shirra

The plastic tray doesn't 'hit' the bottom of my girl's crate, but I can imagine it could be annoying if it did. Perhaps put a layer of something underneath? Thin foam or something similar. To make my girl's crate comfortable I bought a 'cut to size' piece of thick foam the size of the floor of the crate and covered it 'pillowcase style' with a strong fabric. She loves it and I'm happy! No cover as yet, the crate is indoors and I throw a small rug over it when necessary.

You said you've taken her to the vet, what did he say? He knows your dog more than we do, so unless there is any more information you can give, I'm afraid we won't be of much help to you at this point.

OP said vet appointment made, not that pup had gone to the vet.

Too young to cross the rainbow bridge. So sad.

the only dogs I've seen at my local off-leash are staffies, an occasional BC, staffies, an occasional greyhound, staffies, an occasional lab, and staffies!

I'm sooo envious of those who live in an area where a variety of dogs are found :)

What is RBT? I'm a newbie :)

Can anyone recommend a vet with a good track record with this procedure? Preferably Western Sydney, but prepared to travel for a good outcome.

I've just read the whole of this thread from start to finish and I'm so glad there was a happy ending to the story, even if Sally wasn't with you, Crickets as long as you hoped for; both the dogs having a chance with you is a nice ending to this thread.

same here, and I cried when I read the great outcome!

I like 'Bitsa and Mutt' !

Sore Paws

Thanks for those informative posts.

I'm amazed at how much I've learned in the short time I've been on this forum :)

Fantastic idea Which age group is it written for?

What is the relationship between hips and anal glands?

I'm asking because my girl has intermittent anal gland problems.

Thanks everyone. It's great to be able to link into people with more doggy knowledge than I have :)

Took her to the vet this morning and no problems found, so guess she's saying she doesn't want other dogs getting close.

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Is she sore around that around, so that it might hurt when they touch her? Or has she recently been bitten or had a run-in with a dog that might leave her a bit "bum shy"?

My girl is often "bum shy" when my boy has been harrasing her and biting her tail a lot (because he knows it annoys her and he's currently a bratty 7 month old :laugh: )

No run-ins or recent bites, but she does have ongoing anal gland problems. Perhaps her anal glands are sore?

Is she only doing it with male dogs?

No, she's doing this with every dog she meets.

She meets other dogs almost every day when we are out walking in a riverside park that is very popular with dog walkers, and It's different dogs each day.

I tend to assess the other dogs as we are approaching and I make the decision on whether she is allowed to meet and greet or not, so she hasn't had any negative experiences.

She seems happy to meet other dogs, sniff their butts, and attempts to initiate play, but for the last few weeks the second the other dog heads for her butt she sits.

I wonder if it's because she's never had a play session with another dog? My friends dogs are old and don't want to play. We don't go to the off-leash park following one nasty experience when she was a pup.

Should I not allow meet & greets if she is doing this because she is uncomfortable?

Recently I've noticed that my 17 month old desexed girl sits when another dog moves to sniff her butt.

This seems really odd to me and I'd appreciate your views on why she might be doing this.

I think these are great! Wish I had an inventive streak ...

Thanks nowstarin, so pleased to have a decision.

5 sleeps and we are at a doggy beach for 7 days soooo looking forward to it!

Next week we are holidaying in a known paralysis tick area. I will be checking my dog daily for ticks and have been researching for the best preventative to use but I'm totally confused and need advice

I realise that none of the products are 100% effective against ticks, but would like to know if there is a spot-on or collar that will help repel ticks on a dog who will be swimming every day?

Just had a light bulb moment and checked my account on cleanrun and it states my order was shipped the day after I ordered Still wondering why I haven't received an email ...

Check your spam filter!

Thanks spotted devil. The addy had been added to 'trusted', so not the spam filter.

I emailed cleanrun and received a reply that they had lost trace of my order since shipping out! They are re-doing my order. Fingers & paws crossed here that it doesn't get lost too :)

I'm very impressed by their customer service focus

Just had a light bulb moment and checked my account on cleanrun and it states my order was shipped the day after I ordered Still wondering why I haven't received an email ...

I placed my first order on 8th Nov and 9 days later I still haven't received any tracking emails . Is this usual?

Love to have an update. Did it work?

I don't think the cover would make crate training more difficult, no different to crate training with a soft crate.

Good luck with it :)