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To be within the letter of the law, and not leave yourself open to prosecution should your not-so-friendly-dog-warden check your dog, you MUST have on the tag the address at which the dog lives. Not very safe really in this day and age, but there you go...... The phone no is not the requirement!

What earlthy difference is it going to make what one uses as training treats when a dog is on a BARF diet? Unless the dog is eating raw meat and bones because it has an allergy? Considering that dogs will eat 's..t with custard on it' or in our house, without the custard, I can't see that it...

:( Well, let's see if we can't, between us all, give you some constructive advice. MidlanderKeith had his finger on the button really, you will need to go back to basics. As I see it from what you have written, your dog is beginning to believe that it leads the pack, not you. Sweet doesn't...

:)) That's different - I'll give him a silver star then!

Hmmn, I thought the body looked very nice on Sunday too! It was a smashing day, the weather didn't make any difference either. What I thought interesting was that none of the working people would let their dogs have a go at racing - perhaps they thought it would ruin them for hunting ha ha!!!!

"then after 3weeks he can have a sprint" are you sure that's what the vet said? That you have to keep him quiet for 3 weeks and then let him run, without building his body and foot back up again prior to the 'sprint'? Does your wonderful vet know that you run on grass and not sand? Would it...

:( To be pedantic, a vaccine is not a drug, it is a modified pathogen of the disease! :- " But I will show my vet the article, and see what she has to say. I can guess, ... (w00t) ! Perhaps all we can do is put pressure on our vets to provide single dose vaccines, using protocols...

Why do we allow the advertising of puppies for sale on this board?

Well, I would dispute that the best dog is the one with the fastest time, - they DON'T ALWAYS WIN THE MAIN!!!! The fastest time on the day can be in round 1, and that dog gets knocked out in round 2! Now, speaking for only myself, should I find myself in a position of needing a dog to hunt for...

"my dog seems fine now, but that's part of the question - should one see a vet anyway in cases of repeated strain even if the dog seems to recover quickly?" In short, yes. Partly because you now have a legal obligation to do so!! (The Animal Welfare Bill), but mostly because it's your dog and...

If one is using the rationale that the supreme defines the best dog on the day, for that to stand up, then EVERY winner of EACH weight group HAS to be in the Supreme don't they? Otherwise, the best dog on the day MIGHT not win as it's not running because the owner doesn't want to risk injury...

Isn't that part of the whole debate? We don't receive any training, well, we can't for rules which are so vague as to be ludicrous! Of course it's not fighting if a dog 'lays on another', but it sure as hell is impeding the progress of another dog, but they aren't DQ's. Are the rules so vague...

In answer to T&S, because they can! We let them. I don't know why a dog may be shown at a champ show, yet refused a passport due to its pedigree. Not that they (the WCRA committee) actually have to give you a REASON why its refused, they just have to say no. Of course they can't put it in...

Well yes people do keep an eye on the known dodgy ones AND WHY NOT? Not everyone has a bottomless pit of money to go trotting off to the vet every Monday after running with 'known dodgy ones'! .......but then when I did some line judging at an open .......I got TOLD to look out for 2 dogs...

It would seem that the old rules circa 1986 were far less tolerant of undesirable behaviour than we are today! A sign of the times I suppose. However, unless the rule was formally amended or removed from the rule book doesn't it still apply? If this was so, then there is a paper trail to...

:)) I found the following really helpful, Dr Roger Mugford, "Dog Training the Mugford Way". ISBN 0-09-178664-9. This gives the trainer some framework for training the very young pup, and the follow through. I found it useful as it had a timetable of sorts, By week 8 the pup should be able...

:- " Should a harness be left on when the dog is free running? Is leaving them on is an accident just waiting to happen - with my luck, it would!! Each harness I have bought has actually said that they should be removed for free running as they are designed for lead walking only. The lastest...

There is a charity open Easter weekend, but you could try the Heart of England club for club racing. If they are running, that will be on the Saturday. Also the Countryman's Weekly has a listing of events in their weekly publication.

No idea what the policy is re adoption of sponsor dogs generally, the RGRT seem to give me sponsor dogs who are, for various reasons, 'unhomeable'. My last one was Tess and she lived for years in kennels, but couldn't live in a home. The one I have now has hang-ups too, so perhaps their policy...