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Yes, it's terrible. I am in Baw Baw and our laws are less stringent at present, but that would change also if the new bill went through in it's present form. isn't it ridiculous that an OCCASIONAL, ANKC registered member is lumped into the same category as a 'Puppy Farm' BUSINESS, with up to 350 dogs...?! I wouldn't mind being registered as a business, even with only a few dogs, if the requirements weren't so ridiculous and if permits were guaranteed to be accepted if you did meet those requirements...!!!

Fair enough, if you don't agree with this petition, you obviously don't have to sign it. What we are asking, if that members educate themselves with what the proposed new amendment could mean to the Pedigree Dog Community. If you don't agree with the above petition, there are others running. And if you don't wish to sign any, then we are asking members to at least be pro-active in their concerns of what this bill could mean, and that we protest it, as it stands. At last night's DogsVic meeting, all members were asked to be productive on contacting their local council and the DPI to voice their concerns, and to get the full information out to other members and the general public through social media, and any other(peaceful, yet determined!!!)way that we can. This is a link to download the PDF of the proposed new bill. It is 48 pages long, but please, if you care about the future of Pedigree Dogs in Victoria(and in Australia, because these new rules would spread), PLEASE take time to read it! ***Please take note of CLAUSE 5, in particular. http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubPDocs.nsf/ee665e366dcb6cb0ca256da400837f6b/6a5d081fa18fd208ca2580490078c5fd!OpenDocument

There are a LARGE number of petitions running. All we ask is that you read them, and if you agree, please sign. If this new bill goes through, ANYONE who breeds even ONE litter of puppies, will have to hold a Domestic Breeding Licence, and many councils, such as Yarra Ranges(as based on a comment above, and which I have also heard), simply WILL NOT ISSUE THEM!!! Breeding permits WILL NOT be considered if you are on a rental property, a pensioner or a pensioner on a rental property!!! This has to be discrimination...?! There is a VAST difference to a small-potatoes, ANKC registered breeder, breeding an average couple of litters a year, for the benefit of the breed, who puts a huge of time, effort, health-testing and consideration into their breeding, to a registered Puppy Farm that has up to 350 dogs...! This bill reads 'Domestic Animals Amendment(Puppy Farms and Pet Shops)Bill 2016', and we are lumped in with them under the very short reference under CLAUSE 5' regarding the definition of a Domestic Animal Business that 'The definition no longer excludes enterprises of which the proprietor is a member of an applicable organisation'...! Surely we deserve better than to be lumped in with Puppy Farmers and Pet Shops...?! The vast number of ANKC registered breeders would run at a loss if considered a 'business'!!! This is a link to another petition- http://www.nealeburgess.com.au/ethical_dog_breeders_petition If you don't wish to sign any of these, then PLEASE be pro-active with approaching your local council to voice your concerns. Call them. Write emails and letters. Spread the word on Social Media and amongst the Breed Clubs, and public Media, if you can. We need to get the information on what the proposed Amendment could mean to the Pedigree dog community. There can only be more safety in numbers...! ***Here is the link to download the PDF of the proposed Bill Amendment- http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubPDocs.nsf/ee665e366dcb6cb0ca256da400837f6b/6a5d081fa18fd208ca2580490078c5fd!OpenDocument

Many of you may have heard of the proposed bill to implement stringent changes to the laws relating to the breeding of dogs and cats. Whilst almost everyone would agree to strongly support a crack-down on Puppy Farms and Pet Shops, many people are not aware of how stringent the proposed new laws are and that they threaten the right of ANYONE to breed even one litter of puppies. Under the proposed new laws, ANYONE breeding even one litter, will have to hold a Domestic Breeding Licence issued by their council. Yes, that's right, ANYONE. ANKC members would not be exempt from these laws either. And it would be COMPULSORY to desex your dogs and cats UNLESS you hold a breeding licence. This means that even ANKC registered breeders with only a couple of dogs that they show and breed from on occasion, would HAVE TO HOLD A BREEDING LICENCE to breed and/or advertise even one litter. And at present, many councils will not even consider issuing a breeding permit, and certainly not in suburbia. And also not to renters, or pensioners...! PLEASE THINK about how that will impact our pedigree dogs...! These new laws would only BENEFIT Puppy Farmers, who generally already hold a breeding licence, because to them, their dogs are STOCK. And they will get round the '10 dog limit', by moving on their breeding stock after they have finished their breeding lives, and getting another ten dogs...!!! These laws will mainly effect the small-potato ETHICAL breeders of pedigree dogs, who treat their fur-kids as family members and who breed occasionally with a huge amount of consideration, care and LOVE for our chosen breeds!!! Our dogs are not usually the ones that end up in pounds and shelters! The vast majority of those are cross-breeds or certain breeds of high-maintenance, who generally do not have pedigree papers. Ethical breeders have an 'Open door policy', where they will always take back a dog they have bred, if for any reason an owner can no longer keep them. There was a brilliant turnout to the DogsVic emergency meeting held at KCC Park on Tuesday night, but we still need to band together and stay strong, and HELP to get the proposed new bill amended. PLEASE HELP US to save our pedigree dogs!!! We need to get the word out to other members, Breed Clubs, and the general public, about what the proposed new laws could mean to future of the Pedigree Dog in Australia! We need to voice our concerns to local council and it's members and to the DPI! ***Here is a link to the proposed new bill- http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubPDocs.nsf/ee665e366dcb6cb0ca256da400837f6b/6a5d081fa18fd208ca2580490078c5fd!OpenDocument There are a number of petitions running to protest the proposed bill. I have added my signature to several. This is the link to my personal comment on the petition on Change.org, please click on the link provided above it on the page, if you would like to sign the petition and add your own comment. They have nearly 2,500 signatures already, almost at the target, PLEASE add your voice! https://www.change.org/p/mr-andrews-victorian-parliment-save-the-purebred-dog-breeds-from-extinction/c/525922178?recruiter=78096492&utm_source=comment_share&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=facebook_link

Thanks for the suggestion. :)

Barry Haywood is a vet...Kevin Kelly was still at the pool last year? Yes, I actually only saw him only a couple of months ago, but apparently he has left the pool?

Hi- Does anyone know if Kevin Kelly(Canine chiropractor, formerly working from Devon Meadows Dog Pool)is going to be practising from another location? I have been taking my dogs to him for 20+ years and have a lab that I need looked at. Other suggestions for Canine Chiropractors/Physiotherapists would be appreciated, but my first choice would be Kevin, if anyone knows where he is now? Thanks!

Hi- Does anyone use a supplement called 'L-lysine' for their dogs, esp during pregnancy and in what dosage? I know it is in Hills Science Diet foods, but don't know if there is enough in that to be beneficial, or how much of a dose would be too much for a pregnant bitch, if also feeding Hills? I recently had a bitch go into prem labour 10 days early who had an emergency c-section, resulting in 5 dead puppies. No cause was given as to the early labour, but a fellow breeder has suggested that some early labours can be caused by the Canine Herpes virus and that L-lysine can help prevent the passing on of the infection to unborn pups. Don't get the wrong idea about my dogs, you all, but apparently the virus can be very hard to detect when dormant, and if it helps prevent prem labour, it is worth giving it a go... I have read that half a 500mg tablet daily should be the dose for a toy breed...? I have Chihuahuas...TIA.

What a beautifully written tribute. You gave this lovely lady a long and wonderful life, longer than many of us have with a dog we raise from a puppy...She will be waiting for you at the bridge with all four legs, and run joyously to greet you...Thinking of you.

We had the bush fires come through us at Drouin West. Luckily, despite being told 3 times by the local fire station that there was no imediate threat for us, I had called the new owners of our 8 wk old puppies that were due to leave us that weekend, and all but two were picked up early Saturday. We were left with two, when the owners couldn't get through later that day, and I took a lot of large crates to my mother's place in Drouin, just in case we had to evacuate. Still, the fires took us by surprise when they came. My old darling, Paddy, was inside at the time, and he suddenly became distressed, barking in my face and pawing my knee. I told my husband and Father-In-Law that that was it, if Paddy said to leave, then I wanted to get our three children out. They laughed at me, but my husband agreed anyway, and when he went to the door, he came back screaming that the house behind us, between which lay our two dog paddocks, was on fire. He ran to open the runs and let the dogs out, and amazingly, all of them raced over to the cars, except the two puppies, who lolloped around like twits, as Golden puppies do! I scooped them up, too, and tossed them all in the back of the same station wagon (7 dogs in one car!) My husband kept yelling to leave them and just take the klids, but unlike him, I was a bit more prepared and didn't panic(Sorry, Babe). I had packed my Father-In-Law's car with our possesions, and quickly got the screaming kids into my car. We took off with the dogs in Hubby's car, kids in mine, and my father-In-Law with all our important possesions(Kids/wedding photos and momentos, etc)in his car. Luckily, we had the breaker of the mown paddocks, to slow the fire's progress, or obviously we could have been in serious trouble. It was so dark, too, and impossible to see anything (just imagine poor Kinglake, etc). We lost everything around the house, dog runs, barn, fencing, etc, but the house made it. We had to move into town for over a week, and with no fencing/runs, etc, we ended up placing several of our dogs, a couple permanently, which was also really hard. We had been renting(although the runs and fencing, etc, we had done ourselves), and it took over a year to find suitable rural accomodation again, but it could have been so much worse...We had no warning at all, and if we had been surrounded by thick, dry old trees like the house behind us that ended up a chimney...It is o.k. to say that you would never leave your dogs, but I had two children under 2 + a panicing older daughter to consider. When you don't have enough warning, there really isn't a lot you can do, and the best I can suggest, is that if there is the potential for threat to your animals, or children, then get them out EARLY if you can. Everything else can be replaced...I miss my special dogs, that I had to place, and the two that weren't suited to where we are now, so much, but at least they are alive, healthy, and treasured family members where they are now. It could have been so different...I lost my Paddy a year ago next month...I miss him most of all. He was my truest friend...

This sounds like the menu for our dogs, except that we use Supercoat Puppy dryfood, and then Supercoat or Cobber adult food. Many members of the G.R.C.V. have a policy of not feeding over 20% protein after approx 6 months of age, being wary of accelerated growth...Also, many of us are aware that there seems some link between preservatives, esp in tinned food, and canine cancers. We ourselves are fans of Nature's Gift, and of Four Legs products, of raw bones, sardines, raw eggs including crushed shell, and other 'natural' calcium sources, along with a good quality dry food. We are also contious of the fact that the new puppy owner will usually start off with the best intentions of feeding their pet the 'right' way, and then will start thinking about more economical or easier ways of feeding, and we don't want to make the diet too ridiculous sounding or expensive. I am wary of the 'super' foods, when it comes to large dogs, as I have heard of higher incidents of growth-related bone problems. In general, we have had excellent health results for our dogs, for over 16 years, and if it aint broke...

Hi- This breeder wasn't too careful about where this imported puppy(and that's what this sire still is) spread his seed, was she? Also, most of my puppies go as 'pets' too, from thoroughly health tested parents(hips/elbows/eyes/hearts), and it doesn't matter what breed we are talking about, there are always health tests that should be completed re the sire and dam. It also doesn't matter how cute a puppy is, or even if its conformation SEEMS excellent, for me it would just not be worth the potential problems that could be lurking ahead. If you want to take the chance, it's up to you. I would ring the V.C.A to ask them if the pup could be registered in future, even if you don't want to name the breeder or breed. They would have a better idea than most of us, if it could be possible. Also, whilst most breeds can have problems, if this is a large or heavy breed, or a breed with a stronger potential for eye/heart problems, then I would kiss this pup goodbye and find another who comes from parents with the APPROPRIATE testing. Even if you are just looking for a 'pet', you want your dog to be healthy, long-lived and free of genetic abnormalities, such as hereditary eye problems, which can often not become a apparent until this sire is MUCH older than he is now, much less be seen in a young puppy. Good luck.

Thank God, Some good news for a change!!! Have just been reading about the poor dog losing the bottom of his jaw in that fireworks 'prank'. Thank Goodness for a happy outcome, I was fearing the worst there, too. Cheers for Harry! ;)

This was a truly horrible story. Poor, poor dog. The despicable things some people can do... ;)