Debbie call AMY JIE JIE? Me call debbie JIE JIE, so have to call AMY jie jie.... Lol...

Hi hryeunice... What is your budget and how much are you willing to allocate to take care of your future poodles. There is a saying cheap thing not good and good thing not cheap.

PJ!!!! LOL!!!

jealous... lol...

Don't want breakfast meh? Btw, not tomoro night right?

If next week I prefer sun night... If PJ, we can go DPC...

Kevin u r there for which co? My gf will be there too...

Eh... Maybe not the same exhibition... Lol...

Jx, maybe max not well.. Eating poo normally when they r not well....

Did he start to eat poop when u change kibbles to artemis? If yes, you might want to change the feed.

So, he start eating poop when change feed? Sifu chris, help please...

Hi W1W2,

Feeding
You should measure the feeding according to it's protein content. That is the more technical part of the measurement which you can learn by looking at the previous 2-5 pages (just browse through, just discussed). The more simple method that I use is by feeling his stomach. As long as it is not smaller than the ribs, he is well fed. Also if he poo too much, then he is overfed. Normally 1 poo a meal. That's how I measure.

Biting Issue
Biting people is a wrong thing to do and must be stopped immediately. You must use a loud and stern reprimand command by saying 'NO' to him when he starts to bite ppl. Most likely he won't stop cause it will become a habit eventually if not stopped. How you can handle him is by giving him a cow skin raw hide which works for my messi. Get a few and keep it somewhere (They normally can't chew until the rawhide finish one, just a bit potion only). When they start biting ppl or on things you don't like, say 'No' to him and use your finger to close his muzzles until he quiet down. When he quiet down, straight away give him the rawhide and when he is showing interest by biting the rawhide, praise him with a cheerful tone by saying 'GOOD BOY'. You need to be consistent and continuous correcting him and eventually he will know that biting ppl and things you don't like is not right.

Collar
Collar is important if you want to train him at later stage. I just started obedience training class with messi. Harness leash is not good for training purpose and the trainer advised us to use a colar leash to control them. My suggestion to you in rectifying this collar issue is by making him comfortable first and later put it on him. Maybe once he wear the collar, you can praise him good boy and straight away give him treats. A bit of treats is good already, not too much.

Training
Poodles are smart dogs. They learnt fast. Good and bad. If you teach the right way, they will be good. Sometimes we tend to train them in our way which maybe wrong. After first 3 lessons, I realised that I have not been teaching correctly as I tend to have other confusing command in between. Sometimes the confusion caused them to learn things we don't want them to learn. So, I suggest you sign him up for obedience training maybe for 1st and 2nd level will do good. http://www.mnawf.org.my/

Hope this is useful for you. Do let me know if all the above works. Cheers...

Planned cost
Basic meals per month = RM20-RM25
Supplements = RM10+ per month
Grooming average per month = RM63 [Basic Groom = RM30-35 every 3 weeks to a month; Full Groom= RM80-85 every 2-3mths]
Heartgard and frontline = RM30 per month
Shampoo = RM50 (can last quite long)
Time and love = unlimited

Not compulsory/one off/unplanned cost
Toys and shirts = a bit of toy will keep him/her occupied. Shirts you will gatal to buy a lot...
Cage/playpen/food bowl/drink equipment = RM200 (one off cost)
Vet cost = ? (Suggest allocate RM30 per month) first 2 months the vaccination can go up to RM100 for 2 months
Spa = ? (If you gatal)
Obedience class = RM150-RM300 (for each level 2.5mths)
Boarding fees = RM20 - RM35 per day (if you go travel)

Hello... The above is just a guideline for your budgeting. In average, you need to allocate RM100-120 for them. And buffer RM200 for emergency vet cost.

This post has been edited by yeowa: Mar 14 2011, 02:49 PM

Hi yeezai, kibbles so expensive ah? What kibbles is that? Treats also quite a lot to me... Lol... Stop bark collar I suggest you buy from ebay? Now the exchange rate is favourable to us. Why need urgently? You stay in condo?

how old is he? Why don't you try to retrain him?

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Added on March 14, 2011, 3:00 pmhello kimchi... welcome welcome... i miss the post...

This post has been edited by yeowa: Mar 14 2011, 03:00 PM

Can still train... Just a bit longer to correct the wrong thing... Don't want to try?

try train him yourself. Obedience class hardly train on barking i think... Can be rectified with the bite issue method I mentioned few post back...

Clean after bath good enough...

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Added on March 14, 2011, 11:25 pmCan we confirm the gathering for makan is this sat?

This post has been edited by yeowa: Mar 14 2011, 11:25 PM

confirm... since we got at least 3 ppl liao....
Location we will decide again... Messi is going out... But I cannot be so late, cause next day got class...

Sat night is fine for me... pre-dinner @ DPC then go for dinner.... 6pm on...