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I can't seem to open that link to peek but I will say that I picked up my scales from Whelping Supplies dot com site and was pleased with the quality. Putting a larger contatainer on them to accomodate larger pups is easy (and it will tare for the container) as well as switching easily between grams and ounces etc and an auto shut off. The LED screen lights up brilliantly for viewing and it's easy to wipe clean when finished. Allows for adaptor as well instead of battery if needed. Was pleased with their price which included shipping.

There are many reasons why she might not become pregnant but some of the behaviour you state suggests as a maiden, she needs to be put to an experienced male that won't take any nonsense. As well, if the AI's are not done correctly, that is, inserted and done both from collection from the male to how the e is managed upon insertion, it won't work. Yes you can do transcervical AI's but I"m not a big fan of it to be honest and I'm less of a fan of doing a surgical fresh implant, but I know many that have done it with success. There are cases where a bitch simply can not get pregnant no matter what all the testing says so you may have to be prepared for that as well. Often it doesn't come with answers as to why either (as frustrating as that can be) As a parallel note, look at the diet of the bitch and assess if in fact she could be missing something on a basic level. I recently had a bitch that we could not get bred no matter what we did and it wasn't til she came off her kibble and was put on a natural diet with organics, did she manage to be able to be bred, but this was after about 18 months detoxification period. Might not be the case with this bitch above, but you just never know.

The sad addition to this tragedy came just last week, with the passing of one of the two remaining girls. She was eating, trying to play with the cat, and then in a heartbeat, hers stopped. The sole survivor got a clean bill of health a few days later. It's been a rollercoaster for all of us involved.

yes Canada is a Catagory four country and yes, a pain in the butt to get all the stuff done! I have a check list that I can email you to help if you like. We're down to crunch time with the Canadian one..and yes, Sweden gives me a lot less headaches!

I'm currently bringing a dog in from Sweden and it was advised to me after finishing up my paperwork for the Canadian Export, that I deal with a shipper in the country where I'm getting the dog from. They (the canadian shipper) suggested a few names and I contacted the one in Sweden and it's turned out great so far.

It's fairly local for us so we're back and forth and NO BB, no snow (thank goodness!) I"m getting used to these winters and learning how to whinge appropriately when the temps dip below 12c!

Am looking forward to the shows again this year. Hoping the weather behaves!!

We will have some neuters that will be doing these classes before the end of this year and I"m looking forward to another challenge (pardon the pun) to attain some different titles. I've always been a firm believer in offering these classes and in Canada, we only had the chance at breed specialties (once per year based on rules) and lets face it, takes a long time to get a title regardless of the system when you have only one show per year to do it! I'll be supporting these classes and encouraging some pet owners that have neutered animals to try their hand at showing. Never know, could get them hooked and in time, they could be our next showies and breeders!

I've taught agility for years and any dog of good size should not be jumping til at least twelve months or the growth plates have closed. Lots to do before then, just in basic obedience work and lay a plank on the ground to practice the dog walk with safety. Teaching the contact zones and how to touch or target as well. tunnels and chutes are fine but go easy and make it fun. Now on to the more important part....the six week puppy take home thing....BIG WARNING FLAGS here going up....the white shepherd has become the 'in' thing to get so you want to be VERY careful. Has this pup had a shot at this point? This whole bit about mother dog not having anything to do with them so they are safe to go, is just bull....yes they wll be weaned, but just because mommy dog isn't in there interacting, doesn't mean the pups are ready to go. The BREEDER takes over the role of the mother and if a breeder is anxious to boot them out at that age, it usually means they simply don't want to do the extra work that comes along with being a breeder and cleaning up puppy poop! BE CAREFUL!!!!

Oh you got that bit right.....was NOT happy to have to defend my beloved sport to someone that thought "it might be ok to use as a training tool but not much more" grrrrrrr....out comes the terrier part in me! Hope to meet up with you next time I'm down there...hoping to do a 'girl' weekend with Jan in September or so if I can swing it. We've got pups coming so have to work around all that!

A quick update for Mr.Tripp....we just got his hip/elbow scores back from WA..we are THRILLED to announce that he came back 0/0 and 0/0!!!! Tony and I are over the moon about these scores and how this young lad has turned out overall. We can't wait til he's a bit older and we can see what he can produce for us! His scores will be registered with the VCA shortly and he will be available for stud after mid September. First thing both of us thought when we got the results was how happy Bob would be about this. Tony's on the phone telling Jeannette and she's so pleased to hear this news! Another slight brag is that one of the girls we bred "Marnie" who would be Tripp's cousin, picked up a 10 point best of breed win last weekend on her second time out in the show ring from the Minor class. It's thrilling to see what incorporating the Ramorra lines into the Gipfel lines has done and we couldn't be more pleased. There is more to come and we're so excited about the prospects!

Next upcoming seminar is tentatively scheduled to take place in Adelaide towards the end of this year. Please watch for more firm dates and locations if you are in the area as well as contact person to register. Also, we are hoping to see another seminar take place in North East Victoria in the near future (when the weather warms up a touch again)

They have a lot of similar things between the two and many agility folks that are finding it hard to run or keep up with their dogs, or dogs that are aging and can't do their runs as fast, are gravitating towards Rally. The challenge is there but not the speed.

Yes but in Rally, will you tape a torch to your head to read signs by? Now THAT would be dedication!!

Well that's tricky as it really is up to the judges discretion as to what is concidered a loud or harsh command. I will say that I am fairly lenient in that as I'd rather see a sharp 'leave it' than the dog completely losing their brain. Often this sort of deduction/rule tends to get blown out of proportion and I can see some judges getting to the point where anything over a whisper, they will dock for loud command. So I"m not sure I would agree that anything over a normal voice is loud/harsh really, as the judge must put this all in perspective. In both incidences, you attempted to get focus back and I'm assuming that you achieved that with the one change of voice. I personally would dock you substantially if at EVERY station, or even half the stations, you had to resort to this sort of verbal interaction. Judges in this sport must think on their feet, weigh the situation they are marking and quickly decide what they are doing and not second guess themselves. Every judges priorities are slightly different and with a case such as this, it will ultimately come down to individual perception of the event. Unfortunately in this sport when it comes to marking, it's not alll black and white, but a lot of grey in there. For those that have been under my pen, you will understand exactly what I'm saying. Handler Errors are the biggest issues, and what bothers me such as tight leads and crooked sits, may not bother someone else as much. The same would go for the loud/harsh command.

No one from the ACT has approached me in regards to offering a seminar, nor do I know of anyone teaching. If they are, my concern of course is, if they are doing it correctly. I'm not aware of anyone that has attended on of the seminars that is from that area. If there is a club or clubs interested, it's best to contact me about seeing if they may want to host a seminar in preparation for this sport when it is accredited.

As most of the books out are AKC (American) based, I'm hesitant to recomend, however if you email me directly, I can send you some info to help get you going. [email protected] As well there is a forum to join, although it's not very active at this time, we hope that will change and you will be able to read up on things and ask questions regarding rules and how to do stations. http://z3.invisionfree.com/RallyODownUnder/

Yes the focus in your young pup was amazing when those darn birds came to call....you did find considering though so pat both you and your dog on the head! fine but you know you just need to trade Mr.Guiness for a Pinscher and you'll have them mastered! Besides..we would have had time, cept the pub dragged us off course!

Parvo is such a horrible thing and it has claimed already three little ones in a litter that I co bred in Canada. My dear friend has also lost three of her precious chihuahua and now three of five German Pinscher babies only 9 weeks of age. First to leave this earth was Remmie a little boy that we were so happy to have as he was promised to a lovely family that have been waiting for their new puppy for almost four years. (seven weeks in these photos) The second to be taken was 'pink collar' who was waiting to be cuddled by her new owner but now, will never be. Looking like she was improving, my newest import prospect Dee, who was sitting up and doing a bit better and in a blink of an eye, taken from this earth as well. Two remain and although we are hopeful, we are realistic and know how evil this virus is. I sit and write with tears streaming and in disbelief at how short these little ones were with us here in this world. My heart goes out to my friend and co breeder at the loss of her 5 month, 8 month and 10 month old chihuahuas who also were taken from her.

A solid panel jump in some cases has a top plank that is like a bar jump and can be dislodged, however dogs can 'tick' a jump and not dislodge and are penalized accordingly compared to a knock off. I want to thank the GSD club in WA for the use of their facilities hosting this seminar. I think we all had a great time, the weather was superb and I was just thrilled to see so many enthusiastic people there!! The judges education seminar on Monday was a wonderful time for both the judges and those that brought dogs to be demo's (extra big thanks to those people as this seminar can't be done without you!) I was very happy to see the lightbulbs come on with both handlers and judges or prospective judges and hold out great hope that we will see amazing courses with fair marking that is challenging and exciting. This was the largest group I have had to date for one of these seminars and I was a bit nervous dealing with so many, but all you WA folks really made my job easy and felt very welcome with all of you around. Special thanks to Angela who came out at the ungodly hour to get me at the airport, and hosted me in her lovely home as well as being the main mover and shaker to get this seminar up and running. Also thanks to Cindy for her work to gather the judges and organize all of that part of things. Well done ladies! I really enjoyed my time, although I would love to go back and actually see more than the dog grounds and the airport at dark (as I left after the seminar on Monday on the 1am redeye back to Melbourne) Well done to everyone that gave this a go on Sunday and came to help out on Monday. I think you all should be very proud of how you performed with a sport that has SO much to remember and do! Am looking forward to the updates on how the new classes will go and upcoming matches that will be held!

My last litter (born in Canada) was born in the downstairs computer room and stayed there til they were 14 days of age. They then moved upstairs to the dining room and that is where they stayed until they left home, with the oldest at age 5 months before I found a suitable home and finally let him go. This was normal for my litters. I like to keep the babies quiet for the first bit and then introduce them to noises of everyday life as well as seeing/smelling the adult dogs coming and going. They also are introduced to outside when weather permits at 4 weeks and by 8 weeks are half way to being housetrained due to the routine of feeding and toileting outside and sleeping inside at night in their pen. My litter here will be done the same. Our last GSD litter was born in the whelping room which is attached to the house but access from outside with a fenced in pen to allow the female to move around when needed. We have heating and of course electricity out there and we are constantly in and out of there. The adult dogs can get to the fence but not inside. Puppies remain out in that pen until they are about 4 weeks or so and then move to a larger enclosure if there are more than half a dozen. This last litter had only three so they stayed in that pen, and were introduced to the adults at about 5 weeks or so and brought out front to play with the pinscher about 6 weeks. By the time they left, they were used to older dogs and any guests that came along after they had received their first shots.

The German Pinschers reside in the house and at night in crates in the lounge room. The Shepherds are outside and all have nice beds raised off the ground. Shepherds have their whelping room out at the back of the house which is heated when needed and their own yard so mom dogs can go and stretch legs when they need to. Pinschers whelp in the study in a pen.

Don't you worry, not only have I had plenty of gundogs in my classes and in my trials, I've had bigger jumpers than you have and more excited...you will do just fine...guarantee!

Thanks for that link..I've gone in and ordered a bunch of stuff to start training at home.

I've only done a seminar in Geelong, so I don't know of any other club that's doing it (either correctly or not) The other club in Victoria has been Shepparton....for some reason, Victoria has been a hard sell on this sport, but we're working hard to change that! King Valley Kennel Club will be hosting a seminar in the next few months but that's in the North East although folks in Tassie travelled from north to Hobart for both times I was down there. Jan has turned out to be an excellant course designer and judge. She's new into this sport as are so many, but has really grasped it and understands it well and won't accept sloppy obedience practices (which is unfortunately what many feel this is until we can get them to see that in reality it can be a lot harder to perform) I chat with Jan frequently over courses and marking and am hoping to sneak a trip into Launceston in early September and attend a match at the local club as well as do some more touristy stuff as I've really enjoyed my time in Tasmania the three times I've been asked to go down. Sorry to hear you can't make it Tiggy but perhaps things will change before the end of the week and you can come along.