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thanks for that link im definatly going to give them a call and get something for him big thanks to all for all your help Sera

once again thanks for all your help, diesel has taken to the change in diet well he seems to like the "new" food better we get the mower back today (its been getting fixed for a month) so im hoping getting rid of the clover flowers might help when i go to town monday im going to get a new shampoo aswell any suggestions of a good one to buy? thanks Sera oh i added a pic of the little mister

oh crap so is it bad that i stoped the steroids he only had the first 1/2 tablet so only one dose. the only other thing that i can think of that may have triggered it is that the clover in the back yard started to flower recently could this have caused it arrgh im getting confused should i get a second opinion? once again thanks for the advice everyone

Thanks every one iv stoped the sterorids and have just got a new bag of dry food for him called purina supercoat it has beet pulp and yucca insted of pasta in it i have also found a place that dose roo mince for dogs would this be better for him then canned food? thanks mel im heading in to town monday so i will go ask for the spray insted

hi guy firstly i need to say im not second guessing my vet im just interestded in others experiances and how you have handeled it. I have a 6mth old staffy boy and about a week ago he started to try and chew his back "feet" off i was concerned that this was off charater so when i went to the vet to get his stiches out today (was just desexed) i asked about it she offered that it may be an allergy and to start a steroid treatment and see if that makes a differance written on the bottle is: Macroione tablets 20mg and to take 1/2 tab once a day for 3 days then 1/2 tab every second day The only time i have heard of steroid use is in humans with some pretty serious side affects what kind of side effects should i look out for and is there any treatments i should try aswell thanks for your help sera

Thanks for all your help i sat hubby down to read your replys and a couple other key topics and he has agreed to give puppy another go i also said if he tried that again it would be him living outside not pup so far there have been no more accidents and all is going well once again thnakyou so much

This has got me totaly confused we have a 4mth old staffy pup that has been really good untill this morning apart from the few accidents when toilet training he has never diliberatly peed or pooped inside we are even in the middle of training to poop in one spot outside also he knows that he is not alloud in the childrens bed rooms there is a line between the tile and the carpet and he never crosses it unless he is with me to day we let him out for the normal morning pee and poop he then went to his "bed" in the lounge to watch cartoons with the kids all as normal about 10 mins later hubby heard his collar and tag rattleing in the kids bed room we went up to see and he had pooed on the floor and peed on the bed? I just cant understand this there was no sniffing around befor hand and when he wants to go out to toilet he sits at the back door and scratches he didnt even do that. Hubby is pissed and has now demanded that our inside dog remains outside from now on how do i get back to the happy arrangment we had befor do i have to compleatly retrain? im so upset that this has happened and i dont know what to do next thanks guys Sera

ROFL OH refuses to pic up poop he thinks its my job so i left a small one in the yard just befor i mowed and he didnt like the boots being covered so now he helps (some times) thanks charli ill give it a go

can you train puppy to poop in one place in the backyard we have a large back yard and i am sick of scouring it in the rain to find poop thanks

ok hears a stupid one how do you clean your kong? i was tempted to toss in the diswasher but diddnt know if its safe or not thanks

this is the only training group i can find around hear has any one used them befor are there training methods respectable thanks sera

he is in the laundery in a bed with a clock and hot water bottel we put him to bed at about 730 / 8 ish and he crys and barks for hrs then starts again around 4 in the morning its getting a bit anoying but i dont want to blame him either as he is just a pup any help is realy apriciated

Hay guys thanks for all your help we have decided to stay home for the holidays as its a bit risky for pup we are all doing well and my daughter has picked up turning her back very fast diesel is still "crying" at night how long dose this usually last for as im starting to suffer from the mummy grumps? When can i start leaving him at home by himself i havnt been game to leave him yet because he seems distressed when he is left outside by himself thanks again

id like to start the tot training method but am unsure if i can as you say that the food shold be prepared after all higher members have eaten. in this house the kid eat at around 530 and my husband and i eat around 7 when the kids are in bed as hubby is not normaly home befor 630 and i like to wait for him diesel usualy is let inside after the kids are finished dinner and sits on his mat for the rest of the night i have been feeding him at the same time as the kids or do i have to wait till hubby and i have finnished dinner

Thanks for the replys this is helping heaps i should of explained further as to how hubby got him he found a notic at a peterol station free to good home so he just went and got him hubby sighted the parents an said they look healthy as far as i know this pup hasnt even seen a vet much less had any thing done to him im shocked that he is in such good shape ill try and get some pics tonight we are holidaying at my sisters house she dosnt have a dog and none of her neighbours do either we cant leave him at home as there is no one hear to look after him and we only just posted hear a few months ago so we dont even know our neighbours that well thank you so much for your help keep posting any thing you think is relevent ill have a look at the sticky

Thanks soooo much i feel like im flying blind hear im off to get a coller and lead today so he can come on holidays with us its gonna be interesting. I have him booked in next tuesday for vac and microchip is there anything else that i should be doing at the same time? we live near nowra it on the south coast of nsw about 2 hrs south of sydney and i do want to find a puppy preschool will they let my son and dughter attend so they can learn aswell? ill go get some of that new food aswell. i was once told that puppys cant have collars as they affecct there growth? so do i get a collar or a harness oh and sorry for the breed name thats how iv always known them

We are the new owners of a english staffy 12 wk old male pup my hubby and i have been talking about getting a pup for a couple of weeks but last night he came home from work with this boy and i was totaly unprepared i dashed to the local store and got some pedigree puppy food wet and dry is this is ok for him? last night he cried untill about 1am this morning :rolleyes: i was hoping for some advice on how to handel this i just ignored him last night and felt terrible. the other problem is that he tends to try and jump up on my daughter that is 3 and not very confident with dogs i told her to push him away and say no loudly but is this the right way to go? thanks for your help and please tell me if there is anything specific i need to know and do straight away