LukaBeama

I find the TRPD site impossible to navigate, all I want to know is what items are for sale and I just can't figure it out at all I don't get how you know what is still available and what is sold I would love some new throws, how can I find out what type are left please? Thanks Laura

So very sorry

So sorry to hear this and thinking of you all

You were very very brave, I would have been crying! There was no way she was going to back down at all was there- she was very feisty indeed but the last time I saw her at the groups out with Neo she seemed like a changed dog Is there anywhere you could road walk her? That was how we started taking Luka back out on the lead, past hooge houses as we hardly ever saw anyone and even then only tended to see people with tiny dogs and they are all on the lead and could be avoided It has to be something you feel comfortable with too though, if you don't feel confident to take her out just yet then maybe a few more groups would help? We have been doing some lead stuff recently too that I've found really helpful. Hopefully Ang will be back soon and will be able to give you some advice too.

As Andrea has already explained the grounding helps them to destress and perhaps more importantly, ensures that the only dogs they meet during their rehabilitation are trained, teaching dogs. Once their behaviour has changed and (in the case of my dogs) they have learnt to communicate properly and hence loose their aggression they can begin to meet other dogs again Different dogs are 'grounded' for different periods of time and, as in the case of my dogs, they were never confined to the house they were simply walked at times/places they would not see any other dogs for a period of time.

I've got a feeling she's not in the UK at the moment so that could be why she is difficult to get hold of

I'd definitely give Ang a ring or have you tried emailing G? I'd definitely talk to her as she may have even forgotten that Purdie is grounded I never stopped taking mine out, I came to a compromise with Ang and walked them at 6 am and late in the evening so that I knew they definitely wouldn't see other dogs. I couldn't have not walked them as they are young lurchers who would have destroyed my house without a daily run but I am lucky and have places to walk them where I know I wont see other dogs I have also walked them on the lead lots of the time (with Ang's approval) in areas where I can avoid offlead dogs coming anywhere near Luka (I can't always have him offlead as he has poor recall).

From what I've read it sounds as if you won't listen to any advice you don't agree with anyway but if the rescue I got my dogs from thought I was trying to treat their aggression issues in the manner you have described without using a lunge line or muzzle then I think they would be so concerned about my potentially dangerous behaviour that they would insist I changed actions It's up to you what you choose to do but it isn't fair to put other people in danger or cause them alarm by being confronted by an offlead, unmuzzled, barking/lunging dog

Whatever you decide to do to help modify his behaviour Kathy (and I sincerely hope it involves seeking the help of a good behaviourist) please muzzle him or keep him on a lunge line in the mean time. As we all know, he doesn't need to actually bite someone to attract the attention of the DDA- just intimidating someone by approaching them offlead and barking or lunging could be enough to land him in trouble if they make a complaint I am dealing with aggression issues with my one of my own dogs and I would never have seen the improvements I have without the help of a fantastic behaviourist. There are some brilliant ones out there and at least they will be able to assess him and tell you if his behaviour is based in fear (which I would imagine it is) or not

That bit made me too. You're doing a brilliant job Laura and I'm sure this is just a tiny setback and that Vena will find her courage again soon (i'm sure tha ham and donuts are helping too)

Aww Vena, I'm so happy to hear you are boinging around like a lamb I'm sure you will feel brave enough to try the alley again soon

She's doing so well, what a brave girl Reading that she doesn't want to be invisible anymore made my eyes leak too

Sounds like she is doing brilliantly- sausages always help win a sighthounds trust I find Please keep the updates coming

she is so lucky you have found her. looking forward to more updates

Beama had the same problem when we first had her, as soon as it would start healing her mad wagging would knock the scabs off and start it bleeding again It the end I had to bandage her tail up using pipe lagging (for padding) and vet wrap and it finally healed properly- may be worth a try if it isn't healing, although if the scabs are only tiny I would be tempted to leave it be?

My whippet/saluki x lurchers seem to barely drink at all, I wouldn't even have to refill a 1 litre water bowl most days. They don't wee a great deal either, probably beacuse they are too lazy to get off the sofa inbetween walks Mine do have quite a lot of liquid in their food as their veggie mix is quite watery so maybe that's why they don't drink much.

I feed mine dogs raw and I have noticed that after a fatty meal (eg lamb breast) poo's can be pale and yellowy but I think that is just because of excess fat. Don't kow if that applies to your dogs though- have they eaten anything particularly fatty recently?

Ah okay, was it a lamb shank or lamp chop then? I wouldn't recommend feeding those as they can be too hard and splinter. With lamb I would stick to either ribs or neck AMP do a whole range of mince, lamb, rabbit, tripe, chicken, white fish etc so not just beef. If you order it they do bags of lamb mince/poultry hearts/liver etc too

What bones had she been eating Nat? When I first switched over I had a couple of problems as my two didn't chew properly and so rather large bits of chicken wing (and bone) would reappear from either end. It could be that Purdie isn't chewing properly, I would recommend bashing chicken wings with a hammer to break the bones when you are starting off or hold one end so that she has to chew it. If you don't feel comfortable feeding bone then you can use the frozen minces (AMP/Prizechoice) as they have 5% ground bone in them anyway or you can use a mincer to make your own mince (with bone) from chicken or rabbit etc . I tend not to feed mine much chicken wings now (as I only feed organic and can't get hold of them cheaply) and they have more lamb ribs which they seem to chew much better and I never see any bits of bone in poo.

That sounds fine to me As others have said, one of the great things about BARF is very small poo that is really easy to pick up and doesn't even smell. As long as she doesn't seem uncomfortable with the harder poo then I'm sure she'll be fine. If mine have a very boney meal (lots of ribs with little meat on) or eat a recreational bone (pork legs etc) they will have very hard poo the next day, if they seem to be having problems I would give them lots of veg which you are doing anyway so it sounds like you are doing fine Any veg that grows above ground will help loosed poo (whereas root veggies firm the poo) and liver will also loosen poo quite a lot too

Feeding Barf does result in much smaller, firmer poo that does have a chalky apperance if they have been eating lots of bone. However, if she is straining to pass poo it would probably be a good idea to give her less bone and more muscle meat and veg for the next few meals Mine have bones (poultry necks, lamb ribs etc) every second or third meal and the other meals are largely muscle meat (normally rabbit, lamb or beef) and veg, they have organ meat (liver or kidney) a couple of times a week and tinned fish (pilchards) twice a week.

I do agility with one of my lurchers Beama, she's a saluki/whippety cross and we've been going for nearly a year now. We both really enjoy it but we're not very good although apparently that is mostly my fault not Beamy's :lol: She loves all the contacts and every second equipment must be an either dog walk or sea saw(according to Beama) even if it's not supposed to be I think it's great as she hadn't met many non-lurchery dogs when I rescued her and it's a great opportunity for her to mix with all sorts of dogs ;)