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I have 3 favourite breeds all working breeds bred to do similar work. Border Collies, GSDs & Bearded Collies-all the working versions, not pet or show bred. I also like non descript rescue mongrels & at the moment I have two from overseas, both failed fosters

The local RSPCA franchise to me has a contract with a local vets, they neuter all male puppies at 8 weeks or as soon as they are signed over if older, regardless of size. A recent litter of GSD crosses born in their kennels were castrated at 8 weeks & spayed at 10 weeks. Absolutely disgusting...

>You clearly have no idea of what the Alsatians and other police and army dogs really did in years gone by. Yes they had to guard, but they also had to track criminals< Sorry I do have quite a lot of knowledge of Army dogs from the 1930s & 1940s, because I talked to handlers & trainers of the...

Oh dear the period of time when service dogs were gifted & unhealth tested & the"Alsatian"was normally a fearful dog prone to epilepsy & Haemophilia because of the original imports were of poor quality. Their main task for the Army was as guard dogs trained to attack as the prime duty, something...

I don't know when your mother was training for the Army, but my dogs have been GSDs not Alsatians since my first in 1956, being either the offspring of German imports or German imports. My dogs were a mix of HGH & Schutzhund(now IPG) bloodlines. None had "straight"toplines in stance, but they...

" Registration of dogs of merle colouring Published on 9 January 2020 at 11:28am The Kennel Club has announced that it will no longer accept registration applications for merle-coloured dogs in breeds where there is no documented evidence of the colour having been well established over a...

The "bunny hopping"seen in older GSDs has nothing to do with the shape of the dog, it is causing by a genetic condition called Degenerative Myelopathy & is found in many breeds not just the GSD. It is totally unrelated to HD, the correctness of the level of the back etc The height at the withers...

The photo is typical of a German Showline German Shepherd, it's coat is correctly described as a "Stock Haar" which is the standard coat & not a long coat. However your first priority is to find a responsible breeder who breeds for temperament, character & health. All three are equally...

My dogs are feed raw food, my puppies get approximately 6% of their body weight over 2 meals. Butternut Box(I think)give you the amount per day which at your pups age needs to be that least 4 meals a day.

A baby puppy(actually any dogs) don't do"manipulation"in the way humans do & no a puppy of this age whilst awake has very little capacity to hold pee. Puppies of this age need to go out every couple of hours, after eating, on waking up & any time they show signs of going to toilet. I always...

Have you tried natural peanut butter smeared on the inside of the front of the muzzle to encourage your dog to put her nose into the muzzle always rewarding her when she does ? It's one way of started to a climatise her to wearing a muzzle. Basket muzzles are the best type IMHO. Could you try...

Being a retired fraud officer I often visit certain "free"sites & contact breeders of litters asking simple health questions. I'm not shocked that many breeders are charging over £1,000 for puppies from non health tested & often unregistered litters. They certainly make huge profits eg litter of...

If you chose to buy an adult from a private owner rather than a rescue please be aware that the owners might not disclose behavioural or health issues, even rescues don't always do this unfortunately. TBH unless you were lucky enough to find a youngish pedigree dog from someone like a late...

The Breeding and Sale of Dogs act covers what you asking about along with the Compulsory microchipping 2015 act. Not rocket science by any means

I currently have 2 dogs from street dog ancestry. My Rommie boy has never known anything other than sympathetic humans, having been lucky enough to be born in the home of the incredible lady, who pulled his heavily pregnant mum from a public kill shelter just before she whelped. He's a very...

Is the person who wrote this a qualified professional genetist and behaviourist ? I've fostered & transported a fair few adult & puppy street from Romania & other countries. The dog in my avatar is one of 5 puppies born to an 8 month street dog who was pulled from a kill shelter days before...

Please don't walk your puppy for hours, he is still growing & his bones will not be fully formed & his growth plates will definitely not be closed & can be(and are)damaged by over exercise. Puppies naturally spent a lot of time resting as do adults nothing unusual or cruel. Rather lots of...

Sadly people who breed this cross rarely do any health testing & as both breeds have the same & different health issues it is madness to breed them together & give the pups a silly name. All breeding dogs should be hip & elbow scored & have all available clinical & DNA done as well regardless of...

I have twococker spaniel x poodle that attend my dog training class, one has short legs & a long body & the other looks like a very poor example of a poodle. This is the problem with breeding deliberate cross breeds, you really have no idea what the pups will end up like. These dogs are not a...