Rebanne

give it up will you, your posts are offensive.

totally agree. Talk about kicking someone while they are down m-sass.

I think it could affect him quite badly. Even if you have a letter from the vet stating why his tail is docked.

looking for some dog friendly accommodation in Mt Gambier. Dogs don't have to be allowed inside but must have well fenced secure yard. Thinking of a little holiday in combination with some shows. :D

any recomendations please? Only want 2 nights, one day. Hoping to go to some shows and while I'm over there I thought I'd have a day of sightseeing afterwards, but I need somewhere to park the dogs safely.

maybe she was worried the other dogs might get off their leads and rush hers? What a mountain out of a molehill this is. Dog was in yard, made no attempt to leave yard, all it did was bark and do zoomies. The OP's dogs also barked. So what.

and so it should be.

yes and bowing to the pressure put onto them by the owners of these dogs. I understand a lot of money might have been paid for the original misbred dogs and their progeny by unsuspecting owners but I would be mortified if one of my greys turned out to be a cross something or other and whilst I might not have been able to afford to replace them straight away I would never breed from them. I would just suck it up for the sake of the breed. It could have been stopped in it's tracks when it first was found out about if the VCA had had the balls to do so.

how do you know he was not?

It's about some litters of wolfhounds being sired by unregistered dogs or even cross breeds a few years ago and people falsifying the papers. Dogs were killed. At least one person went to jail. ( I think this is how it went, memory bit shaky ). Now the VCA wants the dogs to keep the pedigrees but where it has been proven the sire/s are these ring ins they want people to still be able to breed and sell puppies from these lines as purebreds but with a blank space in place of the sires name.

have you tried adding something like Thrive D in case it's malabsorption?

oh yeah, agree totally. Been there and done that

It's not just the vets, it's the staff that assist them as well. I know, I did it for years, it's soul destroying.

Congratulations Skeeter looks amazing and I love the name too

Treat it like any other obedience problem. You ask for a stand with Gus being still, you increase the time he can hold the stand, they you add in variables like people walking past him , then touching his head etc. Stop worrying about this weekend, the dog is not going to be perfect and in the the shadow of something new may very well hold still for long enough for the judge to go over him. But you are putting too much pressure on yourself and your dog. This is supposed to be fun. If you really think the dog will throw himself onto his back in the middle of the ring then maybe think about not showing him but still go and practise outside the ring. ETA I would most likely still show him but that's just me.

Take her outside and stay with her until she has gone, then reward.

In the forum dog breeds 101 Pugs are listed. Have a read there. Also see if there are any state clubs. Often heaps of info there

plenty of people here to tell you that it is totally normal and that bitches don't read the books :D any bitch I have had dealings with has been off by day 20 but there's still time to get a late "bloomer" :) eta unless things have changed you can start a topic in the breeders forum and answer in that thread only before getting your prefix

not in a breed like mine where they may only sire one or two litters at the most. Unless I get a request from overseas for semen my boy won't be used until he is around 8! He will be collected before then though. ETA the sire of my boy was around 8 and 1/2 and this was his first, and to date, only litter.

:) should have kept reading before posting

Many years ago 7 weeks was a good age to go to a new home. They had time to settle before the first fear period hit.

Personally I would get what you want, you will most likely do the bulk of the work with the dog. Your son will love whatever puppy arrives within 5 minutes. No good getting a black pup of whatever breed if it's not a good fit for the family. House training, recall etc all depend on you to put the hard yards in.

Just out of pure curiosity only, would your organisation accept a titre test instead of a vaccination certificate. Always remembering the vaccination certificate says the dog has been vaccinated, where the titre test proves that the vaccination has worked. :) might be best to ring GAP direct. Remember the poster gapvic is on holidays :)

it's better if you practise every day or two then rely on just a weekly thing. And practise everywhere, why would you restrict it to the laundry Becks has given great advice.

^^^ agree totally