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We've used the ferry a few times, always with dogs. The kennels are a bit like the cages you would see at a vet surgery, banks of cages with large at the bottom, going up to smaller as they go up. As Heidley mentioned, people tend to put small dogs in the large cages (even though they're not meant to - you are meant to use appropriate sized cages for your dog), so it can be hard sometimes to get large dogs in. When we moved down here from Victoria, I had to get a rottweiler bitch into a smaller cage on the second level, because of little dogs taking up many of the large cages at the bottom. While the cage was an ok size for her, getting her in and out, was hazardous! The cages are not locked, they are secured with a typical padbolts, but not locked. However, no-one except security is allowed down there during sailing, passengers cannot access the vehicle decks once all the vehicles and pets are loaded. I've been called cruel for putting our dogs in the kennel blocks, with people claiming that the cages are too small for our breed. I personally haven't found that. I've had a large adult male rottweiler who was quite comfortable in a large cage on the ferry several times, and he had no less room than he would have if he were being crated overnight.

Agree with you Ray - the opposite happens as well. Very similarly to you - we recently lost Neo to cancer at 6 1/2 - his father is going strong and will be 14 this year, I think. His mother is also still going strong and will be 10 this year. Cancer can be so unpredictable - I personally wouldn't be concerned about the sire.

I can highly recommend McDowell's too :) http://mcdowellsherbal.com/

Named after the German town of Rottweil :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rottweil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rottweiler

Thankyou for that! Missing Neo badly today, not quite a month since we lost him So sorry to everyone else who is missing someone or someone's today xx

Over here :) http://www.dolforums.com.au/forum/20-breeders-community/

I'm so sorry T RIP Zeddy

I hear you! This is rife in rottweilers as well, brags about how heavy the sire and dam are, although moreso in BYB litters than registered. I actually had our vet comment on how nice it was to see a rottweiler at correct weight when I took Nova in a couple of weeks ago. They're a working dog, they can't work if they're fat and sloppy!

Over 50% of our last two litters went to the mainland :) It was less common for us to have interstate enquiries while we were in Victoria, but since moving down here most of our enquires are from interstate.

I think the breed has a particular talent for "boinging" :) Most of ours will do the same - from a standing position, straight up so you can see over a fence.... Boing! Boing! Boing!

Argh, that's such a hard situation for you to be in - you can lead a horse to water, but you can make it drink So hard when all you can do is offer advice and be there to pick up the pieces when your advice is ignored

Here you go - show them this!

Very much not true! Some rotts won't bother to jump over a low fence unless there is a good reason to, because, well why bother.... but it's certainly not because they can't! :) Then you get those who will jump out of, dig out of, climb out of anything that they can....

Our setup for our last litter late last year.

http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/158990-bunnings-wire-compost-bins-as-a-puppy-pen-big-thumbs-up/page__view__findpost__p__3411277 This came up in a Google image search - gotta love DOL! :laugh: They are/were called compost cages, and came in packs of 4 panels. We were buying them as recently as November last year, but I haven't been able to find them when searching on the Bunning's website for a long time, so no idea of their availability now. We connect them with wire netting clips, or cable ties rather than the connecters that they come with, makes them a bit more secure at the joins :)

Personally, I would be doing prog testing, particularly as her season has been a bit unusual - then you would have a clearer picture on where you stand. Hard on a Saturday though, although we did a prog test with Nova on a Saturday - had NHVH take bloods first thing and mark it as a rush job and we dropped them into Hobart Path and had the results by about 11am. In the absence of prog testing, I would probably try again and see what her reaction is like.

Oh not Wog Lisa, I'm so very sorry to hear this Our thoughts are with you, we know how much you adored each other and how devastated you must be right now. Such a cheeky and sweet boy, so hard to believe he's gone to the bridge RIP Wog

I removed our header :) Try this link Mouth Certificate

If you wanted to PM me your email address, I can send you a copy of the eye and mouth certificate that we used to use - it has our header on it though, so you might need to play around with it to remove that if you're able to :)

This is a direct quote from the owner of the rottweiler

The owner of the Westie is apparently ok, is not happy that it ended up in the media and that the media have made it out to be worse than what it was, and has no hard feelings towards the owner of the rottweiler.

We absolutely love updates :)

http://www.snazzyshowsupplies.com.au/whelping_supplies.htm :)

If you can get your hands on some slippery elm powder (readily available at most health food shops), it's magical for settling upset stomachs - in people too :) Any sign of diarrhea, and we add slippery elm to their food, which helps to clear it up fast :)