Rebanne

He does not have separation anxiety, he is relaxed and passing the time.

Why are you taking over your sister's dog? If you have concerns tell your sister, don't take her dog to the vets without her permission.

I am positive some dogs choose their own heart person, whether they can realise it or not is another thing.

Not above fudging the law though and worse - telling others they can do so. My greys aren't earmarked either but they aren't exempt from the muzzling law.

oh well there are always the Albury shows later in Nov. :)

GUNDOGS SATSUN.docx this is a bit clearer

GUNDOGS SAT SUN Breed Numbers 10th 11th Brittany 2 2 Clumber Spaniel 2 2 Cocker Spaniel 19 18 Cocker Spaniel American 4 2 English Setter 6 10 English Springer Spaniel 9 11 Field Spaniel 1 1 Flat Coated Retriever 1 1 German Shorthaired Pointer 15 14 German Wiredhaired Pointer 5 5 Golden Retriever 27 24 Gordon Setter 2 2 Hungarian Vizsla 9 7 Irish Red & White Setter 2 2 Irish Setter 4 0 Irish Water Spaniel 1 1 Italian Spinone 1 1 Labrador Retriever 28 28 Lagotta Romagnolo 0 2 Pointer 12 11 Weimaraner 11 8 Weimaraner Long Haired 1 1 TOTAL 162 153

are you going to the Murray Valley shows at Thurgoona next weekend?

Thanks for the results Sway

she already has a proven track record with how she regards any helpful advice. She's a nutter and doing greyhounds no favours at all.

yep and they can cause death and serious injuries by causing accidents

I am going to be blunt and say an agressive fence jumper is not a suitbale dog to be rehomed. Maybe have a read in the news section about the dog that jumped the fence and attacked a kid and then the father who was trying to save his son.

go to an opshop and buy toddlers fleecy tops, cut the arms off and gather the excess around the ribs with a rubber band or similar. Go to spotlight and buy some fleecy and cut out a couple of coat shape pieces, machine or hand sew together and attach a couple of ties, no need for fancy at this age. You could even buy that iron on hemming stuff to join a couple of pieces together.

Look on ebay for coats. You can get cheap ones until she is full grown

Sometimes small litters don't trigger labour and you need a C section.

You have a very weird vet who clearly knows nothing about purebred dogs. I have never heard of any vet refusing to do rear dew claws on newborn puppies. Some object to doing front ones so the breeders of breeds where they are removed, find vets who are happy to do them. Show dogs do not get desexed so you cannot wait until then to do dewclaws. I find it odd that your vet would object to the simple and quick removal or rear dew claws in babies but is happy to inflict more pain and much more healing time on the dogs by doing them when they are older. Rear dew claws are so easy to remove. They are usually barely attached by a tiny bit of skin, nothing like the front ones.

If it is uncommon in the breed, nor is it something usually tested for, then I believe the breeder is not legally under any obligation. As we are dealing with a living creature sometimes we just have to accept that these things happen. I kept a dog of my own breeding who was very much a lemon but very much loved. He was PTS at 3 1/2 because of his issues.

rear dew claws are very different to front ones and can cause lots of problems cause the whole 'toe' is loose and floppy, They are rarely tight up against the leg like front ones. Yeh I saw after they said only the back ones. Would have thought the breeder would have done it if they were they much trouble. I am really surprised the breeder didn't remove them. Much easier then removing the front ones.

Rear dew claws are very different to front ones. They are usually large and floppy and just held on by a strip of skin. Very easy to remove. I am surprised the breeder didn't do it.

rear dew claws are very different to front ones and can cause lots of problems cause the whole 'toe' is loose and floppy, They are rarely tight up against the leg like front ones.

The chain doesn't keep your child away from him though. You need to keep a physical barrier between the two.

I would get them removed. Agree with the vet in this case.

Did Fern have the same issue? I have seen Peter in the past with another dog but as far as my research suggests there isn't anything manipulative you can do with these conditions? She's currently seeing Blair @ Quakers Hill who does Chiro & Laser. Fern had/has some pretty bad back stuff going on but is not actually diagnosed with anything. You did say presumed for your girl and that she has also had chiro. Fern had acupuncture etc too but Peter was the one to get her fairly mobile and pain free and now Keith ( the one he found for us ) is keeping up the good work.

as a bitch owner importing semen I would want all the breeding units from one collection IF I was paying for the tests/collection etc. I would pay a stud fee for use of those breeding units on one bitch. If first bitch had pups and there were left over breeding units and I wanted to use them on another bitch I would pay another stud fee. If the first bitch missed once I would expect to be able to go again at no cost. If she missed twice and I wanted to use another bitch I would pay another stud fee. As the owner of the stud dog exporting I would have the buyer paying all costs for the collection/testing etc and they would get all untils from that collection with payment of one stud fee. I would treat them as I want to be treated in the above scenario. If collection/health tests etc were all done then I would expect to pay a stud fee and part costs. If the collection yielded 6 units and I bought 3 I would expect to only pay half those costs.

try Peter Schofield. I went all the way up to see him with Fern and one treatment with him saw Fern 90% improved. Peter then went to the trouble to source someone a bit closer to home for me that he thought would do a good job. Travelling to Sydney every few weeks was not really feasible and Fern does require frequent treatment.