Bjelkier

Yep I got mine well over a week ago now

I'm going with old wives tale. My in season girls have been swimming before and I've never had a problem.

I agree with you Nek. I just can't be happy about this.

I only bake for my dog show friends and they don't seem too fussed by the odd hair :laugh:

My breed doesn't smell doggy anyway so the house usually doesn't smell like dog unless the Lab has been inside, then it stinks. But more then anything else it smells of cat and I hate it

I can trace all my Sammys back to the original dogs brought to England from Siberia.

A friends bitch has gone threw a window and chased her kids (human kids) for some loving when she's in season. So glad my girls don't do that!

Don't bother feeding it guys, honestly it's just making him worse. Cruzzi can continue making himself look like a tool all he wants. As for the OP My aunt use to be a CKCS breeder and took me along to shows when I was a little girl. I had the most wonderful time and being an avid dog lover I always knew I wanted to get involved with the pedigree world in some way. It wasn't until I was much older that I was able to get involved. My mother in law needed her Newfoundland shown so I got in the ring with her. Although I was a little put off by some very unpleasant people (hmmmm somewhat like Cozzi now I think about it)I eventually got a breed I was passionate about and started with a pet dog who I showed and moved into breeding 5 years later. Breeding is neither a hobby or a business so much as a way of life IMO. It takes up a huge part of my time, money, house etc. I select dogs for my breeding program with a huge amount of research. I make it my business to know everything about the lines I use, I speak to other breeders, I read everything I can get my hands on, I pay close attention to what dogs produce be it local, interstate or overseas. And lastly my dogs are family. :D EDT ~ I didn't answer one question. I exhibit my dogs and they are also being trained for herding, sledding and ET.

Mine all sleep in different places. As puppies they are in crates until they're toilet trained and then they go where ever they want. Alchemy and Daenerys sleep on the end of the bed. Dante is in the hallway, Beowulf is either in the bathroom or next to my side of the bed, Lestat is in the laundry.

Wow, tiny Utility group. I'll be there with the Sammys. Looking forward to a nice weekend away. Hope the weather is good

I had hips and elbows done recently at West Queanbeyan for under $400

A Smile of Samoyeds A Hug of Havanese A Leap of Labradors

Damn that's impressive

I'd go over the stained spot with sunlight soap or the whitening shampoo again (the best I've found are Plush Puppy, Chris Christensen or Animal House some of the pet store brands as useless) and leave it on for a little while (5 mins or so) then wash out or use the dish washing liquid as suggested above but only on the stained spot. Also it would be worth conditioning the stained spot after washing it a few times, the soap will dry out the coat using it so much in a short time.

What kind of shampoo are you using? Is it a whitening or just a normal puppy shampoo?

As far as I know there are no genetic faults related to the biscuit colourings. In fact a lot of breeders like the colouring as the coat tends to be harsher in texture. There is some method to the maddness when it comes to the colouring of Samoyeds. You have to go back and look at the history of the breed. Taken from "The Savvy Samoyed" "They (Kilburn Scots) began breeding for consistant and recognised type in 1896. They decided to make the white coat the breeds benchmark (there was no other medium sized white show dog with a long coat), and exclude the brown, black and spotted coated dogs that were sometimes seen in Siberia. The majority of Samoyeds found there, however, were white. It is said that there was at least one black and white champion but the coloured dogs sometimes showed mongrel traits" and this: Taken from "The Samoyed Today" "Again the group subdivides, dependant on their tribe, and there are fundamental differences. Some were parti coloured, black and white as owned by the Ostiaks, while others were tan, or tan and sable, wolf grey and red. Some present day thinking suggests that some of the dogs could even have been Lapphunds. The Samoyeds coming from the Kara or White Sea areas were always white, cream or biscuit shaded. Basically therefore the parti coloured dogs from the southern areas were used mostly as reindeer herders and in the northern parts the white dogs were used as hunting and sledge dogs. A tribe name Bjelkier means white animal that breeds white." A dog used for hunting in Arctic regions would be better served being as pale as possible for camouflage. The only countries that allow the full biscuit are America and Canada, every other standard calls for Pure white, cream or white with biscuit. (The basic colour to be white with a few biscuit markings.) Should never give the impression of being pale brown. You can see from all that why the full biscuit dog was excluded from the standard. Even today they often get mistaken for other breeds, such as the cream Finnish Lapphund. Full biscuit Samoyeds are rare and most of them seem to have at least a little bit of white on them in some places. You also have to remember that most Samoyeds are born white and the colour shows up over time. Take my youngest male for example. He was born white and has slowly been getting darker and darker. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends up mostly biscuit (like others in his line) when he's older.

The Samoyeds and Havanese are all soaked and don't seem at all bothered by the rain and mud. Meanwhile the Lab ( ie the water dog) won't go outside incase his precious toes get wet lol

In my breed when colours were picked as expectable Samoyeds use to come in black and black and white. However it was decided upon that the dogs with 'colour' tended to show mongrel traits hence the standard only allowing white, biscuit and white and cream. Perhaps it was something similar with the poodles when the standard was written, I don't know but saying it was because someone just didn't like them doesn't seem very likely However I know nothing of poodles and could be wrong.

Ultimate cutness

Yep. Or in my case standing with an umbrella over myself and watching my lovely white puppies get more and more filthy as they plan in the rain and mud instead of going to the toilet :laugh: Least they have fun

My first thought was a blockage too

It also seems a lot easier to find a pet friendly rental over there. I'm friends with a lot of Samoyed people in Europe and many rent with a number of dogs with no hassles.

I'm not sure how welcome they are inside but Finns love their dogs!! I would imagine they would be more welcome than here. I'm quickly starting to question how great this country is to live in with regards to quite a few things. I've been thinking the same thing for quite awhile myself.

I have always worked on the theory that if I was hesitant at all about getting another dog I wouldn't do it. Personally I've always been a multi dog person. I love having a well run pack to share my home with but many dogs do really well on their own and if you're happy with just the three of you then why not keep it that way?

My vet has never even offered