Rebanne

tell them to keep an eye on your website and that it is pointless to continually keep contacting you until there is a confirmed litter. Maybe they are just being super keen and think if they are in your face all the time they will get 1st pick. Also tell them you always choose which pup goes to which home as you know the pups best and there is no guarantee of working ability.

Indeed. To be significant however, we're going to need a sample size greater than one person's experiences... It kind of similar to what cigarette companies do, in that they claim that because they know of someone who smoked and didn't die from it, cigarettes can't possibly be bad for you. Yay for scientific method to help us see the forest from the trees. wow how rude you are.

personally I had more trouble with ear complaints with my GSD's then I have had with my greyhounds

you've changed your tune :D

how do the rings run? ring 1 closest to the canteen, then 2, then 3 up the far end or the other way around? We are entered but not sure if we are actually coming

if you do have to make the decision to put the dog down then tell your daughter the truth. Kids cope very well. They cry for a bit then get on with life. My daughter was only 5 and it was her first day at school, her granddad was in hospital and our 7 month old pup had to be put down. The only thing I didn't tell her was I made the choice, I just said the dog had died. Hopefully you'll get a good outcome though

sorry Trish

me too Trish, hope it's not bad news for you

No, actually, they're a place for snarky people, particularly those who were, apparently, BORN knowing everything about dogs,so they didn't have to learn from experience, to have a go at newbies Just LOVE how everyone is making assumptions here. yes it's a place to ask questions but you also need to do your own research about certain things which includes reading up about entire dogs and bitches and their possible behaviour before things like a first season crop up. Ideally you would have then had a plan in place to cope with your current problem. It would be nigh on impossible to get either into a kennel now, at least one that was any good. No one is born knowing anything about dogs but you teach yourself and yes that can be by asking questions on a forum but basic knowledge should have been self taught. Keep one or the other in a crate at all times, whether that is in the same room as each other while you are there, or in a seperate room. Do not leave them in the same room even if crated without you being there as dogs can and do break out of crates, particuarly when the incentive is so great. Also be aware that the bitch may well want him as much as he wants her. It's not just the male you have to be aware of. Ask your breeder if it is at all possible for her to take one, mind you if a puppy buyer asked me my answer would most likely be no as I don't have unlimited space and have my other dogs and cats to think of.

Pirie only has one R

I'll guess 5 Tris

I hope that's a typo, it's 63 days from ovulation.

my crate trained dogs stress big time at the vet's. The 2 dogs I have, out of 4, that were never crate trained both love sleeping in the crate in my bedroom and when Piper cut his foot and had to come to 2 days of shows for me he settled right down in a soft crate. I have 7 crates, only one up permamenly in my room, all the others are for the one or two dogs I take to a show I use baby gates in the house more.

what are they like on the hand?

we did have a great time but I hope not to be there in August ( hopefully will be home with puppies! )

I hate "birth" instead of "berth" when talking about dog trailers

Ta I'm pretty sure I'll be able to find something that she will eat, I'm more concerned about the milk productions and wehther the babies are getting enough milk. she's possibly adjusted her milk supply to only the 2 puppies, not the hordes she might have had! Fern's boobs were nearly impossible to see when she only had 2 pups and were never full and firm

I think you need to do a lot more thinking on whether you are actually ready to make such a big commitment, after all if it doesn't work out it is the dog that suffers.

my 40 kilo greyhound, 78 cms tall, sleeps in a 42 inch crate, you could fit 2 BC in one that large.

Oooh how excitement!!! So hopefully you, I & Tibbiemax could all be competing in puppy sweepstakes together? and won't that be fun

still intact around 3 pm when I last saw tibbiemax

weather has been near perfect

WOW

not important what was important was the rhubarb cake! thanks Morsha, very,very yummy

BPIG Clumber congratulations Thanks Rebanne... what a great day.. I posted elsewhere that it was a great day, gorgeous weather, the best banana cake, great friends .. BPIG and we get to do it all again tomorrow.... And if SWAY is lucky I might just glance in her direction with some derogatory remark.... for which no doubt she will have an ample comeback I didn't get any banana cake I love banana cake