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So last thursday my 3 yr old Samoyed, Wolf vomited up his breakfast. For the rest of the day he continued to vomit on and off, eventually it stopped in the evening and he could drink water again without bringing it back up but refused to eat. We took him into the vet on friday and had x-rays and full blood work done and aside from a very slightly raised white blood cell count and a couple of very small bone fragments (chicken wings from the day before) in his small intestine there was nothing else to indicate a problem, no fever or areas of pain. The vet kept him for the day, started a course of antibiotics and gave him some pain relief and in the afternoon the nurses were able to get him to eat without vomiting so we brought him home. That night he had a small dinner of cooked chicken breast and seemed fine, quieter than usual but still bright and happy. He continued eating small, bland meals over Saturday and continued his antibiotics, toileting and drinking normally. On Sunday he refused to eat at all but continued to drink and toilet normally. He slept for a good deal of the day. This morning I was able to get him to eat a small handful of cat biscuits and roast chicken (the only things he didn't turn his nose up at) but has been quiet for most of the day, still drinking and toileting normally and hasn't vomited at all since thursday. We have no clue what is going on with this boy and our vet is stumped. The best we can come up with is a partial blockage but having dealt with many issues like this with our first Samoyed even that seems to be a bit of a stretch. Does any one have any ideas what this might be? I'm currently waiting to hear back from our vet to see what he wants to do next. Thanks

! You don't want to rock up to pick up your puppy and freak at the price then? I hate surprises so I guess I'd be asking what I could expect. For the breeders in the thread - when is the right time to ask how much? I couldn't care less if people ask me straight away to be honest. It's a big expense and people need to know what they're looking at. Just don't argue the price, that never goes down well :laugh: When I was looking at buying a puppy I usually sent an email about myself, got to know the breeder a little and then asked price. I've always had replies back from breeders, even before I became involved in showing.

Updates make any day better, especially if we're having a bad time ,knowing other puppies are safe and happy makes it all worth it.

I reply nicely to those emails every single time and not once have I ever received anything back. It drives me absolutely insane. Even worse though (in my opinion) are the people who try to bargain for a better price, or the ones who try and do a payment plan because they want the puppy now now now....

Ha! That's so cuuuute! I will also admit to singing Moves Like Jagger (quietly) to one of my other boys to make him animate when he was going through the bratty teen phase....the things I do to get my dogs to show well

The only way I could train a solid stack with my youngest male Samoyed was to blow air on his face. It's the weirdest thing but he loves it and shows like a star :laugh:

My two boys clean each others faces all the time. No idea why. The girls don't do it.

Yonjuro pretty much wrote out what I have lol The most important items when owning spitz breeds are your good quality comb and force dryer. Everything else is nice but you can live without it. Avoid rakes and those rotten furminator things they cut the top coat and combs do a much better job at removing the undercoat

Adults do become available from time to time and when they do they tend to be snapped up pretty fast. I know there is a 10 month old female available in Sydney right now but no males. There is the NSW Samoyed rescue and although you are in SA in might be worth chatting to them. They could have a dog suitable or know of one closer to you.

Very sweet

One of the girls I used to live with would rescue baby ducks from the dam. She never hurt them but they were always very confused by what happened. All the Newfies I lived with drooled really badly. That is the biggest reason I now have Samoyeds.

I think it's also wise to point out that you only saw the dogs for a short period of time. I keep my guys locked up in my garage aka grooming room, in crates when people come over because I don't want them to get silly. They don't live in there, in fact they spend about 7% of their time in there, otherwise they're in the house with me. However if someone wanted to they could assume the dogs were kept this way 24/7. Papers also aren't always given at the time the puppy is. My current litter won't be getting their papers when they leave me, it's impossible to do so when we have to pick the show pups at eight weeks and some of the others are leaving the next day, which is also a weekend. They will however have them express posted when I receive them. Cash in hand, also not dodgy. I prefer it this way as do many other breeders I know. The receipt thing, well, you should have been given one. However, I've received a receipt for one of my dogs. Not one of the others ever came with one and none of the breeders are dodgy at all. From what I'e read I can't see that much dodgy going on here. The 10 to 15 litters would be a concern if there were actually that many and the price of $800 isn't that far fetched for certain common breeds.

I started out in the show world with Newfies. Lovely breed

Sorry about your little ones LizT. Breeding can be so heart breaking sometimes *hugs*

I think your conclusion is correct, but not for the reasons you think.In a culture where dogs live in small apartments, are taken everywhere including cafes etc, and often carried on public transport. By necessity people have to buy small, heavily domesticated dogs who have been bred for placid temperaments. Because Australia has a heavily rural modern history, even our urban dwellings have traditionally had huge back yards, and we tend tend toward s an "outdoor" lifestyle, we have tended towards different breeds. (Often working breeds not far removed from their working ancestry.) Not only do people not worry about lack of "social niceties" in their dogs but a tendency towards guarding property or people is often seen as a good thing. I was in Europe late last year and I can assure you that just because the people have smaller houses does not mean they buy and own smaller, more heavily domesticated dogs. In fact I saw more primitive type dogs there than I ever have and they live in apartments, go on public transport, etc The difference here? Their dogs are trained and expected to behave. People take responsibility for the actions of their animals but they also seem to be aware that a dog is still a dog and will behave as such. I didn't see one child rush up to a dog while I was there, or anyone else trying to pat another persons dog without permission. Nor did I see one off lead dog the entire time. Quiet frankly, it was refreshing. Agree. Same experience here all over Europe. They usually don't desex either but hey look no accidental matings! My Finnish friend has Samoyeds in her tiny bed sit. They are very well behaved. When they go out it's into the forest for hikes, into town for a coffee...they take them everywhere, always under control. The dogs are trained to perfection. I was Finland and my friend has three Sammys in a one bedroom flat with a small courtyard. We went walking with the boys multiple times a day and they are so well behaved. It was very impressive

I think your conclusion is correct, but not for the reasons you think.In a culture where dogs live in small apartments, are taken everywhere including cafes etc, and often carried on public transport. By necessity people have to buy small, heavily domesticated dogs who have been bred for placid temperaments. Because Australia has a heavily rural modern history, even our urban dwellings have traditionally had huge back yards, and we tend tend toward s an "outdoor" lifestyle, we have tended towards different breeds. (Often working breeds not far removed from their working ancestry.) Not only do people not worry about lack of "social niceties" in their dogs but a tendency towards guarding property or people is often seen as a good thing. I was in Europe late last year and I can assure you that just because the people have smaller houses does not mean they buy and own smaller, more heavily domesticated dogs. In fact I saw more primitive type dogs there than I ever have and they live in apartments, go on public transport, etc The difference here? Their dogs are trained and expected to behave. People take responsibility for the actions of their animals but they also seem to be aware that a dog is still a dog and will behave as such. I didn't see one child rush up to a dog while I was there, or anyone else trying to pat another persons dog without permission. Nor did I see one off lead dog the entire time. Quiet frankly, it was refreshing.

I had two smaller pups in my current litter, both strong and healthy but I did find that they started slowing down a little after a few days simply because the others were so much bigger and pushed them off the milk bar. We made sure they got on the boob first and kept an eye on them for a few weeks. Now at four weeks the boy is almost as big as the two massive males and the girl is one of the biggest in the litter. In the previous litter my smallest puppy is now the largest dog I own and the biggest from his litter. The biggest puppy is my tiny little girl :laugh: So birth weight doesn't seem to mean all that much provided the dog is healthy.

Can't say anyone has ever said anything about my dogs being desexed or not. That being said if someone did say something I'd tell them to pull their head in and removed them from my friend list. It's no one elses business but my own what I choose to do with my dogs.

Thanks guys, I'm a bit in love with them all :D Here are a few more from today, only the three boys, the girls were busy sleeping. (Red - Constantine. Blue - Geralt and Black - Sirius)

Oh yes, Samoyeds are very popular. I've had two separate occasions where entire tour buses of Asian tourists stuck their hands through my car window to pat the dogs. That was intense :laugh: As for slowing down.....I'm yet to meet one that ever has slowed down. My friends girl was 15 and she still acted like a pup when she wasn't too sore. Havanese don't seem to grow up, they're very playful little souls.

I actually know of a lot of people who do this. I didn't realised you couldn't as it's so common!

Who doesn't love a Samoyed baby? :laugh: We have a litter of almost three week old pups at the moment and the camera is getting a good work out :D (EDT, sorry they're so big, Photobucket is being a PITA)

Little ones are growing up so fast!

The Samoyed Clubs of VIC and NSW do a lot to promote our breed to the general public. They attend pet expos, sled pulls and photos over christmas (many people would have seen the dogs in stores around Sydney over christmas), breed rescue, pet picnic days, herding clinics and sled days (this is new) and they hold speciality shows. I know they receive a lot of emails from puppy people looking for a good breeder or owners asking general advice about how to care for the breeds. They also have a health committee, public HD register etc. And this year Australia is hosting the World Samoyed Meeting, they're having guest speakers, a number of speciality shows, stalls etc.

[bWould it still be very bad if they were constantly groomed?][/b] If they were anything like the Golden I owned it won't help enough to make a difference and the Pugs I help show never, ever stop shedding :laugh: