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We have a one of a kind new breed. The 'Whine-erama" I believe he is a turkey x with a rare White Elephant But seriously - White Swiss Shepherd Dog is rare. I also love the Maudis and the Czech Wolfdog

I'm much the same - so you could imagine the horror on my OH face when I came home from a show stating I AM getting a Rough Griff!!! The new pup met my 38kg male over the weekend, one lick and Yoda was soaking, but it was the sweetest interaction. FYI stripping is not hard, just time consuming - a great couch activity Hope you find your new friend in time Mant' - sounds like you need it.

Another vote for a staggered door. One overseas I saw had a Perspex piece for the middle third of the door so you could easily see into the box even with the door 'closed'

Seems like you need a Don't be so hard on yourself, mum and you sound like your doing a great job. IMHO I don't think anyone would judge you for "farming out" an unwelcome surrogate to a place where she is incredibly loved and welcome! I'm tipping she's not judging you whilst curled up on someone else's bed hoging all the cuddles In our 'times of need' dogs who may cause an interference go to our farm property where my MIL lives. I always feel so guilty until I get there and they have gained 10kgs over night, are covered in mud and not too interested in coming home ROFL

I got sachets of electrolytes from my Vet - I'd imagine this is possibly the best way, or you could call your Vet and ask if there is a comparable product in the supermarkets that is safe for dogs. My girl actually fainted during a feed. I was giving her oral Calcium liquid and she fainted in my arms. 11 pups, mum and an 8 month old baby to the Vets in under 15 mins hehe! I was hysterical. Her Calcium was great but glucose was really low (which makes sense of course) but the electrolytes really helped keep her 'peppy' and mood up. You could spoon or syringe feed her dissolved sugar in water every few hours at first if you are worried. Just make sure she has plenty of fresh water to balance herself (of course). From vague memory I was giving 2-5ml a few times a day to a 26kg dog. So I'd imagine for a small breed a few teaspoons a few times a day might be enough. Poor darling. You'll find a coping mechanism, and ROUTINE is priceless! I had a routine worked to perfection, and funnily enough 95% of new puppy homes thanked me for toilet training What toilet training?! A routine is so much more important with that few little extra feet and it sets them up well for their future homes.

Might be a bit past it now but we had the bitch on Lukade electrolytes as well, that might help relieve her panting. My girl had similar symptoms when feeding, I was a ninja with the calcium but was so worried about eclampsia that I wasn't mindful of Glucose levels. After a trip to the Vet we put her on them and she did much better - also if you think shes really fading with energy levels you can dissolve sugar or honey into water and syringe it to her. Hope that's helps :)

There is a living WGSD in NSW - who is registered on the limited register. He is the last. I dare say you will never see another ANKC WGSD registered (limited) as the gene has most probably been entirely bred out. Coat colour can be a disqualification for the show ring, but has no bearing on the registration of a pup. As far as I understand it the C o E calls for ALL LIVING PUPS at the time of registration to be registered. If you had a pup who had a disqualifying fault of any sort, health issue etc they should be registered as Limited. In terms of registering a still born, Dogs Vic now require Microchips for registration (I can't speak for other states) - so I cannot see how this is possible now days, unless you have a VERY unscrupulous vet or are one. ETA: Please correct me if I am wrong!

I have to put up a nomination for RED DINGO They have some really cute collars with bone shaped buckles. They also come in 13 colours for those who like to co-ordinate ( lol) and for breeders who like to send their pups to new homes with collars! Also for anyone interested, the 'Greater White Swiss Shepherd Dog Association of Victoria' (ANKC affiliated) will be holding a raffle soon and amongst our other great prizes we will have some RED DINGO prizes. 2 x Collar and lead sets and 2 x Collar and harness sets. The raffle itself will have no less than 7 prizes!!

As of this year Sweden is now a Cat 4 country. The only two European Countries who are still Cat 2 are Iceland and Norway

Oh Tenties - where is the Chook Auction?! We will be there for both days - sounds like I might be coming home with some Chickens too if the times don't clash!!

Should have said that if you can get a pup from Norway or Iceland (Category 2) then the pup can fly at 12 weeks. No rabies vacc or testing, just final bloods! Save you lots of money and time but it's not always as easy as that. The pup must be born in these countries. Requirement is that a dog must reside in the country of export for 6 months prior to export (with the exception for instance of crossing the German/Netherlands border for the purpose of using Amsterdam Airport rather than Frankfurt Airport because it is about 1000€ cheaper to fly out of the Netherlands!!)

Do you have kennels in certain countries that you are looking at? It would be a good idea to get to know your breeder (or minder) very well as it is a difficult age to travel out from, you want them to be well socialised. If you would prefer to do the paperwork yourself it is not difficult, I did the paperwork for both of mine. If you are importing from the Netherlands (or Germany) PM me as I can give you the direct exporter details and save you the extra 1000€ of using a middle man. The only extra thing you would have to do yourself is call quarantine. It's not hard! So long as your breeder can understand English to get the blood work done to the correct dates it is not hard. Rabies Vacc @ 3 months Titre test @ 4 months 130 days from titre test you do your final bloodwork, 150 days from titre test the dog flies, and the remaining 30 days are done in quarantine to meet the 180 day from titre test and minimum 30 days in quarantine requirements. Easy! Rabies Vacc & Titre test will cost you approx 250€ + final bloodwork approx 125€ + Airfare (depending on breed - for a similar breed to your profile pic ~ 1500€ with a direct exporter or ~ 2600€ with Jet Pets) + approx $1500 for quarantine (don't be fooled, they SAY $1330 but then they add fees! ;) ) + cost of puppy and boarding for 5-6 months.

For those of you in this boat - I have a reverse ish question. I've had to separate my two, bitch on heat not being mated this cycle. My dog has come from a home where he was entire male #3 and too young to be used, so he has been around sweet smelling bitches who he wasn't allowed near! He has matured while living with us (tremendously actually!) and the dogs are not crossing paths, but she is still urinating in the same backyard he is urinating in. I'm sure he can smell her through the house despite neither crossing over into the opposite section, and while he is 'interested' he is not going mental or begging to be with her etc, etc, as you would expect from a entire male. Does anyone else have well behaved entires around bitches on heat?? I'm worried when it comes to his time to perform he will flounder!

I met the best Rott the other night. SOO happy, this little girl just wanted to love everyone and everything in her path. The poor guy said he has so much trouble because people just freak out because of her breed. Poor poppet! Try owning a WSSD, I get told a different breed every time I leave the house. Although I think there is every chance my dog is part turkey! Since the bitch has come into heat the OH has dubbed him a new breed of 'Whine-erama!'

Ammunition for what?

Never mind, just needed to look harder!

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Any group 1 or 5?

I'll admit grumpette looking at you photos my first thought was that the dogs with tails looked less 'scary'! It's funny isn't it. I grew up with an old stockman with JRT's so never had an issue with tail docking, but it is what it is. I'm surprised hunters aren't allowed a cruelty prevention clause of docking to prevent injury, but then I suppose how do you prove they are legit?! Shame. Ear docking on the other hand, I can't stand the look of.

What happened in the toy and working ring? I'm sick an couldn't go, boohoo! Lol

It isn't so much this, as each gene only encodes for one protein or RNA, but that the genes are grouped together as chromosomes and inherited as a block. Plus genes that are close together on a chromosome are less likely to get separated if a 'reshuffling' event occurs (what we call 'tightly linked') - therefore offspring are very unlikely to inherit one without the other. For example if a gene for 'black' and a gene/genes that regulates dopamine or serotonin production are right next to each other on a chromosome it would be almost impossible to inherit one without the other and colour may well be linked to temperament. Since the dog genome has been mapped we could find this out fairly easily, but I'm just not sure how well the brain biochemistry genes that we understand actually correlate to a complicated thing like temperament. It could be studied though, by creating a panel of all the candidate genes and seeing which ones are more or less active in dogs with a certain temperament. I suspect though since it's likely to be a combination of genes, and then environment plays such a big part, it would be a tough one to nut out the statistics on. This. Also bearing in mind that genes are not wedded to specific chromosones but can drift - therefore in one line you may have the serotonin strength of production gene complex next door to to the melanin depth of production gene complex as per the above example, where in another line these two genes amd their modifiers are on separate chromosones or further apart on the helix because the reshuffle has, against the odds, broken the tight link. Where the first formation is more common in a particular breed, then you will get that anecdotal wisdom that says "in this breed blacks are smarter and have a higher drive than goldens or tris" but the second will also occur in a different line so you will have someone else say "No way - I have a black that is the most laid back one I have ever known." And when it turns out that laid-back blacks are quite the norm in that line, then you have a fair inkling that it is more likely to be a gene reshuffle than environment. But you need big samples over quite a few generations to come to that conclusion. It's fascinating though that if you did have those sample numbers over time, that one could look in the litter box and if there is no difference on a Volhard Test between pup A and pup B, decide to choose pup A because it is black and if the pups have bred true to genetics without recombination, choose knowing the colour is an indication of drive!

I had a discussion with a Vet in Victoria who is considered one of the leading in Australia for reproduction, and he advised me that the best place to go for TL etc is a vet in Adelaide. Not many people do it, especially on puppies so young. Meanwhile Good on you for considering this path instead of opting for early sterilisation. Especially if you have a medium-large breed, it does make a big difference (a converted sceptic!)

It isn't so much this, as each gene only encodes for one protein or RNA, but that the genes are grouped together as chromosomes and inherited as a block. Plus genes that are close together on a chromosome are less likely to get separated if a 'reshuffling' event occurs (what we call 'tightly linked') - therefore offspring are very unlikely to inherit one without the other. For example if a gene for 'black' and a gene/genes that regulates dopamine or serotonin production are right next to each other on a chromosome it would be almost impossible to inherit one without the other and colour may well be linked to temperament. Since the dog genome has been mapped we could find this out fairly easily, but I'm just not sure how well the brain biochemistry genes that we understand actually correlate to a complicated thing like temperament. It could be studied though, by creating a panel of all the candidate genes and seeing which ones are more or less active in dogs with a certain temperament. I suspect though since it's likely to be a combination of genes, and then environment plays such a big part, it would be a tough one to nut out the statistics on. Thanks very much for writing that. A REALLY terrific way of putting it. It would be a really interesting project to map out although I worry that once these types of questions were answered definitively would that spell the end of certain colours and potentially unbalance other genes causing new health/conformation/temperament issues? I have a lot of reading to do!

With horses, white hooves are softer and not as durable as dark hooves ... perhaps this is where the superstition comes from? Possibly. I know that the Chinese will not buy grey horses (or so I was told) as they believe it is bad luck. Perhaps the melanoma risk also?