Rebanne

nothing, my dogs generally won't take bait in the ring so I have given up. Many people have offered me their favourite food ( :D Sway ) and the dog will maybe take a nibble outside but rarely will anything be taken inside.

They don't have to have them but I do my breeding dogs to make sure there is nothing nasty creeping in. Any dog can get HD or ED. Coming from GSD's I know too well the heartache that can result fromtheses diseases. I am waiting on tests to find out his status on greyhound neuopathy as well.

by Susanne Clothier

yep, done Monday morning results emailed back 6.05pm Tuesday I used Rob Rawlinson in SA

the scores for your Greyhound “BRANTARBY WINTER WARRIOR” are as follows; R hip 0 L hip 0 Total 0 Elbows 0:0 Aust Grade 0 International Grade A1 feeling so good right now :D

I would never start before 4 months of age. Usually closer to 6 months depending on the time of year and where you live. My last pup would have been started at near 5 months, sometime in November last year.

your pup doesn't need heartworm prevention yet. Sorry but I have a horror of animals being bombarded with a heap of chemicals when they are not needed. A simple worming tablet is all that's needed right now.

can you get a gazebo in the luggage pod? In the back of my small mazada, with the seats laid down, I can fit two greyhounds and an oztrail deluxe compact. In the roof basket goes the 2 soft crates, walls and my chair. On the passenger front seat goes my grooming box, which also has my purse, camera etc. If going away for the weekend showing I could put more on the roof but usually squeeze it into the front seat - or - I take the dog trailer. If I put the big gazebo in it has to lay on the diagonal and the dogs can fit in but with not much room to move around in and get out of the sun. Then I take the trailer.

I would worm her again and then at 12 weeks. And there is nothing worng with supermarket brands but you can usually find cheaper on the internet.

I never stopped walking or training mine, just was a little more careful in where we went. I don't go to dog parks or train locally with a club though so it wasn't really an issue. I never walked mine from the house, I put them in the car and drove somewhere. I do have male dogs wandering around and didn't want to leave them a sign post pointing this way! But I was never bothered by any of them.

agree

My pure bred GSD's never got past 12, the cross bred got to 13, so in my eyes 10 is old. Same for the greyhounds, never had one past 12. I have had a smaller cross bred dog who lived to 15, 2 cats who lived to 15 and 18.

agree, 10 is old for a larger breed dog. We often don't see it ourselves. At some stage of each of my dogs lives I have always gotten a surprise, usually when seeing the latest photo, at the fact they have got old. When did it happen? How did it happen? Why didn't I see it before this? I know the answers in my head but in my heart - no.

Why a break?

feed bread to her, the theory is it wraps around the chicken bones and cushions them as they move out. I have read of milk soaked cotton balls being fed to a dog who munched on some Christmas decorations once.

Do you mind if i ask what you think the correct amount of food should be for a 6 month lab with this issue, Ive been giving him some lamb flanks/chicken necks as well as a cup of advance morning and night as well. Thanks I find lamb flanks very fattening, I give them to dogs to put weight on. Maybe feed some vegies with his dry food to make him think he is getting heaps, or put the dry food in a kong or similar and pop them both in a crate so he has to work for his food but is restricted on how far he can move it around?

:D

beautiful babies

Given a judge spends a minute or two with each dog at best, how is temperament assessed. How do you assess 'disciplined gameness' in a kerry blue terrier or in the case of a wheaten terrier if the dog is 'good-tempered, spirited and game, full of confidence and humour, a delightful, affectionate and intelligent companion' in a minute or two? I've never seen a wheaten in a ring do the 'wheaten greetin' at a judge. I suggest that the show ring cannot assess temperament. I think it can assess alertness, hence toys being thrown around a ring to see if a dog looks at it immediately, but affection or gameness? It would be interesting to hear from some judges on this. you could weed out some of the dogs, the ones the judges can't get their hands on, the ones that pee themselves at the approach of the judge.

"Brandon Verna, a friend of Mr Stankiewicz, told The Local East Village the dog had a history of being overprotective. "Most of us figured out that when he’s passed out, whether he’s overdosing or not, leave him alone," Mr Verna said. "If he’s going to die, call an ambulance and have them deal with it because no one wants to get bitten." " yep leave it to the people trying to help him to get bitten.

Temperament is part and parcel of conformation. I will not breed from a dog with a dodgy temperament.

Definitely 6 weeks old is far too young to leave home, any caring breeder would hold onto the pup until at least 8-9 weeks but why is there a problem with breeding for colour as long as other things are taken into consideration and the breeding stock is health checked? Perhaps I am missing something but my understanding is that breeders are all trying to breed to the standard and that often includes the colour of the dog as well ??? a lot of blue breeders are only breeding for colour, nothing else. They are never shown, often not health tested, it is just one blue breeding after the next, and all the dogs usually have the same prefix, there is never an outside dog used. Do a search, you will find lots on this topic particularly in the health forum.

Youngest you can vaccinate a pup is six weeks. Then they are supposed to stay with the breeder long enough for the vac. to actually kick in.

I don't like them because they are not natural and the dog never has a chance to attend to her own cleaning and they block air flow, which could create the smell you describe. All I have ever done with my girls is throw extra bedding on the couches etc and I use several polar fleece blankets on my bed. They are easily washed. Carpets are fairly easily cleaned. I'd crate a bitch before I would put pants on her. Then a quick wipe when let out. It is only blood after all and it doesn't faze me.