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Comment on Obedience by tina

tina — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:46:45 +0000

resued a 6 month old jack russell very snappy also he re eats his pooh any help on prevention would be a help.(i have a twenty month old grandaughter)

Comment on World’s oldest dog by Eric Shackle

Eric Shackle — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:18:13 +0000

I’m sorry to rain on your picnic, but Chanel is NOT the world’s oldest dog, and needs to live much longer to justify the title. Many dogs are (or were) older than Chanel.

Guinness Book of World Records requires written proof of all claims, which rules out many older animals.

OhmyNewsInternational has published a story I wrote about the world’s oldest dog, an Australian sheepdog which lived for 29 years, five months and seven days.

See http://tinyurl.com/cpvx7n

You are welcome to copy it.

Cheers, Eric.

POSTSCRIPT: Chanel’s owner, Denice Shaughnessy, has just told me “What you fail to mention in your article is that NONE of the other dogs can prove their age. The people who owned the dogs can say the dog is 100 but unless you can prove it it doesn’t make it so. Being that Chanel can prove her age then she is the oldest dog according to Guinness.”

Comment on Study into shock collars by Lou-ann Atkinson

Lou-ann Atkinson — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:13:35 +0000

Hi,
Commonsense is not very common anymore! One doesn’t need a survey to learn about the harmful physical and psycological effects these cruel devices inflict!

This well meaning Professor just needs to do some ‘on the ground’ field work in the Welfare area to see what people do with these devices.

In the kindest of hands they create confusion and mistrust in the animal. In ignorant, uneducated and unkind hands they are used for torment, they should be banned because they leave helpless animals who have no voice in extremely vulnerable situations.

They are way too open to abuse in the mass population to ever be justified. The use of pain to train is unnecessary and in no way creates any long term positive results.

The flourishing on the net of the sale of these devices is because they offer higher profit margins than standard leash, harness type devices. It’s simply $ driven and any so called trainer recommending a shock collar (or a pinch collar) is not, IMHO, a trainer of any note.

Please stop with the efforts to justify the use of these devices and simply let commonsense speak up for our helpless and vulnerable pets… BAN SHOCK COLLARS!

Cheers,
Lou-ann

Comment on Carry on mayor by Ms Gibby

Ms Gibby — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:48:21 +0000

Yeah, the Mayor is a character, however, this story is totally inaccurate! The dog was stuck and unable to get up, but the http://www.bebo.com/mayorpat.

Comment on Travel by Florence slevin

Florence slevin — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:13:35 +0000

hi my dog is continuosly car sick wat do i do

Comment on Mouth and teeth by kirsty

kirsty — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:16:14 +0000

I have a 16 week old stafforshire bull terrior iv been brushing his teeth twice a week since i got him when he was 7 weeks old using a special doggy tooth paste. i was wondering if i was right by doing this?

Comment on House training by Gina

Gina — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:45:26 +0000

Dogs do not normally soil there own beds, so it seems to me that by them being caged for 2 and half years that they have unfortunately learned this behaviour. Her nervousness must be from being inside the cage for those years and I think she was more than likely treated very cruelly. She will see outside as total freedom and inside as possibly a place of torture? You can buy plug in dog pheramone items from your local vetinary surgery and these are meant to relax dogs when they are stressed etc, you could try those??

Comment on Health by Debbie Connolly

Debbie Connolly — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:41:32 +0000

Do get your vet to check the dog and give an opinion. It may be a food allergy, environment allergy or stress related. The type of flea treatment you use may be relevant, some mean the dog has to be bitten by the flea for the chemical to work and a badly allergic dog will have bad patches.
Where the patches are and if they are clean or weeping is also a clue as to the cause. It is worth seeing your vet and possible a good behaviourist too.

Comment on Bath time by Miss Higginson

Miss Higginson — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:44:46 +0000

In response to Ms Aldridge, I got my puppy last week and wondered the very same thing and I been researching the topic. Apparently you are only supposed to wash your dog 3-4 times per year. However, I asked my vet and he said it depends on yourself and the dog. Will the dog be a working dog and be outside alot? or is it going to be a house dog in which it hardly ever leaves the house? If it is the first then 3-4 times per year is sufficient due to natural oils in the hair and skin. If it is the latter then you can wash it as many times as you wish, even everyday but don’t use your regular dog shampoo, use the leading brand of baby shampoo (I think you know which one I mean!) Also it depends on whether the puppy has been treated with flea products ask the breeder whether he has been treated with fleas. But you can wash your puppy as soon as he comes home.

Comment on Health by samantha walker

samantha walker — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:52:29 +0000

my 5 month old puppy has bald patches over her body and i was just wondering what this could be, she has just recently been flead and she is so clean that i can’t think of what can be wrong, please can you give me some advice on what this could be.