Papillon Kisses

What type of behaviourist diagnosed your dog? My dog has generalised anxiety disorder and canine compulsive disorder (OCD) for which he is on medication.

I will send you a pm

Ah, I was just responding to the headline. Didn't want to open the article...

Protected native species vs feral pigs? (that's in response to you @cannibalgoldfish)

https://www.guidedogs.org.au/frequently-asked-questions So that's what it costs Guide Dogs. BUT, I don't know what the cost would be if they were to pay a professional to select a suitable candidate and help them train the dog and get it accredited. I suspect it would be cheaper.

Milbemax is cheaper for us at 4-ish kgs. It's worthwhile checking out the various online stores. I don't buy any flea/tick/worming stuff in physical stores these days unless there's a super super special.

And beards. Don't forget the beards.

They may like to consider a dog or house sitter.

You can buy them from @leopuppy04 Millie at Connecting the Dog also used to sell them but I'm not seeing anything on her online store, so maybe email her.

I can't comment on noise, but nothing beats a top of the range Dyson. Or Dyson Animal, I suppose. Either way, get a Dyson.

There is a Gentle Leader Easy Walk harness, SG. https://www.dogtrainingproducts.com.au/dog-collars-and-harnesses/11-gentle-leader-easy-walk-harness.html I agree with the comments re. training.

I love that photo. I've never used Rescue Remedy so can't comment on it.

Black Dog have some beach ones.

Here's the section of the act: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/caa1998174/s16.html

I think it depends on what state/territory you're in.

I don't know why they'd reverse it. If a dog has retained testicles they really need to come out vs putting the dog under a GA just for the purposes of tattooing an ear?

That's in the same ballpark for ours in suburban Sydney, too. However, follow-up consults are around $38.

Love it DDD. Her new home and owner sound perfect for Minnie.

I understand completely.

Oh another group you could ask are vet nurses as some do house sitting. Not that all may be good with anxious dogs but they certainly have potential. When we go away Malcolm's favourite vet nurses visit him on days when our sitter works long hours. They and Malcolm love it.

@Chloe08 If you can, try to find an anxiety-savvy person to mind you dog, preferably in your house or otherwise in theirs. Anxious dogs do better in a familiar environment. What I would do if your friends or family don't fit the bill is see if a rewards-based / positive reinforcement / force free trainer can mind her or ask them for recommendations. The safest option is to find a Delta qualified trainer, PPGA member and/or APDT member. You can search for trainers on their websites. If looking at other trainers' websites watch for red flags: talk of "balanced training" or creating a "balanced dog" (it's a misnomer), selling check chains or photos or dogs wearing them or saying they can be used in classes, pack theory or dominance stuff, and anyone who sounds like a Cesar Milan wannabe, e.g. talk about "exercise, discipline and affection in that order" or "calm and assertive leadership".

I guess that's a prod for me, lol. We had a better patch that coincided with building works in our street stopping and meds bumped up in accordance with weight gain + a little weight loss, but now things have gone to rubbish again with them restarting and possibly also due to regaining the lost 200g. We even had some worsening shadow chasing last night (he could not be redirected, refused to wear his calming cap and flew out of our arms to attack our walls) which is disconcerting. So we truck on. He has also been seeing an eye specialist as his lenses are becoming very mobile, so now he's on eyedrops to stall them fully dislocating and make them go to the back of his eye if they do vs to the front which would require emergency surgery. Unfortunately the eyedrops can be very irritating and worsen peripheral vision. While he doesn't seem to be too worried by them, he's one of those dogs that don't give much away... apart from an uptick in anxiety! So GAH. We still need to do his dental too, but we're getting his eyes sorted out first. That lump on his hip has resorbed though so that's good! One thing that's really weird: he's started being very keen to go for walks and carries on like a pork chop if I leave by our front gate, I think because he wants to or assumes he's coming with me? His walks have been a bit better at times... but he's usually more anxious afterwards. Anxiety is such a complicated beast!

Back when we used to go to the dog park, all the dogs would have light up collars or other accessories for winter evenings. With them all running around it looked like some sort of Vivid installation. Molly's collar looks lovely. I hope she's doing well.

@macksmum if you have your pup walking around in a circle, make sure he walks around the other way too for an equal amount of time.

Crack open a bottle then? I just love how this thread exploded after an apparent spammer bumped up a six year old thread.