Recent content by PucciNPoni

I wouldn't have said the Best Dog / Best Bitch are serious classes. They sound like they are open to non pedigree too? In which case you're not judging against a breed standard. So whatever takes your fancy goes, really. If it was a pedigree class ie Best Terrier, or Best Hound etc then its...

Off the top of my head, I know there are colleges that do one day a week courses, but I think they're fairly few and far between. Most of the courses that do qualifications are six week full time courses. Those will usually get you like a C&G Level II (or equivalent) which is not a full...

I think if it was my dog and I knew it was food related, I'd control it with diet. I know some folk swear by raw feeding - it's not for me as such and I will admit I don't know much about it. But I do know that you can buy bagged/tinned food specifically for allergy sufferers. Hydrolysed...

that's a belter! I take thousands of photos of the dogs. I just sit and click click click and something usually comes out worth keeping. Thank god I'm not printing them LOL I'd share but since Photobucket went to ***** I don't know how any more.

Our lawn suffers a bit of poaching in the winter but apart from that we don't get digging or plant trashing. Ours isn't a formal garden but it's not entirely feral either. Our biggest struggle is heavy clay, copious amounts of moss, and a lack of energy / ambition to do more than what we...

the company I dealt with recommends and sells decompostable bags, which is different to biodegradable. They can even be used within the wormery, but the others cannot. It's a fair bit of work to get it up and running but there is something satisfying about it.

No I don't like the plastic either, nor do I like having to carry our bin thru the house to get it to the rubbish bin (which I am sure we probably aren' really supposed to do anyway). It's a large wheelie bin thing that you make a bed for the worms in, and then once they are established you...

LOL well dog poo kind of makes me ill too. I'm happier though, with the thought of composting it than it going in to landfill ;)

Anyone have one? I've just set mine up, and looking for any helpful tips. I've got a wheelie bin style, and the worms have arrived today (which is oddly exciting)

You will see ticks. They often go on the face, behind ears, up the legs - anywhere really. I visually check mine daily, just when sat having a cuddle normally. As for fleas - yes you can have an outbreak but if caught quickly shouldn't create too much of a problem to get rid of. I flea /...

Aw that face :) And sure you could do that with a standard. My sister used to have one, long before I fell in love with the breed. He was a farm dog, ran with the beasts all day. He was not allowed on the furniture. However when I came to visit he was allowed on my lap and he would turn...

using treats and reducing food is just common sense. Course I say that and don't necessarily follow that routine for my own diet :/

Interesting point of view. Generally speaking in my work handling dogs every day, I use praise rather than food. That is more of a statement on the fact that I need my hands to do other things rather than feeding a dog - that and I would rather not treat a dog that I don't know it's dietary...

I am so sorry that you've lost your setter. I am glad to see you would consider a poodle, they are such loving lively little dogs. Someone else has suggested a border terrier - I've had both. I can't fault either breed but my heart is so with full of poodles now I can't see past them. Go...

AH no worries. I know a few good breeders who retire their breeding dogs to be family pets. Just wondering if it was anyone I knew.