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ahh Thanks , the vet nurse warned me they may try to lick it so i muzzled them both till it had dried. Just wasn't sure if the dried stuff on the fur would be harmful or not. Thinking about it their very unlikely to lick each other in that spot anyway.

Have just treated the boys with frontline- spot on stuff for the first time and tried very hard to get it on the skin but seems like most of it soaked into the fur, so what do i do with it? Do i just brush the fur/ wipe with wet cloth? I treated them between shoulder blades so he hopefully can't reach it himself, but have 2 so the other might lick that spot

Hector barks far too much for my liking and were trying to get him out of the habit, but is hard to ignore him when we have to consider the neighbours. Its mainly when he wants us, which is all the time so he'll whine then bark and they generally go nuts barking/whinng when we get home and open the front door. Frop doesn't bark anywhere near as much as Hectorr, he will bark sometimes when playing or when he's been rudely awakened by his bro and yesterday he barked through the fence at one of the neighbours dogs for the first time.

Well there booked in at the vets on wednesday, so we should get sorted out. I didn't realise that the area you live in affects what wormer to use quite complicated then this worming business, glad now that the vet will be able to just explain what to use and when! I think i got a bit panicy thinking that i needed to worm as i was a bad mum, hence buying at the petstore without using my better judgement. I can probably return them so doesn't matter. Thanks for the link Doc sure that will come in use!

Thanks Lynn, thats put my mind at rest. Was supposed to be going to a greyhound show that adoption group is running this weekend and wasn't looking forward to it because of the comments we had about him being too thin. As although he now looks in better condition coatwise and has a bit more muscle definition i can't see that he's gained much weight since we got him. Ahh yes they are definately like naughty children at times just looking for trouble to get into. They do make me smile a lot with their antics though

They'll be 2 on 10th sept Party hats ahoy! I think i'll see about arranging a check up visit with the vet then. Would do us good to visit the place before really needing to go for something more serious. The vets had an online registration, so i've not been there either.

I'm a new owner and our 2 greybro's came direct from the trainer but through a rehoming group. On our visit to the group they commented about how thin hector looked and to worm him again. The trainer did give them some worming pill before we took them and the group gave us 4 tablets of an all-wormer, so i had planned on just giving them those. I thought i should really get them weighed first to make sure i was A- feeding enough and B-correctly dosing the wormer. Turns out that that i'd need 6 of the wormer pills as its 1 per 10kg and there both 30kg Doh! So i went to get some more from the petstore as it was a weekend, then once i got home i realised that the they(pedigree) are rather non-descript about what they kill and so i wasn't sure whether to use them or not. Anyway i am feeding enough (chicken & rice kibble) + bit extra and i haven't seen anything wormy looking in either of there stools so far. Would it be better to go to the vets and get a feacal test and worm on the results of that or just worm them anyway? I've read some of the worm topics in search and many suggest panacur & drontal which i'd look to get (not sure if OTC or from vet in UK) Here's some pics, is he too thin? His bro is more squarely built and about an inch shorter so he looks quite different to Hector, so hard to tell. Hector is the mainly black one with a white dipped snozzle!

We have 2 boys here, there litterbro's. We knew we'd probably get 2 and expected it would be a boy & girl as thats normally how there kennelled, but fell for our cheeky boys. They do get one well and often sleep next to each other, but are totally different personalitywise. Hector is an attention seeker and braver than throp when out, whereas Throp is a bed monster and is more nervous of new things and where Hector will pace and worry more if were out of sight, throp will usually be lounged out.

We do about 30-40 minute walk in the morning before work, i take them for a loo stop at lunch time and we have a short jog about. I work close to home so normally home by 5.30 so i take them for about a half hour walk then and then again about 9pm for about 40 mins. They usually have a burn about the garden too some days depending on the weather as our garden can get a bit boggy and too slidey if its been raining. Yeah it is in fact written into many employment contracts these days in UK that you are expected to fulfil your duties and may require extra hours or weekend working and its calculatd into your salary (yeah right!). Most companies i have worked for don't pay overtime unless in special circumstances, some don't even offer time off in lieu. Its a culture that i think sucks as i don't see why they should have peoples time for free and at many places you are regualary working past your contracted hours.