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I'm with Papillon Kisses.  I have Cavaliers which have a similar coat.  Yes the floor has hair on it, as does the furniture, but it is easy to get off.  I have a cordless vacuum that does a great job and use it every second day for a quick zip around to keep on top of it.  This only takes abut 10 minutes.

And if you bath them regularly and use a force dryer to dry the coat, most of the loose stuff is blown out then.

I've owned a Poodle x before and the regular clipping is very time consuming and expensive if you get it done professionally.

I would also try the steroids.  Normally the dosage is cut right down, over time, in the form of a maintenance dose so the side affects are minimal.  My Cavalier had many prescriptions for steroids over her life without any problems.  My experience is that it will dramatically improve your dog's quality of life.

Your breeder may have already started on house training so talk to them about it.  I'm a fan of crate training as I travel with my dogs and they settle really quickly once the crate is set up.  Also find a really good puppy school and recommendations for dog training.

And my last bit of advice is that training is for the life of the dog, it never stops.  Enjoy your puppy!

On 11/10/2019 at 10:00 AM, Loving my Oldies said:

 

On every invoice from from my vet there is a large box at the bottom saying how much I would have saved had I been a Best For Pet member.  The amount is always $0.00  

But all consults are free so you would have saved that!  Maybe it is an error and it should say:  This is what you saved as a Best for Pet member!

22 hours ago, Loving my Oldies said:

I’ve never taken it out as I’ve always had dogs from pounds and older dogs, but the veterinary clinic I have been going to for over 12 years has sold out to a pet insurance company      

 

Edited to say that this company says it is not an insurance company, rather it is a club and you pay an annual membership.  

Is it Best for Pet?  If so, it's worth it for pups/kittens and oldies.  My oldest cat got an eye ulcer at the end of last year when my preferred mobile vet was overseas.  So I took my cat to the clinic where she used to work as they had her records.  I foresaw that this was going to be a tough year for her, fortunately, and I put her in the Best for Pet program which was $100 upfront I think and $37 a month.  She gets all consults free, free annual vacc (not that I am doing that now she is nearly 12), $250 off her dental, 10% off medications and other services etc.  She's had over 20 consults this year I think so I have already got more than my money's worth!  

For a pup or kitten there is a big discount on desexing.  

I have a dog door in the glass.  I had to have the glass replaced as it is safety glass and can only be factory cut.  The glass needed replacing anyway so it was a no brainer for me.  I think it cost about $430 all up for a sliding door size.  The glazier also supplied the dog door which turned out to be useless as it never stayed shut, even in the slightest breeze.  It was from Bunnings.

So we replaced it with this one - lovely strong magnet and no problems:  https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/253863008798  

A quick Google has also shown these:  https://australiapetdoors.com.au/product-category/extra-large-dog-doors/  All suitable for pre-cut safety glass.

Just a thought for the future, what if you change the routine around around each night?   

I have a Hound Bag which has a lined in plastic section to put the full doggy bags, so no smell.  It also has little pockets to dispense the poo bags from and another section for your keys, phone etc.  I love it and have had it for many years.

The breeder I got my second cattle dog from fed her adults a chicken frame a day, so I did the same without any problems.  Nice dry hard white poos were great if you accidentally stepped in one!  However, I did give him other things, eg sardines, 4x2 biscuits etc.

Training a dog is for life, even though they know how to do something it doesn't mean they will do it.  lol  I had a trainer tell me that basically, dogs live to please themselves so you have to make the training enjoyable for them.

I've adopted older dogs and have been able to train them, however, different breeds are easier to train than others.  I've also owned 2 cattle dogs - both awesome dogs.  The second one required two long walks (at least an hour) every day and he was from show lines, not working lines.  My first one was a rescue dog and an older puppy.  She was a more sedate version of the breed which is pretty rare, I believe.  

Good luck in whatever you decide. 

My 22 kg cattle dog had one a day but as sandgrubber said, sometimes they were covered in skin and fat (never used that butcher again!)  It also depends on size - if they are large frame then one should be enough.

Maybe look at compressing them using an app.  This will make the file size smaller.  If you Google 'compressing (ipone/Samsung/etc) videos' you will find some apps.

10 hours ago, Two Best Dogs! said:

I went one further. I have a dog freezer and a people freezer 

I did that after the dog ended up with fillet steak!   Now that I only have one small dog, all the pet food is kept in the drawer in the top of the freezer.

If it's only for a minute then perhaps it's the coldness of the spot on hitting his skin that sets him off.  If you're not in a tick area, Comfortis is a very good alternative.

On 07/07/2019 at 10:23 PM, teddybeans said:

I don’t think it’s anal glands because the main area he is going for and red is on his back, not under his tail. The under his tail is only once in a while and I don’t see redness there.  He is also not scooting.

 

The vet told me that often the base of the tail or down the sides is the closest the dog can get to the discomfort.  They don't always feel the pain under the tail.

I still have quite a few of the panels as well.  I join them with cable ties.  I have them up at the moment, keeping my new garden safe as it has lovely fertiliser smells in it.  lol

I have also used them under a chicken run to make it fox proof, two joined together to block off a hallway and to section a room for litters of kittens!

I like the lots of short trips to fun places training.  So you might only just go around the corner, open the door all excited with a little treat, hop out and romp at the local park to start off with.  Then maybe drive a little further and repeat.  Try to do a couple of trips every day, lengthening each time.

I'd never heard of these until I saw your post this morning and now I am looking on Gumtree to see a breeder in Wollongong has a litter.  They are stunning looking dogs!

Locally we have some banks that allow dogs and I saw a dog in a clothing store the other day.  A friend of mine takes her dog into quite a few stores in her local area.  So I think you just need to ask before you enter.  Most garden centers I have been to are happy for me to take my dog in with me as well.

Lovely to see Kojak's name come up after all these years.  He was a valuable contributor to the forum and is greatly missed.  

If you google pet sitting a few come up - Mad Paws, Pet Cloud and Paw Shake are the ones that spring to mind.

I have a Hoover Ultra Power.  It's cordless and I can do the whole house on one charge (3 bed, 2 bath, 2 living areas), it picks up the stuff along the skirting board, has a small head with a light on it so gets under furniture, around chair legs etc.  I love it and do a quick run around most days to keep on top of the hair from a Cavalier and 3 Persian cats.  It all picks up the bits of grass that get carried in as well.  It was just under $300 from Godfreys.  Take some dog hair in with you to put on their carpets and give it a go!

Edited to include the link:  https://www.godfreys.com.au/hoover-ultra-power-stickvac?gclid=Cj0KCQjwxMjnBRCtARIsAGwWnBPw-dsRTW65YAAU-4305770t3JOK4Xningv1-Yx-F8lLzFlo0qNwT0aAtdMEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

My main vacuum is a tradies cannister type which means I can pick up pretty well everything!  lol  I've heard that the Dyson aren't good if you use carpet powder - something to do with the filters and being bagless.

I was given a sample by a local producer of his new grain free pet food.  As I had tried a grain free before with similar results to Ixon I was a bit reluctant to try again.  He said that with grain free foods I needed to feed a lot less than I did with the product I was using.  So basically, the diarrhea was caused by overfeeding.

When I looked at the sample bag again, one of it's major ingredient is a legume so I'm not feeding it due to the recent possible association with heart disease that the US FDA is investigating.  

https://www.fda.gov/animalveterinary/resourcesforyou/animalhealthliteracy/ucm616279.htm 

It's hard to know what to feed our dogs!

If you look on the Dogs Vic website, the shows will be listed there.

Also, this organisation gives free legal advice and hopefully can help:

http://lawyersforanimals.org.au/