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Messages - Hedda Garland

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Collars, crates, & other cool things / Re: "My Dog Can Do That"
« on: January 30, 2006, 08:04:40 pm »
YEs i have one we use it in our training classes at our graduation. 

Would you like to sell it?

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Collars, crates, & other cool things / "My Dog Can Do That"
« on: January 30, 2006, 06:47:56 pm »
Hi everybody,
would anybody here happen to have this game by Ian Dunbar and like to sell it to me?
Hedda


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Food Discussion & Information / Re: Raw Feeders... Does this sound right?
« on: January 21, 2006, 06:24:52 pm »
Since you already got all the information about the amounts to feed I can only add that you can find great suppliers or coops through raw feeding yahoo groups. That's how I found great suppliers and good prices. You can check the groups for states or regions and people are very helpful. Sometimes hunters also seem to have the "leftovers" for rawfeeders.

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I used to have to do it with a dog years ago and the more you have to do it the quicker they seem to refill.
Brighton is on a raw diet and he does not have these problems and I hear from everybody feeding raw that they don't have the problem with the sacs because the p... is harder and helps the emptying process.
Would you consider that kind of diet?

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Mixed Breed Pictures / Re: Soon to be furbaby!!!
« on: January 19, 2006, 02:39:34 pm »
how adorable, they really don't come any cuter

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Re: Dangerous cleaning!
« on: January 10, 2006, 10:06:44 pm »
I'd really like to apologize for any kind of panic I might have caused with this. For sure that was not at all my intention. I can judge neither the real cause of death of the dog nor the total of ingredients in the two mentioned cleaners. All I wanted to do is call for some attention in case of using these or other products.
I personally don't trust any of the big companies, there have been too many scandals after FDA approval of either foods, medicines, cleaners or others.
It all depends on how much and how many different ones one uses and of course in relation to the dog.
So, please don't see the post as panic call but just as an awareness one. LOL  :)

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General Board for Big Dogs with Big Paws / Dangerous cleaning!
« on: January 10, 2006, 11:50:55 am »
I just found this in my hovawart newsletter and I will just quote it:

"Dangerous Cleaning!
...FeBreze has also been found to be fatal to animals. Most home cleaning products have anti-freeze in them (listed as propylene glycol) and/or engine-degreaser. Yet another reason to consider using more healthy cleaning solutions..." 

This was based on the following:

" A fiend had to put down their 5-year old German shepherd dog due to liver failure. The dog was completely healthy until a few weeks ago. They had a necropsy done to see what the cause was.
The liver levels were unbelievable, as if the dog had ingested poison of some kind. The dog is kept inside, and when he's outside, someone's with him, so the idea of him getting into something unknown was hard to believe.
My neighbor started going through oll the items in the house. When he got to the Swiffer Wetjet, he niticed, in very tiny print, a waring which stated "May be harmful to small children and animal". He called the company to ask what the contents of the cleaning agent are and was astounded to find out that antifreeze is one of the ingredients. (Actually he was told it's a compound which is one molcule! abway from antifreeze.)
Therefore, just by the dog walking on the floor cleaned with the solution, then licking its own paws, it ingested enough of the solution to destroy its liver.
Soon after his dog's death, his housekeepers two cats also died of liver failure. They both used the Swiffer Wetjet for quick cleanups on their floors. Neocropsies weren't done on the cats, so they couldn't file a lawsuit, but he asked that we spread the word to as many people as possible."

I hope that no animal here will be affected by this kind of liver failure.

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Rottweiler Discussions / Re: Scared for my rottie
« on: January 10, 2006, 11:31:49 am »
That sounds so sad and scary. I'll hope he'll be better.

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Doberman Pictures / Re: New Addition to the Family
« on: January 10, 2006, 11:21:10 am »
Congratulation s, that's so exciting and only 9 days until you can bring her home.

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That's great news. For sure it all has to do with the early removal from the litter, but you found a way for night routine and you're going to get the rest, too. I hope for you that your library will have some books for you.

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Newfoundland Pictures / Re: A morning walk with Bell & Hovis
« on: January 10, 2006, 11:03:12 am »
Wonderful pictures and just beautiful how they enjoy themselves.

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Monthly Photo Contests / Re: January Costume Contest
« on: January 09, 2006, 10:08:47 pm »
I'm also new to this kind of contest, never done one before, but I did enter and quite frankly I am more than curious what people do with their big paws.

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Happy birthday, Rocko, seven is a great age.

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Old English Mastiff Discussions / Re: Leash training?
« on: January 09, 2006, 09:58:18 pm »
Hi there,
congratulation s on your new addition, she is beautiful.
Your problem seems to be really minor, since you say she already stays close when off lead.
One thing you can do is just simply stop as soon as the leash gets tight and once she backs up and the leash is loose again you continue to walk. At the beginning you'll get more stops than steps but she'll get it.
Another thing you can do is walk backwards as soon as the leash gets tight and continue forward as soon as the leash is loose.
You don't even have to treat her because the reward will be to continue the walk.
Good luck, you'll get there. :)

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Hi,
your little ones are just adorable. You can't expect a two months old puppy to sleep through the night, but one thing you can do is, only let him during a moment of non crying. Do you have a blanket with the smell of the litter or the mom that he could have in his crate?
So far he might just learn that with crying he will get the attention he wants - like kids: better some even negative attention than none. If he does not really have to go, e.g. he just went potty maybe he can cry and you ignore it. It helps to have a regular schedule for time to go out and be in the crate.
If you are looking for helpful books there are two good ones for the beginning: The Power of Positve Dog Training by Pat Miller and Beginning Family Dog Training by Patricia McConnell.
He is young, so it will take a bit but you'll get there. Good luck. :)

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