Rebanne

Tony Valli is indeed still judging, as recently as last weekend.

The greyhounds are owned by Shantiah, I bred the white and blue fawn girl and the other two are half siblings, but they are also all cousins being out of full sisters :D

My pups never go past 3 months on puppy food, after that it is all adult food, so any time now IMO.

all my pedigreed dogs are chipped with their call name only. None with their full registered name which often has no direct connection with the call name cept for one. Really? Then if one of the dogs you had bred escapes or strays and the contact details on the microchip were not up to date there would be no chance at all of you being notified that it had been impounded and you would have no chance to rescue it and save it from a possible PTS. Not every pound or veterinary clinic contacts breed rescue or the state breed club when a purebred is running out of time, but some do, and that extra chance means that the breeder may have a say in where that dog of their breeding is placed next. Even if you just chipped your prefix followed by the call name it would serve the same purpose. I always knew that the prefix could be removed by a future owner, but personally I felt that using the prefix as part of the name when microchipping showed a willingness on the part of that breeder to be responsible for all their breeding if any fell through the cracks and ended up in the pound system. Perhaps it is just something that hasn't occcured to some breeders? Now you have me wondering how many ANKC breeders do not add their prefix to the chip details of their puppies? Owners change the details to what they want not what breeders want. I did ask them all to be put down as 2nd contact, which all did. But it could be anything by now. Just because their prefix is not part of their name does not mean I would not be willing to help, bit of an (wrong) assumption on your part. IME pounds wouldn't know how to track down a prefix or even recognise one. And in my breed they would be more puzzled by a lack of tattoo's then anything else.

all my pedigreed dogs are chipped with their call name only. None with their full registered name which often has no direct connection with the call name cept for one.

congratulations :)

I'm glad we can't see it. It's her video and her page. If she wanted a bunch of strangers to look it would have been public. You might be well meaning but I would be furious if this was done to me.

I drove up from Victoria for my greyhound to see these 2.

Happy Birthday Maddie from me and the greys, don't think the cat wants to say anything :D

sounds like you dodged a bullet there with Rommi. Hope the healing all goes smoothly :)

I've had quite a few dogs and cats PTS over the years and never ever been given or offered a death certificate. Most I've ever got is a sympathy card from the vets office.

yeah cause the hands on workers are just such greedy buggers who only care about the money. Saw this on FB and all the stupid idiots making out that people are killing just for the money. To me, who has been there and done that, no amount of extra money makes up for the stress you feel doing that shitful job. It's like danger money, a recognition of how that job is out of the ordinary. I'd have taken it if it was around at the time, would have helped pay for the extra Dr visits I made. But I wouldn't have helped kill just to get it and neither would 99% of people in that position.

You don't have to say why. If the vet doesn't want to PTS an animal that's their right but to take it and lie, not on in any way, shape or form.

if I was the stud dog owner I wouldn't be signing anything until I got paid. They are possibly hoping the puppy owners putting pressure on the dam's owner will help them.

not surprised it was quick, she is so pretty

I don't think two pups at the same time is automatically fraught with danger. Plenty of breeders run on 2 or more pups at a time for several months. If you have you head screwed on straight and, depending on the breed, it can work out quite well.

short answer is no. I would feed a chicken wing before I would feed meat without the bone. Just adding meat, IMO, could unbalance the dry food.

Thanks will check it out a bit more. Another issue has now cropped up which has to be sorted first before I follow up on the SCT.

I just put down extra throws etc. Easy enough to wash. Still let my girl sleep on the bed. Everything washed easily.

I did do a search but most of the information that came up was from 2011. That thread showed there was a lot of interest in it and people were starting to use it on their pets. I am now considering it for Fern. What's the latest thoughts on it? Good success rates? Does the Pet insurance companies pay out on it? ( I will be ringing PetPlan to check) Any updates, good or bad, would be appreciated.

Yes!

check with your neighbours first. Would not be a short fuse if he barked for most of the 2 hrs you were gone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JV03UGow-4A hope this works for you Boronia

you should report the dog and owner. Hope you are ok, bit of a shock to the system.

mine aren't that bad and then I have the cat as well. :D