LizT

And...one the other foot...there are people out there...myself included...who don't really want your dirty pawed dog jumping up on me randomly...thanks anyway...especially in my white pants. ;) Although I always say..never mind...that's why the invented the washing machine. :laugh:

While I am supportive of all people advertising dogs for sale to be microchipped (I mean why was it only the registered breeders who had to comply and not the BYB and DD Puppy Farms in the past?) what does broadcasting a microchop number achieve? I guess it ensures BYB will have their puppies and kittens microchipped but some Registered breeders put "Litter Notices" in DOL as soon as puppies are born, and sometimes even prior to impending birth, there will not be a microchip number to quote for at least 6 weeks possibly longer? E.T.A. Oh I see from Steves post...you can advertise a "future litter". Not something I will do a second time. You get a lot of calls from people who want to put their names down and then buy a puppy from a pet shop or get a new lounge suite. :laugh: So if we see an add in our local paper, website such as 'Gumtree' or on a community board, not quoting a microchip number do we "report it" to the appropriate authorities? Why do those that know the law have to Police it?

Is it toilet and leash trained? No, leaves messes everywhere!

Excellent, I think joining a club, or taking him to classes of any sort is great major component for me is socialisation for you and the pup ,you want pup to be comfortable about every dog he meets, especially the small fragile ones, I wouldn’t be to wrapped up with obedience at this stage, basic sit, drop, and maybe a little stay later down the track will be enough to tackle for now, but for the next 5 weeks make sure he knows his name and he knows to respond to it, im having issues now where Gus refuses to respond to his name when distracted and I regret not concentrating more on that element of training in the first few weeks. Also make him use his brain with problem solving toys... i was told it was better than any form of exercise at these puppy stages and that person was right!, nothing tires Gus out more than trying to get food out of a empty water bottle or what have you.... throw their breakfast kibble in there and watch him go for gold :). I used to do the plastic bottle thing with my old GSD 20 years ago. So when I bought this lovely 'ball' that you can put kibble in for the young fellow what did he do with it? Buries it somewhere in the garden??? It turns up now and again, I've given up washing it and trying again as it keeps getting buried, turns up full of mud, that's then rolled around and emptied all over the patio and disappears into the garden beds again. :laugh:

Cats. Socks Bini Nudge ('Hey Dad' fan at the time)! Snowy (Beau Jen Snow Tiger - Burmese) Soosie Tigger Binty Dogs. Stroopy (Border Collie) Sandra (Kelpie) Sandy (Terrier mix) Benji (Min Poodle) Gyrle (Maltese X stray that came when you called "Girl")) Khan (Maltese X Lhaso Apso) Tessa (Schipperke) Rex (GSD) Waldo (Daschund) Harley (GSD) Maggie (Border Collie X ACD) Clancy (GSD) Bonnie (Cavalier) Crystal (Cavalier) Clover (Cavalier) Emmalee (Cavalier)

Hmmmm.....anyone named their puppy "Apple" yet?

:laugh: The beginning of your story reminds me of a family outing to Healesville Sancuary 16 years ago, where a group of Japanese tourists went absolutely gaga over my blonde, then 3 year old daughter. Taking photos, touching her hair and generally being a bit too familar to the point of where I smiled and ushered my "becoming somewhat distressed" child away from the group. Are some things considered to be "public domain" by some cultures? I'm not sure. But I think the rule of thumb is "don't be overly familar with strangers. AND "Ask first". It isn't that hard. And I think 99% of the time people are happy for you to complement their dog, and fairly okay with you patting him, provided you ask first. If there is a reason they don't want you to touch (and there can be many legitimate ones) their dog at least you haven't embarrassed yourself or annoyed them by being inconsiderate.

I have always had my German Shepherd boys desexed at about 7 months. They appear to have grown sufficiently by then. Interestingly (and this could fall under the banner of "old wives tales"), I had often been told that a desexed GSD will be less aggressive than an entire. In what I have learned since first hearing this as a young girl, I would say it really has to do with what stimulus is around for them to be 'aggressive' about! Of course keeping a number of male entires together and having a bitch in season thrown into the mix could bring out certain agressive instinctual behaviour. Let's face it the perpetuation of the species does call for the strongest male to fight for and win any battles ensueing over the female. Fortunately domestic dog breeding isn't this extreme. ;) I've just found that desexing takes away the many concerns regarding the ownership of an entire dog not intended for breeding. It certainly won't change the personality of your dog. :)

It's funny 'cos it's true! Yeah, he is a tad gangly, I like to see most 8 weeks old puppy (all breeds) looking a bit roly poly, they soon 'play' it off, but you can't wind back the clock so now you just need to find the balance and keep up with him. There is some great feeding advice to be had from the experienced humungeous breed dogs people here. :D The main thing is not to 'push' it as he will grow fast but he will mature slowly.

Sadly it's quite common, but what is also common is the varying degrees to which some dogs will carry it. Some get through life with low level slipping pattelars that pop in and out without causing any real concern to them. Sometime all you will see is the dog stretching out one back leg, pretty normal for a dog and usually not any indication of concern. Some, however get worse as the dog gets older (obesity being a huge enemy here). Some become worse because they cannot hold up to vigourous exercise or even a bad landing when catching a ball can offset a dodgy knee.

Very sad when anyone takes their own lives but yes, he had many other options available to him. Clearly a damaged and sad individual.

TrinaJ, I applaude the stance that the Rottweiler Club has taken on mandatory health screening for HD. As far as I know any form of health screening, although strongly recommended and supported with clinics organised and run by the Club to help subsidise costs is still only voluntary in the Cavalier Clubs code of conduct with no breech as such if not adhered to in any form. I health test because the people I purchased my puppies from initially health tested my puppies and their parents, to me, this mode of practice makes sense and the baton has therefore been passed on. But this is not the case with every breeder. I have heard the words cited from breeders, I don't health screen because I have not had problems. This may well be the case or it could just be a head in the sand attitude.

:laugh: Typical Cav and their "your bed is my bed" attitude. :D

What a sweet "little" pup. :) You will certainly have you hands/arms full. :laugh:

Oooooh poor little guy!

Yah...Cavvy babies. Congratulations RoseRed. :) So that's three tri girls and a Blenheim girl. :D

They did sadly. Then why does Tralee have a puppy listing up? Different dog perhaps? Let's not go there. ;)

Ah but from what I've read and heard of Zero he is "speshul"...he was probably born "flipping the bird". :laugh:

I watched Eight Below the other day. Beautiful film and stunning dogs but I did think about how many people went out and bought a husky after watching it expecting them to be just like in the film . My Husky was rescued from the pound, after being a stray for what appears to be quite a while, given her poor condition. She is called Mya, does make me wonder if she was bought after someone watched the film, as the pack leader was called Mya. Sad If she was a stray how did you know her name was Mya? Her microchip info said she was called Mya but the contact details were out of date or something. No luck tracing the owners anyway. Oh..poor girl. Now she has you. :)

Ohhh..poor bub. What's wrong?

IMO yes Agree...a puppy will pick up on the older dogs disposition towards the cat and join in.

I know it's illegal to advertise puppies or kittens without microchip details but not sure if this law extends to compulsory microchipping as such.

I guess essentially I am breeding for colour only... so long as I am also able to retire from breeding in thirty years knowing that I made the best efforts I could to improve the health of Australian Poms, specifically the health of Australian particolour Poms, being a "colour breeder" won't seem like such a stigma. Clearly, Australian Particolour lines need work - this bitch's sire, and the dam of my young dog, do have some lovely American and English dogs behind them, not related to my imports, but the older Australian lines do look quite different to the showline Poms in the ring now. I personally prefer Poms with longer, tapered noses, in order to minimise tear duct or dentition issues. I also personally prefer Poms of around 3kg, because I suspect minimising canines, to the extent we have, will introduce problems such as syringomyelia or other cerebrospinal disorders. "Coloured" Poms are not a product of out-breeding as the Merles are; they arise naturally and in my eyes are exciting because of the difficulties inherent in maintaining type while producing loud and flashy patterns and colours. 'Sides, how cool is the whole colour genetics thing!!! Sooooo complicated, and hard to understand! I have to ask...'cos they are cool...did the colour originate from the Papillion? Not these lines, it didn't. If I could refer you to the famous Belyaev Russian Fox experiment... in fact here is a link to a cool site Cornell University have conveniently provided, describing the history behind the experiment: http://cbsu.tc.cornell.edu/ccgr/behaviour/Index.htm And here is a link to the domestic foxes, produced by the original Fur-Fox Farm, being sold now as pets: http://sibfox.com/ Boy are they PRETTY! While I am impressed with the colour I'm not overly impresed with the "Puppy Mill" style wire cages that in which the faeces can fall thorough type of lifestyle for these 'tame' foxes. Clearly we don't trim nails either? Probably a 'fox' thing so they can climb. Not that that's an option in a wire cage.

This is all done by an ethical breeder before leaving at no earlier than 8 weeks. Leanne No, probably not as it is glaringly obvious. But now that the OP has found DOL, is gleaning advice from those that are informed, she will be able to make better decisions in the future if we don't scare her away with our self righteous rhetoric. This is her 4th. post. :)

You do realise you are oblidged to post photos now? :D