Dogsfevr

We always told price first as it was no fun for us to talk to someone on the phone for 30 plus minutes & then hear So sorry thats out of our price range . I will say though we didnt put the price in the ad nor every life detail . Our ads we simple if needed to be posted . Puppies available ,health tested, available from Please phone xyz to discuss further because we would never sell a pup based on the info in a post. The one then we clearly made important in our ads was the people should clearly have researched this breed & understand it needs professional grooming every 6/8 weeks & weekly brushing so this breed has life long expenses & owner commitment as that was more important to us than price . In 40 plus years we never did application forms & the questions most ask are nothing more than what you get talking . Talking to a human weeded out very easily the good,bad & not this breed people .

Your first post a few years back was about being at the point of rehoming a 6 month Sheltie as it was still pooing in your house . Infact at a dogshow a Sheltie lunged at me walking past & broke skin Any dog cross ,pure can be an issue with owners who shouldnt own anything more than a garden gnome

Dangerous ?? Please show the references to this breed being so dangerous . So you would want the breeds who do the same/similiar jobs to be banned too .

You can buy them in Oz . There called Happy hoods here and groomers often use them to lesser the noise for hair dryers & the likes but if a dog doesnt want to wear it they just push of easy peasy

So you sell your stuff from your bedroom?? Your happy for strangers to come into your room to ensure your legit?? Im going to safely assume you have a neutral room you sell stuff from & most likely CCTV to ensure your safety . I mean no sane person is going let let Joe Public just have free range through their house so they can confirm . I mean anyone telling me that sends Red flags up as im not going to just go into a randoms house if there selling stuff either ,could be a serial killer. I can safely tell you if wanting to snoop through a home is your thing you will get more no from breeders . Most breeders do outside ,neutral for meet n greets .Get to know each other & go from there . All aspects covered in a respectful & responsible manner . We ourselves did communication before pups where to be viewed & we where old fashioned & did phone calls only as we could learn alot by what was said not written,we never did questionaires as so easy to fudge answers & thats not a tool we base a pup for life to be sold by . We always ensured contracts,diets ,breed history etc where all covered before any commitment was made . As a side note a good Dobe breeder in the US was murdered after people came to his home to look at pups,they also stole the pups .

A dog that is raised solely in the home doesnt equate to better ( yes our pups where home raised ). A breeder to ensure a pup is well rounded exposes their dogs to all facets of life ,there is more to providing enrichment than being in a house . We crate train our puppies Why because so many owners fail this area when they need day stays at the vet or after care recovery in a crate or travel in a crate in the car etc etc. We feed our dogs in crates because varying age stages ,requirements & meds . Our pups where taught crate skills Each dog is feed in a manner that means we know exactly what is happening. Our puppies never saw kids & that was never an issue,we dont have other pets which most breeders dont . Visitors experience within reason ,people seem to think pups just get exposed to everything & anything & you do that with development . We dont rush to wean the mother & she wont be placed at stress for every Tom,Dick & Harry to visit . Our puppies went lead trained we start at 5 weeks,grooming table trained from 5 weeks, there play area for enrichment was better than what most parents provided for their own kids & they where where taught life skills like the door gets shut & go learn self independance . I wouldnt get hung up on one area because unless the whole package is balanced it means nothing. Health tests should be provided . As for people inspecting our home NO All our people visited the pups out the front in a well set up neutral area.Never ever was an issue with any of our puppy buyers bar 2 & those 2 never got to buy a pup of us as their obsession to want to walk through our house to tick the piece of paper was weird ,creepy & crossed the line of information they needed to see. My home is my private residence ,pups are raised for the first few weeks in my bedroom & then moved to family room. Depending on breed & litter size common sense will tell you pups need to move to a more suitable area . Your not going to have 10 GSD till 8 weeks in a small pen in the family room . So a person needs to think logically about hygenic,safe housing for a litter of puppies As for photos well no sane person is going to post pictures of dirty bedding etc etc so Yes pictures posted are staged . Also understand that breeders need to comply with their State laws on whelping & raising puppies irrespective of breeder,BYB

Working condition shouldnt equate to ribs so visual

We board alot of Huntaways never a skinny one . Looks like a working border or cross & that is skinny for a dog doing jobs . Certainly not a good visual for the public . Would be interesting to know if it has a medical issue

One who health tests ,breeds for correct breed temperament & ideally knows how to pick the pup that shows the best potential for the role is going to need to be trained for but also be the most suitable match for you to live with & be able to enrich its dog needs . Borders certainly are not for every person . As the dog will need to be accredited to be an assistance dog consider touching base with the people you have approached to get the dog through its official journey & what they deem important as part of the selection process to its job role

Debarking doesnt stop the noise it just potentially lessens the sound & infact the debark sound can be more annoying .I think its important you understand that if moving to a place with strict requirements & that you still need to address animal management . Given retirement villages are built so close together & often with shared walls you will need to be very on top of the behaviour

Get a stuffed dog . Springers luv their humans . Springers luv to spring ,Springers luv to be close to there humans. So what exactly does the dog get to do that the humans like?? What form of human touch is it allowed ??

All the vets here who offer in house plans are often double the price for procedures ,meds & products . They have to make the costs up somewhere. They generally offer you in the plan monthly flea/tick/heartworm which vary as to whats sent & you dont get a choice or even asked if your dog is product sensitive . We have had numerous clients on those plans who are Like the consults are free & we are like yes but you pay double to triple on the locked in items & procedures .

Colour shampoos do very little . Dying a red /apricot Poodle would require an owner who should be voted Best hairdresser in the world . For other colours its simply a case of looking at pedigrees & seeing what is behind the dog . Once you start diluting the colours then it can affect it greatly BUT you also shouldnt bred for colour to sacrifice more important things . Depending on countries Red/Apricots & blue just dont have a good gene pool of stellar dogs that are suitable for breeding or the ability to be bred on with . In Europe the ability to find a wider gene pool for red/apricots is very strong

I would consider the quality of the colour in the lines plays a bigger factor . Coat change through the ages will potentially vary the colour at the time . The same applies to a black thats not bred well colour wise & a blue . In Europe for example Poodles are shown in colour like Schnauzers .Thus the breeding for a good colour is a different to say Australia where colour may be more limited . In Australia we dont see the Good Black n Silver Schnauzer colouring we did in the 80/90's. The colour now is often what we call muddy & not marked well.The silver not silver & the black a poor black as often salt & pepper is in the pedigree. I see so many pups on facebook listed by some breeders as B/S but blind Freddy can see its not a strong B/S especially when the ears have S/P colouring Spaying can affect coat texture & colour . A good apricot colour is far and few these days & especially one with correct coat texture .

At 9 yeasr i doubt you ll get any benefits for many things that will be pre existing plus the waiting period . Better as mentioned to put money into a seperate account & the money will always be there if the worse scenario happens with your dog . I do insure my youngsters up to 15 months then dont bother unless a real issue means keep it . I have a great vet with a great common sense approach & old fashioned mindset . Avoid chain vets,look at what your feeding ,how many meals Old dogs like people often do better on smaller multi meals & fat level appropriate . depending what the outcome was of that $500 it may not be an expensive bill but if you leanrt something to change from it a cheap bill still. Older dogs come with vet bills