Have you visited our clips link recently

Have you visited our Doggy Blog Clips recently? Why not click on the link in our left-hand margin?

One trick you could learn about in the clips is teaching your dog to cross its front paws. It does look really cute!

Whenever and wherever you walk your dog, you will find there are loads of interesting birds in city centres and parks as well as towns and the countryside - and the more you learn, the more interested you will be!


Check out the RSPB website for details... and what about a gift membership for someone this Christmas? Would some young family member benefit from becoming a member of the YOC?

Our Dogs

Here is a super idea... just click the following link to receive in your inbox a fascinating email - dont worry you can unsubscribe whenever you want - from Our Dogs... remember just click for Our Dogs Newsletter.

Youll find details of shows, champion dogs, lovely pictures, recommended books, special offers, and much, much, more.

Check out the dog breed calendars available [including puppy ones... ah!] - which one do you fancy? Youll find these in the current newsletter.

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New content will be added there moving forward, and the content you find here, will be migrated over to our new location in the next few weeks.

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Dana
9/3/2014

Loki our Rhodesian Ridgeback

I just thought it was about time there was a photo of Loki added to my blog!

For those who havent been reading this [or any of my other doggy blogs] for any length of time... he is a Rhodesian Ridgeback, and a rescue dog, from the RRWT [Rhodesian Ridgeback Welfare Trust - if you want further info about this, just let me know via a comment on the blog]... and he had lead a pretty dreadful life before he came to us.

Mind you he has had a pretty rough trot since we have had him - in the health stakes. Some of his problems, at least, can be traced back to his past ill-treatment.

Along with a delicate stomach he has had to have treatment for cruciate ligament damage to both back legs, thyroid treatment and daily pills, arthritis too because of the leg problems... we are trying a magnetic collar to help with this. Also occasional epileptic fits... which we are hoping will subside without having to resort to drugs... we are again hoping the magnetic collar will help here, plus we are using some drops from PetAlive.com [see link in left-hand margin AND posts on 22nd and 23rd April, 2007] who are ace suppliers, but, more than that, they give wonderfully detailed explanations of problems, what to look for and when to get in touch with your vet... just brilliantly helpful information!

And you can add to the above list... treatment for teeth; and claws which have to be clipped at the vets, as unlike our previous Ridgeback which we had as a pup, he wont let us clip his claws... and they grow to a point at the front as his elbows are out because he was chained as a pup from 4 to 11 months... before he was given over to the RSPCA.

He had got to the stage that he enjoyed all the attention in the waiting room at the vets... but would clamp himself to the floor as soon as the vet opened the door to the consulting room - it was just as if he were super-glued to the floor.

I had to stand over him and lift him up and walk him into the room still over him and holding him up! Everyone there found it most amusing!

Fingers crossed, at the moment, he is only visiting for claw clipping.