Rebanne

me too!

no lots of dogs aren't cat tested but this family has had huge tramua happen to it. You only need to muzzle the dog and have it on lead while around the cat. It is usually only for a few days to make sure the dog won't kill the cat. The dog still might show interest, that's when bolt holes and crates and vigilant supervision become the main defence. And when I say show interest, I mean wants to play roughly etc.

KB I think you missed the fact that their are 2 dogs being left and they sometimes growl at each other over things like bones so leaving dry food around may also cause a problem. So saying that, over many years, I have previously left multiple dogs in the yard with marrow bones with never a problem. But with my current mix I could not leave them with fresh bones, but I can leave them with bones they have all had a nibble on prior. So when I know I will be gone for the day, I might chuck out several marrow bones the day before and let them have a chew, one at a time. Once that "freshness" is gone they are not so important to the dogs so no squabbles. I would exercise them and feed them before you left and leave it at that. it's not every day and you have already seen they sleep a lot of it.

all the more reason to get this dog fostered with some one with cats first IMO. So you have an idea of how he'll react. Are these new people experienced with dogs, have the cats lived with dogs before?

muzzle and lead, lead alone won't save the cat if the dog lunges, you have no idea how quick things can happen until it happens to you. Since one of their cats has already been killed by dogs shouldn't you at least cat test this one? It's a positive it doesn't react to the ferret but..... I had a foster here who was bound and determined to kill the cats yet went on to live very happily with free range chooks. So you can't always tell how they will react to different species. I would never expose my cats to an unknown dog in the house without a muzzle and lead on the dog. Plus lots of bolt holes for the cat.

Fern can tip them over. She leans on the side and over they go. I have to peg them down.

okay I freely admit I don't get many calls asking about prices of greyhound puppies but I am sure there are great homes out there for pups with people whose initial reaction to hearing the price would be a shocked intake of breath. So many people would have no idea what goes into raising pups properly. What costs are involved. So many would think it is just breeding two dogs together and if they thought about costs they most likely would just add up what they think it would cost to feed a pup for a couple of weeks times however many pups there are. Cause the bitch feeds them for at least 6 weeks right When the price is explained to them, call it justifying or not, they might then realise what a bargain they are getting and ring you back. People, especially the 1st time registered puppy buyer, often don't have a clue. They have seen prices in the pet shops and papers and that is their only guidance, because most breeders don't have their prices on their web sites. Being shocked when 1st told the price does not mean they will be bad homes.

maybe because those puppies who 'breeders' sold to his pet shop weren't exactly in a loving family enviroment?

We recorded every dog coming in and every dog going out. When ever there were problems we notified the breeder and they took appropriate action. If they didn't we didn't buy from them again. Yes, we would offer as much help and advise as possible and we got our vet involved too. All our pups came with a guarantee. so if there was a problem, you handballed it back to the 'breeder'? What was your guarantee?

yes, as much as I love Fern and she loves me she loves my daughter's partner much more and will probably end up living with them. Fern totally and utterly loves Adam, she bloody nearly drools all over him when they visit!

so what happened to the ones you couldn't sell, how long did you keep them for, where did they go at night, what stimulation was provided for them?

:rofl: :rofl:

never ever would I sell or give any pup I bred to a pet shop. I would give them to a reputable rescue if need be or PTS.

really curious on how the vet would know what the pups Mum looked like when you said in another thread you got her from a pet shop :D

get a letter from your vet who can state the tooth was lost due to an accident ( if that is what happened), then you can show it to the judge if there are any questions

but she's a cross breed, how do you know she inherited her stomach from the cav parent if indeed one parent was actually a purebred cav, never can tell with pet shop puppies. Hope she comes good, just give her plain boiled chicken for a few days and while you are waiting for her tum to settle down, have a read of the nutrition forum and do some goggling so you can make informed choices about your pup. Personally I would prefer optimum over any hills science food any day.

congratulations

mine have tiny scars, little lines

depends on the breed and the breeder

I have had great success with Bach Flower remedies when tailored for the dog for the particular problem. I have also had failures, mainly anything to do with anxiety when travelling (tried all sorts of things for that) and rescue remedy when used as a general cure. I get mine, when needed, from my vet. Haven't needed anything for a long time, but she does a consult, then makes up the remedy based on the consult. If it didn't work she would make another, free of charge, but most times it was spot on. Hmm, I haven't tried her for the travelling anxiety, best I make an appointment I think!

I have a 13 and 1/2 year old dog here who, if she gets caught short, will always wee on a dog bed. Easier to clean a dog bed then the carpet, easier still to make sure she never gets caught short. I've never left a 5 month old loose in the house. Mine only get to be loose in the house, without me being around, after they are at least 12 months old. If i do leave them in the house before then they are crated.

while I obviously think greyhounds just about walk on water they are still dogs and still need to be matched carefully to the new owners home and lifestyle. Many are not suitable for kids, they have never seen them or interacted with them. Just because they might just lay there and let a kid do whatever does not mean they like what it being done to them. Greyhounds are well known for shutting down, turning into statues, when things happen that they don't like. It's why vets like them, they will just stand there. But it doesn't mean that one day they won't react. Please people, do not make out that greyhounds are faultless, because they do have faults, they are after all still a dog. Very damn special but still a dog.

I sincerely hope that with all this shuffling around of semen and lack of interest by some staff that it has all be stored correctly

congratulations Diva and Arwen :D

from the other side of the gate. If a dog in a front yard runs up to the fence barking at my dogs being walked past I do stop. I refuse to be pulled around by my dogs who want to get to the fence barking dogs, I refuse to let the fence barking dogs win by seeing mine off. I walk off when my are back under control and the other dogs let us go quietly ie not chasing us the length of the fence barking, snarling, yapping. If, very rarely, a person actually comes out I tell them what I am doing, politely. If they don't like it too bad. eta fix spelling ps I never stop to talk to dogs inside fences so never incite barking but be buggered if I am going to rush past certain houses because people think they can leave their dogs in the front yard to rush at innocent people and dogs walking by.