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The bully sticks I buy are Australian, but they only get them when I can tolerate the smell

Nope, it's just a brush but it doesn't just touch the top of the coat like most rubber brushes, it gets underneath and gets the loose hair most other brushes leave behind. I swear by mine, and both my guys love it. They see me pick it up and they fight over who gets to go first, and then push the other out of the way when they think they've had enough lol

I know with my dogs, using a good brush like a furminator is much better than a rubber brush. If you think that's getting lots of hair off, grab a furminator and you'll get about 100 times more. I try and do my pugs daily (haha yeh right, who am I kidding, it's more like weekly ) and it really does cut down on shedding. So yes, get used to the white fluffy look, invest in some white clothes, but also invest in a furminator!

Stop with the swear words, before someome reports you :laugh: I don't like baked beans either, but jeeeeez it's hardly a swear word

I've tried. Any links would be appreciated. I'm not interested in the "business" side, just wondering if these discs actually work, or are akin to the Balance Bands. A lack of info is generally a good indicator ;)

Maybe you should read a bit more about his products. I did, wasn't a fan.

roo is too lean to be the primary meat source in a puppy diet, they need more fat than it has to offer. Edit: autocorrect typos

I dismissed VAN because he recommends roo as the main protein for a pup, which just isn't nutritional enough for a baby. It made me really question his feeding theories.

Sounds like an innocent question to me. Took me ages to figure out the logistics of how my black pug had a fawn mum, lol. Colour genetics are tricky!

These are dogs in SHELTERS being sold in PET SHOPS. This has nothing to do with being raised in a breeders home, what are you on? Your comments make no sense in relation to what is being discussed.

There are free PDF converters available, I can't look right now as all software sites are blocked on my work computer, but you should be able to google for a decent free one. CutePDF springs to mind? Google "DoPDF". I use DoPDF which is a free download and very easy...so easy a child or young dog (but over 8 weeks) could whip up a coffee table publication :D Even without thumbs? ;)

There are free PDF converters available, I can't look right now as all software sites are blocked on my work computer, but you should be able to google for a decent free one. CutePDF springs to mind?

No, what we are saying is that the difference between being in a shelter (RSPCA concrete cage) and being in a shop (Pet Barn glass box) isn't much. What "social enrichment" do dogs in shelters get? SFA Exactly my point.

No, what we are saying is that the difference between being in a shelter (RSPCA concrete cage) and being in a shop (Pet Barn glass box) isn't much. What "social enrichment" do dogs in shelters get?

My pug likes to run at me, full zoomy speed, and throw herself at the back of my legs to hump me when she's manic. Unfortunatly she's the right height to hit the back of my kneecap and collapse my leg, so if I'm walking and she hits me at the wrong time, I hit the floor with her tangled up in my legs

My dogs travel a lot with me, you'll find a lot of people do! Probably not a lot of plane travel because it's expensive, but road trips are popular with doggie owners. My guys love the car (they just sleep mostly), and we stay in dog friendly hotels/motels because I like mod-cons and don't like nature (so camping is definetly out :laugh: ) However, short trips on planes, or longer ones occasionally, aren't the end of the world, most dogs are happy as long as you are there at the end to meet them. I can't imagine many breeders turning you down just because you like travelling with your dog(s). And a lot of breeders fly dogs interstate to new owners, so they go on planes anyway from very young ages (my pug was 8 weeks old when she flew from Melbourne to Sydney to me). I rent with two small dogs, although my lease only permits one the owners of the house live across the road and are fully aware we have two and don't have an issue with it. Renting with dogs can just take a bit of compromise, but it's not really that much harder. People who say it's hard are the ones looking at modern newly renovated houses advertised as "no pets" and complaining when their pet is knocked back! Gah, can't multi quote. Pet Insurance is a personal thing and it's really up to you. Personally, I prefer it because I never have money saved away for emergencies, but can easily stick a few hundred dollars once a year on a credit card for the insurance. But I'd be unable to stick a few grand of emergency costs on a credit card. Some people have backup credit cards for emergency pet costs (low interest/high limits), some put money in an account each week for emergencies. I have both my pups from different breeders, once I keep in contact with regularly and am friends with (which came about from when I first started looking for a pug - I didn't get my first one from her because she didn't have any litters due for quite a while, but she helped me find a suitable breeder, and when she had her litter I got a pup from her). The other pups breeder I send photos too occasionally but she's a lot further away and I've never met her in person. Most love hearing about their pups and what they are up to, and you can usually go back to them for help/advice etc. Haha, I just wrote a novel. Ooops, sorry

Concrete cage or glass box, what's the difference really?

Big old scam. It's basically a pyramid scheme type organisation.

Doesn't he try and lick it off?

That was my first thought. Although I've known special needs kids to escape Fort Knox like security too.

Ah ok, so they don't do it yet, but hope to start desexing soon.

Oh I don't like that idea of Pet Barn selling animals, that's almost as bad as Pet's Paradise I used to volunteer with Monika's Doggie Rescue and she takes some of her dogs to some Pet Barn stores on weekends and has stalls outside for people to come and meet the dogs and take them for walks and play with them - to give the dogs them a chance to interact with people and have a play, and give people a chance to meet the dogs and potentially adopt them, but that is a different scenario to actually selling them in the Pet Barn stores.

But Nic.B just posted that they DO desex? So I wonder where she got her info from?

Interesting, so do some people at HP not know that they now desex, or do they actually not desex?

If I left click and drag your photo to the URL bar I can save it. Or view the source code to get the direct url of the image. There is no foolproof way to stop people stealing images, unfortunatly.