Mairead

Already happening in "bite sport" dogs. I refuse to call it "protection" or "character work". If you breed a dog that is happy to bite to another dog that is happy to bite you get dogs that are even happier to bite, and I know of one who attacked her puppies and permanently injured one. Some kennels/businesses/enthusiasts are very military and violent in their posts, imagery and music. One overseas video summary of the "sport" had a violent and expletive riddled gangsta rap music soundtrack. I don't understand why UDX is not enough of a challenge, or why people need their dogs to fight their battles for them.

I can't keep up with all the dog attack threads. (sigh)

Aggressive dogs and criminals have been fraternising for a long time. More likely the dogs are not desexed or properly socialised because "we don't want him to be friendly" - actual quote from puppy owner who I tried to educate.

Son's dogs (hence the names) that mum is left with because son has 'moved house'? Only guessing. If you read the Wikipedia details of fatal attacks (caution: the references are usually newspapers) it often seems like there were signs beforehand - dog had attacked owner previously - or, in the case of young children and babies, left unsupervised.

Quite a few humans aren't properly bred, socialised and educated.

1000s were mentioned on the search result at vetnpetdirect but then only 100s displayed. If you scroll down it does say "presentation ... 1000s". Maybe contact them or ask a vet if they can order for you.

"Dog-related deaths registered in England and Wales 2001 to 2021" "dog-related deaths are rare and have not increased" Dog related deaths includes dog strike (knocked over by a dog?) Majority of fatalities occur in the home. [3 per year average. 1 per year from lightning strike, 3 after falling from a tree, 1548 from car accidents] The authors state that circumstances leading up to the incident were not available and so cannot lead to information about prevention. I've read in other reports that most fatalities involve dogs above a certain weight and are young children or elderly.

No reply box appears for me. I was wondering if the friend had heard puppies making noises and assumed it meant they had blocked noses so had a cold and that's why they weren't wanting to suckle. My other thought was the vet said the puppies were cold not had a cold. So easy to mishear or misinterpret messages when it is secondhand.

I had written a reply but the topic was gone when I went to post it. The OP is still in Breeders Community if you want to reply in case OP checks there. I am no longer a registered breeder.

No, we won't know because the dog has been put down. To me that is equivalent to destroying the wreckage of plane or car crashes (and talking about banning that model or colour) instead of looking for a cause.

Run this past your vet: The inflammatory bowel disease known to occur in French Bulldogs is histiocytic ulcerative colitis. Reference: The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult, 3rd edition, Tilley and Smith: Signs are bloody mucoid diarrhoea with increased frequency of defecation, tenesmus [straining], weight loss. Diagnosis is by appearance of the bowel by colonoscopy and special staining of a biopsy [PAS stain, not just standard H & E stain]. It is more commonly known in boxers.

Some years ago I looked into the requirements for a therapy dog (Delta?). I decided I wouldn't allow my dog to risk having the things done to it that they required the dog to be OK with. Has this changed? Doesn't seem so.

I heard on ABC radio that many vet students from overseas are going home to work once qualified. I wonder if there is a place for nurse practitioners in the industry? For decent wages obviously. I often try to remember a funny story to tell the vets and nurses, kind of 'can you believe that people don't know this?'. The neighbourhood children who put out a plate of fruit for the stray cats comes to mind.

Not getting medical treatment is neglect which is a crime. If you are able to give some more details about the situation, it may help people advise you what your next steps should be. Have you tried contacting Malemute clubs? Sledding clubs?

My kidney disease is caused by one dominant gene. No amount of crossbreeding would have helped, even if one of my parents was Neanderthal or Denisovan.

Many breeds are becoming rare, even endangered, due to perhaps the scarcity of good homes with backyards and people willing to put in time and effort. That many of these homes are used up with deliberate crossbreeds explains why some of us don't like to see such dogs promoted. To me it would be like conservation organisations breeding lion x tigers. What's the point? There are hundreds of breeds with different characteristics and global communities of knowledgeable people, whereas the oodle breeders have other motives. Put hybrid vigour in the same category as liver cleansing and homeopathy. If mating unrelated parents meant robust health, most humans wouldn't need doctors.

Might be a groomer rubbing their hands in glee, or a person who thinks marketing and monetizing are above-board and worthwhile pursuits, or a wannabe trainer, because ... same person who wrote treadmilling was suitable exercise for MegNZ's baby puppy Sophi.

You might want to have a read of your local council's website about companion animals so you are armed with some facts if ever challenged by a less than well informed council officer, neighbour or member of the public. I'm hoping here that your council is up with the current laws. If not maybe that will work in your favour in some things. (Destroy this sentence after reading!) I have had a vet nurse more au fait with the regulations and IT than the customer service officers at the council office so online may be your better option.

Me too. Just look at the colours in mass bred French Bulldogs now - lavender, Merle (also 'fluffy'). Going to be some deaf and blind ones soon if not already. I can see why there were guidelines for breeding Great Dane colours and I'm glad mantles, for example, can now be shown but there are also some colours out there (eg fawnequin) that I hope are not promoted as rare and so bred only for colour. But I also can't see why the occasional silver and tan Weimaraner is less of a Weimaraner. I told a work colleague interested in a Labrador puppy to steer clear of chocolates because they were fashionable. They did. And me? I ended up with a breed that is only ever one colour.

Another vote for separating dogs and birds, maybe for the foreseeable future. A dog that seems to have had no training and doesn't respond to his name (maybe that isn't his name - do you know any of his history?) may have had to amuse himself for eight years. The prey game would have come naturally to him and he's possibly had eight years practice. Don't expect this addiction will be easy to extinguish. With training, structure, exercise and a dog friend he may start to forget his previous hobby but don't count on it.

Gumtree has sheepadoodles. $4500 I would have thought OES endangered enough without wasting what might have been a good home. Could turn out to be the coat from hell.

DNA tests are only as good as the database they have. For dogs and for humans. A friend who is adopted had some Basque ancestry until the results were updated later and that part of his ancestry had disappeared. Another friend with Aboriginal ancestry was either asked to give another sample or part of the result was "unknown". (She has told both versions!) And the companies would have many more samples for humans than dogs. Wait and see what sort of dog she believes herself to be.

You looking at weights reminded me of the story of a man waiting patiently in a rescue organisation's waiting room with a large well behaved black and white dog. The staff member had all day taken in unwanted dogs. "Reason for surrender?" she asked. "What? No!" the man replied. "We all love him, but we thought you might want to see what a fox terrier cross looks like when it grows up". Yes he had got the dog from them.

If you are up for more reading you might want to have a look at the thread a bit below this one "I've purchase[d] a deaf puppy, what now?". The OP is thinking of getting another dog of the same sex and that can be a problem. Just preparing you.

Luvapoo, have a look at the Gumtree ads, the rescue and pound sites, and the deaf and blind dog rescue pages (people breeding all white or Merle to Merle) and see if everyone should be able to breed. They are living beings not designer handbags.