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I chipped a litter of labradors with the colour collar system, next morning only two of 16 pups still had their collars on. another lady had black poodles. she had it down pretty pat i thought for someone without a scanner. she clipped the furtherst left toenail on the left front paw for the first pup and nail polished that nail white. second toenail for the next pup, third toenail for the third pup n fouth for the fourth pup. then began on the right front paw for the fifth pup n so on. she had eight pups and they were all like peas in a pod. she checked the nail polish daily and said she had no problems doing it that way. me, SCANNER. far more easy and accurate in any circumstances. well unless the battery goes flat

same thing happend to a lady in penrith i know's cat. came home all claws missing. she now has a totally cat proof run built on the side of her house to keep them safe

If "we" refers to breeders, we already do. I know the major diseases my breeds are liable to acquire, and how (when known). I have personally to research into some of these, as opposed to the mandatory donation which my CC takes from puppy registrations. I also have a litte black book with noted hereditary problems in lines in my breeds, which I add to when necessary. I think all responsible breeders do the same thing. What bothers me is the spin off coming from this. Very similar to what happened prior to BSL and anti docking laws (as well as some other draconian laws overseas). It also bothers me that the report couldn't get the name of the breed right - or maybe they did mean King Charles Spaniels, which despite having a domed head, also suffer from SM I don't think most breeders will want to be told by "someone" that that cannot use this line, it is too close, or they cannot use that dog, or that the pups must be microchipped at birth, or the bitch checked by the vet every time pre mating, or checked post whelping (which is already law in Vic). Bet Hargreaves - absolutely no idea. it is interesting, the dog world, well pedigree anyway looks like ending up breeding by committee. wonder how long before they expect to do the same to the throughbred breeding industry? NOW that might get interesting. dont know if your aware of it but thers a stallion line noted for its descendants breaking legs, it was commented ruffian was bred to die, apparently she is of the line, they tend to have a short use by date. the wise get them to a few black type races then retire em to stud before they "break down" well if they are lucky. the idea of course being make the money standing the survivors at stud to produce the next fragile generation, they are fast and thats the bottom line or dairy and beef breeders, or sheep? anyone any idea the priority list n who has it?

not suprising, she would have to be one of the prettiest aussie shepherds ive ever seen n now your in no doubt shes a smart as she looks

Stuff of memories, aint it. searching for snuffy for 2 frantic hours. were was she after all? sound asleep inside the curled end of the towel in the bathroom thats where. (was hung over the rail lopsided so there was a nice curl when it reached the floor. perfect puppy palace apparently. ) snuff was 8 weeks at the time, chihuahua so she fitted the curled bit perfectly.

ultra bad news is it also is windbourne as well. remember my vet saying, when its a westerly from mt druit (one of the biggest populations of unvaccinated dogs in the metro area) he can have em piling in with 9 or more in a day.

She does indeed have a white tipped tail. I was supposed to type it in when I wrote about her tail but accidently skipped it, lol! Wow that sounds both amazing and bizarre! I haven't noticed her do anything resembling that yet (but that said she's not living with me yet and I haven't gotten to spend a lot of time with her yet as shes still at my aunts). HOPEFULLY, ill be going over there tonight and I'll try and take some more (better) photos sorry but ACD also have white tipped tails, some of even pure white to the butt even if its a no no. you should see my phil. hes an australian champion and was warned many judges will comment he has too much white in his tail n hes blue! so no chance of him being mistaken for a dingo

nup she looks a pretty typical cattle x kelpie, theres tons of em round mendooran way your also describing pretty typical abused kelpie behavour too. ive had neighbours with known dingo x's and she doesnt look like them.

my poor attempt at humour sandgrubber. its getting to the stage this is becoming a big brother country. i remember how supposedly horrified at how "oppressed" those in russia were, no freedom of speech etc. beginning to look like our government has decided its not such a bad idea after all\ that poor farmer that went on the hunger strike IS RIGHT. only he had to starve himself for how long before anyone even the press noticed and finally the headlines at least embarrassed rudd a bit. he is telling the truth, things are turning scary we are no longer a democratic society

Inbreeding depression is reduced viability (eg, low litter sizes or low survival rates offfspring) arising from inbreeding. Zookeepers worry about it a lot when they select mates for rare animals. Whether or not it occurs in pedigree dogs has been a subject of discussion on DOL. Note, the report also mentions the opposite effect. To quote: "When animal breeders wish to produce pure genetic lines, as they sometimes do, for example in laboratory animals, they will mate brother with sister generation after generation. Most lines die out due to the exposure of deleterious recessives that are normally hidden. However, any healthy lines that survive are likely to have lost many of the deleterious recessive genes they started with, a process known as genetic purging." hush your mouth, surely nothing good can come of shock horror, inbreeding

I don't get it....they are BEAGLES!! Whats wrong with the drive to scent - they are SCENThounds...am I missing something?? Why would anyone want to change a Beagle??? Apparently their drive to scent is what stops them being the "perfect family pet" ... but that is getting off topic ;) suppose guilty of streatching the off topic bit. met a guy at the vets today with a beagle x cavalier, beautiful dog i have to say. altough he looked like a straight beagle to me, he said he is a wonderful boy because although he has the look of the beagle he has none of the disobediance and scenting drive instead he has the cavaliers eager to please and train attitude. the perfect family dog. he said he was the pup featured on kerry ann's program when it was touting this cross as the perfect solution

from my questions anyway over 80 percent of the dogs you describe when you ask the owner is it a registered purebred the answer will be no. most of the unregistered ones bred the majority of the people who breed them seem to select for savage and think its a plus. they cant seem to get their head around a good cattle dog is NOT SAVAGE, its suposed to be suspicious. theres a big difference. its only supposed to go into protection mode if you are threatened. my family had cattledogs before i was born, many were security dogs, dad also had german shepherds he used to advertise for savage dogs and i mean they would arrive cross chained on the back of a truck wanting to eat anyone within reach. no alarms n such in the 40's he discovered the cattles would settle pretty quickly and in the end have the run of the place once they knew who "family" was. the most amazing thing was it didnt take long for them to adjust and anyone could come and go long as they never picked up anything. dad and his brothers would load whatever someone bought and all would be fine. if they tried to load something into their vehicle the dogs would have em, n that even applied to the vet when he came to vaccinate them. dad offered to carry his bag. n he declined, n dad explained if he didnt carry it to the vets car the dogs wouldnt let him get to the car. he snatched the bag off dad n said no dog has ever bitten me. about then blue took out the seat of his pants. he even had the hide to sue dad for a new suit? by comparison the german shepherds were always chained by day and only released by night and locked up where they couldnt eat the cusomers when they began arriving. some even dad couldnt touch after having them for years. i remember one in particular the only way he could get into the shed was drop a log on the run wire so the dog couldnt eat him while he was unlocking the door. it got a bit risky at times when he lunged enough to dislodge the log huge difference to today, probably be sued for cruelty now for that dog. dont remember him ever being off the chain, when the vet came they would hook the collar and with it and the chain he would be put into a sort of crush for any needles or check. but then i suppose today he wouldnt have been kept alive either. goodness knows where dad bought him from he was an adult when he arrived

ok dont know much about shar pei but met a lady with about 5 of them and ok the puppies looked like they were 10 times too small for their skin but the adults had no face wrinkes and not much body wrinkles either, they were regd purebreds n boy were they guard dogs. wouldnt have entered her house if u paid me. they wanted me for lunch. n yep they looked like they could n would take a pitty on when i commented about it she said they grow into their skin but its a very loose skin so they can literally move around inside it that they were bred originally for fighting. can a pitty turn round inside its own skin?

maybe he needs to be asked for proof that his x breds are equally free of genetic faults, we all know he cant. be interesting to see how he tries to wriggle out of that one a bit of footage of that poor little x bred with robert zammit with all his health issues needs to be aired more often and a lot more as well this stuff needs to be got out there and hey i know where, tvs is always asking for contributions from public groups. ill ask round here for anyone with a doggy x bred disaster we can film and everyone else ditto we could have a loverly doco for tvs consumption

Wow. You are really breeding to the extreme of the standard!!! I have always felt at 6feet 3" I am on the cusp of what society regards as normal and that my brother at 6feet8" inches is circus material. You have out done us completely. We had thousands of tests done and his hands and fingers actually look small for his size - He's just a big boy - perfectly healthy. Never had a taste of alcohol and never had a cigarette or drugs either in his life. He was pretty thin around mid teens but well covered before that and now he's about right and 2 pick handles wide. He's good to go shopping with because you dont loose him - he can see over all the shelves and you can spot him a mile away. I have a stepson thats 2 pick handles wide, ok not that extreme in height, but at 6 ' 3'', its easy to spot him and as for handy to have around when my ex lobs into view, n decided to come at me like he used too before i escaped, then realised the intendend punching bag wasnt alone, PRICELESS.

Wow. You are really breeding to the extreme of the standard!!! I have always felt at 6feet 3" I am on the cusp of what society regards as normal and that my brother at 6feet8" inches is circus material. You have out done us completely. naughty steve, you realise you may be labled as being an extreme breeder? n not adhering to the breed standard!

The right to breed The state that has no business in the bedrooms of the nation seeks to insert itself into the fallopian tubes of its poodles Catherine McMillan, National Post Published: Thursday, December 17, 2009 Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=...3#ixzz0byhDPcMu The National Post is now on Facebook. Join our fan community today. I still recall my first visit to the Small Animal Clinic at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon. As the young resident took down my puppy's health history, she advised that if I spayed my little dog before her first heat cycle, the risk of mammary cancer could be eliminated. "Good to know," I replied. "But how will that affect her future as my foundation bitch?" Some 25-plus years later, "Peras" has hundreds of champion descendants across six continents, while I am quite likely the first and only commercial artist to co-author a peer-reviewed paper for the American Journal of Veterinary Ophthalmology. That young resident's words were a warning, though I didn't know it at the time. Veterinary medicine, once an equal partner with breeders, sporstmen, and food producers, is being transformed by an activist viewpoint that reduces owners to "guardians" and elevates health providers to the self-appointed role of animal "advocate." "Spay and neuter" has achieved cult mantra. Dog breeders are held in suspicion: The only good dog is the "natural" one. Defects are blamed on breed standards, despite the fact that the majority of purebreds are produced by family pets and commercial breeders, their puppies as far removed from the show ring as a second-hand pickup from the Formula One track. This attitude is reflected by provincial boards that recently have moved to impose bans on ear cropping and tail docking. Though long the subject of some controversy, these procedures serve both aesthetic and practical ends, injury prevention and hygiene among them. This current turf war over puppy tails is just a preview of coming attractions. The state that has no business in the bedrooms of the nation seeks to insert itself into the fallopian tubes of its poodles. A Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) director recently recounted the hostile atmosphere at a recent meeting with the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA): "These vets are not only speaking of cropping and docking. Several, led by New Brunswick, are openly critical of the CKC's breed standards, feel that breeders are poorly educated with respect to health, genetics and breeding practices to support an animal's welfare and are censorious of breeders -- in particular those breeders who breed conformation dogs for show. They are criticizing our standards for individual breeds and are of the opinion that we are not supporting the puppy purchasers with healthy dogs." To achieve this, they hint at legislation. After all, who better to condemn the docking of a puppy's tail than the person who will, in a few weeks time, slice open her abdomen to remove a healthy uterus? Who better to seek criminalization of ear cropping than a profession that declaws kittens for profit? For as often as they're consulted by media and policy makers on matters canine, a veterinarian receives no training in basic breed identification, much less the diverse origins and forces that shape gene pools. It's unreasonable to expect them to -- it takes a lifetime of study to master a single breed, much less hundreds. Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=...3#ixzz0byh8e9Qi The National Post is now on Facebook. Join our fan community today. The film Best in Show presented the dog-show circuit as a caravan of loopy narcissists. Omitted from the script were the contributions of the fancy to everyday canine society -- rescue efforts, training classes, consumer advice, the millions raised, the efforts donated to health research. There is no profit in showing dogs, for costs quickly negate the returns. It's an esoteric pursuit, driven by love of breed, competitive reward, and that appreciation of form and symmetry shared by all artists, a thing we know as "beauty." The Doberman's "look of eagles," the merle collie's loud and luxurious coat, the silhouette of the Skipperke -- those things that fill the eye can determine the fate of breeds, for it is their beauty that so often attracts and inspires human beings to devote resources to their perpetuation. The distance between a breed and extinction is five years, for this is the average reproductive lifespan of a female. For rare breeds and those with limited genetic diversity, it takes only one ill-conceived edict on the part of policy makers to start it down the road to collapse. It seems like a small thing, this battle for a veterinarian's liberty to practice as he sees fit, a dog breeder's quest for perfection. After all, no one needs to crop ears on a Boxer. But then again, no one needs a Boxer at all, or any sort of pet. Purebreds (of all species) carry health risks derived from their genetic founding fathers. Breeds weren't created to compile longevity records, but to perform tasks for mankind -- to dispatch vermin, predators, and enemy barbarians, locate game, retrieve over water, to pull sleds, or warm a dowager's bed on a cold winter night. And so, they remain imperfect. The Borzoi is living history of czarist Russia, the giant Mastiff a modern echo of ancient Rome -- but they suffer high rates of bloat. Poster artists recruited the English bulldog as a symbol of resolve in World War II, but the massive head that encouraged a nation results in caesarian sections. The Dalmatian's spots are beloved of Disney and children everywhere, but the genetics that create them can result in deafness. The merry spaniel can wag an undocked tail to bloody pulp, but no one hunts woodcock in these parts. Better no cocker, they say, than no tail. Like so many other small things in this brave new humane world -- history, property rights, individual liberty, and the beholder's permission to declare something "beautiful" -- the eradication of the purebred dog is underway, aided and abetted by those we once considered friends. And yet, to this breeder at least, so seldom has one small thing carried with it such symbolism for what it is we are allowing them to destroy. There is an air of nihilism in what they do. Like "green" zealots who insist millions will die from climate change unless we reduce the earth's population by billions, their ideological sisters in veterinary activism would solve the problems of purebred dogs by eliminating them altogether. They seem oddly disconnected from the reality that for veterinary medicine to survive, the patient must reproduce. - Catherine McMillan lives in Saskatchewan and runs the blog "Small Dead Animals." In 2009, Miniature Schnauzers descending from her "Minuteman" kennel line include those ranked #1 in the breed in the USA, Canada, Brazil and England, along with the #2 MS in Australia and the Jr. World Winner at the World Show in Slovakia. Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=...2#ixzz0bygtZLSe The National Post is now on Facebook. Join our fan community today. brilliant summation of what is going on. we either get together or the dogs loose big time. needs to be added there is no living organisim that is genetically perfect, not even the human race either. so how can they expect it let alone demand it of dogs????

considering the tens of thousands of people with the knowledge available that cannot apply to work as special constables because they are not ex police with prosecution experience, really shows where the rspca's prioritys lie. the man who shot all those dairy cows was perfectly within the law as he "had formed the opinion" they needed to be destroyed immediately and then did so even though he had neither the knowledge or experience to know what he was looking at were high production dairy cows. as for the moran or should i say "man" "who formed the opinion" that the other ladies cows should die and turned away the truck delivering feed for them on the gounds i think? "that they were too far gone to save. " or something along those lines. i understand there is photo footage proving his "opinion" was incorrect, but they slaughtered them anyway. if they actually employed people who did have the required knowledge and experience and trained them in "prosecution experience" these horrors would not be occuring surely? i really dont understand why the minister for agriculture wouldnt consider this far more sensible and surely humane approach. such a pity a few polies and their families didnt fall into the net and discover for themselvs what so many have already. things would be changed presto as for the lady with the debarked dogs, words just fail. so so many dogs are surrendered because neighbours have complained or even the very owners are at their wits end because they have a barker and dont know how to stop the noise and give up and surrender it, when a simple debarking would have resulting in happy neighbours and owner and not the least, a happy dog instead of ending is life with a needle the number of people ive told about her debarked dogs and the astonishment that there is an op that can moderate those ear pearcing volumes instead of putting the culprit down is amazing how few people even know it can be done?

my vet was pertty adamant that i sue the rspca for cruelty to my dog stringy. but goodness as i tried to explain to him. they have millions behind them, we dont, i really think although you are led to belive that the law is available to all its really available only if you have the funds to go that way or are prepared to lose everything n anyway that 13 days of mental agony learning that where the rspca is concerned anyway you HAVE NO ONE TO turn to for intervention even when your own vet is prepared to swear there is nothing wrong with your dog. all the rspca inspector has to do as richard amery told me is "form the opinion" the animal "should be seized" for it to be a legal seizure. what really disheartened me was he wouldnt even entertain the idea that if these inspectors were permitted such sweeping power they at least be properly qualified to form an opinion. but nope he wouldnt even consider that. and as ive said in previous posts, a tech head told one of the teachers of the animal care course that the special constables attending the very course that their job description said they must attend "dont need to pass, they only need to attend"? im married to the teacher in question so im not talking second or 3rd hand

Huh? The other dog in my newspaper has a well pigmented, black nose. The mutilated dog has a pink nose that has no pigment. Different dogs. Souff nope its both shots of a chocolate dog just one pics in shadow the other in sun

I know even scientists use the sheep drench orally on their sheepdogs, the sheep get drenched and as the dogs push them through they get a mouthfull. when i saw it was wondering and asked. been using it ever since with no adverse affects in nearly 20 years now. only learned when i bought a pup that turned out its mum had mange and passed it onto the pup that the uni also cure scarpotic mange with it although in much lower daily dose rate. in chihuahua's they said the washes can kill a percentage of chi's. never had any reactions to the normal dose. although a friend bought the low dose one (its green) and boy her dog was frothing at the mouth, so wouldnt try that too often, although she said after he recovered by the end of the month he had the shiniest coat in the district?

Maybe in the case of those breeds which do require a high level of intervention, the breeders should be looking at ways to make their dogs healthier so that they CAN have normal bodily function? If a breed HAS to be micro-managed then surely there is a question mark about the validity overall? Yes, very simplistic. And yes, will no doubt p!ss more than a few people off. But if you're going to simply things so that it is "survival of the fittest" then those breeds which don't fit, essentially don't belong. totally agree, surely "maintaining a breed" should also be striving to maintain a propulation that can do it naturally? theres enough can go wrong with those that can and so mate and welp naturally. although sometimes its the vets who convince people the dogs cant. or horses for that matter. had a guy bring his aged girl, complete with his vets instructions. she had to be ultrasounded, internally examined, told me to the second almost when the stallion was to serve her than she was implanted with some hormone that was supposed to maintain pregnancy. 3 months and $3,000 in vet bills later still no foal. so they booked a truck to take her back home. so turfed her and her friend into the same paddock to munch and keep each other company with no vets in attendance and 11 months later. nice BAY FILLY. did the same again last year and NICE BAY FILLY? funny that eh? although have to wonder, the vets made the 3 grand n i gets 400? the vets never did their part of the bargain, ie live foal yet gets the motza, n i only gets the 400 if the foal turned up live vets it seems to me are on a pretty good wicket. n what about those vet checks when we take our babies for vaccination. test hearts, patellas, teste's etc gets all clear. BUT if things go haywire and crooked as the puppy grows whose responsible and expected to replace now defective pup and or pay resulting vet bills? the breeder! what breeder would onsell a puppy that the vet picked these problems up in. NO ONE I KNOW. but what about the vets that gave these puppies the all clear? they bear no responsiblity, just what are we paying them for i sometimes wonder. I had a boy exported, tested at 6 weeks. 12 weeks and 16 weeks the last two by the purchasers own vet. two teste descended into the scrotum, then opps one dissappears and who does the buyer want their money back from???

theres a lot in favour of having a crystal ball. well long as it works. wouldnt that be wonderful. sigh

even weirder only a few years ago walking through a horse sale daugher stopped dead staring at a grey gelding and insisting he was a son of nea. me? flummoxed i knew where all his progey were how could this one be by him? goes up to the auctioneer and asks who is the seller. yep but he had already been sold to a dogger by then. took weeks to rescue him

many many years ago we were walking though a dog pound, friends had lost their dog and were looking to check he wasnt there. those were the days when microchipping wasnt mandatory. there wagging her tail at us was a ringer for my cattledogs and commented . my daughter was adamant that was one of our dogs. so we enquired about her. turned out she was chipped and her owner was at the oaks but had not answered any letters or phone calls. she was due to be put down in two hours. they gave me the chip number and i flew home, and yep she was one of mine. phoned them and raced back to rescue her. when she jumped out of the car where did she run. to her mum. n she had left us at 8 weeks and was now 16 months old. forget her registered name she was ever after named LUCKY.