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The boredom and frustration of being left alone may be getting to him. Could you possibly arrange for someone to come and sit with him or take him out while you are out? Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

Waste of money going to more vets or x-rays until you have given her the 6 weeks' rest - lead walks, no leaping around with puppies, she needs. There are no short cuts. Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

Well, as you don't seem to have had any answers and your bitch is at the stage where she needs to be properly fed, IMO she has no chance of getting what she needs from a dry food she doesn't like. Whippets can be fed dry food but it needs to be one they will eat. At this stage, I would buy a...

If she goes down on her elbows, leaving her bum in the air, this is an invitation to play, backed up by "vocals". Being on leads may introduce a confusing element for both dogs. Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

As Carol has said, one week is not nearly enough to repair any whippet injury. Even quite minor injuries take six weeks and a cruciate ligament is not minor. Back on the lead and let us know how she is in June :) Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

How do you know she is due if she has had only one season? Bitches can cycle anything from 5 months to a year. If she is unusually attractive to the dogs, and peeing more, she could have an urinary infection for which she will need antibiotics so a trip to the vet could be the answer. OTOH...

Are you sure it is privet? I have never succeeded in growing one higher than about 4'6". I really wouldn't worry about it - I have a privet hedge (with fence inside) and none of my whippets have ever shown the slightest interest in it although one did jump it from a standing start when it was...

Sadly, Whistler was hit by a car and we now know he is dead. Thoughts are with Richard, his owner. Run free, Whistler. Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

Whistler went missing September 21 and may have been involved in an accident on the A419. If you live ANYWHERE near this area, PLEASE download the poster at Doglost http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog_blog.php?dogId=43221&status=Lost an d put as many copies as you can in the area. I recovered Diver...

Very sorry to read about Sam but apart from antibiotics, he should be having prednisolone - or is he on that already with his AI condition? 'Tosh was diagnosed with lymphoma in August 2010 with what the vet described as "glands like footballs" although, to be honest, they were golf ball size...

Any widening of the gene pool can only be good for the breed. German dogs have to be dna profiled before they are bred from and they give you a reference number, unlike our KC. Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

Rapinovet (may be having a senior moment here and got it a bit wrong) has been recommended for sighthounds for many years. Is your whippet's heart normal and healthy? (Vet should have checked before op). Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

So where did he come from and how is he bred???? Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

If that is a standard size doormat she is standing on, it suggests she is a bit big for showing here. The standard for whippet bitches is 18.5" at the withers and although there are plenty bigger than that, I think they mostly fit onto a doormat when stood. Whippet classes here are extremely...

Another thing you need to consider is whether you are competent to give advice to the puppy owners throughout the lives of their dogs and be prepared to take them back if their owners die or fall on hard times. When there is no knowledgeable breeder to help first time whippet owners (like...

When I lived in London and exercised my dogs in Kensington gardens, they used to kill a couple each day which was a huge nuisance as I had to de-flea them before going to work. However, it made them very quick on the turn for coursing. Didn't make any difference to the squirrel population...

I use sitters which for 7 is cheaper than kennels but if you have only two, you could also look at boarding them privately. There is someone on the Whippet Forum who takes in whippets which live in the house with hers (sorry, I've forgotten her name). Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

Congratulations :) Was it because of his connections or something completely random? Gay

I was relieved to see KS pulled up, too but I think it very strange that so many of Ruby Walsh's rides have been pulled up - think I heard on the loudspeaker yesterday that he was involved in three stewards' enguiries :- Whippet1 did well to pick Brindisi Breeze! Gay www.moonlake.co.uk

As this is so definitely Nicky Henderson's Festival, Burton Port is probably worth an each way bet in the 3.20. Certainly likely to be better odds than Long Run ;) Gay www.moonlake.co.uk