Bilbo Baggins

Tragic for the family. :rolleyes:

Colleen those are beautiful words for Bill. :rolleyes: to you. EF told you were job hunting. Hope to catch up at the park one day.

It would be absolutly ghastly to come back to his reminders. My first Siamese cat was hit by a car while I was in New Guinea but I did not return for another 18 months. RIP Bosley :rolleyes:

;) RIP Lucy :rofl: to you and OH.

Shaw RIP Sandy Fly free

Carlibud that story is beautiful. RIP Buddy Run Free

What a tragic accident. Run Free Chester.

It is so sad for people to have lost their house and animals.

RIP Scout run free at

Jed what a lovely tribute. Run free Poppy at the

GayleK that was lovely. Griff a wonderful tribute.

RIP

RIP Paris

RIP 's :cry: to the surviviors.

400 have been added in the last few hours *** Currently listing 13,602 Australian prefixes *** What mine have you got the slaves in?????? Hope they have a canary for air freshness. :p :D

The dew claws were removed on day 8 i know it was late but the vet was unable to do them before that, day 3 would have been the weekend.

I would not sell a have puppy if I knew it was to sleep outside. :p I discovered crating since joing this forum and reckon its better than sliced bread. I crate trained our White Shep pup. She has been allowed free rein since 5 months old but happily goes in went needed. Its also used for time out for bad behaviour. The Cavs also love sleeping in it. IMO a dog left outside will bark frequently during the night, as it is the Cavs hear a leaf move and roar off barking. If they were left lonely outside we would never hear the end of it.

My litter last year had 3 pups one of which died. I had them on the foam underlay from day 2. Ruby is a bedding rearranger and squashed a pup in a previous litter due to it being caught up in a towel. No problems with last years litter.

2 hours later he is snuggled up to Grandma Wil. Marked improvement. He is lying on his side and back feet starting to come forward. Unfortunately I do not have any more photos of his improvement. I stopped putting him in the sling about 3 days later. 22 days old. 32 days old. 42 days old. No chest problems. Trying to escape the whelping box.

Day 12. During the morning I had kept placing him on his side to feed. A small amount of improvement can be seen in the placement of his legs. Kadbury had remembered that she had some foam under lay on her double bed so she chopped out a piece from the side she did not use. Then we put Fergus in his sling. You can see how he is forced to lie on his side by the fall of his weight in the pillowslip.

Two pups born first litter for the Mum Cleo. Boy 197 Fergus. Girl 196 Molly. Both pups feed well form the start and no supply problems. Excellent Mum who stayed with them all the time. Day 8 Dew claws done by the Vet who made the comment to my OH that he was concerned about Fergus's legs not moving very well and he was to be brought back the following week for a check. Fergus 371 gr Molly 331gr Day 11 Fergus 434 gr. Molly 394gr. Second litter born. During the whelping rest periods I looked closely at Fergus and noticed that he had a flat chest and his front legs stuck out to the side and his back legs straight out. I recalled reading in Karen Hedberg's book about swimmer pups. I rang various breeder friends and they agreed it was most likely a swimmer pup and offered a few suggestions. One friend did not get back to me until late as he had been at a Show. His suggestion was to place egg carton foam under lay under the pups, place rolled up newspaper under that to give them further bumpy surface to move on and hang the pup in a pillowslip on the back of a chair. Pups placed with Cleo as they were being born. Fergus is the tricolour at Mum's back end. If you enlarge the photos you can see his legs sticking out behind him and he is flat as opposed to his sister who is curled over the new pups and her back legs are tucked under as are the new pups. Two hours later all pups born and the two litters in together while we cleaned up the whelping box. In these three photos you can see that his legs are out behind him and that he is lying flat. Where as Molly even thought she is lying upright her body has a bend to it. A closeup. Kadbury who had been helping with the whelping had in the mean time been doing some research on the Internet and had come up with various sites some through Chinaroad Lowchens. Most of these sites stated that swimmer pups were hereditary. I mentioned this to my breeder friend and his comment was not hereditary but enviromental. Small litter, good supply, rapid weight gain. No need to move as Mum stayed put. No siblings to climb over or under to fight for a boob. One of the sites said to put the pup on its side to feed and hold it there. We did this for the next 2 hours and it was a struggle to start with but he came to accept the idea. Also to put him in a sock to keep front legs in. Needless to say he wriggled out of that.

Poodlefan I really feel this dipstick has no idea of the ramifications of his situation and the affect to his dog.

sydking I really do feel you are a cracker short of a firework display. A dog is not for Christmas. A dog is not for status symbol. A dog is a loyal companion who dotes on your every being. They love nothing better than going for walks with you, going to the beach, chasing a ball and being with you on any outing. By having a restricted breed you are limiting this dogs ability to be involved. I suggest you do as poodlefan suggested suck it up and be responsible. Oh and make sure she is desexed.

Thank you all! We think she is adorable as well but of course, like all parents, we are ever so slightly biased! She is a rescue puppy and those wonderful people rescued her mum from death row just before she was due to give birth. The mum was a german shepherd cross. Looked like a GS but much smaller. None of the puppies looked anything like mum so dad (whatever he was) had some strong genes happening. It has been suggested to me that she might have some pointer. Who knows though, just a lovely cocktail I think. Thanks for the welcome everyone. The one photo I was able to look at was a bit blurry. Suggest you click on copy and IMG this give the pic in the post rather than the link as currently it needs a password. Is breed subforum is a thread for Mutts M&m's Mutts and Mongrels of undetermined heritage Enter and rave about your baby but feel free to visit everywhere.

My dogs love cold left overs. I reckon if it was cooked there would be less salt, as it comes out in the cooking. I do not belive it tastes salty when cooked.