LizT

And 6 weeks. :)

Thought I'd double post this as many of you can't post-reply in the breeders section and I wanted to share my new girl with you all! Emmalee is the singleton daughter of my girl Crystal and at 6 weeks has passed all her health tests so is staying with us. We are so pleased to be keeping this little one. Here she is at 4 weeks.

Well I hope they are not breeding Albino on purpose. Poor dogs.

Am I that predictable????? :laugh:

Well I did tell myself if the boxes didn't tick she'd be pet homed. So I'm pretty chuffed given I didn't have a half dozen to choose from, I've been blessed I think. :D

A secure yard is so very important. I remember being told by my first Cavaliers breeder that a puppy from the litter my girl came from had escaped the new owners yard and was found wandering the street two weeks after the new owners had got it. It was still microchipped in her name so she was contacted and collected the pup from the vet/finder. She was so annoyed at the puppy buyer she had half a mind to make them sweat but didn't. It turned out they had left the 10 week old puppy in the yard and it had squeezed through the gate when Grandma was minding the kids when mum went shopping. They really should not have left such a young one outside alone.

Okay so I've decided I'm keeping little Emmalee, my singleton girl who turned 6 weeks last Tuesday. She had her 6 week vet check, all good, has a good bite and nice structure and type, no hernia, good heart, knees. so, so far so good. And we got the all clear from the Opthalmologist today...perfect eyes! Yah, she's staying. :D

It turned sour and went off! "Poof"

As a breed they enjoy the great outdoors but are not a breed to be left outside on their own for many reasons. Coat care and grass seeds and plant allergies are some reaons that come to mind, but mostly the mindset of the breed is to be around their people where possible. As for being left alone when no-one is home some people I know have a rear yard doggy door for toileting and this is fine in an secure yard. The Cavalier will prefer to be indoors while awaiting your return but will go outside to toilet and have a sniff around, chase a few birds and shoot the breeze. In terms of theft this is a breed that will happily go off with just about anyone. I would NEVER leave my girls outside when we are not home. Apart from the fact that they are entire bitches and could be used for breeding, they are also curious little minxs and we are rural so the fencing is by no means small dog proof if pushed to the limit of possible digging or jumping. I'd never risk it. If they go outside while we are here they are usually at the front door asking to come back in before long in any rate. That said my mum leaves her Cavalier outside (in theory), but has three gates to the back yard to get through first, although Otis seems to be spending more and more time on the couch and less in the backyard. :laugh: Unless she's out in the garden, which she is alot of the time. I doubt anyone would steal my German Shepherd though, or even consider trying. ;)

Steve, are there other pure breed registries in Australia? Or are you referring to the "self registry" of Designer Breeds and peoples affiliations with other groups that they may be 'registered" members with?

My 12 year old Border Collie X had a stroke a few years ago and her symptoms were very similar, although she didn't appear to be in any pain. She appeared to loose conciousness and we thought she had passed away. On regaining conciousness(a matter of minutes)we took her to the vets and she was fine except for being a bit wobbly on her legs at the end of a trot or run she would go sideways at the rear end only, she walked fine. She was much like her old self and our vet did tell us that dogs recover much more sucessfully from strokes than people do. Sadly a few months later she was laying on the lawn watching my OH mowing the grasss on the other side of their yard and when I looked out the window she was laying flat out and appeared to be deeper into the grass than was normal. When I went to her she had already passed away, quietly watching her "Dad" do stuff as she always liked to hang with him. We assume it was another stroke. My mothers Dashund had his back broken in an altercation with his best mate a GSD who shared a kennel and he was unable to move his back legs and cried. THey never fought but we feel that maybe the GSD had rolled on him or something. Both dogs were around 10 years old. Poor littel fellow was PTS. Mum will never have a large and small dog share quarters again because of this.

Any news on any Maremma pups???

Overshot is good - you definitely want to like that :D. The lower jaw keeps growing after the upper has stopped so a "tight" bite or even a "perfect scissor bite" at 6-8 weeks scares the heck out of me. I've had a bitch who was close to 1/2 an inch overshot at 12 weeks, had a pefect bite as an adult and it stayed that way all her life (she died at 14). Would that be a worse senario in longer snouted breeds ie. GSD's and Poodles, hounds or is it much of a muchness????

So glad for the happy news this morning my daughter (and I)say Hooraahhhhh!!!!

If he was wandering and he isn't taken to the local vet or pound they're doing the wrong thing. If they are taking him because they've found him then no one would be accusing then of anything as a thief wouldn't take him there looking for an owner. I understand what you are saying but I was thinking of the alert being more noticeable If it said stolen. Anyway, it was just a thought and possibly not a good one. I keep checking hoping he's snuffling and sneezing in Clydes arms already. Clyde, the bird idea might be a possibility but I wouldn't think it a high chance. And I get what you're saying too Anne. Just hope the little guys found soon.

I thought about this too but then watching little pup stick her face through the metal bars and try to grab hold of things just out of reach made me realise it would have to sit well clear of the frame of the pen to be safe.

Given the timing I think it's likely he's gone looking for you guys!

I wouldn't list him as stolen so much as missing. It could deter someone from doing the right thing if they think they will be accused of theft if they simply picked up a wondering dog.

I think the rate at which certain breed mature has to be taken into consideration too.

Being on a waiting list can be a two way street. I don't know if I would bother with a waiting list again. Most of the "early inquiries" sourced pups from elsewhere but that did make for some very happy "late runners". Then there was one woman who was as keen as mustard on my waiting list but when I sent her a puppy photo said, no thanks, she had just spent the money on a new lounge suite and by the way, she wanted a bitch that was of "correct markings" on MR to breed with. What did she mean by "correct markings"? I asked. Oh it needs to have a spot in it's head. Her original inquiry had been for a family pet and I had discussed LR with her on her original enquiry. Lucky for the puppy whose new owners (first time dog owners) really did their homework and are a dream family. Sometimes getting a dog can take time but I do believe your friends needed to make the first inquiry themselves, or at the least follow up with a phone call and not an email.

Oh Clyde, it's the not knowing that is the worst. It's still early and there is still hope.

Any clues or luck yet?

Definitely not what i was eluding to, you do get some correct coated puffs and some terrier coated puffs yes, should the terrier coats be shown? No. They are incorrect, thats why we have a standard. I have mixed feelings about whether they should be bred with also. Our first Crested was a terrier coat powderpuff and really i wished someone had of pulled us aside and said 'listen that dog isnt going to grow a coat' We did have some remarks like 'gee who has been scruffing him up?' He had a lovely temperament, was a great dog to show, behaved well in the ring and really showed his butt off, but the coat did never grow and we pet homed him. This was after id spent $300 on grooming products because i thought i was grooming him wrong. It wasnt until we had bought a powderpuff from different bloodlines that i realised that they had totally different coats as the second dog had the correct veil and undercoat and when matured it reached the ground. Those with whispy single coats that are patchy, may be quite bald in some areas are hairy hairless. Im not sure of the exhibitors frame of mind whether they think the dogs coat is going to get thicker or they dont believe they could have a hairless so hairy. Are these the ones that look like "shaved Puffs"? You know with quite alot of hair on their feet, tails, heads and ears?

Not if you only get one. (I had just the one with my last litter!) but at 6 weeks she's looking very nice, it's kind of taking "breeding only to keep going" to the extreme though! :D