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Its very strange his teeth all the lines. He has very clean teeth and its not tartar built up. I notice in his notes that he did have his teeth cleaned when he was at the rescue centre. Very strange, guess we will never know quite what its about. Gillian

Thats look very much like his harness but his is blue , he does still pull abit, more so when he sees deer or rabbits etc, today we went to holkham, he saw couple of deer running, boy did he pull and he still trys to choke himself and tongue goes shade of purple. His says you can show me cook chicken all you like mum but deer are way better . He does have quiet a thick neck underside and a big adams apple as i call it. Gillian

Forgot to ask another question (sorry). Our dogs weighs about 27kg now and speaking to our vet she says thats about his right weight, I was wondering how much wet food would you actually feed for this weight. You see before when we got him he was on 360grams of arden grange and when we asked about changing him over to wet we wasnt to sure quite how much wet to give and the vet and nurses couldnt give a very good answer, depends this depends that, i just need some idea. So going on our old dogs being abit smaller so we worked on around 700gram wet. He seem to look about right now as he need to put some weight on when we got him. Anyway i was just wondering how much you lot would feed for 27kg dog on wet food??. Sorry im full of questions, any body think i havent had dogs all my life , you just like to know your doing the best for them. Gillian

Wow lots of advice thankyou, i really dont think my dog like dry food at all, and some of you have said about naturediet and wainrights so next time i go shopping i will look at these ones. Maybe someone could answer this very strange question for me, our dogs bottom and top teeth have lots of lines going across his teeth on the inside,, any idea what this could be from? They look like they have been there quite awhile. And he has had one front tooth out. Maybe this is why he doesnt like hard food do you think? Never seen anything like it before. Ive make note of them feeds and will look for them, we do have jollys and pets at home about 15 miles away so not far really, plus a good pet shop about 10miles away. Thankyou again for the help Gillian

God it makes me so angry just reading about this poor dog, I totally think you should poke your nose in as this poor puppy cant speak for herself and its totally unfair to treat her this way, would this bloke like to be treated like that. I would have gave him a right mouth full (sorry),. Any chance of offering to buy her off him? maybe he would be greatful to get rid of her, guess the only worry is he would get another one thinking that it would be different. Or kidnapping her . really i would speak to the helpline rspca and see what they say, it wont hurt to find out. Please please do keep us update about her. gillian

Thankyou for the offer cheryl, slight worry you say you only have little dogs. The trainer lady said not to walk with to smaller dogs as he will tower over them to much and could worry them. What dogs do you have if you dont mind me asking?. We do have a lady next door but one that will help when she is around and walking her dogs, she has a white male terrier but long leg one and a spaniel girl, our dog doesnt seem to have problem with the girl just the boy but were told that if he growls to walk on and not say anything. The good thing is their owner is very understanding about it all and doesnt worry about it, (thankgod). She says the more good meets we have the better we would all feel. I have just come back from holkham, he walked for 1hr 45minute and now totally done in bless him, very cold thou out there. He will bark at the deer when close by . Do you walk at any of these big places cheryl?. Seems like everybody lives quite away from here. Thankyou again for the offer. Gillian

Thankyou all Thats what i needed to hear , i have to say i am one of them owners that will do anything to make their dog very happy, even if it harder on me . Gillian

Oh my god what is that women thinking of (celeste). The thing that really annoys me about that is say that the dog did bite her baby then the poor baby and the dog suffer it all. Its no good crying after the event. Gillian

Oh my god that would put the wind right up me Sounds like you coped very well with it. Well done you. Gillian

Thankyou all I will change his bakers dry food then, so what do you think i could change it to?, he only has about 100gram aday of this. I have to admit i dont no much about dry food. As for wet food he has 600gram of winalot or butchers, any advice here much welcome. I did change his food over very slowly. He does eat very well on this and his tip bits . Im sure it cost more to feed him than us ha ha . Gillian

you are spot on olivea , nothing worse that feeling useless, and wondering if its you. Boy do i feel like that alot of the times in my life. But thats another story. Gillian

Thats the best news, best dotty, It makes me really sad to see so many dogs in rescue centres at christmas, why do people kick the old dogs out and get new pups, so so upsetting. wish i could take them all, maybe if win lotto can move to bigger house and have more dogs . gillian

Thankyou olivea, its hard to relax but im trying, just so worried incase he does actually bite another dog. It comes from our last dog she hates other dogs and we knew that from day one getting her as the rescue centre told us so we just avoid all dogs and went out of our way. And we had her for 9yrs so my body has got use to that, so when she died we thought we take on a laid back old dog ha ha well we all know that rescue dogs do hid afew problems but he did seem very laid back at the kennels , and was told he was no problem. His very loving thou, dont get me wrong, im home alday on my own while other half goes to work so our dog is my company which i love. Anyway we will work on it. Greygal (sorry dont know you name) we live near fakenham. Do you live in norfolk?. Gillian

Just like to share why i love this site, if you have a problem or need advice in anyway theres always people on here that help. So thankyou to the people that have set this site up , its been very helpful to me and my dog. Gillian

sorry if ive put this in the wrong place, i can see a feeding topic anywhere. Views on feeding wet tin feed or dry food. When we got our dog he was on adren grange dry food with abit of water. BUt he want eatting it up very well and picking through it, so we changed him to tin wet food slowly into three meals and he loves it. He does have two hand fuls of bakers senior as well. Ive always feed tin wet food with our old dogs but really like to know they are getting what they need from it. So any views, wet or dry? Gillian

I was wondering if anybody on here lives in norfolk. We had a trainer lady came round last friday very nice to help us with a retriever not to bark at other dogs and be friendly. We have had him 2months and while he seems fine with the ladys, he can be abit funny with the boys, he does growl at them. This trainer bought her male 2yr cocker and he was really good when our dog barked at him but after afew minutes and growls they did finally walk together perfectly. . So we was told to meet 3dogs aweek and dont beat our selfs up if he growls just pull back and walk on. We are also working on whistle recall, whistle next to him and get liver treat. etc im guessing you problerly know all this. I could really do with finding some friendly people/dogs to meet up with but around here there are afew not friendly dogs and everybody seems to have done a runner in this weather. So does anybody know people in norfolk that may be able to help us. gillian p.s need some confidence me , just worried incase he bits another dog. think his just trying it on and wants to be boss with other dogs.

I would just like to know what people thing of using a dog harness on dogs that pull. Our retriever pulled the moment we got him 2months ago and he choked and tongue turn purple which i hated seeing so we bought a trixie harness for him which his had for about 6wks now and yes he does still pull at times but not quite as bad. I thought this was better that him choking to death . So the reason im asking for views now is that we were walking on the field today and he meet this dog and owner which we meet before and she goes on about harness not good and they just pull more, out of the blue. I take everything to heart thats the way i am. We are working on his pulling but his 8yrs old and it takes time as you all know. So surely its better to use harness that have him choking isnt it?? gillian

Thankyou for your help, we are waiting for a trainer to get back in touch with us, she seems ok, i really just would like to be put on the right lines and to know im not making him worse. We are trying the enough and then treat for being quiet. . The main thing i worry about is it us causing him to behave like this, so would like some help. gillian

Well cesar millan might be going on tour here but i for one WONT be going to watch him . Gillian

Thankyou are being so nice. This is ben our first rescue dog, his had a hair cut in this picture because he did have a skin problem. Anyway, would couldnt have wish for a better behaved dog than him, he was such a good boy with everybody and everything. We got him from the rspca when he was 4yrs old, before us he had 4 owners and i dont know why so many in such short time. The sad news was he had a tumour when he was 7yrs old and the vets removed it but they said it may have spread but he was back to him oldself after the oper but in his 8yr it had come back and no more could be done so when the time came he was put to sleep . very much missed. Gillian

We bought a blue one for our last old dog, and we were really surprised how well it worked for her. . I do hope it comes quickly for your girl and she starts to feel much better soon. gillian

Another pic of her for you, these were taken not long after we got her, and yes she white and no she didnt stay very white for long gillian

Thankyou all. Well this is spice who we had to have put down back in august after long illness. She was 13yrs old, and we got her from woodgreen when she was 4yrs old. She had lived a very sheltered life, no walks and another dog fighting with her in the house so thats why she ended up at woodgreen. She was one strong willed girl, and she was not easy dog but we all learn to live round the problems, she hates other dogs from day one and she didnt trust no one. But who could blame her what she been through. She didnt ask to be there. we loved her and i think she loved us (well i hope so). She was our second rescue dog and pio is our third rescue dog, so would you like to see our first rescue dog . Gillian.

Am i getting the hang of it now?. Your going to tell me they abit large now, arent you. This one is him saying why you stop fussing me . Would you like to see my old doggie, who i miss very much ?? Gillian

God i hope i havent just posted the same photo now, sorry if i have but im hoping this one is him at home on the sofa, not really asleep. Gillian