Rebanne

Get your Dad a nice strong walking stick. If people can't respect someone who might be unsteady on his feet, hence the walking stick, and keep their dogs away, he can use it to whack the dogs (or the people if they get close enough)

How could I, stop my neighbour next door, breeding his so called JR to his very undersized whippet bitch? How could I, stop my other neighbour, from breeding her undershot so called aussie bulldog to produce more of the same? I can't, nor can any other responisable breeder. Indeed no one can cause breeding dogs is not against the law.

The way I interpret the information from RSPCA, the reason they discuss the market/demand is so over breeding is not done when there are plenty on sheltered dogs to be adopted. so I read it as don't breed unless there is a need for that breed example the first reply to this about the greyhound. But again that is how I interpret the information. But lots of people, me included, do not want a shelter dog. I had a great little crossbreed, which I got from a shelter but she was my one and only in a lifetime of dogs. I want a dog who I basically know what they will grow up to look like, their typical behaviour, their size, temperament etc. If there was more demand for my breed I would consider breeding more often but considering the risks involved to the bitch, who is my beloved pet first and foremost, it would be a decision needing a lot of thought. Breeding well is not cheap and if any money is made it is usually churned into the next breeding. I actually don't have a problem with a litter being bred to fulfill a waiting list as long as all care is taken, with no difference to a litter bred when you want something. If people want a well bred dog of a particular breed then they shouldn't be forced to go to a pound. In fact a lot would just not own a dog.

There is very little demand for my breed (show greyhounds). Finding homes can be a nightmare. But I persist, as do others, because if we don't the breed might be lost. Certainly some bloodlines would disappear and with a small gene pool that could be a big problem. So I have bred 3 litters in 9 years, 16 living puppies. Out of those 16 puppies so far 2 have been bred. Another one will be bred in a year or two. RSPCA doesn't really know what they are talking about re breeding. (and lots of other things but that's not for here) So I breed for the breed and I do so at a time that suits me. I am passionate about my breed, I do not want to see it die out so I do my bit to keep it going. I have helped several people realise just how much they needed a greyhound in their life :)

Or do you mean negative impact on health :) I think Melzawelza had tongue firmly planted in cheek :laugh:

so what was your previous DOL name?

But being guide dogs wasn't a labs original purpose. Retrieving game was. So they needed to be able to go all day. I'm not sure what you are after here

I know lab people who show and work their dogs. Just because they are show types does not mean they can't work.

My puppies while with me, don't get treats as such but if you sent up a polar fleece blankie I'd make sure the pups slept on it in the preceding 24 hrs before pickup. Wouldn't be pristine but it sure would smell great to your pup

Yes happened once with me in the old car. Impossible to happen in the Kia as the window's are so much higher then the dogs heads.

Puppies are such wonderful time wasters, you can never have too many photo's (or video's) :D

History Litter Winter Litter

do you know what you are asking for?

I never thought she looked pregnant until I looked at the photo's :laugh: The changes were very subtle when living with her. :)

oh there are lot's of photo's so maybe linking would be better :laugh: First litter 2 pups born Second litter 10 pups born

Have a friend who uses one of these for her elderly black greyhound on their morning walks. I use the chamois type cool coats on my lot at shows, occasionally at home

I took photo's of Fern every week for both her litters. One litter of two and one of 10, 8 surviving. I took them side on, from above and also laying down. I love looking back at them. I didn't weigh her though. Bit hard to weigh a greyhound at home :D Lovely memories Kirislin

not a supermarket trolley but a moving type one, sometimes used at dog shows to move stuff around

How odd. 3 people saying it wasn't the dog at all. I can't watch the video for some reason, do they say what they believe caused the injury? --Lhok one bloke said the male dog owner hit the woman in the face with a tolley and a woman said he was swinging two lumps of wood around.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/victorian-doberman-breeders-fined-40000-for-animal-cruelty-20151216-glot5e.html Dobe breeder found guilty of docking and cropping dogs/pups

So true, my greyhound bitch sounds like one of the hounds from baskerville! Having had 5 GSD's in the past my vote is for a GSD and I never noticed the shedding being too bad.

I've got a groomer friend who works at a vets connected to a pet store in Sydney. Basically one big building divided.

I found reading the breed standard and breeding restrictions interesting. As we have been talking colour in another thread this was what caught my eye: "At present, white (cream: e/e) is a non-accepted coat color for the breed and a disqualifying fault for showing; however, registered white colored Tamaskan Dogs may currently be used for breeding if they really are the best representation from their litter combination. Our aim is to gradually eliminate this coat color over time without unnecessarily narrowing the gene pool in the process. At present, solid black (recessive or dominant black), liver (b/b), piebald (extreme white spotting S/S), and dilute blue (d/d) are non-accepted coat colors for the breed and are disqualifying faults for showing. Tamaskan Dogs of this color may not be used for breeding." As they are farsighted enough to recognise limiting the gene pool can be risky I was then surprised they totally eliminate other colours. They are trying to breed a dog that looks very much like a wolf. Part of their standard requires each dog to have a mask (like a wolf) but wolves come in black so would be interesting to see why that colour can't be used for breeding. I understand the dilutes and white spotting being refused. The website was a very interesting read.

No sorry, I dont. She must really love him to go to all that expense for a pet because I got the impression it cost alot more than it normally would to import a dog. Except for the possible DNA test it wouldn't have cost her any more then any other dog to import. Travel costs, wait times, health test etc can vary a lot depending on which country they are exported from but not because of the breed.

Cream is not listed as a colour option on the Greyhound database. I've seen some very, very pale fawns. As has been said before what colour a dog is registered as may be different to what they actually are. Yep, that's what I'm thinking. Probably lots of incorrect colour namings, given all the things that can change what we see. On the bright side, more accurate and generally knowledgeable on matters relating to colour than the general public. I had a pound contact me to say they had a brown greyhound so I asked for a picture, thinking it very odd that we'd have a dun show up here in a pound but yeah, no. It was a thoroughly black greyhound with some kennel coat *eye roll* As for fawn.. it's usually "tan", "beige" or one time.. "camel". I get the camel colour totally :D