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He's gorgeous what are his mum and dad called - you can sometimes create a name by a creative use of their names... otherwise, I've always liked Skye Scout Kite (or Kyte) Riot (tho' that's more a terrier name) Fingal good luck - hope the four weeks pass fast for you all I'd thoroughly...

It's not a guaranteed cure - nothing ever is - but acupuncture (particularly 5 element/TCM - in this instance avoid the 'British Medical Acupuncture' form), can radically reduce the allergic response worth a try, I'd have thought, unless she's needle-phobic good luck m

If your vet doesn't explicitly ask exactly those questions (and cough/sneeze, behaviour etc) you need a new vet. but the sooner you get him vaccinated, the sooner you can begin serious socialisation - Ian Dunbar reckons a new pup should meet 100 new people in its first week (might be two) at...

It's called 'Groking'! :D There was a booklet given out with the Independent (on of many) in which they gave the meaning of words long out of use. 'Groking' means to gaze longingly at the food of another... dogs are past masters m

It depends on the chocolate... I've had a cocker spaniel into the clinic that needed to be ventilated for 48 hours after eating a small bar of Swiss chocolate - but that had a very high cocoa solid content and the dog was clearly very susceptible. Aero's not got that high a content - but...

also forgot to mention Ian Dunbar's seminal book 'Before and After Getting Your Puppy' which highlights all six 'Developmental Deadlines'. Jean Donaldson is more readable, and her new book 'Oh Behave' is outstanding, but not specifically related to pups. good luck m (who firmly believes that...

and apologies for my useless finger slip on a Monday morning - that should be 25%/75%, not 35/75 unless it's a particularly miraculous dog.... :b good luck in your search ms

General things on dogs, particularly if this is a first dog.... most of the scientific research shows that around 35% of the dog's final 'behaviour patterning' is genetic and the other 75% is entirely dependent on how it's brought up. Dr Ian Dunbar, one of the world's foremost experts in...

Dear all, While exploring the ways of clicker training pups, I came across this site: Clicker Puppy Amongst all the rest of the stuff (most of which is only interesting if you're a clicker trainer, I think) was a bit on the "Bio-Sensor" method of stimulating neonatal pups. This is done in...

A lot of the BARF/RMB people put in mince and sundry other goodies, with peanut butter at both ends, then freeze it. They can spend hours eating their way through a doggie ice-cream-equivalent. good luck ms

If it does turn out to be an auto-immune problem (eosinophilic myositis also known as Masticatory myositis), do tell the breeder - it can be (tho' not always - and it's very hard to pin down) related to specific lines of dogs in a number of breeds and it's important that the breeder knows that...

My goodness, Orla is absolutely stunning.... please tell me you're going to do this mating again? :) m

.... but just in case you do want to do something about it... :0 there's a truly amazing book called 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Positive Dog Training' by Pam Dennison which is easily the most straightforward of the current wave of second generation dog training books (the first generation...

I'd be very, very surprised if it wasn't a cooked bone (cooked = brittle and so sharp-edged, uncooked = softer) that lodged in the Westie - tho' because of their anatomy (and ability to ingest food by magnetic suction from a wide radius, and their rows upon rows of backwards pointing sharky...

Wait! That means puppies ready in 17 weeks time...??!!?? and BLUE Puppies! :wub: :cheers: :wub: yay! m

You could try joining 'Britbarf' list on Yahoo - the list owner is one of the most knowledgeable people I've ever heard discussing barf/rmb diets and there's a wealth of experience on the list. I gave up on the veggies with my lurcher after reading Tom Lonsdale's book about raw meaty bones -...

Puppy envy......       sigh   they're stunning!   :D   I so wish I had time for a pup - have negotiated with everyone (including Inca) that it'll be after the current book's done....   yay!   ms

Jean Donaldson's book 'Fight' is very good as a sane, sorted easy-to-read and yet accurate insight into what's happening and what you can do about it - thoroughly recommended. I also just finished Pam Dennison's book 'Bringing Light to Shadow' about a positive dog trainer (that is, using only...

Still with head well below the parapet, I came across this, which is interesting, if primarily because one of the co-authors is the Kennel Club's current genetics advisor, so perhaps there'll be a sea change in what we're doing. I did like the idea of the 'holistic dog' put forward in the...