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No...not really. I live over 150 klms from the nearest hydrotherapy centre and we don't have any swimming areas nearby at all. I don't have a swimming pool. Most of the time it was just free running and walking on a variety of surfaces... grass, gravel, sand, bitumen etc -up 'n' down hills. She doesn't do any jumping....I pulled her from the Trial ring because of the jumps. When the Vets saw her original xrays, I was told that she would be lucky if she got to 7 years of age. The physios have been wonderful. They have done a great job with her... keeping her mobile.

My GSD bitch was x-rayed at 7 months old on Vet 's advice because the hip joints appeared to be loose.... xray came back with a similar scenario as yours.... appalling hips. I took her to a very well-known reputable animal physio... his advice was keep her trim and firm up the pelvic muscles. When she was 16 months old she was xrayed and scored under the GSDCA Hips and Elbows scheme - the scores were Elbows: 0-0, Hips: 26 -16. With that cricket score for Hips, you would think that she'd be crippled for life...not so. Very firm in the hind-quarter..strong firm hocks... no tendency whatsoever to cow hocks and had a very powerful drive- so much so that I would be asked if it was correct that she was diagnosed as having HD! She could also stand up on her hind legs and look over the fence without showing any signs of discomfort whatsoever. She is now 12 yrs old and has had only her second set of cartrophen injections in 12 yrs..... the first set was 6 yrs ago. I would think very carefully before embarking on such serious surgery for your GSD.... Hip replacements are bad enough for humans but the rehabilitation for dogs is very much longer at least 6- 8 months, can be complicated and does require much care and physio-therapy..... and the early weeks are extremely painful for the dog. It is genetic roulette with Hips when it comes to GSDs.... on her Dam side my bitch had 4 generations of GSDs with 0-0 hips and those Hips that did attract a score did not go above a total of 6. The Sire line was more difficult to guage because of the German Imports and their scoring system. There were 8 in her liitter- 6 were xrayed and she was the only one that failed. The highest score with her litter mates was a total of 4. She was on EsterC and Fish Oil capsules from the time she was initially x-rayed at 7 months of age.

Fred Lanting -USA- has been contracted to judge at the Brisbane Ekka in 2014.

Please PM me for breeder's contact details.

I think that you had better get used to the idea that your two bitches can never be trusted to be left together again. Once a bitch fight occurs that's it. They hate each other for life and the next fight will be worse than the first.

Yes.... there are Assistance Dogs for the Deaf, for Quadraplegics and Paraplegics, anyone disabled and or confined to a wheelchair, Sophie Delisio the little girl badly burned in the Pre-School fire had an Assistance Dog. A friend of mine who is confined to a wheelchair and has a prothesis, has an Assistance Dog who is also trained to give the alert when an epileptic fit is coming on. There is no excuse for what happened at that Restaurant. The dog had its ID, its owner was confined to a wheelchair. Cultural difference or not -it's the Law. I hope they are given a hefty fine.

Which way are you coming to Qld? If you are going along the Newell - Gilgandra Cooee Motel is excellent.It i set on acreage and you can exrecise your dogs freely. Meals are available -room service. Along the New England ..Tamworth has a couple of places that will take dogs. Coming along the Coast at this time of the year it will not be easy to find a place - Grafton has a number of Motels that will take dogs...Mullumbimby is another place.

The following has been placed in General Discussion - just covering all bases. This is for all GSDCQ members who are eligible to put in a Postal Vote for the contested positions on the GSDCA Exec at the coming GSDCA AGM to be held in Sydney on 12 / 13 February 2011. The GSDCQ Meeting for the GSDCA Agenda Items and Elections is scheduled to be held at Durack on 24 January, 2011. The contested positions are: GSDCA Secretary: - Val Moody - Sharon Thorp GSDCA Obedience Chairperson: - Julie Urie - Peter Belic - Honey Gross Richardson. Postal Votes for their preferred candidate may be cast by those members who live 50 klms or more from Durack. As always the GSDCA Elections are very important so, if you are eligible for a Postal Vote please contact the Acting Secretary for details. Your Vote could make all the difference. See the GSDCQ website for contact details. This is important because there will not be a Club Magazine out prior to the General Meeting being held on 24th January 2011 at Durack at 7.30 pm.

This is for all GSDCQ members who are eligible to put in a Postal Vote for the contested positions on the GSDCA Exec at the coming GSDCA AGM to be held in Sydney on 12 / 13 February 2011. The GSDCQ Meeting for the GSDCA Agenda Items and Elections is scheduled to be held at Durack on 24 January, 2011. The contested positions are: GSDCA Secretary: - Val Moody - Sharon Thorp GSDCA Obedience Chairperson: - Julie Urie - Peter Belic - Honey Gross Richardson. Postal Votes for their preferred candidate may be cast by those members who live 50 klms or more from Durack. As always the GSDCA Elections are very important so, if you are eligible for a Postal Vote please contact the Acting Secretary for details. Your Vote could make all the difference. See the GSDCQ website for contact details. This is important because there will not be a Club Magazine out prior to the General Meeting being held on 24th January 2011 at Durack at 7.30 pm.

I must admit when I read the ad about the two bread dogs in our local paper, I was tempted to ask if they were a combination of multi-grain and whole meal breads. You will never convince these people because all they see are $$$ signs not puppies. There is a market out there and in our area sadly even some registered breeders sell their puppies without papers and some do the designer dog market with their variety of crosses with poodles or maltese terriers or Shih Tzus A friend of mine was wanting a puppy of a particular breed. I drummed into her the importance of buying from registered breeders only and gave her a list of questions to ask the breeder about health checks etc. Told her about Puppy packs and the support that she could expect from registered breeders as opposed to buying from a BYB. Suggested that she look on DOL to check and see where there were puppies for sale which she did and found a breeder who lived in the same area. There were 4 breeders. She contacted all four but only one still had puppies for sale. She bought a puppy.... never saw where it was raised as the breeder delivered it to her. When she asked about the Rego papers she was told that it would not come with papers because she didn't want to show it so there was no need for papers. There was no puppy pack...no diet sheet.... no support but she did get the Vaccination Certificate. This was a first time puppy owner who knew nothing at all about raising a puppy.... She was given a small plastic bag with some kibble in it and told that she could get puppy food from the local supermarket. What a let down from a so -called registered breeder who IMO really is a BYB pretending to be an ANKC registered breeder. Please don't try and tell me that it is okay for breeders to sell puppies without papers to pet owners because it saves or reduces the cost of registering a litter with the CCCQ.

Thanks very much. Ish. My apologies. 2010 is the Golden Jubilee of the German Shepherd Dog Council of Australia. This particular Edition celebrates that fact and is an up-dated version of the Condensed History of the GSD in Australia which was published in 1990. This edition is really spectacular! Its 864 pages include over 4000 colour photos, 81 pages of advertisements, history of each State Club, stories of key people in the history of the breed in Australia, every National is covered as well as every Main Breed Show, all the National Medal winners including all the Obedience Medal winners, all the Australian and State Siegers and Siegerins, the list of Imports into Australia before and after the ban and where possible photos of the same. [ That has not been easy to source.] The one thing the research associated with this particular edition has taught us is the absolute necessity to have things properly archived. We know that valuable information has been thrown out in the periodic clean-ups that occur eg the hand-drawn maps fully annotated of the Queensland Shires including towns where GSDs were banned and the number of GSDs in these particular towns. [ They were desexed and could not be replaced with another GSD when they died] Even in the1990's it was still on the statutes of the Hughenden Council that any GSD seen wandering the streets was to be shot on sight. So, the message to other breed clubs is to take particular care with what you are about to throw it.... it maybe of historical significance.

The TV Programme of the Queen training her labs was an episode of The Royals..., from all accounts even at the age of 84 she is still pretty good at it and as keen as ever. HM does have a registered prefix and she does sell her Labs from her Sandringham based Kennels. She knows her bloodlines and plans the matings. One of the Royal Dog cemeteries is at Winsdor Castle behind the Royal Lodge. Queen Victoria started it.

A reminder that if you are still making up your mind whether or not to place an order for an additional copy of this amazing book the Golden Jubilee History of the Breed In Australia, time is running out. : $75 for the soft cover and $200 for the Leather bound. Once this book goes to the Printers there will NOT be a second Print run. I can also assure you that there will NOT be too many spare copies -if any- available. The numbers are strictly limited and are based on ACTUAL Orders received not probable sales. So if you want an extra copy don't assume that there will be one available. Play safe and put your order in asap. Actually National Council want to cut back the numbers of soft covers to be printed by a further 300 i.e only 2200 instead of 2500 copies as originally quoted in my first post. That is why it is very important that you place your order for an extra copy now if you intend to do so because these books will be as scarce as hen's teeth. If you get the Quarterly you will get a free copy. If only ONE Quarterly comes to your household.... that is the number of free copies you will get even though you may hold dual membership with your Club. The free copy is based on the number of Quarterlies you actually receive at your address.- if that makes sense. For those of you who are history buffs you are going to love the section on the actual History of National Council and the stories of the personalities over the years that were on National Council e g Max Stokes - his story is there, David O'Rourke's story is there, Sam Bonifacio 's story, Roy Brabham's, Rick Richardson's...photos, letters, excerpts from Council Minutes. Every National is also recorded -from the first held in Sydney in 1967 to the 38th in Melbourne: there are photos, stories of the people involved, excerpts from the catalogues, newspaper articles. Also in the History of the Breed there are some letters of Von Stephanitz - these have never been published and are from a Private Collection. This book will be a treasure..... Those who hesitate ordering their extra copies will definitely miss out - that's a promise and not a threat. At the very most you have only got a matter of a couple of days to make up your mind - not weeks as the Printers deadline is fast approaching. Not much time to spare before the Chequered Flag is waved. It is already raised and is about to be lowered.

As a member of the Golden Jubilee Edition Editorial team, I am putting in a plug for this book which will be going to the Printers shortly. National Council will not permit any more copies than 2500 of the soft cover and 125 of the Deluxe leather bound edition to be printed. As each member of a GSDC will receive a free soft cover copy of the Golden Jubilee Edition of the Condensed History of the Breed in Australia - all 864 pages of it in full colour-. there will not be too many spare copies left if you decide you would like to give a copy as a gift. If you want to order the limited leather bound edition or an extra copy of the soft cover edition, you had better get your order in asap. There will not be a second print run of this book ever.... when the additional copies are sold out- that's it. No more. So if you are thinking of getting a copy for a friend, put the order in now. When people see this book, they will be amazed. It is magnificent. There are 81 pages of advertisements in full colour. For the first time the influence of the Dams has been acknowledged.... a very comprehensive article on the Dams that has been well-researched. This book will be a key resource for lovers of the breed.... I doubt whether in our life time it will be revised and updated. This edition is definitely a one-off. The dimensions are Portrait: 29.7 cm x 21 cm x 6cm...... so it is a substantial volume and well worth putting in an order for an extra copy or two. The finished book is much larger than Von Stephanitz's original tome on the breed ...and of course we have 1000's of colour photos in our book. In the Herding segment we have colour photos of the first herding trial for GSDs ever held in Australia in the mid 1980's in NSW. It was judged by David O'Rourke. Each dog irrespective of class and level was given 10 minutes to pen 20 sheep. The photos are brilliant The history of each State Club is in it. The only segment that has not been included is the Community Service Dogs - Delta Dogs, Assistance Dogs,.Seeing-Eye GSD and those GSDs who were awarded the Nation's Highest honour for bravery .... the book had reached 864 pages and National Council were concerned about the size and the postage costs. I should point out that in the State listings mention has been made of the achievements of individual Delta and Assistance Dogs but due to the constraints of space, there is no specific section given over to the magnifcent work done by these dogs and the Hero GSDs whose bravery has been acknowledged by State and National awards. The leather bound edition will become collectors items, as this is a once in a 50 year project to celebrate National Council’s 50th birthday.... and only 125 copies being printed....so spread the word. If it assists you, James Rodger will accept payment in two equal payments in December and January, either by cheque, money order or credit card. Order Forms can be downloaded from the GSDCA website www.gsdcouncilaustralia.org or if you have access to the GSDCA Quarterly Review April 2010 page 9

The problem seems to be that if a dog rushes the fence and barks at anyone passing by, the dog can be declared menancing. All the person has to do is to notify that Council that they are scared of the dog in house # xxx in street X because it barks at the fence. Small dogs don't bother anyone but Medium sized and large dogs seem to cop it. I guess that is what has happened in Bundaberg: Dogs barking at the fence at passers-by and an over zealous local Council. The following Letter to the Editor was written by a resident of an area known for its Bogans, Vandalism and Break 'n' Enters: Issue of menancing dog behaviour. Another rule, another way that I can be bullied and threatened by government. I have a large dog behind a big fence which rushes out and barks like she will eat you if you come in my yard (although she has a lovely nature and is extremely well behaved and polite when we go out). I have her because I cannot count on anyone else to protect my family and property against the thugs that are allowed to roam around my suburb, threaten us, steal from us and generally ruin what was once a great community. They can verbally and physically abuse people and they get nothing but a slap on the wrist, yet I face the prospect of fines and higher registration costs if my dog, which is inside my yard behind a picket fence lets these idiots know they cannot come in. When the authorities make it safe for me to live in my own home, then come and talk to me about my 'scary' dog. I am just very grateful that I was born in the sixties and had the opportunity to experience the Australian way of life - we were the last as this country is now overregulated and soft.

Good luck. I am glad that your dogs passed with flying colours and have been assigned to the Hospital. It's a wonderful job the Delta Dogs do. 3 of my GSDs were Delta Dogs and worked in the Hospitals...one worked in the Rehab with Stroke Victims. He was wonderful with the stroke victims The other 2 loved the Children's Ward. Two of them also worked in the Nursing Homes as well and the Respite Day Care Centre. The daughter of one of them worked in Palliative Care at Calvary Hospital Kogarah NSW. Leada used to be given Stress leave every 3 months because the loss of patients she had bonded to took its toll of her emotionally. Leada was a prolific fund raiser for Delta as well. Randal actually was given an Australia Day Award for the work he did in the local Community as a Delta Dog..... the only dog in Australia so far to be given this honour. Yesterday Max passed his Delta assessment with flying colours - the third generation to be a Delta Dog.

This quote is taken from the Today's Townsville Bulletin. All Queensland owners of large dogs should take note. The Animal Management Act [Dogs and Cats] 2008 came into force on July1 2010 In yesterday's Sunday Mail the State Govt was bemoaning the fact that within Queensland 18 local Council regions did not have any dogs declared as Menancing. Bundaberg got a Gold Star and went to the top pf the Class because so far since July1 this year Bundaberg have declared 48 dogs as menancing

When I was in the US I stayed with the Monks of New Skete and worked in their breeding Kennels. Every day we had to disinfect our shoes and wear special gear while working with the puppies and the bitches. This happened every time we entered that kennel complex. The reason for this extraordinary precaution was that they had almost their entire kennel wiped out by parvo-virus brought into the kennel complex by visitors. After that tragedy Visitors are not allowed within coee of the Breeding kennels. If they wish to see the puppies..... the puppies are taken out to the training lawn in front of the Monastery and they can see and play with them there. In Brisbane another GSD kennel lost 14 puppies through parvo virus that had been picked up at a Dog Show at Durack. The virus came home on the clothes of the owners who were handling at a Show. It does happen... bitches do pick up infections while in whelp. Is being 4- 5 months out of action such a big ask when it comes to the health and well-being of a bitch and her puppies? A friend lost her entire litter [ 4 weeks old] to Corona Parvo Virus and the Vet figured out that it would have come into her place via her other dog who was walked each day in the local park. Her husband made sure that it had no contact with other dogs while out walking because of the puppies at home. They're airborne viruses. BittyMooPeeb: Obviously, you don't show at the Brisbane Royal...... Kennel Cough is rampant. You would be surprised at the number of Show breeders who don't hold with getting their stock vaccinated after the initial vaccinations.

I had two GSDs done in 2008 Hips and Elbows. It cost me $200 per dog. The Vet's fees have not gone up this year so he still charges $200 for Hips and Elbows. Tapferhund: does your Vet use gold plated xray film? I'd be travelling in to Monash Vet Clinic if I were you and paying $245 for digitals. At least at Monash you know that they know what they're doing.

The rationale for the changes are outlined below: · As the current regulation stands, a sire or dam of a litter could in fact be severely dysplastic and/or be severely affected with elbow dysplasia (e.g. Grade 3 or UAP). · In this day and age with the increased activity of the “anti-dog lobby” and more importantly the “anti pure bred lobby” and in addition, dealing with ever changing State and Federal legislation it is imperative that German Shepherd puppies being offered for sale to the public are sound in body and mind and become a responsible member of the community. · It is over ten years since the requirement was introduced for German Shepherd Dogs to show proof of x-ray for hips and elbows. · It should be noted that a total hip score of 24 (with no more than 12 on each hip) is almost twice the breed average and hence the majority of the breeding stock will still be utilised in the breeding program but it will ensure the removal of animals severely affected with hip dysplasia. · Animals with Grade Three or Ununited Anconeal Process (UAP) form a small percentage of animals x-rayed, hence numerically are very small but in reality pose a real threat of increasing the incidence of Elbow Dysplasia within the German Shepherd Dog therefore only Normal, Grade One and Grade Two graded animals should be considered for registration on the ANKC Main Registrar.

Taps: It's the Schutzhund Australia National Trials being held in Sydney..... Hugh Gent has accepted the invitation to attend the Nationals and to see for himself what is actually involved in these trials. Fingers crossed that Hugh Gent is impressed. Great letter from the GSDCA President.

I think you better check with the Malinois breeder that imports Mals with Working titles and actually has them competing at National level in Sch H..... and you may find yourself surprised as well. Not particularly fussed enough to get the Mal people interested in doing something about the removal of titles. Was actually approached at SchH training the other night and that was the response. Why bother? The ANKC will do what they want anyway. No point in getting stirred up about it. Only rarely does anyone import a Mal with Working titles... not enough to get worked up about..... that was the gist of the conversation.

I agree, Flaves. Whenever something comes up on these Forums concerning GSDs, a certain group of people make it their business to highjack the discussion and turn it into GSD bashing re GSD conformation according to their own personal GSD breed standard....to hell with the official FCI approved breed standard, theirs is the one that is best. Back to the original point under discussion... the removal of officlally approved and earned FCI Working titles from pedigrees. The implication of this act is far greater than some of you believe. Australia has the best breed data base in the world and to sit by and allow it to be tampered with is beyond comprehension ..... and you are doing this simply because you have an axe to grind with the GSDCA. You should be seeking your own Breed Club's point of view on the removal of the FCI Working Titles from pedigrees -if your breed is one of those that will be affected. Why is the GSDCA's point of view so important to those of you who don't even own a GSD or even respect the GSD? Is it because the GSDCA membership is 3465 and therefore you believe that it is your right to know what the GSDCA is doing? Well the good news is that it's working damn hard with the other breed clubs to make sure that this injustice does not occur. That is what the GSDCA is doing. What are you doing? That is apart from attacking the conformation of the GSD. The Malinois people have said that very rarely does one of their breed come in with Working titles so they are not fussed about the removal of the titles because it is not a point of breed worthiness with them and never has been. Given that the Malinois conduct their own World Schutzhund Championships that is really strange as Australian teams do compete in their World Schutzhund Championships.

It is done!!! The FCI agreed to change the standard and the long stockcoat will be shown, breed surveyed and registered separately in its own breed book(s) as of January 01, 2011 - a year later than planned but the mills of bureaucracy grind slowly. The FCI commission only meets sporadically and the spring session was cancelled due to flight restrictions because of the Icelandic volcano! http://www.schaeferhund.de/site/ Now in Australia we will wait and see if the Almighty Dollar is the stumbling block to these very beautiful GSDs entering the Show ring as some of the GSDCs have already protested at the thought of having to provide 12 extra sets of trophies and sashes.

It is a 10 page feature: 4 pages of shared text plus 6 pages of photographs. Each page can be viewed as full screen with zoom in and zoom out. The Editorial page Generally Speaking is well worth reading also. Plenty of food for thought.