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Post by Dougs on Feb 18, 2022 20:54:07 GMT
@rummonkey my mum has a cavapoo. He's a bit bigger than Negan (much, both in height and girth, the fat fuck). She has him clipped every 6 weeks or so. But because my mum is old and can't groom him, the clipper chopped all his lovely long ears off. Poor Bob the Dog.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2022 21:06:30 GMT
The ears are their best bit! I always stress to the groomer about keeping his ears long. Every single time we go,the look of "I know you twat" gets stronger each time.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 18, 2022 22:45:06 GMT
I know! Was so annoyed, he doesn't look the same. She says she tells them to leave them but fuck knows, she's forgetful. At least they leave his massive eyebrows alone.
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Post by dfunked on Feb 18, 2022 22:46:19 GMT
He does look like a bit of a Karen in fairness. Lovely dogs!
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Post by djronz on Feb 19, 2022 13:28:54 GMT
Pretty sure it'll have been discussed here before, but any tips on stopping a cat from pissing in the corner of a room?
We've had 2 cats from kittens, they're about 18 months now and have been going outside since about 9, they go to the garden for no2's but both sparadically pee on the carpet in the living room, I've tried sprays, steam cleaning even covered it with plastic to Tey break the habit, but they still go back!
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Post by cubby on Feb 19, 2022 15:30:05 GMT
Do you have a litter tray?
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Post by djronz on Feb 19, 2022 16:12:33 GMT
No, not since they ve been out, I ve never had a cat need a tray once they're out, the have a flap so are free to go when they please and they both go for no2s outside.
There was a few in house accidents when they were kittens, to be expected but it has now become a regular thing in one area of the living room.
I'm seriously thinking of re homing them as they have wrecked the carpet and stripped paint off the skirting!
I'd be sad to see them go but if I'm honest the only reason they are still here is because I have a 5 year old girl who'd be upset if they went.
I have just put a tray down again.
Also having an extension built next month which is probably gonna upset them!
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Post by simple on Feb 19, 2022 19:08:11 GMT
Our new cat has just started to play outside after a couple of months indoors to get used to our place - she’s a two times rescuee - and her current habit is to come in, use the litter, then go back out for more play. Weirdo.
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Post by Danno on Feb 19, 2022 19:14:37 GMT
It's an instinct rooted in covering their tracks. They like to bury it and a tray is the easiest option at this time of year - your neighbour's vegetable bed is sodden and everyone has covered the kiddy sandpit djronz Do you have scratching posts? Getting them a satisfying alternative to the furniture goes a long way and if you put the posts in problem areas you should see the cats opting for the convenient, effective and satisfying rope scratchy over the painted, unfulfilling and hard to deal with wood of a skirting board |
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Post by freddiemercurystwin on Feb 19, 2022 20:45:28 GMT
Ours like wicker baskets, we still get fucked carpets and some bit of soft furnishings are starting to look a bit mauled. I think it's part and parcel of having cats.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 19, 2022 21:14:39 GMT
Same here. We tried the scratching post thing, they ignored it. Have given up really, bar one but of furniture (new armchair).
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Post by Danno on Feb 19, 2022 21:20:57 GMT
Ours like wicker baskets, we still get fucked carpets and some bit of soft furnishings are starting to look a bit mauled. I think it's part and parcel of having cats. Wicker decoys work really well, some 3 quid baskets from Ikea with a dining chair or whatever stuck in it works a treat |
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Post by Vortex on Feb 19, 2022 21:23:08 GMT
Same here. We tried the scratching post thing, they ignored it. Have given up really, bar one but of furniture (new armchair). We found tipping the scratching post over helped. More like a fallen branch rather than sticking up. Saved the furniture a bit. However, at the end of the day, cats gonna scratch what a cat wants to scratch! |
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Post by Dougs on Feb 19, 2022 21:49:08 GMT
My wife's OCD would struggle with something out of place like that! Messy house because of kids, fine. Something knocked over that should be vertical, not on your life!
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Post by djronz on Feb 20, 2022 19:13:20 GMT
It's an instinct rooted in covering their tracks. They like to bury it and a tray is the easiest option at this time of year - your neighbour's vegetable bed is sodden and everyone has covered the kiddy sandpit djronz Do you have scratching posts? Getting them a satisfying alternative to the furniture goes a long way and if you put the posts in problem areas you should see the cats opting for the convenient, effective and satisfying rope scratchy over the painted, unfulfilling and hard to deal with wood of a skirting board Don't really have a problem with scratching, they use the legs of an old wooden table we have, so I'm not bothered by that, but pissing I can't do with. Anyway I pulled up the carpet in the corner, scrubbed the floorboards, removed the underlay and cleaned the carpet. We've put them a litter tray inside again which has been visited but not for toilet duty. And now I've witnessed them both going outside in the rain a wind.... To have a piss! |
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Post by Nemesis on Feb 20, 2022 19:59:17 GMT
Random thing I was told yesterday; keep the water and food bowls in completely different rooms or areas if you have a cat as they don't like them close. It's why they drink from sinks apparently.
/small shrug/
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Post by Danno on Feb 20, 2022 20:06:04 GMT
Random thing I was told yesterday; keep the water and food bowls in completely different rooms or areas if you have a cat as they don't like them close. It's why they drink from sinks apparently. /small shrug/ I heard that too. Predator thing, helps prevent the corpse they're eating contaminating their water source |
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Post by puddleduck on Feb 20, 2022 20:47:57 GMT
It's an instinct rooted in covering their tracks. They like to bury it and a tray is the easiest option at this time of year - your neighbour's vegetable bed is sodden and everyone has covered the kiddy sandpit djronz Do you have scratching posts? Getting them a satisfying alternative to the furniture goes a long way and if you put the posts in problem areas you should see the cats opting for the convenient, effective and satisfying rope scratchy over the painted, unfulfilling and hard to deal with wood of a skirting board Don't really have a problem with scratching, they use the legs of an old wooden table we have, so I'm not bothered by that, but pissing I can't do with. Anyway I pulled up the carpet in the corner, scrubbed the floorboards, removed the underlay and cleaned the carpet. We've put them a litter tray inside again which has been visited but not for toilet duty. And now I've witnessed them both going outside in the rain a wind.... To have a piss! If its a specific area could try putting some tin foil in the corner. Probably won't like standing on it. When ours got old and ill we did that to limit the potential options for her to wee inside. Also had to get proper cat urine remover as once it's in they'll smell it for ages. |
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Post by Danno on Feb 20, 2022 20:50:31 GMT
I just add my own piss to it, ideally when I'm stinking hungover and it's almost brown
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2022 20:54:06 GMT
Danno marking his territory. Should pee on the ex's boxes.
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Post by Dougs on Feb 20, 2022 22:36:54 GMT
Random thing I was told yesterday; keep the water and food bowls in completely different rooms or areas if you have a cat as they don't like them close. It's why they drink from sinks apparently. /small shrug/ I heard that too. Predator thing, helps prevent the corpse they're eating contaminating their water source Yep, this is definitely true. We have 2 water bowls separate from their food, albeit in the same room. And another on the living room. What baffles me about cats is that they'll turn their nose up at fresh water and then go and drink out of a puddle. Must be instinct. See also the whole "if changing food, do it gradually because they're sensitive" and the next minute they're eating birds or whatever. |
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Post by Nemesis on Feb 21, 2022 11:18:25 GMT
Cats. They just like fucking with your mind.
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Post by dogbot on Feb 21, 2022 12:15:35 GMT
Our cats have always had their water bowls near their food. One of them drinks out of the dog bowl quite often, mostly (we think) because the other one likes to make soup by flicking a couple of bits of kibble into the water bowl, stirring for a bit, then drinking.
Of course, we dutifully then change the water, he drinks some clean water, then makes more soup.
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Post by rhaegyr on Feb 21, 2022 13:10:22 GMT
Does anyone have a fair bit of experience/informed opinion on raw dog food?
We've been giving it to our Bernese for 8 months and he's fine with it (though he has the odd runs); however, last week my insides were absolutely destroyed for five days after a high fever. Passed around a pint of blood in a single day and lost nearly half a stone in a week. Thankfully I've recovered now.
GP has pretty much confirmed it was an E.Coli infection and is 99% sure it's come from the dogs food.
I'm fairly thorough in washing my hands after handling his food so I'm guessing this came from him licking my face or something daft like that. I don't want to limit my interaction with him or be wary around him after eating his food but this infection was something else and I'm wondering just how important a raw diet is (we mix it with biscuits) and if he can be moved to something else with little consequence.
Any advice welcome, ta!
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Post by cubby on Feb 21, 2022 13:15:30 GMT
Honestly I'd talk to your vet about that. They almost certainly will promote that they eat kibble, but I wouldn't know how to phase that.
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Post by dogbot on Feb 21, 2022 13:21:05 GMT
Thorny subject. There's lots of people who claim that it's better for dogs than commercially available dog food. This is mostly based on American research about problems with dog foods with grain (ie, Corn) in it. BUT, the US vetinary association actively recommends not doing, as did the vet we used to take Major too. In answer to this, the raw proponents always say "they're in the pocket of the dog food manufacturers"... Unfortunately, there's zero scientific evidence that supports these assertions. www.pdsa.org.uk/pet-help-and-advice/looking-after-your-pet/all-pets/raw-dietswww.insider.com/raw-food-diet-for-dogsThere is definitely a much higher chance of things like bacterial infections when handling raw meat. If you're feeding him kibble anyway, the main reason most people feed raw is already being bypassed. I'd be tempted not to, tbh. www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk/Has nutritional info on just about every food on the market, so you can make informed choices. |
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Post by rhaegyr on Feb 21, 2022 13:30:01 GMT
Thanks dogbot, you've been an absolute godsend these last few weeks. Thanks too cubby. Funny how you say "they're in the pocket of the dog food manufacturers" - word for word what the breeder told us! |
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Post by cubby on Feb 21, 2022 13:38:11 GMT
The thing is, it's incredibly difficult to do raw feeding. Especially in a way that's safe. There's no way a vet is going to recommend it, because so many people will get it wrong if they do. Kibble you can't really go wrong, when you're thinking of the lowest common denominator.
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Post by rhaegyr on Feb 21, 2022 13:51:59 GMT
We buy the stuff that's branded 'RAW complete' and he has half of that mixed with kibble in a morning and the same again in the evening.
I want to feed him what's best for him (which is why we've stuck to what the breeder recommended) but I also don't want to feel completely fucked and have a week off work again shitting nothing but blood. Part of me thinks it may have been causing his infrequent diarrhea too.
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Post by dogbot on Feb 21, 2022 14:06:24 GMT
Thanks dogbot , you've been an absolute godsend these last few weeks. Thanks too cubby . Funny how you say "they're in the pocket of the dog food manufacturers" - word for word what the breeder told us! Yeah, it's what everyone who's ever explained why they now feed raw told me. I usually ask what they do if the dog gets sick, at which point, they say "take him to the vet". But if you don't trust your vet for feeding advice, why do you trust them for medical advice? "Oh, that's different". Right. My vet never told me to use any specific food or sell me anything and only asked what Major was fed when he had a little colic as a pup. At which point, he mentioned not raw feeding, because he hadn't seen any evidence that it was better for the dogs. Ultimately, there's nothing wrong with raw feeding per se, but you need to be very careful. It's a performance and a hassle, in my experience. That said, I'd never tell anyone NOT to do it. But you wouldn't catch me doing raw chicken. I don't even like chopping it to cook for humans. There are plenty of "complete" dog food brands that do offer proper nutritional value and aren't expensive. My friend who breeds (Shar Peis) said to avoid the "big label brands" (so Pedigree Chum etc) because it's mostly just any old crap, but beyond that, most are good. They all have slightly different recipes, tastes, nutrition... It's really down to the owner and to finding something the dog will eat every meal. We feed Major Royal Canin Adult Boxer because he's never turned his nose up at it (literally, everything else he's been fed, he seems to get bored of) and once a week, he gets a can of Chappie or Butchers and he seems to be healthy and happy. His coat is good, his eyes are good and he runs like a demon riding a shire horse.  |
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