Kazm

Beautiful photos. Beautiful memories.

So sorry to hear your little lady has now gone. 16 years of wonderful memories I’m sure. Take care. R.I.P little Tamar

Welcome little guy. Have a great first night together.

What a beautiful boy. A real charmer.

I have owned both salt and pepper and black and silver minis. My salt and pepper was a male and he was definitely calmer than the 2 female black and silvers that I have owned but then my two black and silver girls have actually produced some pure black pups that have very placid natures. I would say it depends on the parents personalities. Just my opinion.

My little schnauzer girl, tolerant, maybe, tough definitely, but I call her and other schnauzers I have owned, very adaptable and just fall in with whatever’s going on around them. And my two little girls have been very much the little social butterflies and love everyone they meet.

Two very beautiful dogs.

I agree with this comment. And please support Australia. If we can produce it here, buy it from here !!!

The first family dog I grew up with was Toby, a corgi x The first dog I owned as an adult was Arnie, a purebred mini schnauzer.

Oh my gosh. I’m so shocked and saddened to read this. The poor little guy. And you too. You put so much into this sweet little guy. Please take care of yourself. You gave him the best life.

What a handsome boy. Great photo

I didn’t think that would be. Just things we’ve wondered over the years of being a pet owner.

Thanks Snook. I’ll have a read of those links. We’ve always thought it’d probably work out cheaper to deal with issues rather than keep paying premiums when you may never actually make a claim. This is the worst we’ve ever dealt with. We’ve owned 3 dogs - 1 had a broken leg, Zena needed a ceaserean and this with Molly now. We’ve also had 5 cats and never had any vet issues with them. Touchwood (Lucy) We were just curious as to how insurance deals with emergency situations.

As a lot of you probably know through my other thread, Molly and I were attacked recently by a much bigger dog. Molly sustained terrible injuries but has improved so quickly and wants to act as she normally would. She’s proving to be a difficult patient now. I am impressed with her recovery. My husband and I were just talking about things. Obviously the vets bill was huge. We don’t and never have had pet insurance. We were wondering if we did have, how much would have been covered by an incident like this.

I’ve been in touch with both my breeder friends. One has just recently temporarily moved to Canberra to help family members so she said she won’t be having any pups until next year maybe and the other is just beginning to breed. This will be their first litter if all goes as planned but they already have a few people interested. I would say your daughter would expect to pay between $2000 - $3000 for a well bred, healthy pup. I certainly hope she can find one to suit her as they are great little dogs. We just love them so much.

Hi NikiandKane. I only know of one very good lady who breeds mini schnauzers but she only has a litter every now and again. She is really good. I can contact her and ask if she has plans of any in the next 12 months. I also have a friend who is just starting to consider breeding. She has a beautiful black boy ( he is my Molly’s son) and they have a little salt and pepper girl. She may be coming on heat in a month or so. I will also check with her and then I will get back to you.

Sounds just like Molly. If it’s food related she’s there. And her face fits just nicely in a small yogurt container.

What a cutie Ocka is.

Schnauzers are good for people with allergies as they don’t shed hair and can be very cuddly and affectionate. Easily trained, highly intelligent and very sociable. Although they do need regular grooming. They are a great all round dog but then I am pretty biased. Always had one and just love them.

Oh he does sound like a great sheepie guy. Beautiful photos too. Sorry to hear such a decision had to be made. R.I.P Bruce

I agree, instant photos these days are brilliant. And taking a look at all the old photos brings back beautiful memories. Some of which we may have forgotten about. Reminds us of happy days with our young dog friends. Today is actually my Zena’s third anniversary of her passing. We still miss that beautiful girl. I just wish she had gotten to be as old as your Juene. She loved life so much and was just such a beautiful little soul. As they all are but some just grab hold of your heart in a different way.

So sorry to hear of the loss of your grand little lady. Such beautiful photos too. I’m sure she’ll be truly missed by you and your other dogs but at least you would have lots of sweet memories. Take care.

After much trying of different things the vet and I decided on molly having a cytopoint injection. This has worked brilliantly ( just like ricey ‘s comments above) We are just two weeks into it and I’m hoping that it will last for a few more weeks by which time the cooler weather will be mostly here. Last year the cooler months were good for her. No irratations at all. The injection as ricey said isn’t cheap but just to see Molly bouncy around playfully again is worth it. The trial of antihistamines didn’t work and both the vet and I were not happy about keeping her on prednisolone. This seems a better option. Of course if she starts itching through the cooler months we are going to seriously look at her diet. We have eliminated certain things already but we’ll see how this goes. Fingers crossed.

What a perfect photo. Doesn’t he just look the happiest of happy dogs.

Wow. Now that is a story. Strange how he just disappeared - “gone up in smoke” ??? At least it was a happy ending. Thanks goodness he was scooped up by a very nice person. He looks such a cute cuddly boy too.