Rascalmyshadow

For the first time in many years we are down to 2 dogs. One is 10years old she has arthritis and has lost a lot of her eyesight, she is still quite active but can't do big walks anymore. The other is 2 years old and requires more excercise and mental stimulation. My problem is the younger one will not go for a walk without the older one,he sits and refuses to move. I am also finding he doesn't focus on me as much as I'd like at training and I'm sure it's because he wants to get back to her. How do I fix this problem, it wasn't an issue when we were a multi dog home.

frufru I have seen groomers use 15# and 30# on clients dogs with not so good results, I personally will use nothing but a 10# on my clients dogs. A black poodle should not be reacting so badly if a 10# was used correctly, maybe next time the top of the tail could be done with a 10# and the underneath scissored, I have used this method on a few white poodles with good results.

Sounds like your boy has been clipped too short in these areas, just curious what colour is he? Next time he goes to the groomers ask them to do his face, feet and tail with nothing shorter than a 10# blade.

She's here and settled but has a bad skin condition which could take a while to get under control. I am hoping she fits in and stays although I didn't really want another dog at this point in time. One way or another we will give her time to get in good shape and then we will decide. I will try to post pics later.

My little rescue boy used to get bad car sickness, I think it was one of the biggest reasons his previous owners didn't want him. I have almost cured him, I started by crating him on the floor in the front, with a towel over so he was in complete darkness, as soon as he stopped getting sick I removed the towel. Once he was ok with that I let him ride on the passanger seat with the window down a little. Now over a year on he is fine in the front with fresh air, but if he is put in the back or the windows are closed with the heater on, he will spew.

I would also invest in a good dog dryer, it will make maintenance a lot easier in between grooming visits.

I was speaking to a friend yesterday she works with a lady that I adopted out a dog to about 4 1/2 years ago. I found out the lady was looking for a home for her so I mentioned she should bring her back. Friend comes over this morning and tells me the dog is already at her house. I haven't seen this girl in so long and I am now sitting here in anticipation waiting for her to arrive. She was one of my favourite rescues but at the time we had too many dogs for her to stay forever. I feel sad and excited at the same time.

Sounds like incontinance as others have suggested, get her to the vets to have a urine sample tested. While you are there ask about a product called 'Urine Off wipes', you can wipe down her back end and underneath with them, they will neutralise the urine,get rid off the smell and helpstop scalding.

I personally am not a huge fan of black dogs mainly because they don't photograph well and they age faster. I do however love dobes and think they are beautiful in black.

My standard poodle girl is also a rabbit and guinea pig killer, she lives happily with 3 cats and 2 small dogs. We have rabbits and piggies again but I have gated off the side of the house so there is no way for my girl to reach them. If the kids want to bring theminside the dogs get locked out first. Please don't be angry at your dog it's an instinct for many dogs to chase (kill) when they come face to face with a prey animal.

I haven't read through all of the posts but I grew up with GSD's and they always smelled doggy and dropped hair everywhere, if they rubbed past you (especially when wearing black) the hair would be stuck all over your clothes. I think they are a wonderful breed but I personally would never own one for these reasons. We now have poodles (have had up to 7 at one time) and they don't have any doggy smell, poodles that smell usually have a problem with their ears, skin or teeth. If you are looking for a compatible dog to have with a dobe have you considered a weimeraner (spelling?) I have met a few and they have all been clean beautiful dogs.

We have a multi dog home and my preference is to have 1 male with 2 or 3 females, depending on which dogs I had at the time whether I would get a male or female. I have found in a house with more than 1 boy mixed with females the boys are more likely to cock their legs on everything. I prefer to train with males, I find them more responsive but females seem to be more independant and happy to hang around you without being on top of you. Of course there are always plenty of acceptions.

Barry Haywood in Pearcedale? is awsome, he is an excellent chiro. We have used him after spending a couple of $1000 on a dog with no answers, he had the problem fixed in 3 visits.

It is easier to charge for breed because they are usually similar so will take around the same amount of time. I am amazed how much some groomers will charge that cage dry their dogs, I disagree with this process 100% and the owners should be charged less because it means they can do many more dogs in a day. I also think lots of people get ripped off with the price of double coated breeds that need to have their undercoat groomed out (with the acception of a couple of breeds), if the right process and equiptment is used the work should't be that hard.

I am a groomer in Melbourne, I charge $60 for little fluffies that includes nails, plucked ears and anal glands which many groomers won't do. I charge $44 to clip off a cat not sedated, if they need sedating the vets charge an extra $5.50 but if an anesthetic is required the price jumps dramatically. I am also disgusted at the amount of groomers that have no care for the animals and only see $$$. I recently had surgery on my right hand and was off work for 6 weeks, I had numerous clients come back very upset about other groomers that they had taken their dogs to, some of the jobs were appalling.

Puppy Sniffer yeah I loved my afghan but couldn't face having another so soon maybe in years to come. We have also got 2 poodles and a little lhasa x silky? I wanted a dog that was suitable for the kids and one I could dress up LOL. I have been interested in them for quite a while but my OH always said no because he thought they were creepy.

I agree to see a good chiro, this happened to one of our standard poodles shortly before we noticed he had a sore back. Vets couldn't work out what was wrong with him either. I have also seen it happen to dogs that have had hot spots.

I had a backyard incident years ago with one of our APBT's, she was like Snoopy and her favourite place was sitting on top of her kennel. I was about to clean it out so was bent over to lift off the roof when she decided to run and jump on top, her head hit me in the nose at full pelt. I had so much stinging in my eyes it took a few minutes to realise I had blood pouring out my nose, how it wasn't broken I don't know but I felt like I'd been hit by a bus lol.

As some may know we lost our afghan recently to a possible brain tumour with meningitis symptoms. The house seemed too quiet (even with 3 other dogs) so I decided to adopt a funny little dog we have named Edward or Eddie for short. He is a hairless crestie and is around 2 years old. He has fitted in well and loves the kids. When he is really happy he spins a couple of circles then scratches the floor and jumps lol. He sleeps under the covers most nights and thinks the other dogs make great cushions. He is very timid with strangers including our family members when they come to visit, we are working on that. He loves car rides and has been coming to work most days with me and my old poodle, Bella. Here are a couple of pics, one close up and the others in his jammies ready for bed. He has a rather extensive wardrobe already including numerous t-shirts, hoodies, tracksuits, coats and of course jammies.

Final update: Shilo went downhill too much last night, I took her into work and she was PTS this morning. I was able to hold her and say goodbye. Everywhere I turn there is reminders of her, even with three other dogs in the house it seems too quiet. Thankyou for all the advice and thoughts.

Another update: Shilo is not doing well, we think there may be a brain tumour causing meningitis symptoms, we are giving her until Friday and if there is no improvement we will likely PTS. I can't get my head around how she was perfectly happy one day and then so sick the next, I wish I could work miracles and get her back to her goofy old self.

Just an update for anyone interested, Shilo has again improved she is no where near 100% but is now eating and drinking and her temp has come down. I think steroid responsive meningitis could definately be what we are dealing with nothing else makes sense. She has been put on to 40mg of cortisone and she now weighs 23kg,we weighed her yesterday and she has lost 3kg in a week. Red Dog NZ has your dogs activity levels gone back to normal? What were they like before the ilness was diagnosed? Shilo has always been a dog that would tire quickly and I am wondering if there is an underlying cause we are missing, after speaking to a few afghan people this is not normal.

Just when I thought things were going well Shilo has lapsed and ended up back at the vet this morning. Her temp went up to 40.4 she is still on Baytril, the cortisone dose has been nearly tripled, they have also started her on antirobe and valium. There is definately something going on with her neck hopefully the chiro will help on Monday.

Update on Shilo, she is home and doing well, still a little weak but she is eating and drinking and back to behaving like her normal self. Bloods didn't show anything significant, her chest xray showed a slightly enlarged heart but but the vets don't think it's bad enough to cause a problem. At the moment we have no answers the only the that has helped her improve is cortisone, the vets don't know why. She is also still on Baytril just incase there is infection somewhere. She is booked to see the chiro on Monday. I was thinking meningitis especially since the symptoms seemed to match but the vets didn't tink so. Thanks for all the well wishes we are very happy she is ok, hopefully she doesn't have any more episodes.

I don't think it is a reaction to the Rimadyl, she only ended up getting one dose (on Friday morning) because she wouldn't eat and I was too worried about giving it to her on an empty stomach. Sorry didn't say that in the original post it was too late and I couldn't think clearly. I spoke with the vets this morning and there is no improvement, part of the bloods have come in and there is abnormalities but nothing conclusive they need to see the rest for a diagnosis. I think something might be goingon with her liver. I rang the chiro to cancel her appointment and askedabout coming to my work to treat her and he wasn't too keen.