Elise+Hudson

Just a question from a showing wannabe. :D

If your dog wins a baby puppy class it can only go on to win baby puppy in group, correct?

But if your dog is in a puppy class and wins, it goes into the running for challenge, not for puppy in group?

(I hope this makes sense!)

If you remove the baby tooth before the adult has fully errupted you can also cause issues with how the adult tooth comes down into place.

I always discuss the options with my clients for all surgeries before hand (difficult with the call in desexings, but all surgeries discussed in consult or with myself over the phone). We like to be able to offer gold standard medicine, pre-op bloods + fluids, removing deciduous teeth, dewclaws etc. But I will only have these as an option for the normal healthy surgical patient.

All geriatric patients or patients with a medical history of issues I will reccommend pre-anaesthetic bloods strongly, but not force upon people. But I will just factor intra-operative fluid therapy into the estimate for these patients. No animal over 10 has surgery of any kind without fluid therapy (within reason).

Similar for any orthopaedic surgery, they all have fluids.

I was also wondering, what are the laws when it comes to walking your dog from a bike?

Oh I am sure I will smartypaws. I definately am ready for mine, but I would rather wait for the dog I am looking for than jump in at the moment. :D

I love reading all the updates here though!

Congrats on all the new puppies everyone! You must be so excited.

No news here, but I am quite happy to keep waiting - the perfect pup will get to me eventually! :D

Has she just gone to her normal vets? I would definitely head to a specialist for a second opinion and then they can go towards MRI etc. from the specialists.

I am contemplating $57 - one of each of the babble balls, the focused puppy book and a tug :D

Haha just trying to stop myself as I don't yet have the dog! haha

If I get to the show I will definitely have a wander around and meet as many people as I can

How long do these usually stay in the free shipping section?

I will be interested in who will be going! I will be on call for work, but will get over if I get a chance to have a look.

I will have to go back and ask if they have the special price on the smaller compact gazebos. :D

Your right, I have helped put up one of the bigger ones and it would not be too easy on your own.

Thanks so much for posting this guys :D

Haha, is it wrong to buy toys before the dog? :p

I love the sound of these! But to choose the animal noises or talking one... oh so hard!

Mine had the larger oztrail compacts for the special price. Just am a little worried that turning up to a show or event with one of these and only one dog wouldn't go down well with other competitors?

I will have to go back and see if they have any of the regular sized compacts for that price, as that would do at the moment!

Do you think the spacing is vital when training? Or do the dogs just adjust when in competition settings?

Potassium permanganate or what is more commonly known as "Condy's crystals" Works like a charm but does stain things purple if your not careful!

Would you recommend this over a normal pavillion? I am only going to be getting into showing soon and will only have one dog, I don't necessarily need this much space, and would people get annoyed with you taking up so much room just for you?

LuvLotte - your first pic!! Oh how I missed Fac Day this year!

Depends where about you are on the coast?

I have done pracwork with, and I am now quite good friends with the vets from Cooroora Vets in Cooroy.

They are not a specialist hospital though, just a great vet clinic.

Otherwise I believe there is a specialist hospital now on the sunshine coast? I haven't been living there for a while sorry!

I remember watching what sounds like that same video on youtube where the skinned dog looks up and at the camera. Gave me nightmares!

Omg! So many adorable tags and things on etsy! :D I can't wait to order some for myself!

Well I made the decision I will wait for the right pup for me.

Gorgeous photo of your new ones anna and lucious! :D

I hope to eventually meet some of you when I am out with my new pup! It would be great to meet people from DOL!

How on earth does she do that! She doesn't even look like she gives any signals at all!

I am so sorry to hear this! I was really pulling for the little guy.

Hope he finds a good place up there. :D

Well.. I was offered a pup from a breeder today, a really lovely girl.. But I turned her down as I really had in my mind certain markings.

Now I feel like a terrible person.. I know someone else will love her, but at the moment if I am going to be spending the money to pick a life partner in a puppy, I would really like to have what I had been imagining.

Am I a terrible person? I am now a little worried that no other breeder will want to offer me a pup - in that I was too picky, and I might be waiting in this thread for a long while yet.