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AIMFOR BABY IMA STAR is living up to her name, BABY PUPPY IN GROUP - well done MissyMoo

I don't know of any who do either.

It is allowed. Maybe that is what the OP meant, the breeder back then bred Harl x Harl and culled the Merles?

No, but the OP was talking about culling merle's not the other colours in a litter. The numbers are declining thou. Actually this whole thread is confusing. While I don't object to breeders culling puppies that are unlikely to sell, what I don't understand is why you would breed with a merle then cull the merle offspring. Merle is dominant so one parent has to be merle for any of the puppies to be that colour. Surely in this case, simply not breeding from merles at all would solve the problem. In Australia we can no longer breed from Merles, it has been like this for maybe 4 years now. All Harlequin puppies will have a patch of merle on them somewhere. But Harlequins are geneticlly merle with modifiers, so breeding them has to produce some merles. Correct, so Harl x Harl is still going to produce some merle puppies.

No, but the OP was talking about culling merle's not the other colours in a litter. The numbers are declining thou. Actually this whole thread is confusing. While I don't object to breeders culling puppies that are unlikely to sell, what I don't understand is why you would breed with a merle then cull the merle offspring. Merle is dominant so one parent has to be merle for any of the puppies to be that colour. Surely in this case, simply not breeding from merles at all would solve the problem. In Australia we can no longer breed from Merles, it has been like this for maybe 4 years now. All Harlequin puppies will have a patch of merle on them somewhere.

No, but the OP was talking about culling merle's not the other colours in a litter. The numbers are declining thou.

NeedAWie GottaAWei Sorry, I am not good at coming up with prefixes.

But most of these are required if you even only have 1 puppy? Only some of them were culled, not the whole litter. Yes, but often the quantity is larger if you have a larger litter. Bottle feeding one puppy is not the same as bottle feeding 6+

It has nothing to do with the show ring - up until 4 years ago from memory breeders could breed from them and not show them. So for want of a better word they still had a "purpose" when it came to breeding/show folk. The merle gene is often associated with congenital deafness, and not just in Great Danes. Which is better to cull at birth or wait until 6-8 weeks when a Dalmatian is hearing tested and cull then as it is deaf??

This is the map that came with my numbers.

Then do you factor in.. Heating costs for heat lamp/heat mat Health testing Supplementing puppies if they need to be bottle fed Advertising cost Cesar Antibiotics if the bitch get mastitis Not to mention endless washing and washing powder Increased food and supplements for the bitch On a side note baby Giant breeds eat more then the adult versions.

You are talking about a Giant breed they cost a shite load to raise, not to mention... Whelping supply/costs Vet cost Stud cost ANKC registartion Vaccinating Micro-chip Worming Feeding 4 times a day Plus time off work, sleeping with them 24/7

Is there a site that shows the winners photos ??? Here you go http://www.mayfoto.net/content.htm

SAT BIS - Stafford RUBIS - Bulldog BIS Line up pug, stafford, pointer, saluki, OES, sibe?, Bulldog My Affenpinscher was shortlisted for the group again and won Junior in group.

You need Steph there, she does great pics of all the pages. MissyMoo sent me pics of the pages I wanted to see - she was also awarded BOB in the Cairn's today

The hamper that I have donated for Lillydale Kennel Club this weekend - tickets can be purchased via the club on Friday & Saturday.

LOL I do I do as well :D

Next to certain people etc. I think size is based on the breed of dog.

I have had very little feedback on it. I have been told by customers it is good, no real feedback thou.

There is a few different versions Here You download them and add your details and print out when you want.

oztrail for me as well. 3x3 Deluxe Oztrail for $199 Hasting Camping ask for Reece 66 High Street Hastings VIC 3915 (03) 5979 2858 I have seen altegra's go flying as I have oztrails and just about every other brand, it's how you tie them all down that counts in the long run. Tie it down wrong and no mater how good a brand it can still go flying.

I bet Group 1 is indoors yet again (roll eyes) it is a PITA having to walk back between 1 & 7 to see what Group 1 is up to. I think we should ALL be outside.

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