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Get a bracket that fits onto a towbar, it saves you lifting the trolley in and out of the car and gives you extra space within the car. It is one of my favourite things. I can take any sized car to a dog show.

Yes it is ridiculous, BUT ALSO, this article is typical of the media BLOWING THINGS OUT OF PROPORTION.....read below how the rule is to apply..... (it does say this in the middle of the article) The rule applies when a dog is within 5m of any playground or play equipment, a sporting event or training ground, at permanent public barbecues and on shared pathways.

Thanks for the advice. I am one of those people that stopped going to those shows because of the venue. It was either dust or mud and access wasn't good. I won't hesitate in the future to make the effort.

As a new exhibitor I'm sure you will hear someone saying well angulated = 45 degrees is the angle of a well laid back shoulder or 90 degrees angle of scapula to upper arm. Many people nowadays agree that 45 degree shoulder angulation is a myth even on the most well angulated dog.

This thread has got my creative mind going. Dog showing in 2100 maybe? Show schedule is announced with judges and location. Email show sec with microchip number to enter. Your microchip number is also linked to all the information that you put on entry forms. At the same time you are charged for the entries (make sure you have money available!). Turn up with your dog at the show, as you enter the ring their microchip is scanned and that goes into computer that does a catalogue "live "of dogs that actually attend. How easy would that be? Then we could have it all linked for placings and awards.

Fluff out is not one of my favourites. I didn't find it did much at all on a spitz coat.

it's probably alcohol in the listerine that does it.

Washington, Texas, Yankee

Sydney Royal, old grounds, filled with Great Danes, kids peering through the fence looking at the Harlequins saying WOW.....look at the Dalmatians!!

What a darling photo....one to treasure for sure....congratulations.

If you aren't sure and she is still swollen I would continue to keep her separated from your male dogs. If she has any sort of discharge she is probably still in her cycle. I have found when you have a good male stud dog at home you can actually put them back together again sooner, because they know when the time is right and give up before and after that time. It is usually the horny ones that don't know the difference that will try their luck throughout the full cycle and make life not so pleasant for you and your girl even if she is past the fertile time.

They do grow out of it eventually. K9 Cruiser Bowls are great, as they have only a narrow opening to drink from.

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Do you have a photo of your dog? Just ask because some g/spitz carry less undercoat (just like some pomeranians have a spitz very full coat and some have a coat more like a border collie. If it's the thicker coat the tools you need are a pin brush with springie rubber pad holding the pins and no plastic nodules on the end of the pins. A porcupine brush or plastic tips on the pins of a pin brush on this type of coat will cause static. A long pronged steel comb and a shorter one for the shorter areas. A slicker brush for getting into the undercoat, especially when moulting and some nice conditioning or detangling spray to use as you groom. Once all groomed and no knots, a nice brush and comb through once a week and your dog will look a million dollars. Flick a pin brush through straight awa if they ever get prickles or burrs in the coat. If you leave them in the coat it will cause knots. If your dog is one with the "flatter" type coat a porcupine brush may be okay but I'd still tend to recommend the tools above as all you will need.

Be careful what you wish for.....I trained a little Kees of mine to do this, primarily because I was taking off from her natural ability and I knew she wasn't going to grow to be too heavy. Even at 12 kg this is a lot of weight to catch and I can't imagine it being an easy thing to catch a dog much larger than that, even for a man. It was a fun "trick" and she loved to do it. Anyway, the downside was that she was a very exuberant little dog, it encouraged her habit to jump even more and sometimes when she was very happy she would jump up to be caught when; either I wasn't expecting it (b/c she saw the signal in my general demeanour) ; or even worse when I wasn't looking. Because she would curl her legs up underneath her in preparation to be caught, on the occassions when she wasn't caught she landed on her bottom instead of her legs and it makes me wince to think of it. The way I taught her was bending down and catching her at a low level first and then gradually standing up straighter and straighter.

I'm sorry I can't help with this but wanted to say I am totally floored to hear this of a Keeshond. They are such a clean dog, I have never experienced or heard of anything like this. All of my litters have been clean from 5 weeks. My last two litters have been inside and took themselves outside (via a doggy door) from the age of 6 weeks. Even with a young litter I can walk 2/3rd of the way down my yard and know that I won't step in any do-do because they go as far away from the house as they can. My import at 10 months was in a crate for his flight for 25 hours+ and bounced out in quarantine without even a wee on the paper inside his crate. I hope you can find some good advice and are able to sort this one out.

STAFFSHIH you may find that the hair will change to the correct colour once grown through properly. Kees with their shaded hair, if they get a hotspot or skin is cut/damaged in some way the hair always grows through black at first and then turns to the correct colour. So, on their cream or silver bits you will have a black tipped spot of hair in the midst of it, growing from where the skin was broken. Maybe this is what is happening with your dogs coat. Just a thought. Ditto to everything Miranda said

Hi Pegasus, Can you please explain how the food helps with ear problems? I've never considered the connection before.

CHELSEA - Keeshond Aust Ch Deldacmeer Alpine Queen 28 Oct 1991 - 29 Jan 2007 15 years 3 months old. Last week I said a sad farewell to Chelsea. This dear little dog has been with me for 15 years. From an adored and much anticipated puppy, to a fun and happy show dog, a great mother, an older dog who defied her years and then a grand (and sometimes comical) old lady. She led a long and healthy life and was always a friendly, faithful and loving companion. Chelsea was also a showdog. In her time she was no slouch in the showring and was Top Kees Bitch in 1994 & 1996 and Runner up in 1995 (when she had a litter and was out of the ring). She also won Multi RUIG - hard for a Kees Bitch - and Multiple Class in Show awards. Over 600 cc points in an intermittent show career. In the "show world" her legacy lives on through the outstanding results of her progeny. I'm not sure there are many showgirls that have produced 4 BIS winners (3 of them grand champions) from 2 litters. Multiple BIS, BISS Gr Nynka Such a Dutchman (Levi) Sire of Champions in 5 countries, Grandsire and great grandsire of multi BIS winners. BIS, BISS, RUISS Gr Ch. Nynka Alpine Apollo (A.J.) - sire of ch & grand Ch progeny BIS RUISS Gr. Ch Nynka Brite Bfor Yr Eyes (Sabrina) - dam of ch. progeny BIS, BISS, RUISS Ch. Nynka Bravehart (Darcy) - sire of Ch. progeny And as the grandmother and great grandmother of Champions, Grand Champions, BIS & BISS winners across Australia and the World. All of my dogs at home go back to Chelsea, including my youngest puppy Dizzy, who is her Great-Great Grandaughter on both sides of her pedigree. I am indebted to her breeder, Mrs D Walker of Murwillimbah for providing me with such an outstanding Keeshond. Vale Chelsea, may you rest in peace darling girl. Thank you for being all a Keeshond should be. It was certainly my priviledge to share your life. 14 years old 3 years old

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Dear Masador, I am truly sorry to hear of your loss, it is an awful thing to have gone through with a beloved pet of any age. From what you have said I don't think the breeder could have known there was anything wrong with the dog any more than you could have. Obviously your dog seemed okay up until this point and you didn't pick up on any ill health, so I think it would be unfair to suspect the breeder "knew" something and tried to decieve you in some way. At five months you have had the puppy longer than they did, if you got the puppy at 8-10 weeks old. You would be very caught up by all the emotion of losing your precious pet at the moment so I hope you don't take offence to my opinion, but hopefully in time your thoughts will clear and not feel that the breeder owes you anything. If she was still breeding she probably would offer you another puppy (I would) but as she is not breeding anymore I don't know what else she could do to help. Unfortunately there are no guarantees with living creatures and really no amount of money is going to change what has happened or how sad you feel at losing your puppy. I suspect the breeder did feel terribly sad at what has happened to the puppy and maybe got caught up in the emotion of a very sad situation when talking with you and committed to something she later regretted because a) she couldn't afford to do that and/or b) thought more about it and didn't think she should be held responsible for what has happened. It is also very natural to want to "blame" someone when things like this happen and also think about all the "what ifs?" RIP little one.

I wouldn't put Super coat up there in the class of what I consider high end quality dog foods. You can see just by comparing the kibble that the quality is not the same. I feed Advance, from the minute they can eat.

Guess I learnt the hard way with one of my dogs from many years ago. Went through the whole Ivomectin once a week injection. I hated doing that to my dog. It didn't help at all. I saw no improvement after the required time (can't remember now if it was 4 or 6 weeks). When I said to the vet, what now?, THEN they told me, well, it will clear up on its on eventually. At that point I realised that they were just trying to help me by taking my money and doing something, but not necessarily something that works(!) nor something that I considered to be good for my dogs health. She did get better on her own a few weeks later. I have had a few minor outbreak of Demodex since then and I have not treated it. I have been able to link them back to times of stress for the animal and they have always recovered quickly without the need for dangerous chemicals to be taken internally. Maybe get a second or third opinion on your dog's condition and you might find a solution.

Do you know that if you just let it be, give your dog a good diet, it will clear up on its own just as quickly? And you don't have to pump your dog full of chemicals? It is a simple immune response and the dog will recover on its own, just like you do when you get a cold. This thread came up not long ago, maybe do a search.

So sorry for your loss. Nothing will stop the tears and sadness right now, but you know in your heart you loved him all you could and gave him a happy life. No dog could ask for more. RIP Ricky.