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my lot turn wooden kennels, even heavy duty plastic kennels and foam beds into dental floss, turns out my granddaughter's kelpie and deerhound do too. maybe they are only going to last more than a day if they are for toy breeds? so they now content themselves with shavings and meadow hay to sleep on, poor things have to really rough it.. One bonus it sure gives them nice shiny coats. although my friends cavaliers seem to like turning their foam beds into confetti too.

my vet wanted a central register where vets could list breeders they found to be breeding soundness and give a rating so that anyone thinking of buying could ask their vet. One look and you could see how many and what health issue percentages were found in their puppies. he said he couldnt get the ava to approve it. they were worried the breeders who had low ratings could sue. bonzer idea pity they didnt back it

just spotted this.... so on the mark true. people dont seem to recognise hypocrisy when they see it anymore

they appear to eat with no trouble, the problem as my vet explained it was the teeth alignment in toy breeds and brachy breeds is different to for example cattle dogs. tarter buildup is a given for them, so it needs to be watched for and removed. as Rob Zammit pointed out, crossbreeds are only as sound as the breeds used and many carry the same defective genes so the problems arent going to magically dissappear and not show in the puppies in fact as he showed with one he used as an example that crossbreeding does not give a puppy with none of the two breeds faults, instead it can combine them all, no amount of "hybrid vigor" is going to help when that happens, cute as she was, had slipping patellas, hernia's, undershot jaw and sorry forget the other two she had. The biggest problem is the assumption that "ethical" breeders dont breed puppies with health problems. Mother nature doesnt care how "ethical" you are, every puppy is a completly new genetic mix even full bothers and sisters are remarkably diverse... As my vet says, instead of asking why did this happen, when a puppy has a defect, we should be blown away by how many are fine when you realise how many things can go wrong. Not all problems are genetic. there is a reason some conditions are called "congenitial " aka "born with it" defect occurred as the fetus was forming. mum running a temperature in early pregnancy can seriously mess with with the cells busy forming the fast growing baby, that happens with people too. stop and think .. what parent can " life guarantee" their own child? When I first heard fellow breeders saying that if you are an "Ethical" breeder you "life guarantee your puppies. I thought, your kidding surely, that is not a sign you are ethical, it is a sign you have absolutely no idea how impossible that is. AS the old time breeders of every species said, you put the best to the best AND HOPE FOR THE BEST! that is reality.... Yet everyone expects the breeder of a puppy to achieve what you cannot do for your own child. That is reality few seem to live in reality these days. As the buyer of the puppy I bred that developed syringamyelia asked me when she began running in circles at 5 months and it was diagnosed. "How could you be so cruel, you have broken my heart, I love her so much." She had to be put down there was no way to save her. But to blame me for a condition I had no idea my dogs could produce and was only just beginning to be understood was a bridge too far in the blame game for me and many others. life IS A LOTTERY, for all of us, you and me included, not just our dogs. to criminalise anyone for trying to breed healthy puppies, when the dice fall the wrong way. Is going to achieve what Peta want. Less and less people are going to take the risk of being demonised. Yes, some dont care a jot.... Sadly they are the breeders who will be the only ones left in the long run at this rate Her breeder may be one of them, not treating the ears and not telling you rather makes me suspect she may be one of the ones that will be churning out puppies without a twinge. So it would not matter if she was in the next street. The result would be the same, delivery of a puppy already needing vet attention.

She is beautiful, frankly it would not have mattered if you bought interstate or around the corner. puppies are not whitegoods, they are utterly individual..although cavaliers come with quite a few endemic to the breed problems. heart problems are endemic in many cavaliers, the first cavalier book I read, gave 8 years as the average life span, which is pathetic for a toy breed. I wondered why when I read the book, soon learned why. I used to breed them, ear problems are also endemic, as is poor chewing action so tarter buldup is a given, their teeth do not shear their food properly... I adore cavaliers, but sadly gave up breeding them because you simply could not guarantee sound puppies and I had dogs that were hernia free, 90% patella free, mitral valve free for 5 to 7 generations and they could still develop a heart murmur any time from 4 to 5 years on, the majority i had and bred were fine at 10 even to 14, but you simply could not guarantee it, as for syringomyleia, that was finally the deal breaker for me.. only had two develop it, but a friends had to have a mri due to a tooth infection that was suspected to be cancer.... although she has no symptoms, and is now 14 and still symptom free the mri says she has syringomyelia .... a friend had all her breeding stock mri'd only used the clears and only used clear when using other lines and still could get affected pups, its still a work in progress. your darling looks very cavalier style, so keep a good eye on her teeth, and their floppy ears keep them a sitting duck for yeast infections..... I always clipped the insides of their ears to keep good airflow, and plucked the hairs from the ear canal (standard practice in poodles or they get the same problems, all floppy hairy eared dogs need this seen too)

no idea what she meant either, the only one who can take/rescue/seize your animals here far as I can remember with complete immunity is rspca. From what ive seen of the Animal Welfare league here in nsw is that they are excellent, everything and more than the rspca once were....

zzzz Yes, just about everyone is asleep at the wheel... I twigged what was going on in 2000 after becoming a felon for a dog with nothing wrong with it, just because a dill with an rspca uniform formed an opinion (with no knowledge of the subject anyway)....... that is unappealable.... I gather this lady is an American. The warning is clear and she is right.... look at the victorian Breeder who send a pup co-owned to S.A.only last week, the new co=owners vet has told her the new law is that ALL puppies born after the new law came into effect must be desexed by six months or he will have to report her and her puppy for prosecution. They may have to send the puppy back to Vic if they want to use her for breeding...... believe it or not? Its on one of the ANKC forums Australians need to wake up, the rspca here are further advanced which means if we don't become exponentially more vocal - and fast, this will be our reality in half the time predicted in this post. https://m.facebook.com/groups/1509679472674969?view=permalink&id=2083070482002529 ‎Linda L. Minten‎ to Farmers to Felons - laws, regulations, and the advancement of animal rights Yesterday at 06:01 Most folks are skeptical when they hear my warnings.. figure I am just a loon. Over the course of several years we have posted facts based on my crazy. We have said there will be overly restrictive laws that discourage animal ownership... putting average owners at risk of felony charges (check), We said the AR groups control the legislative and judicial process (check), we have said some of the vets being utilized are AR affiliated (check), we have talked about the financial gain for rescues to instigate and participate in seizures with immunity (check)... We have said this is an environmental agenda and it is all tied in to one (check).. We have demonstrated that they divide and conquer using one group to destroy the other (check). Here is the deal.. the goal is NO animals because they are bad for the environment. It means less people too. So if you own a pet, are a farmer, ride horses, rodeo, eat meat, or even if you are a vegan on (their side)... you are each and every one of you at risk.. maybe not today, but you are at risk. Gone will be the circus, zoos, rodeos, animal sports/shows, breeders, farmers, timber, service animals, and eventually pets (after they get done using those people's donations to take everyone else out). No domestic animals, no food. We, you and I, are the enemy they seek to destroy on behalf of the planet. So while you can sit on your high horse and tell the world how great of an owner you are and that it would never effect you and the person being accused must be guilty - think again. Take a hard look at what is happening around you and realize it isn't just effecting the bad guys, it is effecting the good. Your rights to own an animal or farm your ground, and in some cases drive or use your vehicle and cut a tree... to use your property as if you owned it rather than the government... all those things are at risk. Same enemy wearing different masks and they use us to do their bidding. So if you are a good guy and live a perfect life and think you are good.. you are NOT. While easy to jump on the bandwagon to destroy someone based on information you can't personally verify please remember it can and someday may be you or someone you love. The poor guy who builds a pond for fire protection.. the old lady next door feeding feral cats... YOU because your fifteen year old dog has tarter and you decided not to risk having them put out anymore. Not your call anymore because they have infiltrated every aspect of our life with our collective help. It is going to get worse. Call me crazy but I predict within five years it will be nearly impossible to own an animal legally without risk of being charged as a felon. (in many cases we are there already). I believe breeders will be a thing of the past. We will shut down imports then and require spaying of all pets. A lot of farmers are going to bail because they just can't keep up with all the regulation and attacks. We will have some problem that creates food shortages because we have set ourselves up for food insecurity.. We will cram people into cities, the country will be left to the rich and wild. You may be allowed to have a car.. or not. They will tax and legislate us until we are no longer a free nation. We can no longer enjoy the right to liberty or freedom. Yes, I am crazy - crazy scared. I saw it years ago and finally some are starting to wake up.. but even in these groups I see them helping the AR agenda (better renamed the environmental agenda cause it has nothing more to do with animals then eliminating them) by infighting or jumping on the dang bandwagon without facts. My opinion for sure and I really really hope I am wrong. For kicks and giggles, look around your home, property, at your animals and tell me if you looked through the lens of an animal rights advocate who's goal is to eliminate animals (one generation and out, better dead then bred), accompanied by a "rescue" hoping to benefit financially with no risk to them (immunity) - would you survive it? Think long and hard cause I know a lot of people who dearly love their animals that would find themselves felons. We better get it together and start working as a team rather than against each other or this ship will sail and there will be nothing but would have should have could haves... my opinion.

fit to fly is exactly that, so some one mucked that up all right as for the puppys vet who vaccinated her giving you the information, the fact that you had her vaccination certificate proved you are now her legal owner, my vet welcomes puppy buyers contacting him for any info regarding their puppy. He files everything he notices about each puppy for me or their future owner.

I remember Rob Zammit showing a cute little maltese x shih tzu and it had every fault both breeds can carry, forget which lifestyle show, it sure wasn't the garden gnomes who put up so much advertising for x breds and encouraged it.... Rob pointed out that x breeding from faulty parents does not give the magic hybrid vigour so many were touting as the reason to get a x bred.... He had left the garden gnomes program unfortunately the message does not seem to have been noted or spread successfully

Think Rebanne is right, you can only report her to the rspca if your puppy was not microchipped or vaccinated, it is law that they must be..... remarkable how many people still dont know that even though its been illegal to sell an unvaccinated or microchipped puppy or kitten for more than twenty years now

be interesting asking the rspca best of luck and would be appreciated if you could keep us up to date, so hope ends well for you.... if it was a worm issue you will see improvement in six weeks

sounds like a cavalier but thats just a guess, needing worming can give rise to a heart murmur that will resolve once wormed, I remember my vet saying once. well I think that was it. come to think of it, if they didnt bother to treat an ear infection, maybe worming wasnt 2 weekly either..... might be an idea to worm your puppy, just in case

The poster should have contacted the breeder from the first vet check, that is appalling. to deliberately send a puppy they know has ear infections. Wishing you all the best in this. No idea what the outcome will be, the courts tend to be a lottery but going to the small claims is good advice the laws are now everyone must have outside kennels and it is illegal to whelp and raise your puppies in your home if they come and inspect you, and that includes the ankc inspector as well... the laws they have made now make everyone a commercial breeder whether you breed one or one hundred... instead so they are eliminating in home raised ( backyard ) breeders, its comply with commercial or else. a friend lives in dorrigo and the council there is even worse, dorrigo has made it that you must have a fully enclosed concrete floored, airconditioned shed for whelping. if you haven't one and the council inspector learns you have puppies, The inspector told her for every puppy pay 1,600 each or surrender. They seize them and take them to the local rescue. As well demand you desex the mother within I think one or two weeks or face fines of again I think it was 1,600...... the same I know the nsw government was going to implement the same laws as Dorrigo, but Dogs NSW managed to get them to redraft, no idea what the redraft contains, if its similar pretty much the end of all but commercial puppy farms in this state. As for the horrific results if a blackout occurred mid summer. locked in those sheds the dorrigo council has passed is the only way allowed, every dog would be dead by the time you got home it you were away from home when it happened .. same result of being locked in a car these laws are certainly not being drafted to take into account our climate and unreliable electricity supply. The politicians certainly have absolutely no idea about managing dogs in the real world and climate of this country

it was amazing actually that they did discharge the gun. a friend was riding with a group and a car hit one of the horses and broke two of the horses legs. the police arrived but refused to shoot it. citing they would have to fill our reams if they discharged a firearm. called for a vet to come, but unfortunately the horse began to come out of shock and began fighting to regain its feet and threw everyone who had been holding it down kicking my friend in the head. so then they needed an ambulance to save her life as her skull had been caved in by the kick.

think my lot would think cable ties were their dental floss :-)

"RSPCA Victoria's head of operations, Tegan McPherson, said there were a number of reasons why a seemingly healthy dog could suddenly attack. "It can be a range of things such as genetics, its learning experience and training as well as its environment," Ms McPherson told ABC Radio Melbourne. "Fear is generally the underlying emotion associated with aggression in healthy dogs." cannot find my self agreeing with the rspca, but it does explain why SA justified taking the border collies, they were fearful of the strange inspector, they interpreted that as they could attack as a result. Certainly known many dogs that are bred to be guard dogs automatically being aggressive , the one that scared me most was a massive Neapolitan that by 9 months decided his job was to guard the cars parked at our pony club grounds. he would welcome everyone in as they entered and parked, he would come gambolling up wagging his tail and wanting to be patted, typical adorable BIG puppy... no problems then, even when is owner was no where to be seen. BUT try to go back to your car without the caretaker, his owner with you, he would stand guard and begin to bristle if you kept coming and threaten to attack and he wasn't joking or bluffing, after one of the dads decided to ignore the threats and went to open his car door he was attacked... the caretaker decided to have him desexed hoping that may reduce the aggression, have to say everyone was relieved to learn he never woke up from the op... only his owner grieved his loss. Although everyone expressed condolences, we were celebrating in the clubhouse, because he didn't restrict himself to threatening us adults, he was terrifying the children too if the ran anywhere near the carpark. The caretaker did lock him up in her backyard but he discovered he had no trouble clearing the six foot fence once he had decided he had his job to do.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-11/american-staffordshire-terrier-dog-attack-kills-man-in-melbourne/11298152 https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/man-killed-woman-injured-in-horror-dog-attack-in-melbourne-backyard/news-story/ae54569cd7d3060f9671b8d14a5cd474 Such a tragedy, the poor family. I do wonder why the police bothered to catch the dog instead of shooting it on the spot when still attacking the woman when they arrived? Although hope they do an autopsy to see if it had brain damage or something else to trigger what is being said is abnormal behaviour

the dog world went crackers some 20 years ago, after someone discovered the new in stock "compost bins" for only $19 (that was twenty years ago I think) they are four panels of wire mesh almost identical to the puppy pens the pet shops sell for over $70 . every dog forum was spreading the great news.... there were constant updates which branches still had "puppy pens" in stock and how many left. I still use them. perfect for travelling, I have two and so they can play in a big 8 sided pen when we arrive at vets or show.... mmm the price has gone up but the same thing in a pet shop today is 179 so still a bargain,, i put them together long side down so 1 mtre square pen. the only catch is always use a pair of pliers to crush the ends of the twirly bit after u have it in place or the puppies shaking it they spin down and so it opens like a flower as they spin to the ground.. also I dont put the spinners on all four sides, get two small boat clips for one side and then can fold easily for travelling and or clip to second pen if want bigger run area for puppies, put together low for small puppies or high for bigger puppies if they climb...............https://www.bunnings.com.au/tumbleweed-garden-waste...

remarkable isnt it

O my! surely that first one has to be the winner... beyond priceless, just sums up everything about our dogs doesn't he/she. the good, the adorable, the EEEEEEEK! and no is already too late

incredibly sad, suspect he is lucky to be alive. probably will never recover from the trauma. so unnecessary, nothing the owner could do can be adequate. words fail At lest he did survive and will be back home with his family

What you may ask has this to do with purebred dogs. actually a lot now we live in the age of dead end kennels. less sires available to maintain diversity just for starters it seems. Without even dipping into the subject of shrinking female lines available https://listentoyourhorse.com/equine-genome-project-gives-modern-breeders-a-big-fat-fail/?fbclid=IwAR2qyUzpK79vn5E27XewkL9Qpgs5nSmP6_eSHBCE6XO6noFCRZ310kbnKmw

these mini bear dogs seem to have done the job too

ok it's american, but about time someone wrote a book about the industry. remarkable the parallels the writers were bitten and learned first hand and horrified by what they learned the hard way. 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