hogdog

Cracking looking pup, all the best with her

The parents tell you far more than any piece of paper well ever be able to and that if it's correct...They're too unreliable to base a decision on.

I'm a little confused about the breeding specifics too but... It could be the result of two recessive genes combining but both parents would need to carry at least one copy of the gene for it to be expressed in the pups. If that is the case then only 25% of the litter would be effected. To get a higher instance then one or both of the parents would need to carry two copies of the recessive gene and then they would be ill themselves. If it's a dominant gene then it would occur regularly in that line so a genetic cause seems unlikely. My suspicion is that some sort of pathogen is re

According to a test case it can't be classed as hunting if it's unintentional so in order to be convicted they would have to prove intent...Extremely difficult unless you're lamping them lol. In theory you could still be done for your dog being out of control in a public place (if it was in a public place) but the chances of that happening over a squirrel are extremely remote, it would most likely be considered to 'not be in the public interest' (too expensive).

I've done as much as 18 miles with my Bull Terrier and regularly do 15 at a near constant pace but it's not the sort of thing I'd do with a running dog in season. A gentle warm up and 5-10 miles of short (ish) sprints with rest in between would be better although I'm a cyclist and I wouldn't be able to keep pace with a sprinting running dog. Having said that I don't think there's anything wrong with the odd long distance trip as long as it's only part of the training and mainly out of season. P.S Keep an eye on their pads

I'd say that I was disappointed at what's happened to this thread but it went a whole four pages before the bitching started...That must be a record for THL surely?

LOL, more like waiting for a cat to go by.

Thanks Gnasher, as requested here's a pic (admittedly not a great one) of him in a slightly leaner condition...

Let's not forget Rubislaw, also known as 'The king of sires'...

This a more recent picture. He was around three and a half in this picture and a year or two in the others...22" and 60-65lbs.

There doesn't have to be an outcross for it to happen, I've seen it in a line of Staffords with no outcross. It's just a slightly different spinal conformation, it is just as likely to arise through inbreeding dogs as it is to occur through outcrossing.

By far and away the best thing I've used (and I've used all sorts) is a plastic bag. They're cheap, light, don't create much drag and they're easy to get out of the dog's mouth.

Agreed, in one generation you can only call it inbreeding, if you were to continue over several generations in a certain way then that's linebreeding. Linebreeeding is inbreeding, inbreeding is not necessarily linebreeding.

Depends what you're trying to achieve. Line breeding is just a method of extracting as much genetic material from one particular dog as possible in each successive generation. People talk about it like it's a universally agreed on method of breeding but when you ask them for details they all have their different methods, some people even call it family breeding when it's a bitch they're trying to extract genetic material from. It's as risky method of breeding as the co-efficient of inbreeding can really stack up over several generations.

Yes, grapes are poisonous to dogs and obviously raisins are too. It takes surprisingly few to do it as well, a small packet of raisins can kill a large dog. Best wishes to your mate and his dog.