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That was the reason I was given for the opening of the "development register" I know many who submitted dogs. I looked after one of the last Rokeglen girl's for the remainder of her life. So many decades ago. I met the only kennel left with MR stumpy tailed cattle dogs at sydney royal her dogs were beside mine. They were the only exhibits

there is an ironic twist here surely? only the dogs bred by the backyarders and these genetic's preserved by the very backyarders so despised by the ankc members? Are the ones to end up in the "development register" but not those of the dead end ankc kennels. (they were either already desexed prior to sale, or with desexing contracts.) Yet, once these "development register" dogs belong to ankc members they too will be probably only sold on LR only, so back into dead end kennels, anyway

yes the most often heard is No one is getting my lines I worked so hard to improve. so LR all the way and those supposedly ever so precious "lines" die with the breeder. best example is the stumpy tailed cattledog. not a single MR owned by anyone other than Iris. the good news is once its down to that point, then a "development register" will be finally allowed and dogs submitted for assessment and into the grading up register.

so the sacred cow remains sacred

Encouraging new members went out the window a few decades ago. main reason so many steer clear of ankc breeders now,

LR now its the same cost as main now to register them yet you cant show them you cant breed from them no matter how high their quality. Limit isnt for the pet quality puppies anymore. its for every pup you want to ensure cant be used to continue their heritage

it is very effecting in limiting any competition. but the breeder speak is they are ethical, only register what you keep for yourself has been the gold standard for decades now

I just totall crack up when they started bleating, "a responsible , ethical, breeder will life guarantee their puppies". like yea, so I can life guarantee my child's health? FOR LIFE? IF WE CANT EVEN DO THAT FOR OUR CHILD, how on earth can you be so stupid to think you can for a dog, cat, u name it anything that wasnt manufactured like whitgoodes which are never guaranteed for more than 3 year, 1year being the norm. As my vet said, breeding is a lottery of unseen unknown genes, the dna profiles only pick up a miniscule percentage of the deletrious genes to be found. Sanity, common sense? out the window these days. LIFE IS A LOTTERY. yet we are expected to know more about our pets genetic makup than our selves or our children??? no wonder so few want their necks on the chopping block by breeding a litter As for the limit register. back in the olden days, main registered puppies comprised any puppies the breeder was proud to put their prefix too. Even when it wasn't a flyer that would go Australian champion, all the puppies that were a credit to the kennel and could produce good sound puppies went on main register; Believe it or not breeding quality puppies outnumber show quality puppies by 10 to 1, even 30 to 1. but those breeding quality puppies often produced better consistency in their litters than the show winning champions. I saw this often. champion to champion mating's with some 25% of puppies that would be pet quality only and never registered, but sold as pets with a written pedigree instead. But those puppies were dead money to the register. fast forward to the ankc bowing to the AR nutters and all bitches were restricted to how many litters they are allowed, how often a year they can have a litter and all of a sudden income has halved for the ANKC. Solution. ALL live puppies MUST be registered. the once pet puppies must be Limit registered. income restored. Except all of a sudden its the Ethical, Responsible who will never sell a puppy on main. "you cant let your bloodline out of your control" "you never breed except to replace the parents" "you never breed to supply pets to joe public! or your a puppy farmer to be hounded ouf the the ankc" so dead end kennels is the epitime of Ethical and responsible? I have other names for them but they are not repeatable in public. something about ego, over control etc ................................................................... well the mess is escalated to the point many, including vets I know who see the ankc ending up irrelevant to purebred dogs and they began saying that almost ten years ago now. I noticed when RNSWCC decided to become more relevant to the dog owning public and registering x breds and unregistered purebreds for companion dog events changed the name to DOGS NSW. I believe they have spotted the writing on the wall and its now to be changed to DOGS AUSTRALIA. to appeal to more pet people as the purebreds born continue to fall towards endangered levels now. I do think they will intervene in the end and open breed development registers to bring the numbers back up again as they did for the Australian Stumpy Tailed Cattledog. Fortunately there are millions of invisible purebreds being born independently of the ankc members for classification when needed. I well remember how many magnificant stumpies turned up for classification when the development register was opened and dogs asked to be brought for classification. not bad for a breed that had for many many decades only one registered breeder who would not sell on main register

that was sure brought home to me recently, had a litter attacked by, oops forget the name, but they needed Baycox, except my vet had only 10 mils in stock left. all warehouses out of stock due to shipping shortages. with 7 pups to dose it wasn't enough and all 7 died. that was a heartbreaker. ordered a bottle just in case it occurred in another litter down the track. was told earliest delivery the warehouse could send would be December , price $240. fast forward to February and stepson's bosses calves had same problem and baycox desperately needed to save them, was picking up feed from local produce store and there in his fridge was TWO! 250 ML bottles? Bought both at believe it or not $130 each? one for his bosses calves and one for any future puppies might need it. then this week vet rings, 3 months after the one I had ordered last year was supposed to arrive in Australia and yep, still $240 for the same size bottle? Thanked the vet profusely but explained had managed to find one in a produce store who kept it in stock for clients for calves and piglets. (same is used for puppies) I daren't tell him what price they are selling it for. was I a coward? or being tactful? meanwhile produce store had restocked and has 10 in the fridge for clients and yep, still the same price? Interestingly its privately owned produce store. not part of a chain with the buying power like the pet barn ones.

not alone, had a mare with at least 6 broken ribs, the pain she was in she had to be put down. I sure didn't want to as she was only months off foaling so why would I want to lose the foal if the suffering of the mare wasn't my concern? The idiot vet argued with me for over an hour with alternatives. Get a tractor and hip lift her then Sling her so she cant lay down etc she was in so much pain she was down with no intertest in getting up, odema of legs and body, internal bleeding u name it she had to be put down. She finally gave up and did as I had requested in the first place. BUT the bill certainly reflected the time dragged out by her, Pardon me if i suspected that was exactly the plan frankly. scratch that one off ever letting through the gate. Too many come out with so little hands on knowledge it is very concerning only after being put down and her laboured breathing ended and the area collapsed inwards would she finally concede how massive the trauma was???????

my vet told me over 20 years ago booster closer than every 5 years is over vaccinating and most dogs never need boosters after their one year booster. ditto for cats

not dog related, well or is it? the AR nutters have been targeting dog breeders just as much as farmers. even call us puppy farmers. interesting read and brilliantly accurate take on the hypocrisy too https://www.theland.com.au/story/7552834/taking-stock-the-tv-line-that-had-aussie-farmers-cheering/?cs=4941&fbclid=IwAR2F4_D580fYGH16Gxt2JNxHfVlwLUEbc00ViE724A0bKDM6Mz4zxozXbNo

How distressing for you. I have never had to deal with something like that. I sure hope your vet can help you. Although I just had a thought? what if you made him a pair of pants for each leg? Padded and with wide strap to button over his shoulders so they stay up? he cant lick them down and the padding will protect his elbows as well protect any bandage from him getting at it but it probably still need to be pinned to the pant leg or would still work its way down anyway make a few pair so can wash as needed and never left without his elbow protector on

was waiting at mascot for a flight and watched the baggage train arrive with two dog crates as well on it. the driver parked it beside the plane and they began loading the luggage. the plane parked in the bay beside it turned on its turbines and began to back up. the noise must have been deafening to a human what it was to those two dogs would have been 1,000 fold and they were obviously terrified as the crates were rocking with the dogs efforts to escape, one almost rolled off the baggage train. I hate to think of the trauma those two dogs went through. I could see the logo of the carrier on the crates and phoned them. they said once they are loaded on the baggage train the dogs are out of their control once the baggage handlers have loaded them on the train to the planes. This needs to be rectified. apparently the dogs are always loaded last which means they are exposed to this way too long when it happens

the down side to that is head shy. i bought one the farrier took one look and said this one's been ear twitched. trying to put a bridle on her without putting her in the crush is impossible. lots of work to get her trust for her

the caption on faceplant says 'only horse people will get this.' prove em wrong everyone

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really? what rubbish, play with puppies , make heaps of noise, play the radio and even though they have never been out in the big wide world they think they have if you make that effort was told radios are a great way to accustom your puppies to the weird and wonderful so they take their first show and all its noise and bustle in their stride and yep it works, not only for them but your horse too

I really hope she settles for you, I have no knowledge of hounds, years ago I found a dumped german shephard hiding in the scub in the park across from my home, it took me 4 months of putting feed out for her before she would come to me for her food and eureka day she followed me home. she took months to be confidant in our yard and home let alone trust my family, she wasn't a pup was at least 12 months old. in those circumstances you find yourself so wishing you could talk to them

bravecto, nexguard and simparica are a nurotoxin far as I know it has not been worked out why in some dogs it crosses the blood brain barrier but if it does there is no antidote. just have to pray you dog survives if it does happen. not sure of the percentages not affected v affected but the death rate in those affected seems to be 50% https://www.facebook.com/groups/411371212394679/ there is another link by a vet that people are just assuming, but ive seen it, friend's vet dosed the entire litter of 7 with bravecto when it was first on the market, 4 began staggering and exhibiting epileptic like seizures shortly after despite vet check before dosage found all strong and healthy. one recovered, two died and the fourth developed brain damage from the seizures and put down. her vet admitted he had never seen anything like it before in 30 years of practice and he was seeing it in a percentage of all the dogs he had recommended it too. He had ceased supplying it. from that date I warned anyone who bought a pup from me they would risk their dogs life and health if they chose to use it. all was good until last year. four owners had their dogs begin seizures after visiting the vet. One had thought the chew the vet gave his dog was a treat, it was not until he saw on the receipt he had paid for a dose of Bravecto. but he didn't see that before he was already home. his dog woke him in the morning seizing beside his bed, I received his frantic call for advice and told him take him straight to his vet asap. the vet told him it had nothing to do with the Nexguard, that the parents must carry epilepsy (in 39 years of breeding this line I had never had an epileptic puppy reported or any I kept exhibit this) three days later another rang me frantic, their puppy was fitting, again I told them take her to the vet immediately and yep the vet had sold them Nexguard assuring them it is perfectly safe. the first boy survived, but was many months before they knew he would survive, lots of vet bills during the period. The girl was ultimately put down after 4 months as each seizure caused more brain damage until their vet said she no long had any quality of life. they too were told my lines carry epilepsy, the Nexguard had nothing to do with her death. all up in 12 months, 4 affected two died. Most are put down so do not go on record as having died after being given bravecto or nexguard, but simparica has the same drug and same symptoms when your unlucky or more correctly your dog is unlucky. https://www.walkervillevet.com.au/blog/does-bravecto-kill-dogs/ Its a tough call. the decision is yours. although the vets will back you to sue the breeder though. Catch is doesn't bring your dog back and none not given any of those three has developed what? epilepsy. the ball is in your court. good luck

intesting comments on a legal forum " Right. Hobby horse time. The whole premise of OP's question (as if this issue turns only on electronic witnessing of 'documents') reflects a broad disregard across the profession and probably society as a whole for what an affidavit actually is: sworn evidence. We all say that it's sworn evidence of course, pay it lip-service, but we seem to have forgotten what that means. When a deponent makes an affidavit (I'll come back to the terminology in a minute) they swear or affirm that the contents are true on pain of perjury (in NSW that's up to 10 years' porridge). It's about as serious a promise as one can really make in this day and age. Signing a statement or a letter is nowhere near as serious an undertaking. Yet despite that there seems to be a practice these days of treating an affidavit like any other document. Does any solicitor witnessing the document still administer the oath or affirmation? Do they ask the appropriate questions of the deponent? My bet is it's very rarely done, hence why so many people these days refer to a deponent as 'signing' an affidavit, rather than 'swearing', 'affirming', or 'making' one. We've cheapened the meaning of sworn evidence, probably through little more than a cultural laziness. The problem is that laziness is encouraged by judges being more and more willing to just let bodgied affidavits through to save time. While this judgment is to do with a far worse bodgied up affidavit than most of my rant is directed to, we still need more judgments like it. ETA: it all reminds me of that Police scandal a few years ago (I seem to remember it being VICPOL but maybe it was NSW) where it turns out they were just signing affidavits for use in ex parte warrant applications rather than making them properly. There was a whole load of fire and light in the media, but all I heard from practitioners here was 'well that's how we do it'. Jesus wept. EATA: the value of sworn evidence is that the deponent gives it on pain of penalty. Historically eternal damnation worthy of oath-breakers, now criminal sanction. People will say all sorts of shit when there’s no consequence for getting it wrong, but the threat of penalty gives the courts enough comfort to rely on it as a default, and disbelieve it only when there is good cause to do so. Without sworn evidence being properly prepared and treated, the foundations of our Justice system crumble." both tdierikx and I have heard rspca inspectors lie with impunity, in my case the lie is actually in a written document and yet I still could not get the Minister for Agriculture do anything to hold them to account. "(in NSW that's up to 10 years' porridge)"., not a chance, they are sacred cows far as government is concerned, left to "investigate" themselves.

some are just a cut above all others, leave the biggest hole in your heart

o tdierikx I am so so sad to learn that has happened to you too , I have struggled for over 20 years now to deal with the aftermath of the theft of my little dog. it just does in your mind to learn how cruel they are not just to the targeted person but the animals they use / abuse to get at the owner.

"the department had not been proactive in overseeing and supporting the RSPCA in exercising its powers." Well that does not bode well at all. more support of the decimation and destruction of any person targeted. dont waste your hopes on them "overseeing" anything to reduce the mental suffering of either the animals seized or their owners methinks. went this route in the so called investigation of nsw last year and we all know what happened there not much new there to indicate any accountability or avenue of appeal for those targeted