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It's very common for breeders to charge more for females than males. Have a look at the puppy listings on this site for example, and you will see it is quite common. German shepherds and similar working breeds, on the other hand, seem to be the opposite, with males worth more than the females in many cases.

I would like to help you get the club up and rolling, but have no experience or knowledge of how to get something like this off the ground. I also have a job with bizarre hours, so that probably doesn't help either. Perhaps when you get enough people interested you can call a meeting and we can discuss what needs to be done. Maybe someone from the QLCA could attend and give us some advice. Allan Maguire.

Kerry, have you got a field/park/location in mind that would be suitable for lure coursing? We need more dog sports up this way.

He holds his tail like any other PBGV and it looks perfectly normal. It's when you feel his tail you can tell all is not well. It may be two fused tail vertebrae or a broken tail vertebrae that didn't set properly. I've noticed that some judges are very hands on, so it's only a matter of time before the fault is detected by a judge. I've never contacted the breeder about this matter because I'm not a full-on serious show person... i'm just wondering how big a fault it is in judges' eyes.

When I bought my Petit (PBGV) about a year ago I was told he had a bump under the base of his tail and that it (the bump) would go down and his tail would be fine. As my petit grew it was clear that the bump was not a bump, but a break he most likely sustained as a small puppy... this hypothesis was confirmed by a vet recently. As a result he has a significant kink in his tail. You cannot see it, but you can feel it. Is this a fault? Is there any point in showing a dog with this problem? I have shown him a couple of times and the judges seem to have missed it.