Rebanne

If your digs have diabetes then they need to be treated. Agree with Dan. You are being harmful to your dogs.

He very well could have mega esophagus. My girl has it and she can regurgitate water if she drinks too much in one sitting. Sometimes the water or food comes up straight away but with Fern it's more normally several hrs after eating.

I wish I knew why so many breeders seem so hard to get an answer from. I just don't understand it. The polite thing to do is to respond within a timely manner. If you're not going to respond why bother putting the litter out there?

I have no problem at all letting my dogs eat their meals in peace. Dogs aren't children. I would have no problem chucking a kid into their room if they threw a tantrum over anything.

Jeebus $2000 for a deposit, must be gold plated. Doesn't matter what the right thing to do might be as everyone will have a different right thing to do. Most here would return the deposit, maybe witholding something to pay for any extra vaccinations and advertising etc. But if a breeder can ask for and get a $2000 deposit then I would think the pups are selling like hot cakes and would have no trouble getting a new buyer. It does also depend on the contract. I don't do contracts as such but there is documentation via emails that are exchanged where I outline my terms and conditions and the buyer agrees with them. My full sale price doesn't come close to $2000 and if that was just the deposit I would have made sure lots of i's were dotted and t's crossed and I did have a contract covering my butt and my money

It's like asking how long is a piece of string. Way to many variables to give a concise answer. Your unforeseeable change of circumstances may not fit with someone else's definition. Best to have this all agreed to in writing. Personally I don't take deposits. Full payment on pickup day.

Hope you both had a quiet night

Great news.

Anyone I know who has treated a bitch with meds has also been advised to breed on the next heat. Which you can't do. Spey is the lesser of 2 evils I feel. Still very very hard to agree to for you though. And with you also laid up........ I wish you and Amber all the best and will be sending good vibes down your way

The bigger the dog the more it costs as they gave to have a GA to be done. The actual scoring is around $100 for both hips and elbows. You need to find a vet that is familiar with doing it as incorrectly positioned dogs can get worse scores then they actually have or even have to re do them. The xrays are sent away to be scored by one of several vets in the country. Cost me about $400 to get xrays recently in my 32 kilo bitch. Your breed club should be able to help you find an experienced vet.

$52 over 10 years is only $5.20 per year, even cheaper rego. either one is cheap, stop whinging and pay it

$192 over 10 years is only $19.20 a year, very cheap rego

Basically you are just whinging cause you have to pay more for your entire dog then someone else has to pay for their desexed dog. BooHoo

so very sorry

You hijacked this thread which is against forum rules and then you abuse others when you don't like their replies. Suggest you delete your comments before Troy does so for you after I report you.

Don't know why some of you are laying into Scootaloo. They clearly stated they saw a video this morning which has made them feel hostile to some types of dogs. Nowhwere did they say they only believe "those" types of dogs can and do attack. Obviously the video they saw has upset them greatly.

Can you confine her to the area where she can get access to outside i.e the kitchen or laundry. I must admit I wouldn't trust a 6 month old loose in the whole house. I have a 9 1/2 year old Princess who detests getting her feet wet. We argue at the start of every winter with me standing out in the rain until she goes before letting her back into the house. After a couple of reminders she's pretty good for the rest of the year but still sometimes pees on the carpet on the back verandah. Her grand daughter, at nearly 2, shows the same inclination but isn't quite as bad. I'd go back to taking her outside and rewarding when she goes out in the rain

I layer coats and only use polar fleece ones. Have coats From Annie K, dishlickers and The Wolfs Den. I found any over the head types too hard to get on for my older greyhounds.

Hoping Maddison improves for you. Huge hugs, she is a lucky girl to have you.

I'd just do a straight swap allowing for the pup maybe having an unsettled tummy anyway due to the flight, new home etc and possibly under feed for a day or two. You could also ask you breeder to make sure your pup is used to things like chicken necks and wings ( depending on breed and size ) and maybe a couple of different things that you like to feed. As a breeder I'd have no trouble doing that for one of my puppy people.

your pup needs another vaccination at 12 weeks or more. I only do C3 with my pups at 8 weeks and 12 weeks. I know of no vaccinations that complete the puppy course at 8 weeks of age.

that's handy to know. My girl had a phantom after her 1st season, seemed to really affect her so I might try the tablets next time. Her mother has had to have medical intervention in the past her phantoms are so bad, but her grandmother never had one.

ditto :D

I bought a couple of those to use in the dog crates at shows. I don't use them at home cause my dogs scratch up their bedding so they ended up upsidedown. I have used corded heated pet beds very successfully inside for both dogs and cats. The odd one has been moved around but not very often

Blanket or coat they are still covered up :D