WreckitWhippet

A word of advice for you. Do not have him off leash unless it's a designated leash free area, no matter what the time of day and who you think is around.

She can take pics if she wants to and there's not much you can do about it. If she consistently followed you around, went to your home etc, then it's a different ball game but out in public you are fair game. Given that you take the same regular walks, you could find yourself answering to a ranger if she does decide to complain. Being chipped as a cross breed is no protection from BSL, hopfeully the rangers in your area have better things to do

I use Oxy when required but it's not mandatory for a healthy, natural whelping. Where in the rule book does it day that a bitch must pop them out one after the other and that she can't take a break between pups ? I've had a liter of 7 born, gave the bitch a couple of hours and then cleaned up and packed up, came back after a quick nap and there was another one. It's harldy anything to worry about, she was just giving her body a rest before puching out the last one ETA: No oxy and no vet check required with my current litter. The bitch did it all on her own and placenta's were all accounted for. There was no medical need to give her oxy or to have a stressed by a vet check. Her gum colour, hydration levels and temperature were carefully monitored.

I have to agree that I am not a bb supporter. I recently had a AB stay with me for a few days, she was built a lot like a bb and it was 27 and she was stressed. I kept thinking she was going to die. She just laid on the cold tiles all day. Breeding a dog like that, with those health problems... definitely not my idea of positive evolution of dog breeding. I'm not a huge fan of the brachy dogs though. An AB. Do you mean and Australasian Bandogge? They are a crossbreed. Nothing to do with a British Bulldog in my opinion. And nothing to do with positive evolution of dog breeding. She was built very much like the bbs I see today. I don't agree with the bbs conformation. So what if she was built very much like the Bulldogs you see today! She was a CROSSBREED. I feel for you, I really do. It doesn't matter what the British Bulldog folk do, or how well they do it, they are going to be tarred with the same brush. If McGreevy has his way, the medical history of that dog would be lumped in with your pedigree dogs and will be used to drive the final nail in the coffin.

ohh yes what a super idea that is and then those of us who genuinely fly our Staffords around the country will be banned from doing so. Vote with your feet and fly with someone else, but don't drag my breed into it

I used Duncan McGinness for the entire time I lived there, when I first started going to him, he'd not long been in practice. He's a great guy with an awesome bed side manner, I can't fault his service. He used to look after my French Bulldogs

Sounds fine to me, mine is currently ravenous for raw, she's eating some dry but at the moment is prefering chicken necks, beef mince, chicken hearts and livers and carcass. I wouldn't mess with what the bitches want.

Show coats are maintained to the nth degree to keep them at their best, if you put the same dog in the field it wouldn't have that same huge glamorous coat. Yep, no sleeping on hessian beds, coats are often wrapped to protect them, washed and dried on a regular basis, groomed thoroughly to avoid tangles, in some cases no rough play. There's a hell of a lot that goes into keeping a dog or bitch in coat and it doesn't take much for it to be gone, a few days of racing around and getting it caught in bushes and not groomed out properly will quickly see it disappear.

I think this is just it-- I don't want to roll the dice and take a chance when there are children and potentially, another dog, involved as well. Wait for your pup, give that one 12 or so months to grow and mature and see how you go. You might decide one is enough or you might want to add a second to the family.

If you like the Collie Rough or the Smooth, then purchase a pup from a registered breeder who knows their lines, knows their dogs and can match a pup to your family. If you want to roll the dice, then get a rescue

I can't say they do much for me but then all I've come across are half feral dogs that are poorly handled and are allowed to lunge and bark at everything that goes past.

Of course you can show under that person. There's nothing in the rules that says you can't.

More animal rights bull crap ... There's no point in bothering to defends ones self, choice of breed and choice to show. It always ends in the same poxy working v show debate.

I would be livid if they were mine

I have completed this survey but have basically suggested that they scrap it and start again as the images provided are not of sufficient quality to enable you to assess the dog in question. Many were blurry, taken on the wrong angle the dogs were laying down etc. I have suggested they start again with a head shot both front on and profile, a front on body shot and also a side body profile. I labelled one a possible APBT cross but reserved judgement based on the image provided.

I'd be getting a letter sent from the breeders solicitor, demanding that the animals be returned to her.

I couldn't watch it to the end, it frightened me that much

Whilst that may have been the case and you have successfully raised him, it is still best to avoid the shy and scared pups.

When Mum changes the cat food from Royal Canin Kitten to Advance Hairball and you don't like that one :laugh: Sessy thinks that's a disaster

I had to duck away and didn't get to finish writing. You might also like to ask them what they know about the grand parents and great grand parents . SBT's can in some lines be prone to demodex and allergy, I would not be buying from anyone who does not know about the ancestors. Do some reading on SBT's and eye conditions and ask the "breeder" what they know about them. Chances are the back yard breeder will know nothing and tell you the parents have no problems. Soemthing else to think about is the breed standard. It might not mean much to you and you may think it's just for "show dogs" but you should be looking for a dog that is bred to the standard. Poorly bred dogs and dogs with poor conformation can have patella, hip, back , elbow and shoulder issues and it's the last thing you need in a breed that is so robust and active. My final words are a " vet check" will not suffice, it's simply a once over before vaccinations are given and is unlikely to give you any indication of the aforementioned problems.

Ask them have the parents been tested for L2-HGA and HC and ask to see the results. If they cannot produce the papers certifying that they are clear or the status of one is clear and the other carrier, then my advice is to walk away now. There's one thing for sure, you could be buying any old cross. You've come to a forum that promotes ANKC pedigree dogs and there's no way I'm going to tell you to buy one from a back yard breeder

What a bloody joke, they allow the transport of cattle and sheep all over the world, they are trucked around this country in the heat with no water and sent to slaughter houses where they are driven with prodders and the RSPCA is worried about working dogs giving a nip. No one likes a working dog that is hard on the stock, it makes the stock fearful and hard to move around. Be buggered if I want to get into the yard with the sheep and cattle and do the job of the dogs. If a nip here and there is required, so be it. Yet more dribble from the RSPCA and people continue to support them.

Because they are dogs, that's why. Apparently it's OK to poison our pets in the name of "prevention", because at the end of the day they are dogs not humans Would you worm youself every month ? Would you put 12 months worth of a chemical into your body in one hit ? Would you use headlice shampoo every week just incase ? Would you vaccinate yourself every year for Polia, Hep B, Chicken Pox etc?

I totally agree. I won't leave it to chance and not do anything about it. I deworm my dog once every month too. I don't know what it is with people why they don't want to deworm their dogs but I think it's a really important thing they are missing out on doing. How so ? if a dog doesn't have a worm burden, then what's the point in worming it. The fact is placing checmials that are not required in a dogs system, does more harm than good. The amount of chemcial that some people pump onto and in their dogs, just incase is frightening.

Yep, sounds perfectly fine to me. I only do two puppy vaccs, however I do them at 8 plus weeks, then 12 plus weeks and a booster 12 months after the last and rarely vaccinate again