Rebanne

I believe the 2 issues could well and truly be related. Might be referred pain, might be out along the tail and the back. I will be interested to hear how you go.

I have a big hole in my back door so I can set it up that the dogs can get into the kitchen when I am away. The door from the kitchen to the rest of the house has a simple hook thingee on it, mainly to stop the door coming open accidently as I have 3 house cats.

If entering more than one dog on the day or one or more dogs in a 2 day show double check you are wearing the right number, for the right dog, for the right day

I feed them as I get them from the butcher, mine are rarely too fatty. Even the 12 week old greyhound pups love them!

thank you, thank you, I just read your post, went and put a drop of oil on them and away they went! I don't need new clippers now, I just needed an instruction book, which it didn't have. :cheer: :p ;) :rofl: When in doubt read the instructions. it didn't have instructions but now I know how to make it go

thank you, thank you, I just read your post, went and put a drop of oil on them and away they went! I don't need new clippers now, I just needed an instruction book, which it didn't have.

I know they are dodgy, that's why they are being returned

as there are so few greyhounds around I don't have many people to ask or compare things with. ;) I was going by the whippet people and what they did. Hmm her next show is in a fortnight, might let them grow back, would be easier. But I still want something to do the skirt bit.

I had to sit here for a minute or tow to try and work out what you were on about wonder if it would work, has a nice little catcher thingee too

I've got the little Wahl pocket pro, but only use them for the tuck and tails, I use whisker whackers from Lea ( pm her ) to do the whiskers. I find that clippers take hair off the face and I think they bring on grey hairs quickly. Well I did wonder about the whiskers and giving too close a shave, I've only used scissors up till now. Except for a quick go the other day. I might stick with the scissors until I can see a whisker whacker up close, some people like them, some don't. I like the look of the pocket pro. I've only used clippers once on the tuck/skirt but it was so much easier to do them then using the scissors.

I did buy one of the Sheer Magic clippers and as they don't even work when plugged in, let alone hold any sort of charge I'm afraid I am not impressed. They are being returned on the weekend to the place I bought them from.

I'm no expert but lots of people told me I should cut the whiskers off. I resisted for the 1st two years then did cut them off. I don't think it made much difference personally. But trimming the skirt, in my eyes did. The line looked so much cleaner. I call that flap of skin from the hind leg to the belly the skirt. I call the furnishing down the hind legs the petticoat. I quite likely am using the wrong words but oh well Apparently I should also trim the petticoats as there is the odd hair that sticks out a smidge but I haven't been that game yet.

Woi you trim dem whiskers for Rebanne? That rotten PPS has got to you hasn't she. :wink: I know, I know :rolleyes: Not sure that I can blame PPS, I first did it for the Royal last year, but maybe some of her rantings talk did sink in. I confess I couldn't believe how much difference trimming the skirt makes, I really like that look, so I tried the whiskers off as well and it's okay.

I am after something to do greyhound whiskers and skirts for the show ring. What would the groomers here recommend? I notice there are some Wahl ones on eBay but not sure which would be the better one.

yes trial and error :rolleyes: If he looks a bit thin just up his meals a bit for a week or so and the same if he gets a bit fat, slight decrease. If you can just feel his ribs as you run your hands lightly over them then he is in pretty good shape.

I can highly recommend the Glenrowan Vet Clinic half way between Benalla and Wang. No more than 20 minutes from Benalla. 57662661

I got heaps and heaps of wire coat hangers cheap from a clothing store and cut them into "tent pegs" and used them to peg the chook wire down just like Miranda described

some more :D know what your dog is doing at all times, do not stand with friends talking while your dog is at the end of the leash being a pain. keep in season bitches in your gazebo, umbrella tent etc in a crate. Toilet her well away from the rings. Tell people near you that your bitch is in season so they can also keep their dogs away from yours. Do not saunter around the show with your bitch in tow. Ask the owners if it is alright to stand at the front of their gazebo trying to catch a bit of shade while waiting to go into the ring. Be a good sport!

use more than one form if entering your dog in more than one class ie sweepstakes and breed what ever each State says. Secretaries and cataloguers will love you dog's registration number and your membership number is printed on the dogs registration certificate. Keep it in a safe place! Put in a stamped, return addressed envelope when you send your entries in. On the return addressed envelope write what show you are entering. Make sure you open the envelope when it returns to make sure there is not a piece of paper in it announcing a change of judge, or venue or time etc. Make sure you take the enclosed numbers, car passes, catalogue tickets etc with you to the show. Sometimes catalogue is written on the outside in which case you need to take the envelope with you. If handwriting entry forms make sure you print all details clearly eta spellink!

which they regret doing now and was the reason for the thread in the 1st place.

I'd guess it was his later dinner time, not the medication.

No, besides the fact I want to do her myself, there actually isn't anyone available. She's only 2, still got 6 years left

You can get a 44 gallon drum, get the end cut out and attach the chute to it. Also you get get fairly firm mesh and roll it up and cover it with material so it imitates a solid entrance then attach a chute to that. I've used both very successfully.

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So Midol I am still waiting for your answer to what you would do if someone, many times larger than you, came up to you speaking in a foreign language, asking something of you and when you don't comply you are grabbed by the collar and forced to the ground and held there until you say Uncle? Cosmolo, you mention 16 week old pups that have hardly been touched. Surely you don't grab them and throw them to the ground? Surely you start off with gentle touches, then maybe start by leaning over them, slightly enveloping them before progressing to a hug and so on and so on? My pups, bred or otherwise, have all chucked tanties when I wanted to clip their nails, at the beginning. I have held them gently until they realised I wasn't going to hurt them, put them down and started in 5 minutes again, never clipping their nails until they were settled. I have had a real tantrum thrower and yes I let her go as I wasn't going to be the cause of such distress. She learnt to trust me and became one of my best dogs ever. You don't have to force a dog to submit to you, there are other ways.