LizT

I like a stiff new piece for pre-whelp and first days as mumma seems to spend a lot of time scratching up the nest and rearranging things. Putting a few towelling nappies in there keeps her happy and the vet bed in one place!

I wonder if he was recounting a few??? Ultrasounds can be tricky when the number get high. Still, sounds like you will have a full birth. :)

I'm guessing 11. :)

WOnderful! Love the Blue? (Silver?) All beautiful pups.

So sorry to hear of this Borderpower.

Certainly better off than in a glass cage in a Shopping Centre.

Ah yes, see that now. Well good fun doing the research part in the meantime. Might want to consider which dogs are also good family/guardian breeds as depending on the timeline it may be Juniors dog! :D I got a German Shepherd when my son was two 1/2 and I was unknowingly pregnant for number two and my two eldest grew up with this fellow. My son was 16 when he had to say goodbye to best mate Harley.

Gosh, I do feel for those poor Poodles and Lowchiens in Show Clip at the moment. And you in Tassie. Brrrrr. Hope he gets his snuggly PJ's soon. :)

I agree with what has been posted. Try picking him up for a pleasant activity such as grooming, being fussed over with no bath even being hinted at. :)

Personality wise, something fairly laid back, sooky with family and energy levels medium but imposing looking. My main focus is finding one that doesn't require intensive exercise to tire him out, I'm happy to take them for a walk everyday but my boxer needs way more than a walk to be satisfied. As much as I love my boxer I don't think we really match. Now that we have a baby it's even more difficult to spend so much time with him tiring him out. In that case I guess you are looking to get an older dog and not a puppy? Most large breeds will have a high energy requirement when young and then "chill out" at about two years of age. Are you sure you want another dog at this time if you don't have time for the Boxer with a new baby in the family now?

Technically they can have the pup in there at 7 weeks, and take a holding deposit but legally can't sell it til it's 8 weeks old. (What actually happens in some establishments is anyones guess. Tragically ironic is the fact that the pup would actually be better off in most homes at 7 weeks than in the shop isn't it!

That only helps with the moulting cycle, not shaved or clipped hair.

'Graduation/Off into the big wide world' photo please. :)

How are your tribe doing?

What the?????

Use a Nappy Pin! It's got a "safety" cover.

"It is better to have loved and lost.....and found love again...than to have loved and lost" :)

Four weeks old and toileting on the newspaper....good pups! :D

It doesn't sound like the breeder is giving her this option. And in all due respect, what I personally would consider a lot of money, others who are usedto spending more, may not.

I think that statement "if you are only breeding for pets it doesn't matter" is very irresponsible. I feel for you. You are trying to do the right thing and she doesn't seem to get that. Even though technically we are not supposed to "breed for the pet market", most of our pups will end up in a family, even if they are show dogs and everyone deserves the best possible dog that we can at least attempt to produce.

:) Exactly that!

The back is stiff when you first buy it and the pile is more upright. Both soften up with repeated washings.

I totally disagree about it being a waste of money. If I had not ultrasounded my girl I would not have known she was having a singleton pup. My vet and I were able to manage her pregnancy based on the expectation of one pup and not say, six. Her diet and exercise was based on not allowing the pup to have the nutrients of a full pregnancy and therefore not growing so large as to require a C-section. She was easily born by natural delivery. One could easily have assumed she had lost any pups she may have been carrying based on her size and shape so I was happy to be forwarned of what was to come. With her next pregnany I was able to happily anticpate the arrival of three pups. Also my vet does not like to expose a pregnancy to x-ray just for a count. And, no, they don't always get it wrong. My vet was right both times. It's just that it becomes more difficult the more pups there are, and not every vet with an Ultrasound machine is particularly proficient at it either.

Another vote for Havanese or Lowchien. You may need more space and time before you get another CKCS. Only you will really know when you are ready, you don't want every little scratch or an ear infection to set you in a tail spin. Even though logically your head knows the odds of SM are small, dwelling on it will taint your relationship with your dog. And any little problem will seem much bigger as a result. But just remember ALL breeds and combinations thereof will have their health problems and losing dogs is sadly part of owning dogs and can still happen for any reason. Then again, maybe you are ready for another CKCS, and just need the affirmation. :)

haha I think the CC enjoyed the chair bit more than the food....getting off the bench before he'd finished and jumping up again. Nothing beats a challenge!!! :D