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Do you mean the Ed Frawley ones? (Owner of Leerburg) I don't like his either. But I love Michael Ellis! If you can get his stuff that would be good.

Envy at 1 day old. She has come a long way in 15 weeks! And now

LIsa we have done a road trip or two with Envy already and we took a lot more than we needed to really. Probably because I have a van for the business and it's always full of dog gear anyway. essentials would be: Food & Water bowls Food & water Leash Long line Crate Bedding and spare bedding/towels Poop bags Collar & harness I bet you already have all that sorted though ;)

Bahaha love it & thanks :)

Thanks Sheena I've been looking for it too and just ordered one there :)

Really good :) I've been taking her there a few times since I got her so she is pretty used to them now. She was wary at first. Now she tries to share the horse food. Has no fear and gets a bit too close to the legs for a sniff. Luckily my horse is quiet and fine with dogs and Envy doesn't try to nip her or anything. Hoping she stays so good! We also get to see ducks and chooks and geese there and lots of other horses :)

Helloooooo big doggy!!

Yes! I get, "Oh that dog has some german shepherd in it" all. the. time.

Lisa what is Nova's date of birth? Is it 10th may cause that is Envys too :)

Hankodie, it sounds like you did great. I would have been stressing out too! I have been in similar situations and I wonder why the parent doesn't seem to have any control or even try sometimes? Sounds like you handled it the best way you could and don't worry - I think Hank will be fine. I'd still be having a drink or two after that though! But I am not a kid person.

. I was wondering why you said button and rose. I've never heard of that before!!

But can we look? Show us a pic!

I hope it's normal cause Envy does it too :) Is it true that the ears will re-floppify when teething happens? Hard to picture Envy's ears going floppy again but I love the confused ears look. So cute We have a clam shell pool too. This was a few weeks ago. I think Envy was wondering why Lola is in the water

Can't wait to see pics. Could it be a maremmma?

And we now have signage to go out and about with and hopefully stop at least the majority of the people who pat without asking

I let Envy go on the ground from day one, and just avoided places that are highly trafficked by other dogs. But as long as you are getting out and about that is the main thing :) We just went for a short stroll the the beach. Lovely weather here lately, just a bit windy today. Here is Envy just 20 minutes or so ago

Sounds like you're doing great :) Does he take it all in his stride? I would say it's probably enough if he is confident and doing well. Great that you are doing all that focus training. I do similar things with Envy. We go as many new places as we can and work on focus there and do some obedience. If you need him to get used to livestock or anything like that, expose him to those things lots now too. :) We go and see the horses, cows, chooks and ducks :)

Lisa, I hope Nova's worms are all sorted soon. I'm sure they'll clear up now. That's a worry about the drontal not working. I remember when Lola was a puppy the morning after we got her all these worms came out, maybe because they wormed her the day we picked her up and this was probably the first time they had actually done it. I remember I was so worried, freaked out she was going to die and took her to the vet! She was of course, fine.

I have stacks of ideas! Socialising is my passion! I have a three page list. So it depends how much you want to see but to break it down into general ideas: Loud noises - thunder (you can play an audio track), party poppers, dropping tin pans & loud kitchen sounds Machinery - lawnmowers, chainsaws, whipper snippers, motorbikes Passing things- cars, bikes, skateboards, scooters, skates (could go to a skate park) Old people, small children, walking sticks, wheel chairs, glasses, hats, coats, boots, teenagers Lots of new environments but make you the most rewaring thing in any environment or situation. Hope this helps :)

I had some random woman come up to Envy and me and tell her to sit, she didn't know that word at the time and so the woman grabbed the skin on her butt and grabbed her neck and pushed her into a sit. I was like "EXCUSE ME! DON'T DO THAT!" She just said oh, ok. LIke I am the crazy one. Then she proceeded to tell me that Envy must have some "German in her" because of the dark features she has. Yes you see that darkness in her face, that is German. Thank you for telling me what my dog is. A few weeks ago when staying at the in-laws my bro in law's GF (who is not a dog person at all) met Envy and within about 30 seconds she was saying she wants one of this breed. And she didn't even know what the breed was. Ummmm, no you don't. I think she thankfully changed her mind when Envy started mouthing her hard.

Oh she is getting huge but it does still fit her. She has about 4 harnesses so there's all sorts in the pics. Mainly because Lola is the same size so I already had them :)

Took some photos last weekend. Oh the chaos. Especially for this group shot. We'll just pretend Envy is being focused and not about to go in for bitey face! In the car, nice and tired after dog school And... asleep!

I just caught the malinois bug myself. Envy is everything I wanted and gets more awesome every day. I don't think I will want another breed :) I do like the WL GSDs too though. And spaniels. But the mals are my fave. If Envy continues on the path she is on I think she will be the dream dog I wanted :D

From a legal viewpoint, I don't think the breeder is obligated to do anything. Some do and some don't. Was there a contract? If not, you have less to back you up. This kind of thing happened to me. Elbow dysplasia in a border collie at 4 months of age. Specialist and vet agree most likely genetic. Parents were not tested for anything, just "clear by parentage." Breeder was advised straight away and was nice about it but no offer of refund or anything, and she didn't have to. She is now breeding my dog's sister and doing all the health tests. I do think the issue is in the lines though. We paid a lot of money as well and the whole process really sucked. But I share some of the blame as I should have done more research. First pedigree dog from a registered breeder and I thought I had done it all right.