I think it totally depends on the individual dog and possibly the breed of dog. I have a 6 year old Shih Tzu who is smaller than the hens and he has great respect for our hens to the point he will walk round them rather than get too close, but my dog doesn't have any inclination to chase anything ev...

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Hi yeah very excited but trying not to get my hopes up to much cos if she's poorly they won't bring her till the week after, the puppies quite often get poorly tummys with all the stress from leaving their Mum and going into the breeding centre for a few days where they are vaccinated and microchipp...

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Hi Mummy Hen, we've only got a week to wait now, mixture of excitement and nerves! Let me know how you go on with your application, we applied in July, then had to provide references etc, then the summer hols meant the Puppy Walker supervisor was on holiday so had to wait to have our home visit, whi...

A reassuring photo my two Orpingtons are looking rather odd at the moment one has no tail feathers and the other has a bald chest and neck.

Please tell me that they don't lose all their feathers or I'm gonna have to buy them little jumpers!

Both of mine seem to of stopped as well, one has been broody for about 3 weeks but has now stopped being broody but not started laying and the other seems to off joined in the strike as well!

Yeah I've been told that. Having had a Lab pup before I remember not being able to go anywhere without people wanting to fuss them so I would imagine it's very difficult with a Guide dog pup. I will have to practice my firm but polite "please don't distract the pup while she's training!" W...

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Thank you for all your lovely replies, I just hope we can do her justice and don't do anything to ruin her chances of making it as a Guide Dog (75% of the puppies qualify as Guide Dogs) We gets lots of support from our Puppy Walker Supervisors (PWS) and I have a friend who puppy walks (on her 4th pu...

These are the first photos of Queenie our Guide dog puppy, she is 5 weeks old and the lady who is looking after them has sent me these photos. Queenie will hopefully be with us on Oct 11th all being well with her. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v120/allypally1/Queenie%202011/305483_10150438951059...

Had our home visit yesterday and she told us there and then that we'd been accepted as puppy walkers just got to wait for a puppy to be born now to find out when our bundle of fun arrives!!

I'm convinced mine keep all their poo in till I let them out of their run to free range, hardly any poo in the run, let them out it's everywhere!!

Mine run at top speed in to their covered run at the slightest bit of rain, they really don't like the rain and they're Orpingtons too so it just shows how they can differ!