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Awww.... too cute for words!! T.

Jed - my vet advised me that a dog may be asymptomatic but still be carrying the virus. When I had a pup come down with Parvo some years ago, one of my adult dogs "helped" clean up the pup's messes. My vet advised that I needed to get all of my adult dogs revaccinated and keep them in quarantine (ie not leave my property) for at least a month after the vaccs. The vet was concerned that the dog that ate the infected poops may actually have the disease, but not be showing any signs of it - she never had any symptoms - and the vet came to my house to do the vaccinations. T.

I've been known to have a chat with some that have been in the pound... you ask them "what's a sweetie like you doing here?"... and they will happily tell you their life story... unfortunately I wasn't in a position to spring any of those - but I'm pretty sure many of them did get rescue - happy and dog friendly little souls, not hard to rehome once in rescue... We have one at our rescue that is a total grunter when getting cuddles... cracks us all up... *grin* T.

Dogs can have it and be non-symptomatic also - but they will shed it in their droppings... Evil disease! T.

I tend to squat down and go in for the gentle chest scratch myself... haven't yet met a dog that didn't like that... *grin* T.

Awww! Happy Birthday spunky man!! T.

Have you tried putting a dollop of plain yoghurt in with your dog's food? Won't stop the actual farts, but has been known to reduce the stink factor... T.

I have a Labrador... nuff said... *grin* T.

We have a litter of mini Foxie cross pups (4 pups) - one of them has double rear dewclaws - but the bigger shock was that she is brindle... lol! We'll get those back dewclaws removed when she gets desexed. Her sister and 2 brothers don't have black dewclaws - 2 look like foxies, and the other looks like a little black scruffy thing... *grin* I can't wait to see what shape the brindle pup turns out to be - imagine a brindle minie foxie. She is a really nice mahogany brindle too - simply gorgeous! T.

Any Pet Barn type store will have puppy playpens that will serve your purpose just fine - I bought one for under $100 and it managed to contain a couple of 6 week old Great Dane cross puppies perfectly... T.

Hahaha! It was a bit scary there with the pups for a day or two, but I followed the advice of a very wise vet, and they all pulled through. I also foster pups for rescue, and a few of them have had the cough... no biggie nowadays... *grin* I have a pup here at the moment that is on the tail end of her cough - she's only had a very mild dose though - the C5 vacc may have assisted with that. She is only coughing early in the morning and late at night now. I'll agree that the first time you are confronted with a dog seemingly coughing it's lungs up, it's a bit of a fright... as long as they are eating and acting normally and have nothing nasty coming from their nose or eyes, you just ride it out, and they'll be just fine... The fun part for you will be that you still can't take them out for 2 weeks AFTER the cough stops - as they are apparently still contagious. T.

Try having 3 large breed adult dogs hawking up all night while they sleep on your bed... then a week later have 9 two week old pups come down with it... pups that young can't cough, so they can get very gurgly and it sounds horrible! Cure for the pups was plenty of mum's milk (she'd had the cough the week before) and keep them warm and very dry - as soon as the bedding gets damp in any way, change it! All 9 pups survived and thrived... T.

I foster care young pups myself... and ALL are desexed before rehoming. My job is to make sure that they are ready (read fit and healthy, big enough and old enough) BEFORE they get booked in to the vet for their operations. They also learn valuable socialisation skills with other dogs (my dogs) and people in a home environment. My rescue coordinator trusts MY judgement as to when my young charges are ready for their surgeries - as I'm the one with them in my possession/care... We haven't lost any rescue pups under GA yet... and that's not just down to luck... I have never personally lost one of my own dogs under a GA, but I have had one that came close to bleeding out on the table because the vet ignored my instruction to test her clotting factor prior to surgery (she had Von Willebrandts(sp?)). Needless to say that we don't go to that particular vet any more... I have also had a dog that reacted badly to sedation, but handled GA just fine - anything requiring sedation in a normal dog, my boy was knocked out completely for instead. I understand your concern about the dog you had in your care, but if the rescue was itching to "turn her around and out the door quickly", then they didn't seem to have had HER best interests at heart, did they? T.

My Lab is lean - I think she has a booty - but she's lean compared to most pet Labs. My vet thinks she's just perfect, and so do I... Idiots in the street/park saying she's skinny just get the reply that she's crossed with a Dingo... lol! (not entirely impossible seeing as she was BYB from Moree) I think Honey looks just right! T.

We see a lot of KC in rescue - and I wouldn't be too concerned unless the dog develops other symptoms, like a yellow or green discharge from the nose, goes flat, or generally not it's normal self. If the coughing is upsetting the dog, then talk to your vet about using Benadryl to ease the sore throat. No need for AB's unless it turns to an infection (the green/yellow snot, or a high temperature) Generally, in a normally healthy dog, the cough can last about 6-7 days - not much fun when they are sleeping on your bed, I can tell you... *grin* Call the vet and ask questions rather than taking the dog for a walk up there - you will be spreading the KC everywhere if you do that... T.

My tugs arrived yesterday and were waiting on my doorstep when I got home from work... Thank you so much nikivds... my babies love them. I'll have to try to get some photos this afternoon after work of my foster pups enjoying them, OK? T.

If it's not a healthy dog, then wait... which seems to be what the OP is having issues with - the rescue want the dogs turned around and out the door as quick as possible so that they can get another out of the pound and into care... not sure I like the inference of that myself... T.

I have two 10kg Advance tubs with screwtop lids... just the right size to move around if I have to... T.

Did I read right that they had a dog out in foster care with a possible case of Parvo? or had Parvo-like symptoms? and they wanted it desexed and out the door quickly? Ummm... Danger Will Robinson!! I'd disassociate myself from that particular group methinks... T.

A drop of peppermint oil on the collar can work quite well - just make sure that you don't get it directly on the dog's skin until it's dried... T.

I've had my own crossbreed and my other flatmate's 2 cattle dogs stand between me and a flatmate wielding a knife... none were trained in protection or guard work... and the cattle dogs were not mine. They saw where the threat was coming from, and diffused the situation by getting between me and the crazy guy and letting him know in no uncertain terms that they would do something if he came any closer to me. I would have no hesitation in believing that my current 2 dogs would do the same thing... but thankfully we haven't had to test that... *grin* T.

My take on "heart dog" is the dog that grabs yer heart the moment you meet... and breaks your heart when they have to leave forever... Ahhh hell... now I'm crying... and I'm at work too... T.

My 2 foster puppies can pee like there is no tomorrow - mainly smaller ones wherever they may be at the time of need... you don't even want to know how much they can do in their crates overnight... but at least they are now not doing number 2's in there as well... *grin* My own experience is that puppies can pee a lot more often than adult dogs - and unless it is excessive even for the pup in question (as all can be different), and the pup seems otherwise completely fine, then the watch and wait principle applies... T.

That is so wrong on so many levels... yet hilariously funny... *giggle* If I knew which hard drive I had the one of my Rottie as a pup fast asleep with a rubber chicken between his legs, a beer can and pack of cigs nearby... I post it... T.

Awesome! PM sent... You rock nikivds! T.