Rebanne

no real way of knowing if either is a purebred, imagine a couple of spotty pups turning up

In which case I would want their kennel license revoked, not a bankruptcy declaration. nope, I would want the lot, vindictive b!tch that I am :)

you do get good colours with the rubber back :laugh:

why do you tease your dog and why does your friend allow her pets to be terrorised is my question? if your dog came onto my property and broke into my pets cage, in the house or yard, yeah I'd be screaming for blood. Same as if my greyhound went next door and killed their pet rabbit. Breed does not allow your dog the right to seek out and kill other peoples pets. If pet rat/rabbit/cat trespassed onto dogs property then so be it, I'd be sad my dog killed, but I had them contained, the owners of the interloper didn't.

I have rubber backed, have never used green back. I use my vet bed all around the place, on the floor, in the crates, in the car. I have no trouble washing or drying the rubber backed nor with bits of rubber flaking off (even when it was used in the whelping box and washed all the time)

I won't hesitate to sue and wouldn't give a rats **** if it drove up the costs of insurance and then boarding fees. I would want them out of business. There is no way I would ever board a dog where the kennel thinks it is ok to put them outside in exercise yards. I put my dogs in a kennel to be safe, I want them in their own run attached to the kennel part. I could care less about them getting extra exercise while in a kennel. An attached run is quite sufficient. They are not there for a holiday they are there to be kept safe.

your puppy does not yet appear to connect the dots that he needs to use his indoor loo every time no matter where he is. If you had a backyard you would still be taking him out each and every time, so do the same with the indoor loo. Have him outside the pen, watch him closely and actually take him to the indoor loo frequently, just as if you were taking him outside. Praise and treat. He is no where near toilet trained and needs more input from the humans in his life if he is to succeed and not just locked back into his pen. I'd be putting the loo out on the balcony as well and take him to it and wouldn't be relying on a doggy door for several months yet. The balcony is your backyard.

She has been getting up every 2 hours (or less) already, to no avail! No, not all the time from what has been written and what I was responding too

doesn't mean he fully understands that that is the only place to go though. Move the crate, no way I'd allow a pup full range of the house at this age.

set your alarm for every two ohours overnight. It is the best way to toilet train I have found. It does not take weeks of doing this usually. Often after a couple of nights you can change the alarm to every 3 hours, then you keep adding on until you don't get up at all, but it might take a bit longer cause he already thinks peeing in his crate is ok. There is no way I would put a pup on tiles and just let him go there.

I allow no more then 12 weeks for the greyhounds.

I feel for the owners of both dogs. If I owned the "attacking" dog I would be suing as well. The kennel has killed 2 dogs.

I didn't keep shoving opinion and advice when she'd already taken on board what had been suggested. And when enough had been said by Rottweiler owners and experts. Really I wish you two would just block each other and stop with the constant snide remarks, consider yourselves both reported

Possibly the place they escaped from WAS their home... a week earlier. :cool: that crossed my mind as well. mine too but it's good that they are now home

if you are thinking of going soonish the shows are inside, space is at a premium and the noise is . I would not take your dog. Much easier to see what is going on and to speak to people without a dog in tow. Space is really tight.

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nice bunch of youngsters everyone

so who has assessed him as having lovely conformation and that his pups are stunning? You need an unbiased opinion or two. Then you can decide whether it's worth the cost of advertising him etc.

having gone from 3 or 4 for several years down to 2 I do find it much easier with just 2. But will be adding in a 3rd next year so back up again. Everything is doable :D

This bears repeating

Human's height etc has changed due to better nutrition, no reason animals wouldn't be the same. Times on the racetrack have improved, people have got better at training but the feed has also got better.

thing with this is, no one but the owner and the vet know exactly what dose was said over the phone, what warnings were given, how clear were the instructions etc. Vet says they said this, owner says they did that, stories don't match, but kitty is dead nevertheless.

none of your business

so you're leaving then?

ah yes those awful rude breeders who ask questions like what sort of fences do you have, how many hours will puppy be on it's own, what other pets do you have etc. So much nicer to walk into a pet shop and say I'll take that one please and pull out your wallet and hand your credit card to a teenager.