In my opinion Italian Greyhounds were as you quite rightly say pimarily bred as a companion/lap dog for the rich ladies. They were not bred for hunting although as i'm sure you all know they love to chase rabbits/squirels and birds, or fish as my puppy proved last week by catching one of our...
Fantastic news Meira was sighted last night, after searching since 4am this morning, she has been found sheltering in a old train carriage!!! She is very thin but otherwise ok. Thanks for everyones support and offers of help :cheers:
Meira a portuguese podengo was spooked by some large dogs after they jumped a fence. She is owned by a good friend of mine who breeds and shows Italians as well. Meira went missing on the bridle way from Greenfield stables in Upham, Southampton. Unfortunely Meira does not know the area at...
Just thought it was about time i added some photo's. These are three of my dogs after their walk up the woods as you can see from Olivia's legs she found the only bit of mud left! That is her laying down she is now 7 1/2 the others are Oscar (white one) and Harley they are both 10 1/2.
The reasons for spaying at 6 months are because it has been shown that bitches that were spayed prior to having a season are less likely to develop mammary tumours. I personally think that it is not fair to neuter (male or female) before they are fully mature - this is because it can stop them...
You can spay bitchs from 6 months old, but i personallt thinl this is too young. Generally at the practise i work at spay them 2-3 months after their first season.
Testicle naturally are descended into the scrotal sac. Dogs have a muscle (cremaster muscle) this muscle is responsible for lowering or bringing the testicles closer to the body depending on the temperature. The testicles are kept at about 2 degrees lower than body temperature, this is optimum...
Hi there,
As a qualified veterinary nurse and italian greyhound lover i can understand you being concerned. In practise we use a drug called Propafol (rapinovet) and an anaesthetic gas called Isoflo. These drugs are used in breeds such as greyhounds/whippet/ig;s. Anaesthetic agents are often...
How long a go was she mated? at about three weeks they tend to go fussy with their food. You can have a ultrasound scan done at your vets at four weeks. they tend to only start putting on weight from about 6 weeks.
My main priorities as an ig owner, is to make sure my dogs get the best quality of life they can have. Showing is most definetly a plus point and always comes second to my dogs being pets. I was just making a point that not all members of the IG club believe that the dogs should not be able to...
With regards to the commitee and ig club members thinking that the dogs should be resticted in their exercise/playing - i am a club member and the shared owner of our affix is on the commitee - our dogs run free daily in the park or at the woods, they chase squirrels/birds etc and act as any...
Please could you give me details on how to find these ig collars because the ones i can find are all rather to hard. I like the nice soft leather ones.
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