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Jan 2020
7:45pm, 20 Jan 2020
2,822 posts
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ThorntonRunner
Since a year or so ago it's a road traffic offence to have a dog unrestrained in a car
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Jan 2020
7:46pm, 20 Jan 2020
2,823 posts
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ThorntonRunner
(Behind a dog guard counts as restrained)
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Jan 2020
7:50pm, 20 Jan 2020
28,952 posts
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LazyDaisy
Ah, I didn't know that TR, thanks.
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Jan 2020
9:48pm, 20 Jan 2020
22,315 posts
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Dave A
It’s under the Highway Code, section 57 I think. I don’t think the Road Traffic Act has a specific offence, but having a dog loose could cause careless/due car and attention offence. There could also be an offence of carrying a dangerous load if the dog isn’t secured properly.
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Jan 2020
10:04pm, 20 Jan 2020
558 posts
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Sam Jelfs
When we only had 2 they were mostly on the back seat, now we have three they are in the boot as there is more space / less squabbles.
Either way, they always have a harness on and a leash tied around the headrests. As much to stop them jumping out and running off as soon as the door is open as anything else. Recently got Ferplast harnesses for them, really easy to adjust and fit well, highly recommended especially for greyhound types.
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Jan 2020
10:15pm, 20 Jan 2020
2,824 posts
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ThorntonRunner
Ah okay - I remember it being in the press a year or so back as a change in regulation but Dave will be a more reliable informant than me 
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Jan 2020
11:19am, 23 Jan 2020
7,780 posts
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Mazlin
Rory and I have been promoted to Silver/Gold obedience training for this term. So proud. Even though it’s because it’s really busy post-Christmas and they wanted his space in the bronze class. (‘I think it’ll be good for him’ said his trainer. ‘Because I think he knows what he should be doing, it’s just if he chooses to do it or not.’).
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Jan 2020
1:39pm, 23 Jan 2020
22,316 posts
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Dave A
Since getting Phoebe, ‘off lead’ on a walk has been impossible. I put it all down to her owners and their training of her and Cookie 😉
We’ve tried all sorts and even resorted to paying a small fee to use an enclosed field.
One thing I have tried as much as possible is long lead, 10 metres, on them both. Recently their responsiveness on the long lead has improved. So, we let her have a blast off lead last week when we saw our dog walker. This was a bit of a cheat as Phoebe loves her. But it went well. There have been 3 long lead attached to harness walks since. On these as soon as we have got to regular walking areas, the leads have been dropped, but left attached to harnesses, and armed with a pocketful of treats the dogs haven’t disappeared. Apart from Saturday when she got caught in a bush.
After yesterday’s walk in particular, they did really well and are still knackered as they had about an hour ‘off lead’.
They are getting there, slowly.
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Jan 2020
2:49pm, 23 Jan 2020
28,976 posts
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LazyDaisy
Well done Dave!
Hattie has settled down with her eating now. I've given up on using her metal bowl (and also tried one of Floss's stoneware bowls) and put her food on an old Pyrex lid. Bizarrely this seems to be much more appealing to her. We've also (sorry son1!!) given her three smaller meals rather than two larger ones, and that seems to work much better too. (It may be possible to keep that going when she goes home as son1 and his partner each work from home on one or two days a week each, and Hattie goes to day care on the other days.)
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Jan 2020
5:48pm, 23 Jan 2020
7,992 posts
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BaronessBL
Poor Wanda - we have just been to the vet for annual jabs but while there we talked about her occasional hind leg lameness which we've always been told 'is a bit of arthritis' but none of the vets have ever been particularly specific. Tonight we saw the main partner/owner/chief vet there and he has identified the problem as being in what I would call the hock if she was a horse. He thinks it's manageable at the moment although he is recommending laser treatment - a course of six treatments over three weeks followed by regular treatments after that possibly monthly. This will slow it down but he also thinks that at some point later in life she will be needing to take anti-inflammatory medication on a daily basis.
Exercise also has to be controlled and kept to a very regular pattern. So her agility days are over for sure and we are looking into the laser treatment and as and when we might opt for that. She is only 7 so monthly laser treatment for say the next 7 years is probably not something to go for just yet. In the first instance I'm going to look at a potentially stronger joint supplement than the one she is on currently - I believe they do a 'senior dog' version. I suppose the positive is that it isn't a hip problem though.
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