have is he pulls on the lead and doesnt heel. He is also always jumping on me, standing up, he is a very big dog and i am only small person, its hard for me to support his weight like this ,i dont know how to teach him so i need to take him to class, and also he need to learn to behave since we will be living in a apartment soon. Do they have alot of dogs attend to one class? my dog is lack in concentration and focus ( no wonder why he failed the test at breeder's to become a sniffer dog!)

Thanks. i will ring my vet on monday and ask for the price. Do they give the dog any kind of pain killers or any antibiotics after the surgery? im not concern about reverse it cause he isnt use for breeding. Can dogs still have sex / mate after they are desex? sorry for asking but i have no idea about these things. ;)

Hi can anyone please give me abit of info about desexing dogs. i have a 2 yr old yellow lab that i am thinking about desexing but i first want to ask : Do they put the dog to sleep? How long does it take to fully heal? Do they get stitches that dissolve by itself or it has to be taken out by the vet? would his penis still function properly? how much does desexing cost in NSW? i am very scare about desexing my dog. i went back to my country end of last year and i saw my father's dog who was desexed by my dad and he looked so horrible! the dog kept licking its wound. it has been years now but the wound hasnt healed fully. The testicle was red and raw, it was an awful sight! i have never seen a dog who got desexed before and seeing it for the first time i am disgusted. i dont want my dog looking like that. i am hoping in australia desexing is done differently and not put the dog in any pain. i have read alot of post on this forum and it has made me more aware how important it is to desex your animals. Tien