Nadine83

I was reading up on weight guides for Golden Retrievers and came across a thread about what food to feed them (puppy or adult). I read that most switch them earlier to prevent them from growing too quickly. I am now quite worried that I have done damage to her She is 6 months 2 weeks old and still on puppy food. I did my research before we got her but all of a sudden she is 6 months old and I had forgotten. I really hope I haven't caused her any harm What does everyone else think?

griff, thanks. I will try them too. It's very hard! I have also contacted a lady in the same suburb as me selling a 2 berth one. I can only try!

Oh ok. I will contact them and see. Thanks!

Thankyou so much but they are located in SA. I am in Sydney

Hi everyone, We are going to dubbo on Saturday for 4 nights. We were relying on our new car to accommodate the dog but there has been a delay and we won't get it until we come back! So I am desperately after a place that hires dog trailers. Google is not coming up with anywhere Our dog is a 5month old Golden Retriever so we would only need a small one. Does anyone know where we could hire one in Sydney? We are located in north/west Sydney (hills/blacktown). Thanks

What a sad thing to have happened Thoughts are with you and your family.

Scarlett Dog- That would be even more painful!

CW EW- Ouch! Stonecutter- Yes, she is gentle with mouthing but we yelp when she mouths us or our clothes and that stops her. We then redirect her to her toys.

We were playing with the hose and somehow she got two of my fingers. She drew blood too. Damn it hurt! Lol.

Thanks heaps everyone. Looks like it might be trial and error. Pretty miss Emma- Yes she wees on command

Thanks

dandybrush- Thanks for the advice She is getting 50/50 with the food at the moment but I will change it back to less of the Advance. Does the switching process generally take about 1 week?

Our puppy is 10 weeks old. Now before I start I want to mention that I don't expect her to go all night without toileting. The first night she woke around 3-4 times, 2nd and 3rd nights she held on for 6.5hrs both nights! The next 4 nights she woke once, Saturday night she went 6.5hrs again. And last night she was put out at 11pm (like usual) and then woke at 1am, 2am, 3:30am. All times doing a poo and wee. We are in the process of changing the brand of her food over (from pedigree to Advance). Could this be the cause of it? Also, her last feed is at 8pm. Should we make it earlier? She tends to leave most of her pooing for at night! Her poos vary in consistency buy the majority of the time it's softer. We were hoping the change of food would help her stools to firm up and hopefully make her need to poo less (better quality food). She is also eating grass at times. What does this mean? ETA she also tends to squat a while before she can do anything and changes spots frequently during that pooping session. But her poo isn't firm.....

Readysetgo and Hugo- Thanks she has mainly had chicken mince and has had beef mince once. I won't give her the beef again. The chicken necks are chopped up. Diet is the original from breeder (the beef mince wasn't fed but was in the food guide she gave us).

Yes Lily's smells alot too and varies in consistency. (ahh what a lovely topic )