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Mattie - so frustrating to hear the story of the JRT! As a society, so many people are taught NOTHING about dog etiquette. A few years ago, I was walking through the woods with my cocker who was off-lead and my GSD, who was on lead. A big lab came rushing up, and I asked the man to call her back. He...

Assuming Bingles is a puppy, who is growing up - yes, completely normal. Dogs get a second set of teeth, just like we do. The adult ones are much bigger and less sharp and pointy! I've only very rarely found puppy teeth that have fallen out (I think they are often accidentally swallowed!), but I've ...

Poor little Joe! Some people really are rubbish! I also find it really annoying when people carry around their snappy little dogs! I was once at the vet with my GSD girl, and a little terrier, which was being carried around by her owner, snapped at my girl. When Gemma barked back, the woman who owne...

Mattie, I take your point, and I'm sure you are right about most dogs not liking being picked up. However, honestly, my little spaniel does ask to be picked up as well as to go on my knee. She will happily be carried around for ages. I have no idea why, but it just shows that dogs have different per...

My response to this is a bit off-topic, but thought I would share a couple of stories about picking up dogs. My GSD girl hated being picked up (well, being a GSD, she wasn't exactly picked up often!). However, she sometimes had to be lifted over fences when walking in the hills and would be lifted i...

Absolutely LOVE the pictures of the gorgeous GSD with the rucksack! :D Years ago, I used to do a lot of hillwalking, and bought my GSD girl a rucksack so she could carry her own "kit"! Off she went, proudly, and it all went well - till she decided to wade through a river! Result - everythi...

I also agree with Nettie. Years ago, I had two bitches. They were fine when the younger one was a pup (the older one was a great "top dog"). However, when the younger one became an adult, there were a couple of fights. It was never resolved, and I had to keep them separate. It worked for m...

Now if they would just give Dr. Ian Dunbar or Dr. Patricia McConnell a show...............

Wow - a blast from the past! I've never seen Dr McConnell, but I used to love "Dogs with Dunbar"!

I've got an Ellie too! And she is also called "Smelly-Ellie", "Ellie- May" and "Ellie-phant". However, as a puppy, she was "Ellie-gator" and she had very sharp puppy teeth! Her breeder also named one of her dogs "Terragadogodile" because of the simil...

Thanks for replies. Sorry - I was being over-sensitive.

Maxy24, I'm not sure if your post suggests that my dog's condition was due to "age" and "her body shutting down". Forgive me if I have misunderstood. Her condition, CDRM, meant that she was perfectly fit apart from her control of her back legs. She couldn't tell where she was pla...

I have to say I think it depends on the individual dog and the brand of cart. My GSD had CDRM, and I bought a cart for her to use for walks. She could still get about in the house and garden, but her wheels meant that she was able to run around like she used to do. Gemma was fitted for her cart at t...

Everything I have ever read and heard on the subject of neutering, has just gone to prove that there is no easy answer. Leaving aside the possibly even more complex issue of neutering a *****, I still can't make up my mind what is best for a male dog! I left my first cocker dog entire because I saw ...

Ditto Emmabeth's answer. However, it might even be as simple as her thinking she is letting you know that there is someone there! My two always give a bark or two where the doorbell rings. I always say, "Thank you" in a cheerful voice, and leave the room to answer it - they always stop! I'...

I sent an email the other week, making similar suggestions. I received an email from Victoria, with the following information. "We are following a family through the process of choosing a dog, which they have done now and are very happy. As I am patron of WAG, a group that has been formed to st...