Miss Danni

I am pretty sure that all of the Pro Plan lines are manufactured in Australia. Beneful in the article is an American product.

Artline white paint marker, they are non toxic, don't smell like nail polish can and last a while before mum can lick the numbers off. Either put a mark in a specific location and write the location in your record book, or put a number on the top of their heads. Congrats on the safe arrival of your brood!

I have been told that the 7.30 Report are doing a "part 2" to this story, filming this weekend.

I do them online, tends to be late at night. I have had only a few issues and have had to abandon the process and ring Dogs NSW the next day. I always follow up with an email to make sure that it all went through OK. However, at present, if you have GSD's, you CANNOT register a litter that has both SC and LSC in it, but does it tell you that anywhere? No, of course not. It would be a lot better if any issues were highlighted and they told you what to do to get around them - like the fact that a sire owned by multiple people in different states is likely to error and tell you that the owners are Unfinancial, but you can ignore this and continue to register your litter no problems. It is not a user friendly system at all

I give Sandoz during whelping and maybe for the day after. I don't give it after that, instead, I give my girl calcium rich foods like goats milk, ice cream, custards etc. She gets a daily egg flip made with goats milk for the first 2 weeks post whelping. While I don't continue to give oral calcium, I certainly would if I thought that I had an issue that calcium would help with and I always have Sandoz on hand. I am also a member of Myra's group on FB and it is a wealth of information!

I second the books by Myra, they are very handy and I use Myra's replacement milk formula for supplementing pups and they thrive on it We once had a locum at our old vet that could not even successfully microchip a puppy. He had never owned an animal and was clearly frightened of our GSDs. That was pretty much the last straw for us after other issues with this vet, and we completely changed vets thereafter.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Balto_CLE.JPG/220px-Balto_CLE.JPG and http://www.freewebs.com/bonydog/Balto.png Have a look at Balto, one of the early "real" sled dogs in the US. He is not like Hope. Hope is from racing lines and they are substantially different to the original, heavier sled dogs. Racing Siberian Huskies are athletes, more designed for sprint work than freighting cargo over long distances. Also, the Mawson Huskies, used in Antarctica until dogs were banned there http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/salzberg/mawson.html Bannerbrite - :laugh: you made me laugh, thanks.

Yep, this happened just down the road from us, cops and forensics everywhere, plus we heard the gunshots but that is nothing unusual at Castlereagh at night! Bob was a friend and we were all very upset when the pond scum got off the murder charges. I am very happy to find out that one of the vermin involved has now been shot just down the road from us. I'm just hoping that he doesn't ever get better. Go Karma! Good start!

FH, turn your phone off when you go to bed! :laugh:

Angelsun, read any of Dr Willis's books on GSD genetics and your info will be there.

Excellent news DakotaJ

Exactly Rebanne. Are they going to have to take their hip, elbow, eye certificates into the ring with them? :laugh: Blindingly stupid, shortsighted people the KC! Just give in to the crazies!

That is truely beautiful Wendy, Brianna was clearly a very special little dog. Just know that she is still with you, which is why you still see her and hear her. Hugs to you and your family.

Hi Dean, Broken Hill GSD club is alive and well. Email Joylene Neddermeyer at [email protected] for more info.

DakotaJ, I had a Siberian Husky with ectopic ureters. She was born in 1993, so we are going back a fair way :) Same as you, she was treated for UTI a few times without result and was then assessed for ectopic ureter at Sydney Uni. The only option for her was surgery or PTS. There was never any thought of PTS let me tell you! The surgery was expensive - $800+ at the time, so probably equivalent to about $3000 now, but we went ahead and she recovered well and we never had any major health issues with her subsequently. We did have to take some care with her diet, as the surgery increases the chance of crystals forming in the bladder at the site of the scars and more UTIs as well. I used to feed her cranberry juice in her water and I honestly cannot recall too many issues associated with the ectopic ureter surgery. She was sore for a little while after the surgery, as you would expect, but it would be no worse than desexing for instance, and she was back to normal in a few days. In the intervening 20 years, I am sure that the surgical procedure is even more refined and less invasive than it was for Moscow. I would have no hesitation in doing the surgery again if I ever had another puppy diagnosed with the problem. There are certainly much worse things that puppies can suffer from. Good luck with your girl :)