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RV, she is very cute - and you can see just by looking that she is also a ratbag LOL Can't wait to meet her

Hugs. I am so sorry for your loss. RIP Brock.

I make ice cream once a week here, and the dogs always get a lick of the bowl once the batch is finished, no matter the flavour. I figure that tiny amount spread between four large dogs can't hurt. My mum used to buy one of those little vanilla ice cream bucket thingies (made by Peters, maybe?) specially for my old Cocker on car trips... Dunno that I'd go that far. Less ice cream for me!!

LOL I had no idea what you meant. I was like...what's a walking coat hanger?? I've never heard of one of those! I nearly googled it. I'm an idiot.

I have to admit, I burst out laughing at the part where they tried to tip the dogs out, but they just dug their toes into the ribcage and screamed. LOL

Don't know about Quinns, but there's a place in Wanneroo which is supposed to be good. I can find out the details, if you like?

Hugs, Emery. Hope everything works out okay. I had something similar happen with one of mine very recently - thought it was a lipoma, until it suddenly grew to the size of a 50c piece in 2 days. Off to the vets and it turned out to be sarcoma Two major surgeries later, and I have a healthy doggy back, but the surgery to remove all the margins was a shocker. The incision was the length of my hand-span!

Hugs, RnH.

Whiteman Park has a large off-lead, enclosed area, specifically for dogs. But I prefer walking them around the park on lead. No idiots to deal with...

Oh yes! I remember Meelup being stinger central. Beautiful beach, but freaking ow lol

Just got my mag... WTF is going on with group 3 at the royal? I think we drew the short straw, this year!

Because unless you then excluded these dogs from competing from BOB, most judges would not bother walking past the head of the line for BOB... "Hmmm....do I choose the titled champion...or should I go for this up-n-comer puppy??"

Wha? I am so behind on all the show goss lol... Is group 3 split this year??

If that were the case, there'd be more than 2 challenges per breed. Nope, because having other dogs in the ring means that the judge is then required to find the two which fit the standard best as they see it It is, after all, meant to be a competition. But I guess my point was that just because there isn't any other competition on the day, shouldn't mean that the dog awarded a CC isn't competitive against the standard, and therefore worthy of the title of Champion.

If they're winning class-in-groups, then it's for a reason. Maybe it's only maturity which is preventing them from beating the Gr Ch? This happened to me - many, many CIG wins, but with a young dog up against a notable Gr Ch, we never saw any points for a long, long time. The CIG wins were enough to keep up motivated, and to keep showing fun and exciting. I do think some judges need to be bolder when it comes to awarding younger dogs over the older ones, maturity aside. A good dog is a good dog, no matter what the age. We were told on several occasions that the only reason we didn't win was due to maturity...which on one hand I can understand...and on the other side, used to bug the crap out of me, because if the judge liked a certain dog more, then that dog should bloody well win, whether it's younger or not. And yet plenty of newcomers can and DO win with their novice dogs, badly handled and with much less finesse on the grooming side of things! It makes those wins extra special, and IMHO and in my own experience keeps showing MORE interesting There is nothing better than beating the big guns with an up-n-comer. I think newbies have the advantage here. When an old-hand has a win over a younger, less mature or less experience dog and handler...big whoop lol. It's almost a done-deal, most of the time, and the only satisfaction I can see in it for someone is maybe rubbing someone's nose in it and trying to push them out. Of course, everyone likes a win, so I guess that's the same for everyone! And even the experienced people are always bringing out young dogs and having to start from scratch again too. Dogs title against the STANDARD, not against other dogs. Other competition is a bonus. But each dog is (or *cough* should be) measured against the standard. If a dog is titling on 6 points - that happens a lot here in WA where some breeds are numerically very small - then that dog has seen a lot of judges, all of whom - arguably - know what they're looking at. If each of those judges has agreed that the dog should title against the standard they're being measured against, then that dog is a worthy champion and proudly so. I think amateurs should be pitted against the pros. Otherwise, there is nothing to strive for, other than a truly meaningless ribbon, and no one learns anything.

Two bitches here, and two dogs, and no problems. I always make sure to be smart about feeding times and separating everyone - especially when I feed "competition food" (eg bones...they couldn't care less about squabbling over kibble!), but they all tend to swap and share everything anyway.

What info do you want to know? I'll find out for you. Thanks for this Need to find out if the trial on (I would have thought it should have been in the last K9 Magazine) and perhaps a contact telephone number so I can ring and get some details on where to send entries, how much, judges for each class etc. You can ring the club secretary, Lee Parker. Not sure if she'd be okay with me posting her number here, so you can find it in the canine mag under Pointers - Tintookie. Or look up Earlybird Boarding kennels

What info do you want to know? I'll find out for you.

Flea allergy? Dermatitis? Brush burn? Is this happening after a vigorous brushing?

Have to agree with this. Unfortunately, the technical problems with the live streaming meant that I didn't get to see all the BIG judging, only the final 8. Would have been nice to see how some of the other BOB winners compared to the judge's final picks... I do wish that they would at least show the BOB judging for the breeds. It couldn't be too hard to put that online, surely. Westminster manages to do it...why not Crufts??? It is, after all, the world's largest dog show, and while I enjoy watching the other arena events, I want to see the breeds being judged! ETA: Yay, just saw the whole group

Does anyone know if they publish the breed results online?

Amy, Rusky and I do. Yay for Toby getting back into it! Hmmm not looking promising at the moment - I wish I wouldnt fail for calling a ' ethanolamine, glycerol and fatty acid chain' 'the ball with the squiggly bit' instead then I would be done in a quarter of the time :rolleyes: I prefer your name for it It's far easier to remember

Going to be a late night here lol...

This.

Last night, BIG was English Springer and RUBIG was the Gordon.