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It's up to the dog's breeder to decide which register the pups go on. I can't see too many breeders selling a bitch on Main Register to a first time (for them) puppy buyer but you never know.

PS: Tea tree oil is toxic to dogs, especially if used undiluted. If you want to treat it, use a proper disinfectant that is safe for use on dogs.

Conformation and temperament. Breeding a limited register dog would see you in breach of the ANKC rules, not to mention profoundly disappointing the dog's breeder. If you want a performance dog, buy one from a performance breeder. They are out there. Even in JRTs.

Why would you bother? Convince your partner that the dog won't miss them and neither should he.

Yes. There are quite a few in a range of breeds.

Let the breeder choose for you. I'd take the choice of someone who has spent weeks with the pups over my own gut instinct and a short visit. You don't know which pups have just played themselves into tiredness and how the pups are at a range of times and circumstances. Provided the pup's not fleeing from you, Id take whatever the breeder recommends.

I feed my adult Whippets Royal Canin Medium Junior. So do quite a few other Whippet folk. It is 32:22 Bear in mind that it's not just the numbers that matter but the quality of the protein and fat sources that determine how well a dog will do on a diet.

I reckon that's a Yankee cocker I reckon what most Cockers with "issues" need is more boundariries, more brainwork and more exercise. They were never bred to be a lap dog. The same sort of management that sees poodles labelled "neurotic" results in this I reckon. Someone I respect once called them "a wolf in sheeps clothing". They are smart, can be obstinate and do need to be treated like a "real dog'. Cockers were also the bulk breeder's dog of choice a few decades back and the breed has paid a price for that. A well bred Cocker who is given the right training, and the right amount of physical and mental stimulation should make a fine family pet. Don't blame the breed because people want to treat it like an animated stuffed toy.

I would never use a long line in an offlead dog park. It becomes a hazard to other dogs and owners.

You need to train a recall so that you can call him away from other dog's treasures. Until you have one, keep him onlead if there is a ball around. Personally I do not think a public dog park is the place for throwing a ball for your dog. It's an invitation for resource triggered fights as you are learning. However, whiile it's allowed, it's down to you to ensure your dog doesn't steal them.

With all the trouble & rules & regulations & restrictions we have here I can't understand why anyone would want to import, breed, show or sell dogs as described above. Actually I can't even understand why anyone would want to own a dog like this either but each to their own. Azawakh's are gentle and sociable with their own family but are largely disinterested in strangers and have a protective instinct absent in most (not all) sighthounds. This does not make them "dangerous" any more than a well bred Dobermann or other guarding breed is "dangerous".

I'd recommend one of the larger, lower Liberty Grooming Tables

The whole point of purebred dogs was that by selective breeding you could increase the chances of certain physical and mental characteristics in a dog. Perfect case in point - prey drive, left as it was in the game hunting dogs and modified by selection to retrieving, herding. In other breeds it was undesireable and therefore bred out. Nurture can refine such things or enhance what nature gives but things like drive, resilience, nerve, reactivity are all there from the get go IMO. There are studies but I'll have to have more time to find them. Purebred dogs are your proof though.

Other than the Labradoodle (hate that name) that has its own breed association and register, what other breeds ARE there in development?? Repeated F1 crosses are certainly not that. Outside of the ANKC it is not against any rules to crossbreed. What are you proposing?

I'd be spending a few hundred dollars on some legal advice. Unless you signed the lease AFTER they told you "no dogs inside" I think they could be in breach. No way would i be staying there, Bali or not.

They can't be too serious about killing each other if they redirect onto each other regularly and both of them are still in one piece.

The first thing to do is to stop the chasing. Dog on lead whenever they interact.

If you were looking at a first time show dog and want to minimise the work on coat, go the CKCS but know that it's a tough breed for competition (indeed all three are) I love the Yanks but that coat requires a hell of a lot of work on a show dog. I think any of them will make fine family dogs.

Yep, both my Mini poodles LOVE it. :)

I use them for shows, for toilet training at night and I also feed my greedy Whippet in one so he doesn't harass anyone else at mealtimes. At times I have stayed in acccommodation that has only allowed dogs inside crated and then they are crated too.

Pulis do similar work to Kelpies so are a very high energy dog. And they work using their bark. I have yet to meet a quiet one.

I'd actually have loved to have come but I am volunteering at the GSD National that weekend. I reckon one of mine would LOVE it

I think it would be suicidal behind Whippets

Apart from their skin, Whippets are as tough as teak. I'd suggest you meet some!!

If I thought the Whippets wouldn't kill me, I'd be tempted.