Missymoo

Im not going but I can vouch for this place as we stayed there the year before last, lovely people, lovely location, and bring a fishing road for the lake!

Very, very well said. I no longer participate in this contest as the results do not reflect who the top/best dogs are, just who goes to the most shows. I think it will be an impossible thing for Troy to fix as the 'serial exhibitor' will travel anywhere to win. Poor Troy cannot please everyone! I decided 2 years, when I could see the trend, to give the contest a wide birth and keep my focus on what dog showing means to me. It is definitely changing the face of showing, as is Dog News Australia. The Internet also has a lot to answer for. I prefer to have some balance in life and pick the shows that interest me and enjoy doing other things as well. Makes life more pleasurable and cheaper than chasing DOL points. Gaela Well written Gaela, this was what I was getting at in my advertising post....

angelsun: My point EXACTLY.. Ceilidh: I too am training but i will sure as shit be doing my own thing, I rarely check out pointscore before this year (as I have figured out that not doing it is causing me more harm then good, sigh) even then I just fill out my stuff and get on with other more important stuff, um like my life..LOL!

This is what I was getting at fifi, as the advertising has sprung up massivly over the last couple of years...sure Id advertise too if I hd spare $ to throw around, but Id rather spend it on importing, breeding and showing

ok I do my share of winning so this is not sour grapes..but I do believe all this emphasis on advertising etc is killing dog shows for the newbies... It seems alot of the tme unless you have money to spend on advertising and campaigning your dog , no matter what kennel it came from or if it was just as good as the current leader that you would never do as well as somthing that was heavily advertised? Advertising is becoming more and more important now..I am not sure its about the actual DOGs anymore?? I also heard from a reliable source that a judge was running late for the show as "they just had to check who was winning the pointscor so she wouldnt look silly and put somthing else up" Um, ..the person who told me couldnt even believe they admitted to even doing this! lol Each to there own, feel free to have your say, no flaming please, its just my opinion ok?

'snap' CruisenRoxy..I too was wondering it the breede of said dog was aware you intended to breed from him??

SBT!!

All sounds fine, just keep an eye on it, they are fat, healthy, drinking and putting onweight, dont worry yourself too much!

Its Sat isnt it?? My baby puppies first SHOWWWWWW...lead trained...um no...not really..LOL As to a certin dog winning all the time, thats hardly true, there a handful of dogs that win 'all the time' but youve got to be in it to win it I say! lol

mmmm looking at Miss Tiggs I am wondering if Skip didnt get to her earlier then the mating i personally saw...she is HUGE for just 3 puppies with 3 weeks to go....She up in the house just in case...I did take pics too, have to upload them..

I use them for my puppies too, I get mine at petstock and I pay $9.95 for collar and same for lead to match Found this site though, they have more cute choices, same price http://www.ozpetshop.com.au/index.php/cPat.../sort/2a/page/2

Wow, thats aweful, Id be pretty upset too, RIP little one

Missy thinks her brother looks wonderful and is very jealous! lol

Took her for prog test again today (no result as yet) and had a chat to vet, Ive pretty much decided on the chilled vs frozen now, thanks all for your responses, it haelped make things a bit clearer too!

Awesome!

ok from the last thread I still have time to decide so I thought Id pick brains again.. This is a difficult to breed bitch, semen is coming from inerstate.... What would be better....chilled or frozen? Frozen Puppies are being used, can someone give me an idea of what cost I am looking at for collection and shippment too please, needing a ball park to get oney together! (uggh sorry for spelling, keyboard is playing up and keeps missing letters!)

sigh

A steward who is a good friend of mine, always says somthing like "The (breed name) are getting excited!!" when the classes for the breed areabout to start, makesme laugh!

Ahhh thats the info I was after Lalopalooza!! Everything I brought up on the net was in Angelsuns system, thats why i was like "what?" Appriciate th info both you and Angelsun! I am useing Dr Micheal Bell so I am pretty sure he will know when! Awesome info guys! Thanks!

ok I have a difficult bitch whom Im having tested.. Prog test always confuse the crap out of me.... (dont worry I have a good repo vet but I want to disscuss prog levels and testing so I can understand it all properly!) She is currently 1.7, vet says we are looking for about 15 to organise chilled semen...about 25 to insert... I got on the internet to enlighten myself (as you do) and different levels are disscussed...ie 5ng to insert semen...?? Can anyone explain for dummies!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Dog-Showing-Gear_W0...=item3efc418d02 In QLD!

yes, I would like to read what was posted on ozshow to please? Can someone copy and paste?

Aww your babies were so cute and SOO well behaved too! All the hair is now vacumed up, no dramas! Puggerpup held my skin baby and we had a great chat while i sorted her furbabies! (sorry for making you all clucky again! LOL!!)

FBC was that you I talked to with hyour RUBOB??? I was the lady asking who got what to mark a cat...you were shaking??

Whoa there, was this a CLASS in GROUP or a CLASS OF BREED...had your dog been judged previously or was this the dogs first time in the ring that day? Just need to clear that up..