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Black Bronson, are you a trainer or behaviourist or someone who has worked with a number of dogs who were entire and now desexed?

agreed, but I know there are a lot of negative feelings around advertising via the TP. Not usually by the general public though, it's one of the places many families look for a pet.

What did Charlie go through?

My dog lives on Cortisone, exercise is perfectly fine, we've been doing 7km bush walks in the weekends. Just remember that cortisone dogs may need access to water more than non-cortisone dogs.

Sure, if that's what you want. I'm just stating the legal stance on it. Desexing agreements or any other agreements about what you must feed and vaccinate don't actually stand up in court anyway (if you own the dog outright).

If the dog is in your name and your name only and you paid full price for the dog, you can do with the dog as you wish.

If you're screening your buyers and doing the right thing, it doesn't really matter where you advertise....you're always going to have poeple not suitable to you and your dogs anyway.

Sorry to hear you're going through this. It's not too late to crate train. Can you speak to your Vet or a Holistic Vet about something to take the edge off? I personaly use Valerian which I find very helpful on the dogs that just need a little help. Can you access a dog run with a roof? I'd be inclined to get the Vet to do some bloods and urine or whatever it is they would run to check that everything generally is ok with the dog, including thyroid.

Well done for not tell him to F off! LOL

She's a Great Dane and it's in their genes, there are some of course that have rubbish drive. I would reccomend learning to control the drive, K9 Pro (K9 Force) does distance courses on it.

If she's scooting her butt are you sure it's not worms or an anal gland problem? I have an allergic dog so I feel your pain if it is allergies. Best to get your Vet to send you off to a Derm.

Awesome!

Cortivance the spray is only meant to be used short term, Cortisone the pill is suitable for long term.

Just devistating. Sending healing vibes to Jed and the surviving animals. Steve, thanks for jumping on this and even for having graves for her to visit, I can imagine that will mean so much.

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LOL I think I will only be telling a select few the date of my first trial :p If we do ok then they can come to the next one :D Keeping in mind one of the three trials I am planning to enter is at our obedience club so it's quite inevitable we will have a bit of an audience My instructor wants to come but if we stuff up I don't want anyone to know! ;) Don't we do all this becasue it is fun? I had a few watching me (the camera didn't work) and it was helpful feedback. But the nerves..... Remember it is fun....heading off now as I hum Onward Christian Soldiers... Fun? What crazy world are you living in

LOL I think I will only be telling a select few the date of my first trial If we do ok then they can come to the next one Keeping in mind one of the three trials I am planning to enter is at our obedience club so it's quite inevitable we will have a bit of an audience My instructor wants to come but if we stuff up I don't want anyone to know!

Ok, so I got my Gazette, there are 3 local trials I can enter in July. Question: Do I tell no one and just go even though friends want to come?

I don't think some councilling would hurt, she has some anxiety which isn't a nice feeling so some help with that would be good. Is she truely terrified or using the behaviour because it 'works'?

Personally, I don't desex males and believe that the negatives outweigh the positives. If sterilising a male to avoid unwanted matings, I prefer a vastectomy to allow the dog to develop essential hormones for good health and growth. In a large breed, 18 months is the earliest I would consider desexing. 6 months is the standard answer which research has confirmed as too early in large breeds. Thanks for the uneducated comment to a newbe. What's uneducated about it? It's not factual....it's the persons personal opinion..... research has confirmed 6 months is too early to desex in large breeds? BS to that. Oh, I see. Well, there is probably research both ways. I wouldn't call it necessarily uneducated, though. Some of the specialists at my vet school (for example, my radiology lecturer) also have concerns about the effect of early desexing on skeletal structure, and they're very educated. I understand you're a Vet student....that's nice. There are specialists that will go either way. You're actually missing my point....you may only be interested in yours though. I believe a newbe should be given information from both sides though.....hense encouraging them to research themselves outside the personal opinion of dog forums because in this instance that's all you're going to get. Your smart alec response is quite disapointng....would expect more maturity from someone studying to become a Vet. And...I called the comment uneducated not the research....as I said there is research that goes both ways but when speaking to a newbe you don't just put across the version you want.

Personally, I don't desex males and believe that the negatives outweigh the positives. If sterilising a male to avoid unwanted matings, I prefer a vastectomy to allow the dog to develop essential hormones for good health and growth. In a large breed, 18 months is the earliest I would consider desexing. 6 months is the standard answer which research has confirmed as too early in large breeds. Thanks for the uneducated comment to a newbe. What's uneducated about it? It's not factual....it's the persons personal opinion..... research has confirmed 6 months is too early to desex in large breeds? BS to that. There are a number of Giant Breed breeders who don't really like their dogs desexed early because it's nice them to go longer to grow into what they should look like but in terms of the dogs health those Breeders will also be happy to let you know that nothing bad came of those dogs who were desexed early. I would actually reccomend to novice giant breed owners to desex their males young especially if they don't seem to be handling their hormones that well.

You can desex your dog at any age you wish. If you got on Google right now to research what is a suitable age you cold find an article to back up whichever way you wanted to go. In short, a dog desexed early will 'generally' end up taller as their growth plates stay open longer and generally leaner than its' undesexed counterparts, male dogs will generally not develop a male looking head and will look more like a bitch. In Danes, there are plenty that are desexed young and die of old age with early desexing not effecting their lives. The critical growth period in most giant breeds is 10 months. There is absolutely no reason to keep a pet dog entire. Do your research....real research....not from arm chair experts in dog forums and speak to your breeder and make a decision....because all you'll get here is peoples personal opinions.

Personally, I don't desex males and believe that the negatives outweigh the positives. If sterilising a male to avoid unwanted matings, I prefer a vastectomy to allow the dog to develop essential hormones for good health and growth. In a large breed, 18 months is the earliest I would consider desexing. 6 months is the standard answer which research has confirmed as too early in large breeds. Thanks for the uneducated comment to a newbe.

I put a light collar on then and attach a light lead and allow them to drag it around the house whilst I'm home for about a week, this way they get used to the feel in a non-confrontational way. Puppies don't like the tention they feel through the lead so by allowing the puppy to drag the lead and stand on it feeling tention they get used to it. If the pup freezes in the initial process (in the house) just ignore it, just walk away. After this week of getting the pup used to the lead and it still freezes have a motivator, a toy, junk mail, treats something to motivate the dog to move.

Have you repremanded him for cocking his leg in the house?