Rebanne

it used to be an offense to have a dog rush at another person or dog even if the dog doing the "rushing" was behind a front fence. Maybe it still is.

if the dog was interested but not that keen then it is highly unlikely the bitch was ready. you won't be able to miss Quinn when she's in unless she does have a silly season and they aren't that common. If you want an idea on when she is most likely to come in ask your breeder what the female line is like. That's always a good guide. And it's not uncommon for bitches to not come in until they are older.

what a silly thing to say. Bitches are just as driven as dogs to mate and make sure it's their genes passed on. Poor girl sounds like she shouldn't have babies.

maybe you shouldn't let her do stairs at the moment?

you would be if they forced you or your dog out onto the road in front of a car. Made you drop your dogs lead in the scuffle and your dog took off never to be seen again.

I'd be skipping the trial. Wouldn't matter if there was nothing else on until March. If you want to use the best dog (in your opinion) then that is what it takes.

or are you buying another one?

With the winter litter I used vet bed, for the first few days covered with a polar fleece blanket, then the polar fleece was removed. I cut my vet bed into crate size pieces and just overlapped them for the whelping box. Plus heaps of layers of newspaper underneath. Summer litter was newspaper covered by sheets/towels, often with a frozen bottle of water or two tucked underneath.

Sup Ch Staryanks Sweet Home Alabama (Ali, owned by K, J & P Hopkins/P & D Wilkes and handled by Paige) Sired by BIS CH Ellz New Sensation!!!! Congratulations Ellz that would have been a real thrill

was wondering when microchipping was going to come up. Pup also has to be microchipped before being sold. So a pup illegally sold before 8 weeks, with no microchipping and a vaccination that is useless. Yeah great breeder the poor mite is coming from.

agree, and having had greyhounds coming into the house, for the first time, as adults, well age had no bearing on how they behaved, reacted, coped, etc and everything to do with their baseline temperament.

I'm hoping this actually means 'One of the breeders is hotfooting it to Blacktown to get him' rather than just being aware and not ignoring him. Rescue should be a last resort and you'd hope he'd go to a rescue that knew something about the breed. I don't know Sheridan was just passing on a message cause some posters here were getting a bit antsy. Not everyone can drop evertyhing at a moments notice. Skye breeders are not exactly thick on the ground. Sorry for trying to reassure people, won't be back in this thread.

Skye breeders are aware and not ignoring this dog.

Baby in group today whas not a cocker but the irish setter i have the baby cocker I am sure rebelsquest will edit once home but it explains why we seemed to "lose' a class and that's why there are a couple of gaps, didn't want to put up the wrong breeds.

Was a lovely dog, seemed a real happy chappy.

Yes Ms Ferny snaffled another Neuter in Show. 2nd in 2 weeks.

report them to the council and the RSPCA

oh, so sorry, you gave Jed everything but sometimes it's just not enough

You cannot force people to be educated. No legislation about licensing people to own dogs will work. No amount of education will help stupid people. So what do we do? This is why I'd like a licence system and yard check. If people had to do something and pay a fee before getting a dog it would at least reduce impulse buys. naw the dicks would still go out and get their dogs. Personally my view is the same as Sheridan's can't educate stupid. IMO the laws we already have need to be enforced before adding any new ones. How long has NSW had compulsory microchipping? Over 10 years and plenty of dogs still aren't chipped. The ones from the bloke around the corner with the "staffy" bitch who is bred to the mate up the roads "red nose" dog etc.

The actual quote was 'Oh no not her, you know her bitch snapped at my dog once' My bitch will snap at any dog that dares to push her buttons by being too forward with sniffing her backside or "gasp" try to mount her. In fact she could very well try to rip the dogs head off if he did throw a leg over her.

no they said the dog snapped, hardly a DA dog. More likely a person they don't like that they are trying to cause problems for. Snapping is hardly appropriate behaviour for a Lab IMO.... why? Aren't Labs dogs? Do not dogs warn other dogs by various means?

yes show greys have to be muzzled too. GAP greys have to be desexed, except for NSW, where they will make an exception for a greyhound being show. It's another reason mine aren't walked around the streets. Bit unfair for them to be muzzled and unable to defend themselves while other dogs are free to cause trouble.

no they said the dog snapped, hardly a DA dog. More likely a person they don't like that they are trying to cause problems for.