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Yay Sue and Blondie

Congrats Poodleluv, well worth going

Puppy: Shih Tzu Junior: Dali

Me too!!!

posted on Ozshow Hi All, Just letting you know that Yarra Valley KC will be held outside, unless we are hit by a hurricane (Nina's words) ,,also please remember the no setting the day before the show rule. I wish exhibitors the best of luck and Merry Christmas! Leanne Lewis Secretary Yarra Vally Kennel Club Thanks Capanash, I hadn't got to the OzShow digests

Are we inside or out?

That's great news

Schipperke litter due around the 12th.

Our old boy has got the warty type things appearing all over him, the vey isn't concerned about that and just said it's one of those things that old dogs get.

One of our bitches was extremely picky with food and would eat virtually nothing about a week out for her first litter. Second litter she ate everything in sight, had a big dinner then promptly went in to labour

Too old for that now LizT's OH was going to make me a stand. Only prob with the chairs we had power cords running across the floor. Power points on other side of the room. Heating was not on too hot on Saturday. Needed a fan for me and her. Finding the bending over pretty difficult too, might have to get OH to make me a stand.

was told it was Alayne Hansen It was Jenny Sculac's mini

Great idea having the whelping box up like that, sure beats sitting on the floor bending over the box for hours.

I've had people argue with me that our cream/gold Schipps are Dingoes Even been abused for cutting the tail off my "Dingo" :D

And yesterday?

On the very odd occaison that we've had this problem I have used a mix of half cider vinegar and half water, a couple of drops three times a day and it's been fixed in no time. Actually worked better on our problem dog than Surolan.

We had two bitches that were the best of friends and then suddenly it all changed and they would fight with neither one of them about to give up. One even grabbed the other through the chain mesh fence and wouldn't let go, took a hell of a lot to get them apart. After struggling with the situation for two years we decided it was easier to re-home one. The boys are all fine together but we won't run them together when the bitches are in season just in case. I'd have dogs ahead of bitches anytime.

We'd love to have Norwegian Buhunds, sadly none in Australia.

[How terribly sad. Now that is one pup that may have been far better off culled at birth. Very true and should we ever get one in a litter that will be exactly what will happen.

Why did he die? The blue in Schipps is known as the death gene and rarely do they survive beyond birth. Besides the alopecia which he had from only a couple of weeks of age, he became blind, couldn't eat without being hand fed, developed kidney, liver and heart problems and other auto immune issues. We knew when we took him on that he wouldn't survive for long but we wanted to give him a home for his short life. just on his colour, health issues aside, could he have been exhibited as he was a "whole colour". I've seen the odd light coloured Schipp ( not sure what colour they are called ) in the ring and have had to look twice , to see what they are. The blue couldn't have been shown as he was self coloured and Schipps must have black pigment. The light coloured Schipps are referred to as creams regardless of whether they are a deep gold or almost white. We show a couple of them but certainly don't breed to get them however they do crop up in our litters pretty frequently.

Why did he die? The blue in Schipps is known as the death gene and rarely do they survive beyond birth. Besides the alopecia which he had from only a couple of weeks of age, he became blind, couldn't eat without being hand fed, developed kidney, liver and heart problems and other auto immune issues. We knew when we took him on that he wouldn't survive for long but we wanted to give him a home for his short life.

Here is a blue Schipperke, he only lived until he was 16 months old. And a chocolate And a black & Tan

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They look like little teddy bears! Turning in to fat little teddy bears, we always say that schipp pups look like little bears