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Puppies start to lose their first teeth much younger than 6 months usually around 12-14 weeks starting with the front teeth & often ending with their 4 canines. They also with have more adult teeth as the 8 adult pre molars(just behind the Canines) have no first tooth equivalents & the rear...

Gross as it might be, raw pigs trotters are good for teething, all my pups have chewed them, from GSDs to Cavaliers. Just make sure they are from UK pigs, you can freeze them & if they get grubby a quick rinse of boiling water wiil clean & sanitise them

Spay incontinency only occurs after spaying ask your vet, there is a clue in the name

This NOT a one off scare spay incontinence is very common sadly, one reason my veterinary practice(established in 1954) by John Crooks(a BVA president) only prepubscently spay on medical grounds, otherwise they spay post a minimum of 1 season. It is a medical FACT the epiphyseal plates need the...

Not my bitch but a close friend, was pursuaded to pre pubscently spay her butch(spaying before a season) by her vet. Unfortunately the poor girl developed spay incontinence almost immediately afterwards & had to be on medication for the rest of her life. She had to be crated throughout her...

As others have written this is NOT aggression & sorry to be blunt, but it shows naivety on the behalf of the owner. Puppies learn by experimenting, so the nipping is the way they learn about their boundaries. If you watch an adult dog interact with a puppy, you will witness nipping, ragging...

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The KC site is not a veterinary site. The BVA is & it clearly states that dogs with elbow scores that are above 0 should not be bred from & they run the BVA/KC elbow scoring scheme. I know who I would be guided by. Elbow dyspasia is more genetically linked than HD. Few GP vets have indepth...

Which dog scored 4:4 & elbow scored 1? as both dogs should be tested or are they both the same? You do realise the BVA advise against breeding from any dog with an Elbow score above 0 don't you? Is your GP vet a BVA panellist or an orthopedic specialist

Would be interested to see the hip/elbow scores & Patella status

There is no DNA test that can accurately give 100% or anything near because ALL breeds have common ancestors. The commercial tests compare things like coat colour/length/type, eye colour etc Then a computer program predicts the possible breed types in the sample. When the database was set up...

You had them hip & elbow scored as well of course. & tested for patella luxatation.?

The breeder should really have given you some of the good the pups had been weaned onto & then you transfer over to new food by 10% a day. Could also be a change of water type, where I live has incredibly hard water & I boil all my dogs water when I have a new dog. Add to the stress to the pup...

Growling is not aggression, it is a behaviour that indicates the dog is not happy in the situation, punishing a dog for growling eventually results in the dog not warning that it is uncomfortable & the behaviour will escalate to snapping & if that is punished too then upwards to biting...

They dropped to £2,900 for last 2 pups!!

Basic rule of thumb for puppies for lead walking is 5 minutes for each month of life-eh 5 months old 25 minutes walk twice a day. Free running at home is OK as long as it isn't over done & he rests afterwards. Borzois are big dogs so need plenty of rest after exercise & no meals just before or...

Ooooooh touched a nerve ? What resentment ? This Angel man who set up this charity last year has 2 previous companies( well one actually with a change of name all on Companies house records)with very similar aims that have been dissolved, the last one just before this charity was registered, is...

So thieves take rhe trouble to remove & rechip stolen dogs, passport & rabies vax etc taken them to Ireland (as opposed to Northern Ireland), breed from them & then smuggle the puppies to UK to sell ? Really ? As an retired professional investigator I find this hard to believe, far less risky &...

They may be a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in existence since last year doesn't make them an official body nor give them any special powers with regard to animal welfare. They haven't lodged any policies, details of founders etc as they haven't got to do this for 10 months after the end...

TBH now is not a good time to buy a puppy. Unscrupulous breeders are charging silly money( seen BC pups for £4,000 each at 3 days old !!)& conmen(women)getting deposits for non existent puppies. Covid19 has allowed "breeders" to exhort large sums of money from desparate buyers which totally...