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I agree.

I've had 7 different breeds and currently have 2. Aside from the Samoyeds I only have 4 other breeds I'm interested in owning.

There is one spray out there, a plush puppy one called shine and comb, don't know how it smells though or how good the product is, can't say I've ever bothered with a finnishing spray for my Samoyeds.

It took mine about 4 months I think but mine did get lost in the post. I was lucky though I got my first choice of kennel names so I didn't have to resend it all again, that can really chew up time.

Totally disagree with this theory. I am totally able to have kids and I don't like them. Well I assume that I could have had kids if I wanted to. My ability to have a child was never tested. My ex husband doesn't like kids either btw. I disagree with the theory too. Neither my OH or myself are real kid people and we are both able to have them.

Samoyeds, due on the 4th is our guess.

I've had two ties with my girl over the last two days so I believe we have just made it in to May

That's interesting TW, I did exactly the same thing with my much younger sister and I now have no interest in ever having children. It's not that I dislike children, I just have no interest in them at all and I do find them annoying a lot of the time.

Damn it I was looking forward to showing this weekend. So what do the shows usually do in this event? Are we refunded our entry money or is the show held on a different weekend?

They're all gone now

Yes it's only for reg breeders, you have to send in your prefix when you sign up as a breeder. And no you can't breed main and limited reg dogs of you don't have a prefix. Why?

This ^^ I should also add it depends on the bitch. I have one girl here who is a mess during a season, her head is all over the place and she gets very stressed. I wont show her during as I don't believe it's fair on her.

Hey I wont complain, a sleep in and a closer venue, nothing wrong with that ;)

OMG, I am so sorry. RIP little girl

Actually, it is. Why is it that people who vehemently hold one perspective believe anyone who has a different perspective is nuts? I love how everyone branding those of us who have said we would save our dog as psychopaths and inhuman. If a building was on fire my first instinct would be to protect what I love and that is my dog. I wouldn't be standing there weighing it up and thinking about the devastation the parents of the child would be feeling versus the devastation I'd feel at knowing my dog burned to death. I imagine I would be running high on adrenaline and instinct and that would see me go for my dog first. I would try my damnedest to save everyone if I could but if it's my life I'm risking, who are you to tell me what I should or shouldn't do with it? This. Exactly this. People are making out like we're saying we'd be standing there watching a child burn to death. We wouldn't be. We would be doing the best we could in a terrible situation and running on instinct, not thinking everything out rationally and being cold and calculated with our decisions. It is instinct to protect what you love and I would be shocked if anyone didn't try to save their loved ones over someone they didn't know, regardless of age. Snook you have explained my feelings on this subject 100% in a much calmer and succinct way then I am able. I will say that some of you need to get off your bloody high horse's and understand that not everyone see's things the way you do and that does not make us psycho's or bad people, it just makes us different. And at least we have been able to stay in this conversation without slinging insults at those who disagree with us.

Poor dogs, how could anyone be so cruel :laugh:

To be honest I find this shocking. You would really save your dogs over the life of a child? I love my dogs, they mean everything to me, but I couldn’t place their lives as more important than that of a child. I have people over to my house that aren’t into dogs like I am, obviously coming to my house they know I will have dogs there but I also expect my dogs to behave around people and I would think nothing of putting them away if I had a guest that was uncomfortable with them or if I had kids there that weren’t used to dogs or weren’t capable of behaving appropriately around them. My dogs don’t care if someone doesn’t like them or isn’t comfortable around them. I had a friend stay with a puppy just last week, my big dog isn’t reliable with puppies so I put him away while puppy was there. My dogs are a huge part of my life, but they don’t rule my life. I agree. I feel sorry for people who seem to hate their fellow humans so much (not saying that OG does, but every time this topic comes up the sheer vitriol astounds me). One of my dogs is fear aggressive, I certainly don't let her attack guests just because they are coming to her home. She gets put away in her crate, which she loves, and they can relax and be safe. I always ask guests if they are comfortable with my boy, and he'd go outside or in his crate if they weren't. It is my house and the guests are there to visit me. That said, Fergus has great manners and no one has ever asked for him to be put away. I would hardly count wanting to protect the lives you have taken under your care to be hating fellow humans. For the record I agree with OG. My dogs (ie my family) come first.

My eldest Samoyed has been in surgery twice now for obstructions not to mention the number of times he has passed something he has eaten. The first time it was a knee length sock and the second time it was a various array of sticks, wood, plastic and something no one could identify. Each time he has bounced back very quickly and has made a full recovery. He lives his life under alsmost constant supervision now becuase we just don't know what he will get into next and when he's not being watched like a hawk he's locked away. It's all I can do to stop him hurting himself I have seriosuly thought about having him in a basket muzzle for his own safety.

I would be worried I wouldn't be able to run fast enough without getting tangled or that the skirt would move to cover the dog. I agree with the others, if you don't like skirts wear a nice pants suit.

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No, I can't guarantee that any one of my dogs wouldn't react if they were startled, but I TOTALLY accept that as a dog owner it is my responsiblity to protect others from my dogs. I also accept that they are not and will never be as important as human beings. THEY ARE DOGS. They are a very important part of my life and our life to a large extent revolves around them, but THEY ARE DOGS. If someone brings their children to my place and either the dogs or the children won't cope - guess what, the dogs are locked in the back yard, not the kids. If my dogs bite a child then I take it on board that they should not have done or that I should have been looking/watching more closely. YES, responsibility is one sided. I have exercised by right to have a dog, but in doing so I need to accept that I have responsibilities. While I might not like what others do to or around my dogs I can (and do) whinge all I like, but ultimately at the end of the day I have to be the one who keeps my dogs safe from others and others safe from them. Sorry but in my world my dogs (ie my family) are more important then some random persons child. I make sure they are safe and don't harm anyone and it's for the parent to care their child not me. I didn't choose to have a child, they did, it's their job to look after the child and not to expect everyone else out there to do the parents job for them!

They usually work much faster then that, at ;east the crystals do. I'd be heading to the vet now and getting something stronger.

so what happens when you're walking down the street with your aggressive dog and a kid on their way home from school(without a parent) decides they want to say hello? Sorry, but it is up to the dog owner to be responsible and know their dog and control it accordingly IMO. Not once have I said that it's not up to the owner to control the dog but in this situation it was not the dog that was at fault it was the parent and child. It's not like the dog was running around off leash growling at childen. It was being controled by it's owner. And if a child wanted to pat my dog without a parent around and didn't respond to my telling them no and acted in an aggressive mannor like the one the OP mentioned I would have no issues telling that child off. I would tell the child off if it did that with a parent around and the parent didn't do anything. There is no excuse for such bad behaviour.

No I havn't but that's not the point. It's the parents job to look after the child and the owners job to keep the dog safe. If the parent was doing their job the child would not have run up to the dog and acted in such a manner in the first place, there by not putting the child at risk of injury. The owner did the right thing by telling the child no and removing the dog from the situatio. People should be allowed to walk their dogs in public without the worry of someone harming or scaring their dog.

And I'm sick of people making excuses for their childrens and their own bad behaviour and lack of manners. Just because a dog is out in public does not give another person the right to touch it. None of my Samoyeds are aggressive but if I don't want someone touching them it's my right to say no and excpet people to listen.