Inevitablue

All Natural Vet care at Russell Lea (Drummoyne)

Also for lameness/tightness, I highly recommend trying some trigger point therapy at Gladesville Vet.

The options have increased since 2011.

I would never do the invasive technique of harvesting the dogs own fat when you can now buy cells grown in the lab from dog donors.

Success is always varied, really depends on the correct diagnosis of the condition in the first instance and the level of degeneration. There were rumours that one insurance company was covering one companies older technique, but I could never get that confirmed. Petplan certainly doesnt cover it.

Look into the Cryoshot from Regeneus.

Can anyone point me in the direction of the official photos from the Coffs Harbour shows, from the weekend just gone?

Very much appreciated :)

Damn.. why cant the dollar be back up around 1.07. 89 just limits the spending!!

The way some websites talk about Royal Canin, you expect the bags to grow horns and a tail.

Lol, no just feathers! :laugh:

Agree with Poocow, your Dally is amazing.

Oh and thanks for all your help with the spare bike. VERY VERY much appreciated from my legs and lungs!!

I learnt dont take a 'Big W special' bike to the ET

But even with me having to do some on foot, we passed :laugh: (I'm just so thankful they don't take the handlers heart rate )

His name is Willowpark Bush Tribute.

Top and bottom line on pedigree is Willowpark, sire's dam line is the older Adavale type and dam's sire line is Bendiboi.

Can you write a script and get some Tramadol from the chemist?

It does sound so crazy :) doesn't your work allow you to get some NSAID's off the shelf?

This is my rising star for 2013. His name is Ted and he is 6 months old.

He won Baby in Group his first weekend out, and Minor in Group his first time in minor. He has only been shown on a handful of occasions.

He is a rising star in the herding arena as well. A huge amount of talent, he is going for his HT title in 2 weeks time.

A great review of her soon to be released book

Dog Sports Skills

I never thought my dog Zac could ever be repulsed by BBQ chicken without any form of negative reinforcement. But he was! :laugh:

Denise explained that dogs prefer different parts of the prey sequence, so dogs dont have to tug. Some just love the chase. She related back to her own dogs chasing squirrels, not once have they ever caught one but their drive for it is as high as ever.

She explained some dogs like the chase and not so much the kill (I related this to my last dog, he would catch a mouse then stare and nudge it to get moving again), these dogs will happily chase a toy around your legs. Others like to have the toy in their mouth, and some like to 'gut' the toys. She wasn't big into face to face tugging at all, once the dog was on the tug she got us to start walking with the dog holding onto the toy beside us then doing front crosses to mix it up.

Dont think that she will get all the dogs tugging, she is more about having the dog super interested in the game your playing with them. The personal play was awesome to watch, the standard poodle was heart warming to see the bond between the owner and dog. One dog really had no interest in playing with a toy, but absolutely came to life when the owner just played with it. I asked Denise would she persist with a toy/prey item with this dog, or just use the established play interaction this team had. She considered for a short while then said the dog just simply loved playing with the owner so no need to make a dog want to chase/tug with a toy.

Her explanation of frantic dogs vs clear headed dogs really helped understand how just because a dog isnt throwing itself into back flips doesnt mean it lacking drive (example being a dog madly chasing sheep - frantic behaviour vs a border collie staring at sheep in a corner for 2 hrs - real drive)

She was very big on placement of reward. It must appear in the position you want the dog, otherwise you get dogs forging and curling around the handlers leg, which is undesirable in both IPO and ANKC.

EDIT: Ptolomy - for dogs who wont engage or disengage then Fred the imaginary dog gets all the fun and rewards. Amazing to see the dogs work that out quick smart! lol.

For me it was a dog who gets so wound up in heel that he redirects energy, so she gave solutions to the problem, some dogs it was environmental distractions so Denise explained how to fix, but also how to proof any dog before the distractions become a problem. Fred came out alot for that.

Heel position was one for a few dogs, and then dogs which didnt feel confident in their work due to confidence issues.

The handlers gave a brief description of what they wanted to work on, then Denise just observed them for a few minutes before isolating the problem and describing to everyone. We worked our way through 12 dogs throughout the day.

Argh! Just typed out a thorough response..and then lost it before I could hit post

Loved it, and so did my dogs. I now know how to use Fred more effectively :)

This 5yo Scaly Breasted lorikeet has always lived with dogs. First with my old dog, and now has grown up with my two younger ones.

He chooses to interact with the dogs, and can get a mean game of face bitey happening with them. Of course I wouldn't have this much trust with a sight hound or terrier, but the cattle dogs seem to view him as part of the pack.

He climbed into the crate when the dogs were drying after a bath, as he loves grooming them when they are wet. The dogs seem to love the grooming sessions. The bird also chose to come down from his cage to share the dogs food (yes, he can fly). The puppies learn't very quickly that he will hold his ground.

Another activity the bird loves to do with the dogs is dig holes.... sigh, much to my gardens detriment

Dble post

As for us selling or promote Pets Paradise whoever they are, we do not supply them directly from us, they maybe one of Rudducks customers, who are a wholesale distributor

Wow, I thought everyone heavily involved with dogs would know of Pets Paradise

Helping to fund Pets Paradise

Did you try Rob at Sydney Snake Catchers?

Ring Rob from Sydney Snake Catchers 1300 599 938. He will come out at short notice and is based at Richmond

Like Corvus said, it was a fox fur farm, they were selecting the friendliest foxes to make handling them easier for the workers at the fur farm.

The change in phenotype was an observation that then warranted further study

The owner of the Groomers has just called me. She was very upset and sorry.

When I asked if she could please explain how such a thing could happen she told me that Buddy was left chained on a drying table while the girls were at lunch!

:mad No one was in the room or even within ear shot. She obviously isnt trying to cover anything up, that is horrendous

It was only that the owner went to a customer at the front counter that she saw him hanging dead.

Are you kidding me WTF !!! This is going to send me insane, just too much.

She said if there is anything I want just tell her..... how about my precious boy being treated with a pinch of care!!!!!

Thanks for the encouragement everyone, your support means the world to me.

Ask to see the width of the benches they use.... definately not wide enough for a golden retriever to be left up there while they went to lunch.... complete negligence

What a nightmare for you

Poor Buddy :cry:

Looking at your location and the fact they are next to a vet run by females, it isn't hard to work out what salon. I'm disgusted no one from there has called you.

Personally I think it's just a waste of time, the dogs aren't fertile and can't be bred from but whatever floats someone's boat I guess.

Because it can show how good a pedigree is?

What's the point of a "good" pedigree when they are no longer able to contribute to the gene pool ?

Because information can still be gathered such as consistent type from the sire. It would help to promote lines and families.

But we're not seeing anything new, just recycled champions

ETA: neuters should have been left as a sweep stakes.

True, at the moment but if the registration system was changed, say... add a registration category where a dog could be shown but have no progeny registered, then breeders would be more likely to give a newbie a start in the showring. It would be a slow process over a few years but something needs to be done to revive the sport.

What would be the point of creating yet another "class" when in NSW and I believe VIC you can already endorse the papers " not for breeding"

Perfect then, more breeders should be encouraging people to get out there and show and offer those papers. People with their LR dogs who'd like to have a go be encouraged to ask their breeder to upgrade their dogs registrations, if the dog is within the standard.