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He will get there far more quickly if he has constant access outside. If he has no alternative but to eliminate indoors, it will be backward steps every time there's an accident. If you cannot supervise him and he doesn't have that access, put him outside. He has lost his inhibition about toileting where he lives and sleeps. You need to rebuild it.

WM did the vet check his blood PCV? The real risk with things like gastro is dehydration. When they get that flat, they may need fluids via drip

Still a little gobsmacked that people knowingly take dogs on "breeders terms" and then question why the dog should be bred. Hello?

I have a dog in co-ownership with his breeder. We have a written agreement. We must both approve any stud work. She would get to use him for free on her own dogs and any other stud fees would be split 50/50. No purchase price was paid by me. It's worked really well. No issues at all.

They can be. In at least one Canine Control, you can't register a co-owned dog without a written agreement. Most of the dogs I know out on co-ownership or breeder's terms were given free. But the terms are what the parties agree.

I continue to hope that DOL members actually purchase pedigreed dogs from registered breeders. Seems we are both dreamers.

And continuing to demonstrate that, despite what social media tends to indicate, in the real world a strongly held belief is a poor substitute for actual knowledge. How it would play out is that the Small Claims Court would hear evidence from both parties about the agreement under which the dog was sold and then determine the terms of the contract and whether it was breached. Happens every day. Best stick to what you know because you're demonstrating to anyone with a legal background that in with regard to contract law, that ain't squat. What concerns me and is the only reason I am responding to your posts is that some one looking to grasp at straws to avoid honouring an agreement might actually believe you.

Not sure what else you'd call this.

I had a similar situation with a Whippet a couple of years back. A week after teeth extracted. Temperature of 41. Drip, ABs. Only test that showed anything was an elevated white cell count. And then gone. Didn't return. Perhaps an infection from the tick. Perhaps a depressed immune system has allowed something else to take root. All I can suggest if it continue is more bloodwork and a specialist consult. I hope it passes.

Yes, that would be for the best. Particularly in this day and age when so many people's word and handshake don't count for anything.

You clearly know nothing about contract law. Best you don't give advice on it. Yes contract law with no written contract on place.... Failed at the first hurdle. You don't need a written contract for it to be binding in law. Agreement, consideration, performance.. that's enough. People have these crazy ideas about stud dogs being screaming testosterone and no longer suitable as pets. Rubbish. My dog is the dog he's always been.

This is an entirely different scenario. An agreement has been made between two parties for consideration. One gets a dog at a discount and the other gets stud services. That's a contract.

Do you think your dog is a quality animal? Do you want to see another generation of SBTs? Then honour the agreement you made. Play your cards right and you can have a son or daughter when you are ready. He can do his matings and sleep on your bed every night if they only live half an hour away.

You clearly know nothing about contract law. Best you don't give advice on it.

Is he getting ABs via drip?

Welcome to the wonderful world of stud dog ownership. You often don't get much notice. What's to stop you delivering him for his stud services, waiting while it's done and taking him home. Believe me, it doesn't take that long.

What were the terms you agreed to? "Dog available for stud services" is about the standard one for males. Why do you need to be ready to breed the dog? It's not like you're going to be expected to supervise the matings is it? Good people honour their obligations and don't gripe about them on social media. Sorry but that halo is slipping. Cowboy up, let the dog be used and talk about what the arrangement entails going forward. If health testing needs to be done, the breeder should be paying for it. Free stud services for the breeders dogs and 50% of the fee for outside bitches is pretty standard. No way would I put a dog out on breeders terms to "pet owners". This is what you get. Perhaps giving the dog back would be best.

There appear to be a lot of sour grapes in this thread. And good reasons never to place a dog on breeders terms in a pet home. What a shame.

Counter condition it. No more pillows at the window. Reward the sound - pats, treats, anything.

Me too :laugh:

The Bunnings story is playing loudly on social media. Smartest thing I've heard on it was this - it SHOULDN'T be a dogs v kids argument. It's about knowledge and supervision. So making it into a tribal war means that an opportunity is lost to educate and encourage dog owners and parents to do the right thing. Surely that's what, as dog lovers, we all want?

This is a lot of changes of diet. Frankly, that's probably not helping. What did the breeder recommend the pup be fed. Baby puppies often don't sleep through for a while.

I do. I'd leave the Bunnings trips for a day I had no dogs with me. It's not that I don't trust my dogs. I don't trust people to behave appropriately, and to supervise their kids. Bunnings makes for distraction. It's for my dogs' safety that I leave them at home.

I'm disappointed that posts from "some" people have produced that reaction. Your biggest mistake was NOT to fall in love with a breed. It was to accept a very one sided set of terms for a breeders agreement. Traditonally "breeders terms" are far more equitable than those you agreed to. It was a poor decision. You regret it. I get that. You took the "right now" option, as do so many folk. If that drives you out of purebred dogs and into rescue that's your call. But don't blame all breeders for your choice. And please don't blame all rescuers if you end up with a dog that's not your ideal. If that's how you really feel, return the dog and get a rescue dog now. Threads like this are precisely why I'd advise against any pet owner taking a dog on breeders terms.

What breed is your puppy? How old is it? What training have you done with it? Where is the puppy when it barks?