me and the dog

Do you think you and your dog are a pack or do you think that humans and dogs or simply a good example of symbiosis (two different species living alongside each other)

I'm working on my canine behaviour diploma and would be interested on your views on the following question;

Has the selective breeding of dogs for specific physical and behavioural qualities caused the increase in hereditary problems in today's breeds?

You'll be fully credited in my final piece if I can use your feedback

Thank you

Can anyone reccomend the most comfortable harness for a large gsd cross to wear most of the day?

I'm going on holiday so he will be on the go with us most of the day walking in cornwall

I don't like having him on collar and lesh all the time in case of a sudden reason to pull such as a rabbit or emergency.

A harness suits us both for some relaxed walking I just want to make sure it is the most comfortable for him

UK suggestions preferred please

It seems that every ***** near where i live is on heat this past month

It also seems that every owner of these dogs thinks it is fine for them to run off lesh in public dog areas.

Whilst I work hard training my dog he is not going to ignore the scent of a dog in heat every time.

If a ***** in heat is off lesh and my dog doesn't respond to my call am I 100% to blame because most of the owners seem to think I am!

Ever since the whole exposure programme on breed standards for certain breeds of dog has your opinion of what is correct for a breed of dog changed?

So many people answer questions about breeding on here with

'if the dog is not a show champion don't breed from it'

However, it has now been shown that lots of these 'breed requirements' have led to the creation of illnesses and physical problems in certain breeds.

Does this mean that even though they have a wealth of titles to their name that a dog can still be genetically unhealthy and not a suitable sire/dam?

Can any one recommend B&B's or hotels in Cornwall that are truly dog friendly

By this I mean your dog is allowed everywhere in the accommodation and not just in your room. Our dog will not tolerate being left in a strange room whilst we have breakfast or dinner (he howls and barks) meaning my husband and I always have to eat separately or go self catering!

Would be nice to find somewhere our dog can sit with us during breakfast

Cheers!

Can any one recommend B&B's or hotels in Cornwall that are truly dog friendly

By this I mean your dog is allowed everywhere in the accommodation and not just in your room. Our dog will not tolerate being left in a strange room whilst we have breakfast or dinner (he howls and barks) meaning my husband and I always have to eat separately or go self catering!

Would be nice to find somewhere our dog can sit with us during breakfast

Cheers!

Our Santa Claus has decided to retire and we are looking for ideas for a really unique gift we could give him to say thank you

Any ideas?

I like most children and love my neice to bits. I will happily be her playmate all day. However, when I think about my own future I see myself holding a dog on a lead not pushing a buggy....

Is this wrong, most people seem to be without children for medical reasons and I only know one person who specifically choose not to have children.

My husband and I have a dog we adore and a life we enjoy but our friends are starting to have families and parents on both sides have that hopeful grandchildren look in thier eyes!

Our finances are stretched already without a baby

Should I follow the crowd and reproduce or keep things as they are?

I need a costume idea for an Alice in Wonderland costume party

Alice, queen of hearts, mad hatter and the cheshire cat are already taken so I need something different and fairly easy to do

I need two costumes one for me one for my husband (and would prefer not tweedle dum and dee!)

thanks for your help

Going with my husband to disney land paris for a couple of days and wondered how much spending money would be best?

Have two days traveling, two days in the park, hotel includes a buffet continental breakfast only.

Looking at having to buy 3 dinners and 3 lunches roughly and of course some souveniers!!!

my dog seems ot have developed bare patches of skin in his front armpit area and also in a similaur place on his back legs

He has been scratching and licking the area a bit but has been recently frontlined and can't find any fleas

As it is in a joint type area and it has been humid here recently could he have a heat rash or is that a daft idea?

Before anyone says it yes i will be taking him to the vet but it is not cracked or weeping or bothering him so it does not warrent a trip to the emergency vet

My dog seems to have puffy skin around the outside of his left eye.

The actual eyeball looks fine. If the skin was not black I would imagine it would be red and it looks slightly crusty.

He is not rubbing it nor seems irritated it just looks odd.

(Before any one simply shouts back with 'take to the vet' it is sunday afternoon and as he is not displaying any symptoms of any pain so I am not calling the emmergency vet at £50 an hour!)

Am going to crufts for the first time, am not showing a dog just going for a fun day full of dogs!

Has anyone been and what is the best part - am going on gun dog day.

Are there lots of freebies or am I going to be finding offers I can't refuse on the trade stands and need ot take lots of money?

Any advice would be great

cheers!

The inside arch of my right foot is making it painful to walk

I feel like I can not put my foot flat on the floor and tend to walk on the outside on my foot

It is worse if i have been walking around in flat shoes (i wear walking boots at work as it is on a boat) but not as painful if I have worn heels!

Short of wearing stilettos to work which would not go down well can any one suggest what might be wrong or a solution to the pain?

i have the image of a paw print and i would like ot be able to have it on my webiste so that you click on a different section of the paw to go to different section of the website.

i use 1st page to design my sites and write directly in html code so dreamweaver is not an option for me (1st page is free!)

could any one tell me how i could go about this please?

Me and my fiance are staying for a week in Rhaydar, South Wales for our honeymoon. Has any one visited recently or lives there who can reccomend places to visit, things to do and places to eat.

we will have our dog with us as well so any dog friendly places would be great we particularly like good pub food

thanks

Is there a natural pain relief for dogs?

my dog recently sprained his shoulder and is limping.

we and the vet were reluctant to given pescription pain relief as the thoughts were all the pain would go and my dog could do more damage during the 'pain free' time on tablets

however, i would like to make him more comfortable so is there any natural remedy to try?

Does anyone else feed their dog food from a company called OSCARS (normally franchised)

what do you think of it?

I'm going to be part of a business partnership as a canine behaviourist and psychologist

We will be dealing specificall with canine behaviour issue such as agression or anxiety and need a good name that people will remember

Any sensible ideas welcome please