Rebanne

I wasn't suggesting the OP do this, just pointing out how choices might have to be made. Keep breeding and rehome your oldies, stop breeding and wait. Or keep breeding, keep your oldies and possibly get visited by authorities for animal hoarding etc.

no reason you have to breed a 2nd litter from your adult bitch if you are going to keep a daughter. What is the arrangemnet with your sister? Do you have breeding rights with her pup for instance? Are you allowed to keep 3 or more dogs where you are? ie Mum and maybe 2 offspring, do you own Dad as well? Numbers can build up very quickly if you are not careful, could you rehome your oldies? Would you be prepared to not breed for several years while waiting for the oldies to pass on? All this and more needs to be taken into consideration.

as for non shedding it does seem to depend on what you read with my last litter I had an enquiry for a pup from a school teacher, in fact she told me she was the principal of her school. Her research led her to believe greyhounds were non - low shedding. I just laughed and asked who told her that? It was something she read on the internet, one of those what breed would suit me. Needless to say she didn't get a pup from me ( for other reasons as well ). The really sad thing was she didn't believe me when I said they shed heaps, she practically said outright " I'm a principal and I know what I read ".

This is my point about preferences. Some of us want to live with a dog that doesn't shed. I don't mind mud, leaves, etc... but hair around the house makes MY hair stand on end. What's so wrong about knowing what you want, why should we justify it? why pick on my post who asked you to justify anything I was responding to the OP.

where was it said that Andrew called Caesar back? I read it as Caesar ran back when the other dog had a go at him.

I could less about hair in the house and car. Much more important I get a dog/breed I want to live with. I can't ever see myself with a coated breed, too much work for me. I also have cats, so dog hair or cat hair, I don't care. :D

I can't see a problem

Funny how both the NSW and Vic online consultations don't work very well. I had no problem with either

Thank Dog for that, do they want to poison our babies? C5 and heartworm, how wicked and I said so in my submission. Huge overdose of chemicals and they want the breeder to refund the purchase price if a dog dies within 3 years if it is from something traceable to the breeder. Well cancer from overuse of chemicals could be one thing

besides anything else lots of breeders only give their pups a C3 so nothing sinister there. It's all I do. Law in Victoria says kennel cough has to be given too. Link please

Would cost a couple of thousand or more. Personally I can't see the point.

besides anything else lots of breeders only give their pups a C3 so nothing sinister there. It's all I do.

yeah I have an older Mazda 323 and with the back seat down can fit 2 greyhounds and a compact gazebo and sides. In the roof basket I put the 2 soft crates and my chair and floor mat. On the front passenger seat I put my handbag and small grooming kit. If someone is sitting there I can put that stuff in th eback or in the roof basket. If I only take one greyhound everything I need can fit in the back with the dog. It also tows my largish 4 berth with relative ease when needed.

read the thread that led to this one. :D some people have no idea what a sighthound should look like and should educate themselves a bit better before opening their mouths and showing their ignorance.

I think the dog looks perfectly fine. It is how they look.

There is not a large amount of online submissions shown, hopefully there are a few more hard copies going in. The working dog people have been very active from what I read.

There is a 12 month vaccination for heartworm. Ask your vet. Heartworm is in my neighbourhood, the dog next door had it.

but sighthounds come in different shapes and sizes, impossible to give a weight! General rule of thumb for greyhounds is last 3 ribs visible but only slightly. Sometimes you can see the hip bones, sometimes not. Fern is about 1 kilo overweight, no ribs visible, hard to feel, but I don't care, she looks fantastic! I don't consider Warrior overweight at all but it is hard to see his ribs with his stripes (brindle patches), can be easily felt. Plus it's coming into winter, a small amount of extra weight doesn't hurt as I work night shift and my dogs sleep outside while I am at work

also Steve mentioned several times stud dogs must have a 2 day rest after mating. It is actually 2 days rest in a 60 day period.

there is a heartworm vaccination, but a lot of people won't use it for various reasons.

My personal opinion is Supercoat is much better the BH. My pups/dogs do well on Supercoat. Feed what your dogs do well on but I wouldn't be feeding a puppy food to a 13 month old. Then again I don't feed puppy food past 3 months max. Each to their own. ETA check out the health forum, lots of threads there about food.

I would cut him down to 2 feeds a day.

Put on a coat and get a torch. I have a big backyard but always go out with a pup to make sure it goes before bed time. Sometimes I need an umbrella.

and I always think if a judge can't see what a dog's face looks like with whiskers then should they really be judging :laugh: I did take whiskers off a couple of times in my early days of showing but it did nothing for me or the dog. :D

I trim my greyhounds "skirts", don't do whiskers though.