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Has anyone experienced this before? Yesterday afternoon I noticed a huge lump the size of a grapefruit on the side of the neck of my stafford. It wasn't there a few hours prior. I thought perhaps beesting so I took her to the vet where they thought it was puss filled and I had to take her back today to get it drained. Turns out it was filled with fluid but no infection seen under microscope. A drain has been put in for the next few days and she's on antibiotics. I've been told to keep an eye on her and that they think the salivary gland is either not functioning correctly or it's a cyst

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Hi, The only company that tets for Ataxia is Antagene in France. You just need to email them and they will send you out a test kit. Take that kit to your vet who will fill out the paperwork and send it back to Antagene. http://www.antagene.com/en/ncl-cerebellar-ataxiastaffordshire-terrier-americain I would also strongly advise you to get your dog's heart tested by a cardiologist. Here is info on how to contact him. He held a testing day at the last VIC amstaff club specialty show so is very aware of the issues with amstaffs hearts. http://www.cprvictoria.com.au/ For Hips/Elbows, I send the xrays for scoring to Dr R Rawlinson.

Has anyone got a Norking dog trailer? Are they built well? Have you had any problems with it?

About a month ago I received a call from council advising me that there had been a complaint put in about my dogs barking. I don't beleive they bark excessivly and told the ranger this. He was quite harsh and said people don't make complaints for no reason. My dogs are also inside from about 6pm - 7am everyday and never make a peep so 100% no noise during the night. We are also at dog shows nearly every weekend so the dogs aren't at home. I do work 3 days per week so thought perhaps I'm wrong and they bark while I'm not home so I bought bark control collars. I even sent my boy to boarding when I had a girl in season to ensure there was no whining noise. On Monday I had another call saying that there had been another complaint. I advised of the bark collars and that I don't beleive they are barking. Today i had a knock on my door and it was the ranger asking to inspect my property as there had been another complaint and that they said there is an extreme smell on dog poo and piles of it in the backyard. I'm really shocked about this as the poo is picked up daily and any hard surface is sprayed with deoderising disinfectant spray. I took him into the backyard and there was only 2 fresh poos in the whole yard.... I have 5 dogs by the way. My dogs didn't make a peep at him being there either, just wagged their tails. The ranger said he will note that everything checked out fine in regards to noise and smell but that he beleives this person will keep making vexatious reports. My question is has anyone had similar happen to them? Also, what will/could happen now? This neighbour is being totally unreasonable and causing me huge amounts of stress! Arggghhh!

Thankyou. He has been picked up by a friend now so it's all sorted.

Thanks for the reply. I'll tell him to head to one of the servos. There may be someone able to help him out... Just waiting to hear back.

This is a desperate situation. A friend's car broke down in Wondonga and he can't get the car fixed until next week. He has very little money left after paying for the car to be towed but others have offered to help him out with a little cash. He has his amstaff bitch with him. He doesn't have a credit card so he can't hire a car and trains/bus are a no go as he can't take his dog on them. Does anyone know anyone near there that could possibly give him a lift towards Wollongong/Sydney way? Even if it was a truckie passing through? I can arrange for him to get picked-up from Canberra but that's as far as I can go. Any help or ideas would be much appreciated.

Well I'm out Got confirmation today that my girl absorbed her pups. She had discharge a few weeks ago and was put on antibiotics but I'm guessing the puppies were affected before the antibiotics kicked in. Need to keep an eye on her now and watch out for pyo as 1 sack still hasn't been totally absorbed. Very disappointing at my first attempt of a breeding :(

I have just had my American Staffordshire girl confirmed in whelp by frozen semen - Due 10th of November. This will be my first litter so I'm super excited. Vet said it looks to only be a small litter but I expected that considering the sire was 9 when he was collected.

Anyone have the terrier breakdown?

The amstaff club of NSW will be having a stand there :)

ok thanks for that.

Thanks... they will probably be in the mail when I get home then. Did they happen to have a breed breakdown for sunday? If they did can you please tell me how many amstaffs are entered?

Has anyone received their numbers yet for Canberra this Friday and Sunday?

and another one......

Mine LOVE water... especially the hose!

Thanks anyway. I'll have to call the secretary.

hmm might have to ring and make sure they received my entries. Did it have a breed breakdown? If so how many amstaffs please.

Hi, Has anyone received Yass show numbers for this weekend?

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Hi guys, just wondering if anyone knows how many dogs were entered in the show? I lost the piece of paper.

Thanks for the replies. I’ll look at the conformation of the litter for now, and see how the bites are looking at 6-8 weeks. There are a couple of pups that look overshot at the moment so fingers crossed the lower jaws will catch up in growth over the next few weeks. Arghh so hard to choose THE ONE lol.

Hi, Just wondering at what age you assess a pups bite? Is it possible at 4 weeks or will they move a lot more and be more reliable at 6 weeks?

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