I'll probably sign him up then it does start till June but it also finishes the week before I go away. I assume I can book into any exam and it doesn't have to be straight after he finishes classes?Yes! Loki just got his last week. I honestly wasn’t that fussed about it when I started classes,I just wanted a well behaved and well socialised dog, but I do feel really proud of him and me that we’ve improved so much that he got his on first try. When we started I couldn’t get a 10 second sit/stay, can now do a 2 minute down/stay without problem. Whenever he’s naughty I remind him he has bronze paws now so knows better
I tried liver paste but it was just hard as my hands got messy and it was hard to drop it. I'll have a look for them treats you posted or similar
No but my vet's dog did rescue work and training and once he posted it had come back covered in hundreds!!!!!!! Obviously he could remove them.
I think you're in the same place of country to me, have you not had trouble with these blighters!
Yes. No Barney walks on a trail near ours but he's not had any. None of my dogs ever had one in their lives. Yeah must be tricky round the eye area.
Gosh you've been lucky, my oh was chatting to someone yesterday and they've had the same problems with ticks!
Must be lucky then. I couldn't believe my vets dog had so many on her. He posted it up and counted every one. Over 200. Crazy. I suppose you'll just have to keep getting the buggers out. Good job you can do it properly without leaving the head in and your dog lets you. Like I said Barney would flip, there would be no way in hell.
Blimey, over 200! Yes you need to get all of it out, it's a bugger when they don't come out in one go, my boy isn't keen on anything to do with his body, he hates being brushed, he gets mats so I need to sort that, he's an awkward bugger, you'd laugh if you could see me in an awkward position on the kitchen floor trying to cut them out!
) but I bought some in desperation once and the little bastards just died and fell off, it was quite miraculous. Good for spot treating fleas too if, just for example, you so happen to think you've finally got shot and the dog starts scratching 3 hours into a 5 hour car drive to go on holiday 
plus want rid for the dogs sake
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Had my cockapoo at the vets today, surgery for undescended testicles. Long story short they cut him open couldn't find them, then his heart rate crashed and apparently we were very close to losing him
I'm thankful he is home and recovering but now I have several problems. I am £500 worse off and my dog still has testes (somewhere). After recovery they are recommending an MRI at £2.5k (not covered by insurance) But in reality the problem is I don't want to have him put under again after today. I'm tempted to leave him be. Is that selfish?.
Had my cockapoo at the vets today, surgery for undescended testicles. Long story short they cut him open couldn't find them, then his heart rate crashed and apparently we were very close to losing him
I'm thankful he is home and recovering but now I have several problems. I am £500 worse off and my dog still has testes (somewhere). After recovery they are recommending an MRI at £2.5k (not covered by insurance) But in reality the problem is I don't want to have him put under again after today. I'm tempted to leave him be. Is that selfish?.
Have they said why his heart rate crashed or was it just the length of time of surgery? Our vets around here are really variable in which ones are great with surgery and which aren't (according to local dog walkers, would it be worth having a chat with another surgery to see whether they could give you more reassurances?
Thank you ❤.
Poor lad (and poor you)
He is 18 months so I think he's just naturally a little boy. Thank you I feel like I will go in Monday now and ask the right questions. I've stuck with the vets as they're a small village vet, 5 min walk from me, always busy and don't get me wrong I'm very thankful that they bought him around but I do think I may look for a more modern practice.