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    #32
    VonVix
    Registered Users Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭VonVix


    Just spotted Zooplus are now stocking Ruffwear gear. This excited me way too much!

    [Dog Training + Behaviour Nerd]



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    #33
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,020 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    Ah I replied earlier but my reply seems to have disappeared into space lol!!

    I got the front harnesses when they came out and they've held up great.. however a few people on a FB group I'm on got them and they didn't last at all but were replaced by Ruffwear. I tend to chop and change what we use but had the ruffwear harnesses on this morning under their ruffwear raincoats... NOW :D.. Lucy's was £20 which had to be a mistake and I was livid I didn't get Bailey the same one regardless of the girly colour but managed to get one for him slightly reduced on Amazon not long after. My friend wanted one and I got it on eBay for €20 less that the rrp woohoo! ... she told her OH it'd gotten it for Bailey and gave it to her because it was too small - rather than tell her him he spent more money on the dog! :p


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    #34
    SillyMangoX
    Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    Moose has no tolerance for the cold whatsoever. His fur isn’t even nearly as think as my moggies, and he lets everyone know his frustration at being cold in typical Bengal fashion, by screaming. A lot. I just got a zooplus delivery containing a coat for him. If I hear one complaint out of him tomorrow, I give up :pac:


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    #35
    aonb
    Registered Users Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭aonb


    SillyMangoX wrote: »
    Moose has no tolerance for the cold whatsoever. His fur isn’t even nearly as think as my moggies, and he lets everyone know his frustration at being cold in typical Bengal fashion, by screaming. A lot. I just got a zooplus delivery containing a coat for him. If I hear one complaint out of him tomorrow, I give up :pac:

    a photo of Moose in his coat would be very nice :)


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    #36
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,020 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    oh I hope its the camouflage one!!! :D


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    #37
    SillyMangoX
    Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭SillyMangoX


    Hope this attaches okay! It’s a little short for him but bengals are very long cats :pac:


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    #38
    jellybear
    Registered Users Posts: 3,223 ✭✭✭jellybear


    Oh the cuteness of him!!!! :D


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    #39
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,020 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    hahaha :D:D


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    #40
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Just taken in three young needy cats

    They are 2, 5 and 8 on the advert here

    https://www.adverts.ie/cats/cats-and-kittens/16304235

    To my delight one is clearly a large part Oriental.
    Her cry, her slight build.

    And totally affectionate. Headbutts me constantly.

    All safely neutered before I brought them over and safe inside the while.... racing up and down the corridor..


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    #41
    Stratvs
    Registered Users Posts: 958 ✭✭✭Stratvs


    SillyMangoX wrote: »
    Has anyone ever seen signs that say “no dogs beyond this point” or something similar?


    https://www.hooverwebdesign.com/free-printables/signs/free-printable-no-dogs-allowed-sign.html

    Found this which seems to be a free printable pdf if any use ?


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    #42
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,020 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    Happy early Christmas to me! What did I buy you ask? Clothes? Shoes? A new gadget?...NO... A new floor cleaner :pac:


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    #43
    Bells21
    Registered Users Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭Bells21


    tk123 wrote:
    Happy early Christmas to me! What did I buy you ask? Clothes? Shoes? A new gadget?...NO... A new floor cleaner

    What one did you get that has you so boastful lol?!


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    #44
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,020 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    Bells21 wrote: »
    What one did you get that has you so boastful lol?!

    I got a bissel crosswave. ...With vouchers from work so technically it only cost me €30 ... is what I keep telling myself lol

    OMFG we’re scumbags! :( curiosity got the better of me and I tried it :eek:


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    #45
    Bells21
    Registered Users Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭Bells21


    tk123 wrote:
    I got a bissel crosswave. ...With vouchers from work so technically it only cost me €30 ... is what I keep telling myself lol
    OMFG we’re scumbags! curiosity got the better of me and I tried it

    It always looks worse than it is and sure can't be that bad when you're still alive lol! Healthy dirt as I've heard it called before!!


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    #46
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,020 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    Lucy admiring her work... the mucky water :eek:... 'Thanks we'll have it wrecked again for you by COB tomorrow!" :p
    465709.png


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    #47
    [Deleted User]
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    My dog was just standing looking at me wagging her big fluffy tail and Axel (cat) walked over and stood behind her where just the tip of her tail was swishing back and forth on his face and he was making the happiest little expression. Hahaha that cat is weird!! :D


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    #48
    TG1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭TG1


    Just ordered a birthday present for my sister, an agility jump! I feel a bit bad that it's actually for the dog, but she loves going to classes with her, so I'm hoping it will go down well!
    I know when I had my furry man I would have loved it. Would anyone on here object to a present like that? :pac:


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    #49
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    TG1 wrote: »
    Just ordered a birthday present for my sister, an agility jump! I feel a bit bad that it's actually for the dog, but she loves going to classes with her, so I'm hoping it will go down well!
    I know when I had my furry man I would have loved it. Would anyone on here object to a present like that? :pac:

    Definitely not! I'd love that too!


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    #50
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Seven days on from adopting the trio of young cats.... All the old tricks and some new... like the coal bucket being the perfect litter tray, even though the real litter tray was alongside.... That was new to me!
    One was very very thin and I realised that she was not eating the cat food, there which was the same brand I use. Sometimes hard with a house full of cats to see that one is not eating.... Changed her to raw chicken and she has visibly started to fill out. Will get different brands of cat food when I am out.
    I had also forgotten the sheer exuberant life and energy of young cats.. An utter joy... the corridor is now a race track..
    They are so affectionate and tactile too.

    One of my cats is adapting fine, the other taking longer and spending more time than usual outside.

    No regrets; three safe here.


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    #51
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,020 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    http://www.caravetgroup.com/aine-crowther Bailey the divil :pac::pac:


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    #52
    jellybear
    Registered Users Posts: 3,223 ✭✭✭jellybear


    A shameful plug for Secret Santa 2018, incase anyone has missed it :) Entries close on Friday :)

    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2057924870/1


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    #53
    Bredabe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    Dog is on meds a few times a day, she's wise to the pill pocket type of thing, she likes people food but I dont want to compromise her liver any more with the wrong kind of food.

    What kind of food/tricks do people here use to get their dog/cat to swallow their meds?

    "Have you ever wagged your tail so hard you fell over"?-Brod Higgins.



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    #54
    tk123
    Registered Users Posts: 14,020 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    raspberries :pac:


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    #55
    em_cat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭em_cat


    Blueberries or banana slice. Sometimes I have to mix with bone broth that I make.


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    #56
    em_cat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,292 ✭✭✭em_cat


    Blueberries or banana slice. Sometimes I have to mix with bone broth that I make.


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    #57
    Choc Chip
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,442 ✭✭✭Choc Chip


    I have one that's just off 2 wks of antibiotics - no hassle at all using sour cream or cheese to get her to take them, but those might not work if you're worried about high fat.

    TK's suggestion is good (I had never thought of raspberries), but if you're still having trouble I saw Nanci Creedon doing a video where she asked the dog to sit, popped the dog a treat, gave the same treat with the pill, then immediately gave another treat so the dog was swallowing the pill to get at the next treat - that might help?

    If you have another dog, I find it's helpful to sit mine in a line and give a treat each, then give the pill in a treat to the dog getting medication, followed by another treat. It's a modification of nancy's method, but mine tend to gulp anything down to avoid another dog getting it so I find it works really well (well, as long as your talking about medication and not the dead mouse one swallowed last week to avoid another one getting it...).

    Obviously, don't try that if your dog is in any way food aggressive...


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    #58
    Bells21
    Registered Users Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭Bells21


    I taught a catch with really tasty treats, dog used to get very excited and never questioned my motives. I split the tablet in two did a few tasty treats first then the tablet then a few more tasty treats quite quickly and then the next part of the tablet followed by some tasty stuff again. He was too focused on the catching that he never seemed to really notice or if I saw him kind of getting a taste of the tablet I'd shout catch again and he'd swallow the tablet to be ready for the next one!


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    #59
    aonb
    Registered Users Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭aonb


    Bredabe wrote: »
    Dog is on meds a few times a day, she's wise to the pill pocket type of thing, she likes people food but I dont want to compromise her liver any more with the wrong kind of food.

    What kind of food/tricks do people here use to get their dog/cat to swallow their meds?

    If she likes people food and her liver is an issue, what about wrapping the pill in a bit of chicken. I give my guy two pills every am - each wrapped in half a slice of chicken - he gobbles it down because the cat has designs on his chicken :) with
    Fussy older dog, on pills, we made a game of it - the catch! treat! pop another one in while theyre thinking about it worked for us too! We used to play "zoomies" with the pill in a bit of smoked salmon or mackeral - moving it in our hand around so quickly, he had to be fast to get it :rolleyes::rolleyes:


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    #60
    Graces7
    Registered Users Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Never had any success with wrapping pills' as the food would vanish but the pill would reappear... crushing them was the only sure way. them mixing with something tasty or wrapping the powder.


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    #61
    anewme
    Registered Users Posts: 11,859 ✭✭✭✭anewme


    Just a recommendation to watch the six part documentary Dogs on Netflix.

    It's only on since yesterday and I've watched 5 out of the six.

    Two are really outstanding. The story of a Syrian refugee who had to leave his dog Zeus in Syria. The story of ice a golden lab living with his family in lake Como was also a beautiful watch.

    Warning:stock up on the hankies.


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