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Thank you for your help

Sorry to trouble you all, but I have a question about a lady who contact me for a puppy. her name is Julie Chen from Melbourne, has anyone had any dealings with this name in the past. Just prefer to be cautious. Please PM me if you have any info. Many thanks. Michele

Thank you so much for the help, they come with their own trolley so they can be totally contained.

yes afraid so, they are entires.

Hi, We are travelling to Sydney for the Poodle National in late March, also taking in the Royal. We would like to have one or maybe two days of quick sights seeing and would like to know if there are any day care for dogs in or around Sydney. We would only need a few hours care on or close to the 26th of March and early April. Can anyone recommend a day care facility please. Thanks :)

I second that and voted same.

PM that is a great number plate I sooooooo love it. No sign outside, noway, as previously said can't take the risk.

So sad, hope they find a home soon.

Thank you. Oh.... I just discovered you freighted Rajacadoo's ( a friend) dog to QLD do you do NZ ???

Have had an enquiry from a lady in NZ for a pup of ours, and I would appreciate anyone who can let me know, what tests are required if any costs involved and company that would be able to fly and deal with customes requirements. Thanks again.

nothing is more rewarding than to see dogs run free in a park, paddock, beach. dogs having fun, having a life. healthy happy contented animals. a jail is a jail, some are in bangkok, some in sydney. none are happy places.

Without a doubt a Toy Poodle, I ll second Poodle fan. We have had several in the past 30 years and they all LOVE activity can go for miles. Had a little white girl who use to round up the cattle with us and help bring in the milk cow ( house cow ), She would come on rides with me 10km over all sortes of terrain, loved the beach loved a swim. Most of them are pocket rockets.

Gaylek, sorry to hear you have lost aloved one, that was a very touching tribute, we should never take them for granted.

Transparency would be nice, too many issue are swept under the carpet. Not all breeders are bad, far from it but not all breeders are good either. It has taken me over three years to get a litter on the ground and I truely hope that I know all there is to know about the litter, I think I do the indications are good. But how often have we heard of horror stories within the pure breed dogs, OK you can't throw the baby out with the bath water but you can't hide your head in the sand either. Dogs have issues and some very serious and the general public does not deserve to purchase a dog for $1200 say, get attached to it, love it and then see suffer, not to mention vet bills as well. Breeder will often not do breeders any favours either, how many times have you heard a breeder drop their bundle when they find the sire they sent their bitch to had this this that or the other, usually after paying the stud fee and the puppies are well on the ground. JMO not a breeder bash.

Yep oddles, but more often then not just poos. I m with Poodlemum I loath spoo for a poodle. Has anyone mentioned daccies for Dachshund, or Malt or Maltese, Frenchie for French Bulldogs.

So sorry to hear this sad news. Condolences to her family and friends

Yes how true, and that would need a long hard look at the dogs and some of their health problems. For instance dogs that have problem with breathing, in consultation with breeders and health professionals ( I am saying this as an example only ) it may be possible to reverse some issues. This may have already been covered I have not read every post, but a lot of people confuse genetic issues with confirmation breed standard issues. If a dog faints because it can not breath due to his face skeletal and air ways been soo altered that is a breed issue and not a genetic issue. Just like a dog having epilepsy or PRA that would be genetic or inherited or congenital issue, in anycase it is a trait that will be passed on by breeding. In the case of DDs I have often heard the hybrid F1 debate, in short to this I would reply 2 wrongs don not make a right.

Really there are many people in the ANKC and kennel clubs around the world that hold views that they would like to see some modernization and change. Here are some good links about inbreeding. They attempt to explain inbreeding in a factual way and to answer some the agruments made which attempt promote inbreeding. You will have read many of these arguments before and here they are investigated in more detail. This one might be good if you are not sure you really want to spend much time reading but want to get a general idea, as it covers some of the most frequent topics you will read about. http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/2010/11/inbred-mistakes-ii.html The whole series of 6 Inbreeding Mistakes is found here Inbreeding Mitakes http://www.astraean.com/borderwars/?s=Inbred+mistakes hmmm okay.....what the media is saying is that we see many genetic problems/faults because of inbreeding with the pedigree dog. This statement is incorrect. my point still is, a dog can suffer from a disease, genetic problem by being outcrossed to a bloodline and recessive genes, the dog doesn't have to be pedigree. to get features in breeds that may not be desirable can be due to selection rather than straight inbreeding. it doesn't necessarily have to be breeders who are only breeding for the showring. I've seen it in breeders who are only concerned with their hip pockets. It can affect any breeder not only show breeders. an ethical breeder strives to breed a healthy litter, by doing tests and using healthy examples, researching a bloodline viewing as many of that bloodline as possible to ascertain if there are any genetic problems that will be passed onto the produced pups. however, some genes being recessive doesn't rule out that we get that odd one that might be slightly affected with a genetic problem. All you can do as a breeder is inform the buyer of these problems, get the dog desexed so it does not get used in the gene pool. what else can you do? all dogs no matter what their breeding is has potential to be affected with a genetic problem whether we know the bloodline or it is not known (cross breed bitsas). just my thoughts. it just continually gets up my nose how these people are reporting on genetic problems when they are not reporting on the full story of what is actually going on here. I totally agree with you, a responsible breeder tries will try to reduce the risk factor, and informing the buyers be it pet or other breeders is a very good place to start. If everyone followed this path there would be less problems.

Was it propaganda or was it an observation. There is enough evidence making it's way into the public arena to support the fact that, some pure bred dogs have been aesthetically altered to suit a "look" and that these changes have come about at the detrument of the breed's health. In the case of the Bull Terrier and the German sheperd the changes are obvious, the faces of many breeds have also been flattened, with now big round eyes about to pop. There is a real need to take a long hard look at the pure bred dogs ( this does not mean I advocate the X dds styles ) and the harm we may be doing to these animals in the quest of beauty. We have all heard the term kennel blind and it is not a term which has come about lightly, many breeders are so focussed on their next winners that the breed's health and strangely enough even confirmation will suffer. A well carrying eyecatching "showy" dog will do well in the ring, even if it is as far removed from the breed standard as possible. The other side of the coin is that many of the litters produced for that elusive winner end up in pet homes. The question here is : Is it fair to inflict a dog with many health or even one health problem unto a family, who will bond with that gorgeous puppy, and than see it over come with health issues. Where is the fairness there, for the dog or the family. Some of the health issues we have seen in the media in the past ten years, have been so debilitating to the dogs that it may well fall under the heading of cruelty. What right does a breeder have to inflict this onto the world. Moving on to judging, at times it is very difficult to understand the results in the ring. The risk that corruption will interfer ( if not already ) with the future confirmation of the dog is a grave concern. When a dog is seen to do well in the ring, it is most likely that it will be sought after for it's stud, or in the case of a bitch her future pups. But what if this fame only comes about as a result of let's say face judging, and that the winning animal is in fact a poor example of the breed?? Are we not in this situation maping a bleak future for the dog ? There are many layers to this debate, it is as they say today complicated, the pure bred dogs rely on us to secure their future, yet that is very much in the balance if no changes take place.

Mine all live in and are in the house when we are out.......And yes we have big dog, but we also used to live in the USA and Europe and it was normal. It just means the vacuum comes out once a day I take my dogs as many places as we are allowed. We are lucky, because we are Rural. And my dogs seem to attract people in a friendly manner, so are well tolerated everywhere. It is sad we cannot take ours as many places as we could in Europe and the USA. We have taken ours in to all the Plant Nurseries, Bunnings and other such stores and walks the Main streets of all the small towns nearby and have Coffee with the dogs beside us. In quite a few places, the dogs have been offered bowls of water. I think it is important to be seen around with friendly well mannered dogs. Yes very good point

It's very much a personal decision, I think it's great that people discuss this topic, as it can make people aware of the responsability that comes with dog ownership. No one has crystal ball, and in a perfect situation we would never have to part with our pets, but life is simply not like that. Sometimes we have to give up animals we thought we would never part with. Sometimes that decsion is very selfless, it depends, if I only had $10.00 in my wallet 2 dogs and 2 kids I know which ones i would feed first. It is not always about money either, illness divorce death all these life changes canhave an impact on our animal families. If someone is forced to make a decision to part with an animal to give it a better life, then I do not think it is in any way fair to judge that person or their decision. just MO

Nope i dont think there are a lot of places available to dogs today. It's getting harder and harder to access dog friendly beaches, most parks do not allow dogs, walk ways around the bluff at Blackmans bay Tas as are the ones at Snugand Cygnet and the list goes on and on do NOT allow dogs. National Parks all of which allowed dogs over 20 years ago, no longer allow them. Pet friendly accomodation is hit and miss, one place we booked into had an old dirty kennel with a chain attached to it, and for the record that was in Briport Tas. Needless to say we did not stay there. The hide of some people But there are some very good dog friendly B & B and Motels in Tasmanaia. I was asked politely to leave Bunnings recently as I carried my toy poodle around the plants area which is out doors. But once you take the beaches, the parks and the national parks out of the equation there is not that many places to take your dogs.

It's great to be able to take the dogs in so many places I love it, and makes socialising dogs so much more a matter of life. Unfortunately here we seem to be going in the opposite direction, fewer and fewer places for dogs it s such a shame. But there you go the nanny states.

Kelpies are a working dog and a particularly active breed, as are most working like the BC and the ACD. Toy poodles are the noisy bratts LOL I have to watch mine but it can be controlled. Plain barking is mostly due to boredoom ( providing there isn't an obvious reason ) keep the dog exercised mentally stimulated well fed and healthy and in theory barking is at a minimum. but there are some dogs who do bark too eazily it can happen and this is when the citronella collars can help.

I do know a lot of people with Std poodles who alos have small dogs, I don't see this as a worry as long as there is supervision. Any large dog can harm a small dog, be in in a clumsy play or possibly over resources. You need to be aware of the size difference, most standards I have met have been pretty nice dogs. That is the importance of temperament, in any dog. But the larger the dog the more important the temperament becomes. My thoughts only.