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It's not a gradual drop you are looking for. It is a rapid drop and it doesn't always stay down. Many/most people actually miss it and then say it didn't happen. Others actually catch it on the way back up but don't realise it. That's why it's always best to start taking the temp a week or so in advance and at roughly the same times so that you can work out an average chart for you bitch so that the OBVIOUS differences are the ones you pinpoint. That said, I'm still waiting as well, the only obvious change to temp so far is a drop to 37.2 which is the lowest I have seen in her yet. The temp the previous night was only 37.7. But what is surprising about that is that it was at 5.00am yesterday and her usual baseline morning temp is around 38.4. And it immediately jumped up to 38.9. But still nothing, just a bit of nesting and lots of peeing and not wanting to let me out of her sight.

I'd probably even go a 4F. But a 7F if you didn't have anything else. And if you didn't have a 7F then a 10 with a gently applied hand WITH the direction of the hair growth.

You're on! Appetite never tells the tale here though, we're talking about American Cockers. The first meal they refuse means that they are on deaths' door!

Also, when you store them, wrap them in kitchen wrap and put a bit of chalk into the container in which you keep them to absorb any moisture and prevent rusting.

Yep, sorry Pesh! Hesa......obviously we both have outstanding taste! ;)

Nothing to report here. Temp is down, but not down enough to make me think it means anything. We've got a little bit of nesting going on though. Not due "officially" til Sunday though so a few days left to make me stress!

Wise move Hesa! I've got my butcher trained well now. They know what I want and I get the most beautiful Lambs Fry for myself AND the dogs as well as an almost unlimited supply of yummy Lambs' Kidneys for myself as well. I just LURVE kidley-didley cooked like Fry and served with mashed taters! :D

If you are buying from the supermarket......the likelihood is VERY good that it is beef liver being sold as Lambs' Fry. Unless you specifically ask for Lambs' Liver from the butcher, most of the time you will be given beef liver.

Koda Stafford at 28 days (and VERY unhappy at being stacked by Mr Ellz whilst I did the clicking! )

Aw shucks!

If I've got time I do. It just seems to make them yummier. Soak them overnight and then almost wring them out to remove the excess!

Rest means rest. I personally wouldn't be masking activity with anything, herbal or otherwise. Sometimes "quietening" them down can also help to kill a little bit of pain which means that they have the potential to aggravate the condition more. Vicious cycle really. I'd be going for crate rest and kongs or big, interesting meaty bones.

Did you know that most of the "Lambs Fry" sold at Woolworths and Coles is not in fact Lamb liver, it is Beef Liver? Beef Liver is a lot larger and darker. Lamb Livers tend to be smaller and a slightly "greyer" colour. I only ever buy Liver from a human butcher. If it is for me (Lambs Fry and Bacon - nom nom) then they look out the better shaped ones, if for the dogs, they'll just give me whatever comes to hand. Sometimes they've been cut accidentally or are misshapen but are still perfectly good. I like to soak them overnight in milk, for myself OR the dogs too, it makes the flavour more uniform and nicer.

Grass seeds are pretty much designed for one-way travel and it is a lucky dog (or person) indeed who manages to have one successfully removed once it has started moving through the body. I had a dog which picked one up just beside her vulva during a pee stop and it ended up inside her stomach cavity, making a nice gooey little channel for itself along the way and causing her to open up a 50 cent piece sized hole next to her vulva trying to get at it.....literally OVERNIGHT! The best you can do is keep the grass down so that it can't go to seed and keep the foot hair trimmed.

Yes....as posted....all I'm doing is bolding a couple of existing words. There are FIVE to SIX brand spanking new Staffordshire Bull Terrorists due IN November (my previously listed unconfirmed litter for the 26th is now confirmed). ;) I read it as 5-6th of November. ;) Dag!

Yes....as posted....all I'm doing is bolding a couple of existing words. There are FIVE to SIX brand spanking new Staffordshire Bull Terrorists due IN November (my previously listed unconfirmed litter for the 26th is now confirmed).

Just noticed you've put my girl in on the 5th.....it's actually the unconfirmed litter for the 26th that is now confirmed! :D

Not many I don't think....maybe 3 or 4 maximum. But it only takes one doesn't it? :D

Rather "inflated" at the moment. She could safely go any time now but I don't think she will for a few more days. She's still buzzing around like a funny little bee in a bottle. :D

I have my Liberty Ultraforce for blasting and my Beacon MkII for straightening and heat. This is my second Beacon. I love it.

I couldn't resist. I was in town today and decided to drop in and see if they could squeeze her in on our way home. And luckily the nice (and UBER-CUTE) vet was on duty and said he'd do her straight away. I even saw their little hearts flickering....it was soooooooo cute!! They actually LOOK like puppies and not just little blobs! :D Koda was an angel. Stood like a rock and spent most of her time smooching the vet while he probed underneath her. He commented that she is SO fit that she is to continue doing whatever she has been doing for exercise until now because she'll just pop 'em out like peas! :D

Confirmed via ultrasound today, the pending arrival in November of 5 - 6 brand spanking new Staffordshire Bull Terrorists! :D

Cheap here too......just a shame I wouldn't feed it to my worst enemy's dog!

You don't need to purchase a brand name Dremel. I have a Rok unit from Mitre 10 which cost me under $40 and it has already paid for itself.

Any particular reason why?