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trip to Bunnings and get some fake grass for her, even rake up an area of the stones and sow some seed

I find lots of people want greyhounds, greyhound rescue NSW homed 80 this year FOTH placed like 125 dogs last year There seems to be a demand for greyhounds and no trouble finding people who want to take one in. really, I was talking about pups not older ex racing greyhounds. GSN and GAP Vic also homed plenty of dogs. It is very hard to get a racebred pup that doesn't have something wrong with it or was from an oops litter unless you are preapred to pay a good price.

There is no refund of entry fees if a show is cancelled due to extreme weather. That is also in the schedule.

I am finding this very interesting!

is it easy to test for LUA? Dogs are either born LUA (low uric acid) or not. Until the pointer backcross many years ago, all dallies were high uric acid and this leads to stones. The only boys I could use would have to be descendents of the backcross project. As far as I know (happy to be corrected) all offspring from a LUA dog will be LUA. (That's what I get out of this study anyway, from a quick skim read http://www.thedca.org/LUA/InheritanceHUA1938Trimble.pdf ) That will make life easier then.

is it easy to test for LUA?

you could get approx 3 different lots of semen from 3 different dogs for the price of importing one dog. It's why I think a bitch would be best. There are risks either way.

you would find it easier, breed wise, to have a bitch. Then the whole world is open to you to import semen. Plenty of people have multiple bitches, I have in the past, had 2 GSD and one cross breed all living together in perfect harmony. You are aware of potenial problems and that puts you one step in front.

:laugh: well you well might be and other breeders might not be bothered by it, just try again

There is no right or wrong way to approach a breeder, except for the one liners, but I always answered those as well. If you don't get a reply then follow it up in a couple of weeks. Breeders are people too and have work and personal life to attend too. I work night shift, email me in the middle of a stint of nights and yes I'll reply some days later ( if I don't forget! ). Don't ask them to ring you, ask for a time you can ring them. You might only have to pay for a couple of phone calls. A breeder of a popular breed might have a couple, or more, a day. It all adds up, especially if it's a mobile. I must admit the one thing that gets up my nose is being told that you (generic you) are the perfect home. I'll make up my own mind about that thank you very much :D

No...I did not realise there were 3. I only knew of the Perth club. I looked up the breed on the Dogzonline home page. There is a 14 month old available to the right home. http://www.dogzonline.com.au/breeds/community/bernese-mountain-dog.asp

I see there are 3 breed clubs for Bernese, have you tried joining one or all of them?

The ony way you will come home with a pet shop puppy is if you go in and buy one. Depending on the breed it may take longer then 2 years. What breeds are you interested in? Did you follow up your emails with phone calls?

It's up to the individual club. I always make up my own mind, I don't wait for a club to do it for me. I just consider the entry fees a donation if I decide not to go to a show. For whatever reason.

in my breed you could easily wait 2 years or more to get a pup. There are very few people out there who want one. And even fewer that are suitable. So it certainly doesn't make breeding more very attractive. I had a school principal try and tell me that greyhounds were non shedding, she had read it on the net so it must be true. Didn't want to believe me when I told her that was not true, in fact she outright didn't believe me and challenged me on it. She was a high school principle, she knew much better then me, that was her whole attitude. Didn't want to listen to me at all. No hope of educating her.

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When I did the 2 ET's way back at the beginning they were held later in the winter, Aug/Sept. Which was great for me cause it is so hot here that serious training can't really start before April and I actually preferred May to start off in.

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well you obviously can't cause my red bitch has a skin irritation, most likely a contact allergy, as it's on her paws and belly. Both sites are clearly visible in the photo I put up. You have made several silly comments in this thread. This is the worst one though.

Nice work Hastey. There were some people taking pics of Group 4 on Friday, am wondering if they happened to get any photo's of the greyhounds?

But your earlier contention is that you can tell the health of a british bulldog from photos. Some photos you can, same with any other breed. photo taken on the 16th Dec, please tell me what is wrong with the red bitch Now you're just being silly. I said "some" and stated earlier that it was obvious visual signs of illness. Agreeing to disagree on this one. :) no I am not, you said you can tell by looking at a photo if a dog is healthy or not. So I am asking you to put your money where your mouth is. The bitch has a problem, what is it?

But your earlier contention is that you can tell the health of a british bulldog from photos. Some photos you can, same with any other breed. photo taken on the 16th Dec, please tell me what is wrong with the red bitch

I also requested videos I just went and checked YouTube, found a video of a BB whelping a litter of 7 and one of a BB running amok while out for a walk. Took me less then 2 minutes to find them. Are you sure they weren't animatronic because apparently that's impossible :laugh: I did get fooled by the eagle and baby video

I also requested videos I just went and checked YouTube, found a video of a BB whelping a litter of 7 and one of a BB running amok while out for a walk. Took me less then 2 minutes to find them.

mostly you can't see teeth in photo's and often can't see skin problems either.