Rebanne

one of the dogs should most likely be rehomed or it sounds like the lab could be killed being so much smaller. If the lab has not been damaged temperament wise by the attacks on it, it would be the easier dog to find a new home. Me, I'd get rid of the newcomer, but I would have done so after the first fight. Straight back to the breeder.

Bottom line is you have chosen to knowingly breed a dog with serious faults, faults that can be passed on, faults that can cause a dog a life time of misery and their owners too. That makes you extremely unethical.

depends on the breed of dog, growth plates aren't closed in my dogs at 9 months. Desexing a dog does not make it gain weight usually. What happens is the desexing coinsides with maturity and people forget to stop feeding their adult dog like a puppy.

[quote name='dog geek' timestamp='1328056564' post='5704756' And I judiciously adjust the price of my pups to allow for the fact that - unlike the majority of current Pom breeders - I: conduct formalised health testing on the pups and their parents I devote a great deal of energy and resources to raising pups that have the advantage of having been socialised in a manner designed to produce emotionally resilient family dogs and that I offer a lifetime of interested, engaged support to the owners of my puppies. Indeed - I am happy to have shared the best qualities of my imported dogs with a fellow breeder with no money changing hands; and this next litter of pups will be priced to only cover the costs of immunisations and vet checks, but not including specialist consults as I pay those myself. It is interesting that you are still making comparisons with the dreaded blue staffy breeders...[/b] Interestingly you have enough money to pay for all these 'specialist' tests but couldn't find the money to buy a sound bitch. You are worse then a BYB'er, you are knowingly breeding from an unsound bitch, crossing your fingers that the pups will magically be sound because the sire supposedly is. If you now no longer need to use poor Sweetie in your breeding program cause you have something better why not abort and spey? But then you would lose the money these coloured pups would bring you. You are not a ethical breeder and shouldn't be allowed to post on this forum.

I don't have toys but I don't understand why you would breed from such a bitch either. Why are you in such a hurry to get so many litter's on the ground? My bitch has had 10 live pups in 2 1/2 years. I have kept two boys, one already desexed. The bitch is also now desexed. I won't be getting another bitch for around 4 years, then won't be breeding for at least another 3 or 4. So potenially it's 8 years before I breed my next litter. It will take me 4 years to save the money to get my next bitch, most likely imported, you could have waited and saved as well instead of breeding to such a poor example of the breed. You could have done as already suggested and got a nice solid colour to breed too. You are just breeding for colour IMO. Too bad on your poor puppy buyers if any health problems don't show up until after you have sold them. Can they cope with the heartache and the expense? Can you wear the lawsuit?

I used a speedo right from the start. My GSD passed her ET after 10 weeks training, my smaller crossbreed had 12 weeks. It is way too hot up this way to do much before March and I actually prefer not to start until April.

couldn't agree more. Don't muck around with parvo.

can some one tell me how many of the neuter breeds at Cranbourne had more than one entry? I need to order cards for the OVCC shows and am trying to work out how many BOB and how many challenge cards are needed. TIA

IMO yes

do your research on what is the best age to desex a giant breed.

or two emails I have sent in the last month not replied to

problem with that is who exactly is going to go around collecting all the stuff? Most committees are flat out the morning of a show, have a lot of older people on them that aren't capable of going around pulling gazebo's down or tarps up. I find it tiring enough putting my gazebo up and down once, no way I'd be going around removing others. It's a VCA rule, maybe they should get the groundkeeper to do the job?

your breeder should be able to help you with this.

If it survived Christmas Day you've got a top gazebo on your hands I'd say :laugh: it's been up around 7 or 8 months now, I think the vent at the top helps a lot

I love my 3 x 3 Bunnings gazebo but have just bought an Oztrail deluxe compact for the times there is only me and one dog :D eta I have a Bunnings gazebo set up in my backyard in one of the dogs yards, been through some tremendous rain storms and it's yet to cave in

try not to look at it that way, try thinking of the money you save by not going ie petrol money and, in particular the smaller shows, look at your entry as a donation that helps support the club so the show will be still around next year. :)

you should be restricting his access if he is going around marking stuff while out camping, I hope it's not other camper's stuff he is weeing on.

As long as you have done your research and are comfortable with your decision you can give your pup just the parvo vaccination, it is readily available. Your breeder might not be happy though, depends if vaccinations are covered in your sale contract.

take your brother out for a drive and stop off at the local pound, if the pound has some small cute fluffies that's even better. Not for the ones already in there but they can be used to hopefully change your brothers mind.

Zoe has been found, posted on FB by SA GAP

Congratulations LP and Leo, and yay for a newbie, finally. ETA even though I didn't go because of the weather I only entered because of the neuter class, so that was 2 entries from me that they wouldn't have got otherwise.

disappointed I didn't get a spin but glad I stayed home with the hounds

News from SA: Layla, Grand Ch Xilone Wishupona Tiger (AI)BOB & open in group and Alice, Brantarby Winter Wonderland, Minor in group :D under greyhound specialist Mrs C McGreevy Qld.

Congratulations!