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Recently had some read by Lavelle in Victoria, had my result back in 2 days

We don't have any puppies or any litters due. However I was wondering what breeders were doing in regards to this new law in Victoria where the microchip number must be included in your advertisement. My interpretation of this law is that you can not advertise your litter ie: 6 girls & 6 boys without inluding 12 microchip numbers in the said ad. If this is the case then I wont be advertising my puppies (when ever that may be) until after they are 6 weeks old as I will not microchip until a min age of 6 weeks. Wondering what other breeders do and particularly breeders with small breeds in Victoria will do too... PS: This State is so legislated (not just with animals) and over taxed that I wonder why ppl choose to live in Victoria !!!!

Huntia, how is your boy going with his sore knee? Just curious as my girl has just been diagnosed with a strained knee but I think it is her foot rather than her knee

Depending on your breed. We have Rottweilers and we NEVER add calcium powder to their food. We feed a holistic dry food PLUS raw lean red meat with grated raw fruit & vegies plus raw egg complete with shell (which is natural calcium) Yogurt (again nat cal) crushed garlic (keep fleas and maybe ticks away) sardines in oil (small bones in sardines is another source of calcium) PLUS raw whole chicken necks & carcases (more calcium) Your dog will absorb what his/her body requires naturally from these whole foods and disgard the rest. We also feed all our dogs at their chest height from about 3 months of age so they are not putting undue weight on their front legs / pasterns. As Diesel's Mate says... walking on uneven surfaces or pea gravel for 10 to 30 mins (build up slowly) a day should help strengthen your puppy's pasterns and his/her splayed toes. Then once they are nice and strong make sure you allow him/her on grass, gravel, sand and other different surfaces regularly. Good luck :D

Exactly the same for us too :)

Thank you for this info Bisart Dobes...

Oh Fordogs, my heart goes out to you. Here you are trying to do what you thought was the right thing and you have this. Thank you for sharing your story and experience, I am sure many of us have learnt something from it.

Hi Bisart Dobes, A few of questions for you... 1. Can you get a "canine" specific Super Colostrum as I know of many brands but all contain lactose and cows milk proteins? 2. With the Lifestream ADE, is there a canine specific brand? 2. Where do you buy your Super Colostrum and Lifestream ADE from as neither appear to be easily found in Vic? Thanks in advance for your reply

Thought I would add my experience from January 2011. No airline or pet carrier to my knowledge will fly a pregnant dog after 42 days gestation. On vets advice, we flew our bitch at 35 days from Perth to Melbourne and not sure if it was the stress of the flight or the stress of the move in general but she lost her litter at 48 days gestation. She has gone on to deliver a healthy litter of 12 after mating at her next season. I would never fly a pregnant bitch again unless it was right after mating...ie: within a few days from being mated.

In my breed (Rottweilers) most definitely not & our breed club COE wouldn't allow either.

This poll is ridiculous....Rotti's are the most beautiful loving loyal dogs, apart from when they are in the hands of a dickhead and being taught to bite. However like any human race, dog breed etc, there are a small handful or huge manority who make or create a bad name for the rest.... then to top it off, the media reports are mostly exaggerated which creates many people in the community believing what they hear/read... sadly Poll now at Yes - 5523 (37%) No - 9320 (63%) - getting there

We have had two litters within the last 4 months. First litter of 10 were quite manageable and the mum was very good at flicking the ones who were full off with her tongue which allowed others to come in to feed. Our current litter there are 12 pups and the extra 2 make a big difference. They are 17 days old today. We rotate in 2 groups of 6 around the clock 24/7 which has worked very well so far. All but one of the pups doubled their birth weight by 12 days old. We did not supplement feed but kept a very close watch incase we needed to. We still have the 2 groups of six and will continue to do this even when we start solids as I feel it will be easier for the pups to get their fair share and for us to manage too. We did put the 6 who were not nursing in one of those plastic tubs on wheels with a hotwater bottle and a towel over the top to stop draughts but we found that without some air circulation the plastic box got condensation which dampened the towel in the bottom (under the hotwater bottle) so we brought a laundry basket which was tightly woven plastic but allowed some slight air flow without any draughts and this worked so much better. When we take them to the vet for their first vaccinations and microchips we put them all in a crate in the back of our car and off we go. Once there (I have help) one of us gets one while the other stays with the vet while he does the vaccinations and microchip, once one is done the next one is in the room and we take the one done back to the crate and keep going until they are all done. If we could get a vet out to our place we would but generally they want quite a large fee to visit us. Hope this helps someone :-)

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Hi Tatjana 32 is not extremely high in the scheme of things with HD in Rottweilers. However it does mean you CAN NOT ever breed with her. 32 does not mean she has HD or even that she will develop HD. My suggestion is to make sure she receives regular low impact exercise (like swimming), give her fish oil with chondroitin daily and have her desexed. This way you are doing everything possible to ensure she has a long happy healthy life with you. Good luck

Hi Dju, We have Rottweilers on it so as far as having a breed with large thick bone goes I think it is great BUT we also feed raw chicken carcases, roo meat and much more in the way of raw meaty bones. ETA: It costs me $75 for 20kg but we drive to the distributor and pick it up so no delivery costs.

Hi Olivebaby, I know of a breeder who lives in Canning Vale / Southern River area who just took home a few bags to try on a couple of his fussy eaters / show dogs. If he is convinced this is the stuff to have he has mentioned becoming the distributor in WA. When I find out what he has decided I will re-post here and let you know the contact details.

Thanks SwaY.... this was very helpful

This is hard to believe...I used to live there for 9 years and heard many croc stories, but a croc walking through the door of a shop (no shopping "centre" in Nightcliff when I lived there not so long ago, just the small open mall and shops in the street)but anyway that's not the point, crossing the Stuart Hwy and occassionally being found in someones backyard pool happened from time to time. Regularly there were dogs tied up outside Palmerston SC & Casuarina SC in Darwin and almost always without water in the hot tropical weather..

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Thanks Angelsun :D , The reason I am asking this is because the person who brought the semen into Oz brought in 200+ straws and the post thaw report (done by Monash Vet) says they thawed one 0.25ml straw and tested it etc. However according to Dogs Vic they have the semen registered as "so many" vials. So I thought xxx amount of straws must be in a vial. Maybe I should just call Dogs Vic and see if they have made a mistake but I don't think they are the gurus on straws/vials/pellets etc so not sure where else to ask appart from calling Monash but hard to speak with the right people..... Maybe someone else knows something... maybe SWAYD :D

Hi all, Can someone please confirm for me, How many straws fit into a vial??? (I am led to believe there are 3 different sizes of vials) If you could tell me how many fit into each of the 3 sizes I would be very greatful. Thank you :D

Hi Rebanne, Just interested in this topic regarding the different units and I am a little confused. If someone brought in 15 vials, how many straws would this equate to approx? Thanks Rottsup

For those interested...I was quoted the following prices on the 1st June 2011 from a guy called Chris at Jetpets. All from Melbourne and all including crate for 9 week old Rottweiler puppies. to Syd $130 to Canberra $130 to Brisbane $130 to Coolingatta $130 to Adelaide $130 to Launceston & Hobart $130 to Perth $160 to Darwin $185 to Townsville $180 to Cairns $180 I would expect the same prices from each place back to Melb too, but could be wrong. ETA: These prices included crate hire.

Congratulations to Andrea and to SWay for being so inventive :p

Have a look at this link to VetWest (they are vets in Perth) It appears yes they can get morning sickness, see second paragraph http://www.vetwest.com.au/breeding-whelping-or-birth