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Hi, Since nobody has offered any advice I'll just offer my 2 cents. So that everyone reading this will know, intussusception is when the large intestine "telescopes" back into itself, setting up a sometimes life-threatening blockage situation. It is believed to be caused primarily by infl...

I currently have one Jack russell (not purebred) Rua. She is a year old. Recently, while on our regular walks, she has started attacking any other dog when it comes near me. She is a good dog and listens to me (most of the time) and is very socialized with other dogs. When she runs over to them in ...

If I remember right badgers were at one time endangered species, there wasn't many left in the country so they became protected to try and get their numbers up. Once their numbers came up farmers were complaining they were infecting their cows, I am not sure but I don't think this has been proved ye...

I don't know what it's like in the US, but I think in the UK a lot of people's views are tainted by the image of the foxhunter. The hoity-toity snob, all the way up on their high horse, wearing their fancy red jacket and their silly white jodhpur, sneering down at common folk and revelling in the d...

I took on a Staffy in January, he is wonderful with both people and other dogs but he is an exception, I have worked long enough in rescue to know that most are not good with other dogs but they can be turned round with the right owner. I live in an area were there are lots of Staffies, I haven't se...

I get a terrible reaction to them, try rescue remedy if that doesn't help she may need a piriton.

If you go to http://positively.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1981 it will tell you what stages your pup is likely to go through. This is fear, she is frightened of people, just because hackles are up doesn't mean she is going to attack, dogs do this when frightened as well. The fact that she ba...

It does sound very suspicious if they are not answering the phone, I hope it is a phantom pregancy, there are far too many Staffies being born and nowhere for them to go.

Any problems don't forget to come and ask.

Can I just say Mattie that thank you - I am having a s**t time at the moment and your post has really shocked me so much I have had to read it 3 times and am in tears. Sorry if I dont phrase things in the 'ideal way' but seeing as a close family member has just died its not the most important thing...

It wasn't a personal attack on you but your mind is closed, you said yourself that nothing will change your mind, we are not trying to change your mind but to tell the truth about hunting. You are going by what you have been told by someone yet are dismissing what we are saying. We have been there a...

for the look at dog back to you that emma talks about.. when I first started doing that with my dog. it was literally one quick look, treat and then move on. sometimes I wasn't even sure he actually looked at the dog i was so quick. BUT that is where you have to start sometimes. I now know that eve...

Oh, lastly 3) What exactly is this 'ground meat'? Or 'ground meat/bone'? I get the feeling if I asked my butcher for some "ground meat and bone please" he'd give me a funny look :P I can remember asking that question quite a few years ago, :lol: It is minced meat. :D You can get it in var...

Gracie would do that to any of my dogs that would let her, usually Joe

My uncle had a Collie b itch, every day about the same time she would go off up the fields to get her food, a freshly killed rabbit, she would also go into the vegetable garden and help herself to fruit and veg, raid the orchard for apples and pears. She would sometimes go into were the wheat and ba...

We have all been were you are now and come through it just as you will, it is a very steep learning curve with our dogs and we have to learn with them which makes it harder. Just slow down and let it happen, you will be surprised at how fast things will go.