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Kevin Kelly apparently works out of the Devon Meadows pool. Dogs in Motion is the Doveton pool. I usually use Barry Heywood but since he has cut his hours down I cannot get an appointment that fits in as i work full time.

Urgently need this info. Have used the search function and cannot find what I need

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In all honesty I cannot say the temperament has changed in any of my 4 dogs since starting them on a BARF diet several years ago. Nor can I see any dramatic health benefits and our Vet bill is probably more than it was prior to feeding BARF. We used to feed a combo of raw and kibble then removed all kibble and went to the Billinghurst model of raw feeding. While I do find it demanding and expensive I will continue using it as I believe if is the best way of feeding the dogs. ETA: the dogs really do love their raw food and on the odd occasion when I do give them kibble they are happy to eat it but if by chance they get it more than twice a week look at me a bit strangley

Hi All, Is someone able to tell me the contact details for both Kevin Kelly and Tony? please? Am I correct in saying Kevin works from Devon Meadows pool (what is the address of that?) on Tuesdays from 2-4pm - no appointment just take pot luck and Tony works from home and you can make an appointment with him anytime? Thanks to anyone in advance Sue

Yes, I often feed pork. They love the trotters and hocks

Zorro, I tool feed predominately a BARF diet however, found I had one dog that just did not do as well on it as I thought he should so decided to introduce a premium dry food. I used Eagle Pack for a while and also Pro Plan both about the $100 mark for a 15 or 18 kg bag. Although both were good I tried on suggestion from a thread on DOL a little while ago, Uncle Albers. The ingredients I feel match the expensive brands and the dogs love it and have never looked better. I did try Innova and it was excellent but too expensive for me. The Uncle Albers is about $25 for a 20kg bag. Well worth a try in my book.

My suggestion is that you look into Gold Bead Therapy. I know of someone that had this done on their dog and say the result is amazing. This was discussed only last week in this forum so do a search both here and on the net

Have a look here http://www.drianbillinghurst.com/index.html I include a copy of The BARF Diet or Growing Your Pup With Bones in my puppy pack for new owners to read. However, I send it to them when possible before they collect their pup, usually when they pay a deposit

I raise my litters on a BARF diet and have found it excellent. Have to admit though it is a lot of work and it is not cheap. I probaly increased my feed bill by 3 or 4 times when I switched to BARF because all those odd bits from the butcher or supermarkets that used to be classed a rubbish and were priced accordingly have become quite expensive. Get a copy of Billinghursts book Grow Your Pup With Bones and then look into changing to bARF.

Yes you can

Ditto, can not agree with Miranda enough and not only Ray who is increasingly in greater demand and at the same time decreasing his hours but also the other vets at this clinic. Michael Bell at Craigieburn VC is also excellent if that is better situated for you.

So what did Peter Scholfield have to say when you saw him last week?

It could be that his thyroid is low but not necessarily a problem - eg within "normal" reading but at the lower end. In this case he may not show any real signs of the problem but you may well see a difference in him if he is put onto medication.

Isn't this typical, and if we cast our minds back to the pre dog food market taking off, dogs generally did have the sort of diet that your parents are feeding theirs. By today's standards terrible but gee whizz they survied and in fact most thrived til old age. I think we readily forget the advent of dry and commercial pet food is still relatively new in the greater scheme of things.

In consultation with your Vet I'd be removing it. Your Vet will give you a letter stating it is for justifyable reason the tail has been removed. Even if the dog gets over these injuries what is to stop future damage? 4 places is an awful lot of damage.

I found Uncle Albers at the Lysterfield Produce store on Saturday - 22 kg cost $25 and my dogs just about jumped through a hoop to get it. They are chow hounds but this is the most excitable response I've had to any dry food ever. I wonder if that is a good or bad sign Still looking at the ingredients it seems to be pretty good particularly as far as the cheaper foods are concerned.

Steve I agree with you. the last thing I would be feeding a pup that appears to be sick and not wanting to eat is dry food. But then again I do not regularly feed any dogs dry food.

I use nutrigrain. Granted it is high in sugar and probably not a good nutritional choice but the dogs don't get all that much that it is a problem to them. It iks their favourite and they will, if given the opportunity, pick it out of a handfull of different treats

There is a chance and from my experience a pretty good one - but that is only speaking from experience with my breed - that this may be OK. What I would be doing NOW is taking the pup to a Veterinary dentist and having it checked out professionally.

I have had terrific success in removing grass seeds after a vet told me to mix up a very strong sugar solution (make it quite syurpy) soak some cottonwool or gauze in it then place that over the point the seed went in - or where the sore is and cover it with glad wrap and a plastic bag. Leave up to 24 hours if possible. We have found this has dragged the grass seed out between the toes from as high up as the hock. Since using this method we have never had to have one surgically remover BUT I must say we have got onto them before there is too much damage done or infection caused.

Just wanting to clarify this. Do you mean the pups lower jaw is in front of the upper one or the upper jaw is in front of the lower one?

We put hair bands on our litters at birth as a means of identifying them. As they grow bigger bands are used up til about 4 weeks when we put a puppy or cat collar on the pups. Since doing this we have found it is so much easier to get the pups to walk on a lead and having a collar is no hassle to them. I agree with tonymc that the pup seems to be in control here and I think you have to put a small collar on the pup and leave it there. It is not going to hurt and I would, as long as the pup is safe, ignore any protests from it. The pup may stay in it's kennel but when it gets hungry or wants to play it will forget about the vollar and come out of it's own accord.

To answer the question about when and what is likely to happen and not to preach about desexing your dog, which while a worthwhile proceedure is a personal decision. At almost 6 months of age your girl my soon come into season HOWEVER, nothing is a given and she may not come in until much later. As a rle mine come in the first time between 12 and 18 months of age. You will know when she comes into season as there will be a bloody discharge from her vulva. There will probably be signs before this which you may or may nt recognize. These may include, swelling of the vulva, her licking herself (which can make the sighting of a discharge delayed as she cleens the area) she may change a little in personality, ie think PMT and may even go off her food. You do not need to change anything in the way of food or things around the house other than being aware that there will most likely be some blood dripping and you may wish to avoid her lying on the bed or carpet etc. And of course you will need to make 200% sure she cannot get out of your sight unsupervised or that a male cannot get in to her. They may become very very determinged and sneaky or they may just be perfectly happy in their normal routine and behaviour. The season might be messy but to be honest I don't find them unacceptably so. You can get doggy pants to help stop the drips. Have never used them on my girls so don't know how effective they are. I would make her eat her correct food (which in my opinion is a raw diet but each to their own) rather than human food and while a little garlic is good too much spicy human food is not.