happypaws

Hi All

Does anyone have any recommendations for dog / cat / fish house sitter ... early october ... In Adelaide .. Anyone who has suggestions and recommendations please let me know

I will consider a kennel as its a very short trip , and have a couple of options but would still prefer to have some one look after animals at home .

Cheers

Hi Happypaws, I sent you a PM about someone willing to housesit in October for you.

Thank you

When in October are you looking for and what area of Adelaide?

Will be oct 2, 3 ,4 maybe one more day at most ... Southern area

Hi All

Does anyone have any recommendations for dog / cat / fish house sitter ... early october ... In Adelaide .. Anyone who has suggestions and recommendations please let me know

I will consider a kennel as its a very short trip , and have a couple of options but would still prefer to have some one look after animals at home .

Cheers

Terrible for a lil old man like sarge sorry to hear this .... Husky dog needs to be removed from owners .. and as much as it pains me to say it probably best pts ... he has accomplished killing twice now - whats next ???

RIP Sarge ... feel for you and your daughter Rozzie

Ooooh how cute is Skeeter ! More pics

I love how your dogs have middle names :D

The kids did have a good time ! Nice pics of you guys out there today . Hope to get out and be part of the action next week . :)

Hey it was great to see you DOLers in person today !

Will see of we can get our act together for next weekend - maybe get a harness on Mia ! She had a good day of meet and greet as well.

Sounds awesome ETH ... Now to get up soooo very early ... I will load up on caffeine - so keep an eye out for the crazy caffeinated lady 3 little people and long suffering husband + special Labrador . We will be hard to miss !!

Ok cool ... Our discussions have been interrupted by crows v collingwood ! Gaaah

Still talking about it ! I'm just thinking is Kutipo really ready for a crazy lady her 3 little people and a " special " Labrador ?? One bonus would be running the " special" outa the Lab .. She will love it I think .

Ooooh I want to go .... Talking to OH now .... Geez we are negotiating winery stops !!

We will see

I was going to go along with my camera but the behaviourist who has arranged to assess Justice changed it from last Sunday to this Sunday, so won't be able to. I hope everyone has a great time though. :)

Hey Snook ... What's up with Justice? ( if you don't mind me asking ) :)

Um yeh someone sitting on the dole who sits at home all day ... Great for the dog as a companion .... Are they going to be able to afford a large vet bill should the need arise ?

And this is not meant to be offensive to anyone in the situation .. Just food for thought given this discussion.

How terrible

Thoughts with you and Ziva's family . RIP brave lil dog

What energy :laugh:

In all honesty she's an easy keeper, she likes to relax inside with us.

Indoors we keep her busy with frozen treats or food toys, ( like kibble balls)

When we're out the door it's a different story, she loves walk times.

Depending on how busy we are we do a combination of walking, walking + running (interval training for me ), walking with backpack on, free running at the park, running next to the bike or pulling the scooter. I'm in the process now of buying a treadmill, and considering a few other activities, but I don't do them yet.

Most winter weekends we're busy with sled dog club activities. Even when we're not racing there is a group of people I meet up with to train every weekend. That said she'd survive on one walk a day and some training, but I'm a very competitive person and I want us to do well this racing season :)

Anything else you want to know about the breed, come ask in the sibe thread under 'breed sub forums ' :D

Disclaimer: Your experience may vary :p

Lol at disclaimer ! Interesting , thanks for sharing :D . I guess I expect the sibe to always be high energy and high drive ,but this is not always so? I will check in under the sub forum ... Cheers :)

I think giving the dog a chance to do his job, or a modified version is high on my list.

Mainatining a healthy weight and feeding species appropriate food.

Hi ETH .. Just wondering , and not meaning to hi jack this thread .. How do you excercise esky ? I have a med level energy lab .. And may consider a sibe male later in a yr or so ( I'm torn between two breeds .. Different needs as well .. I would have to consider how to meet these ) .at the moment we are walking about 4 times a week .. Trying to step it up , but starting a new job has thrown things around a bit . Just curious how you handle the energy level ?

Just rang Pound, he isn't there but they have his description and a contact number if he shows up/someone rings

Naaaw wish I was working a bit less ! Would love to do this .... It's in my future plans :)

Wow ... Great job with Stevie ... What a beautiful dog ! So cute to see the play photos .. Naaaw

how much exercise is she getting?

I take her for a half hour run, or an hour walk everyday. It's no different than she's always had.

Just a suggestiion ..

Increase excercise to see if this will help her to settle say another half hour per day. Maybe take the edge off and help her relax .it may take a week to notice any difference . I know it's good timing when your expecting a baby - but it might just help !

Get some professional help if needed .. You will be busy . Enjoy bubs :)

What an amazing job you have done shell ... Awesome video !!!!

I think I have something in my eye ....

i've been completely flat out today so i didn't get around to do anything about it

would it matter if i went to the council tomorrow?

luckily, he's actually got no marks on him or anything and he's perfectly fine. to be honest, if it was a small dog i rekon it probably would've ended pretty bad and there's so many tiny dogs around those beaches!

if anyone from adelaide reads this thread and goes to somerton/brighton beach, make sure you guys keep an eye out on this non-english speaking, around 60 years of age, grey haired couple with their their off leash german shepherd that tends to walk your way if you've got a dog and they're usually there in the afternoons.

I usually walk the beach with Mia ... But it has become crazy down here ( we go Brighton, somerton ,Glenelg ). I will keep an eye out , it's a danger to have a dog like that loose .... He gets to practice aggression and will get better at it as he gains confidence . I can only hope these ppl have decided he is too much of a danger , before another dog or kid is hurt .

Oh Thank dog !!! .....

I was thinking of him earlier today and this was the first chance I had to check ....... now you can yell ALVIN for all the stress !

Dogs ... Sometime they put us thru so much , gota luv Em tho !

Best of luck here Clyde .... Hopefully Alvin will be found safe very soon . He will wonder what all the fuss is about !

You have given Zedley a good 9 years , have taken great care of him , and love him dearly as you are thinking of him in making a hard decision.

Run free Zedley.

Not helpful but now I have that song sung by the Norwich terrier owners in the movie Best in show stuck in my head... "Goooooood loves a terrieeeeeeeeeer"

Thanks for that...

That's exactly what I thought of when I saw the topic.

For those who haven't seen it

Yep same here ! Catchy tune that one ... Unfortunately