MolassesLass

Not at all, the subheading was to attract those people rather than tell others not to post - not that it worked.

Thanks. I agree on keeping muscle tone - VERY important IMO. I've never heard of any rule about in whelp bitches and competing in anything. I'm trying to make it genereal but for the specific case I'm asking about, we're talking canine disc and there are no rules about pregnant bitches.*** In my experience, there is no attraction to in whelp females as there is with in season bitches. There are varying thoughts on when the most important times are but in this case I'm asking specifically about exercise levels only (stretching harming embryos to be even more specific), please leave out any disease considerations. Did you do anything in the way of exercise or did all activity stop post mating? ETA: *** - This does not mean the sport would allow a heavily pregnant bitch to compete, we have a general rule that would allow officials to deny entry to any dog they felt would be in physical danger by competing. Simply meant we didn't have a rule directly disallowing in whelp bitches from competing.

For the breeders: Would you compete in active dog sports - agility, herding, frisbee etc. - with a 3 week pregnant (if at all) bitch? Also, would you train/exercise the dog sport (or active fetch) at home with same? For the trainers: Would you be comfortable having a 3 week pregnant (if at all) bitch competing/training in active dog sports or fetch? Is there risk to the embryos or mum from the stretching through the body that happens in these sports/activities?

If you can use Ebay, I'd recommend ordering one straight from the US. I got mine at half the Clipperworld cost even after postage and conversion rates.

Bullmastiff I know what it is. Not interested in it unless I can give it a go with my boy.

Would love to check it out, but alas, do not have an acceptable breed.

My doggies get chiro treatment when I think something's wrong and they get checkups if they haven't been in a while (6 - 12 months). I love my chiro (and so do the dogs), he always explains what's wrong, what he's doing and gives lots of at-home things to help. He doesn't charge for an examination, only when he needs to do some adjusting. I have seen another (regular chiro was away and dog was injured) who I really disliked. Didn't like the way he handled my dog, lack of information he gave me and then the exhorbident price! Yup.

Sorry Kowai, our club here in Brisbane is currently the ONLY Australian canine disc club. We'd love to have some more competition (esp. interstate) and there was going to be a Melbourne club at some stage but that seems to have stalled. I can point you in the direction of information though. Brisbane & Region K9 Disc Club - The "Getting Started" page has some good tips. You can contact our club from here (or PM me) to buy the discs we sell also. Australian Canine Disc Association - Information on rules, titles etc. OzCanineDisc - Yahoo group (aka email list) for chatting with other canine disc enthusiasts for training tips, brags etc.

No sorry, copyright laws. :D

Hey that was cool! Saw lots of DOLers and DOLer dogs.

I will be taping the show to add to my canine disc collection and you are welcome to borrow that. The club is being sent a DVD of the show by the producers though, so you could borrow that and I bet it's better quality!

Creature Features on the ABC, airing from 4:25 - 4:55pm today. The show will feature (in part) the sport of canine disc, filmed at our first competition for 2007 and will no doubt feature a few DOLers and their dogs.

RSPCA Qld doesn't at least, on their enquiry forms they have: ETA: As KK mentioned, the above line means you cannot attend classes with one on your dog, they really do get stupid about it.

Haven't heard it and why in the world would the RSPCA want to do that?!

Wow! All I can say is - I my vet.

Legally it makes no difference whether they knew the parents had bad elbows or not. If the item purchased (dog) is not suitable for what it was purchased for (breeding/showing/trialling/companion) or if the item needs repair (surgery/treatment) due to a manufacturing defect (genetic disease) that the seller was not informed of prior to sale; then the seller is liable for either a refund, repairing or a replacement. I believe a seller can refuse to repair an item they believe to be irrepairable and insist on refund or replacement but otherwise it's the purchasers choice which to take. NOTE: refund and replacement both require the purchaser to hand the item back to the seller - though not all breeders will require this. This is true no matter who you buy your dog from PP, a registered breeder or Joe Bloe in the newspaper.

I too pay <$40 for a C3 - C5 vaccination. Does the $85 include a Proheart-12 heartworm injection also?

I haven't used it but there is a natural remedy you could try. Article Product

I was told the vet said it was the batch of material - too old or just "bad" I think it was. Not my dog, so not sure of the exact details sorry.

I have heard of one case where the suture material broke down way too fast and everything opened. Otherwise any healing mishaps have been a case of too much exercise or lack of hygiene.

Who wants to bet that in 6 months time Bunnings will be selling a $50 puppy pen product that looks suspicously like a compost cage?!

Your links wont work for me Pandii that's due to the forums being moved to a new server recently. Try these updated links: Picture of label here. Picture of cage/compost bin here.

From the VCA AR form :- "Names of dogs submitted for registration shall not contain more than twenty (20) letters and consist of not more than two words."

I feed Nutrience to both my BCs and the Bullmastiff after having done an ingredient analysis of the major brands. The Large and Giant types both contain glucosamine sulfate and chondroitin sulfate.

Good to know you've found it useful. :rolleyes: