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No dog is allowed in front in a seat in our cars ever. Last thing I want is a crash or a fender bender throwing them through the windscreen (at the very least), or becoming a projectile missile and killing another passenger. Dogs are crated or seatbelted. On the RARE occasion I'm in a car...

Report it - police and/or RSPCA. And if you can record anything (sound or video) that would help. RSPCA may not actually do anything, but it's at least in their records.

ok, well I'm probably going to end up being a bit controversial here then, but this is something I've been thinking about for a long time. I don't think I actually agree with 'no kill' shelters (I can hear the gasp and angry 'buts' starting already, but please hear me out). For example - Dogs...

The answer to this question depends on breed. Some breeds do well with same sexes. Some do well with opposites. If you think you would be going for a male I would have your bitch spayed asap (unless you're getting an older already altered male). Male pups can produce pups from as soon as...

If this truly has come out of nowhere then if it was one of mine I'd be straight off to the vet. It could be pain related, and in a worst case scenario when this happens, it could be brain tumour. I'm not trying to scare you, but you're obviously worried. When a dog reacts like that out of...

I am 99% into positive training, however there are some times where aversives can work really well. We have a fenced garden and the 'we're not coming in' game can be a really self rewarding one for the dogs, because it's all about being chased and getting attention. There are 2 ways I've dealt...

Ah I just saw this same question in another section without my reply and thought I'd lost the plot and typed a short reply there. Have you tried a fish version. That is also very easy on the tummy. If she is handling wet food well you could try nature diet. Or there are some premixed raw...

I wrote a really long reply to this post the other day. I'm not sure what's happened to it :( . I will try and come back to this later as on iPhone now. The short version is I would get her off pedigree. We had similar issues years ago with a pup and turns out pedigree was just too rich for...

Actually Pedigree Chum puppy food is what caused my young pup to have problems. It can be really to rich on their tummies. You would be best to find a 'sensitive' diet like a lamb and rice or veg/potato variety. I'm assuming you've been to the vets to help rule out anything else? It is...

Actually it's the opposite - the raw food and bone is digested more quickly and it's believed the processed food holds it all up. However I'm like you in that we mix it up and our girls are healthy. We have a raw meal and a complete meal (with a small topping of raw). If you are in the 'no...

Any changes to his routine that will be associated to the baby should be started now. If he has previously had access to the room that's going to be the nursery block that access now, get the furniture up, do the decorating well in advance of the baby. If there are privileges that will be lost...

I am a year on from where you are. I can still cry at the drop of a hat. It still hurts that she's not here. But the crushing, breath stealing pain that stalks you is gone except fir tge odd moment here and there. I can breathe, I can smile at her memories (and still cry) and even though I...

It does genuinely work for a fair number of dogs, so it's definitely worth a try. If you're ordering online you're looking for 'thunder shirt'

My advice with all completes is to avoid those if at all possible with corn, wheat and gluten. Corn is a filler and not processed by the body and results in massive poo's. Garbage in, garbage out. So you have to feed more food to get the nutrition, and all of a sudden what seems like a...

Well done Jampot We are doing our Silver tomorrow with one of our two young ones and with their grandma (9 years old). We never in a million years thought Teya (the grandma) would ever pass her bronze let alone be at a level where she could potentially get her silver - she has confidence...

We raised our first one in a flat. Though I prefer them to have a garden to run in (and they do now). Whippets are great dogs for any size house/flat/garden provided they get their exercise somewhere else if there is no safe enclosed garden.

How is Merlin doing now?

Well we use diapers on children and let them sit in their own waste until changed to keep them from doing it in inappropriate places until they are toilet trained and we cage them in playpens and cribs to keep them safe until they learn how to be safe and when they can't be watched :-

OMGosh this makes me so angry :rant: First, pups shouldn't be gone to their new homes at 6 weeks so what are they doing sending them to rescue. Second, I had plenty of homes lined up for my litter in autumn 2011, but circumstances changed for some of the potential owners, I had more boys...

I think you're in a really tough spot. It sounds like there is a potentially great home willing to take him so I would definitely consider it in the situation you are facing. I have never liked the idea of having to rehome, but reality is that there ARE sometimes things that can't be helped...