Rascalmyshadow

I’m not using Dogtainers or Jetpets although I have used them in the past, they wouldn’t fly the pup from a regional airport. I am paying $420 for both flights with a 3 1/2 hour comfort stop between (I am hoping the puppy will be ok) by road if I could get the dog to Adelaide first (which I couldn’t) was going to be anything from $530-$890. The last time we used road transport for a dog (much bigger) was no where near that price.

No company I’ve spoke to will road travel through broken hill and the expense of road travel even from Adelaide to Melb is ridiculous. All the transport costs have close to doubled, they’re sure making their money. Yes it will be a big trip but I guess pups are flown overseas regularly and then quarantined, so that’s even bigger.

Qantas is taking booking a few days in advance. The flight has been changed to Monday because the airline over booked. The breeder is being quite flexible with any changes and if she gets stuck at Sydney for any reason the company can board her until the next available flight.

Puppy is actually in Broken Hill but the breeder had a way to get her to Adelaide on Sat if we could arrange transport from there. I have however managed to get a flight on Friday from Broken Hill to Sydney then Sydney to Melb!!!

I know this is probably a long shot but does anyone know a way I could get a puppy from Adelaide to Melbourne this Sat????

IMO good quality tinned or fresh for the fussy toys and skip the dry all together. Also feeding two meals a day for the ones over 3.5kg and three meals a day if they are under that weight even for adults.

Having had many years living with poodles of all three sizes this is very very common in the breed. I would offer three to four small meals a day of good quality foods, wouldn’t worry too much about dry unless she really likes it, remove the food after 10 mins. I found once they matured and finished growing often a lot of the fussiness would improve. One of my standards and mini were very very skinny, the standard would sometimes go a couple of days without eating (not a good idea for a toy however as you could risk a sudden sugar drop) they were the worst two, if they weren’t heavily coated I wouldn’t have taken them out in public.

We have gone through this with our bearded collie puppy, her breeder hadn’t realised before we got her, we found out after multiple urinary tract infections. Our vet advised us to let her have a season and then wait another 3-6 months before desexing her, if it hasn’t corrected itself then she would have corrective surgery at the same time. I would give your puppy buyer all the information and let them make the decision if they take the puppy or not, maybe you could offer to refund a certain amount if she does end up needing corrective surgery.

Yesterday I thought I would try playing a game of hide and seek with Cassie (kelpie) I thought she might enjoy it since I often watch her and Abby (bearded collie) playing it together and we used to play it with some of our other dogs over the years. I started off easy first I hid around a corner while she was watching, she looked a bit concerned and nervous but jumped up happily once I appeared again, second time I hid behind a tree while she was watching, this time as soon as I wasn’t in her line of sight she became more nervous and her tail went down although she kept her eye on where I was without moving at all, when I appeared she wouldn’t come near me like I’d done something scary, once she decided to move she ran off back to the house. I gave it a couple of minutes then went to check on her, she had jumped onto the couch with my daughters, I spoke to her and she came over and wagged her tail but was still being a little bit slinky after that she went back to normal. The whole situation was a bit strange I’ve never had a dog behave like that playing hide and seek and not quite sure why she freaked out. Does anyone have any insight as to why she reacted like that.

Thankyou, I would have to agree although I’m probably biased lol.

I know they do like to have a job to do but she’s not at all over the top, happy to have a game or play with Abby for a while (we are on a well planted acre and we go to the park/botanic gardens) they get heaps of bones, pigs ears etc to chew and they both tear around with my 4 year old daughter, besides that she’s happy to chill out with us on the bed or couch.

I thought I would introduce Cassie and ask a couple of questions at the same time. Cassie a week after we got her. Abby and Cassie, best friends. We took Cassie in when she was just under 8 weeks old, covered in filth, fleas and full of worms. Her Mum was a working kelpie and dad was kelpie/border collie mix (not much border collie) she is now 6 months old. While I am far from a novice dog owner, I am new to owning this type of dog. First question is it a breed thing to want to be in your face, she is constantly jumping at our faces, not to nip but just lick, she will sit as close to me as possible staring and not moving until she gets eye contact then will launch and do the same thing, if I’m sitting down she will jump from behind, wrap her paws around my neck so she can nibble my ears and lick my face. We are teaching her self control but at the moment she can’t always contain herself. Other question, I am interested in getting her in to either Flyball or Discdog (once I have physically recovered) I know a couple of places for Flyball but can anyone tell me where Discdog training/clubs are in Victoria. Oh and any other advice from those experienced with the breed is welcome.

Even though he had allergy testing we didn’t know if diet was playing a role so we put him on Prime skd, kangaroo and potato, and a single protein dry food (I can’t rememver which one) he got no other treats etc. I always used Aloveen conditioner just to help counteract the harshness of the Malaseb and sooth the skin.

My last foster poodle had this issue, he was also found to be allergic to his own yeast (along with a few other things), the vets weren’t much help just wanted to keep giving him antibiotics and cortisone. The way I was able to completely clear him up was a Malaseb bath routine, I started off bathing him every second day in Malaseb then using aloveen leave on conditioner, I always blow dried him completely, never let him air dry. After a couple of weeks we decreased the bathing to every third day, we continued like this until we reached fortnightly baths as maintenance. The skin specialist was actually quite amazed how well I was able to clear him up without medication. Once he was completely cleared up for a couple of months he went off to his new home, he did require life time management to keep it under control.

It’s great you have invested so much time and resources into a dog you have only just acquired most people wouldn’t do that. Vet behaviourist and medication would be a great start however if you’ve already noticed she’s a lot better in an environment with another dog I would either consider a getting her a mature companion or rehome as suggested to someone with a suitable playmate. Staffy’s are well known to have separation anxiety and as a breed often don’t do well on their own, if you decide to keep her and not get another dog you could be faced with years of management (I have seen this too often). I have been through this with my oldest dog (silky x Lhasa apso fosters failure), we had always had a multi dog home and we ended up getting down to just him (he’s 10) we thought he would love being an only dog, coming everywhere and having no competition, I am a stay at home Mum so he was rarely left alone, but it completely backfired, he hated it, the anxiety he already had became out of control, he refused to go for walks, would shake and cower at the slightest sound, often refused to eat, even a small amount of rain would set him off. We did end up medicating him but that had its drawbacks, in the end we decided to get a puppy (actually we’ve now got another as well) and within a week he was off his medication and back to his old self, it’s been 8 months and it is obvious he is a much happier less stressed boy in a multi dog home.

Please keep us updated on how your puppy is going, I have been through parvo with one of my own and it cost us a huge amount of money to save him so I completely understand where your coming from, especially if he’s only just come into your care. Excuse some of the responses on here there are a few people that are often rude especially to new members.

What sort of brush are you using? If you aren’t willing to dry after each swim and brush/comb daily you are likely to continue to have an issue unless you clip quite short which won’t look good at all.

Best option would be to invest in a dog dryer to blow the coat apart and dry after swimming, if it’s salt water always rinse it out, it tends to dry out the coat and cause more knots than fresh water. Also keep a leave in spray conditioner on hand to use before brushing. Alternatively the entire back end can be shaped and scissored down, it comes up nice and won’t ruin the coat, needs to be done on a dry clean coat.

At 6 months he is still a baby, I wouldn’t expect him to be 100% house trained yet, especially if he is being left alone for lengths of time without being taken out.

I read the article and didn’t find it to be factual at all. We have had more health and temperament problems overall from the dogs we have had from show breeders than the xbreed (and a couple of purebred)mutts bred in someone’s backyard, that is over multiple breeds. How can they be healthier and have less issues when so many breeds are now so extreme or bred for their pretty colours just to make $$$$ or win shows. I grew up with a couple of GSD’s my parents were members of the club, our dogs had nice straight backs and beautiful conformation, dogs that could do the job they were bred for. To see them now is a disgrace. I will always have one purebred pedigree dog in the house but to say they are more likely to be healthier or have better temperaments is far from the truth.

Ok thanks we have a good local health food shop. Is it used straight or do you mix it with water.

An old friend that was a dog trainer swore by colloidal silver, she used to use it for all sorts of things especially for her dogs. Where would I buy it?

Thanks I’ll give that a try.

The vet has suggested to let her have a season before we desex her and hopefully that will correct the problem if not he can do the surgery at the same time as desexing her. We switched off Earthborn a little while ago we are using Canidae dry, nature’s gift tinned, 4 legs and raw meaty bones. He doesn’t want to put her on a urinary diet at this stage because he’s concerned it could affect her development. I have bought the dipsticks to test her urine at home so I will be doing that weekly (or if I notice any symptoms) and she will be straight on antibiotics. He also suggested washing the area every couple of days with Malaseb to try and keep the bacteria down.

If that’s what the vet advises that’s what we’ll do. She is kept as clean and dry as possible but being a bearded collie (so obviously very hairy) and hair growing on the inside of the vulva it’s almost impossible to prevent infection. I was told she is likely to need antibiotics on and off until it either corrects itself or she has surgery.