Rebanne

Here you go LisaCC Fern and Phoebe on a small 2 seater couch. Still room for the cat at the end if she wanted :laugh:

I'll have to look for a photo or take one :laugh: But yes they can curl up very tight! Does Phoebe have a onesie, um not quite, but between 3 greys I think my last count was 20 odd coats of various sizes and weights Phoebe at nearly 2 still likes to pull her coats off so she mainly wears a Wolfs Den coat that zips up the back, she can't get that off.

Phoebe greyhound is currently curled into a dog ball and it is not cold here at the moment, far from it. I usually feel their ears.

I'd 2nd a short coated dog. Maybe a Jack Russell or similar. I'd be thinking of an older dog as well, maybe an ex show dog, who is already used to travelling around. And usually already toilet trained. You can meet them and get an idea of their temperament. You don't want a very bold, over confident dog nor a shrinking violet as you will be meeting lots of different people and dogs.

sounds like you might be dodging a bullet but I did just want to say one thing. I work nightshift and often reply to emails at weird times so not all 2am replies are from scammers :D

Find a good repo vet and take your girl there. I would never vaccinate a bitch right before mating and would never ever use the heartworm injections

Give us a hint. Was it something that happened because of hard times? was banned from DOL years ago.

a test which has been proven to be very wrong several times here on DOL

and some people are just plain idiots

how cruel and distressing to the dog

I think I didn't stress enough how dreadful it is for an old dog to find themselves moved out. Please don't. Find a way of changing your own system rather than his.

They are not trying to improve the health and soundness of greyhounds, they are only trying to improve the health and soundness of a breed of mastiff and chose the greyhound to cross them with. There were other breeds of mastiff's they could have used. Breeding 80 plus kilo dogs to 30 -35 kilos dogs is not what I call sound practice.

What am I doing wrong? Rebanne, I Don't say you are doing any thing wrong. I don't know that you are and chances are, absolutely nothing. Ditto with the other mentions. No doubt some are. Its human nature that we are an imperfect lot. There are welfare issues associated with the breeds that are increasingly becoming a focus. That will continue while people prefer to identify with a distinct group that draws a line between itself and the communities that hold them. Promoting the idea of distinct and separate values ensures those values can't be shared coopperatively - and in a shared environment thats an essential outcome to avoid rejection. I am a Greyhound breeder and first you say Greyhound breeders are doing it wrong then you say that's not what you are saying. Make up your mind. Don't issue blanket statements.

What am I doing wrong?

...see 3rd link, e.g. 'Supportive Therapie' ....and the stats include open pyometra too. ETA:..and of course the section wrt 'open pyometra' in the first link. The OP asked for help from people who have experienced this, you haven't so disappear why don't you.

yes I think that's what they are called. I always double coat my dogs at night when they sleep outside, single coats for the nights we all snuggle up on my bed :D

Fern hates her photo being taken. This coat is too big on it's own but I bought it like that for the depths of winter cause it will go over another double layer fleecy coat. Must keep the old girl warm

Pic will have to wait until I am on the computer. No idea how to add a pic on the phone

Ferny got her nice new winter warmer from Annie today. ????

I have seen it several times and heard of more. There was a whole breed non awarded at Sydney Royal just gone. Happens more then you think.

Wasn't the owner or handler also the secretary of the Dane club? not really an relative outsider if so? Person involved is/ was current president of Dane Club. Winner is a past president (for several years) of Dane club. Not sure if an overseas judge who was not a breed specialist would know this. The fact your dog has numerous points to its name is really not relevant given dogs accumulate points from all manner of shows. My dog got 1/4 the way to his title without ever beating another dog! Doesn't that make the whole system a bit irrelevant though? That's not at all aimed at you personally Danois, but if it's a points system but dogs can get points without ever beating another dog, and a dog can be awarded at a Royal based on one judge's opinion without points from elsewhere, and that may or may not be better indication of the quality of the dog than points, then where is there any objective measurement? Each dog is judged against the standard, then if there is more then one dog of that breed entered the winner will be the one that, in the judges opinion, most meets the standard. The objective measurement is the standard. Judges can and do withold points.

Do you know which one? I assume they would be in next month's issue. dog news australia I think

Yep critiques are done on BOB RuBOB and Puppy of breed and published in one of the dog mags