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That is absolutely not true. Frozen semen technology now a days is fantastic and rates of success are very high. Working in the industry for the number of years that I did, whilst there were "some" singleton litters and "some" that didn't result in a pregnancy, the instances of successful implantation far outweighed these. Would it sometimes depends upon the breed too? I am pretty sure that in Australia there has been only one successful frozen semen litter in my breed (with more than one attempt).

Thanks for your help, i might go get some spicy stuff to paint on my dog loved to lick my other puppy's ears. I was trying to "set" them at the time. Someone suggested adding some pepper to the mix - she licked that off, so I switched to paprika, then cayenne pepper - nothing worked. (I wouldn't risk anything else hotter for sake of the other puppy's eyes. I wish! I too tried most things to stop the puppy from trying to chew the plasterboard on the walls. NOTHING works. Her response to the vicks vapourub was to lick it off my fingers after i put some on the wall, then come back for seconds!! I ended up having to put a wire panel from the puppy pen in front of the wall to stop her.

Jessica - will you be at the Toy Dog Club show at SACA on Sunday? I will be there over in the herding area (way over the back) at the herding trial. If you want to pop over, I'll throw some of my leads in the car to show you. PM me.

I know you don't want to purchase from overseas - but I love this lady's leads. Very reasonably priced. The most fun I have is choosing colours then waiting for the lead to arrive. Her quality is better than others I have found here and she is pretty fast with getting them done. She can make whatever you need, slip, martingale, standard lead with clip - whatever you want. She braids around a strong nylon core too so the lead is very strong but still very soft. http://hitidekangaro...s/view/welcome/ I think she has an etsy store too, with some nice leads on it at the moment: http://www.etsy.com/...ref=seller_info

the judge chooses his top 8 (from all the BOB )and then whittles it down to his top 4 As in, all BOB show up today and they choose the top 8? Or do they sort go back through their records or whatnot and then just the top 8 go in today? But thankyou at least I now know a bit more about why not every breed is in the group judging!! all BOB's in today, they they choose the top 8 then the top 4. It's a bit different cause of the best Puppy but that's for another time. mainly only at the Royals. ETA if the BOB was Best Puppy and doesn't win they are then a beaten dog and can't go into the group lineup. no, if they were a BOB winner, they would still appear in group line up but most unlikely to win Puppoochi - not sure about that - Assume the melbourne royal is the same as the adelaide royal. If Puppy was BOB, and didn't win puppy in group, it didn't go in to the Best in Group line up - that breed was missing in the group line up.

Why do you need the house "looked after"? If you leave it empty, it won't get dirty or messy and will be there just as you left it :p The one thought about needing housesitters for longer holidays..... I discovered when dad had to have an extended stay in hospital, that a house needs to be occupied for at least 2 days per month for the insurance to be ok. My brother and I took turns. Still think I would kennel the dogs though.

Vet took the tooth out yesterday - no complications. He kindly (??) gave me the tooth afterwards to show me. Was very obvious, looking at it, that there was no way this tooth was coming out on its own. The root was very long - twice as long as the tooth itself. I would like to say, to my poor vet - I don't think I need to be given any souvenirs after my other dog's procedure coming up soon.

there are a few growth charts in our breed that help you to at least have a more than educated guess as to which ones are going to be too big or not make size. Anything like that in your breed online anywhere? I have always been very thankful that the breeders of my two keep extensive records on puppies size up until they leave home and onto maturity for the ones they keep. It all adds to the data so you can get a good idea about what is happening.

Thanks very much for that tip!!! Will insist on it.

an update..... second baby canine still there, adult canine almost completely down - came in straight though. No amount of wiggling, games of tug, meaty bones is going to shift it it seems. She's 6 months in two days time. Appointment at the vet next week to have it removed.

anyone know? are they doing junior handlers before BIS? hanging out for results.

hmmm - so, card reader needed then.

I downloaded the update onto my computer, but can't run the file. I am running Mac OS X. My computer won't open the file (just the PDF on how to install it). Going to talk to my techs at work tomorrow.

especially when they gulp them down as fast as mine do. No point in them at all really. Same with any chicken bones. They take just two bites then swallow. Way too scary to feed them these...

One gone, one to go. Cancelled the vet - going to give her the weekend to get rid of the other one...

I have a baby here who is 5 months old this week and still has her upper baby canines. The adult ones are coming through. She is booked into the vet for Friday but would like to avoid it. Lots of games of tug, and bones aren't making any difference at the moment. Fingers crossed here. I really don't want her to have a GA. Anything else worked for others?

I got this from ebay and it is good. Does the job well (double coated breed here too). I like that it has a heat option and also a variable speed function. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2800W-Dog-Pet-cat-Groomming-Blaster-hair-Dryer-Heater-/290496298758?pt=AU_Pet_Supplies&hash=item43a2edbf06 mine's been going strong for 3 years now.

sentinel was the worming company that had the puppy packs from the vet. It had a book, a discount voucher for sentinel and 6 weeks free pet insurance.

I had a great puppy pack from my vet that he gives his breeders when they get their 6 week vaccination and microchip. There was a great little book in the pack about how to look after your puppy. It was an excellent little book. (The pack was from a worming company). Proplan make them too. Other things that I included in my folder were grooming tips (double coated breed) and a list of essentials to get for the puppy - like collar and lead, bedding etc. I also put in some breed specific information.

Parkeyre - I notice you are in SA. My vet is actually offering them as puppy packs when you get your litter vaccinated, microchipped and health checked. The one I had came with a puppy booklet, worming tablet and free insurance for 6 weeks (came from sentinel). There was another company doing them through this vet now as well. Really good idea. My recent arrival here came with a puppy pack from proplan which included insurance and sample puppy food. PM me and I'll tell you the vet.

sounds like a dodgy puppy buyer I recently had to deal with. We had someone in our breed that was buying puppies and on-selling them. When they couldn't sell them quickly at a profit, they would ask to send them back to the breeder with a refund with claims of "not getting along with the children" etc Not your breed, but PM me the details and I'll let you know if it is the same person.

Ultrasound will pick them up from 4 weeks. (Can see the heartbeats).

This lady is great too..... from Canada, hand made, custom kangaroo leather leads. I love her quality and keep buying leads from her (cos you can never have too many.....) She can manage anything you ask, so a flat martingale should be fine. Her prices are very very good. http://hitidekangarooleads.shawwebspace.ca/pages/view/welcome/

There's my girl...... colour appears more vibrant on her body in this than what she is I think - although her face is accurate I reckon. (On my mac laptop). not sure if this helps you at all.

As you should be very proud. My apologies - I thought the person meant the dog had been awarded in South Australia. I don't think anyone would be saying that a dog worthy of qualifying for the supreme isn't worthy of the title, which wasn't my intention. You should be very proud of your dog with such a list of great achievements. Obviously a worthy example for the title.