Steph M

I know, we love them! Having them made into Xmas cards too! (anyone who would like to be added to the annual xmas card list feel free to PM me your address ;) )

Chocolate cake salad sandwiches sound like a gastronomical delight! I kid....

You have more resolve than me. I would have struggled there…

Slightly OT and will start another thread if need be... What would you suggest as essentials for a good doggy first aid kit? I'll admit we have nothing but lately I've been thinking we should have a basic one handy come Summer when we tend to be out and about lots more. Our human one is pretty poor too. So we should be given a stern smack in the back of the head

Please please film this endeavor. I would die to see that! Sure as sht your house wouldn't be being burgled between the Mals and the attack horse! HAHAHA

Bottle of wine! Best pressie! Flowers are a close second, the cliches are good ones!

Seriously? The whole point of having a dog is to spend time with it, what's the point if instead of spending time with it you just billet it out to someone else. I understand some people using day care for during their work hours, etc but what's the point of having a dog if you just send it away when you otherwise would have been spending time enjoying life together? Apart from that I'd much rather be in a one on one/two situation with my own dog where I can properly supervise than leave my dog with a stranger and hope they have enough sense to read their body language! Yes dear seriously. Lots of people put their dogs into day care occasionally so they can mix with other dogs in a controlled environment - providing it is a professional daycare. Hardly "billeting them out" and doesn't mean they don't want to spend time with them. You don't have to spend all your spare time with your dog surely. They're entirely different and serve entirely different purposes? A relaxed walk down the park in the sun VS a day in with 25 or so other dogs of various size, temperament and age in close quarters. If she's being targeted for showing signs of submission or nervousness or even aggression this is much much more likely to complicate and exacerbate these issues. Ergh! Aside from that $50 bucks plus a day is just too much for many people. Be practical. You can organise playdates with friends. We'd be in if you're in Vic. I'm sure some other people here would be happy to help you out. Might also be worth some solid obedience to build up some confidence? ETA I see you do that. Go you! :p

We've recently had a much worse experience at a well renowned daycare than I have ever ever had at a park. Never ever again.

Bit rude. I wouldn't have thought to question her desex status if I'd been told otherwise.

Sadly the photographer photoshopped a few to remove his wart out of pity and to show it could be done My poor little wartface!

TAHDAH! Christmas photos! Check out that wart I reckon instead of editing it out we should just put a santa hat on it and embrace the ugly thing...haha. Would you believe it's almost off now? It's literally hanging on by a thread. Oh cmooooon....

Gus hates it too. I get so mad because we've done it since 8 weeks, lots of treats and praise and happy times and he loses it. Rosie however, never had hers done until we got her, they just wore down well enough and will happily let us clip them whenever.

I'm in the midst of working out how! Bloody PDF!

I just got our Xmas photo proofs back and I'm laughing so hard! They're adorable! Argh!

Have you seen these https://www.etsy.com/listing/154260207/the-original-toasty-pet-bed-toast-shaped I wish Gus was smaller!!!! https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/62044380/dog-bed-blanket-simon-the-shark-petcosy?ref=favs_view_21 This too?

Are they Etsy finds? I've looked at the same store! Christmas present methinks...

How does one tactfully offer such advice to a grieving owner? It's good common sense, but not easy to impart under those circumstances... T. I think leaving out the graphic idea of leakage would be a good start. I totally agree, very sage advice and very practical but hard to swallow in the circumstances.

We might end up as neighbours. Crazy farm animal ladies.... I can see it now. And I'll make my own cheese and bread... Oh the dreams I have.

Ha yes they are very clumsy at this age! Polly is all legs and not co-ordination most times! they do get out of it eventually though! No I kept her from my last litter... I have been wanting to get into the obdeidence and agility for a while but time is my enemy sometimes so decided that I need to make the time and thought if I found a buddy it would be easier to commit and more fun than on my own :) Ooooh I think I know you from thw FCR facebook group! She's a total spunk!

Very sterile advice from them. Practical but entirely tactless. How awful for her.

Aw I wish I weren't in Vic! I have a 6 m.o FCR too (Not a skyehaven baby?) I'm a newbie too so no use there either. I have to say though, Gus is the clumsiest, least agile dog ever. We wanted to do agility but ruled that sucker out as he's just such a dag!

List of dogs Snout Girl- Bert, Sally, Bruce Lucycharzie - Satu StephM - Rosie and Gus (might ask around and see if anyone else is in) List of food Snout Girl- T.B.A Lucycharzie - T.B.A StephM - Potato salad and Soft Drinks of some description.

It's lovely to hear it's such happy barking!

We had an English Setter who lived until a few months ago and I've never met a dog with less road sense! Despite being asked to sit at roadsides from 6 months old he never just did it without prompting in all of his almost 15 years. He would gaily barge onto the road and have to be dragged back. The most amazing dog in all other respects but a dummy on corners. I'd love an Irish one day though.... It's all you can really do. Amazing people think your PB is less healthy because you know the lineage? What the?! How does that even compute? That's my polite roundabout way of saying they usually think purebred dogs are 'inbred'. In my experience there seems to be no consideration of the fact that knowing what genes you're combining will usually (not always, of course) lead to a better (or at least predictable) outcome, as oppose to mixing two gene pools where you don't have the first idea what the outcome will be! Setters are a classic when it comes to roads :) River I'm sure thinks, Oh! Big grey stretch of stuff to smell! Whats that thing? A car? Is there food coming in my direction, I hope so? THERE'S POSSIBLY A CAT IN A THAT BUSH. QUICK. I must run across there as fast as I can! :laugh: Gotta love them though. What total nutters. I've known BYB puppies to be the product of very veeeeery close matings so that sounds like pot kettle to me. That sounds exactly like Perry. Like nothing bad could, would or ever had happened to him. I do miss him a lot. He was an incredible family dog. Mum, my brother and I see a lot of him in my FCR but one day I'll have another setter...

Looks sore!