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I will let you know when I have a litter from the Domani Della Perla Maremmana semen I have. Should be later in the year and the pups will carry much of the same lines as this lovely young dog of Manuel's..... Cheers Linda

It has come to pass after a great deal of looking and talking to people in charge of formulating the rules, that it was indeed a big missunderstanding based on missinformation. The emergancy requirement had nothing at all to do with after sales service at all. THANK YOU ALL for your thoughts

No Rebane there wasn't. That came from elsewhere I think.

aside from all the mistakes in the spelling It was pointed out to me that the law in Vic is telling breeders that they must offer an emergancy guarantee and I am at a loss as to what could possibly be the actual requierment? Paste**** Proprietor responsibilities Proprietors, or owners, of domestic animal businesses must provide for the well being of all the animals kept at their business. They are responsible for supervision of staff, collation of records, the supervision of appropriate feeding and watering programs, maintaining a high level of hygiene at their premises and ensuring that veterinary care is available for the animals kept at their premises. Proprietors of domestic animal businesses can only offer animals for sale that have been through an appropriate vaccination program prior to sale and must, at the point of sale or giving away, ensure the animal is implanted with a microchip (in the case of animal shelters and Council pounds, dogs and cats must also be desexed prior to sale). The proprietor of a domestic animal business must notify the Council in which the animal is to be kept of the name, address and microchip number of the animal sold from or given away from their premises. In the case of pound/shelters, pet shops and breeding establishments, proprietors must provide literature to a person who purchases animals from them; this literature must include information on responsible pet ownership, appropriate housing and feeding. The proprietor must also provide a guarantee to the purchaser stating that if the animal is unacceptable for any reason that the animal can be returned within three days for a 75% refund of the purchase price or an offer of an animal of equal value with the same guarantee. Also within seven days, the proprietor must provide a similar guarantee on health grounds if supported by documentation from a veterinarian that the animal is sick after purchase. If the animal dies or is euthanased due to a disease traceable to point of sale, the proprietor must refund the full purchase price or offer a replacement animal with the same guarantee. End Quote **** I have found this on the DEPI site but it does not seem unreasonable

Like it say's, I am really interested in what sort of emergancy garenttees' are offered by breeders here. Cheers Linda

I have used Animial Travel to send pups to the USA and Hawaii. They have also brought a couple of adult dogs to Australia for me from Italy. I would recomend them in a heartbeat.

I live in a block of Public Housing units, fortunately we are allowed to have dogs/cats. Once it wasn't allowed, but they have realised that older people need pets for their well being. Unfortunately, private rentals are getting more & more anti dogs. when i was a landlord i was NEVER anti dog (or any animial) but i learnt to be VERY anti children. (yes i have my flame suit on). the tenants with pets were wonderful. the tenant with the teenagres was a true EXPENCIVE nightmare of an experiance.

I was happy to help and am pleased that you are all safe and sonud.

Wow so many breeds I've never even considered! What are they like to live with? I guess they drool quite a bit? Big thing with the long breeds is I'd be worried about them hurting their backs somehow, does it happen often? I think you should look at a Borzoi, FANTASTIC dogs !!!!

My biggest concern was the fact that the heater may get wet or the cord chewed. I have a water proof matttress cover and 2 super dooper mattress covers that are 100% water proof and also really comfortable as they are made for people. The heater goes under the mattress and it works well as only one side is heated and the thermostat keeps things at a reasonable temp. I love that heater and I am sure that they can still be bought as it is still possible to get water beds. They may not be the cheapest option but I have 2 heaters so I use them.

My girls have a double bed that they whelp on and I put a water bed heater under it to keep the temps warm in winter as well as keeping the area insulated with towels or blankets. I get a small 3 bar heater to keep my toes warm :))

No prog testing was done and they were seperated (the third girl as they live here together) for ease of managment only. The first bitch was not ready so he *lived* with her for 3 days. Day 3 we were going home and as luck would have it she allowed him to join her while she was being put back in the kennels as we had to go home. It is possible that they had a joining over night but I don't think so some how.

Interesting question this. I have a young dog here that could be thought of as our stud dog. He has been bred with 3 bitches and sired 3 litters of 8, 10 and 10. He managed all by himself with all 3 girls and the first and last were *paddock served*. The second girl was kept on lead but no one helped the dog. The first and second girls had 1 tie and the third had 2 ties (cos I felt sorry for them).

BEAUTIFUL just BEAUTIFUL.

:cheer: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: CONGRATULATIONS Espinay and Grace !!!!!