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by Plumber
Tue Feb 22, 2011 5:26 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: "Leave it"
Replies: 3
Views: 1776

Re: "Leave it"

Thaks for all that, we will be giving it ago. His recall is good but I have to remember he is only a 10 month old puppy and sometimes he wants to push those boundaries (teenagers; Who needs them?). We've never really had these issues with our older pooch so the idea that he would stop listening to &...
by Plumber
Mon Feb 21, 2011 5:24 pm
Forum: Dog Training Advice
Topic: "Leave it"
Replies: 3
Views: 1776

"Leave it"

So how do I go about getting a food centered, high prey drive dog to listen to "leave it", I had a horrible experience at the beach last weekend, where I needed to remove a discarded fishing hook with bait still attach from my dogs top lip after it had gone right through it. Through out th...
by Plumber
Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:37 pm
Forum: Victoria's Episode Chats
Topic: Episode 301 - Menace to High Society (Jan 8)
Replies: 32
Views: 72575

Re: Episode 301 - Menace to High Society (Jan 8)

Like others have said on here, I was surprised by the high protein diet = aggression comment. Is there any chance of some further clarification on this.
by Plumber
Thu Nov 04, 2010 2:29 pm
Forum: Health, Diet and Exercise
Topic: Diarrhea in Pups
Replies: 11
Views: 4940

Re: Diarrhea in Pups

Well we went back to the vet yesterday (same practice different vet) and the little fella has been taken off his meds and put on a diet of freshly steamed chicken or fish, with rice and peas or mixed veg for a week to see if that makes any difference before he wants to start looking at blood tests a...
by Plumber
Wed Nov 03, 2010 5:08 pm
Forum: Health, Diet and Exercise
Topic: Diarrhea in Pups
Replies: 11
Views: 4940

Re: Diarrhea in Pups

No we've cut out the treats completely including the daily Dentastix. I even stopped the freshly cooked chicken,rice and peas about two weeks ago. He doesn't get any dairy nor table scraps.
by Plumber
Wed Nov 03, 2010 2:04 pm
Forum: Health, Diet and Exercise
Topic: Diarrhea in Pups
Replies: 11
Views: 4940

Re: Diarrhea in Pups

Hi all. Oakley was on Orijen for about 2 months when the problem started, which is why we went back to the Pro Plan which we had had no issues with prior to the whole episode. We're also in New Zealand so the range of really good food is limited, and we're not really keen on going down the road of t...