Shazzapug

I use Vaseline too...the last thing a PUG needs is food on on her babies bottoms :laugh:

The kits you buy are exactly the same as the ones Vets use. :)

Congratulations

Anyone else read the Published Comments...linky bottom of the DPI page.

So if the codes are supposed to be directed at puppy farms....who tells the Shires/Councils that they have Puppy farms in their areas and who informs the Shires/Councils of the new codes so they can then inforce/make pfs comply?

Why make more rules when the first set of rules are not being implemented down at the root of it all/first port of call, at the Shires/Councils level?

I thought the first aim when finding a Puppy farm was to shut it down....why would you want them to become legit and comply and apply for a permit to become a Breeding and Rearing Establishment.

How will the DPI know that a Commercial breeder has bred the Giant breed over the age of 5

Well thats all we got...exemptions, which depending on which shire you live in depends on how the DPI guidlines are interpreted....it all gets very emotional once they start threatening to take your dogs away, because of these stupid rules that only apply to Breeding and Rearing Establishments.

Could be worse...if we lived in NSW

Using your example...there would be nothing stopping a registered breeder with less than 10 fertile bitches from using a dog 10 yearsof age for the reasons you Diva have outlined....but a Commercial breeder registered as a Breeding and Rearing Establishment in Vic would not be able to breed a dog past 7 yrs of age. Question...how many registered breeders in Victoria are registered as Breeding and Rearing Establishments?

Would you like to share Jerojath?

These changes are for A BREEDING AND REARING ESTABLISHMENT so unless you are a Commercial breeding business then these do NOT apply. As Puglvr has pointed out...if you are a registered breeder with Dogs Vic then you are not considered a BREEDING AND REARING ESTABLISHMENT unless you have more than 10 fertile bitches...this unfortunately includes any female dog over 16 weeks old.

Glad he is walking now Jane.

Please read the sticky about Swimmers....the Pillow case method is the best and most effective way of fixing a swimmer puppy, and they are doing it themselves :)

Look very interesting. :)

Are you going to get into showing? Its a long way to go to watch.

Any results from group 1? We had our Pug Speciality on the sat....too knackered to go on sunday lol.

I recently had a flat chested puppy and googled it and found that everything on the net said flat chested was a swimmer....having had a few swimmers a pup being flat chested is not a swimmer.

Any updates on the puppy??

Look in the pinned topics and put him in a pillowcase or he wont survive.

For a Breeder to be able to instantly take back any dog that is in need, they most probably are going to need kennel facilities, then most likely the dog wont be sent back because as we read time and time again the owners don't want them going into a kennel situation, so they are better off going to rescue to add to the burdens there and also fueling the Breeders don't look after their own train of thought. If I was raising a litter of pups in the house underfoot, because that is "the best way" then I am no doubt then in strife with the powers that be because pups must whelped in kennels, but I also couldn't add a strange dog to the household mix because of the risks. What to do?? Breeding dogs is getting more and more like one of those crazy time management games.

Breeders and breeders that rescue should have without a doubt a quarantine area. So should be able to take back or take in a dog at anytime. Yes?

But that pre-supposes that breeders will have kennels so they can provide a quarantine area, does it not?

A quarantine area doesnt pre-suppose anything....I dont have kennels but I do have a quarantine area....albeit a cubby within a fenced run. :)

But that is a kennel, is it not?

Quarantine.... A state, period, or place of isolation in which people or animals are placed.....isolation. I give up :)

For a Breeder to be able to instantly take back any dog that is in need, they most probably are going to need kennel facilities, then most likely the dog wont be sent back because as we read time and time again the owners don't want them going into a kennel situation, so they are better off going to rescue to add to the burdens there and also fueling the Breeders don't look after their own train of thought. If I was raising a litter of pups in the house underfoot, because that is "the best way" then I am no doubt then in strife with the powers that be because pups must whelped in kennels, but I also couldn't add a strange dog to the household mix because of the risks. What to do?? Breeding dogs is getting more and more like one of those crazy time management games.

Breeders and breeders that rescue should have without a doubt a quarantine area. So should be able to take back or take in a dog at anytime. Yes?

But that pre-supposes that breeders will have kennels so they can provide a quarantine area, does it not?

A quarantine area doesnt pre-suppose anything....I dont have kennels but I do have a quarantine area....albeit a cubby within a fenced run. :)

Hmmmm then for what reason does a Pug need webbed feet to sit on ones lap? :laugh:

For a Breeder to be able to instantly take back any dog that is in need, they most probably are going to need kennel facilities, then most likely the dog wont be sent back because as we read time and time again the owners don't want them going into a kennel situation, so they are better off going to rescue to add to the burdens there and also fueling the Breeders don't look after their own train of thought. If I was raising a litter of pups in the house underfoot, because that is "the best way" then I am no doubt then in strife with the powers that be because pups must whelped in kennels, but I also couldn't add a strange dog to the household mix because of the risks. What to do?? Breeding dogs is getting more and more like one of those crazy time management games.

Breeders and breeders that rescue should have without a doubt a quarantine area. So should be able to take back or take in a dog at anytime. Yes?

I got a breed prefix the other day - How? Simply by filling in a form, picking 8 names and paying my money it couldn't have been any simpler

You obviously dont live in victoria...why cant it be a national requirement to do the written open book exam?

Well its not much more difficult in Victoria either. You dont need to own a dog let alone a purebred dog to get in and you can breed cross bred and unregistered purebreds and stay in without a problem - open book exam is going to tell them a lot about you.

Having known of someone that has just had to do the exam to apply for a prefix in victoria it at least made her have to read and be able to retain knowledge in her brain long enough to be able to tick the right answer box....how can that NOT be better than no exam at all?

I got a breed prefix the other day - How? Simply by filling in a form, picking 8 names and paying my money it couldn't have been any simpler

You obviously dont live in victoria...why cant it be a national requirement to do the written open book exam?

Fresh, I have a local supplier.

That is excellent...goats milk doesnt need anything added to it, for example the egg....if I were you I would cut out the egg. And as far as constipated goes it is impossible to constipate on Goats milk alone as it is a natural laxative. It is like a newborn baby that poops much less being breast fed than a bottle fed baby. I am currently hand raising a pug baby and being raised on fresh goats milk with Nutridrops added once a day.