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Rascalmyshadow

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  1. Thanks for the replies, I went against my gut and had her desexed last week, I am concerned about her becoming incontinent, living with her having a season a couple of times a year is a lot easier than living with a dog that has incontinence issues and a hell of a lot cheaper, Propalin is $169 a bottle and that will last her mum two months, the stilboestral isn’t cheap either so I’m praying we don’t end up with two dogs on the medication.
  2. I wouldn’t risk it, wait at least 6-8 weeks after her season is completely over, even though it’s a routine surgery it should be taken seriously and any complications should be minimised.
  3. My current situation we have 6 dogs (5 female, 1 male) all are desexed except one, I am faced with a concerning dilemma and I’m hoping posting here will help me make my decision to desex her or not. Mia is a two year old Bearded collie x Border collie, we own her mum (Abby) a pure Bearded Collie, ever since having Abby desexed she has had incontinence issues, she is on the highest possible dose of stilboestral which isn’t controlling it so we are adding in propalin as of tonight with hopes the two together will work, my concern is Mia ending up with the same issue if I desex her, I am aware that there is a risk of pyometra and mammary cancer.
  4. I wouldn’t be getting a pup now I think you would regret it later and it won’t make losing your boy easier. We went through this last year, our almost 13 year old boy was diagnosed with a splenic tumour, the cancer had spread to his lymph nodes and bone marrow so wasn’t treatable, we had 10 days from diagnosis until we lost him, we had four other dogs but the impact on my 7 year old daughter has been devastating, actually so bad that she is about to start seeing a psychologist to help her, I would keep the kids involved in everything so they have complete closure once the time comes, start making plans now ie. are you going to do a burial, cremation etc. take lots and lots of pics and videos so you have lots of memories.
  5. We currently have 6, 3 medium and 3 small but my ideal number is 3, having 2 is definitely easier than 3 however I found it to be problematic if one needed a vet visit or trying to take one out for training etc, the biggest consideration is making sure they have similar needs and play styles, our bigger three are all herding breeds so work very well together and they’re very gentle with the two chi’s and malt x shihtzu.
  6. Why do people feel the need to criticise others for the terms they use, who cares if someone says they adopted their dog or if they call their dog a spoodle, labradoodle etc. I work with dogs every day and have done so for 28years, I have seen so much neglect and abuse but slowly I am seeing a change for the better, people actually treating their dogs as living, breathing, feeling beings that have mental and physical needs, if using terms that are more meaningful to their humans means that they’re better cared for then where’s the issue???
  7. Our bearded collie had the same issue, we used antibiotics on and off and let her have a couple of seasons to correct the problem, only issue we have now is desexing her caused incontinence so she’s on meds to control it.
  8. I bet the owner of the facility had something to do with.
  9. I wanted to share how proud I am of my girl and give others hope that are dealing dogs with difficult behaviours. Cassie is almost 4 years old, had a bit of a rough start, no exposure to humans in her first few weeks of life and although she wasn’t a Covid puppy she did mature through Covid which left her quite fearful of unfamiliar people and when she was around 10 weeks old she was attacked by another kelpie, that one incident set her up to become dog reactive. Yesterday for the first time ever I took her into my younger daughters school to do pick up (wasn’t planned) she was extremely nervous but got up the courage to ask two separate people for a pat some thing she would have never done even 12 months ago, I never thought we would reach this moment, it’s been a long process but we are seeing some huge milestones, we have perfected recall so well I have called her off chasing wild rabbits and slowly I am exposing her to more public situations, I hope one day most of her fears will be gone. Anyone with a difficult dog don’t give up hope, put in the time and effort and you will see results, work within your dogs time frame, set realistic goals and don’t force your dog to do anything beyond their capabilities.
  10. I wanted to share how proud I am of my girl and give others hope that are dealing dogs with difficult behaviours. Cassie is almost 4 years old, had a bit of a rough start, no exposure to humans in her first few weeks of life and although she wasn’t a Covid puppy she did mature through Covid which left her quite fearful of unfamiliar people and when she was around 10 weeks old she was attacked by another kelpie, that one incident set her up to become dog reactive. Yesterday for the first time ever I took her into my younger daughters school to do pick up (wasn’t planned) she was extremely nervous but got up the courage to ask two separate people for a pat some thing she would have never done even 12 months ago, I never thought we would reach this moment, it’s been a long process but we are seeing some huge milestones, we have perfected recall so well I have called her off chasing wild rabbits and slowly I am exposing her to more public situations, I hope one day most of her fears will be gone. Anyone with a difficult dog don’t give up hope, put in the time and effort and you will see results, work within your dogs time frame, set realistic goals and don’t force your dog to do anything beyond their capabilities.
  11. Your son hasn’t done anything wrong, Aloveen is a good shampoo and most dogs won’t react badly to it, sometimes it’s just trial and error.
  12. It was possibly a reaction to the oatmeal, I would only use Malaseb if there’s a flare up and in between have a look at using Animal House Pure Alternative shampoo, you can order it from Pet Network.
  13. Does your sons dog have a skin condition?
  14. Completely understand your worry three of our six dogs are working breeds (bearded collie, kelpie and bearded collie x border collie) two of them were like your boy at the same age, I would back off on the exercise and only do a 1/2 hour walk morning and evening then do lots and lots of trick training, scent work and car trips, take your dog everywhere you can even if it’s just a 10 min trip to your local milk bar, put the windows down enough so he can sniff the air, hang in there is does get better.
  15. I’ve never restricted my older dogs walks when there’s been a puppy in the house, I’ve also always walked our pups from as early as possible, just avoided dog parks and unfamiliar dogs, parvo is highly contagious but they generally need to come into contact with poop or vomit to catch it.
  16. Yes it’s an extremely sad and frustrating situation, so many people willing to use dogs but not love them unconditionally.
  17. This is an emergency, such young pups can go downhill and die in a matter of hours, they also can’t be left for 8 hours with no milk at this age, can you get to a vet asap and please don’t take a guess at tube feeding it’s not always as easy as it looks, if the tube isn’t inserted correctly you will kill the pups, not sure in animals but I know when our youngest son was tube fed we had to do a ph test before every feed to make sure the tube was in his stomach.
  18. As dogs get older it takes much longer for the hair to grow back and occasionally it won’t at all, I would suggest getting Megaderm and adding it to your dogs diet.
  19. Poor guy especially with him being a dog lover but I was thinking the same thing as Anne and with three dogs together they will likely behave differently than if it was one on its own, it’s a horrific situation but there was probably human error by both him and the dogs owners, while I don’t believe my dogs would attack anyone like this there’s been a couple of times when I’ve left my three bigger girls in the car for whatever reason with the windows down enough for them to get fresh air but not stick their heads out, I’ve heard commotion and come to find someone trying to pat them through the window while they’re going crazy, one of them would be completely fine but the other two I wouldn’t trust not to bite in this situation, I would be devastated if myself and dogs got in trouble for someone else doing something so stupid, I know it’s a bit different to dogs killing a person but a dog only has to bite a main artery to have serious consequences.
  20. Lotti is a byb mix, she was bred by one of my customers, they got stuck with 3 out of 8-9 pups so I offered to take Lotti in exchange for some free grooming (they have 5 adults) I haven’t informed them yet but I will after Xmas (too much to explain why) not sure how it’ll go down because their dogs are very neglected and I don’t think they’ll give a damn
  21. I’m not sure how many pups in the litter, when we met Eli we only saw him and his brother. I have been in contact with the breeder and she feels now his retained baby teeth are gone the adult teeth should position themselves correctly, I guess we just see what happens and go from there.
  22. Unfortunately having six dogs in the house there is no way for me to restrict her water intake but I can elevate the bowls to some extent although I have to make sure our smaller chi can still access them.
  23. Yes she’s a registered breeder and advertises on here, we are still waiting on his papers (limited register) as far as I know Eli’s mum has been retired from breeding as she was also looking for a pet home.
  24. I have the handout the vet has given, I’m happy to take a pic and post it if you want to read it, apparently it’s a recessive mutation and both parents have to carry the recessive genes.
  25. Thank you for that information it is what I suspected. We can’t give him up so would be happy with a partial refund so at least that money can be put towards his medical bills. I would also be happy to take him to whatever vet the breeder uses to get a second opinion if necessary.
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