dancinbcs

Yes, you can but both owners of the prefix must be members of the CC in the state the prefix is registered and the bitch must be in dual names.

Oh. Am I doing the wrong thing by putting him in the bathroom over night and verandah during the day when I'm not home?

My puppies are always confined overnight until they are fully house trained and have proven they can be trusted not to chew things they shouldn't. This can vary from 12 weeks to 2 years depending on the dog but averages about 6 months. I also keep them locked away if I not home until they are no longer cute babies to reduce the chance of they being stolen. They get the run of the yard when I am home and the house when I can watch them.

Sleep didn't last long! - she's 8.1kg on the bathroom scales. Feels nice n solid to pick up still. What weight do you like girls to sit at when they're fully grown?

If she feels solid then she is probably just small for her age. Puppies and adults vary a lot in size and weight and puppy weight gain depends on how big they were at birth. A puppy who is 200gms at birth will be a lot smaller at 13 weeks than one who started at 500gms. Mine are usually around 6kgs at 8 weeks but I have had some at 8kgs at 8 weeks. I have also seen 3kg at 8 weeks puppies grow to normal size. So 8kgs at 13 weeks is on the smaller side of normal and certainly not unusual. Show bred bitches can have mature weights of anything from about 13kgs to 20kgs depending on height and body length. Around 15kgs - 18kgs is probably average. Mature weight is often not reached until after a litter or being spayed. One of mine grew early being 8kgs at 8 weeks, 14.5kgs at 8 months, still 14.5kgs at 22 months when she was mated. She matured out at 17kgs when she filled out after the litter and stayed that weight.

I think my vet is still only $28 for a C3 for a breeder. With pet dogs the vet needs to spend a lot of time making sure the owner knows about worming, weight, feeding, etc and charges accordingly. With known breeder clients all they have to do is take the temp, check the puppy over and stick the needle in. All done in a matter of minutes so they charge a lot less. It pays to shop around to breeder's vets for better prices on vaccines.

The only problem I see with JH is too many kids going in with dogs who have been trained to show but not specifically trained for JH and there is a big difference. My niece, who had never owned a dog, started handling at 11 and won her first Pal heat from an entry of 22 with my bitch who had also never compete in JH. What they had done though was practice and practice all the JH moves until they both knew them before entering a class. After that they did a lot of winning and my niece would borrow other dogs to practice with, after their breed class, for many shows until she was confident to take them into JH. After she stopped showing, my bitch that she had trained, was lent to many kids over several years and they nearly all won or placed with her.

I don't think the breed or whether they are neutered matters, what matters is how they are trained and how reliable they are with strangers.

Most dogs don't need them expressed. The more you express them, the more they need to be expressed.

The glands are there for a purpose and are best left alone. It is 100% normal for anal glands to leak fluid some times. It's when they don't that they become a problem and become impacted but for some bizarre reason dog owners have switched this around and they now routinely express them because they express easily by themselves

We tend to notice the anal glands of little dogs more because they're often on our laps or sitting beside us on furniture.

Do yourself and your dogs a favour and ,are sure they have nice healthy poos that will keep the glands expressed well enough and accept they will also spontaneously express through fear, excitement, marking and just because.

On another note, they're not actually glands. They're sac like.

How often is normal though? She does it several times a night while she's chilling out on the lounge.

We had to get them expressed the first time because she was scooting constantly, same for the second time and that's when the vet said they were unusually "deep set" and that's possibly why they weren't being cleared out properly when she poops.

Wouldn't pumpkin or psyllium just make her poops softer and bulkier, but not firmer to actually help the anal glands?

Stick with the bones. If my boy doesn't have bones every day he has problems. He also had leaking glands that were matting the coat under his tail and it is almost impossible to remove setting like glue. Vet was perplexed as to why it was happening but decided to assume it was an infection. He needed two rounds of ABs but it cleared the problem up and we have had no more trouble since.

She doesn't look skinny or anything - but hard to tell as she's all fluff! And certainly not short on energy - very active, hard to stop her from screaming around everywhere at warp speed :laugh: so thats probably keeping her trim too!

Ok, thanks, i've sent an email to the breeder. Also booked in for vet on wed so we'll see how we're going then. Cheers :)

Definitely drop the lunch and try to get her to eat more at breakfast and dinner. If she is still underweight she may need food that is denser in calories and fat, like chicken necks, meaty lamb bones and especially lamb flaps. I even resorted to chunks of cheese with one I had who would not hold weight. Biolac or Divetalact sprinkled dry on the food or made up thick like cream, can also help boost the weight. What does she weigh?

If you're interested in a dog JS sized what knocked the JS of the list for you? There is also the German Spitz that comes in a variety of colours if that is what you're after.

That being said I'd never recommend a Spitz if you want trustful dog off leash. They all seem to have their own ideas of what they are and aren't allowed to do. But that's half the appeal for a lot of Spitz owners.

A Corgi might be a good choice

A JS could have a ball yapping incessantly at the noise of the planes. They also don't do well left alone all day so I don't think a JS would fit the bill except for size.

My wonderful vets opened up after hours on a Sat evening a few weeks ago to take in a Pointer puppy I found. He wasn't chipped so they dropped him at the pound the next day. Thankfully English Pointer Rescue took him and found him a lovely new home.

I too have heard good reports about Terrigal Pet Resort but have never used them. Not sure how well you will be when you get home but if possible try to board them for a week and get a treadmill to exercise the dogs at home. I'm sure they would rather be home with you even if they don't get to go anywhere for 6 weeks and then you will still have the treadmill to use as necessary as you get back on your feet again.

If you want to come as far as Sydney, Danbeth Boarding Kennels are very experienced with Borders, having bred them for several years. They are one of the few kennels I have ever used and I was very happy with them. Also ask the breeders of your dogs if they are in a position to board them for you.

It sounds similar to Exercise Induced Collapse in Labs and BCs which is now thought to possibly be a mild seizure like condition. If it occurs in 2 breeds then it is likely that it can occur in other breeds as well. Genetically the EIC in Labs is different to one in BCs as the test for it in Labs does not work in BCs.

Thanks dancinbcs. How did you work out the dosage? Is g/kg the same as mg? The dog product says "One level scoop (included) = 2.5 g Contains: Rosa Canina (Rosehip) fruit powder 1000 g/kg" and the human powder product says "Each dosage scoop contains Rosa canina (Rosehip) fruit powder 500mg containing GOPO" and capsules "Each capsule contains Rosa canina L (rosehip) fruit powder 500mg containing GOPO". What does the L mean?

The powder for humans has the maintenance dose as 1 scoop per day and the capsules are 5 capsules a day. I also checked with the company and they confirmed the powder for humans is pretty much the same stuff as the canine one and that 5 capsules was equal to 1 scoop of either powder. I was using capsules for a while and opening them to sprinkle on the dog's food, because they were cheaper. I bought a 500 gm canine powder tub yesterday though at the BC Fun Day as it was on special and that will last Angus for a few months now.

Despite my rule of not selling Border Collie puppies to anyone with a toddler who could pick the puppy up and drop it, I have broken my own rule twice due to the individual people involved. The first family wanted a puppy for the oldest child's second birthday and they had a 6 month old as well. The mother was an ex pre-school teacher and the father very keen to take the dog to obedience. They were so organised and vigilant when they came to visit, making sure the two year old sat when near the puppies so he couldn't pick them up but could play with them safely. They seemed to both have eyes in the back of their heads when it came to watching the kid's every move. I sold them a bomb proof, easy going male and he was a perfect fit for them even when child number three arrived exactly 12 months later, giving them 3 spaced at 18 month intervals. The other one was a gentle female puppy who went to family with a very gentle, quiet, two year old daughter and several kids quite a few years older. Their two year old adored "her" puppy and the feeling was mutual. The main thing is being organised and getting a puppy with the right temperament for the situation, regardless of breed.

And we well and truly broke the World Record with 503 Border Collies in the photo.

See the Ffire Photography FB page to see the photo.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/ffire-Photography/142447528848?fref=ts

Normally they spring back up by the time the puppies are about 10 weeks and some of mine have never even looked like they had milk, despite feeding litters with no problems. I always rub the mammary area with vinegar as soon as the puppies are fully weaned. No idea if it really helps but is an old breeders remedy. The only ones I have seen not bounce back where closely related but not to your girl. The breeder used to put them in snug lycra swimsuits cut to fit around doggy bits like the tail. You could give it a try but it might be too late.

The website only seems to have powder? Can you get the RHV Canine as a capsule? I often don't feed meals that you can add powder to easily (chicken frames) so find that I forget to give powders regularly. If I could shove a capsule down his throat daily, I'd be much more likely to give it every day.

eta. can I just get the human form, although that seems to have GOPO, whatever that is?

You can use the capsules for humans but you need 5 capsules to equal one scoop of the powder. My boy is 25 kg and is supposed to be on 2 scoops per day = 10 capsules, which is double what I take myself for a maintenance dose but he seems to do fine on the same dose as me which is one scoop or 5 capsules per day.

Oh but the grooming!

Collies are easy to groom. You can do 6 or 7 in the time it takes to do one OES.

I like the look of these ones. Weatherbeeta

Just be very careful that the puppy cannot chew the collar. They are deadly if ingested.

Yes, all the time unless I suspected a fracture. Even then the chiro can pick it up when the vets can't. I have used the same chiro for about 25 years and trust his ability to diagnose injuries completely. I also get my dogs checked by him regularly.

Clever training but the backflips are very dangerous. One wrong landing and the dog could do permanent or fatal damage to the spine. Borders will flip like that after a ball but it is not a safe thing to do with them.

It's easy. Just have a breed that all have individual markings. :D Simple to tell them apart.

Make sure you do not put pee pads in the crate or it defeats the purpose of the crate. I would b more inclined to go with the baby gate or a puppy pen, put a bed in one corner and and pee pads or better still, artificial turf pad as far away from the bed area as possible. Also make sure puppy does not have access to any computer or power cables.

Why can't the buyer collect it from the airport? Is it possible to fly it into the Gold Coast rather than Brisbane?

in my breed if we eliminated every dog with a hernia we would have a very small gene pool.

my bitch due to whelp any day now has a reducable hernia, she has had large litters in the past and has no ill effect at all.

When she gets desexed she will have it repaired.

As I do early desexing, all my pups with hernias get repaired at the same time, its a simple procedure and never had any problems at all.

The fact that you have a breed widely affected with the problem means that it has to be hereditary in that breed and you should be trying to get a DNA test developed so you can breed around the problem.

I believe on very rare occasions an umbilical hernia may be caused by a rough bitch but unless I was sure that was the cause, I would not breed on from an affected dog or bitch. In many cases it is hereditary and to avoid it becoming a problem in other breeds it is safer to not breed from any affected.