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Obviously to avoid vomiting and choking in case of trauma. Your breeder should be able to assess whether the pup is a traveller or not. I sent a pup to Hawaii out of our last litter and he became nauseous just travelling to the Vet for his pre-ops. Heraldus needed Cerenia for travel nausea. The breeders Vet could assist with travel sickness if necessary. Nevertheless, we handed him over to Jetpets and he arrived in excellent condition. I had puppies shipped to me with frozen bottles because the freight lines don't like to deal with mess. However, my last pup was held over at Mascot for six hours (two flights) because passenger luggage gets priority, but he was watered off-plane. There are differing opinions. http://puppy.lifetips.com/cat/65996/how-pu...pped/index.html Why are you organising the freight? What is the breeder doing? I always organise freight and include it in the cost of the pup (domestic shipping only)

Sounds like you are thinking of something like a Vet surgery design. Many Vets are refurbished houses/homes So you just allocate rooms around the operational areas of a surgery. Existing surgeries should give you some ideas. I have often thought have having an area where the dogs can see me while I'm inside. That way they can feel like they're inside when they're really outside. Great question

Well I used to allow four hours until the pet sitter came when my dog was 2 months old and no reports of soiling were made, or any observed.

Six weeks old is a whole different dynamic. The formula for pups toileting is: Every (age of dog in months x 2) hours. You need to restore the conditions of being nursed. Perhaps you could have convinced the person to keep the dogs together a little longer, or return the pup for a few weeks. My pups don't leave until 10 weeks, and they know their place with other dogs when they do.

Dog needs access to outdoors for toilet training. I think you need a temporary fence, or fenced area.

I call my dogs "bickie" when they don't respond.

Well hello indigirl. Fights are always a serious matter. So is growling or snapping, in dogs that pen together. I have a bitch like Karma, a real 'pussycat'. She loves to meet and greet people and other dogs. But don't be deceived; this kennel is matriarchal. So too, it appears, is yours. The dogs should be separated at the first opportunity when a bitch comes into season. Exclude the bitch and separate the dogs. Chilli has a case of the "green eyed monster" as dogbesotted calls it. Your response to tension between the dogs is inadequate. You must calm and reassure every instance of 'snapping' or 'growling' as unacceptable and unnecessary. Your nearest behaviourist, Dr Holmes, is in Adelaide and was $200ph in 2006. You have to be very careful of not creating the perception of favouritism. My dogs will 'tiff' over who is the closest. Lastly, I can't believe the number of references to 'alpha'. This theory has long been debunked and should not become the lens through which you diagnose and analyse your dogs' behaviour. If your yard is large enough they will find their space. Fights can escalate whether dogs or bitches. What you have is a management problem not a case or irredeemable aggression. With my dogs, I've had to learn the antecedents to 'jealousy', 'possession', 'mates', 'inside/outside' even returning home and accommodate the position of the dogs and their access to whatever they've become 'fixed' on. Lastly, as you add dogs to your kennel the problems do not increase as a multiple of the number of dogs. Four dogs does not create four times as many problems. It is an exponential increase. Good Luck ETA the matriarch is on the right, being 'foo'

OK that's different. I will more than likely bring imports into the country when I retire, so put me down for a 10 year wait. ;) Yes. I am serious

My dog blew out to 50kg at 12 months and that was with controlled meals. He would eat a 15kg bag if he got to, otherwise he'd stand guard over it. He's always been a possessive eater. My female is the opposite. At first she would only eat every third day. Now, she sits with her food like its accruing interest. If I didn't have the other dogs, she'd only eat every other day. That's a demand (free) feeder. The puppies on the other hand, (now 4yo and 5yo) can't afford not to eat because they'd lose it if they didn't. Either dad or the other pup will take it from them. So it depends on your dog. I could "free" feed my senior bitch, but because she has chicken twice a day, it's just not hygienic.

Not a silly question at all. If the judge had some backbone, then I don't see a problem. The trouble is some people would not be able to accept that the judge's dog is best, if it got up. That's the issue. People have no faith. Now, following a judge around who 'loves' your dog is a different matter. I haven't done it, but I was tempted. I have met the same judge before though. It's slim pickings at some shows. ;)

Well I chose the breeder, rather than a puppy. You can't tell what someone is like through a website. Telephone is good though. If we have a breed club could someone let me know please? So, that question is also superfluous. Why would someone need to keep a puppy longer that three months? I think that's a no, a yes and a WTF from me.

I don't want to be judgemental so I won't. Rules require a set of testicles or ovaries, in the dog or bitch. There is no allowance for a 'spirit of the law ' re-reading of this rule. I cop the rules and the corruption of the rules. You have to choose which side to stand on.

Me too. two .... two ... two ... testing. Is this thing on??? G clef as in Gothic rock Like a bat out of hell.

I like the third photo. Good colour in the mid-ground. However, I'm red-green colour blind but I think Van Gogh would like it too I want that house, it makes me more determined to add to our new home deposit. Bats!!! Don't they make guano? Now that would be really interesting. Too many snakes and spiders for me. You weally are bwave.

Great idea The easier the better. Wish I could make a dog dip, like a sheep dip :D Think I could get a couple of old bath tubs and a ramp. I could make a production line. Rinse in first tub. Suds on ramp. Rinse in second tub. Brilliant

Gorgeous photo. There will be differing opinions I believe in listening to the dog as much as possible. Establishing the dogs routine is important, but not as important as bonding with the dog and that involves trust and confidence. I'm not big on cold crating, and other separation anxiety methods like that; laundry's included. Dogs are intelligent and there is plenty of time, when the time comes, to ask your "older" dog to remain outside when you say. I kept my first girl with me so much she started making her own space. Inside dog? Not a problem. For now, enjoy your puppy.

Which is why dog owners should ensure their dogs are safely behind fences and at home! Absolutely. But its not a perfect world. Animals wander! And it would be wise to consider all possible contingencies when taking on the responsibility of an animal. The day I saw my neighbours cattle out in front of the house, might have got them shot, (have you any idea what cattle can do to a house?), but didn't. My point, in response to the 'accusation' that any dog on property is harassing livestock, was not heard. And is a gross generalisation. More discernment is needed.

Maybe if you read the post I was responding to, and understood the context of "breed edification" in which it was made, then you wouldn't respond with such political foot in the mouth, don't vote for me, absurdity. My neighbours were happy to let the dogs run through the creeks and gullies. In fact, they kept other dogs out of their paddocks. How stupid, ignorant and arrogant is the attitude of asking other people to take on your own responsibilities. Dogs wander, as this thread attests. Clearly, more needed to be done to protect the chooks. You cannot legislate against the nature of an animal any more than you can legislate for saintliness. ETA A fellow walked up to a farm house one day and told the land owners that he had seen a dog in with their sheep and promptly dispatched of it for them. The dog was a Maremma.

Unlike other dogs, the Maremma is a guardian breed. Unlike other guardian breeds, the Maremma "tasks" as a last resort. Unlike a Maremma that is not raised properly, they are simply not interested in chasing down other animals. I am excusing here the puppies that were overly playful with the penguins they were ignorantly placed to guard in Victoria. The best, and classically accepted, description of the "the Maremma is 'aloof' -- disinterested but not inattentive. To witness a Maremma's responses, on property in comparison to off property, is truly something to behold. In three years, with adult and puppy dogs, they have had the run of five acres and the adjacent surrounds without incident. However, I digress. Purely, by chance, while out riding my bike, I found a fence that was an absolute masterpiece. There were two paddocks for goats, one 150 x 25 metres and the other much larger. The tension posts and stays were without exaggeration, Beautiful. The square fence wire, parallel and perpendicular at all points. A single strand of barbed wire ran 1200mm above the ground all the way around both paddocks. I was shocked and stunned at the work that had gone into such a magnificent fence. This is a dog fence. My point is: if you are serious about protecting your livestock, then a half hearted, I'll just shoot the dog if it gets into my yard, is contemptuous of both the livestock and the dog or any other animal. I am not sure, that in the current environmental climate, we can afford that luxury any more. So what about the 'chooks'? The idiot should have shut the gate. Lesson: don't let this person look after your chooks. ETA I will get some pictures of the goat fence. It is something which should be shared.

shoot the dogs! Maybe you should check the gun barrel with your eye to see if there are any bullets left. Pulling the trigger, is usually a good indicator. I've been on property for three years and the puppies have absconded at times. Any neighbour who shoots another persons dog, particularly if they are known to be another neighbours pet, might as well move interstate. We don't want them here. Capital punishment for dogs. What about all the cats???? I am just telling you what the "go" is....if I had caught the dogs mauling one of my sheep I could not shoot it as I dont havea licence, but lots of farmers do and they do shoot dogs chasing/mauling their sheep. I know of a Pug breeder in Lal Lal and their 2 or 3 pups got shot by their neighbor...common sense isnt very common...Pug puppies arent about to maul anyones sheep or chooks. Why should my sheeps life be of less value to a dog? Or the OPs chooks? Exactly my point Shazzapug Guns will never solve anything There are other solutions

You would have to be very unlucky to have a choking event or a splinter bone severing the oesophagus. Dog's stomach acid is many times stronger than ours, and usually the bone is expelled partly digested. The problem with cooked bones is the build up of calcium, at least that's one of the myths. My dogs have eaten the odd chicken bone many times without incident. Of course, that doesn't mean that they feast on them or that they aren't watched. You might want to let the person know that you are concerned about your dogs that pick up the bones that are thrown onto the reserve.

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shoot the dogs! Maybe you should check the gun barrel with your eye to see if there are any bullets left. Pulling the trigger, is usually a good indicator. I've been on property for three years and the puppies have absconded at times. Any neighbour who shoots another persons dog, particularly if they are known to be another neighbours pet, might as well move interstate. We don't want them here. Capital punishment for dogs. What about all the cats????

A horrendous and very unfortunate turn of events. My dogs dealt with a wayward rooster once but you can be sure the rooster was aggressive. As I understand the situation with fences is that: It is an offense to allow your animals to wander onto some else's property. So, you are not required by law to have a fence, but you are required to keep your animals off other people's property. However, by leaving the gate open, and the care and welfare of the chickens being the responsibility of those leaving through the gate, there is some contributory action involved. Of course the dogs are remiss as well, but the open gate will lessen the onus of responsibility on the owner/s on the dogs.

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