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Hi Jill "Guardsman" are hard to beat IMO. They are well made, easy to use and act as a crash shell around your dogs. They're not cheap but you get what you pay for. Trapper

Greyhounds wear wide collars because their necks swell up when they are excited in anticipation of a chase. If an ordinary collar was fitted correctly it would become very tight across the windpipe and cut in, with the possibility of causing damage and choking. A wide collar spreads the...

Thanks for the link Michelle. I've read the thread but my view remains unchanged. Trapper

Sorry Michelle, I dont follow your reasoning. If whippet racing has nothing whatsoever to do with purity of the breed why call it whippet racing. Every dog on the planet today can trace its ancestry back to wolves. Every pure breed of dog was man-made at its inception. Its not until specific...

A look in the dictionary for the definition of "pedigree" and "pure" (as in pure-bred) should answer the thorny question of 'when is a whippet not a whippet'. There is nothing wrong in mating a whippet to a greyhound, in whatever blood %, but the progeny of two breeds mated together is not pure...

There could be all sorts of reasons for it: contact allergy (eg.plants), parasites (eg. mites) or food allergy (protein, gluten etc) to name but a few. If her skin was generally dry and/or flakey it would probably be caused by incorrect diet but since it is specific to her ears and nose I...

Lydia is quite right - I have this problem myself and an osteopath keeps me mobile. Definitely worth considering a visit to a McTimmoney practitioner or a racing greyhound physiotherapist. As Lydia says, in one so young even if it were a stifle problem the cause in your case is unlikely to be...

The reason why raw meat and cereals shouldn't be fed together is because, disgestively speaking, they are incompatable and can cause excess acidity and scouring resulting in indigestion. Skin problems, persistant scratching and poor coats are common signs of ill health often caused by this...

You say that Tiffany runs as if her back legs are tied together - would you describe this as 'bunny hopping' ? If so, its possible it could be a problem with her stifle joint(s) and would explain the side-to-side wiggle and the crabbing as well as the tying-up. I have experienced this with a...

Hi - just curious: Why do you want to use a blue fawn stud dog on your blue fawn bitch? What colours are you hoping she will produce or doesn't colour really matter? Trapper