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Delyth
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 Posted - 28 Dec 2011 : 11:23:42 PM
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I'm sure Justine will cringe at the quality of photo's of the beautiful Rocheby Copper Pearl aka BoBo.....she does do an awesome show pose !! Joe is going to do a few classes with her next year, we are thinking 'dog with the waggiest tail' cos it never stops !!!!! |
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paul_exe
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Posted - 28 Dec 2011 : 11:45:20 PM
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Oh she is lovely.. She looks just like my friends dog.
I would love another dog. Lost my Dalmatian a few years ago aged 14, who was a reject because he had a blue eye and was prone to partial deafness (when he felt like it). Got him at 6 months old.
Have never got around to getting another one... one day maybe...
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Ennik
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 08:29:43 AM
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Oh dear! Another spat on animal cruelty(?) brewing? So emotive/so many perspectives!!!!!
All opinions aside, I hope she finds a good home....... |
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Callisto
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 09:02:37 AM
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Hi Ennik - the spat was some time ago - Delyth was just updating us to let us know she has found a good home, with her  |
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Linda
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Ennik
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 09:15:52 AM
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| So pleased to hear it! ..... on both accounts! Thanks for putting me right Callisto ...... Good news! |
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jackiedo
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 09:29:15 AM
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| Justine she is so lovely - we have a yellow lab but he is not half as nice as she is, and he moults an awful lot, but, I have no idea of his breeding as he was a rescue dog, he is way oversize and grumpy (but we love him) someone not half as responsible as you sold him to a man who was very frail in his late 70's and he just could not cope, so at 18 months old he came to live with us. We have had him almost 8 years now, and him and 2 terriers is enough in our small house, but I will defo remember you for next time we are looking!. I want to ask a question here, not spark a debate about ethics, but ask if others have had the same experience, since our dog was neutered he has changed coat, moults prolifically and clumps if he is not brushed every day. I am always hoovering. Is this a side effect of neutering (started at the same time) or would this have happened anyway at his age? I had a lab bitch for 13 years before I had him (who was also a retired broody and LOVED being a family dog) and never had the problem with her when she was spayed |
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Delyth
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 09:30:19 AM
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| I can't thank Justine enough she'd have been happy but wasted as a retired fireside pet......she's become a little boys shadow and best friend :) |
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jackiedo
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 09:39:55 AM
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| well I think it is nice that they are not bred to death, but given the opportunity to enjoy life. |
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Ennik
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justine
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 10:29:19 AM
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Oh, Pearly, she is a super waggy girl. She looks great Delyth and thankyou for giving her a wonderful home :)
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Nippo
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moatside
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Callisto
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 11:12:39 AM
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| Jackiedo, our lab (RIP) was black, male, never neutered and shed constantly, I bought him from a gamekeeper at Cawdor Castle and his father was Sandringham bred so he was definitely working bred - he was a fabulous dog and my stepson's best friend. |
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Kharidian
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 11:23:15 AM
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What a perfect ending to this story!
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Kharidian (Prince Sadik x Khiri)........ Alkara Cassino (H Tobago x Rose Aboud)
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sab2
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 11:36:00 AM
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What a lovely ending , she looks such a sweetie , round of  all round i think . |
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CINDERS
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 12:50:20 PM
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A fantastic result.
I missed the original spat but I find Zan's attitude offensive to someone just doing what was right for the dog.
For many years I bred siamese cats and had a policy of not rehoming the queens once their breeding life was over but this led to overcrowding and the halth problems associated with this so we took the decision to cease breeding. In hindsight some of our females would have been better off in a pet home.
I did once rehome a queen as she had a problem resulting in 4 operations in three days which affected her mentally and (I know this sounds crazy) the other cats simply would not accept her as she had effectively died on the table. Some people cam to buy kittesn and she took to them immediately so they had her with one of her babies, yes I felt guilty but it was right for her
Please think before you post offensive remarks as some of us truly do love our animals and are willing to give them up if it is bestfor them
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justine
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 4:13:15 PM
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Thanks to all that understands my situation.
I do appreciate there are lots of unwanted dogs in centers but I and many breeders want to preserve breed standards. Just like the Arabian horse.
The best and only way for me is the way Im doing it. My dogs lead great lives at home and retire young to the best home possible for them, personality depending!
We have a super male at the moment looking for a great home. He is beautiful, low hip scores etc... however he is frustrated that he cant mate with his close relations. Its best he lives a luxury life somewhere else. Yes, he could be castrated but again he then could be a luxury fireside dog/companion/working.
We also have 2 kennel share dogs (half own) from one of the worlds best kennels. Why? 2 extreme show bitches who like to live in a pack and not individual kennels. We run ours as a pack and are right next to my house in a big yard and specially fenced paddock. This way they are very happy, very fit and ready to show within a few days of re-training and pampering.
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CINDERS
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 4:51:45 PM
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And happy doggies are what counts
I have been looking for a while for a ridgeback but as they are hounds and I still have the remnants of my Siamese breeding I am wary of taking an older dog in case I end up with dead or injured cats. So it is a puppy for me
Well done Justine on considering the welfare of you dogs above your personal feelings, that takes courage and does not deserve the negativity shown by some.
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Nippo
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 5:39:14 PM
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Justine, from the little I have learned about your attitude and breeding ethics ( from this thread) you have been criticised for the sake of it. I work within two breed rescues and if all breeders were like you I would have nothing to do.
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Offira
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 5:47:46 PM
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| What a super dog and it looks like she has done very well for herself! |
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Delyth
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Posted - 29 Dec 2011 : 6:29:07 PM
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She's festively plump  or perhaps that should read 'we' are festively plump !!!!! |
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Offira
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Posted - 30 Dec 2011 : 12:06:08 PM
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I wouldn't dare comment on a lady's weight  far from it   I was thinking done rather well for herself home wise ... but now you come to mention weight *eyes up own bulging stomach and looks at own dog who managed to 'liberate' FIVE  mince pies from the worktop  - some of us have managed to do rather well  * |
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garnet
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Posted - 30 Dec 2011 : 2:01:19 PM
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Of course it's lovely to have a new puppy but sometimes people are not able to put in the hard work involved in rearing a young pup but can cope with looking after and exercising an older dog. If they want a particular breed with known background it seems to me that a young retired broody such as the one who started this thread might be (and apparently is!) a perfect solution.
I have also known perfect and very grateful dogs who have come from rescue centres - my stepmother currently has a Hound of the Baskervilles lookalike who came all the way from Glasgow (where we suspect he was turned out in the rain and hit by a car, judging from the fear he shows near traffic in the rain) to the DT centre near Shrewsbury and so he is called Gulliver cos he has been on his travels. He takes up most of a big settee and is allegedly greyhound/lurcher/lab cross.
I have also known two dogs rehomed by friends who, through no fault of their own, had difficult and aggressive temperaments and would not have been for anybody as they required very knowledgeable handling. We know the rescue centres are full of dogs but sadly the past treatment of some of them makes them impossible to rehome safely. |
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Ennik
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Posted - 30 Dec 2011 : 2:27:09 PM
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| Thank the lord for wonderful re-hab homes ......! |
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Beautiful lab. ret. bitch
