Justrace

8 months and then 6 months - almost to the day. Her mum and nana were over 12 months before they had theirs. I am pretty sure she was the first of her litter mates to come in season.

Funny I heard this saying just the other week, no way their pup was a runt - but it certainly was one of the smallest pups, that has now grown bigger than some of the others in the litter.

I dated a guy with the most amazing Doberman named Boss (the dogs names was Boss not the guy lol) He was such a cool dog and it suited him to a T.

I also dated a guy who's German Sheppard was named Waldo, he clearly didn't think about the park test until he was at the park, almost too embarrassed to call it's name

Other names that I've liked for horses/dogs

Cash

Kip

Cooper

I've used Technyflex with great results, along with Bowen therapy.

My girl had terrible car sickness, hated the car (picture each leg going different directions to stop me from her from getting in) I had to gradually build up the time spent in the car. It did take about 10 months before she decided the car was fun and we haven't had vomit for the longest time. But I haven't taken her on any long trips (over 40 minutes).

Sounds like you're taking things slowly, fingers crossed it wont be long and she'll be running to the car for a ride

When we bought our girl I'd spoken to the breeder on the phone and completed a questionnaire. We were sent information and photos of the puppies and the breed. Prior to paying a deposit we were asked to bring the family to meet the breeder (& pups) and were told that until that meeting we were still not guaranteed and pup nor did we have to purchase one if we felt unhappy with anything. We were told after that the breeder, in the past, has turned some families away if she didn't feel it would be a good fit. 12 months on I have had amazing support and advice from our breeder. They even have their own facebook page, so we can all keep up to date with how the dogs she has breed over the years are growing and what everyone is doing. To me having that relationship with the breeder was really important.

Our local vet recommends that if people are putting pictures on Facebook, where the dog is to be kept at the vets overnight as it's too late to call the pound, that you don't put which vets it is until the morning. People have been known to break into vet clinics to get their dogs back (or steal someone else's dog)

Oh that drives me batty too. I will normally phone the council or take dogs to the vet if I find them.

BUT the last time that I did I had a heap of people telling me to cancel the ranger as they knew who the dog belonged to. This dog had been sighted the evening before running up a busy road, again that morning and was terrorising families trying to play at the park. I had no where safe to contain the dog, I didn't want to risk my dog by putting it in with her and I was not willing to hand the dog over to just anyone. By the time I saw all the messages saying to cancel the ranger, the dog had already picked the up. I was advised if the dog was chipped and registered the owners would be notified and the dog should be home that night.

In the meantime, despite knowing the ranger had the dog, the owners put up a post saying that their beloved dog was missing. It ended up with them getting really angry that they would now have to pay pound fees and fines. Loads of people were jumping on board getting really nasty, too bad that their dog was safe and not squashed or lying in a vet clinic. I've walked past their house a few times and that dog is not there, so much for a well loved family member, I don't even think they got it out of the pound. Sadly their other dog was out and trying desperately to get back in, trying to claw and dig through the fence in a panicked state. My neighbour went around to check and thankfully the must have come home & let it back in.

After that experience I doubt I would even bother putting up a post on facebook anymore, it's really put me off. Dammed if you do and dammed if you don't

I've no idea but just wanted to say Uggggh. I totally feel for you being pregnant, what a lot of work

I did see something where they had PVC pipe on a wire sitting above the top of the fence - so it rolls every time the dogs try to get over it.

Our old neighbour had a kelpie that would jump over really tall wooden fences like they were knee high. They tried putting wire at the top coming into the yard (sort of 45 degree up & back into the yard if that makes sense) not sure if that worked 100% as we moved not long after they did this.

A Deluxe dining station, picking it up tomorrow, but it's going away for her birthday on the 6th of next month. I am waiting until the beginning of next month when the kong toys come on sale, there are a few things I have my eye on for her birthday as well.

I did get some rubber mats to go under her crate & a hessian mat to go in the crate under the snooza - it looks so cosy in there now

Kong on sale you said? Where, when, how???? :laugh:

Best Friends Pet Stores, the Kong Rep happened to be in the store and told me there will be a sale on all kong products starting July 1

A Deluxe dining station, picking it up tomorrow, but it's going away for her birthday on the 6th of next month. I am waiting until the beginning of next month when the kong toys come on sale, there are a few things I have my eye on for her birthday as well.

I did get some rubber mats to go under her crate & a hessian mat to go in the crate under the snooza - it looks so cosy in there now

Loving the updates, how great that it's all coming together for you guys

Golden retrievers are lovely dogs I own 2 of them a 7 year old female named Shelley and a 15 week old male named Axel. I also own a whippet named Missy and a chihuahua named Rascal. Shelley is quite lazy actually and trots around she may run for 5 minutes but then spends the rest of the time trottting or walking around. She loves her swimming more so then walking. Axel my puppy is a little more active and runs around alot more but in saying that both my goldens have a off switch. My goldens make better indoor/outdoor dogs then my Whippet Missy as Missy is always on the go and can't seem to stay still for long. Shelley takes an hour once a week to brush out, but you can lower the time if you give them a brush everyday. The hardest thing with goldens is keeping the weight off them as they love there food.

My Golden is not what I'd call high energy, she loves getting out for a walk but 30 - 45 minutes is enough & she will want to have a lie down (she is only 11 months so this may change?). She's not too phased if we miss a day (or two) as long as she gets some mental stimulation. Her mum is energetic and really wants the walks, one of her brothers is very much like her. She's a very easy dog to live with. The breeder knew the type of dog we were after and I think matched us up beautifully. I think there are so many variations within the litter, find a good breeder who knows their pups, I can't speak highly enough of ours.

Maybe look at indoor arenas for horse riding. Of course you'd not want to go whilst the horses are in there, but the surfaces are wonderful for that sort of thing

I'd like to know if my dog did something like that (same as I'd like to know if someone was looking after my kids and they did something out of the ordinary)

I'd just explain it just have you have here, let her decide if she wants to take any action towards getting assistance or training with the dog.

I wonder if you mixed bicarb soda with water to make a paste and let that dry before you wash her feet again (or maybe she's lick it off?)

She sounds lovely, good luck finding her new forever home

Thanks, so glad that exhibitors will have the ground to them selves, last year was a joke. I felt sorry for them.

where are they holding it this year?

great news - sometimes we need to think outside the box

So glad you got it to work, he's a lovely looking boy. Go gently, they leave a big hole when they go.

can you resize the picture if you right click on it? and then make it your avatar ?

Try opening the picture in another program, (I just used Mircosoft Office Picture Manager) the clicked re-size, change the percentage until it's under the 100 limit - save as - then it should be right to go.

If you don't have microsotf, you should be able to do something similar in another program

So sorry for your loss

Our girl settled straight away in the crate in our bedroom, she'd previously screamed for hours when we tried to have it in the lounge area. My goal is to have her sleep in the lounge on her mat, but I think hubby likes her in our room

Sorry but I highly doubt it would work - some people are plain stupid, Id imagine that even if they read it, they'd think hey knew better