by crowbert

Question by Bailey F: What is a non-carrier collie?
My family is thinking about getting a collie puppy this spring so I emailed a nearby breeder and he said that there were going to be some normal-eyed non-carrier collies and I don’t know what that means.. If you know what either of those are that would be great!

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Answer by sheltiemom
Collies are notorious for eye problems, specifically Progressive Retinal Atrophy (PRA). 15 or so years ago it was virtually impossible to find a non-affected Collie. But responsible breeders have done a lot of selective breeding and are slowly getting a handle on the problem within the breed.

A “non carrier” means that the dog does not carry the gene for PRA. And “normal eyed’ means that they don’t have it. This is a good thing.

It sounds like you’re dealing with a good breeder here. I commend you.

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Question by TTDBTTC: Any words of advice moms/dads who ALSO have pets?
I have an (almost) 9 month old son and I have to take our dogs to the vet today. My dad is going with me to help out…we had to take the cats the other day but I mean, that was less than 30 lbs in 2 carriers vs. about 140 lbs on 2 leashes…

I have to give one of the dogs a pill this morning before we go (she gets terrible car sick) and she will be riding in the back with me (I will be between our son and my dog). Our other dog will actually be in the front seat with my dad who will be driving (he loves to ride but tends to want to get in the driver’s seat sometimes – BTW, he’s the biggest of the 2). We have to drive about 45 minutes to get there (there are vets closer to us but I don’t like any of them around here)…

Anyway….do you have any words of advice on how to make this as easy as possible of a trip??
oh, BTW, for the “most” part they are well behaved dogs…they are both under 2 years old…but the younger one (chow) acts like much more of an adult than my older one (golden retriever) who tends to listen more than my chow but is also a lot more hyper than my chow…
They are in their pen right now (we keep them penned at night). I wish I could go let them out so they could run around and burn off some energy but we have a pond right down the hill and the BOTH love to go for swims all the time since it is getting warmer…so as I’m getting them out of the pen this morning I have to throw their leashes on automatically…and my dad won’t be here till a little while longer…and I just realized that my small stroller AND my carrier are both in my car which is in town with my husband at work today so we could use his truck for this adventure…
oh, and no way I would put both dogs in the back with our son for me to ride up front…he would be soaked by the time we got half way to the vet from getting all those puppy kisses…
my dad is too big to sit comfortably in the back…especially between a car seat and a dog…same as the golden retriever…he’s too big to sit in the back comfortably with a person and a carseat…

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Answer by sheidu5
sounds like you’ve got it all figured out except if you have a baby pouch to strap on i would put the baby in one of those before I got the dogs out of the car and your hands could be more free.

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Question by Roseann M: What’s the best method on getting a nervous cat into a pet carrier.?
My cat is a large 8yrs old house cat. She always gets wind that you want to put her in the box when it’s time for a Vet visit & runs under the furniture & will freak out when you try to pick her up. Any suggestions. I have an appt for her at 4pm today. Thanks, Roseann

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Answer by Alex
Well, my cat is a rescue cat and she is very, very timid. Whenever we need to take her out and put her into her pet carrier i start stroking her. The only reason that she doesnt suspect anything is because i stroke her every day and pick her up. So if you gain your cats trust by doing that and then when you want to put them into the pet carrier it is a lot easier.

Also, if its difficult for you to actually PUT the cat into the carrier then i would reccommend getting someone to help you out by holding the box

and then putting your cat in bottom first and holding their paws so they cannot grab hold of the wire bars

i hope this helped

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Question by Rabbit Student: Can anyone recommend a pet carrier?
I’m looking for a pet carrier to transport my pet rabbit on a plane. Can anyone recommend a good one? A lot of the one’s I’ve found are for cats and dog – would those work? Also, does anyone know of a pet carrier that could house two rabbits?

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Answer by lil sunny
Small cat and dog ones should be fine for two rabbits! I hope you find a suitable one soon!

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