My cat has her ear tatooed. We got her from a rescue and they do it as a matter of course - the cat is actually registered to them and me. Unfortunately, it's pretty small and hard to read.
One of the dogs is tatooed and it's faded badly after 10 years. Two of them are chipped and one has...
There's even a theory that if the one is done, you let em run and do the other one (intentionally -- not as in Colt's case). It must keep 'em even ?!Louanne
Eight! My whippet was just getting civilized by then. Got lots of life in them at that age, someone's in for a surprise if they're expecting an oldie. :)
Best of luck to them, if Iwas guessing I'd have put the brindle as the younger one.
Louanne
Well I have racing dogs so I'm halfway there - wrap him in bubble wrap and FedEx him over (I'm in Canada (w00t) ). He's lovely and looks a lot like one of mine did as a youngster.
Louanne
Mission, BC CANADA
I have two that will overrun to come to me. I encourage that with gobs of snacks and a piece of fur in my pocket. Even if you can get a couple of them out of the scrum it helps for all of them. I have seen clips of a club that chucks old teddies out at the end of the race, a little something...
Our requirements in British Columbia are quite strict, they have a minimum weight (50lbs) so it's tough getting a whippet in. (Not trying to say anything about Peter's weight here :b , I suspect it's different requirements)
Greyhounds on the other hand, are ideal. They tend to be very calm...
The only thing I've heard that hasn't been mentioned yet is lower protein levels in the feed. I've heard feeding a senior formula kibble to chronic crampers seems to help.
There's two screamers at our house. I have one that does it if you inflict some indignity on his person ie, touch his feet, scruff his ear, but that has gotten better over time. The other has the let me play NOW scream, it's awful. He uses it when another dog is playing and he wants to join...
I'd settle for getting our Rup back. :( We've got to go pick him up from Tony and so far our plans have been thwarted. Need to hurry so as to have time to get his mind off the furry things and back onto plastic for the upcoming race season.
Hills!! lots of hills, walking up them, hopefully with the dogs running up them. It's tough in the winter as there's not enough daylight hours to work and play. We use the local vets "wave" pool and swim against the current for a bit of a fitness tweak in the Spring, before racing.
They should make certain with the owners that it is appropriate to rehome the dog though.
Speaking from experience, I had a dog, bitch actually, that adopted me. She’d probably been left behind by her previous owner in the complex we lived and was feral. She ended up on my doorstop after...
Thanks for the compliment says Rupert. He's not a big whippet by North American norms, probably 35 lbs. My heaviest whippet is 38 lbs (the black one), the lightest is 24lbs (which is very small for a North American male). The tallest is probably 22inches (the red one), the smallest maybe...
What a cutie pie. Here's the token male from the bunch at last weekends NAWRA Nationals meet, still the sole stripey dog amongst a sea of black is Rupert
I found that's the trick, but I usually "abandon" them when they're very young, then they learn to watch me. I try to never go back to check on them and I don't wait when they bugger off but keep walking. I want it firmly in their wee heads that they need to keep an eye on me because I'm not...
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