tomas

You win tomas...200kgs :laugh: LOL. Probably more like 220kgs. Only for a few hours,at night they have their own room with air con :laugh: O.K I added it up,it's 212kgs and at night they have their own room with air con and the oldest stays in bed with me.

I start work at 4am ,so nap for a few hours when I get home around lunchtime. I have over 200kgs of un-neutered males in bed with me,6 in all,5 Vizslas and a Bracco Italiano. Really good in winter,not so much fun in the heat of summer! After we wake,I eat and we go out for the afternoon. Come home,I eat dinner and then they do. Works for me. Never have fights or grumbles and everyone gets cuddle time with Dad.

My 5 Hungarian Vizslas and Bracco Italiano.

What are you feeding him? If there is a protein in there that is causing an inflammatory response,he can have contact allergies because of that. I have 2 dogs hugely allergic to grasses,well they were,till we went raw,now they can run all through long grass without issue. Yes they have been to Vet Derm and were allergic to anything green pretty much as well as dust and pollens. He suggested pred and antibiotics,I switched to raw on advice of a freind and never had another issue,that was 12 years ago...

Also found this for you. The only synthetic vitamin C that has been shown to lower the risk of HD is sodium ascorbate. Dr Belfield gives the doses need for this type of synthetic vitamin C as: Dr Belfield in his book, How To Have A Healtheir Dog, The Benefits of Vitamins and Minerals for Your Dog's Life Cycles, published in 1981, recommends the following doses of vitamin C depending on activity level of the dog: Small Dogs - 500 to 1,500 mg daily Medium Dogs - 1,500 to 3,000 mg daily Large Dogs - 3,000 to 6,000 mg daily Giant Dogs - 6,000 to 7.500 mg daily Puppies Large Breed - first 4 months - 500 to 1,000 mg daily Puppies Large Breed - 4 months to adult - increasing gradually - 1,000 to 3,000 mg daily

Further to the Vit C thing,my dogs all get one tablet of this a day http://www.lapdog.co.nz/vitcdogs.php As well as pure collagen. http://www.primeval.co.nz/dogs.asp I have dogs diagnosed with HD who are 10 and 11 and they can run 2 hours HARD a day and never pull up lame.

Try this and click on About Vitamin C http://www.skansen.com/nutrition/

Well he was doing that between Ollie and Louis on the couch. Spencer is asleep in his bedroom,Teddy is on my bed asleep and Charlie is asleep on the dog bed in here with me too. Alex is the only one not asleep!

Meea, Viva lives in Australia and Alex lives in New Zealand with me :D Or that should read,Alex is chewing a crate mat on the couch between 2 Vizslas,with me.

Thanks showpony,I have seen many pictures of Viva as she grew. Alex and Viva are closely related. Their sire(Viva) and dam (Alex) are littermates.

Well I had an import dog just arrved at 9 months,only fed Eukanuba Puppy food,fasted him for 24 hours and started on K9 straight away. Introduced bones about 3 days in,also started on one protein and added in a new protein every 4 days,not one issue. Hope that helps.

Well the girl that has arrived comes out of jail in a few days,so you should get your chance soon.... Did you find anything interesting out in your research? Can you post your essay? Or is that not the done thing?

Wash your mouth out Monah! ;)

Meant to add,I did too,met my first in 2002 after only seeing them in books. I was not disppointed when I first saw him in Quarantine,he has such a gentle comical soul if that makes sense. They really are a breed that could take off....

Thanks SparkyTansy ,if I can replicate the movement and stands I have seen him do he will do well. But he has never been shown,though taken to shows for socialising in Hungary. Where he did better each time he went. It will take him a few show weekends to get comfortable. Braccos are not great initially when encountering stuff. But 2nd-4th time,no issues. He is being shown the ropes by my experienced showdogs,so he will get it.

Watching his brothers

Between 21 ½ and 26 ½ ins as per NZ and Aussie Breed standard,Alex is bang on 25 in at the moment and has just turned 10 months old last week. He is nearly 30kgs now. Here are a few more pics. Alex and his big brothers and staring out to sea. He has been here just over a month but it really seems like he has always been here. All 6 of them piled up on my King Size bed,laying all over each other. They are such good boys.

Anytime Monah,just hope you can cope with 6 dogs and lots of walks!

He is DBT. I am very lucky ,picked him out of a litter by photos (as I have done with all my dogs)at 8 weeks and am very happy with how he turned out. This pic kind of sums him up

Laid back! I also have 5 Vizslas and Alex is calmer than my 5 and 6 year olds! But he does run and loves that,and is more independant than a vizsla and has a tendency to wander on walks...in his own world,oh and he is VERY birdy,more so than even my best hunter! He loves to sleep eat and have cuddles,VERY VERY affectionate. Loves to carry things,anything he can in fact,no matter how heavy and puts anything and everything in his mouth,but as long as you are vigilant you can pull the huge pieces of concrete and ricks out before they do damage He was my bucket list breed/dog and now I have him I even smile sometimes whe I look at him asleep next to me on the couch.

That is often how they are described... This is my new Import boy Alex,who is 10 months old now. New Zealands first and only Bracco Italiano. Can you tell I am a proud Dad

Tomas do you feed fish oil as well? or some other type of Omega oil blend? or just the Primeval Gelatinaat? How long have you been using this product for? from what age do you start using this product? Just answered your pm. Do feed fish oil but not often,sometimes miss a whole month. This is way better for joints and my guys eat raw so get salmon and sardines anyway. Been using it about a year. They have a puppy version which my 10 month old is on,that has no calcium,but the others all get the regular stuff,I even take it,I mean it's just pure (very expensive) collagen and I know it works cos my knees were WAY better after a month!

For those interested in joint health,you would be advised to check out this link. Here are the stockists of Gelatinnat in Australia. http://www.primeval.biz/canine/avail.html My 6 dogs get it and my 12 and 11 year olds can still regularly run 22kms a day and these are 35kgs dogs! It works WAY better than glucosamine which your dog then has to convert into collagen,so why not give them a colagen they can absorb. http://www.primeval.biz/canine/primeval.html

With respect persephone but when switching a dog to raw FROM dry,it's best to fast them for 24 hours before feeding. This acidifies the gut,if you keep adding dry you are asking for stomach upsets. My new Bracco came out of Quarantine a few weeks back,he had been raised solely on Eukanuba Puppy. He did'nt get his am feed that day,and had his dinner that night with his 5 Vizsla brothers here. He is on K9 Natural,so a similar product to what is being talked about here. We did one protein for 4 days,no issues,added another protein for 4 days,no issue and then another protein for 4 days,no issue. He started to get bones about 5 days in. So a few weeks on he eats whatever is going for that day,Venison,Chicken,Beef,Lamb ,Fish etc etc.

Annoying,cute AND funny,all wrapped up in one!