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Congratulations! What a stunning dog!

^Another rec for Sentinel, my dog uses it and I don't think she's ever had a single flea on her body in her entire life.

Fantastic show, definitely interesting. I do wish it lasted an hour instead of only 30 minutes. Love the newfies and how stunning are those huskies! Perfect for showcasing the purpose of a variety of breeds. Next week's episode looks interesting, about the healing power of dogs, dogs who can detect cancer etc.

Aww, Happy Birthday Emma! My dog is Emma too, cheers to all the Emmas!!

Hope anyone who is in QLD or any relatives you may have there stay safe.. It all looks very scary right now! I have rellies in QLD with horses and dogs, looks like they might be safe but if Yasi turns south it's anyone's guess.

I can't even with this news, I just cried when I read it, the poor dogs. ;) More details from a different news article : Source : http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/C...ishColumbiaHome I've never been on a dog-sledding tour before, has anyone been and are the conditions really as described? How horrific, may those dogs run free over Rainbow Bridge.

Congratulations!!!

At last check, they were going to pay around $2000 for the pup, so that sounds about right. I have been following that thread, and I have to say I agree with you and can understand why people go down that path. I can understand puppy buyers being ticked off about not getting information from breeders, but in this case all the help has been offered to the buyer on a silver plate, they just choose to dismiss it as snobbery. I agree with you frufru, it is an unfortunate situation all round.

I didn't ask for much detail regarding their communication, but from what they said it seemed she was a very nice person who responded to them swiftly and promptly, told them the price of pups, all the testing she does, etc etc. I may be completely cynical, but I regard most breeders of DDs as having a well-rehearsed sales pitch. I certainly hope that isn't the case for this breeder. :rolleyes:

Thanks for all the comments, have been very helpful and insightful. I am glad they have gone with the ALA, but to be honest I don't have very much faith in it, as I too have heard my fair share of horror stories regarding oodles that were supposedly from ALA breeders... :rolleyes: What I really cannot understand is, why would anyone pay pedigree price for a crossbred dog?? My brain just cannot process this logic.

Sigh. Have just heard back from friend that they are looking to get the dog from a breeder who tests for PRA, HD etc and is registered with the ALA, that I told them about. Then they proceeded to call me biased and crazy. I suppose it is a good outcome, but I still feel defeated. So over it.

Poodlefan and mita, sadly, I did. :rolleyes: I linked to that article about the inventor regretting the labrador cross, I referred them to the ALA breeders if they desperately wanted the fluffy oodle, who test for PRA etc, all the while telling them what they might expect and what they should ask for - but I get told to "listen to myself!" Apparently I am just a crazy dog lady, what do I know.

Long story short, a good friend of mine asked me to source him a labrador poodle cross. :rolleyes: Of course as usual I go into full educational mode, trying as nicely as possible to carefully explain the benefits of getting a purebred from ethical breeders, alternative breeds to consider, health issues and costs relating to the oodly type crosses, where they come from, the truth about hybrid vigour, etc etc etc.. the whole shebang. Only to have myself called a breed snob, and to get off my high horse. It really frustrates me that simply giving out facts about DDs are simply dismissed all too often by the general public as us being 'breed snobs'. I've seen this happen so many times, and have had it happen to me so many times, and it is just so frustrating. How do you keep going about educating people when your facts are simply dismissed so easily?? I just feel so frustrated, this is really more a rant than anything else.

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OH.. my gooosshhhhh SO ADORABLE!!! :p The little paw on the table... be still my heart!

Thank you all so much! She is quite the photogenic dog. We refer to her eyes as chocolate fudge brownies - because they are just so sweet & irresistible!!

Completely agreed. Another opportunity to educate gone right down the drain.

Hahahahaha, that made me chuckle. So cute!

Many interesting replies and interesting to see how different people allow different things. Agreed with Willow, there is no right or wrong - what matters is what you and your dogs are comfortable with!

Hi all, I've never really shown off photos of my girl Emma on these forums before but we recently got a new camcorder which appears to take some pretty great photos! So I decided to play at being pet photographer for a day, although Emma wasn't too impressed - all she wanted to do was sleep! Here are the results! I really like this shot of her nose. Being pensive. Clearly being a pet photographer is not a career path I should choose! Thanks for looking!

Shaking my head at every turn. I cringed the moment they mentioned *blue* staffy. And the cavalier cross don't even get me started I was close to lunging at the TV when they admired the "gorgeous" puppy in the pet shop window. Don't even start on the training I wanted to choke someone when the GSD puppy was jumping on the table and he brought out an air horn like WHAT REALLY ARE YOU SERIOUS MAN. Just out of curiosity, what do you all think about his philosophy on leaving the puppy completely alone on the first night? I always thought you had to attend to a new pup several times throughout the night for toilet training... was a little confused on that one?

This video makes me so sad. I'm from Malaysia and the animal abuse laws over there are unbelievably lax. I couldn't bring myself to watch the video but I listened to it playing in the background. Basically the entire video he is just yelling at the dog to "Stand Up" and to "Stand up straight", "stand up well." and various variations of that. At one point they were wondering if it had no strength in its legs or if it was scared of heights. Doesn't explain why he wants it to stand, tho I assume he's simply trying to teach it how to beg. It's pretty much that again and again, at some points the girlfriend is quietly protesting, but she doesn't really do anything but try to gently tell the dog to stand as well - I just, if that was my OH you can bet I would be on the phone to the police straightaway, I don't get people sometimes!!! So sad. It reminds me of a video I saw once of a Chinese slaughterhouse inhumanely killing dogs, it's very traumatizing. ;)

I personally have no problem with dogs licking human's plates, as long as they are washed after. However the reason people have given me as to why it squicks them out is because some dogs lick their own genitals, some dogs eat their own poop - basically you never know where a dog's mouth has been! I say fair enough in that retrospect - if I was a visitor to someone's home I wouldn't have a clue whether their dog had been hoovering up possum poo in the backyard and then been allowed to lick my plate! Of course Emma doesn't do anything of the sort, but I wouldn't expect a visitor to know that.

For those of you that let your dogs lick your plates - do you ever tell your visitors that you do this?? I can't imagine any visitor would be too happy to enjoy a meal if they knew a dog was once licking it, regardless if it's been washed..

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8202483/m...-of-ice-on-lawn Warning : graphic image at source Authorities have launched an animal cruelty investigation after a dog was discovered encased inside a block of ice on British Columbia man's front lawn. The dead dog was discovered by the homeowner on January 15, said Marcie Moriarty, a spokeswoman from the British Columbia animal protection society, adding that the man did not know the dog or how the block of ice was left arrived on his property. "It's a bizarre and very upsetting case," Moriarty said on Wednesday. "Inside the block of ice, which looks to have been made from a large rubber bin, was the frozen corpse of medium-sized black dog." Investigators are trying to determine the cause of death. -- How sad, I wonder who's dog it is, the poor thing. RIP.