Mairead

Just looked it up on Dogs Victoria website. The breeder is the first owner and chooses Main or Limited register for each pup when they register them. To change register Dogs Victoria requires written authorisation from the breeder. If you didn't say you wanted to compete in conformation shows (and you would have to become a Dogs Victoria member to do that) there would be no reason for the breeder to choose a Main Register puppy for you.

So you paid a main register price for the pup? And were clear about wanting a main register pup? Do you have a receipt which shows you paid for main register? Which activities were you hoping to do with the pup? Because you can do a lot of activities with a limited register. Someone with Victorian experience will have more answers for you.

OP - "since my husband couldn't deal with it due to his work schedule ...returned the dog". I should have asked, but it sounds to me like a socialisation and/or training schedule was suggested by the "seller" and neither of them wanted to follow it ("there was a disagreement") so husband returned the dog, then wife had second thoughts.

In your other topic I mentioned (late-last comment) exocrine pancreatic insufficiency as a possibility because Chows are mentioned as a breed with this problem and not all breeds have the typical symptom of voracious appetite. TLI test will detect it. I have since read Inflammatory Bowel disease can be a problem in Peis, with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency and Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth as possible disorders to exclude or consider when rumbly tummy and intermittent vomiting are the symptoms.

Could exocrine pancreatic insufficiency be a possibility, with atypical symptoms? TLI test should discover it. Chows are mentioned as one of the breeds affected. Not all dogs have the ravenous appetite. I knew of a rescue dog labelled a picky eater so the vet wasn't going to test for it. It was known but rare in the breed. Positive TLI. Dog's appetite improved so much it then needed a weight management diet. PS Before the diagnosis the owner said the dog looked like she was convinced the food was poisoned. Rumbly tummy and improved with low fat diets can be indications.

I didn't write that the laws are different.

If you go to the Breeds section of Dogzonline you will find breeders' ads. If you are approved for a puppy or an older dog you may have to go onto a waiting list because you want a specific colour.

So the OP might have that tendency?

Reserved or withdrawn might be more understandable terms.

Remember you are taking on a living being not a handbag. You should not be expecting to apply consumer laws that are meant for handbags or toasters.

By KC do you mean Kennel Club England? On your dog's pedigree are the colours of the dogs mentioned? It is possible, depending on the colours of the grandparents that you could get some washed -out unhealthy looking and non-standard colours from the combination of Ay and d genes. Is there a recommendation that blue should only be bred to black, as there is in the Great Dane? Colour should usually be the last thing you consider when breeding but because you mention blue, are you familiar with colour dilution alopecia? The most important thing before breeding would be to know as much as you can about not just the proposed parents but also their relatives. I put it this way: the dog you know and love is just one hand of cards in a big deck. The relatives will show you what other cards might be in the deck but when you breed you will be shuffling those cards and hoping to get only the good ones.

I chip away. "Don't run. Don't yell. Let the dog approach you if it wants to."

Never heard this before about the smell but have heard about kids yelling and running which the dog may not have been used to. Some people still think any sign of fear, which could be shyness or aggression, indicates the dog has been abused (aw, poor thing, we won't upset him by training him) rather than just unsocialised.

I would like to know more, from the vets involved. But the fact that it is called prosciutto tells you the market it is aimed at.

Most importantly has your dog been seen by a vet? It might seem obvious that it has been but who knows what medications are available over the internet these days?

What sort of epilepsy is it, how often are the seizures, at what age did they start, what breed? Have you notified the breeder? Has your dog ever had acepromazine? (Can lower seizure threshold). No personal experience but answers to these questions may help with advice from others.

I always varied the chemicals just in case. Not surprised this is happening. With parasites, bacterial and viruses it is an arms race.

Pearson's post sounds like a bot. Similar to the "your videos are so creative" bot comments.

"Purchased some puppies". Are you a dealer? A pet shop?

I've only used bones as the main teeth cleaning device. Raw beef marrow bones, cut into pieces and first given straight after a meal. Taken away when the softer honeycomb ends had been eaten and only the harder shafts remained. This cleaned most teeth except the base of the canines. For those I used a tool suggested by my (greyhound) vet - the edge of a stainless steel teaspoon to chip off the plaque. I don't know what the equivalent would be for toy dogs. Raw lamb cutlet bone?

I'm proud to be considered a failure as a consumer.

Are you a business? How much dog training experience do you have? Because to use the term "purebred dogs" when asking about equipment is quite odd, rather than writing, for example, "for my rescue [breed] that pulls on lead" or whatever. Plus your recent ecollar post mentions ANKC approved breeds too.

I remember talking to a politician who was in the crowd at the rally about Greyhound racing in Sydney. When I mentioned if [Mike Baird] wants to ban it because some people do the wrong thing he needs to ban the Catholic church too. And Parliament she said.

Need to ban clergy for the welfare of children. Ban men for the welfare of women and children.

I have heard of coat change in longhaired dogs but haven't noticed it in my shorthaired (not pug) dogs. Three weeks is a bit soon for a hormonal change. Has the diet changed?