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wotzgoingon · 20-05-2021 4:56pm

dashoonage wrote: »

Does anyone else's dog poop in the weirdest of way, my dog will climb backwards up a ditch, half way down the other side...balance on one leg and her ear...do the business... climb out and look at me confidently as if to say...." now pick that one up ya ****er"

No it's just your dog. Ah no all dogs are different and each have their quirks.

I used to have an American Bulldog and she would walk while going number two. She also ate her own poop and it was my only dog ever to do that and we had a fair few dogs in the family over the years. She would eat a whole large bag of dog food in one sitting as she was always mad for food and actually done that once. She ate nearly a whole bag that was in the Utility room after my mother must have not closed the door properly. She also ate loads of tea candles in one sitting and a whole sock once which we never knew until she pooped it out. She was actually very lucky she was a big dog as a smaller dog would have got the sock stuck in her organs.

wotzgoingon · 01-06-2021 7:14pm

Well we went from a three dog house hold a year and 9 months ago to a two dog house hold and now we are one dog household since my female had to be put asleep last week. And the mad thing is the youngest got put to sleep first and the second youngest second and the eldest dog is still alive at 17 years and over 8 weeks old. I don't know what his secret is. He was my first own dog. We had other dogs in the past but they were our family pets.

Cherry Blossom · 01-06-2021 9:42pm

Lucy’s puppy problems on now on Virgin Media One. They are talking about puppy farmed dogs supplying the pandemic demand.

sunbeam · 02-06-2021 12:52am

Snowy is not doing very well at the moment, Not eating much, off her Thyroid meds until we can get appetite reestablished. I am so stressed and worried for her.

em_cat · 02-06-2021 4:55pm

Cherry Blossom wrote: »

Lucy’s puppy problems on now on Virgin Media One. They are talking about puppy farmed dogs supplying the pandemic demand.

Just watched it..wasn’t particularly impressed.

Thought to myself, well if you don’t want your dogs stolen keep them inside, especially at night, not locked in a concrete shed.

To me it was a bit of fluff, it didn’t really drive home the point.

sdp · 03-06-2021 6:01am

sunbeam wrote: »

Snowy is not doing very well at the moment, Not eating much, off her Thyroid meds until we can get appetite reestablished. I am so stressed and worried for her.

Poor snowy, do hope she improves soon, It's such a worry when our pets are unwell.

sunbeam · 05-06-2021 12:11am

Thanks sdp, she is on the mend. Eating more and slowly getting her back on the meds. :-)

SillyMangoX · 05-06-2021 12:46am

My mother somehow managed to wrangle my three t babies today for their vet appointment, normally we’d bring two, but they were due their vaccines and the two geriatrics were due blood tests so the three went together.
We’ve finally solved the mystery of moose’s snoring. Apparently because he has a petite face, although he’s not brachycephalic, he still has a slightly longer palate than most cats but it’s nothing to worry about so long as there’s no breathing restrictions or discharge so we just have to live with the snoring :pac:

wotzgoingon · 05-06-2021 1:04am

SillyMangoX wrote: »

three t babies today for their vet appointment, normally we’d bring two, but they were due their vaccines and the two geriatrics were due blood tests so the three went together.

I don't know if anybody would believe me but my dogs never got their shots ever. They have had injections in the neck when there was something wrong with them but never got the shots that dogs are due. The other two are dead now but one lived to 12 and a half years but she was a large dog so that's a good age and the other died at 15 years and a half while the last dog is still alive at 17 years and over 2 months old. No shots ever.

SillyMangoX · 05-06-2021 1:08am

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I don't know if anybody would believe me but my dogs never got their shots ever. They have had injections in the neck when there was something wrong with them but never got the shots that dogs are due. The other two are dead now but one lived to 12 and a half years but she was a large dog so that's a good age and the other died at 15 years and a half while the last dog is still alive at 17 years and over 2 months old. No shots ever.

To be honest I wouldn’t do vaccines anymore with my cats, because at this stage their definitely immune to everything and I do believe vaccines are a bit over done in animals, but it’s a requirement for the Cattery they go to so if we want to go on any trips they need to be up to date!

Mollyb60 · 05-06-2021 2:10pm

Resident cat Sionna was witnessed grooming new cat Totoro yesterday. A momentous occasion. We are delighted.

:D:D

borderlinemeath · 05-06-2021 7:21pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I don't know if anybody would believe me but my dogs never got their shots ever. They have had injections in the neck when there was something wrong with them but never got the shots that dogs are due. The other two are dead now but one lived to 12 and a half years but she was a large dog so that's a good age and the other died at 15 years and a half while the last dog is still alive at 17 years and over 2 months old. No shots ever.

Without any vaccines at all they were susceptible to parvo/distemper and other fairly nasty diseases. Puppies need their initial vaccinations, regardless of whether they ever need to be boarded.

TBH, with all that's going on, I'm sick of listening to anti vax rhetoric, particularly for humans. As for animals, they lick and sniff places that harbour a lot of nasty germs. My daughters little friend in school lost both her family labradors to leptospirosis, one was fairly quick but the other died of organ failure after a month or so. They were absolutely devastated but they hadn't been vaccinated since they were pups.

wotzgoingon · 05-06-2021 7:30pm

borderlinemeath wrote: »

Without any vaccines at all they were susceptible to parvo/distemper and other fairly nasty diseases. Puppies need their initial vaccinations, regardless of whether they ever need to be boarded.

TBH, with all that's going on, I'm sick of listening to anti vax rhetoric, particularly for humans. As for animals, they lick and sniff places that harbour a lot of nasty germs. My daughters little friend in school lost both her family labradors to leptospirosis, one was fairly quick but the other died of organ failure after a month or so. They were absolutely devastated but they hadn't been vaccinated since they were pups.

Well my dogs must have got lucky since they all lived to be great ages. They never seen other dogs though apart from the male when he was fighting other dogs.

borderlinemeath · 05-06-2021 7:44pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Well my dogs must have got lucky since they all lived to be great ages. They never seen other dogs though apart from the male when he was fighting other dogs.

I'm assuming you live very rurally if your dogs never got to meet any others. They might not see other dogs, but they would surely come into contact with wild animals and rodents, or their droppings. Lepto can be contracted through contaminated water, like a stream or a puddle that a rat had urinated in. It's not like parvo which is very much passed on from other dogs.

tk123 · 05-06-2021 7:49pm

The vaccine schedules/protocols are changing all the time. Some vets are doing a single vaccine now at 10 weeks, you only need to wait 1 week after them where it used to be 2 weeks etc etc I’ve also been advised not to give the L4 vaccine....I wasn’t planning to anyways as Lucy reacted to it when she got it and was very sick

borderlinemeath · 05-06-2021 8:06pm

tk123 wrote: »

The vaccine schedules/protocols are changing all the time. Some vets are doing a single vaccine now at 10 weeks, you only need to wait 1 week after them where it used to be 2 weeks etc etc I’ve also been advised not to give the L4 vaccine....I wasn’t planning to anyways as Lucy reacted to it when she got it and was very sick

But those puppy vaccines give a good grounding for protection. From Whats post, he said his dogs got no vaccines EVER. That's just foolhardy.

Where I live and with the ditches and streams on my walks I would always get a lepto vaxx for mine. Those labs lived a few kms away from me. A few years ago we came back from holidays to find a dead rat in one of the dogs outdoor water bowls. We rarely see rodents because of the cats next door but they are around.

Justin Credible Darts · 05-06-2021 8:09pm

we bought countless beds for out dogs, and the german shepherd who is huge , well a bed for him costs even more and all he did was rip it apart.
got another and never used it..after paying over a 100 euros for it

anyhow, here is a cheap tip for everyone.

Wife bought one of those indoor trampolines for exercise, about 6-7 inches of the ground, in argos for 36 euros....does loves it as a bed, and the spring seems the attraction.

36 is cheaper than a 100 and odd quid bed, and he loves it.

also bought 20 kilos of bird seed early in the week from petmania online, and was already delivered....fast delivery and only 20 euros for 20kilos

wotzgoingon · 05-06-2021 8:14pm

borderlinemeath wrote: »

But those puppy vaccines give a good grounding for protection. From Whats post, he said his dogs got no vaccines EVER. That's just foolhardy.

Where I live and with the ditches and streams on my walks I would always get a lepto vaxx for mine. Those labs lived a few kms away from me. A few years ago we came back from holidays to find a dead rat in one of the dogs outdoor water bowls. We rarely see rodents because of the cats next door but they are around.

My male killed a rat one night. He was only young and it was his first time meeting one and the rat bite him first as he got bit and pulled back and then went in for the kill. Next day came out to dead rat on the ground. He killed mice as well. One got caught in the hallway with no where to hide and he killed it.

He killed many hedgehogs and birds and animals people keep as pets but I won't talk about that.

Cherry Blossom · 05-06-2021 9:10pm

I’ll be honest wotzgoingon, you a painting a fairly poor picture of yourself on this thread. Between not bothering to vaccinate your pets, letting them fight with other dogs, not socialising them, letting them kill wildlife and other peoples pets (an accident can happen, but you talk of ‘many’ incidents) and then there’s the whole ignoring advice about your elderly dog a little earlier in the thread. You are not coming across as responsible pet owner at all, at all.

wotzgoingon · 05-06-2021 9:16pm

Cherry Blossom wrote: »

I’ll be honest wotzgoingon, you a painting a fairly poor picture of yourself on this thread. Between not bothering to vaccinate your pets, letting them fight with other dogs, not socialising them, letting them kill wildlife and other peoples pets (an accident can happen, but you talk of ‘many’ incidents) and then there’s the whole ignoring advice about your elderly dog a little earlier in the thread. You are not coming across as responsible pet owner at all, at all.

Nothing I can do except find dead bodies the next morning when they come into the garden at night.

Cherry Blossom · 05-06-2021 9:20pm

If your dogs were in the house at night where they are supposed to be it wouldn’t happen.

wotzgoingon · 05-06-2021 9:27pm

Cherry Blossom wrote: »

If your dogs were in the house at night where they are supposed to be it wouldn’t happen.

They do he does be in the bed with me. He does be in and out of the house at will when he was younger and I had other things to do than be out with him at all times. I often went out with him at night though but you can't go out with him all the time. But it was easy to know he was up to no good as he wouldn't come back into the house so I'd go out and find a dead body.

Knine · 05-06-2021 9:55pm

Mine like to kill creatures too but I take every precaution to prevent it happening. Allowing your dog to kill family pets & fight other dogs is very irresponsible. You are exactly the type of owner I avoid out on walks

dashoonage · 10-06-2021 2:59pm

Lads/Ladies

cool mats, yay or nay ?

tk123 · 10-06-2021 3:15pm

dashoonage wrote: »

Lads/Ladies

cool mats, yay or nay ?

They’re great! You might need to lure them on the first time with a treat etc as they rustle a bit - but once they realise that they’re cool they love them.

dashoonage · 10-06-2021 5:37pm

Has cool mats now

SillyMangoX · 10-06-2021 7:12pm

I love them! I use them in the grooming parlour on hot days so the dogs can flop down if they get too hot from the dryers

just have to make sure they don’t chew them!

Justin Credible Darts · 10-06-2021 7:44pm

Justin Credible Darts wrote: »

.......

also bought 20 kilos of bird seed early in the week from petmania online, and was already delivered....fast delivery and only 20 euros for 20kilos

5 days later and almost 3 quarters of the seed gone.......3 feeders are being emptied.

what spills out of the feeders is being hoovered up by the love doves , who heed no attention to my shepherd who has no interest or problem with them

wotzgoingon · 19-06-2021 7:41pm

Well my dog is now 17 years and 11 weeks old. If he lives any longer I will probably have to go old yeller on him and take him out back and shoot him. :pac:

DBB · 19-06-2021 11:08pm

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Well my dog is now 17 years and 11 weeks old. If he lives any longer I will probably have to go old yeller on him and take him out back and shoot him. :pac:

What do you mean by this, wotzgoingon?

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