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yes rescues dogs are preferable. 'Adopt, dont shop" remember, we hear it all the time so it must be true

some more light reading https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.00388/full?fbclid=IwAR3qU5PwdGUOT9ivK4ZI1nrq_k9xWTcwLKHHgzdOye8V1r2IDG0QNeTKK7U

Hilarious, yet we are told women who have never had children are more at risk of breast cancer , yet you have been told a bitch that has had puppies is more at risk? https://my.puppyculture.co.uk/resources/flipbook/spay-neuter-booklet/?fbclid=IwAR3lEykaEOdbnqftX3VbyCLpK_GirhYKqQqwG7yudTQlOcPswB_8Q-vJzeI

Marianne Whyte 17 November 2019 Dog Poisoned by the Diffuser Saturday night I got home late and my dog didn't recognize me. Being a nanny I thought I woke him up and he was having a night terror. Sunday, he was still acting weird. I realized that I had been running my new diffuser and decided to turn it off. Sunday afternoon, he was feeling better. Today at work, my dog sitter said that he wouldn't come out from under the bed. It was very odd as he is a happy dog. I came from work early and again, he was very confused about who I was. So I took him to emergency vet. It turns out that the tea tree oil I was using in the diffuser is toxic for dogs. Thankfully the test showed that his liver was ok but we weren't out of the woods yet. He was given fluids under his skin to get the toxins out. The vet and the poison control are saying that they see these cases often now that the popularity of essential oil is growing. Please make sure that the essential oils you are burning are not toxic for your pets. Here is a list of essential oils not to use if you have a dog at home Anise (Pimpinella anisum) Birch (Betula) Bitter Almond (Prunus dulcis) Boldo (Peumus boldus) Calamus (Acorus calamus) Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) Cassia (Cassia fistula) Chenopodium (Chenopodium album) Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) Garlic (Allium sativum) Goosefoot (Chenopodium murale) Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) Hyssop (Hyssopus sp. with the exception of Decumbens) Juniper (Juniperus sp. with the exception of Juniper Berry) Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) Mustard (Brassica juncea) Oregano (Origanum vulgare) Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) Red or White Thyme Rue (Ruta graveolens) Santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus) Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) Savory (Satureja) Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) Terebinth (Pistacia palaestina) Thuja (Thuja occidentalis) Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Please share this story as it may save someones precious furry family member!

She looks like a purebred to me, I have two just like her, Kellie and Bluebelle both ANKC registered purebreds. Hilton Sinclair of Berrilyn, told me to always keep a few reverse speckles as they keep the blue mottle in the breed or you will lose it, which is the hall mark of the breed. in the 80's a dog was so popular a lot of pups were his, some of his pups were really dark, seemed to look all black. Never forget those years. People would come and oo and ahhh over what beautiful blues they were, which I thought odd. since all cattledogs are supposed to be either blue, or red?. One lady in particular, stopped at my gate, wound down the window and handed me the money, she didnt even get out of the car? I asked her, but you havent even examined the puppies ? she said, "they are blue, Ive been searching for a blue and your the only one whose puppies arent black and tan!" so I decided to have a look for myself and phoned one with those line pups, when I arrived at the property, what I thought were three stocky black and tan Kelpies came running to the gate at the farm, he worked there and they were all purebred pedigree Australian Cattledogs with him in their breeding. So Hilton was right. lose the mottle and you lose the blue.

Dog I was born with was dads red heeler, Blue . First dog I owned was Pickle a silver toy poodle. Amazingly intelligent trainable breed and just as protective as dads boy Blue. No one could raid my room . Sure didn't need a lock on the door. Fascinated by the Japanese Shih Tzu. Do you mean Japanese Chin?

so true julesluvscavs and NikkiandKane, Its the price we pay for all that love and joy they share while we have them, few pets have the long lives we wish they had, but it can be hard to remember we made that choice and took that risk when we let them into our hearts. It can take weeks, months and sometime years to remember when the pain of their loss causes you to forget that. Parents dont expect to lose their children either but that too happens. Life truly is a lottery and hiding from that fact denies you the joy of taking your courage and accepting that.

Retriever, Pointer and herding breed, Border collie... Fascinating and sooo true. Felt a bit sorry for the poor pointer. looking to his master for guidance when the birds were advancing on him instead of vice versa as he was bred to do. Their focus on the pigeon was remarkable

a pup my brother bred, the vet said his heart sounded so bad he wasn't even going to vaccinate him. My brother told him to vaccinate him and kept him as a pet. he lived to 7 years and they only lost him when he knocked over the kitchen tidy and stole cooked chicken bones and one perforated his stomach. One I bred developed serious heart murmour at six months and died in her sleep at 2 1/2. it is a complete lottery. Friend had one was diagnosed at first vaccination like my brothers and lived to 9 which makes it hard to as to what will be the outcome. no proof no pay and right to second opinion, and you can decide on money back on return or pup or a percentage if they want to keep it, as the others have said.

LOL The grumpy winner would have to be one of my favourite vets, Prof Dave Hutchins. Head of cobbity branch of Sydney Uni. One of a kind our Hutch . Gave the pollies short shift when he locked us down when Equine Influenza arrived here in a shuttle stallion

mind if you are very active a cavi will stay with you, just not as fast as the other two breeds

big diversity in temperament there, all right , Kelpie, intensely loyal, loving, higly trainable, workaholic, "Quick and agile, Kelpie's are great dogs for families that love to work out. ... Kelpie's are obedient and easy to train , not to mention very intelligent and they will quickly learn new tricks and commands. A Kelpie will stop growing around 12 months old." Dont have any experience with an Akita. but heard they can be a challenge to train. Akita "Temperament: Alert and responsive, dignified and courageous. Akitas may be intolerant of other dogs, particularly of the same sex" "Training can be a challenge, for the Akita Inu is assertive, strong-willed, and bores easily. He may use his intelligence in ways that suit his own purposes. Yet owners who know how to lead will find him eminently trainable via praise and reward methods." Cavalier King Charles. loving, eager to please lounge lizard. "The Cavalier King Charles is a sweet and loving little dog who is highly trainable. Learn how to start their training on the right paw. ... These small companion dogs are highly trainable, and dogs learn most easily during their early months of life." although some will try the roll over. look cute and want to be picked up instead. and you end up trained. Good luck making a decision huge diversity in health parameters too.

as for your comment, "registering 14 litters in 5 months" just to get a little perspective on what you said. "Lets do the Math Again ! In 2016 – 6,525 ANKC Ltd Breeders produced 14,091 Litters 3,583 Breeders (55%) 0nly had 1 Litter 1,406 Breeders (21%) had 2 Litters 659 Breeders (10%) had 3 Litters 338 Breeders (5%) had 4 Litters 539 Breeders (8%) had 5 to 10 Litters Only 86 Breeders ( 1.3%) had more than 10 Litters" quote is from this ANKC STATS for 2016 http://ankc.org.au/media/6598/a-forensic-view-of-puppy-breeding-in-australiav4.pdf

realised, nobody can "ruin" the ANKC. if it ceases to be a viable register for purebred dogs it will simply continue being a social club for dog lovers. The Royal NSW Canine Council, long ago realised the demographics were changing and decided its public name will be Dogs NSW to appeal to all dog lovers. Not just purebred breeders. That is what Dogzonline will become too. Every single one of us have one thing in common, the love for our dogs. Its a shame some feel the need to see bad in fellow members and drive them away. Wonder if we will hear from ZDM again after your need to add your snide remark? That was only their second post here. Such a sweet welcome from you. did a check, ZDM hasn't been back since June 26.

I did not say a fraction of what you are going on about. you go jump to "registering 14 litters in 5 months" gee , be like you, just only for yourself........... or"registering 14 litters in 5 months"? just to get a little perspective on what you said. Nothing in between eh? Exaggeration in all things that dont hug your idea of ethics. Although at least then there will be puppies available... So you cannot even conceive others may not do all the dreadful crap you imagine and just said. That's called massive over reaction, but then anyone else has already been accused in your previous post which I quoted your own words... Never said any of the rubbish you just wrote in your accusation. "I just love your presumption of me being "one of those "people who will ruin the future of ANKC ." shrinking membership, shrinking gene pool is not going to "ruin the future of the ANKC" Just shrinks a little each year until? You dont know me at all either, petal. unlike you, I queried your very words. I not did not exaggerate them to the ridiculous as you have flung, so in a way, you have helped me understand you better. I have no reason to dislike you, you have your opinion, you do your own thing. So many who disagree, take their bag and leave. That's who are making up the numbers in the alternative registries and lost to the ankc. Just dont expect me to copy, I have no need to please you. Its unfortunate there is Some members who believe there is no room for anyone who doesn't agree with their version or foolish enough to disagree or walk to a different drum. They make a lot of noise, but those who disagree tend to stay silent. I know I was one of them, been silent except to my friends in private from 1978 to 2014 I think? finally got the courage to speak up. When I got my first dog in 1978, I had to decide, did I want to buy a show bitch or one that can self whelp. The fodder for Pedigree Dogs Exposed was already there in the show breeders pens then. I decided my responsibility was continue the self whelping lines, this is a big country, if some one bought a puppy from me and lived miles from the nearest vet, they would lose their precious girl. at only ten I had watched a neighbour struggle with saving their non whelping line bitch, then realise without the vet removing them will lose mum and all the pups. Then struggle to save her darling puppies because although she was from all champion show ring lines, maternal instinct wasn't one of the selection criteria in that bitches ancestors either. Another always had to bottle feed her puppies from day 3, because the bitches of her line would dry up their milk from day 3 to 6... but they were all Champions, self whelping nor maternal instincts dont win challenges so no reason to select for them. Don't forget the breeder who refused to even attempt to eliminate hernias from her lines for the same reason. But produces wonderful Champions and Best in Group winners and In Show Winners, as she said "hernias are not listed as a disqualifying fault". Surprisingly I discovered I could still win occasionally in the ring, even sometimes a Challenge certificate............which was nice. but no best in breeds for my middle of the road conformation bub. Although friends ran some for me to Champion, done solely because , if you dont show you will be targeted as a "puppy farmer" even as early as the 1980's. I like hernia free, self whelping, maternal minded quality as equal in importance, always will. nave a nice day. Just realised, it is you who felt the need to make the snide remark to the person who asked for advice as to who to contact re an ankc management matter. I doubt they had a nice day after reading what you felt the need to insinuate.

Joe public aren't creating the need for puppy farms, no ankc puppies to be found is doing that. People deciding they are not welcome is doing that, hence the growth in alternative registers. 99 percent of the population want a pet, they don't want to show or breed anyway, so to so actively discourage the minority who would is shooting ankc in the foot. Been very successful too, its all laid out in each year's statistics.

The trouble is, people who "don't have litters yearly" And only "breed when we want to for ourselves " Contribute little to nothing to the continuation of the ANKC into the future, in income, genetics or new members joining. The apparent assumption from your words that any who don't do as you are. "Breed the guts out" "View their girls as money" "move them on for the next batch" Is pretty nasty , no matter what angle. You have the right to do whatever you want. But to insinuate any who are different to your parameter, are less ethical or responsible than your decision for yourself is pretty unethical and denial of their rights to make their own decisions. Particularly the people who actually breed regularly and don't desex every puppy AND sell on main register are the only way the ANKC's can survive, the gene pool cease shrinking along with memberships growing in line with the population of Australia So wrap yourself in your cloak of piousness, certainly. But you and your group will contribute little or nothing to the breed's or future of the ANKC. The ANKC is to record pedigrees AND encourage new members, Sadly been precious little of either each proceeding years since the us and them mentality arrived in the membership.

"or if this is just your own personal crusade ." Pity you chose the use those words. You are assuming something with no reason what ever to form that opinion. the poster has been very polite. what you said is not. another reason to add to the other assumption's and comments made here, this place can be so unwelcome and sadly why so many dont come back

my no bedisde manner vet has another view of what constitutes puppy farmer. He made the comment. "If I was an rspca inspector, I would seize any dogs that are not kept fit. " to given you some context. This chap is a fitness fanatic. he runs km's every day, cycles km's , every day, swims every day. His dogs are muscled up like greyhounds in training., To him mine laying around in the sun snoozing are neglected. so you see, every one has a different opinion of what constitutes good care of themselves and their animals. The problem with here, is it seems, so many are implacably opinionated, is there is so little wiggle room for different opinions. Never heard his one expressed before though. Here or anywhere else. He certainly astonished me, as he has never said this real opinions on dog management before. Certainly made me realise how wide the spectrum's are in peoples opinions. Think, was double startled because this guy despises the rspca with a passion. As has battled them on many occasions to save his patients for the client who owned it. (he is not a dog and cat vet incidentally..) Large animals vet, Never forget the day I took him to a friends injured horse, n after examination, rattled off "how long it will take to recovery, the chances of returning to soundness" and in his opinion, "Better to put it down and with the thousands you saved, use it to get a good horse". as I said, no bedside manner. Thought she was going to pull the shotgun to use on him that day. come to think of it, maybe then on me next for bringing him

just the assumption that anyone wanting a female pup that so many quickly assume they plan on becoming a puppy farmer is so prevalent here. Is guaranteed to alienate the majority who dip their toe in and dont realise how savagely they will be attacked if they dont say the safe things. No welcome here to newbies who would like to become an ankc member and register a prefix. Have to grovel or else Without the magic words, "I want to show." "I will only breed a litter to replace my oldie" the teeth start showing in seconds Sadly. not much bedside manner to be found here

one of my favourite vets has no bedside manner, but when Percy Sykes asked me why hasn't he seen me in ages after I moved and said, too far away now. Asked me who is my new vet, when I named him Percy referred to him as "the best one that got away," after he left working for him. says volumes eh.

wow.......Yes This is exactly whats going on... scary times , yet so few realise its happening and what it means too focused on thinking they are ethical and responsible.... n its only others who arent and blind to the fact others think they are better and damming you as inferior to them.... https://quillette.com/2020/06/26/neo-totalitarianism-and-the-erasure-of-history/?fbclid=IwAR2etrX9G7yacr3HUNB5KGXSlERvnRpMrCANTBwJpJI5ftQgOAc0vovHQ7s Published on June 26, 2020 Neo-Totalitarianism and the Erasure of History written by Benjamin Kerstein We are watching the era of the new iconoclasm take shape, no longer in the form of the destruction of religious icons, but in the demolition of historical memory via the toppling or desecration of statues and memorials across the West. While the removal of Confederate statues can be justified—though it should be accomplished by political consent rather than vandalism—it is clear that this new outburst of iconoclasm is in no way confined to the punishment of historical traitors. Most notably in this regard, a statue of Winston Churchill, perhaps the greatest anti-fascist of them all, was desecrated. Along with it, a statue of Ulysses S. Grant was toppled, despite his legacy as the man who crushed the Ku Klux Klan and fervently defended Reconstruction and human rights. What we are seeing, in other words, is not an attempt to force the past to answer to the present, but the emergence of something else. Over 2,000 years ago, Plato described it in part when he said, “Bad men, when their parents or country have any defects, look on them with malignant joy, and find fault with them and expose and denounce them to others, under the idea that the rest of mankind will be less likely to take themselves to task and accuse them of neglect; and they blame their defects far more than they deserve, in order that the odium which is necessarily incurred by them may be increased.” This, however, is clearly only a tactic in a larger struggle. In his book The True Believer, Eric Hoffer pointed toward the origins of this struggle in his description of “the militant man of words.” Such a man, wrote Hoffer, “prepares the group for the rise of a mass movement” by “discrediting prevailing creeds and institutions and detaching from them the allegiance of the people” and “undermining the convictions of the ‘better people’… so that when the new fanaticism makes its appearance they are without the capacity to resist it. They see no sense in dying for convictions and principles, and yield to the new order without a fight.” For at least a generation, militant men and women of words have been laboring mightily to do precisely what Hoffer described. They have raised up a culture dedicated to the idea that our civilization is a monstrous aberration in human history, an industrial machine of dehumanization, the ultimate product of which is mass murder. It must be destroyed, they said, and replaced by something left vague but that is purged of sin and corruption, bereft of the inherent flaws of being human. No one disputes that there is great sin in the history of our civilization. But historical sin demands a moral struggle. In their erasure of history, the new iconoclasts render that struggle obsolete, and in doing so leave us with nothing but power. And the idea that everything is power is, perhaps, the most essential and absolute principle of totalitarianism. The indications, then, are ominous: Out of the new iconoclasm, a new totalitarianism is being born. And this neo-totalitarianism has learned from the past: It has its inquisitions, its auto-da-fes, its purges and cultural revolutions, reeducation and self-criticism sessions, and above all the ostracization and ultimate erasure of dissidents. It is true that, for the moment, this is a soft totalitarianism—a totalitarianism suited for an age of social media spectacle. But the essence is the same: The penalty for even the weakest sin is damnation, and the sin always remains unknown. The goalposts are ever-moving, and the unspecified crimes admit of no redemption. Forgiveness has become a word voiced by no one. Perhaps most important: if the sin is unnamed, then it is also absolute. Anything can be a sin and everything is a sin. And this leaves all of us vulnerable before the inquisitors, once the mob arbitrarily turns against us. And it can always turn against us, because it demands saints, and there are no saints. They have never existed and never will. What the neo-totalitarians cannot admit is that this is a good thing. Because in being more than human, a saint cannot be human, and as such, his example is useless to us. In response to all this, there is probably only one way forward: People must begin to think again. We require a revolution of nuance. We should admit that historical injustice is real and must be addressed. That there are indeed some beliefs and opinions that are beyond the pale and must be shunned. But we must demand overwhelming evidence before doing so. And we must allow for the possibility of repentance and forgiveness. Above all, we must reject the demand that we accuse ourselves of crimes we did not commit, and reject the idea that there can be such a thing as universal crime or a crime that bears no name. We must assert that anyone has the right to establish a religion, but no right to compel others to recite the catechism. If there is one great and absolute enemy of totalitarianism, it is truth. And to reach the truth, one must think. It is only here, in the solitude of our own minds, that we can begin the slow process of resistance to those who would impose their will on anyone who demands the right to choose the difficult struggle and not the easy bonfire of the vanities. Benjamin Kerstein is a writer and editor living in Tel Aviv. He holds degrees in Jewish and Israeli history from Ben-Gurion and Tel Aviv Universities. You can follow him on Twitter @benj_kerstein.

if both parents are blue and neither has blue gene alopecia chances are the pups may not either. a blue pup from other colour parents still has inherited a blue gene from both parents so despite the assumption that using non blue parents is somehow superior to blue to blue is a furphy, a blue pup has two blue genes, regardless of what colour are its parents, exactly the same as a pup born of two blue parents. I've seen non blue staffies with alopecia anyway? so in some lines it is occurring despite them not being blue? I remember my vet commenting when he sees such dogs nine times out of ten when he names the breeder he has seen the most displaying this problem that's where it came from. So some lines have it regardless of colour. I know many friends do believe to put blue to blue or chocolate to chocolate will weakness the puppies in every generation? Blue and chocolate are a recessive gene, it takes two to be able to express, it does not accumulate, two chocolate parents can not give their pups four or three copies of the chocolate dilution, they can only contribute one each, exactly the same as to other colour parents that carry the dilution but cannot display it. I found it was great for me, could get outstanding pups from friends who firmly believed either colour was a sign of weakness. Gave up trying to explain genetics of them and how it works. remarkable how so many believe either one means the resulting puppy is automatically inferior to its other colour siblings. as if the expression of that colour some how changes its type and conformation for the worst? In the chihuahua standard it even states, " Eyes: Large, round, but not protruding; set well apart; centre of eye is on a plane with lowest point of ear and base of stop; dark or ruby. Light eyes in light colours permissible." Yet, one of my friends believed unless a dog had a black nose it should never be placed at a show..... no ruby eyed dog can have a black nose, it will be either, chocolate, blue or liver.

Depends on what you mean by "responsibility"? so far ankc members making the rules now see "responsibility" as shutting down breeding as much as possible. eg less litters born per bitch, regardless of litter size in the toy breeds and smaller litter number breeds especially.. Examining the yearly reduction of puppies registered in these breeds has been highly successful as the numbers continually drop.. The most vocal believe no bitch should have more than one, perhaps two, at most three litters before being desexed. In breeds with from 1 to 5 pups is the norm for a litter and most if not all are limit registered anyway, it is a recipe for extinction. Promoting the majority of those born to be limit registered and Desexing of as many puppies as possible to prevent "falling into the hands of puppy farmers" to the extent a significant number of kennels will not sell any on main register. With the resulting yearly reduction of puppies registered as the available pool of main registered adults continues to reduce along with the number of members. I am not sure what you mean by "that its too costly to support breeders for the value offering in return" What is too costly? I am unaware of any money spent to support breeders? in fact we are often told if you sell to make a profit is to be a puppy farmer? It seems the inference is you need to be wealthy enough to be able to do so at a loss with independent income from other source or sources to support your hobby or otherwise you are a at risk of being called a puppy farmer? and what is "the value offering"? in return for what? Apologies if I sound extremely dumb, had a terrible day and extremely tired so ability to think what you mean, is at a low ebb