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Looking much better - good work!

How exciting for you

DOLer Wayrod, does it all, if it is one direct flight it should be around $250ish and that includes a decent pet crate that you keep.

I waited around a year to get the puppy I wanted from the breeder I wanted :) Also my boy came from over east

The end of the year is only 3 months away :)

I know nothing about the breed but check out the WA breeder pages here. A 2 minute search brings up these people http://www.cutizelepomeraniansanchihuahuas.com/my-shop.asp

I can certainly see that the slicker wouldn't work too well on a Sammy :D I actually used a forced hair dryer/blower to remove the bulk and then use the greyhound comb, pin brush, slicker and finally the greyhound brush. I do like the slicker as it seems to pick up a lot of the stray hairs though. I do also have to use the comb to de-hair the slicker and brushes continually throughout a grooming session :) I haven't encountered a full on coat blow yet, so no doubt by methods will change due to the requirements. It is interesting that many people recommend a rake for a husky, but when I spoke to the breeder who shows put me in contact with her friend who is a pro groomer and also shows huskies - she sells all the quality tools and said that I really only needed the good comb and Greyhound brush. I had earlier purchased the CC slicker and pin brush in my haste to buy nice stuff :laugh: I could probably get by without them, but I do like the set of tools I have :D

Oh wow, that must have been so frightening. I'm glad that things were not worse, I hope Bunter recovers soon.

My Husky has started shedding his undercoat and I use one of these today http://chrischristensenaustralia.com.au/shop/mark-vi-medium-curved-slicker-brush/ They are not cheap but it is nice using quality tools. I also use a coated Greyhound comb, a Chris Christiansen pin brush and a Greyhound brush that is similar to a mason pearson brush to finish with

Evil monsters

FWIW... my breeder and I swap diet ideas, she had the litter on mixed kibble and raw as soon as they were on solids. She was very happy when I told her I was moving from mixed onto full prey model raw. Her opinion was it is the best thing to feed our dogs, but cost prohibitive for her whole pack and also a bit difficult if one has a specific food allergy or tummy issue. I fed small amounts of every type of raw food and offal I could find to my boy from 8 weeks, my untested theory :D was to give exposure to a wide source of raw foods in hope that he wouldn't develop sensitivities or allergies to different raw foods. This is kind of what we did with our human daughter albeit not raw :laugh: and she is one of the few kids in her class with no food allergies. Many people comment that Siberian Huskies have very sensitive stomachs but I have found the complete opposite. Ronin has a cast iron constitution that I put down partly to his breeding and partly due to the early exposure to these various foods. Of course, I simply could just be lucky :D Anyway, the point of my post is that it might be worth having a chat to your breeder and discuss what you would like to do with diet. The breeder might be very receptive to the fact that you want to give the best diet you can for one of the beloved pups as I was. If you get the thumbs-up and you are confident you can supply a good balanced diet, there is a heap of good info available on feeding raw to puppies. There are a couple of FB groups that will help you with this as well. Best of luck with whatever dietary path you choose.

Sounds good! I wonder if cooking at a lower temperature for longer would be better?? I used to have a dehydrator which was great and might be worth experimenting with?

I have one of the skinneeez that was one of the first toys I bought my husky Ronin. When it arrived I thought - oh no this won't last 5 minutes. 8 months later it is still in good nick. He loves it He has destroyed quite a few toys, and others he seems to keep in good order - weird dog :laugh:

In addition to the excellent advice above... One of the best things I did when socialising my Husky was to take him along to an open day run by the WA Sled dog association. Ronin was around 6 months and very boisterous. We took lots of treats to get him to sit and drop and settle around the other huskies and mallies. He was quickly put in his place with a couple of "settle down kiddo" growls from the older dogs and it was great and calm. It was helpful to have a bunch of people around with lots of experience with these breeds so they could assist and read the dogs well, as I'm sure you are aware that these breeds can have rough and noisy interactions that other dogs and owners can find quite confronting. So if it is at all possible, it might be worth looking into breed clubs for get-togethers so you can test the waters with the same breed before seeing how you go with the labradoodle. In my limited experience I have found Ronin to be far better with confident dogs, so if the labradoodle in confident it might be okay, but if it is a submissive dog you might have issues with your mally displaying adolescent bullying behaviour. I will say again that my experience with this is limited and I have a trainer that I discussed this with before I embarked on various socialisation settings. There are so many variables that it is hard to get or give advice over the net, but there are many trainers here to help and possibly disagree with what I did, so take a trainers advice before mine any day :)

I don't know enough about H/D but I like what I see, the video is very cute too. Good find and one I will store in the memory bank should the need ever arise where I need to explore options

It all smelled very suss to me from the beginning and I am sad that I was right in thinking it. RIP little one. I am sure their prison term will be a long and horrible one, inmates are not very kind to those that harm children

It was very hard to look at those pictures without feeling very sad for Mandela . I am so glad to see that things are improving due to the great care you have shown. Well done to you.

I don't really buy much from Woollies, I get my meat from the butcher and fish from the fish monger as we have quite a few around where I live. Snapper heads are good too but I have no knowledge of purines and Dalmatians.

Oh bugger, now I am off to get a chuckit kick it Its just not right that I get enabled on my own thread :laugh:

I had two of these for sale a while back on the Marketplace. I still have them as I didn't get around to relisting them. I bought them from Clean Run for my two border collies for boating but never used them, other than trying them on. I still have them if you are interested...I think I was asking $70 each including postage. They are sized 20 to 40 Kg Oooh thank you! I was looking for that but it must of been deleted. How do they fit your BCs? Do you have any photos? They fit them really good as they are very adjustable. Sadly I never took a photo of them with them on. I bought them when we started going boating, but OH says they are not necessary because the dogs are such good swimmers. Instead I just hold on to them when the boat is moving & when it is stopped, they havn't tried to jump overboard. The Hurtas have a handle on the back so you can lift your dog out of the water & the adjustable chest strap is buoyant to keep their head up out of the water. My two dogs are 18 kilos & 22-23 kilos & there is plenty of room for adjustment. Oh, I am glad you responded as I couldn't remember who had the life jackets in the Market place. Hurtta stuff is really the rolls royce of coats and jackets in my opinion. I would have grabbed yours in a heartbeat if I had the need of a life-jacket.

...even though hearts are classified as a muscle meat they are very rich so this can certainly contribute to loose stools. So initially you just need to be aware that these new foods may have some impact on the firmness but should in time be better. When I use beef or lamb hearts I use it at around 25-30% of the meat content. With Chicken hearts around 10-20% Anyways, it sounds like you are doing a good job and moving in the right direction. Another thing to try is salmon heads on occasion - very cheap to buy and my boy loves them - its mainly bone with brains and a little meat so just bear that in mind when you feed. Also tongue is good as an addition to the meat content.

...just get a knife and make a cut in the chicken drumstick and push a piece of liver in the slit. In many case... meat = normal firm poo bone = hard poo and; liver/offal = loose poo. So all three balance, but as Gila said you don't need to balance every meal and some dogs will handle a full meal of offal, but it doesn't sound like yours does. I would only feed the offal with the bone or meat meal for your dog. I imagine Vans plus liver could certainly cause loose stools. Having said all that It still could be an adjustment phase :)

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There was someone selling a couple of the Hurtta ones in the Marketplace here a while back I don't think they ever sold and were new or almost new. Eurodogsdesign who sell Hurtta are excellent to deal with they sometimes have their stuff on ebay and they can also send to us from a stockist in Japan so it works out cheaper. I have had excellent service from them. Katja Henriksen Euro Dog Designs 785-330-3009 www.EuroDogDesigns.com

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