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If you get the scoring done by Rawlinson in SA, he does not insist on a GA. Of course the dog has to be able to be positioned properly without the GA but most are fine. I have had one that didn't co-operate but know of plenty of dogs that have been scored without a GA.

I would like to see research done on the owners who dump dogs in pounds and shelters, to find out why they think pets are disposable and why others should have to fix the problem they created. This is the root of the problem and if no one dumped dogs then there wouldn't be any need to worry about re-homing them.

Why do you say soft crates are hotter. I use a soft crate and it has pretty much floor to ceiling mesh on 5 of the 6 sides. I put both my IGs in it. They don't go in the back back though, I put them on the backseat with an a/c vent in front of them. Never seen them pant in the car and they have been out in some super hot days too. Have you ever been in a tent with mesh walls? It is much hotter than an open shelter. I would never put coated breeds in a soft crate if the weather wasn't very cool. IGs have no coat and virtually no body fat so feel the cold easily. Breeds that happily survive in snow get way too hot in any enclosed crate.

No the red nose is not at all common in Amstaffs but is in very common in Pitbulls. Red nose Pitbulls were being bred in Aust long before the first ANKC registered Amstaff ever set foot in a show ring here. Local papers used to have ads for them all the time. Ever second house round me seemed to have a red nosed Pitbull, registered or not, for quite a few years so Pitbull crosses would be much more likely than crosses from the more tightly controlled ANKC registered Amstaffs but there is no way of knowing for sure with any crossbred. Our area still has plenty of red nose Pit types but you don't see them running loose as often or hanging around with gangs near the shopping centres like they used to.

What on earth did they do that could terrify a dog that much? Feather would be frightened in unfamiliar situations, especially if I wasn't there. Apparently some dogs were very chilled out and not frightened by the test. They said Feather kept coming to them and trying to jump on their laps but they weren't allowed to interact with her. I'm sure that would have confused her even more. I expected that she would have been afraid by the ordeal but I wanted to help them get a reaction on a whippet that is otherwise a great little pet, I dont think they fare well in these kinds of tests. Feather is absolutely fine now, back to her cute loveable little self. So you didn't get to see what they did? I wouldn't be handing one of mine over if I couldn't watch and demand they stop if I was not happy with what they are doing and my dogs have rock solid temperaments. I also don't see that a lap dog wanting to jump on people's laps is being timid, just what it is used to. I also wonder how they can test temperament if they are not interacting with the dog? All seems very odd to me.

What on earth did they do that could terrify a dog that much?

Milk of Magnesia works on ulcers in humans. Just keep dabbing it on a few times a day.

In Kelpies isabella is fawn and liver is called red or brown. These do look isabella- clearly a dilute but they have brown noses- thus bbdd. I assume there are some other intensity genes that have been used as modifiers if they appear different to a fawn Kelpie. ETA- crossing a blue and a fawn would produce blue puppies in the first generation, and then a mix of fawn and blue in litters there after. Really? I have seen ee yellow/cream Kelpies described as fawn the same as breeds like Pugs, Mastiffs, etc. I have never heard the term fawn used to describe brown dilute in any other breed. The shade of any colour can vary from pale to dark but they are genetically the same colour no matter what the shade. This applies to blue, brown, isabella/lilac and ee red/yellow. Even black varies in intensity.

I have never heard that and cannot possibly think why turkey skin would be any different to any other protein source. Mine are on daily turkey necks as well but I do not feed wings because I found they really spintered.

Yes, I was wondering why these predominantly white, potentially deaf and blind dogs are referred to as "lethal white" when they do not, in fact, die unless put down. If they had to survive in the wild they would certainly die therefore it is a lethal condition.

I think I saw footage of this after they'd landed. There were 2 helicopter crewman who carried 2 small dogs under their arms (one looked like an aussie-terrier) to 2 elderly men. While the TV reporter was talking to one man (with a mini-foxy on his knee), the other was continually stroking his little terrier. Also an AGL helicopter rescued an elderly man near Maryborough. The winchman brought up his 17 yr old little dog, too.... in a backpack. The thing that astounded me about that footage was that neither dog had a collar or lead on. Surely in any disaster the first thing to do is secure your pets in case someone else has to help evacuate them. What happens if the dog takes fright with all the strange happenings? Ideally every dog should have a trailer bay or dog crate available in case they need to evacuated and at the very least a collar with tags and a decent lead. Part of being a responsible pet owner is to ensure that you have the transport available to evacuate them if you live in a danger area. If this means buying a bigger vehicle or trailer so be it.

Same here. Raw minced beef as soon as the teeth are through at about 3 weeks.

The only thing that worked for me when we had cat problems was camphor. I bought the little green plastic containers full of camphor and placed them where the cats seemed to be attracted to, like the tree in out front yard, the side gate, front porch, etc. The cats stayed away and the camphor just needed to be replaced every few weeks.

I have seen a Rottie with white spots like that but the spots didn't appear until he was about a year old. The idiot owners took him to the vet to be pts because he didn't look like a Rottie any more. Thankfully the vet talked them into giving him the dog instead and he was looking for a home for him.

This Pom is chocolate sable and white. Chocolate pigmented with a choc overlay over red making him look lighter than a plain chocolate. The markings on the face are the giveaway to the sable pattern.

When I worked for a large pet warehouse the most popular solution was citronella oil mixed with vaseline. We sold heaps more of those two products than any of the commercial repellants and the customers claimed it stayed on longer, softened the damaged ears and kept the flies away.

Border Collies were always registered as their correct colour and the breed standard still does not have any disqualifying faults except for missing testicles. It does list certain colours and any other colour was regarded as a "show" fault, like pricked ears or a blue eye or whatever. As the cosmetic colour did not affect the dog in any way the coloured dogs could still be bred and shown but not shown with any degree of success. In fact new colours used to be added to the standard as people started to show them more. About 10 years ago the ANKC, for some stupid reason known only to them, brought in a blanket rule for all breeds that only the colours listed in the breed standards could be put on main register. So now if you ask any of the member bodies what to register a puppy as they advise using the closest listed colour if you want then on main register. The whole thing is a complete farce.

That is the way I read it as well. She seems to have been sent a copy of the papers for a full sibling from another litter. Very odd. I am also curious why anyone from NSW would buy a limit register SBT puppy from Qld when there are so many available locally, all the time? Not to mention paying so much for such a common breed.

The ones registered with the ANKC are called Tenterfield Terriers. They had to change the name to make it completely different to Fox Terriers which they do not resemble much at all.

Angus has just finished his first bottle of RHVC and he is definitely happier in himself, more active, his skin has improved more and his digestion problems have finally gone completely. I will be keeping him on it along with the TCM herbs he was already taking for his skin. The combination seems to be working well. :D

I have not seen the photos of the puppy and have no idea where it is coming from but hope both parents have been DNA tested for all three conditions and hip/elbow scored and that the breeder knows what they are doing with the merle gene, because most breeding it have no idea about the genetics. Regardless of the colour of any puppy of any breed, I would not buy a puppy with incomplete pigment of the nose and especially eye rims in this country due to the high risk of skin cancer. If the nose has a tiny spot left to pigment it will come with age but bigger patches may not. Eye rims are really important as there is no way to protect them with any suncreen or cover.

No puppy should ever be power walked under 12 months. For larger breeds they should be 18 months to 2 years.

I was talking about solids. No one mentioned anything about merles and the number of what I call well bred merles is very, very few. I could almost count the actual dogs on one hand and have only ever seen 3 in the showring here. Most merles come from coloured puppy farmers who breed only for colour, not quality. Regardless of the fact that a lot of merles do lack pigment the breed standard still says "The nose colour in all dogs will be a solid colour with no pink or light pigment, and shall complement the background colour of the dog."

A lot depends on the breed too. None of my Border Collies ever barked away from home because they are a quiet breed, were trained to not bark in the car or at shows and are so easy to train. The Japanese Spitz is another matter and I doubt he will ever learn not to alert bark at strange sounds when in the car, though he is good at shows too. The Jap Spitz is an "alert barking" breed so asking them to not bark is pretty hard.

Glad to hear the brushes are working ladies. :D If only I had bought shares in the company. There is no better brush for a Border Collie than a Mason Pearson "Popular" Bristle/Nylon and they are well worth the investment because they last forever. My first one is 28 years old and as good as the day I first bought it. I don't like pin brushes at all and gave up on them years ago. I have lots of grooming tools but hardly ever use anything other than the MP Brush, a Collie comb and a spray bottle with some sort of detangler in it for general grooming and not much more for a show. I occasionally use a soft slicker and a regular comb on the legs and feet plus plain scissors and nail clippers. The Mars coat king is only used specifically to get the rare knot out. Teh thinning shears and stripping knife for the ears hardly ever get used either. I use all the same grooming gear on the Jap Spitz as well but he uses the smaller MP brush I had to take into the ring in my pocket, with the Borders. Shampoo is an individual thing for each dog but I had a lot of success over a lot of years with Plush Puppy Body Building shampoo with wheatgerm. A lot of show Borders are washed in this.