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I was greedy and didn't let anyone pick their registered names, but then it was my first litter, and I really wanted to pick the names! I like Falco - because it sounds better as a pair ie: Falco & Mason sounds better than Mason & Jordan Just sayin' ;)

I had weims - at 3 weeks they just werent ready but by 4 weeks they were happy. It was an autumn litter so getting the right weather was difficult but doable.

wow you guys use more stuff in your Aussies than we do in our Old English Sheepdogs. We use potato flour and water to prep at the show!

I send my boy away. He is quite polite when she is coming in - just sort of stands in front of her and dances while she gives him daggers. I have an arrangement with a friend where I get her bitch when she's in season and she gets my dog, or if mine is in, same deal. last time, the girls were in sync and came in within a few days of each other, but my bitch had her last season a month early and had a litter, so it's all thrown out again now. It's good though - our dogs just slot right in to each others houses comfortably enough which I am very grateful for.

I love the name Fern was on my one day list for an English Setter. Oso I read your post but I don't know anyone I'm afraid...

That's interesting RosieFT... I wonder if maybe they should do some studies around dogs that have contracted Parvo that have been vaccinated, and how long ago it was.

get firm with them sinta if you are having trouble getting through - make it about the dog,which it ought to be.

Mas as always a personal choice... with Wei's we recommend 12 week C3 and no booster at 16 weeks - next one being a C3 or C5 at 12 months and that is it. I believe that the C3 (brand) is the only one that has been actually tested and recommended to last 3 years. the others have not. i could be wrong though a vet student advised me of this. As for puppy classes it depends where they are held... if they are at a park, well then I'd be waiting until after the 12 week vac... if they are held somewhere like a private location then I'd take them before their 12 week vac. Emery BEST OF LUCK with bub i hope you have a smooth whelping delivery ;)

Big congrats Wazzat Naca looks so shiny under those lights he doesnt look real!!!

Mervin, SwaY also stated that she did not want suggestions of others that are just as good, as she wants the exact same one. She stated that she HAS a K9 Pro lead, and that it's not the same... she has also stated that she is after the leather quality of this particular lead, and not the style, whcih we have seen from many posts, is obviously quite common. now since you weren't actually around that long ago, and your suggestion has been rightfully (and initially, politely) dismissed, I suggest you back out from this thread slowly.

Mr 28 posts Mervin get some respect.

I discussed and put articles about crate training in my puppy packs. one of my puppy buyers decided that they didn't want to try that method and I have no issue with that - their puppy, their choice. About a week in, they emailed me, asking for some help, as puppy was crying for 3 hours straight on his own at night time. I gave them several options and different things to try, and then said, at the end, that they could still consider crate training and to have a read of the articles again. they bought the crate same day. By the afternoon, he was happily sleeping in it with the door open. 1st night, 40 minutes, 2nd night, 20 minutes, last night - 10 minutes AFTER his toilet break, but settled straight away when they first put him to bed. I don't think that I would force crate training on anyone, and sometimes, it just doesnt work (my own weimaraner, the puppies mother, was a prime example of a failed attempt at crate training), but I also think that it's good to be open minded about it as well.

naw I can't see the video emery, there is a few recipe's for satin balls pinned in the new research section section of the forum, or do a search... there are loads of recipes. ETA - i can't find the research thing anymore? weird

Agreed, my puppy people are told outright they will not know which is there's until 8 weeks+. They either chose to wait or not, if they get pushy I put them back in there box! this

I already made a loss by charging the slightly less than the going rate for my pups. Ali it's not really a fair call to make. I can't speak for all breeds or breeders, but I know that most people breed just to try improve the breed and do make a loss. Most people actually have NO idea what the costs can be until you have been there.

Did you discuss with them and look at pictures to find out what they meant by 'browner'? Looking on the web there are weims that have blue noses/steel grey coats, and ones with liver noses/mouse grey coats. I thought the second type was the preferred? My greyhound Woody is registered as dun, but genetically he is isabella. Which means he has the liver gene as well as the dilute gene. This gives him the beautiful colour of a weimeraner, and next to the blue greyhounds he looks very brown. Mouse brown. I wanted to get a dun coloured greyhound, and was prepared to wait until one came up. Only one in every three thousand greyhounds expresses this colour, so I waited many years. And then two were offered to me at the same time, from two different bloodlines. Dun refers more to the expression of liver (rather than black) pigment than it does to an actual shade of coat, so they can be identified by a liver nose instead of black or blue nose. So I have two very different looking dun greyhounds. One is white and dun brindle. She has a purple brown nose, and chocolate and fawn brindle areas and chocolate brindle spots on her white areas. Both these dogs are wonderful pets, but if I was buying a dog for breeding, colour would not have any importance at all. The only time that colour would be important in breeding greyhounds would be to avoid mating two dogs that were both mostly white. I did ask them what they meant by browner, and I also explained that WEimaraners are a dilute of liver and that is what gives them the silver grey that is mostly bred for, explained the other, less common shades and I also mentioned that there is in existence a "Blue Weimaraner" but that this colour is not bred in Australia and that as far as i was aware, there were not any blues in Australia, so they only colour they would get would be the correct shades of silver grey. I also asked them if they meant a GSP. Unfortunately, I didn't hear back from them to find out what they meant.

in my last litter, I had someone ask for a Weimaraner with a "browner" coat... usually the ones with that washed out brown are due to sun bleaching. You can get a mouse grey but most weimaraners here are Silver or dark grey... They didn't end up with a puppy. oh and in Old English Sheepdogs, which isn't my breed but I show it, I prefer a patch/black ears to break up white on their heads, a white blaze and the deep grey bum.. but the absolute favourite for me in OES is dark eye pigment, especially if they have a wall eye or two blue eyes.

I waited 3 years for my blue or tri colour blue belton English Setter. I then waited another year for my second, only to get tired of waiting and said I'd go with an orange if one was a suitable match to my current boy and myself. Turns out I got the most perfect orange boy and now I am not biased for colour. I can see why some people prefer a certain colour, and I think it's unfair for people to judge why they have that preference... as a breeder though, I would never be selective about colour unless it came down to two very good dogs of everything fairly equal except colour/markings. I would, however, expect my puppy buyers to be accepting that they either wait for their colour preference, or they change their minds, if there is a particular dog more suited to them. Equally as bad as people having a preference for colour, is the show ring having a preference for colour... for example, Liver, although not a popular colour historically in English Setters, did exist in the line, however the colour is all but disappeared in the UK line of english setters. To me, it is as much about preserving and protecting the whole of the breed, including the colours they are known to come in, whether people like them or not (unless, maybe, they also carried some kind of lethal gene at the same time!)

i was told by my vet anywhere up to two weeks out is fine, and that the biggest issues are to do with overheating...

I've seen some of the crufts ones before - they are great. A great set I'd love to see the exhibition.

gorgeous puppy AlexF!!

this up until that point there was a lot of interesting information - some of it wrong, and sometimes i found they focused too much on stories of individuals rather than the whole breed.

Mas that is cute! I can't wait to meet little Falco Lulu looks like a retard in that first photo!!

ohhh sps you can't get time off for it? it's in november plenty of time to apply for leave!!