Freya M. Steinmeyer
From: Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: BERNER-L digest 4478 Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 00:01:06 CDT
BERNER-L Digest 4478
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Dog Fancy by Leslie MacLaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2) RE: 41 brands of dog food contain anesthetizing agent by Rose Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3) RE: Pee spots in yard by Rose Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4) RE: Puppy biting own tail by Rose Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5) RE: bell question by Rose Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6) Help needed for fellow dog lover. by Fiona Gordon/Glen Thomason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7) Helderberg BMDC "A" Match by [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8) Frantic Dog! by "Brett & Nicole Korensky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 9) help for thunderstorm fear by J Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10) RE: July 4th menu (dog safe!) by "Pat Long & Paul Dangel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11) Pet Owners Seminar by "Pat Long & Paul Dangel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12) Free 4th of July Berner clipart by "Dawn or Tim Gabig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 13) Show Results - Billings, MT by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 14) Show Results - Great Falls, MT by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 15) Show Results - Missoula, MT by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 16) Berner? You be the judge! by Sarah Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 17) The "I Did It My Way Award" by [EMAIL PROTECTED] 18) Cassie Visit! by "Jean Cheesman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 19) small brag by "LeAnn Zogg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Beautiful Berner Pics in "Dog Fancy" right now, if you haven't seen them!
>From a web-lurker, Leslie
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------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:36:21 -0400 From: Rose Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: 41 brands of dog food contain anesthetizing agent To: Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Hi Pippa, The source of meat meal may well be the same for "natural" foods. In order to be truly safe in what one feeds the dog the food would have to certified organic and slaughtered for human consumption. Even "organic" livestock are euthanised on the farm if they are not fit enough for transportation. Even if one chooses to feed raw natural (BARF) there are likely to be residues of antibiotics and hormone growth drugs in the meat and bones and then there is the pesticide and genetic modified effects on the fruit and veggies. Certified organic is the way to go but it is very expensive.
Rose
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 07:49:53 -0400 From: Rose Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Pee spots in yard To: Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Hi Jayne, I have twelve dogs (ten bitches) who are watering my lawn and yes it does get brown in places but the heavy rains this spring have revitalised our grass and all is green again for a while (middle of hot spell) We do not treat our grass with anything, no fertiliser nothing. Its only grass and my dogs health comes first:-)
If your lawn area is small and you have nice shrubs (probably won't have those for long as Berners are avid gardeners and landscapers:-) then you could make an area to train your future puppy to toilet on. Two of my puppy owners made an area covered with peastone and for the boys put a tree stump for them to lift their leg, worked great and the lawn stayed green. Hose down and javex once in a while and all stays fresh:-)
Do not feed any products to the dog that are designed to change the Ph of the urine, that is potentially harmful to the dog.
Rose
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:06:38 -0400 From: Rose Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Puppy biting own tail To: Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Hi Jayne, Border collies very quickly develop neurotic behaviors when they don't have enough in their lives to occupy them. I would suggest upping his activity level, they were bred to work in the borders, which are huge areas of land, herding sheep and they do not enjoy confinement. Feeding time as a puppy might have been a somewhat frenzied scramble for the dinner with perhaps a scrap or two making dinnertime anything other than a pleasurable experience. I would exercise him more and then try feeding him outside on the grass throwing his kibble onto the grass so he has to search for it, or use a dispensing treat ball for him to work for his dinner. Also up his obedience training and hand feed him and try to have everything calm at mealtimes with him sitting beside them. They need to seek out a behaviorist and one might find one in their area on the website for the Association of Pet Dog Trainers.
Do you know if the parents were working dogs with stable temperaments. This puppy needs a lot of mental activity, obedience, herding trials and agility, a tired dog is a happy dog. Do you know if the children in the house have been teasing him and encouraging him in the past to "chase tail", this is not a good game. Unfortunately now his tail is raw and painful he will more than likely chew it, it may be necessary to surgically dock his tail a few inches from the tip to good tissue to facilitate healing.
Rose
------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 08:19:29 -0400 From: Rose Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: bell question To: Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Hi Linda, What you didn't do was "introduce" the bells to the dogs. What were you thinking?? Of course they were alarmed at this irritating noise everytime
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