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I have heard they work very well. Not sure about the size etc but I do know that when you worm your dogs you need to make sure that you stop putting the poo in for a while otherwise you will kill your farm worms as well.

Around $1200 I would think.

Well she probably could have avoided it in the same way you can avoid a car accident by not driving but she didn't and that doesn't make what happened her fault. :rolleyes: Hope she is ok and that the owners are prosecuted.

Keep an eye out at the pounds in her area in a couple of weeks time We won't let her do that, I'll offer to rehome them with her if need be, she is married so has the support there but 4 teen dogs and a new born will be interesting dynamics That is really nice of you but I would worry that she will just go and do it all over again. A no win situation.

I don't get this, why do people let their dogs off lead when they don't have any recall? Sorry I just don't understand.

I would hate to see puppies being allowed to leave their siblings at 6 or 7 weeks like they used to. However, I agree that 12 weeks is too long. Both our dachies we got at 9 weeks. The first because we were unable to pick her up until then and the second because that was the breeder's choice. I think anywhere between 8 and 9 weeks is good. Our littlie at 11 weeks is really settled with us now and has had heaps of socialisation with teenage kids coming and going all school holidays - something she probably would not have experienced with her breeder at this age and something which is very much a part of life in our household.

What great news. So glad you have your little dog back again.

Could be a nasty ear infection. Sounds like he is in pain if he is crying. I wouldn't lose hope yet.

Have looked at this thread a couple of times hoping for good news. Hoping for the best for you and your daughter.

Good luck, sounds like a fantastic thing to do. I would love to just pack up and travel around. Not going to happen yet for a while. Re the restrictions with dogs, I am sure there are issues but when we travelled to NT recently there were grey nomads with dogs all over the place and in every caravan park we stayed in. I was talking to a lady and asked her what they do and she said the same as you, that if it is somewhere they cannot miss (ie Kakadu) the dog went to a boarding kennel. When all of our kids are old enough to fend for themselves we plan to do the same thing and there isn't any way I won't be taking our dog(s) with us. ETA: Actually one thing I did find surprising was the number of retirees we saw with unmanageable fox terrier type dogs. I guess they choose a small dog due to the size retrictions and think they won't have to do much training or something. Irrelevant really but just an observation we made. :D

Love the cat in the box one! How cute is that cat with the lion clip?

Haha, yep me too.

For a red to black carrying red mating, each puppy has a 50% chance of being red. The sire can contribute either a red or black gene and his contribution will determine the colour as the dam has only red. Ah yes, I was doing a punnett square for two blacks carrying the red gene in my head.

My understanding is red is a recessive colour. Therefore to get red from a black and red mating the black needs to carry a copy of the red gene. I imagine with a black/red mating the ratio would be around 3:1 in favour of black if you had a sire that carried the red gene. If you got all blacks then your sire is probably not carrying the recessive red gene. If you mate red to red 100% of the pups will be red. It is impossible to get any blacks from that mating.

I think dappled grey is a colour not a breed.

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Thanks everybody, she is such a funny little girl. Here is a couple more! Sleeping in the cat's bed! This is one of my favourite photos so far.

We welcomed a new addition into our family yesterday. Chloe is a standard smooth dachshund and she is nine weeks old. Its been a few years since we had a puppy in the house and its amazing how quickly you forget stuff. ie, regardless that her legs are only two inches long she moves like lightning and managed to get from the loungeroom into our bedroom in seconds and under the bed with our cat who is not a happy camper at the moment. Luckily the result is just giving the cat a very wide berth now and no injuries that I can see. I had also forgotten how much wee and poo can come out of something so little! Oh well puppy breath and cuddles is the absolute bliss that makes it all worthwhile. She truly is a precious little bubby. Loves lying in the grass. With our old girl, Lizzie, who has been so good with her.

Don't blame you. We had a jack russell cross living near us that used to be such a menace when we walked the dogs anywhere near him. A clip around the ear (and an extremely flukey shot by me) with the end of the lead one day and he never gave me any more grief.

Sure you can work with a dog with issues, but why make it harder for yourself than it needs to be? I'd never recommend anyone buy a puppy like that. I agree with Huski. Well done on your patience and perseverance but at 14 weeks they have been pretty much shaped into the dogs they will become. I would also never recommend somebody buy a puppy that is that timid at that age especially if they had limited experience with dogs. Again, that is not to take away anything you have done, you have obviously done a brilliant job solicialising a very difficult puppy.

One of my favourite breeds. I would love one.

Well that is all good in theory. Our dachie used to love lying on her back and have her feet fiddled with but try to cut her nails and it was a two person job.

Did the thing the dog was chewing belong to the housemate? And did they agree to have the dog stay for a few days? Doesn't excuse it but if they are not happy having the dog there and they are paying rent or whatever it might explain it.

Awww, that's lovely.

We used to call sticky tape 'durex'. Seemed to faze out when the other, ahem, durex became more well known.