Skruffy n Flea

what!? so, if i pick up my order i only pay $5 p/kg AND i get to mix the flavours!??! an earlier post said they can't mix the box contents, but that was via delivery! yes on pick up they can mix the boxes and it is $5.00 kg they are at North Richmond. ty

thanks it did!

i wish to god i knew what this is just so i would know if either of my two ever do it!!! my two get the hiccups but that's not so much of a concern... sorry, pardon the interruption :0

i have two that are abject opposites: bella who just has to be the centre of everyone's attention, irrespective! and then there's byron who will either happily curl up on the cushion and only raises his head if bella [who is likely rousing with the cat] gets a lil bit close but he will literally get up and move away from any shenanigans if he is hell-bent on devouring a bone the other side of the coin: absolute momentary pandemonium if the neighbours arrive home or there's a knock on the door and i don't know which of the two inspires the other

LMFAO :laugh:

what!? so, if i pick up my order i only pay $5 p/kg AND i get to mix the flavours!??! an earlier post said they can't mix the box contents, but that was via delivery!

very interesting discussion here! a few questions of my own tho how much egg would you feed a 6 or 7 kilo dog?; is egg fattening to dogs?; how often would you feed the dog if it tended to easily add condition?; is sardine better than tuna or mackeral?; tia

thansk noisy for your insight and also for telling me about your girl i'm glad things are progressing well for her too --- it can be a tuff battle can't it, but more so for our fluffies that must be suffering unsettling chaos of their own about the black jacket tho, my OH reminded me last night of the first time byron barked at someone; the lady was standing with a male person and neither of them were wearing black and in fact the lady was in subtle earthy tones --- so i'm not sure that is the thing he's reacting to... all the same, i don't think i can ignore his behaviour as such, but instead of correcting his behaviour [which i could view as behaviour ignored ] i can distract him and get his attention focussed on me and that would be a major step in the right direction --- being treat motivated i can see some success could easily be had with that approach... i think corvus's approach is the right way too in that trying to analyse byron's motivation would be less time effective but perhaps in time there may be some obvious signs as to why he behaves in this way, just like it did with you over time for your girl i really need to address his behaviour but it's nice to have the answers too; one day perhaps again, thanks so much for your input

Here is the link: Peter Alexander Catalogue with dogs (incl. Orbit) thanks for the link congrats stormie --- orbit is certainly a handsome boy! i loved that catalogue; or should one call it a dogalogue

I agree. I have had painful experiences with both big and small. As annoying as the little ones are, I do worry a lot more about the bigger ones. Some owners are so bloody stupid, I prefer to steer clear of all new dogs until I can be sure of their temperaments. actually THAT reminds me of the day we found ourselves heading towards another walking their rescued irish wolfhound [i think she said it was]!!! massive it was and no time or opportunity to cross the road given that it was a busy road but she claimed it would be a safe meet cuz 'he is just a big ole bear' --- that wolfhound, with her straining tight at the leash, sat taut and truly focussed on my two and when it jerked forward, byron barked and that kinda indicated he was uncomfortable so we bid farewell and moved around them and onwards toward home

to be absolutely honest with everyone, it really pisses me off too when i'm out with my two and there's someone with an annoying small breed just busting to come say hello and they come over to me asking if it's okay to let their dog greet my dogs --- just that fact gets my two excited and anxious and i have a helluva time anyway keeping my two focussed while on the lead and having someone approach cuz they can't resist socialising their dog just messes it all up...

I don't think it's a size thing - me & my dogs have been harassed by dogs of all sizes before. Not often, luckily. But in my experience, it's not just small breed owners that are oblivious. Lots of large breeds have their dogs out running free without an effective recall too, and it's not much fun when they charge you. Perhaps it's different in different areas, though. i appreciate that and thanks unfortunately there is a preponderance of posts in this thread that concern the bad behaviour of some small breeds and i'd like to highlight in particular the irresponsibility of their owners --- i for one just wanted to let the bigger than small dog owing community know that there are those owners with small dogs that do their best to ensure their dogs behave appropriately and that mine aren't perfect but i do my best and wish that other owners would too, rather than making innane comments about their dog's cutenes and that they're just wanting to play yada yada

deep breath bridie --- experienced peeps are here to hold your hand i'm not a breeder but i would love the experience of having helped birth a litter just once in my life, but i don't think i could deal with it cuz i found your story pretty scary --- i'd hate it if anything went wrong and i would feel very bad if i let the bitch down in any way... good luck uploading your pix too btw, i will at some point own a chihuahua; i adore them

i really do feel for everyone who has effective control of their dog but encounters the fluffy, bounding, yapping and snapping wee dogs with ineffectual owners --- it's these ppl that give ppl like me a bad name, and that's a kick in the guts cuz i go to many lengths to ensure my two behave appropriately. my two are certainly not perfect but i don't make any excuses for their bad behaviour... from this swf owner, sorry

wow, corvus, thank you! i'll up the classic conditioning exercises so i can be certain to get his attention when i ask for it despite any distractions... i'll shadow him at the park --- we presently give them distance at the park but keep our eyes on both of them but i'll up that by moving closer to him so i can be there right on strike! he's not clicker trained but he is treat motivated so classic conditioning might be at least a starting point and i can move forward from there thanks again

hello byron, my rescue boy, has progressed further in the past 3 to 4 weeks, but i'm a little bit concerned as to where that is now leading... of course we know nothing of his background as we've had him only 10 months of his 3 or so-ish years so there are no clues as to what may develop and so here is my concern: at the dog park for small dogs and with the number of ppl with dogs that enter the park, he will randomly single out one person, approach them and bark at them, incessantly! i am somewhat embarrassed by this behaviour because, in this instance, this poor man just stood there with a fixed smile on his face, not looking at byron, not saying anything, not moving, nada but with this pesky little dog simply barking at him for no apparent reason and i can't fathom it! there is one clue i suppose: a rather large and tall person who generally wears all black comes in with her small dog and byron has on the first occasion simply barked at her/him [sorry, i can't determine the person's gender ] and on this last occasion, the man who was not overly large wore a rather large dense black jacket [but i have black jackets too that i wear regularly]... byron also barks at random ppl outside the park, those walking by or those that just want to stand and look at the dogs! he also will bark at a random dog in the adjoining big dog section of the park... when i say random, he doesn't stand there and bark at every person that comes into the park, he doesn't stand and bark at every person that walks by or just stands there outside the park, and he doesn't bark at every dog there is in the adjoining park for big dogs... when we got bella and after i'd done a whole helluva lot of research, i became aware that dogs would bark at an unknown ooooh, scarey thing i've never seen before object and so putting that research into practice, we would approach the thing and she would become comfortable with the thing and so since then she's had no concerns with that same thing [i'm talking about roadwork witches hats but the same is said for upside down wheelbarrows]... atm i feel a bit odd saying to a stranger that i'm just going to reach for your arm so i can teach my dog that you are not a scarey thing! i am warming to that idea tho if that is what it will take to settle my dog's behaviour... this is the 2nd time that byron has displayed what is clearly escalating behaviour at the park because this last time it happened more --- i apologised profusely to the man and those outside the park and the dogs in the other park and attempted to correct byron's behaviour [at least i distracted him] on each occasion, but i just can't seem to fathom what i'm dealing with here so i can approach his rehab more effectively and proactively... while he's at the park he seems to become very anxious and he starts to dribble [i carry a towel with me to wipe his face], which has not lessened over the past 10 months, but he doesn't shake and rather he struts about the park, tail arched taut and head forward, peeing on every blade of grass and then scratching back --- he greets other dogs respectfully and makes no confronting gestures to any of the dogs inside the park and nor do any dogs confront him but quite in contrast he is much happier to explore on his own... i'm really sorry for such a long post but it's best you have all the info rather than bits and pieces cuz i really really really would appreciate your valuable insights... tia, most gratefully

woah! sorry about that long post!

i own 2 swfs, both of indescriminate breeding, one is a rescue about 3 yrs-ish but the other we've had since 12 weeks old... when we got bella, i did an incredible amount of research and i still do sooooo much research not on breeds but on socialising and behaviour, food and feeding and everything in between; essentially the whole gammut cuz i was responsible for her --- then we got byron, who is similar in stature but of unknown origins. bella was puppy schooled and although we had every intention of taking her to obedience class when she was younger, we didn't follow thru --- but for the most part, she is a very good lil dog and one that i am proud to watch as she mixes it up with the other dogs at the park for small dogs... in the beginning tho, we took her to a dog park of mixed dog sizes and i don't regret it because her best bud was a similar aged GSD and both of them learned how to play with each other quite effectively, roughhoused very well together and quite happily --- the smile on bella's face and the effort she went to to continue the shenanigans was reciprocated by molly the GSD. my OH and i and molly's mum supervised and revelled in how well the two of them interacted... one day tho along came another dog, smaller than molly, but it's head was low charging bella; she took flight and started to yelp the nanosecond it was upon her --- everyone at the park stopped, looked and ran to get the big dog off bella while it's owner waving his arm as if to say 'get away back', casually strolled the 3/4 length his dog had run as it beaded for and landed on bella... bella has been a tad uncomfortable with bigger dogs since and so we now take our two to the park for small dogs... i most certainly agree that it is the owner's responsibility to ensure they have effective control over their dogs, including swfs --- i felt that day that i had partially failed my little girl and still to this day i regret exposing her to that kind of danger... as for the owner of the dog that ran her down, your gruff and beligerent remarks to your dog and to others assisting bella and us, you only rock your world, dickwad these days at the park she just goes about her business, introducing herself to other dogs in a respectful manner, saying hello, very respectfully i might add, to other dog owners and generally having a pleasant time --- if there's another dog there of similar energy, she will happily participate in some chasey games and there is no greater joy for me than to watch her having the time of her life byron on the other hand and this is for a separate thread has a tendancy to occasionally sit and bark: at someone in the park, or outside the park, or at a bigger dog in the other section of the park this is what i am currently working on

lol ty yw thanks

thanks corvus --- i agree with that too! bella and our boy byron roughhouse often, loudly and sometimes at length but it took us a while to become comfortable with that. in the early days of their cohabiting, we would find it necessary to separate and give time out on occasion but now, after 10 months they are pretty good buds, respectful of each other and the only time there is a correction, and it's not often, from one to the other is because there'd been an overstep of a boundary and it's done and over with in a nanosecond with the offending dog taking stock... watching those two is better than telly i gotta say and that's the only way i'm aware of those corrections --- but it's like a flash...

jedi, did anything come of your little one's appetite!??! i hope all is well

Thank you SnF. Your words moved me. My avatar girl ... Kal - she is the catalyst for me knowing what I now know and doing what I now do. She is my heart/soul dog. I miss her and wish I could have both Kal and my current boy, Mandela. I think she would have had her work cut out for her, coping with his boisterous and persistent ways, but I'm sure she could have taught him a lot, and far better than I, and I think they would have grown to become best mates. But sometimes I think Kal whispers to him, from wherever she is, because there's just some certain little quirky things he does that reminds me of her, even though Mandela is so different - and for that alone I love him (pain in the that he can be ....) thank you erny for sharing --- such beautiful memories ... and perhaps she is whispering to him , from the golden meadow apologies to jedi --- i meant not to go OT

it looks weird that i've only added to the first few lines of my post but it doesn't botther me that much to go back and edit... here's a couple for you jb :)