Steve

legal in queensland last time I looked.

No as far as I know they do all the testing and breed beautiful dogs etc they are simply not registered with any org to be able to provide registered pedigrees

German Shephard Dog World do not provide papers as they are not registered breeders I would go here My link

We have noticed we talk a fair few out of it when they really see what it entails but the feedback is great There is a lot in it about ethics and decision making - long term consequences etc that isnt available any where else. Its not as heavy on the technical side as you can get info on heat seasons etc everywhere It just covers stuff it took most of us decades to know.

You have heaps of time before you can breed her. Why not do this course while you are waiting - I will give this to you at half price. http://www.mdba.net.au/mdba.net.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=737&Itemid=950

Clogged or Shallow Tear Ducts: Studies indicate that 20-25% of small dogs and cats are born with closed of shallow tear ducts. Tears overflow because there the eyelid space is not deep enough to contain them. O.K. I should have done this before I answered you above - Based on what I'm seeing it appears this is a conformation selection issue not a gene issue - Simple answer if that is the case - dont breed with her.

Firstly congenital isn't necessarily heritable or genetic it may be just a one off and the only way you could have a hope of eliminating it as a one off is if you had good knowledge of issues in the lines and the breed. If being born with no tear ducts is known to occur in the breed then you must assume it's a probable genetic issue. Then if you can identify it as a probable genetic issue you need to consider the mode of inheritance. If for example this is a recessive problem which it may be if it is genetic it is based on the answers you have from the breeder and you mate her to a dog which doesn't have this gene then you won't get any puppies which are affected. Problem of course is that without DNA you have no way of knowing if a potential mate is a risk or not. Another thing you have already focused on is that it's a limited gene pool and throwing this baby out with the bath water and buying another may not take you anywhere.You may be able to buy one without the condition but still end up with a yard full of affected puppies. In the big scheme of things in comparison to most other possible genetic disorders this isn't a biggy. It's entirely possible for you to go ahead and breed her with as much knowledge that you can gain regarding other dogs in the ancestry to try to avoid as many risks as possible and use what comes next to help the breed into the future more than you would by simply taking her out of the mix. This will only happen if you commit to sharing the good and the bad about your dog and what comes from your litter and following the breeding into the future. Gathering and sharing information which is available for future breeders as you go. If you send me her pedigree and evidence of the problem via documentation from the operation etc then I will enter the details into our health database to enable everyone who ever asks again to have a better place to start than you do and to see if we can link the common links in other pedigreesof her breed with the same problem. Part of the problem as you are finding out now is that such information is not ordinarily recorded, shared and sometimes forgotten or it's even sometimes actively hidden and ignored. Either way its not readily available to someone like you who needs to know such things to make decisions on what dogs to use or steer clear of. Without DNA identification for such things the only hope we have of trying to eliminate them for the breed is via pedigree profiling and analysis and without the necessary information on a pedigree – where the only info you have is where the champs are - you go nowhere toward better health. You have had the advantage of being able to identify a potential issue in your bloodline now before you have bred the dog so you know what you need to focus on and work on – its either the greatest challenge which you take hold of with commitment that no matter what you will do what is best for the breed, develop a breeding program and systems for collecting and recording information or you take the dog out of the gene pool now. There is no half way if you truly want to do something worthwhile for the breed and in reality all of us are hopefully different to cross bred breeders by one stand out base philosophy – our desire to ensure the best for future generations and not only the one we are breeding today.

I dont think so

i will shout you a foster carers course if you like - that will answer all you need to know Go here

Tapua may be able to help you

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/business/government-sets-rules-for-imported-puppies.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=0 LOS ANGELES — Foreign dog breeders have been unregulated for years, shipping puppies so young and so sick that one in four died before reaching an airport in the United States, animal welfare workers say. On Friday, the Agriculture Department approved a regulation that, starting in 90 days, will require all puppies imported into the United States to be at least 6 months old, healthy and up to date on vaccinations. Government data shows that about 8,400 puppies a year were imported between 2009 and 2013. Because there were no regulations, however, the Humane Society of the United States believes the numbers were much higher, said Melanie Kahn, the society’s senior director of puppy mill campaigns. Many of the puppies came from mills in China and Eastern Europe, said Deborah Press, senior regulatory affairs manager of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. This is the second major effort by the government regarding puppy mills in the last 12 months. In September, the agency enacted what is called the “retail rule”: Breeders having four or more female breeding dogs have to be licensed if they are selling to consumers sight unseen on websites, in flea markets or in classifieds. Both the Humane Society and A.S.P.C.A. said they routinely get calls from people who unwittingly bought a puppy mill dog from a foreign or domestic breeder, only to have it die because its illness was too severe to overcome. It has been hard to track the number of puppies that are imported, Ms. Kahn said, but, she said, “We have seen an increase just in the past few months based on calls from consumers who bought teacup puppies from Korea.” Importers have been sending puppies that are less than 8 weeks old to the United States in airliners’ cargo holds, Ms. Kahn said. “We are talking about baby animals,” she said. “They are delicate as it is. They could be shipping 100 dogs in the cargo hold. You only need one dog to have an illness and all of them could have it by the time the plane lands.” Under the new regulation, published in the Federal Register on Friday, violators can be fined up to $10,000. The ban eliminates the easy access to market that foreign breeders have had for years, said Cori Menkin, senior director of the A.S.P.C.A. puppy mills campaign. But the fight isn’t over, Ms. Kahn said: “We are not planning to fight any less than we already do. This means we are taking steps in the right direction.”

It was in the gazette Clearly I missed it

She isnt a CC registered breeder but is breeding with CC papered dogs and has their pedigrees. All ads I have found do not represent her to be registered or that the puppies have registration. from whatI can see she is breeding at least 5 breeds

Also have to say that its not very acceptable that the way most of us found out about this is via Troy rather than via our membership - not all of us visit facebook pages of board members.

Who is to say Im a registered breeder if I dont say I am in the ad anyway. Had a discussion of a real life situation in the last 10 days .Breeder has a litter of puppies -two are not up to her standard so she doesn't want to put her name on them so she doesn't register two and sells them off without papers via a website classified - never says she is a registered breeder simply sells them without papers - it wont stop this kind of thing.

Sorry Try again now

Or when people have old ads with a number in even though they are not members.

Lots of questions and seeing the patterns is opening up questions which will in the near future need to be considered - is something genetic or is it something else. It started out just keeping health results and putting them on the face of the pedigree for profiling but as it continues its showing up potential things we didnt consider. I still believe that if we are to breed healthy well temperamented dogs the answer lies in record keeping and sharing rather than either keeping it quiet or the info dying with the breeder. Sigh - So much to talk about.

Am I correct in thinking that the only people registering with the MDBA are MDBA members? Not really - the only people registering their litters are MDBA members but our information comes also from people who are not members who provide us with information about their purebred dogs which we add into the data base to enable breeders to have greater knowledge to profile a pedigree and 'line' to select the best breeding dogs. Is the MDBA database readily accessible to only the MDBA members or generally available? Only members for now but it will be more widely available in the future. Have to say that there are interesting things to talk about in what you see in the "lines" such as higher incidence of something in the family when an animal is desexed early etc. Hoping to be able to correlate and consider lots of things as well as heritability over time as the information builds. Not just health gathered but also temperament and what work a dog does etc. Also information is coming in from world wide - 11 countries so far.

Yes but this is only a DogsNSW requirement - not required by law. There is no such thing at this time as a license or requirement for this to be in advertising unless they are dogs NSW members.

When did this happen ? Im aware of the discussion and the push for such a thing but have had no notice of a pending licence introductions or of exemptions. In NSW the MDBA, AAPDB and the Mini foxie club have equal exemption status and Ive not been advised of any such progress. April it was published I think I cant find any mention of it - any ideas where Id find it?

When did this happen ? Im aware of the discussion and the push for such a thing but have had no notice of a pending licence introductions or of exemptions. In NSW the MDBA, AAPDB and the Mini foxie club have equal exemption status and Ive not been advised of any such progress.

just this week we have received several notices from dog owners re issues with their dogs which we enter so its accessible for future breeders - if you dont give them papers they cant do that.

Do you think so? I thought it was to identify who is a dogs NSW registered breeder to try to eliminate people who get confused over what is registered and who they are registered with. Cant see how this will prevent a licensing scheme.

Yes Ive just sent one an email to ask how I can edit it as I dont even have a clue what email address I used - that is if I actually placed the ad 10 years ago anyway.