Rebanne

are you talking Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) or elbow dysplasia? Because if you remove the chip in OCD there should be little to no long term problems.

Have x-rays been taken? How big is the chip? What has been suggested surgery wise? My understanding is once the chip is removed, if done asap once diagnosed, there is very little to none long term effects. In greyhounds it often occurs around the 6 - 8 month mark, the chip is removed the dogs still go on to race.

It is an indvidual thing. I don't sell my pups on contracts.

ask your breeder what they think of the foods you want to feed the puppy. Be aware you could void any health guarantees by feeding other then what the breeder has told you to feed. Check your contract. FWIW I wouldn't feed either of those foods, particularly they puppy one. I don't have a giant breed but do have a large breed which also needs to grow slow and my pups are put onto adult food by 3 months of age.

I don't want to buy it, but I would think $55 is quite cheap and you could get more if sold on. It's quite an early volume. Maybe shoot off a PM to Vicdog and Greytmate? They are up to Vol 131. http://www.greyhoundstudbook.co.uk/ I have asked on my FB pages

I would just like to say Greyhounds are pretty easy to train if you know anything about them and are realistic about what they can achieve.

Hehe, we are taking a couple over to the Mt Gambier Easter shows, and the SA grey contingent have been swanning about in Europe after attending Crufts! :D Ratz. Last years grey turnout at Sydney Sighthound was a thing of joy. Yes I was very happy with the result that day :D

Off to Mt Gambier to have some fun and hopefully get my girls Neuter title.

Sorry I should have clarified..........when entering, for instance aust bred dog...........can I request that my dog could be placed either at the front or right at the end??? no, not really.

Thanks for the detailed answer.

Tralee, you did show a dog who was carrying an injury that not even you could examine. Why would you expect a judge to succeed where you couldn't? That was very unfair to the dog and the judge.

wait and see how the pup recovers and what the vets have to say on Monday. These things happen.

Bit hard to have a discussion/debate with someone who can never answer a straight out question asked of him. I've learnt more from others in this thread then from Tralee. All I've learnt from Tralee is the dog show world is out to get him and his dogs.

how could they protect their flock if they were corralled with their humans? isn't night time when there is the most danger? Think I might do some more reading at work tonight. What work do your dogs do Tralee? Oh, come on! 'H' has told me all those stories. They are hardly 'historical' Ok if Zoiboy has it wrong, as in they are talking fairly recently, hence the not historical, what was your statement (that I have bolded so you may easily see it) referring too? Which comes back to my question how could they protect their flock if locked up with the people and not as Zoiboy described?

How? So how many of these dogs have you seen in the flesh Tralee, how many work and show? You can quote stuff and post pics from the internet but you have made some pretty big claims about the temperaments of the British and American dogs. First hand knowledge or internet knowledge? What work do your dogs do?

Congratulations to the winners and to the losers. Big acheivement by all to get there!

:D

Thanks Megz Go Huddy!

Thanks for the explantion, makes it much clearer

how could they protect their flock if they were corralled with their humans? isn't night time when there is the most danger? Think I might do some more reading at work tonight. What work do your dogs do Tralee?

just curious Tralee, have you been overseas and seen these Maremma's (USA, British, Italian), with your own eyes or are you relying on internet talk and interpertation?

Thanks Zoiboy, enjoyed your videos and understood what you were saying ;-)

The Maremma will allow itself to be handled, but it has to be on its terms. Then that is tolerating being handled then.

Agree Agree In agility there is no need for a dog to accept another person touching them, but in the show ring, like it or not, that is how they are judged. I have never seen a judge slap a dog a few times on the head. I never said they had to be friendly, what I expect is for them to tolerate it. I don't think there is anything wrong with it either

and, in the show ring, just how many extra minutes do we allow a maremma to make up it's mind whether to allow a judge to examine it or not? And should the same courtesy be extended to other dogs/breeds?