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I'm a fan of North Devon. Woolacombe beach is great, massive and dogs are allowed on most of it. Near by Saunton sands also big and dogs allowed. We always camp around this area so can't recommend a cottage, but there are loads of places with static caravans to hire around it you don't mind...

Are you sure its mange, it could be dally rash since you dog if half dalmatian. Dals have very sensitive skin. I have never seen it myself, but from what I've read it appears at first as some pimples on the skin, is greasy then looks pink and appears a bit moth-eaten where the hair falls out...

Have they tested for tetanus? I know its pretty rare in dogs, but being spiked by long prickly thorns sounds like a classic way to pick up tetanus if you are a human or horse. I was having a conversation about it with my vet a few weeks ago as they had had a case that week. She said depending on...

Completely crackers! Big, big personalities. Will follow you every where and hate to be left out of anything you are doing. Boundless energy, and always ready for a play how ever far you have walked or run that day. Love their food. Love people. Love the pub. Easy to train but also quick to...

Hire a boat or canoe for an hour or afternoon on the canal. There's a place in Brecon that allows dogs on their boats, others I'm sure.

Did you get an online quote or speak to someone over the phone? If it was online I would suggest ringing them up because they may be able to work out a policy to suit your needs better for less and you might get a discount for a 2nd horse insured with them. I have always found them really...

Your probably aware that some Dally's can be prone to stone formation and to avoid this you need to be careful with the level of purins in their diet. Some of the better dried foods (that score more highly on the which dog food) contain ingredients that have a high purin level, offal for...

Thanks for all of you who posted, it really helped us to make up our minds on the level of cover to go for.

As a new puppy owner I have found the world of dog foods quite an eye opener. I have been researching for a good, well priced dry food to change my Dalmatian onto. So far I am not impressed! All the ones that score more highly seem to have ingredients that contain higher pruine levels (need low...

Chattygoneon3: He's a Dalmatian so a few things that could be health issues at the back of my mind, though my vet said on the whole they are quite healthy dogs. tamsinkb: thanks that's the sort of thing I need to know about ... just how easily you can reach a lower limit and for what kind of...

I'm in the process of looking at vets fee cover for my new puppy, but the world of small animal vets and their charges is totally new to me, so I have no idea what is a sensible level of vets fees cover to have. There's some policies offering cover up to what seem unnecessarily large sums of...

I think youngsters need to learn to cope with situations like having a horse tied up outside its stable, but feeding any horse in front of another that closely is asking for trouble and very selfish on the part of the person doing it. Have you tried actually talking nicely to the people...

Thanks for that link Cinnamontoast, it will be handy ref. I've been quite surprised since I started looking into dog foods just how bad some of them appear to be! Yes dallies can have problems with purines and developing urinary stones and allergies can also be an issue.

We are getting a Dalmatian puppy soon and I would like some advice on his food please. At the moment he's eating Royal Canin Mother and Baby Medium. His breeder will give us some of this food to take away, but I'm not sure what to buy to follow this up. Looking at the RC website I see at 8...