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Thanks... I'll pass that on.

Thanks Allerseit, I agree with what you say. Surprised there is no reference to any registration on their website.

Not on their website... Can't phone atm

Anyone heard of Lavarch Rotweillers in WA? I'm asking for a friend ... They said they are ANKC registrred but I can't find reference to that on either the website or any searches

Agree with everyone... The KM2 is great but the cordless was a waste of money. I haven't bothered to replace them.

My three year old kelpie started this out of the blue. Took him to the vet and it turned out he had a UTI. A course of antibiotics and all is well. I hope your boy is ok and his problem is as easily fixed. If he is physically ok after the vet check then I would be managing him like a baby puppy and refresh your toilet training.

You have to read the fine print on a lot of products too. I was keen on the duck jerky from New Zealand until it read that it is only packaged in NZ and made from imported ingredients. Not trusting imported ingredients from unknown sources!

This such a clever idea! Thanks for sharing sheena :-)

You could also contact Karen Prior

Interesting that vets are recommending vaccinating every year! Certainly not my vet :-) Quarantine rely on titre testing for dogs going from Australia to England... Rabies shots then titre testing weeks later to check for antibodies. Good enough for me! Google Jean Dodds

I paid $60 for each dog which included the blood draw. Money well spent.

Do NOT put them on the daily tablet without first doing a blood test. Any if the monthly tablets should be fine.

Thanks Huski

Does Steve trial in ANKC obedience?

Thanks for that Inevitablue. Would have been great if it was in general publication for her visit. Will just have to wait until its published :)

Just saw on FB the dog has been found! Yay! :-)

We are looking forward to hosting the seminars in WA. I have to jump in here and say that our venue is not large enough to accommodate more than the twelve working dogs on each day. If we offer that to one, then it's only fair to offer it to everyone and we cannot accommodate 24 dogs on the one day. It should be a great learning experience :-) Ruby, Denise picked nosework for me to work on. I explained my situation - a big surgery on Wednesday so I will be unable to a lot of the stuff i normally do with Jarrah for quite a while, so I wanted alternatives that were fun for Jarrah and easy on me. She'd seen us working, and suggested the nose work makes Jarrah work hard with her nose while I sit and watch her do her stuff. It was really fun! We just started with getting her to know the scent (anise I think it was) tin in one hand, and a food bribe in the other. When Jarrah chose to mug the scent hand we rewarded, swapping hands. After a little bit more practise of that she will be clear on what she is looking for and I can start hiding it round the house for her to find, I will have to do a bit of research to find out more about it, since it's very new to me, but that research is a perfect convalescence kind of activity too. We did some heeling exercises in between scent repetitions so I could work on left pivot and pocket hand too, and Jarrah could have a change of exercise so she didn't get bored and had some time to think about the scent work. Denise picked all the stuff we did, which was really cool because she is way better at assessing where Jarrah and I are and what's most helpful for us than I could possibly be. If you don't have a specific idea in mind, once Denise has seen the dog work, perhaps explain your situation - what you want in very broad terms (eg I explained I wanted activities that would suit Jarrah the super active when I can't be active with her). In doing that, keep in mind she is seeing A LOT of dogs (some people used 2 dogs, and there are different handlers on different days, so it really does add up to her seeing a lot of dogs in a very short space of time. so do it on the day your dog has worked so it's fresh in her mind rather than on the day of the lesson, it might help also to remind which dog (I only had to mention the alligator dog for her to know) the obedience day is a better day if you''re doing that day, since there is more time with each individual dog than on the motivation day where there is so much theory there's only time for a short assessment for each individual dog in the practical sections. I would still take both if I was you, so long as you have 2 crates and they're crate trained so they aren't noisy or disruptive when they aren't being worked, (or if they're noisy breeds/individuals make sure you have a management solution to deal with that - some of us brought campers (I did that), or others left their car open with crates in the car (vans and hatchbacks, there mostly but I imagine you could work tht in a normal car too since the weather is nice and cool right now. A few people brought 2 dogs. You only use one dog per practical exercise of course, you can't have two turns at each exercise, that would be unfair to other handlers. But having both on the day means you can use a different dog for different practical exercises, and you can choose which dog on the day, which may be especially helpful if you want to work a shy dog but you aren't how it'll cope with the pressures of all the other dogs and people around. or you decide you want to work the shy dog on the food hunting and the confident dog in the personal play or want to decide which dog after you've heard the practical. There was one girl there with a lovely shy dog who she wanted to work on the motivations day, but she brought her other dog for back up in case the shy dog was a little overwhelmed and not comfortable enough to be able to choose to work, as it turned out the shy dog was fine and worked well, but if it had been a bit freaked out she had an alternative dog to do the exercises with.

...now if you could turn your smartphone into a microchip reader...How good would that be!!!! :D

Good to know...thanks everyone :)

Labradoodle (yeah I know) puppy purchased from a large well known breeder at huge cost, vaccinated at 6 weeks, sent across the county by plane at 8 weeks. Vet in WA vaccinated at 10 weeks with a new vaccine and advised no further vaccination needed until 12 month booster. That means this puppy has only had two vaccinations with no titre tests. Not the regime I was advised two years ago but perhaps things have changed?????

My nine year old Aussie is a velcro dog. He follows me everywhere although I do have a no dogs in the bathroom rule. He isnt needy and I dont have a problem with it, although I do tell him sometimes its not worth getting up as I will be back in a sec :) I take it as a compliment :D

No...ick!

Everything crossed for Toby. Hope he is ok.

Thanks OSoSwift :) He is humping anything that moves atm I think he's back!!!! Poor Zac..Brookie doesn't care that he's the wrong sex I always said I think he swings both ways

Brookie was implanted last October with a 12 month implant and it is wearing off now.... happy about that! When they say viable sperm after 60 days, is that from when his balls return to full size? Wondering when is the best time to get him tested and where in WA is the best place?