Lynlovesdogs

hehe you must be so proud!!! when's the next show? are there any in the near future?

I just watched the Lappie Picnic day youtube (youtube's banned at work).. and... i wanna go i wanna go i wanna go i wanna go i wanna go i wanna go i wanna go i wanna go can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait had ot laugh at ahsoka rolling over cos it reminded me of hazel. we recently taught her to roll over and she is like zoolander. she can only roll one way.. and i saw jedi just looking at ahsoka like saying "what a show offf!"

I can't wait!! Looking forward more and more to the meet! when when when!!

Yeah I didn't want to write so i meant like the same 3 mixes but with different darkness.. I was lazy!!! keen to get the table out!! Damn the website i copied it from! I will update the grooming to so-so, medium, most difficult? (timewise) how's taht sound?

hahaha that's a good one! should I give point scoring system?

how come?

How's this so far guys? I'm super bored at work:

Rachel!! I AM SO MISSING OUT! I'm really kicking myself for not meeting you at the show 2 years ago!! I shall upload my tables soon (of what I have so far )

Hahaha, I LOVEE our community!! so i'm gonna start making notes and talking to myself and post my progress and tabulate my summaries (i'm an engineer can't be helped!), that's ok? or will I be babbling too much? and feel free to jump in and tell me what should and shouldn't be done too!

haha, sorry about that.. my research on Keeshonds is a tad old or i must have stopped scrolling at some point. that's a great starting point for me! some less intimidating people to ring up to talk about visiting them!! thanks for all your help! yeah i should make it out to a show at some point.. just keep missing them! haha lappie picnic I WOULD LOVE TOOOO i really have never met one!

Wow, that is interesting, well that cuts down my number of visits to breeders (since there are only 3 Lappie ones! and that's if they let me visit them!) 10 breeders? there doesn't seem to be 10 listed in DOL? although you are right. I have seen more Keeshonds than Lappies. I dont' see many Keeshonds, but i have never actually met a Lappie!!!

more keeshond breeders than lappies? I'm surprised!!

That's a great run down terranik! BTW, how's jedi's skin thingo going? We shaved hazel in the summer, and started her on a new food, and also with malaseb, when I took her to the vet, the vet kept asking me what I'd done to get her skin so good! no hot spots at all! anyway we can chat at the meet. I have met maybe... 5 keeshonds. the first I met at Centinnial park, she was even more aloof than Hazel to both human and dog, second i was in the car in a traffic jam and he was walking to the retirement home as a therapy dog and he seemed keen to want to almost jump up into the car! third I met outside my house and i think he liked me cos I had food? the last 2 i met at castle hill showground at a show, one was super hyper (young male) and the other just couldn't be bothered (older male) (and i lost that breeder's contact in Dural!!) Anyway, I love the keeshond personality.. I haven't met one I don't like yet... but it's the Spitz breed thread's fault! all the dang lappy photos!! I thought it'd be nice to get a dog with a slightly different personality, perhaps one who plays abit more than Hazel does in terms of breeders of Lappies, Samoyeds and Keeshonds, based on what I've read so far, would I be correct in assuming the numbers of them in NSW rank as Samoyed (most), Lappies and then Keeshonds? Also, anyone's experience with health type inherent issues wth the breeds?

Ohmigod... so have to go to the next one.. count me in please!! I agree with you Rysup! Sorry I missed out at meeting u a couple years back at Castle Hill showground! everytime I drive down showground road, i keep wondeirng if I'll see a Keesie stick their head out of the house :D I'm actually really keen on the process... and I want to do it properly but thanks! I love this community!! Who's Harry!! Hi SnoFyre, I'd love to come for the lappie picnic, i'm just worried Hazel will eat everyone's food! IT'll be interesting to hear your run down of the difference. Looking at my "research" I do think these 3 breeds run almost the same.. except keesies are a bit more, less social with other dogs and more lazy? Or that could just be mine!!

That was what I was worried about! you know how some dogs like collies and sibes NEED crazy exercise... Ahsoka and Jedi are soooo cute terranik!!! Loving their youtube videos! Can Hazel pretend to be a lappie then?

I think most dogs THINK they're human anyway? i've been doing some reading and I thought I'd get some opinions... Samoyeds and lappies: people say they need a few kms run a day, some say 2 short walks but need lots of human companionship.. which is it?

Oh ok, well i was just wondering with the aloof keesies or it seems to be the norm. I've met a couple like that Centennial park is great for me!

I say come come comeeeeee are we really going to do one!?!?

OHMIGOD I so agree, yes yes we need a NSW Spitz meet! I live in Sydney city city well eastern suburbs but sometimes we stay out at turramurra (relos place). Don't mind a drive provided its not TOO far... Hmm.. I do agree that Keesies are very aloof with strangers.. Hazel is just such a snob with people but with us at home, she's the clingiest type!! See this is why I need everyone's input! Is a dog's personality also impacted by its breeding or up-bringing?

This is so embarassing but as i read through this whole forum at work between stuff, i keep grinning.. esp this thread!! anyway wolfsong: that would be brilliant. I've always loved the look of samoyeds but never actually met met met one. There are a few around my place but the owners are not the... best (in my opinion) the lappies community IS growign! i swear its the puppy photos in the spitz thread!!! I would love to get details of shows to go to!!! and people to meet! i

Somehow I don't think I'll be able to cope! although I would one day eventually get one of every kind!! mostly be big ones too I'm in NSW. oh no no i don't want one right now. I foresee this process taking a good 8 months while i meet and talk with people and breeders, then find which breeder I'd eventually go with, put my name down and wait for the puppies I worry that if i meet with the keesies and the lappies and the sammies even the huskies and the malamutes, i'll want them all! my OH thinks I should stay clear of going to breeders because if they DO have puppies, i might end up taking them all home that day!

Yeah pigs and venison ears seem to be most expensive now... I have tried sheep ears but they seem to be very smelly and white (bleached?) Let me know how the cows ears go cos I've seen alot of them to be air-dried now. Cows ears are chaper too

Hi all, I know this has been done to death but I figure where else can i talk about this and get like-minded people to respond? My friends unfortunately think I'm just crazy... So, the history is, 3 years ago, I finally decided to get a dog, and we got Hazel, thanks to another foster doler... she's 8.5 now almost 9, and we, well I , think it's time we bring another puppy into the house because I think I'm ready with commitments etc etc.. plus I'm older and all that... So, having had a Keeshond and loving their temperament, their personality etc, I always thought my next (first puppy of many to come) pup would be a Keeshond.... However, after reading through all the breed subforums (Spitz thread you are to blame!!) and seeing all the puppies, I'm curious to know more about people's opinions of other dogs' personalities. I'd like to still keep within that kind of breed so the following are: 1) keeshond 2) Finnish Laphund 3) Samoyed So now is the boring bit of paper research and readign up (because now I only know about keeshonds and have so much to learn about the others!), but then comes the fun bit!! I will start looking for breeders... make contact.. what are breeders' response to people turning up to meet the dogs and puppies without straight away purchasing? I know there are heaps of breeders out there, but i've also heard lots of horror stories about breeders getting REALLY offended at people coming and not walking with a puppy.... so i'm keen to hear from everyone about everything!!! Also if people want me to come and meet their puppies to hear their stories over a cuppa, let me know!!!

Hazel won't touch rawhide, plus Stitch is right about the bleach... we used to give hazel greenies but after reading so much abotu it, no more.. she loves the lamb shank! a little bit of meat, heaps of bone and marrow!!

Hi all, Looking to buy more treats for hazel as such that she's lost weight and can have treats now... What's the difference between all the different ears? cow's ears vs sheep ears vs pig's earS? I know pigs are the most common and hazel Loves all of them, but is there any real difference between them? My OH thinks cows ears would be best cos all they eat is grass.... opinions?