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Have you considered fostering for a charity like Spaniel Aid. That way you get to 'try before you buy' Fosterers get first refusal on rehoming foster dogs. Also you don't just get a random dog dumped on you. There is a page with a description of dogs needing fosters so you can offer to faster...

We didn't need to test him, it was so obvious, cut out wheat and everything was great, ate wheat and he was red and inflamed. Being white and short coated made it easy to see.

Any possibility that the builders have been feeding him scraps. My old white boxer had a huge skin flare up when builders were in. Turned out that it wasn't a dust allergy but it was his wheat allergy flaring up due to sandwich crusts. Also check that postmen and dustmen haven't been giving...

I have labs and don't use them but I've seen them used on dogs susceptible to eye injuries

Freya injured her leg aged 5 months so we couldn't do much for a month, lots of steadieness, delivery etc. She was sweet and compliant but I killed her drive. Needed to do lots and lots on unstructured dummy and ball lobbing to build it again. The steadieness came back as soon as I asked for it...

When I first got the springer I was told to get a smart well fitting hat, it was to hide the grey and prevent me from pulling my hair out!

211.5, I have one of the new acme ones now, the rubber on the mouthpiece is a teeth saver. You can't blow it hard though as it doesn't work properly though...

I have a huge soft spot for a staffie (pref a rehome) , would probably fulfil your criteria, not very terrier like, very loyal, mine have been grea with other dogs,people, children etc. Generally don't chase or herd and can turn their paw to anything.

There is a black and tan that goes to our local pub, genetic anomaly but a very attractive little bitch. All her littermates were black, she just happened to have a double recessive gene. It's a non recognised colour but I'd love to see more of them, so pretty! A quick google suggests that...

Toast is black nosed, black eye liner dark eyes and black skin, he's red/yellow, black mum carrying yellow, red/yellow dad Freya has paler skin, but not a Dudley, her black nose as a pup went pink but has a clear black edge and is darker in summer, her eye liner is dark, her eyes slightly paler...

A Dudley Labrador is a Labrador Retriever with a pink or liver-brown colored nose, eye rims, and paws due to a lack of black pigment. They are essentially yellow Labs that have lost the ability to produce the dark pigment that gives Labs their dark features. This is due to a recessive...

This is very confusing, the OP isn't me, despite people referring to Thistle! I have 2 spaniels (working springer, working cocker) and 2 working labs, dog and bitch. There is a reason that my next dog will be another lab!

I had her spayed yesterday. Lots of thinking, decided I didn't want to try mating again seeing as she hated it so much, especially as AI on correct day failed last tome. I gave it two attempts. Obviously not to be. She had a laparoscopic spay which all went well and is recovering well. She...

Beans did that once, I was stood there wondering why a chocolate cocker was bring a bird to me then I realised that it was my mostly white small springer, yes he did stink!

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