Lowenhart

The original poster said which made me remember some of the interesting names given to the racing greys. When you register a racing grey with the ANKC it keeps it's racing name. The vast majority are retired dogs and I haven't heard of a show bred dog being registered for racing... But in short, it's Greyhound board name is the same as it's show name.

Originally dogs were registered by their "Pet" or "Call" names. It got really confusing, especially when you'd have a number of dogs with the same name in the same breed. Lots of times they just added a number after them - Cleopatra II, Cleopatra III, Cleopatra IV etc. So people started adding a signifier, such as the names of their properties, their village or towns to differentiate it from the other dogs. So you had - Smith's Cleopatra, Cleopatra from Jersey Cottage. It goes on. In Australia, we haven't had purebred dogs for as long as other countries but we have learnt a lot from them. We have a prefix which identifies the breeder, we have to register those. We offer up a list of possible prefixes we would like and the Canine Controls pick the ones that have not been used before, or are not too close to another already registered prefix. The remainder of the name is what identifies the dog. No 2 dogs can have the same whole name (Prefix + Identifier), otherwise it leads to all sorts of trouble. These days people get creative with the dog's identifier, using theme words or letters to identify which litter it came from. Lots of pedigree enthusiasts (those who collect pedigree information about dogs) who are also breeders end up using letters or theme words as they find it much easier to follow. What a dog is called at home is not recorded anywhere and entirely up to you. I have a dog called "BumBum" which is a shortening of a silly name given to him by his breeder (Fatty Fatty Bum Bum). It has absolutely nothing to do with his registered pedigree name. Each breeder is different, some will allow puppy buyers to choose names (either from a list, or which fit their themes) and others don't. Some will already come with a pet or call name (such as my BumBum) which you don't have to keep. I use theme words, my last homebred litter used a theme word of "Kick". So all puppies had that word in their names. Their call names were (for the girls) good swiss goat herder names (as the mother is called Britta and acts like a mountain goat) and for the 1 boy, his name is a derivative of Weet Bix (because of Vita Brits = Britta). So they are: Kick It To Me - Bixley [boy] Kickstarts Your Hart - Gretchen [Girl] Kick Up The Heini - Heidi [Girl] I named them all (both names) and the new owners have kept those names. If you go look at racing greyhounds, you will find even more creative names. :p

Also Chicken is deemed to be "mild" on the dog. Boiling it means the oils from the fat are removed, as a lot of fat can trigger more gastro symptoms. Cooked chicken has a lower bacterial load than raw. My last dog with gastro was prescribed with a boiled beef mince & rice diet. Apparently that vet had seen better results on the beef mince rather than the chicken.

Congrats!!! So happy for you Lowenhart was our 5th or 6th choice. Pretty happy with it now, but we really wanted Kasper (a german naughty court jester) and a few other ones. Long time ago now though... Wyntervale has a nice ring to it. Congrats again!

I have no problems with a gent wearing a fluro green (or any colour) jacket with cream or black dress pants. But the matching fluro pants? Too much, too much. It's a bit like the difference between "famous" and "infamous", you want to catch the eye of the judge & ringside but not distract them from the main focus - the dog! I don't normally wear jeans in the show ring, but I believe they can be worn well. A guy in jeans, button up shirt and blazer with nice shoes (not clunky white sneakers) can look great, same for women. It's how it's worn and how they present the dog that counts the highest. A well dressed handler with a dirty matted dog is a far worse sight in my opinion.

To be honest I don't think wearing jeans is such a bad thing as long as the rest of the outfit looks dressy enough. I'd much rather see someone in a nice pair of jeans and a jacket than an ill fitting suit. While it wasn't taken in the ring, I used this photo for a full page spread in Ringleader. I don't think the jeans took away from the shot at all. Mostly I mix and match my skirts & pants with various shirts and when it's not too hot - jackets. Same jacket but slightly dressier outfit:

I've lived with a single dog for a year or so and then added dogs in and out of the "pack" - I co-own dogs and we will swap dogs and I will take extras for a time. But the only consistency in my house is this one dog. He loves being a single guy, getting 100% of the loving being given out and struggles sometimes when others get attention. He is prone to "sulks" (what I call when he seems quiet and a bit down) BUT at the same time he also loves living with other dogs as he has someone to wrestle and play with. When the other dogs are away he seems a little lost. I have to make the effort to just have "us" time, where he is the only one on the couch getting cuddled and adored. With multi-dog situations you must have something you just do with each individual.

I had a dog who tended to break his nails off a lot (where the whole nail slips right off exposing the quick). The nails themselves were prone to bending, splitting and breaking. He had an infection in his nail beds, so biotin just didn't help. I'd check the nail beds to see if there is a fungal or bacterial infection there. Keep the nails short, grind them down as far as you can. If it's not a nail bed infection, it maybe just how the dog turns at speed.

Whilst officially "born" at the vets as it was a caeser, the litter was set up with a puppy pen in the bedroom. A petpack crate (it's small breed) was set up with a heating pad and vetbed. The solid crate prevents too much heat loss and some privacy for the bitch. The set up remains until weaning when the crate is removed from the pen and a wire lid is put ontop. Litter remains in the bedroom puppy pen until they go to their new homes. Edited to add: Puppies are just confined to the pen during sleep time or when they can not be supervised. They get to run in the house, and back yard when I am home.

While breeds have tendencies towards certain traits, things like barking are really individual. Lowchen in general are a noisy breed. They have a high "watchdog" factor, and will protect the house from the mailman, meter reader, people walking past and birds in trees. They also are noisy players... BUT I have the quietest Lowchen ever. People can come to the house and not realise a dog is there. He sits quietly wagging his tail when I walk in the door and waits for his greeting. I didn't train him to do it, it's just how he is. I love it! Pity it's not more widespread as his daughter is a bit of a "mouth" (thanks to a very noisy mum). It's something to consider when choosing the next dog.

Things to consider - There are more boarding kennels closing than they are being replaced, especially on the northside of Brisbane. Which means that most kennels get booked out up to 6 months ahead of the busy school holiday times. Christmas/New Year being the worst. Kennels are full without much effort on their part. I would recommend calling ahead of any inspection to ensure that someone will be available to take you through. It's cold and flu season, the person that handles the inspections maybe off - you don't know if you don't call. It's a courtesy. To be honest, I think it's rude to just turn up without ringing first. Most kennels were originally in quiet, rural areas that got busy and built up. Bonus being of course is that they don't have the same level of noise issues due to the traffic droning on. Trying to get a license to have boarding kennels now is almost impossible, the vast majority within BCC limits have been there for 30+ years.

I use my normal detergent and add disinfectant to the "bleach" dispenser in my washing machine. Then use the heavy duty setting. If the towels and bedding are really dirty, I wash with the "heavy duty + soak" option adding napisan to the mix.

Yep: http://www.hundeweb.dk/dkk/public/openInde...on_locale=en-en I dog I bred and co-own was awarded a Veteran World Winner title.

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The best cure for staining is prevention. Cut out any food colouring in the diet. Switch from plastic bowels over to ceramic or steel. Giving the hair a really good clean and condition, condition, condition. Dry porous hair picks up more staining then soft conditioned hair. Sard Wonder Soap is a well known "cleaner" and might help. Potato Flour and Corn Flour visually whiten the hair but doesn't actually do anything long term. I use it with other products that tone down the red/yellow. You may also find something like Angel Eyes ( http://www.angelseyesqld.com.au/ ) might help if there is a yeast infection causing the staining. You may find supplementing with apple cider vinegar helps too.

Aldi sell 4kg of "Julius" dry food for about $8 - $9. They also sell bigger bags of dry food pretty cheap as well. I know the 4kg bags have no colouring/dyes and while not the best out there, it's not bad. I feed it on occasion to my dogs and they don't suffer on it.

I work full time (plus study at Uni) and RAISE litters just fine. It takes concerted effort on my part to ensure the pups are handled enough and have the fundamentals of house training. I have a pen set up for the pups to sleep in during the day and while I'm at work. I get up at 5 to take pups out for the first toilet break (and outdoor play session) while I make their breakfast. I take them outside as soon as I am home again and they get free run of the house (once they have toileted) while I prepare their meal (and mine). Final meal and toilet is just before I roll into bed. I have no qualms selling to full time workers, infact I guess my pups are better suited to those types of homes because they are raised that way. I've sent pups off with the basics of house training in place, who are outgoing and well socialised, even managed to get the beginnings of lead training as well. It takes effort on my part to do right by the pups. I suggest anyone looking to get a puppy while working to have a crate set up and use it. Lots of toys and a structured toileting program going.

It's not as simple as "all outcrosses produce larger". Complete outcrosses (such as mixing breeds) regularly produces offspring bigger than both parents. This is one sign of "hybrid vigor" (though they are not true hybrids). In purebreeds, outcrosses are rarely true outcrosses. Most share some genetic history if you trace back far enough. Some dogs are prepotent for attributes, some will produce their own size 9/10 when bred to any size male and others are not strong for producing their size. Looking at the complete pedigree and having an idea of the size of siblings etc can give you an idea of what size you will get but there are no guarantees. It takes many years to come up with theories and only 1 litter to smash them. What you have to decide is what attributes you want from the litter, you can't have every. If the dog you wish to use is on the tall end and you end up with tall/oversize progeny you may have to not show that generation and find the size in the next generation. I have successfully used oversized dogs to get small offspring. Lots of good luck on my part but I am very conscious of the size behind my dogs. On the right is an oversize male who was very very nice, in the middle is his daughter. To the left is the granddaughter/daughter (it is 3 generations) and she is just within standard at the bottom end. We then bred the same import to the middle bitch and the end bitch (mother and daughter). The mother produced 2 oversized dogs, the daughter produced only small to medium sized offspring. These breedings were for all intents "outcrosses". The import however had loads of oversized dogs in his pedigree despite being standard size.

I have a submersible pump and some poly buckets. Fill the buckets with warm water and can wash the dogs anywhere - the laundry tub, bath tub, back yard etc. The pump has a really long power cord and I turn it on/off by lifting or dropping the weight.

I can only think of the wet dirty dog causing your blades to rust! You should charge enough to cover blade cleaning and sharpening. You will find if you wash a matted dog it makes it ten times worse as the matts tighten as they dry. Either charge more or stop clipping the really messy ones.

I've seen dogs raced around on tight leads looking awful. But slowed down, and given a loose lead they actually hold themselves quite well. A fast trot is not correct for a large number of breeds, though it is considered flashy and appealing to some. I'm one of those people in the middle of the ring who tends to say "Slow down, slow down!", normally because the dogs are bunching up and playing as they are going way too fast. If I think a dog is being held out of it's natural shape by a tight lead, I ask the exhibitor to loosen it. People don't realise how badly they can throw a dogs movement off by tight leads and constant checking. I think the constant checking is my bugbear as the dog doesn't fall into any sort of rhythm and constantly being put off balance by the tugs on the lead.

Don't forget that you need to treat the aluminium. Show people dislike the black oxidisation of untreated aluminium on their nice clean dogs.

I don't see a problem with someone having an entire dog, as long as they have control of the dog and don't let it wander. Plenty of people would love to see their wonderpup produce more wonderpups but they don't realise that it's not entirely hereditary. It takes time to raise a litter, handle the pups and feed them good food, worm them and socialise them to help them grow into healthy, happy, gorgeous dogs. Mostly the offspring is nothing like the wonderpup parent at all. Keeping the male entire through his growth phases can be a good thing, and I generally recommend it. Dogs need hormones to regulate growth, muscle development and coat.

My first question is - Are you prepared to look after the dog, groom it, walk and play with it when your daughter a) gets a boyfriend b) gets a job c) moves out of home? If your daughter wants something a bit bigger than a toy poodle, that will follow her around and sit with her but still fits the low/no-shedding requirements, the a Lowchen might be the ticket. They come in heaps of colours, will go with whomever gives them the most attention, are active and robust but still trainable. Of course it's best to get the whole family involved in the decision and make sure your son doesn't react to the coat of which ever breed you choose.

Afghans come in tan point, though it is not terribly common in it's homeland. Afghanistan is part of Asia and they are among the breeds classed to be ancient.