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my sister had a dog with anxiety issues, came to my place and with my dogs for company she was fine, there is no one solution they are like people all different. good luck

I have bred and registered five different breeds over the decades since purchasing my first purebred, the toy Poodle Bel Ami Piccolo. regardless of the breed I and I believer the majority to breed, select to produce the best possible. have always had the breed of dog of my dad, who guarded me in my pram as a baby and toddler. Australia's best kept secret, the ACD was just sent these photos of one of my pups, I think his owner has an amazing talent for photography so thought I should share. His name is Cooper

dont guilt trip Rebanne. I was at a school sports day and there also watching was a lady with a litter of absolutely beautiful cavalier puppies. Their new owners were comming to pick them up that day but she didnt want to miss watching her daughter's sports day so combined both. as the puppies played and were rolling in the grass, I noticed they all had stitches recently removed. knowing the high incidence of hernias in some lines I expressed my sympathy how disappointed she must feel that the whole litter had to need surgery to fix them. to my surprise she blushed and stammered, "no they didn't have hernia's. I've desexed them, All the new owners insisted that although they didnt want to breed with their pup, but wanted it as a pet, but wanted main registration, so I simply desexed them all. that way I dont have to worry about them lying and they cant complain down the track when the dog wont breed because I have it on their contract they wanted a pet and didn't intend to breed." So? I asked, you haven't told them you have desexed them? she said many of her friends are doing the same thing to people who insist they want main registration. not long after I leased back one of my girls to her breeder who had lost her line due to misfortune to breed a replacement puppy. I was supposed to get second pick in return. When the puppies were born she told me there were three she couldn't decide between so I had fourth pick. The lease included the option of a second litter if she felt none of the first were up to the standard she was looking for, which seemed reasonable to me at the time when we wrote up the lease. She had seven in the first litter all female. After I picked my puppy up she called a week later to tell me she had decided to go for the second litter option, so I asked her for the girl in the litter I had really wanted but she said was one of the ones she was deciding on. To learn she had already sold all three. all on limit with desexing contracts. second litter she had 8 to choose from but sold every one . so out of 15 puppies she kept none. but my bitch returned her $35,000 none of the second litter went on main register either. which now meant I could not use her myself for well over a year. There are some strange people out there, me included Editing to add, There was no service fee payable as she owned the sire, the bitch had absolutely no problems delivering and raising both litters , the only vet expenses incurred was their vaccinations, plus the cost of feeding mum and her puppies. Which can and does happen.

A friend lost two of her puppies after being given bravecto, began with inco-ordination then degenerated so badly had to be put down. Her vet said it had never happened before so no compensation

actually it really is a dyslectic situation. people who want a puppy are continuously told they need to ensure the person with the puppies is not a puppy farmer, (terrible people who don't care for the parents let alone the puppies) must inspect, not only the owner but the parents (to ensure they aren't starving flea bags) and where they are kept to make sure they aren't puppy farmers, in which case if they suspect this is the case report them to every agency, rspca, animal welfare and local council. My favorite was the father who told his family, "get in the car, we are leaving NOW!" When the wife and kids objected, his reply was "anyone who doesn't keep their dogs in the house are puppy farmers." my hubby helped create the curricula and taught "Animal Care" at Tafe for decades. He would never allow me to raise a litter in the house from the day we married on the grounds it is not hygienic or acceptable in the home, due to the quantities of poo and smell associated with the process of raising a litter. then we have the "ethical" breeder, vet the prospect to ensure they actually do want a pet. (are not puppy farmers in disguise, ready to take their carefully raised baby and mercilessly breed him/her to death) If they dare ask for a main register puppy then they must be. lost count of the number of people who have rung me still crying from the grilling and guilt trip imposed by the previous breeder/s they had called and asked the dreaded word. Yes I am old and raised in the days newbies were encouraged and in the old days breeders were proud to main register their best puppies even when it was going to a pet home just in case later the new owner may decide to join and continue that line. no wonder there is so many problems, neither side is exactly looking at the other without acute suspicion first up anymore. Today being a dead end breeder is for some strange reason something to be proud of? Do you really think puppy farmers care a hoot about papers? To a Pet person its a source of pride their baby is good enough to be main register and could be shown or bred if they wanted to. having been a registered breeder for some 40 years my experience is 99percent of puppy buyers never breed even one litter from their puppy, let alone decide to show. But that 1% that do is what makes up the membership of that rapidly decreasing list of ankc members that so far are keeping the sinking numbers of the ankc afloat

ok absolutely nothing to do about dogs. but forget the incredible semi's apparently they are real not computer generated? Cant imagine Japan would have roads long enough or wide enough to take these, but that song, love it anyone Chinese? whats it about and its name?

I enquired as a buyer and notified the local police who came with me to see the seller. She was pretty shocked to learn she had bought a stolen puppy, the police caught the people who stole mine thanks to the lady who had advertised the puppy in gumtree, she identified the couple she bought her from, as she knew their gumtree name, and still advertising other things on gumtree and a friend rang and arranged to meet them, then the police moved in and arrested them, the police told me they were high on drugs when arrested, with both a knife and a gun in the car, that I was lucky they had stolen them when I wasn't home or may have hurt me if I had tried to stop them. Something else ,I would never have suspected either of them were professional thieves, the man had a rap sheet three inches thick. They seemed such a nice family, you really have no idea what a person is like. Well dressed, spoke nicely, nice car... really shakes your trust in people They didn't come as a result of an add either, said they had been referred by a friend who had one of my pups. So they use whatever leads they come across

THAT is why I hate the huge pressure on breeders to allow people to come and see your puppies and parents at their home... I had two stolen exactly the same way as that years ago. did get them back incredibly, one was found wandering beside a four lane highway , got the call soon as the lovely lady took her to her vets and her microchip got her back home, the other I spotted her advertised a month later on gumtree. but it was constant checking of the adds that found her, not the police. after that took to meeting people with the parents and the puppyies at the local McDonalds instead. Interestingly, received a visit that afternoon by the rspca, the person had reported they believed I was living in my car with the dogs and gave them my number plate, so the police kindly gave the rspca my address so they could come and inspect me. At least still laughing over that one so many years later. gotta love being a dog breeder, your dammed regardless , they want a puppy but you are regarded by a percentage as prostituting your fur child? no kidding, one lady said how could I breed my fur child and sell my grandchildren? Yet she still expected me to sell her a puppy? so hope those men in the video are caught

Ivy Bordeaux 9 October at 08:55 · These are the thieves that stole my 10 week old Dogue de Bordeaux yesterday. UPDATE.... Chipper was found and is doing wonderful so lucky to have their puppy back.

another interesting one too... They have done a marvellous job of micromanaging registered members of the ankc's. not much success with the invisible backyarders though. Suspect the plan is everyone will have to pay for the rspca approved logo like the chook farms. they are after the throughbreds now. Beware the RSPCA’s mischief making Rising Fast enjoyed his gallop in the 1954 Melbourne Cup so much he went for one around Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs. Picture: Mike Keating JACK THE INSIDER COLUMNIST @JacktheInsider 1:57PM OCTOBER 12, 2018 116 COMMENTS I want to let you into a little secret. There’s a big race on tomorrow. You might have heard a whisper or two earlier in the week about a race at Royal Randwick tomorrow, a weight-for-age event, featuring a host of Australia’s best sprinters (with one from the US and another from Japan) battling it out over six furlongs. The Everest is Australia’s richest racing event with combined prizemoney of $13 million. A gigantic presentation cheque will be handed to the connections of the winner featuring a six followed by six zeros with a couple of commas in the right places. READ NEXT Engine shuts down mid-flight ROBYN IRONSIDE Of course, we all know this because of the brouhaha over a brief display of the barrier draw projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House. A thousand or so angry folk assembled on the forecourt on Tuesday night, desperately attempting to outshine the projected images. As I quipped on Twitter, this all took place while yesterday’s eight-race card at Wyong went tragically unpromoted. It is probably true that the melee would not have had quite the impetus without Alan Jones’ intervention last week and his crude interview with the Opera House’s CEO, Louise Herron. Jones subsequently apologised. It is also true that a good number of the protesters assembled to demonstrate what they felt was a loss of public space or at least what they perceived to be a corruption of it. I understand the argument and have some sympathy for it but there is something darker at work. I watched the protest at close quarters and followed reactions on social media. I saw one tweet from a protestor in attendance declaring the throng had stuck it up Racing NSW (I am paraphrasing to avoid offending readers’ gentle sensibilities). Upon examination of his profile, I was unsurprised to find he appeared to be a hippy, a professional protestor, in need of a good scrub down with a big soapy brush. He was in fact part of a group at that protest who exploited public anger to further the call for a ban on thoroughbred racing. Back in August I wrote an article along these lines, attempting to identify the areas where the racing industry was losing the argument to animal rights’ groups. I used a figure, cited by the RSPCA, of 8500 horses going missing in any given year in recent times. After the article was published I received a number of calls from people within the industry, some angry, others calm and thoughtful. I took the time to examine the issue further and I have since learned it is nowhere near the figure cited by the RSCPA and studies undertaken by academics both within and outside the racing industry prove it. The wastage issue, while serious, is heavily overplayed by the RSPCA. The 8500-horse figure is utterly inaccurate and a piece of mischief. Industry studies examining foaling and horses that leave racing for one reason or another reveals a much lower figure. In reality, no more than a few hundred horses are found not to be rehomed. Regrettably, the RSPCA simply can’t be trusted on this issue or indeed in almost any statement it makes on the welfare of thoroughbred horses. It has become an advocate for the banning of the sport and even when it undertakes studies it cannot be relied upon to report on them rationally and fairly. My real failing in that article was to ignore my own experience over the shrieking of so-called experts. Racing is a part of my family’s history and folklore. I could tell many stories but one of my favourites relates to arguably one the greatest stayers ever to run in this country, Rising Fast. In 1954, the New Zealand gelding won Australia’s Triple Crown — the Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup, a feat never achieved before or since. As a six-year-old, Rising Fast was handed to ‘Father’ Fred Hoysted for training. Fred was in his dotage at this stage, his sight failing. Rising Fast was tended to for the most part by his son, Bob. Years later Bob recalled that Rising Fast did not like being enclosed in the stables, preferring to gently graze in a paddock next door. This was all perfectly acceptable until Rising Fast decided to jump the fence and partake in a spot of tourism of the local area. I can only imagine the shock that that must have hit Bob when he discovered Rising Fast was missing. The story of Bob running down the back streets of Mentone in Melbourne’s south east, in a breathless but ultimately successful search for a horse that would in today’s money be worth at least $20 million, amuses me possibly more than it should. Rising Fast is given an apple by Thelma Williamson - wife of the horse's jockey, Bill Williamson in 1955. Picture pinted in The Advertiser on 1 Nov, 1955. Rising Fast returned to the paddock because that is what it wanted but Bob knew to keep a constant eye on it. I visited those same stables many years later and found it to be a menagerie of ducks, chickens, cats and dogs. Peering into the stables I was taken aback at the sight of an elderly pony, possibly in its thirties with teeth like a piano keyboard rendered by Salvador Dali. It was no Melbourne Cup fancy, put it that way. But there, just behind the pony, was Manikato, at that time the greatest sprinter in Australia and only the second horse after the sublime Kingston Town to win a million dollars in prizemoney. In that admirable way of animals, the pony was revered by all furred or feathered and especially by Manikato. The champion sprinter would fret in its absence, so much so that wherever Manikato went, Bob would bring the pony along for the ride. The pony became Manikato’s constant companion, the oddest of equine couples bouncing along in the float together. Fred, Bob and Bob’s brother Bon, who had been Manikato’s trainer until his premature death, were horse whisperers who trained their charges to the second. They understood horses and cared for them better than any jumped up official from the RSPCA could or does. The notion that industry people — owners, trainers, strappers, track riders and jockeys — could have their livelihoods roughly taken away at some point in future is real. As with the failed attempt to ban greyhound racing in NSW, it needs to be understood that a banning of horse racing would necessarily lead to the mass slaughter of animals. I am continually astonished to see people who I regard as otherwise rational and thoughtful espousing the line that horse racing should either be banned or regulated to within an inch of its life. But that is what the RSPCA wants and in its public mischief-making legitimises the ugly foot stompers who reside at the outer edges of animal rights activism. I worry that these people are slowly but surely winning the public over. The industry has changed since Rising Fast galloped around the streets of Mentone but what drove it then is the same force that drives it today. With almost all people in the industry that force is not just a proper regard for equine welfare but a love of horses. But don’t just take my word for it. Go to the races tomorrow and see for yourself. And have a little fun while you still can. JACK THE INSIDER COLUMNIST Peter Hoysted is Jack the Insider: a highly placed, dedicated servant of the nation with close ties to leading figures in politics, business and the union movement.

Even more interesting article, she was being interviewed today and she made a very good comment. http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/jacqui-lambie/9492014 " "If I hadn’t gone public, he’d be dead": Jacqui Lambie on revealing her son’s ice addiction WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2018 9:28AM Jacqui Lambie on revealing her son’s ice addiction In 2015, Tasmania’s colourful Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie made a powerful speech in the Senate. "I am a Senator of Australia and I have a 21-year-old son who has a problem with ice," Jacqui Lambie said, "And yet even with my title, I have no control over my son. "I can’t involuntarily detox my own son, because I’m not talking to my son anymore, I’m talking to a drug." Skip YouTube Video FireFox NVDA users - To access the following content, press 'M' to enter the iFrame. Almost three years on, a lot has changed for Jacqui Lambie and her family. For starters, Jacqui Lambie realised she wasn’t as “bloody Australian” as she originally thought - and was booted from Parliament amid the Citizenship fiasco last yearAnd for Jacqui Lambie’s son Dylan, his mum’s speech in Parliament ended up being a major turning point in his life."If I hadn’t gone public, like many other mums and dads out there who’ve got kids on ice, my son would either be in jail, he would be dead, or somebody else - more than likely - would have been affected probably in a negative way because of his actions," Jacqui Lambie told Hack."That ice really affected my son very very quickly. He ended up spending nearly 18 months in Toowoomba for his rehab. He’s now been clean for 2 and a half years, and he’s held down a damn good job for the last 12 months, and he’s got plenty of money in the bank."And by the way, he’s doing one step better than his mother because he’s found love" "So good on him, he’s done really really well for himself."Jacqui Lambie told Hack that Dylan didn’t speak to her for "three or four months" after her speech in Parliament and while she continued to reveal aspects of his life and addiction to the media.But she says that going public - and talking about her son when he didn’t want her to - was the kind of tough love that he needed."You know, you speak to some of those awful journalists out there who say, ‘You threw him under the bus’, well you know what, when they’ve got a child on ice, and they’re in that predicament like many hundreds of thousands of other Australian mums are, come and bloody see me."You can catch up on Tom Tilley’s interview with Jacqui Lambie here, or subscribe to Hack’s podcast.Jacqui Lambie's memoir, Rebel Without A Cause is available now. It is published by Allen & Unwin. As she said in the interview today, ..."unless we start teaching our children self control, responsibility for their own actions AND START educating them about the dangers of drugs in primary school its already too late by the time they are high school age.

you wrote it so I presume your serious, so the women who beat up the paramedic and got off scott free have your backing? they certainly have no reason to modify their violet behaviour in future

not applicable to the thread apparently

so sad the time has passed so quickly for you both, sounds like she is going to thoroughly enjoy her presents though.

yes small dogs seem to often have small man syndrome and start the fight they cannot possibly come out of in one piece, but I often used to wonder do they do it because they feel afraid? so act like they want to fight to keep the other away but it often ends up going badly, if only they had stayed quiet. but then in people often just speaking gets the same response, agree or face attack. little room or tolerance for anyone that doesn't walk to the same drum in the human race too.

you wrote it so I presume your serious, so the women who beat up the paramedic and got off scott free have your backing? they certainly have no reason to modify their violet behaviour in future I gave it that title for the reason I found it interesting. At no time did I say I agreed with it. I have no idea what could be the best avenue to reduce the violence against others . but as usual you make decisions about me based on nothing but your opinion. as my mum used to warn me , "remember what you accuse someone of is more likely what you would do. you have no idea what they may be thinking" my friend posted this on fb I so agree with her

Yes the disasters that happen at leash free parks proves that point, over and over again. its rarely the big dog that dies as a result, well except when its two biggies that suddenly decide set into each other.

same problem with kids/then adults too, no training or responsibility for their actions anymore. what hope have our dogs when those women who beat up the paramedic n put him in hospital, doing his job got off scott free because they had a traumatic childhood. he now has a traumatic adulthood and been unable to work since. dogs like kids have so many different temperaments and need to be treated accordingly, no one size will ever fit all. but this constant assumption that a timid dog was mistreated is ignoring the fact that many were born that way, ive breed four different breeds over the last 50 years and the variation in temperament per litter is unmistakable, you socialise them according to those differences and many times end up with such little differences people would never realise what they were showing as babies when they first began to experience the big world out there. others stay that way despite your best efforts. but can still learn to pretend to be brave with encouragement and reward when they do try. as for the bully, if they never learn NO means NO. behaviour unacceptable its just as much your fault for the damage done to others by that dog. kids aren't set boundaries anymore either. otherwise we wouldn't be bombarded with all the knifing and bashing's and so on every nigh ,n morning for that matter, its not worth turning on the news, none of it is good. as for the bullying that goes on social media, apalling

Thieves dream the pressure put on a breeder to let people onto their property to case it. As for the right to judge a breeder by every Tom Dick and Harriet who haven't a clue other than what animal rights have said constitutes "ethical". Latest press release from that quarter is on about the champion racehorse who has decided won't leave the barrier anymore is he will be relentlessly bred to 900 mares a year! Impossible even for any stallion, let alone a gelding??? As those who worked in newspapers used to say "any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental and the management will not be held responsible"

so true, killing off all the low resistant bacteria is just reducing the available gene pool of low resistance and creating the super bugs that are then complained about

pretty standard procedure for all factory farms be it chooks, pigs, cattle etc. as for us humans antibiotic resistance is well on truly a problem due to overused there too

yes I had a dog that his owner couldn't keep him, although in his case it was because he couldn't find a pet friendly rental. every time he came to visit, his dog cried for days after. so no, don't take them back home but stuff they remember from home should be nice for them

found this. my brother never had any problems with his but maybe he was lucky? although there is deafness problems in Dalmatians and some cattle dogs neither carry the Merle gene. PetHelpful» Dogs» Behavior The Double Merle Dog and the Dangers of Merle-to-Merle Breeding Updated on September 1, 2017 Sophie Jackson more Sophie has been a freelance writer since 2003. She is passionate about history, the natural world, and her three dogs. Contact Author Red Merle Australian Shepherd puppy | Source Introduction In certain breeds of dog there is a coat pattern known as 'merle'. It is sometimes referred to as a colour, but is in fact due to a gene that alters the way pigment appears in the dog's coat. The merle coat pattern is popular because it is unusual and very unique, with each merle dog having a different coat pattern. But there are health problems associated with the merle mutation and the risk of these problems occurring increases when two merle coated dogs are mated together. The resulting litter of puppies has a high chance of containing 'double merles' or 'lethal whites', dogs that have very little or no colour to their coat at all. Double merles are highly likely to suffer from eye or ear deformities (in some cases both) which at the most extreme can result in complete blindness and deafness. Needless to say, the deliberate breeding of double merles causes a lot of controversy in the canine world and certain official bodies (such as the Kennel Club in the UK) have clamped down on the practice, refusing to register dogs that are a result of merle to merle breeding. This article explores the world of double merle genetics, the breeds affected, the health issues and the wide range of debates currently ongoing concerning the breeding of double merles. Blue merle Shetland Sheepdog (sheltie). Commonly merle dogs will have at least one blue eye, but in this example, due to the tan markings on the face, both eyes are brown. | Source What Is a Merle? A dog with a merle coat is characterised by having patches of hair with diluted pigment (colour). Though a variety of merle colours are referred to by breeders and dog owners, the two most commonly seen types of merle are blue merles and red merles. Blue merles are, in fact, grey. They appear like a tri-colour dog (black, white and tan), but with patches of the black appearing 'faded' or grey. Similarly a red merle will have faded patches of red and will often look more mottled than the blue merle. While all of the breeds with the merle coat pattern produce blue merles, only certain breeds produce red merles. The strength of the other colours in the dog's coat (tan and black, or red and tan) can vary as well, with some merles appearing to have extremely pale colouring all over, while others can have quite strong patches of colour. Blue merles with no tan markings at all are known as bi-blues, but a red merle does not necessarily have to have tan markings. Merles commonly have blue eyes. Sometimes they have one blue and one brown eye. They can also, on occasion, have two brown eyes. Sometimes dogs may appear to have normal coat colouring but are in fact merles and will produce puppies with the merle colouration. These are known as 'cryptic merles', but the exact reason why such dogs do not display the merle pattern remains unknown. The merle gene is usually dominant, so a merle dog will have inherited the gene from one of its parents. While a non-merle dog (unless a cryptic) will have inherited no merle gene. In the diagrams and examples that follow (M) refers to the merle gene, while (m) refers to a non-merle gene. For example, in a litter of mixed colour puppies the non-merles will be (mm), while a merle will be (Mm), meaning it has inherited one merle gene and one non-merle gene. This is deemed the 'safe' or responsible way of producing merle puppies. A mixed litter of puppies with non-merles (mm) and merles (Mm) | Source Health Problems Associated With the Merle Gene There is scientific evidence to suggest that the merle gene may be linked to a higher rate of ocular (eye) or auditory (ear) problems. A 2006 paper on the merle gene first published by the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America attempted to identify the gene in dogs that caused the merle pattern. Among their findings they recorded research on deafness in Dachshunds with the merle gene. One study reported 36.8% of Dachshunds with the merle coat pattern (Mm) suffered hearing problems ranging from mild to complete deafness. While none of the control group of non-merles (mm) had any hearing issues. [Audiometric findings in dachshunds (merle gene carriers)]. Another study [Light microscopy studies of the cornea of Merle dachshunds] found that merles had a "significantly greater" frequency of eye abnormalities than non-merles. Other studies cited by the article found that the merle gene was associated with skeletal, cardiac and reproductive abnormalities, but there is far less conclusive evidence for this. The same study found that in Shetland Sheepdogs a mutation of the pigmentation gene known as Silver (or Silv) is probably responsible for the merle pattern. The exact function of Silv and how it affects pigment is unknown and remains controversial. Small studies of other breeds that can have the merle pattern found that they all had the mutated Silv gene. Another study published in the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2009 set out to discover if there was a link between increased deafness and the Silv gene. The study examined 153 merle dogs, and found that over 8% of the study group had some form of deafness. The study concluded that merle dogs had a higher risk of deafness compared to many dog breeds, but not compared to dalmatians and white bull terriers (which have high rates of deafness thought to be linked to their white pigmentation). Limited research has been done into the links between the merle gene and eye problems, though a great deal of anecdotal evidence is presented on the subject. There may be a link between pale coloured eyes and eye problems, but so far the scientific research to back this claim has not emerged in the public domain.