sparkycat

Last night I wormed my 3 dogs with Drontal -( I usually use Milbemax) one Borzoi and my Lappie showed no effects but my big male Borzoi - Bosco got very hypo- he paced and sang for hours. At first I thought he was just very hungry so I gave him some bones. I was seriously thinking of taking him to the emergency vet at midnight but he finally calmed down. He was up again at 5.30am and really hungry. After a big breakfast he went back to sleep.

I googled and apparently a side effect of Drontal can be hyperactivity ! I only got it because it treats hydatids and they have caught a couple of rabbits recently (something I don't encourage but it

happens )

Anyone else had reactions ?

I am interested to know how they are going to implement it. When Mitcham council brought in cat rego I registered ours but never met anyone else that did. I would bring the topic up while walking around the neighbourhood and not one person said they had or would ever register their cats. We also had neighbours with up to 4 unregistered dogs.

Our cats had a large run so couldn't roam.

I think Mitcham Council would be better spending the money on education re desexing and containment.

My Bosco a large borzoi would just tip the whole thing over and get into the rubbish - the cat would probably help

Definitely 2 meals a day here - there would be mass mutiny if I tried to change it  

I would recommend Oakwood Kennels in Mylor 83885382 - it is only a small kennel with lots of personalised attention.

One of mine is a nervous hound but she is always happy to stay there and my other 2 love it as well.

46 minutes ago, brightstar123 said:

Thanks guys

Anyone got any great ideas about where/how to promote this one? We are trying to get a minimum of 8000 respondents, which might be quite a challenge!

Facebook cat groups ? I am in the Siamese and Oriental cat chat AUSTRALIA one but I bet there are thousands

Bosco, Nicky and Jaana

What about a Poodle - Toy or Miniature - I have met some great little Poodles - lovely personalities and intelligent little dogs. A couple are owned by older people who go to off lead parks and sit while the Poodle just happily plays nearby.

22 hours ago, juice said:

You see people still have the perception that purebred means more money and these days it doesn't . Unless you are talking frenchies or BB . The designer dogs fetch way more . 

I had a slightly scary incident when I was out with a friend - we had 4 borzois between us and a man walked straight up and said "how much are they worth" - my friend replied that they were all mongrel litter mates so he walked away.

One of my cats is a very messy drinker so I have a bowl sitting in another slightly larger bowl - it catches the spills.

3 hours ago, JulesP said:

I have a couple of the Surf Dog robes. They are pretty good for drying and reducing mess. 

 

They look great - easier than a bag and nice colours

20 minutes ago, Scottsmum said:

We bought a bag of microfibre towels which we use on Scottie - Don't know that I'd bother with a whole bag for him (not that I have tried the product

That was my thought too - I guess the bag would help keep a car clean - free of sand or dirt.

The fabric is the same as the quick dry towels - microfibre so it would be easy to wash and dry. The fabric was absorbent and did get the sand off - our dogs had just come off the beach and were very wet and sanding.  Our dogs were really placid and didn't care what we did but I can imagine some dogs may not like the idea of being zipped into a bag.

I do think they would work well for smaller dogs but there is no way I could get a Borzoi into a car if it was in a bag and it would be equally difficult to get the bag around a huge dog once it was in the car.

We were lent one to try so I am not involved with the sale of them.

Yes I have tried the largest size with my Borzois. The idea is good and I think they would be good for small dogs - just zip them in and put them in the car. I also tried it with my Lappie and struggled slightly with the zip and her huge coat - the zip started at the back so had to get a friend to flatten her coat as I zipped. I have photos somewhere I will try and load them.

I have a wonderful vet who will actually say "it's time" and I have also given mentally distressed animals their wings as well as physically injured.

I don't want to turn this into an RSPCA bashing but I do get annoyed when they spend $$$$$ on treating one badly injured animal while at the same time PTS many healthy ones.

Someone was saying recently that they carry a can of Lynx deodorant for charging dogs.

Anyone who has lived with teenage boys will know how powerful Lynx is - I think it would stop an elephant - I know it used to clear our house :laugh:

A friend and I took our hounds to the beach - 3 Borzois, 1 Finnish Lapphund and a Belgian Shepherd :)

Great video - I love watching dogs run. Everytime I take my 3 out the Lappie lines the 2 Borzois up for a race and gets totally left behind - she looks like a caterpillar compared to the Borzois :laugh:

Exactly sparkycat. Goofy maybe, but never ugly!

very very goofy :laugh:

ALL OF THE SIGHTHOUNDS

I can only think of one breed of sighthound that I wouldn't want to own (Afghans) and that's more of a crazy grooming requirements issue than anything else.

Unfortunately for me, the Shitty Whippet has turned the OH into a crazy whippet man and now he doesn't have much interest in looking at new breeds.

I'd sell a kidney for a borzoi but him.. "Meh, they're ugly as teenagers. Shitty Whippet was never ugly, she's the prettiest princess ever and who wuvs hers? Daddys wuvs her! Yes he does, who's the perfect dog and we don't need any big, ugly dogs? No we don'ts!" *Proceeds to feed the Shitty Whippet food from his mouth like a mother bird*

A few weeks' ago, he made a comment about how he and the Shitty Whippet were going to run away together but didn't in the end because they couldn't agree on where to go. I assume he was joking but the Shitty Whippet has a way with people so you just never know. Either way, I suspect next dog will be another whippet.

My wants in a whippet are pretty similar to K's. I was a proper sized whippet (not a 20+ kg monster), slinky and curvy, with plenty of prey drive and a sensible temperament. Colour bothers me not quite as much, as long as it's not brindle. Or almost entirely white. A fawn with a little bit of white trim would do nicely. Bonus points if it has a heavy mask, because they look cute.

Haha love it - and how could anyone think Borzois are ugly teenagers :laugh:

I always let tradies know before they come that I have very large dogs and I always let the dogs say hello. I then lock the dogs away because they can be overly friendly :laugh:

I'm completely in love with sighthounds now after owning my first whippet.

They're pretty addictive, them leggy, long-nosed hounds!

They sure are :D thank you to grizabella for this pic of my Bosco and Nicky

Just more Borzoi. Nothing else I really want. Although a really nice Tervueren to look after us all would be sweet.

Me too :)