SarahJ88

There's also Gara here in qld for future reference. Just google golden ark rescue australia. I can't imagine how hard that would be, we have had my golden Ava for 2 years end of december and could not imagine giving her up, we rent so that makes it harder but I would rather live in my car with her than given her up. Circumstances are a tough one though

Just today I walked up to the local newsagent which is next to a coffee club, there was a dog tied to a pole except the pole was cut off about 1cm off the ground and just attached to that, the dog had a bone with it so could have easily stood up and walked away, it had no water and to be honest if a child had touched the bone you dont know how the dog will react. I think maybe 10 minutes max is fine but anything over that you should have just left the dog at home.

I wouldnt want to do it less than 5 days later, could you ask the person looking after your dogs to put it on? I use advantix as well and we don't wash my dog for 2 days prior or 2 days after so try to wash her maybe a week later. Unforunately you get the greasy coat which sucks

I hope you get it sorted soon, I know the feeling as my golden retriever had regularly ear infections and then at 9 months developed ocd. Since her surgery she has been good just the occasional ear infection

I remember when I first got Ava, the breeder (who coincidentally is also my boss) was telling me at work one day about one of the puppies they bred and that it had ended up getting rat lung worm and had died. Fast forward maybe a year later and it was on sunday night. I definintely think it's not as widely known about and should be address when you go to the vet, all vet's should ask you questions like do you have a garden, risk of snails etc

*Sigh* Did she even actually have dogs? We used to know people who had 3 dogs and they never gave them bones and then wondered why they where spending a fortune at the vet for one dog whose teeth where shocking and it wasn't even 2 years old! I personally wouldnt give my dog a turkey leg however I used to give her 3 chicken necks frozen together but have now changed to turkey necks as they are larger and she gets a big bone from the butcher on those rare occasions

I got a dog hammock, it's like a nylon/water proof cover that clips onto the front seats and then the back seats. essentially creating a hamock between the front and back seat. Ava and I go to the dog park every afternoon which has red dirt so it accumulates quite alot of dirt however in sayign that stuff does fall down the sides where the mats are but compaired to what is left in the hammock it's nothing to really worry about.

This reminds me of when I went to the shops on tuesday night and saw a sign saying pet pictures taken with santa, never been the kind of person to do that but I am so willing to pay the $25 for a professional pic with santa lol. Will post when I get it done, also will be taking my sisters bc pup and getting the pic taken as a present for her

Have to agree, when I get home and my dog comes running to the front door and can't control her wiggly bum, it's the cutest thing :)

I would suggest urban as well. We used them with Ava when she was about 11 weeks old and also used there free play groups on sundays. On the other hand my sister has a 13 week old border collie and is using another one in the redlands, I went with her on the first night and was kind of shocked at what the trainer was suggested, things like a spray of the mothers pheromones so they are less anxious, also asked if the puppies had been chewing stuff and asked the owners to give them something to chew on (kangaroo rib) and then proceeded to say that she could be paid at the end of the class, also seemed to be spruiking alot of companies - kong, the pheromone spray one (can't remember name) certain pet insurances etc. It just turned me right off but I chose not to say anything to my sister mainly because it's her choice, her dog, when asked I told her that she seemed to spruik her products a bit to much but nothing else was said. Just read around, each one has there pro's and con's

I've only just started walking with Ava to the dog park (a 10 minute walk and then a 20 minute or so play) and I usually get her to sit when we go in and then make her wait a little and then say ok you can go. Alot of the time she tries to get away because people don't call there dogs when people are walking into the dog park which is a little annoying trying to contain a boisterous 2 year old golden but it works. The one thing I hate that though is people that don't pick up there dog's crap, almost walking into it every 5 metres isn't nice! To be honest I'm interest to read what people think/ do at dog parks as well. Never crossed my mind that there are unruly/ dangerous dogs at the park but again why would you take your dog if it was like that? Also the recall thing, Ava isn't too bad but she responds more to the shaking of her lead as a gesture that we're leaving.

Never really thought of that minimax but that does make sense about the one huge dose instead of 12 monthly tablets. My only issue overall is Ava seems to have a slight reaction to getting the advantiq where as as soon as it is put on her she's fine for about 10 minutes and then rubs all over the carpet (somewhat like it is burning her, but have checked and no burns) like she doesn't like it. She has done this since a puppy and have checked her but there are no red marks, burns etc. Wonder if anyone else's dog does this?

I'm interested in what flea and tick product people use as well as the heart worm they use. Currently I use advantiq for flea and ticks every 3 weeks (I think 2 weeks is close together a dose but will be starting 2 week intervals because of coming months) and for heartworm I use sentinel spectrum. I'm tempted to possibly do the yearly injection for heartworm but have heard some disagreements towards the con side for this. Any info is greatly appreciated. Thanks

I've got prosure and unfortunately tried to claim for a ear infection in the first 30 days so now it is excluded completely (not happy) then when Ava was 9 months she got ocd and had to have $3,500 worth of surgery and xrrays, thankfully we got 80% of that back otherwise I would still be broke. Overall I would chose pet insurance regardless, even though you hopefully won't need it it's always good to have it just incase.

I realise a similar question has only been posted a couple of days ago but would appreciate the feedback. My golden retriever Ava had OCD when she was 9 months old, she had surgery for it and ever since we have had her on human glucosamine and fish oil, now after reading a few comments I realise this is not the best option, she is turning 2 in november and I would like suggestions on what to change her onto. I read that joint guard is a preventative and that glyde is a deterrant? Because of this I am wondering whether to go to glyde as she has already had issues, I know it is inevitable she will get arthritis but I want to postpone that as long as possible and give her the best chance to have a healthy, painfree life. Also if joint guard is advisable just wondering how much is in a scoop so i can work out prices, whether it be 5g of a scoop etc Any help would be appreciated. Also pricing does not have to be an issue if I can save for it each month to lower the final cost of buying something that would be expensive. Thanks again