Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Oct 5th 2006 | 11:01 am
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Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
In case you are thinking of owning a dog in Aus it's not always as easy as the UK. After my parents having dogs all my life and 20 yrs of dog ownership myself it's a whole new ball game out here.
Your dog has to have the usual UK yearly injections plus a yearly injection for Heart Worm to stop mozzies injecting a parasite that can get into the dogs heart, there's also a monthly tablet for the same. There are all the usual UK worms as well like roundworm etc..
Then there are the ticks if you live near livestock or bush... ordinary ticks, cattle ticks and paralysis ticks. So far our dog has had two paralysis ticks and survived, you can get a serum that may stop them getting paralysis when they get caught by a paralysis tick but the serum itself can kill them and makes them more suseptible to paralysis tick poisoning for weeks after. After all this they can then just walk out and catch yet another tick. For ticks I use Frontline to control this if possible as the drops are supposed to stop for 2 wks for Paralysis ticks and the spray for 3 wks, there also collars around.
Fleas so far don't seem quite so bad as UK but they are about.
Then there are the cane toads, if they bite a cane toad they can die so you have to wash their mouths out using a special method with water and rush them to a vet with fingers crossed.
Snakes so far, touch wood, our dog has not come across but if he does you can guess the scenario (Twenty-seven species of terrestrial snakes are found in the Brisbane area. These include the carpet python, common tree snake, keelback, yellow-faced whip snake, white-crowned snake, and small-eyed snake. Most common species reported are the carpet python, common tree snake, and yellow-faced whip snake. Australia has some of the world’s most venomous snakes and about two-thirds of these may be found in and around Brisbane. Snakes can be found in almost any suburban backyard and even in the city centre. A number of snakes around the Brisbane area rate very highly on Australia’s “potentially lethal†list. These include the coastal taipan, tiger snake, death adder, rough-scaled snake and eastern brown snake. Of these dangerous snakes, the eastern brown snake is now the only species regularly found in Brisbane suburbs. The others are uncommon or absent in most parts. Eastern brown snakes are reasonably common at the mouth of the Brisbane River and west of Indooroopilly. Red- bellied black snakes have become very rare since the introduction of the cane toad).
Lastly there is night time, you can't leave the dog out in the dark in case the Cane Toads get him or the Pythons if it's a little dog or in case your dog gets the Possums etc. whilst he is out.
Vets are all over the place more popular than UK probably because there are so many things to get your pet. In QLD you have to register your dog yearly and it has to wear a little yellow numbered tag for identification. We have also had our dog chipped although the chips in my area of QLD only track ownership they don't have the dual ownership and thermometer chips yet. if lost your dog goes to the pound same as UK and you pay release fee.
So the gist of this little bit is think twice before buying a dog in Aus and be prepared it's not like having a dog in UK...
except the dog is still great company.
Your dog has to have the usual UK yearly injections plus a yearly injection for Heart Worm to stop mozzies injecting a parasite that can get into the dogs heart, there's also a monthly tablet for the same. There are all the usual UK worms as well like roundworm etc..
Then there are the ticks if you live near livestock or bush... ordinary ticks, cattle ticks and paralysis ticks. So far our dog has had two paralysis ticks and survived, you can get a serum that may stop them getting paralysis when they get caught by a paralysis tick but the serum itself can kill them and makes them more suseptible to paralysis tick poisoning for weeks after. After all this they can then just walk out and catch yet another tick. For ticks I use Frontline to control this if possible as the drops are supposed to stop for 2 wks for Paralysis ticks and the spray for 3 wks, there also collars around.
Fleas so far don't seem quite so bad as UK but they are about.
Then there are the cane toads, if they bite a cane toad they can die so you have to wash their mouths out using a special method with water and rush them to a vet with fingers crossed.
Snakes so far, touch wood, our dog has not come across but if he does you can guess the scenario (Twenty-seven species of terrestrial snakes are found in the Brisbane area. These include the carpet python, common tree snake, keelback, yellow-faced whip snake, white-crowned snake, and small-eyed snake. Most common species reported are the carpet python, common tree snake, and yellow-faced whip snake. Australia has some of the world’s most venomous snakes and about two-thirds of these may be found in and around Brisbane. Snakes can be found in almost any suburban backyard and even in the city centre. A number of snakes around the Brisbane area rate very highly on Australia’s “potentially lethal†list. These include the coastal taipan, tiger snake, death adder, rough-scaled snake and eastern brown snake. Of these dangerous snakes, the eastern brown snake is now the only species regularly found in Brisbane suburbs. The others are uncommon or absent in most parts. Eastern brown snakes are reasonably common at the mouth of the Brisbane River and west of Indooroopilly. Red- bellied black snakes have become very rare since the introduction of the cane toad).
Lastly there is night time, you can't leave the dog out in the dark in case the Cane Toads get him or the Pythons if it's a little dog or in case your dog gets the Possums etc. whilst he is out.
Vets are all over the place more popular than UK probably because there are so many things to get your pet. In QLD you have to register your dog yearly and it has to wear a little yellow numbered tag for identification. We have also had our dog chipped although the chips in my area of QLD only track ownership they don't have the dual ownership and thermometer chips yet. if lost your dog goes to the pound same as UK and you pay release fee.
So the gist of this little bit is think twice before buying a dog in Aus and be prepared it's not like having a dog in UK...
except the dog is still great company.
Oct 5th 2006 | 11:04 am
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Originally Posted by annqldau
In case you are thinking of owning a dog in Aus it's not always as easy as the UK. After my parents having dogs all my life and 20 yrs of dog ownership myself it's a whole new ball game out here.
Your dog has to have the usual UK yearly injections plus a yearly injection for Heart Worm to stop mozzies injecting a parasite that can get into the dogs heart, there's also a monthly tablet for the same. There are all the usual UK worms as well like roundworm etc..
Then there are the ticks if you live near livestock or bush... ordinary ticks, cattle ticks and paralysis ticks. So far our dog has had two paralysis ticks and survived, you can get a serum that may stop them getting paralysis when they get caught by a paralysis tick but the serum itself can kill them and makes them more suseptible to paralysis tick poisoning for weeks after. After all this they can then just walk out and catch yet another tick. For ticks I use Frontline to control this if possible as the drops are supposed to stop for 2 wks for Paralysis ticks and the spray for 3 wks, there also collars around.
Fleas so far don't seem quite so bad as UK but they are about.
Then there are the cane toads, if they bite a cane toad they can die so you have to wash their mouths out using a special method with water and rush them to a vet with fingers crossed.
Snakes so far, touch wood, our dog has not come across but if he does you can guess the scenario (Twenty-seven species of terrestrial snakes are found in the Brisbane area. These include the carpet python, common tree snake, keelback, yellow-faced whip snake, white-crowned snake, and small-eyed snake. Most common species reported are the carpet python, common tree snake, and yellow-faced whip snake. Australia has some of the world’s most venomous snakes and about two-thirds of these may be found in and around Brisbane. Snakes can be found in almost any suburban backyard and even in the city centre. A number of snakes around the Brisbane area rate very highly on Australia’s “potentially lethal†list. These include the coastal taipan, tiger snake, death adder, rough-scaled snake and eastern brown snake. Of these dangerous snakes, the eastern brown snake is now the only species regularly found in Brisbane suburbs. The others are uncommon or absent in most parts. Eastern brown snakes are reasonably common at the mouth of the Brisbane River and west of Indooroopilly. Red- bellied black snakes have become very rare since the introduction of the cane toad).
Lastly there is night time, you can't leave the dog out in the dark in case the Cane Toads get him or the Pythons if it's a little dog or in case your dog gets the Possums etc. whilst he is out.
Vets are all over the place more popular than UK probably because there are so many things to get your pet. In QLD you have to register your dog yearly and it has to wear a little yellow numbered tag for identification. We have also had our dog chipped although the chips in my area of QLD only track ownership they don't have the dual ownership and thermometer chips yet. if lost your dog goes to the pound same as UK and you pay release fee.
So the gist of this little bit is think twice before buying a dog in Aus and be prepared it's not like having a dog in UK... except the dog is still great company.
Your dog has to have the usual UK yearly injections plus a yearly injection for Heart Worm to stop mozzies injecting a parasite that can get into the dogs heart, there's also a monthly tablet for the same. There are all the usual UK worms as well like roundworm etc..
Then there are the ticks if you live near livestock or bush... ordinary ticks, cattle ticks and paralysis ticks. So far our dog has had two paralysis ticks and survived, you can get a serum that may stop them getting paralysis when they get caught by a paralysis tick but the serum itself can kill them and makes them more suseptible to paralysis tick poisoning for weeks after. After all this they can then just walk out and catch yet another tick. For ticks I use Frontline to control this if possible as the drops are supposed to stop for 2 wks for Paralysis ticks and the spray for 3 wks, there also collars around.
Fleas so far don't seem quite so bad as UK but they are about.
Then there are the cane toads, if they bite a cane toad they can die so you have to wash their mouths out using a special method with water and rush them to a vet with fingers crossed.
Snakes so far, touch wood, our dog has not come across but if he does you can guess the scenario (Twenty-seven species of terrestrial snakes are found in the Brisbane area. These include the carpet python, common tree snake, keelback, yellow-faced whip snake, white-crowned snake, and small-eyed snake. Most common species reported are the carpet python, common tree snake, and yellow-faced whip snake. Australia has some of the world’s most venomous snakes and about two-thirds of these may be found in and around Brisbane. Snakes can be found in almost any suburban backyard and even in the city centre. A number of snakes around the Brisbane area rate very highly on Australia’s “potentially lethal†list. These include the coastal taipan, tiger snake, death adder, rough-scaled snake and eastern brown snake. Of these dangerous snakes, the eastern brown snake is now the only species regularly found in Brisbane suburbs. The others are uncommon or absent in most parts. Eastern brown snakes are reasonably common at the mouth of the Brisbane River and west of Indooroopilly. Red- bellied black snakes have become very rare since the introduction of the cane toad).
Lastly there is night time, you can't leave the dog out in the dark in case the Cane Toads get him or the Pythons if it's a little dog or in case your dog gets the Possums etc. whilst he is out.
Vets are all over the place more popular than UK probably because there are so many things to get your pet. In QLD you have to register your dog yearly and it has to wear a little yellow numbered tag for identification. We have also had our dog chipped although the chips in my area of QLD only track ownership they don't have the dual ownership and thermometer chips yet. if lost your dog goes to the pound same as UK and you pay release fee.
So the gist of this little bit is think twice before buying a dog in Aus and be prepared it's not like having a dog in UK...
except the dog is still great company.
Oct 5th 2006 | 11:05 am
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Originally Posted by annqldau
In case you are thinking of owning a dog in Aus it's not always as easy as the UK. After my parents having dogs all my life and 20 yrs of dog ownership myself it's a whole new ball game out here.
Your dog has to have the usual UK yearly injections plus a yearly injection for Heart Worm to stop mozzies injecting a parasite that can get into the dogs heart, there's also a monthly tablet for the same. There are all the usual UK worms as well like roundworm etc..
Then there are the ticks if you live near livestock or bush... ordinary ticks, cattle ticks and paralysis ticks. So far our dog has had two paralysis ticks and survived, you can get a serum that may stop them getting paralysis when they get caught by a paralysis tick but the serum itself can kill them and makes them more suseptible to paralysis tick poisoning for weeks after. After all this they can then just walk out and catch yet another tick. For ticks I use Frontline to control this if possible as the drops are supposed to stop for 2 wks for Paralysis ticks and the spray for 3 wks, there also collars around.
Fleas so far don't seem quite so bad as UK but they are about.
Then there are the cane toads, if they bite a cane toad they can die so you have to wash their mouths out using a special method with water and rush them to a vet with fingers crossed.
Snakes so far, touch wood, our dog has not come across but if he does you can guess the scenario (Twenty-seven species of terrestrial snakes are found in the Brisbane area. These include the carpet python, common tree snake, keelback, yellow-faced whip snake, white-crowned snake, and small-eyed snake. Most common species reported are the carpet python, common tree snake, and yellow-faced whip snake. Australia has some of the world’s most venomous snakes and about two-thirds of these may be found in and around Brisbane. Snakes can be found in almost any suburban backyard and even in the city centre. A number of snakes around the Brisbane area rate very highly on Australia’s “potentially lethal†list. These include the coastal taipan, tiger snake, death adder, rough-scaled snake and eastern brown snake. Of these dangerous snakes, the eastern brown snake is now the only species regularly found in Brisbane suburbs. The others are uncommon or absent in most parts. Eastern brown snakes are reasonably common at the mouth of the Brisbane River and west of Indooroopilly. Red- bellied black snakes have become very rare since the introduction of the cane toad).
Lastly there is night time, you can't leave the dog out in the dark in case the Cane Toads get him or the Pythons if it's a little dog or in case your dog gets the Possums etc. whilst he is out.
Vets are all over the place more popular than UK probably because there are so many things to get your pet. In QLD you have to register your dog yearly and it has to wear a little yellow numbered tag for identification. We have also had our dog chipped although the chips in my area of QLD only track ownership they don't have the dual ownership and thermometer chips yet. if lost your dog goes to the pound same as UK and you pay release fee.
So the gist of this little bit is think twice before buying a dog in Aus and be prepared it's not like having a dog in UK... except the dog is still great company.
Your dog has to have the usual UK yearly injections plus a yearly injection for Heart Worm to stop mozzies injecting a parasite that can get into the dogs heart, there's also a monthly tablet for the same. There are all the usual UK worms as well like roundworm etc..
Then there are the ticks if you live near livestock or bush... ordinary ticks, cattle ticks and paralysis ticks. So far our dog has had two paralysis ticks and survived, you can get a serum that may stop them getting paralysis when they get caught by a paralysis tick but the serum itself can kill them and makes them more suseptible to paralysis tick poisoning for weeks after. After all this they can then just walk out and catch yet another tick. For ticks I use Frontline to control this if possible as the drops are supposed to stop for 2 wks for Paralysis ticks and the spray for 3 wks, there also collars around.
Fleas so far don't seem quite so bad as UK but they are about.
Then there are the cane toads, if they bite a cane toad they can die so you have to wash their mouths out using a special method with water and rush them to a vet with fingers crossed.
Snakes so far, touch wood, our dog has not come across but if he does you can guess the scenario (Twenty-seven species of terrestrial snakes are found in the Brisbane area. These include the carpet python, common tree snake, keelback, yellow-faced whip snake, white-crowned snake, and small-eyed snake. Most common species reported are the carpet python, common tree snake, and yellow-faced whip snake. Australia has some of the world’s most venomous snakes and about two-thirds of these may be found in and around Brisbane. Snakes can be found in almost any suburban backyard and even in the city centre. A number of snakes around the Brisbane area rate very highly on Australia’s “potentially lethal†list. These include the coastal taipan, tiger snake, death adder, rough-scaled snake and eastern brown snake. Of these dangerous snakes, the eastern brown snake is now the only species regularly found in Brisbane suburbs. The others are uncommon or absent in most parts. Eastern brown snakes are reasonably common at the mouth of the Brisbane River and west of Indooroopilly. Red- bellied black snakes have become very rare since the introduction of the cane toad).
Lastly there is night time, you can't leave the dog out in the dark in case the Cane Toads get him or the Pythons if it's a little dog or in case your dog gets the Possums etc. whilst he is out.
Vets are all over the place more popular than UK probably because there are so many things to get your pet. In QLD you have to register your dog yearly and it has to wear a little yellow numbered tag for identification. We have also had our dog chipped although the chips in my area of QLD only track ownership they don't have the dual ownership and thermometer chips yet. if lost your dog goes to the pound same as UK and you pay release fee.
So the gist of this little bit is think twice before buying a dog in Aus and be prepared it's not like having a dog in UK...
except the dog is still great company.Very good post , i never knew most of what you have just mentioned
Thanks
Mandy
Oct 5th 2006 | 11:14 am
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK
What about Hamsters?
That would need one HUGE rotastack system Nicky
Oct 5th 2006 | 11:30 am
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Very good post.
Where bringing our dogs and being honest is it really that bad with the snakes !
Ones an old black lab and would just ignore them, the other is a 2 year old staff and would try and defend the lab/kids.
Would you see snakes in your backyard ?
I was told that they are there but you don't see them !
I think I'll just have one big pool and loads of concrete that should stop them !
Where bringing our dogs and being honest is it really that bad with the snakes !
Ones an old black lab and would just ignore them, the other is a 2 year old staff and would try and defend the lab/kids.
Would you see snakes in your backyard ?
I was told that they are there but you don't see them !
I think I'll just have one big pool and loads of concrete that should stop them !
Oct 5th 2006 | 11:33 am
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Originally Posted by annqldau
In case you are thinking of owning a dog in Aus it's not always as easy as the UK. After my parents having dogs all my life and 20 yrs of dog ownership myself it's a whole new ball game out here.
Your dog has to have the usual UK yearly injections plus a yearly injection for Heart Worm to stop mozzies injecting a parasite that can get into the dogs heart, there's also a monthly tablet for the same. There are all the usual UK worms as well like roundworm etc..
Then there are the ticks if you live near livestock or bush... ordinary ticks, cattle ticks and paralysis ticks. So far our dog has had two paralysis ticks and survived, you can get a serum that may stop them getting paralysis when they get caught by a paralysis tick but the serum itself can kill them and makes them more suseptible to paralysis tick poisoning for weeks after. After all this they can then just walk out and catch yet another tick. For ticks I use Frontline to control this if possible as the drops are supposed to stop for 2 wks for Paralysis ticks and the spray for 3 wks, there also collars around.
Fleas so far don't seem quite so bad as UK but they are about.
Then there are the cane toads, if they bite a cane toad they can die so you have to wash their mouths out using a special method with water and rush them to a vet with fingers crossed.
Snakes so far, touch wood, our dog has not come across but if he does you can guess the scenario (Twenty-seven species of terrestrial snakes are found in the Brisbane area. These include the carpet python, common tree snake, keelback, yellow-faced whip snake, white-crowned snake, and small-eyed snake. Most common species reported are the carpet python, common tree snake, and yellow-faced whip snake. Australia has some of the world’s most venomous snakes and about two-thirds of these may be found in and around Brisbane. Snakes can be found in almost any suburban backyard and even in the city centre. A number of snakes around the Brisbane area rate very highly on Australia’s “potentially lethal†list. These include the coastal taipan, tiger snake, death adder, rough-scaled snake and eastern brown snake. Of these dangerous snakes, the eastern brown snake is now the only species regularly found in Brisbane suburbs. The others are uncommon or absent in most parts. Eastern brown snakes are reasonably common at the mouth of the Brisbane River and west of Indooroopilly. Red- bellied black snakes have become very rare since the introduction of the cane toad).
Lastly there is night time, you can't leave the dog out in the dark in case the Cane Toads get him or the Pythons if it's a little dog or in case your dog gets the Possums etc. whilst he is out.
Vets are all over the place more popular than UK probably because there are so many things to get your pet. In QLD you have to register your dog yearly and it has to wear a little yellow numbered tag for identification. We have also had our dog chipped although the chips in my area of QLD only track ownership they don't have the dual ownership and thermometer chips yet. if lost your dog goes to the pound same as UK and you pay release fee.
So the gist of this little bit is think twice before buying a dog in Aus and be prepared it's not like having a dog in UK... except the dog is still great company.
Your dog has to have the usual UK yearly injections plus a yearly injection for Heart Worm to stop mozzies injecting a parasite that can get into the dogs heart, there's also a monthly tablet for the same. There are all the usual UK worms as well like roundworm etc..
Then there are the ticks if you live near livestock or bush... ordinary ticks, cattle ticks and paralysis ticks. So far our dog has had two paralysis ticks and survived, you can get a serum that may stop them getting paralysis when they get caught by a paralysis tick but the serum itself can kill them and makes them more suseptible to paralysis tick poisoning for weeks after. After all this they can then just walk out and catch yet another tick. For ticks I use Frontline to control this if possible as the drops are supposed to stop for 2 wks for Paralysis ticks and the spray for 3 wks, there also collars around.
Fleas so far don't seem quite so bad as UK but they are about.
Then there are the cane toads, if they bite a cane toad they can die so you have to wash their mouths out using a special method with water and rush them to a vet with fingers crossed.
Snakes so far, touch wood, our dog has not come across but if he does you can guess the scenario (Twenty-seven species of terrestrial snakes are found in the Brisbane area. These include the carpet python, common tree snake, keelback, yellow-faced whip snake, white-crowned snake, and small-eyed snake. Most common species reported are the carpet python, common tree snake, and yellow-faced whip snake. Australia has some of the world’s most venomous snakes and about two-thirds of these may be found in and around Brisbane. Snakes can be found in almost any suburban backyard and even in the city centre. A number of snakes around the Brisbane area rate very highly on Australia’s “potentially lethal†list. These include the coastal taipan, tiger snake, death adder, rough-scaled snake and eastern brown snake. Of these dangerous snakes, the eastern brown snake is now the only species regularly found in Brisbane suburbs. The others are uncommon or absent in most parts. Eastern brown snakes are reasonably common at the mouth of the Brisbane River and west of Indooroopilly. Red- bellied black snakes have become very rare since the introduction of the cane toad).
Lastly there is night time, you can't leave the dog out in the dark in case the Cane Toads get him or the Pythons if it's a little dog or in case your dog gets the Possums etc. whilst he is out.
Vets are all over the place more popular than UK probably because there are so many things to get your pet. In QLD you have to register your dog yearly and it has to wear a little yellow numbered tag for identification. We have also had our dog chipped although the chips in my area of QLD only track ownership they don't have the dual ownership and thermometer chips yet. if lost your dog goes to the pound same as UK and you pay release fee.
So the gist of this little bit is think twice before buying a dog in Aus and be prepared it's not like having a dog in UK...
except the dog is still great company.Should add there are limits on how many dogs you can have too, depending on block size you need to check with local council. There are also fencing regs for dogs.
Fleas are shocking here, wait till around November when the weather warms up
Problem is dogs are supposed to go to dog areas, like doggy parks and beaches, all those dogs together it only takes one flea dog to pass it around plus the fleas live in the ground. Our dogs like most live outside even at night, they are all aussie breeds, pretty robust, they seem to learn pretty quickly cane toads are not things you eat, not so sure that would apply to a smaller/more girly breeds of dogs.
We use a mobile vet for the vacs, $62 for the c5, $15 for council registration as long as desexed, food we buy huge chunks of roo for about $3 a kilo.
Oct 5th 2006 | 11:37 am
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Originally Posted by Ian & Sharon
Very good post.
Where bringing our dogs and being honest is it really that bad with the snakes !
Ones an old black lab and would just ignore them, the other is a 2 year old staff and would try and defend the lab/kids.
Would you see snakes in your backyard ?
I was told that they are there but you don't see them !
I think I'll just have one big pool and loads of concrete that should stop them !
Where bringing our dogs and being honest is it really that bad with the snakes !
Ones an old black lab and would just ignore them, the other is a 2 year old staff and would try and defend the lab/kids.
Would you see snakes in your backyard ?
I was told that they are there but you don't see them !
I think I'll just have one big pool and loads of concrete that should stop them !
Pools can attract them
Oct 5th 2006 | 11:54 am
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Ive got two labs here ,and i just bulk buy my Frontline Flea Control and Heartguard Tablets from the Vet 6 monthly, it works out cheaper, and we have our property sprayed indoors (for the spiders nad other nasties)and the perimeters outdoors sprayed once a year to keep snakes away, we live close to a lot of vines so you do get a fair few snakes around here. So overall it is more expensive owning a dog over here, but i wouldnt not have them, love them to bits
Oct 5th 2006 | 12:22 pm
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Originally Posted by jad n rich
Pools can attract them
:scared: Honest ?
Scrap the pool, we'll be right with just concrete !
Oct 5th 2006 | 12:29 pm
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Originally Posted by Ian & Sharon
:scared: Honest ?
Scrap the pool, we'll be right with just concrete !
Scrap the pool, we'll be right with just concrete !
LOL
Oct 5th 2006 | 12:51 pm
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
One thing also to add,beware of small pet shops in shopping centres etc..as their prices for toys,treatments,shampoos etc are just ridiculous go to larger pet stores & ive found that the epharmacy prices for frontline heartworm & worm treatments etc are cheaper than anywhere else so far 
Buying fresh food in bulk (& storing it in your freezer) is so much cheaper although cooking up roo mince for my dogs gives me the boak,i add pasta & veg,the smell is horrible & lingers for ages!
Anyone know of a good pet deoderant for dogs?maybe something i can make myself? Roxys fine but Sibyl being older smells like an old fart 2 days after being bathed!!
Donna.
go to larger pet stores & ive found that the epharmacy prices for frontline heartworm & worm treatments etc are cheaper than anywhere else so far Buying fresh food in bulk (& storing it in your freezer) is so much cheaper although cooking up roo mince for my dogs gives me the boak,i add pasta & veg,the smell is horrible & lingers for ages!
Anyone know of a good pet deoderant for dogs?maybe something i can make myself? Roxys fine but Sibyl being older smells like an old fart 2 days after being bathed!!
Donna.
Oct 5th 2006 | 1:07 pm
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Ive seen a few small petshops around but no larger ones 
Anyone know of any around Cleveland, Vicky point???
God I miss pets at home...loved going there
We got frontline from the vets :scared: seen treatment in the supermarkets is that stuff as good or not??
Anyone know of any around Cleveland, Vicky point???
God I miss pets at home...loved going there
We got frontline from the vets :scared: seen treatment in the supermarkets is that stuff as good or not??
Oct 5th 2006 | 1:12 pm
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Originally Posted by madsad
One thing also to add,beware of small pet shops in shopping centres etc..as their prices for toys,treatments,shampoos etc are just ridiculous go to larger pet stores & ive found that the epharmacy prices for frontline heartworm & worm treatments etc are cheaper than anywhere else so far
Buying fresh food in bulk (& storing it in your freezer) is so much cheaper although cooking up roo mince for my dogs gives me the boak,i add pasta & veg,the smell is horrible & lingers for ages!
Anyone know of a good pet deoderant for dogs?maybe something i can make myself? Roxys fine but Sibyl being older smells like an old fart 2 days after being bathed!!
Donna.
go to larger pet stores & ive found that the epharmacy prices for frontline heartworm & worm treatments etc are cheaper than anywhere else so far Buying fresh food in bulk (& storing it in your freezer) is so much cheaper although cooking up roo mince for my dogs gives me the boak,i add pasta & veg,the smell is horrible & lingers for ages!
Anyone know of a good pet deoderant for dogs?maybe something i can make myself? Roxys fine but Sibyl being older smells like an old fart 2 days after being bathed!!
Donna.
Donna, i got a lovely deodrant spray from the guy that does the mobile dog wash thingy, its a lavender spray but not at all a poofy smell (trust me, malc would have his dogs smelling gay, as he puts it!!) its a nice fresh smell and it lasts a dfay or so !!
Oct 5th 2006 | 1:13 pm
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Originally Posted by hilary6
We got frontline from the vets :scared: seen treatment in the supermarkets is that stuff as good or not??
dunno, ive always stuck to Frontline cause i know it works and its good, anyone else tried the generic stuff ??
Oct 5th 2006 | 1:25 pm
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Re: Owning a DOG in Aus!!! it's not always as easy as the UK.
Originally Posted by Fiona&malc
dunno, ive always stuck to Frontline cause i know it works and its good, anyone else tried the generic stuff ??
One supermaket thing that appears to work is Capstar, its a flea pill, it does seem to work, even the rescue pound uses it, so with 90 dogs they dont waste money on stuff that does not work.
We use tic collars, remove before beach , they are useless if they get wet. But you need to do daily search by hand in main tic season (now) check all the bits, like between paws, ears, mouth, tail, once you get in the habit it does not take long.
