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OS Dog training treats
I've started sending the whole family (me, hubbie, 2 dogs!) to clicker training classes - Max is used to expensive freeze dried liver, and the people running the class wanted to feed Jez hotdog (not very healthy IMO) so with a bit of research I have found this cheap, healthy recipe, and thought I would share it!! Fish…
Have to share good news - am going to be a doggie foster mum!!!
I am just so excited had to share it with you all. Have just received the telephone call to tell me that I have been okayed to be a foster mum for a rescue dog. I shall be going tomorrow to meet the new addition. I cant wait. Well that's my good deed for the next several years. I have already got a 14 month old staffie…
Homemade cat litter freshner?
Because we're out during the day, when we come back the litter tray can be a little pongy until we see to it. I've bought Bob Martins litter freshner a couple of times and it's really good but too expensive to buy all the time. So I thought if I mixed bicarb (to absorb the smell) and talcum powder (to prevent caking - read…
Stinky Dog
Hello all !! We have a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and she gets so excited all the time she sweats a lot and gets real stinky !! We have tried various champoo's on her but she just seems to smell worse. I did find some dog deoderant but its over £4 a can so not cheap. Has anyone got any old fashioned ideas about this ? I…
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dog .. insurance 3rd party ??
afternoon all, I have been looking at the pet discussion thread but can't find any info on what I'm after, well here goes, I had a joiner in doing some work this week and his terrier jumped out of his van window and into a house garden a few doors away and killed their rabbits the neighbours we're very upset and the joiner…
Pet insurance (don't laugh!)
Hi all We've gone and bought a rabbit! Already it's costing the earth. With the rabbit we got 30 days pet insurance free - covers vet's bills, etc. Was wondering if anyone has any experience of this kind of thing and if there's any good/cheap! companies or policies to use. Any advice greatly appreciated. Ps if anyone still…
Pet Insurance - what to buy & what not to buy
I have just bought two cats (ahh bless!) and I need your collective help. When buying pet insurance what are the vital things I need to look for in a policy, what are the nice-to-haves and what are a waste of money? Thanks.
dog insurance
I've just bought a pedigree labrador puppy and need to get some form of pet insurance, can anybody recomend a good one and give some pointers on what to look for to get the best cover.
Cat Ballou
[B]I was wondering if anyone has any tips on what to use to keep cats from doing their business all over my garden? I have always had cats using my garden as a thoroughfare but never a toilet. But now i have 3 new kittens and i think the big cats are trying to show them that they were there first so they are doing number…
Help needed to fatten up dog
An odd one this. We recently got a dog 2 yr old Pyrennean Mountain dog from a rescue centre. Its a proper pedigree etc, but was returned to the kennels by the original purchaser, after a marriage break up. The dog is underweight, but I can't get her to eat much. You would think a dog that normally weighs 8 stone might eat…
Tips for my cat?
Any tips for flea control? (Haven't the foggiest where he even got them from! :confused: ) I bought an expensive flea collar, but that doesn't appear to have done any good + commercial flea powder. Any EO that might help or other homemade remedies? He is an "indoor cat" (no debating that please) and this is his first…
AHHHhhhh Moulting Dog!!
Please please somebody help me! My dog is loosing her winter fur and its all over the house! Its driving me mad! Im breathing it in when i sleep, its in my food, all over my clothes!!! Its white fur too so its showing up on EVERYTHING! :eek: :eek: :eek: :mad: :mad: :mad: Its only a little Chihuahua (long haired), honestly…
Picky pregnant cat
I have a young cat who is pregnant. The kittens are due in around ten days. She has always been a picky eater and very slender. She is pure white and fine boned so may have some oriental blood in her. She ate well at the start of the pregancy but is now eating just under half a tin of felix/whiskers a day plus a small bowl…
Has no-one started a pet insurance thread?
Owner of 2 cats wonders whether anyone has any recommendations. Not too bothered about having adverts when they go missing. Would just like a no-frills policy that covers vet's bills.
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