Kirislin

On 02/08/2021 at 6:59 AM, Boronia said:

 

yes Diva, and it appears the meat came from the NT and was from horse meat though Maffra District Knackery co-owner Karen Backmann said it was only traces (maybe she's telling fibs, who knows? )

here's an ABC update, it is sad reading:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-02/pet-food-crisis-deepens-with-spotlight-on-horses-recalls/100340698

A friend of mine lost her 2 greyhounds to this. She definitely thought she was feeding them beef not horse, so someone was being dishonest. 

6 hours ago, Rebanne said:

and...............?

Nothing found as yet.  Phew!   I’m not assuming he’s house trained as yet, but I’ve never had a puppy that was showing signs of preferring to toilet outside as young as this puppy.   He’s fantastic! 

I was awake at 5am which is normal for me. Snuggled in bed, warm and toasty. I heard the click clack of the dog door. Hang on, Neko and Secret are right here. Hmmmmm it might be a possum. I’ve sometimes wondered if possums, or worse, RATS can get in and out through it.  Maybe it’s the wind? No, I can’t hear the wind.  Then I hear the thump thump thump of heavy dog footfalls.  Uh oh, unless Tag or Puck have come back it can only be one thing! Soda Pup!  Did he manage to escape his crate and actually take himself out to the toilet?   If so I’m very impressed with just how clever he is. I just hope he used his clever escape for good and wasn’t a Soda Stream on the carpet.

5 minutes ago, Loving my Oldies said:

And sometimes, So So.    

 

And maybe so and so, as in YOU NAUGHTY LITTLE SO AND SO! 

I really appreciate all the name suggestions.  Some of them I’d thought of as well, they’re all really good.  I tried a few on him and many more that weren’t mentioned here and nothing stuck.

 I’m going to call him Soda.  As in Creamy Soda, or in his case, sometimes, Screaming Soda. 

Poor little fella got stung on the toe by a bee. Poor bee too. I put puppy’s paw in cold water, then rubbed an ice block all over it but nothing eased the pain so I eventually gave him a tiny bit of polaramine. It says I could give him half a tablet but I used much less. It seems to have given him relief though. 

1 hour ago, stellnme said:

He is so lovely! @Kirislin   Just a few names I thought of - Merlin, because something about him says "Magical" and Scirocco, which is a Mediterranean wind - and we all know how sighthounds can run!  

That’s interesting, I’ve only heard it as Sirocco, and funnily enough, I named one of Penny’s puppies Sirocco, I also had Zephyr, Mistral, Hurricane, Whirlwind and Cyclone.

Thank you for sharing in my happiness. And keep the names coming! I’m loving them but not sure if any will stick.

I have some very happy news. After being whippetless for almost a year I have at last welcomed a beautiful cream whippet puppy into our pack.  For those who don’t know, cream isn’t fawn.  I first saw cream whippets almost 40 years ago and have been looking for them ever since.  This lovely puppy is the first pedigree cream I’ve ever seen in Australia and as soon as I saw him my eyes almost popped out of my head and I asked to buy him.  He’s one of the sweetest softest cuddliest puppy I’ve had.  His breeder has done a fabulous job of raising him.  I couldn’t be happier.

I am working on a name for him but so far nothing has stuck.

Neko and Secret aren’t impressed but I feel sure that as he learns to be a bit more gentle with them things will improve.

so here he is. Name suggestions are welcome. 

I’ve heard that since there’s little air travel at the moment it’s not as straight forward to get a puppy flown down. Anyone have any details in this crazy Covid climate? 
 

Geeze how devastating would that be. 

Redbubble used to. Not sure if they still do.

How’s the puppy now? 

My darling Neko. She will be 8 in August! 

On 13/02/2021 at 10:38 AM, persephone said:

I was going to feed Trouble-Pig last night , when someone smelt figs in her feed bucket ;) crappy, but fun phone pix ;) 


 

I’m with Don, I LOVE Figs too!

Secret, Obi and Crickett turned 5 last week. Can you believe it!? 
I did a silly drawing of Seekie to commemorate the occasion. 

On 30/11/2020 at 10:43 PM, leac1801 said:

The only thing that doesn't apply to her, is if she is registered with in overseas registry, she doesn't have any import papers as she was born here. All the other registries are for either pedigreed purebreds, or working sheep dogs/BCs/Kelpies/Koolies. I've looked at all the forms and regulations inside and out, but I can't 100% make it out.

 

When I emailed asking for clarification, I was told to send paperwork supporting her working and government agency lines – paperwork that doesn't exist. Her dam and sire's sire have Bloedlijnen Registration Numbers, but it's not that hard to get those. All I would have to do is flick off an email with her name, my name, her gender, breed and DOB, my state and country, her dam and sire's BRNs and names, and any titles she may have. 

 

God, this is so confusing. 

I know a couple of people in Australia who have had their non pedigree (entire) dogs put on a UK sporting register for this very reason. They had to take clear photos of the dogs front and side views to submit with the process.

27 minutes ago, tdierikx said:

We basically lease them from a pig farmer @Kirislin... they go back to him when they are too big for us, and he gives us more little ones to make friendly/naughty...

 

The new ones we got today are so darned cute! Except for the one with the black nose... she's a bitey evil. So nice to have piglets that weigh under 10kg again... was becoming a chore cleaning up the poop of six 30kg poo machines...

 

6 weeks from now, today's tinies will be 25-30kg... errr! The pig farmer reckons we grow them really good... lol!

 

T.

That’s a clever system. 

Where do they go when they get too big?

On 20/07/2020 at 9:35 AM, Scratch said:

Ive just looked at the Dogzonline breed pages and counted just 125 litters listed across all breeds. Let’s overestimate 10 pups in each litter, for a total of 1250 ANKC pedigree pups. Let’s say only half the ANKC breeders are listed on Dogz, and those not listed also have 1250 pups available. I reckon that would be a gross over estimation of 2500 ANKC pups available nation wide today. 
Is it really any wonder why people buy non papered purebreed dogs and mixed breed dogs from where ever they are available? 
Quite literally, for dogs sake, ANKC breeders need to breed for the pet market. When did it become so unfashionable to breed pedigree dogs for the pet market?

It is unfashionable to buy from a breeder! People are made to feel guilty if they don’t rescue a dog they know nothing about that was quite likely bred by a puppy farmer.

if someone gets a dog from a pound or shelter the first thing they tell you about it when you meet them is “he’s a rescue!” As if that defines the dog and you have to be told of their good deed.   For the rest of the dogs life, even if it gets to 20, it will always be first and foremost “A RESCUE”. And those of us who have a love for a particular breed are the selfish bad guys.

Happy Birthday to my darling Neko! She’s 7 today.  Her brother Milton too. And remembering Arkey who should be with us but sadly is no more.  This is the last photo I took of him.  
Here at home we will celebrate with a roast which has become a tradition now in which the dogs get the choice bits and I have the left overs. 

On 15/06/2020 at 2:06 PM, Kate Hedrick-Wagstaf said:

Hello all, Thank you for the add....we are a very small whippet breeder located on the coast of the Great Ocean Road.  Here are our whippets, Tia; 15 years, Orlah 2 years and Tobias 6 months...

Hello, nice to see another whippeteer here. Unfortunately we can’t see your photo.b

It’s a pity you can’t get to speak privately to those vets you knew and trusted and find out what’s going on or if there’s any way you can get your dogs treated by them.

how sad that the company doesn’t seem to be living up to it’s name. It’s certainly not best for vets that’s for sure.

8 hours ago, Rebanne said:

They are Hungarian Vizsla's

 

https://www.dogzonline.com.au/breeds/community/hungarian-vizsla.asp

Doh! Thanks!