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From: kathy_buetow@QMS1.life.uiuc.edu (Kathy Buetow)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Puppy has name and first BIM !!
Date: 14 Sep 92 13:15:14 GMT
Followup-To: rec.pets.dogs
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana

Thanks to all of you that responded to my request for help in naming
my new puppy !!  You all came up with some great ideas...and some 
of you I have to worry about *wink* :-).

I have decided on   "Bryn Mawr's Rough N Tumble"  for his registered
name and the call name "Rowdy".

And now for the brag.............I took him over to the Logansport, IN
match on Friday night and he took Best Puppy in Match !!  What a
hoot...it was his first time in the ring but he acted like an old pro !!

Isn't it amazing how each and every puppy brings a new hope ?  It's
great to get those group rosettes for the "old dogs"...........but somehow
that big pink and green rosette is *THE prettiest* thing in the world
to me right now !! 

Thanks again for the name help and for listening to my bubbling brag !!
Kathy
-------------------------
Katwala Australian Cattle Dogs
Kathy_Buetow@QMS1.life.uiuc.edu
"Australian Cattle Dogs are not just a breed....they're a way of life !!!"
From: wiebe@ut-emx.uucp (Anne Hill Wiebe)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Lhasa Apso needs home
Keywords: blind, Lhasa
Date: 8 Sep 92 14:03:42 GMT
Distribution: austin
Organization: U. Texas Center for Space Research

I am posting for a friend who is involved with the Cedar Park
Humane Society, which is an organization with a no-kill policy.

She is looking for an organization (or individual) who is
particularly interested in the Lhasa Apso breed, since a
five-year-old blind spayed female Lhasa Apso was found --
abandoned! -- and needs a home.  This dog is charcoal grey, is
currently living with a volunteer, apparently housebroken and
otherwise accustomed to people.  (Who could abandon a blind dog 
after five years!?)  If you know of an organization that loves
Lhasas, please call.

Please reply to my friend by telephone:  
Beverly Williams, work 471-5933, home 443-4707
(I don't read this newsgroup so won't catch followups.)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Subject: Re: how bad is chocolate for dogs?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 17:02:05 GMT

prm@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (paul.r.mount) writes:
>	Hi - somewhere (here, months ago?) I heard something about
>chocolate being bad for dogs - that some amount greater
>than a lick off a popsicle stick was bad for them.  Is it something
>about milk content?  How much is too much, and how bad is it?
*----
Chocolate contains theobromide, which is toxic to dogs.  How much
is a problem depends on the chocolate, the dog's tolerance, and his
size.  I know of dogs that have eaten small amounts of chocolate
without ill effect (about 1/8 oz) and a couple that have eaten
substantially more, but lived to wag the tail (after getting
very sick and throwing up all over the place).  Personally, I
don't let my dog get near it (but I share the peanut butter
pretty generously).
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
From: rasmussenc@vaxb.gbus.virginia.edu
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Dobe puppy horror story update
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:16:11 GMT
Organization: Darden Center, University of Virginia

Hi everyone -

I thought I'd give you the latest update on this story.  The breeder took 8 
of the puppies and the mother to the cardio vet in Gaithersburg, MD 
yesterday.  My original pup, Ahndo, has not changed.  Another female, Ariel, 
also has a heart murmur, not quite as bad as Ahndo's.  Abbie (yes, all the 
puppies' names start with A) has the least affected heart.  She has a mitral 
valve prolapse with some regurgitation, but the heart contractibility seemed 
OK.  The right ventricle is slightly enlarged.  The vet cannot give any 
promises about the quality and life expectancy of any of the affected 
puppies.  The other puppies are healthy.  He basically told the breeder not 
to breed to the same sire again, as he also could not find anything wrong 
with the bitch.  

The breeder has found someone to take Ahndo.  The girl heard about his 
plight, and offered to take him.  She has another dog with heart trouble and 
would like to give Ahndo as great a life as possible until he starts going 
downhill.  Ariel may be going to a vet in St. Louis MI.  

I was offered several choices.  I could have my money back, I could pick 
from the remaining 2 healthy puppies, or I could have Abbie.  Regardless of 
the fact that she was willing AGAIN to give me a $500 puppy for $250, she 
and I both knew that neither of these two puppies suited a first time 
Doberman owner (too much to handle).  I also realized that if I didn't take
Abbie, she would end up giving her to another rescue type person.  Following 
my lead, she asked me if we had considered being a two-dog family.  She said 
that one thing which helps owners when one dog has to be put down is when 
there is another dog at home.  We said that yes, we had often considered 
having two dogs, but our last dog was so jealous we couldn't do that to her 
especially since her health had been failing.  (She died a month ago)  The 
breeder then asked us if we wanted to take Abbie now, she would GIVE us a 
puppy from her next litter (in about a year).  Her next litter's sire would 
be (she hopes) her 10 month old, Alex, who is just fabulous (personality & 
looks).  (BTW she is planning on having Alex thoroughly checked out by this 
cardio vet before she breeds him to Keysa.)

So, I called my vet and asked him if he thought I was totally off my rocker 
to take Abbie, and he said that if I knew from the onslaught her condition 
and accepted the fact that she would have to be put down as soon as she 
began to suffer, and I could emotionally handle the entire ordeal, (and he 
aggreed a 2nd dog at home would certainly help), then Yes, this would be 
nice for everyone involved.

So that, friends, is the story.  Thanks again for listening!  Chris R.
From: CBARNES@tamvm1.tamu.edu (Chris Barnes)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Dog Bread (was Re: Dog in Heat, Any suggestions)
Date: 15 Sep 1992 20:20:40 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University

In article <2AB61B2C.14613@ics.uci.edu>
    tittle@ics.uci.edu (Cindy Tittle Moore) writes:
 
>>In rec.pets.dogs, bev@pmafire.inel.gov (Beverly Novak) writes:
>>> I want
>>> to bread her when she is 2 years old.
       ^^^^^
 
>Of course, spaying works even better.  If you're planning to "bread"
                                                              ^^^^^^
>your dog, I am, frankly, dubious about the quality of the resulting
>litter.
>
>--Cindy
 
 
Now Cindy, if she puts a little cream cheese on the dog, and bakes her
in the oven at the proper temprature, that "dog bread" could be
quite tastey !!!!
 
:-p
 
PS.  I'm sorry, I just couldn't let that go by again.  It was all I
     could do to stop myself the first time.......
 
      --------------------------------------------------
Chris Barnes            |
cbarnes@tamvm1.tamu.edu |  Bow season starts in 16 days!
(409) 846-3273 (home)   |           (in Texas)
(409) 845-4437 (work)   |
From: mfriley@pacman.WPI.EDU (Margaret F Riley)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Re: Cuddling (was Re: miniature greyhounds)
Date: 10 Sep 1992 16:56:39 GMT
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
NNTP-Posting-Host: pacman.wpi.edu

In article <18nkhfINN7or@moe.ksu.ksu.edu> terry@eece.ksu.edu (Terry Hull) writes:
>cornell@inoc.dl.nec.com (Cornell Kinderknecht) writes:
>>Most people adore her but there are a few who just think she's too
>>strange looking.  If those few people once experienced the little dog
>>curled with her head on your shoulder they'd know what they're
>>missing.  :-)  So there!
>
>Some of us prefer to have this 100 lb Rotweiler who still thinks of
>himself as a lap dog curled up in our lap with that block of a head on
>our shoulder.  You people with itty-bitty dogs just don't know what
>you are missing.  ;-) ;-)  Sorry.  I could not resist.  
>
>I do get lots of strange stares as I sit on my front step with my
>Rottweiler doing his best imitation of a lap dog.  

I've got you beat, Terry.
My Pyr, Siegfried, likes to pretend he's the hood ornament for
my little tiny Ford Festive.   (Put the seat down all the way, Mommy,
and put the window down too.  What do you mean I have to sit.  I can't
see over the roof if I sit.  Can I help you drive Mommy?    What do you
mean, get in the back dammit?  Can't I sit in your lap while you
drive like that little dog we just passed?)

--Margaret
From: mscott@mindlink.bc.ca (Michael Scott)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Mastiff advice
Date: 9 Sep 92 00:42:16 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada

Can anyone recommend a breeder of English mastiffs in the Pacific Northwest or
western Canada?

My roommate and I have been drawing gradually closer, over the course of the
past year, to getting a mastiff puppy. We've even been to see a breeder in
eastern Canada, but would prefer to find someone closer to home. (We live in
Vancouver BC.)

Also my experience with dogs has been exclusively with Newfoundlands. Anyone
care to contrast or compare? We keep horses at a stable outside the city and
spend a lot of time in the country with them, but our actual home is downtown
and has a very small yard. The breeder we've been talking to says no problem,
mastiffs don't need too much space, and would be happy around the horses. That
seems a bit odd to us, but we'd love to hear any first-hand anecdotes you'd
care to share.

Thanks.
Mike Scott
From: terry@eece.ksu.edu (Terry Hull)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Re: I'M A DAD AGAIN!!
Date: 15 Sep 1992 15:42:54 GMT
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: ralph.eece.ksu.edu

scott@borg.wyle.ingr.com (scott@borg.wyle.ingr.com) writes:

>I've been away for a while, but I wanted to tell you all the
>great news!  I'm a dad again!!  I've adopted two wonderful
>little Rottmonsters, brothers, from a solid breeder I believe.

Two at once?  Geesh, Scott, you are crazier than I am.  

[deletions]
>I've been having lots of fun and so have the boys.  I wanted
>to share my good news and ask a question or two.  Here goes:

>1.) I worry about spending more time on Eli than Mo.  Mo is
>    more of a loner.  He'd rather be sniffing grass in the
>    far corner of the yard than in my lap.  Eli would rather
>    be in my lap than breathe.  How do I balance between them?

This is important.  Spend time with EACH DOG INDIVIDUALLY.  I
recommend 30 minutes to 1 hour per day with each dog.  That will
provide the balance you need.  In addition, I'd try to involve Mo in
group activities that are fun too, but if he would rather sniff when
everyone is together, let him sniff.

>2.) Any great suggestions for teaching two pups at once?  They
>    seem to distract eachother somewhat during my training 
>    sessions.  All advice solicited.

This one is easy.  Don't train them together.  Train one then the
other.  BTW:  The 30+ minutes above is not specifically training
time.  It is exploring, playing time.  The puppies will learn from you
during these periods, but it must be FUN from a puppy's view.  Of
course with puppies, training time is play time and play time is
training time so it is hard to tell the difference.  

--
Terry Hull  -  terry@eece.ksu.edu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University
From: bev@pmafire.inel.gov (Beverly Novak)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Dog in Heat, Any suggestions
Date: 10 Sep 92 15:16:14 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: WINCO

Hi,

I have a 8 month old female dog who is going into heat.  I bought one of
those sanitary straps for her, but she chewed it off.  I have also tried
mens underware, but she got those off too.  She is an out side dog, so I
don't really want to lock her up in the garage.  Can any one give me
some suggestions on how to preventer her from getting pregnant?  I want
to bread her when she is 2 years old. 

Please EMail you suggestions to bev@pmafire.inel.gov

Thanks in advance.

Bev Novak
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: Stacey Curtis <sec@csc.canberra.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Recommendations...
Organization: University Of Canberra
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 06:45:28 GMT

In article <1685BEDA0.X005CB@tamvm1.tamu.edu> Chris Barnes,
X005CB@tamvm1.tamu.edu writes:
>In article <4652@d75.UUCP>
>vijay@wizards.austin.ibm.com (Vijay Joglekar) writes:
> 
>>
>>I need an indoor/outdoor dog that is both a guard dog as well as
>>friendly.  This is my first dog.  I was looking forward to a
>>German Shepard but some people said that the dog will be hard to
>>train.

I would like more information as to what you mean by an indoor/outdoor
dog.  And also what you want the dog to do as far as guard work goes.  Do
you want a dog that will attack, bark, look menacing, what?  If it's a
GSD that you're interested in, look into the characteristics of the dogs
that are bred to pick your puppy.  You want good temperament, intelligent
parents for your pup, but you should look for that with whatever breed
you look at.  I myself am into Alaskan Malamutes, although they are not
active guard dogs, and should not be trained as such - ever, their
wolfish look, and general largeness is enough to deter most people from
entering your property.  They are very friendly, and are excellent inside
- they moult for three weeks twice a year, don't bark but will 'talk'
like chewbacca the wookie in Star Wars, and very intelligent.  They love
attention and hate being left alone for hours on end.  Whatever dog you
pick make sure you do your homework and talk to as many different
breeders and owners as possible - dog shows are excellent for meeting
these kinds of people.
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: prm@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (paul.r.mount)
Subject: how bad is chocolate for dogs?
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 13:51:01 GMT

	Hi - somewhere (here, months ago?) I heard something about
chocolate being bad for dogs - that some amount greater
than a lick off a popsicle stick was bad for them.  Is it something
about milk content?  How much is too much, and how bad is it?

	(My dog is a year old today, but maybe a chocolate cupcake
is a bad idea...)


Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: Stacey Curtis <sec@csc.canberra.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Dog Food!  Questions!  Help!
Organization: University Of Canberra
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 06:36:02 GMT

In article <3660@key.COM> Scott R. Johnson, srj@key.COM writes:
>My Spitz/Border Collie cross likes Purina Dog Chow, sans water (must
>be the crunch)  and gets water afterwards (we also have one of those
>lick-the-faucet contraptions).
>
>Now, I've had cats that got all plugged up from dry cat food; is this
>a possible problem with dogs?  I've been putting water in the dog food,
>but she prefers it dry...
>
>Any recommendations?

A friend of mine had a GSD that got a kidney infection, or something like
that, that the vet attributed to a diet based solely on dry dog food.  Do
you feed your dog only the dry food or does she get other food as well? 
IMHO dogs do like variety in their diet and should have routine changes. 
I feed my dogs stews of beef/chicken mince with rice and  mixed
vegetables and on alternate days raw ox heart which is diced.  They
generally always have some dry food available (except if they are needing
to diet) and have large baked biscuits occasionally which they love.  Our
dogs are healthy, always have a good coat and so far have never had
diarrhea or been constipated since being on this feeding regime.  It
works out for us at about $2 (Australian) a day to feed each dog; 2
Alaskan Malamutes and 1 Siberian Husky.  We buy in bulk and freeze the
meat which makes it cheaper.  

Cheers

Stacey, Kodi (the wonder dog), Mali (super bitch) and Pernod (the
scavenger).
From: glenn@sloth.ncsl.nist.gov
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Studio Portraits (was RE: Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend)
Date: 14 Sep 92 18:26:25 GMT
Reply-To: glenn@sloth.ncsl.nist.gov
Distribution: rec
Organization: N.I.S.T
Posting-Front-End: Shinbun -- the OpenLook newsreader



Our Schipperke has actually been to a studio twice.  The first time it was
a "family" portrait.  Me, my wife and our "baby".  Unfortuneately, I wore a 
dark navy blue shirt and the only thing you can really see of Scout is his
tounge and teeth (ye olde famous schipperke smile).  We did manage to get some
good pictures of just Scout.  He was very fidgety in this new place, especially
around all of those lights.  The lounge was the funniest place.  Everyone was
there in their Sunday best and here we were with a dog.  The photographer
was very patient and like I said we got some great pictures.

Our in-laws spoil Scout more than most grandchildren get spoiled.  As a X-mas 
present for us and themselves, they took scout to a studio and got a lot
of 8x10's made up and have several of them hanging in their house and ours.
I don't know much about that experience but most studios shouldn't have any problems
with it.


Rob G.
glenn@osi.ncsl.nist.gov


Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: martin@biostat.washington.edu (Don Martin)
Subject: Re: Hair over eyes
Organization: Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Univ. of Wash.
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:54:08 GMT

In article <1992Sep10.135042.6817@unislc.uucp> abb@unislc.uucp (Anne Beck) writes:
>From article <1992Sep9.164257.8702@u.washington.edu>, by martin@biostat.washington.edu (Don Martin):
>> Julie Hill writes:
>> 
>>>The AKC Obedience Rule Book states:
>
Rule and reply deleted
> 
>In this month's Gazette, there's an article about the OES National.  Correct 
>me if I'm wrong, but the HIT dog is shown with its hair tied back!  I have
>friends who show OES in obedience (they took second in Nov. B this weekend 
>with a 194.5), and they always show their dogs with the hair tied back.
>> 
>-- 
>   Anne Beck			| The difference between difficult
>   abb@unislc  sun!unislc!abb   | dogs & vicious human beings is
>   Unisys  SLC UT               | that difficult dogs don't rise to 
>			        | prominent positions in the community.

 I will look at this and check with the AKC rep. Thanks.

What I suspect, is that the hair is braided or knotted without any
external device or cord. This is one of the tricks that I have used
when showing in both confirmation and obediance. If the fall is not
long enough, then I backcomb and spray. The latter is also
against the rules but subtile enough that the judge can let it pass.

The real OES obedience pros simply clip the dog. In one protest, an
exhibiter waited until the judge asked" Are you ready?". The exhibiter
said no and pulled out scissors and cut off the fall.

Don Martin Widdershins Old Enlish Sheepdogs

Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
From: djg@cray.com (Dennis Guldan)
Subject: Hip Dysplasia the complete list from OFA
Keywords: OFA  Hip Dysplasia
Date: 11 Sep 92 12:01:00 CDT



    I have received a number of requests for incidence of 
Hip Dysplasia in certain breeds of dogs. Here is what I got
from the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA), last week.
The earlier list missed a few breeds.

  St Bernard             47.4%
  Boykin Spaniel         46.7
  Staffordshire Terrier  31.5
  New Foundland          31.4
  Bullmastiff            30.1
  Welsh Springer Spaniel 28.8
  Bloodhound             28.3
  Bernese Mountain Dog   28.0
  Portuguese Water Dog   26.2
  Chesapeake Bay Retr    25.5
  Kuvasz                 24.8
  English Setter         24.3
  Chow Chow              24.2
  Rottweiler             24.0
  Golden Retriever       23.8
  Gordon Setter          23.7
  Norwegian Elkhound     23.6
  Giant Schnauzer        23.2
  Welsh Corgi (Pembroke) 22.8
  Mastiff                22.6
  Old English Sheepdog   22.5
  German Shepherd        21.9
  Australian Cattle Dog  20.9
  French Briard          20.4
  Bouvier Des Flandres   20.4
  Brittany               20.1
  Curley Coated Retriev  20.1
  English Springer Span  19.5
  Shar Pei               19.3
  Irish Water Spaniel    19.2
  Anatolian Shepard      18.4
  Akita                  18.3
  Black & Tan Coonhound  18.1
  Border Collie          16.6
  Poodle                 16.3
  Airedale Terrier       16.2
  Cavalier King Chr Span 15.8
  Boxer                  15.8
  Shih Tzu               14.9
  Labrador Retriever     14.8
  Irish Setter           14.6
  Komondor               14.2
  Great Dane             14.0
  Alaskan Malamute       13.8 
  Tibetan Mastiff        13.8
  Samoyed                13.6
  Puli                   12.3
  Weimaraner             12.0
  American Water Spaniel 11.8
  Standard Schnauzer     11.7
  Great Pyrenees         10.4
  Rhodesian Ridgeback    10.4
  Vizsla                 10.4
  German Whair Pointer   10.2
  Bearded Collie         10.2 
  English Pointer         9.5
  Wirehaired Poin Griffon 9.5
  Cocker Spaniel          9.3 
  Tibetan Terrier         9.1
  Kerry Blue Terrier      9.1
  Australian shepherd     8.0
  Keeshond                8.4
  Lhaso Apso              8.3
  Bichon Frise            8.1
  Doberman Pinscher       8.1
  German Shorthair Ptr    7.6
  Belgian Malinois        7.5
  English Cocker Spaniel  7.5
  Dalmatian               6.8
  Shetland Sheepdog       6.1
  Soft Coat Wheaten Terr  6.0
  Irish Wolfhound         6.0
  Afghan Hound            5.6
  Belgian Tervuren        5.4
  Border Terrier          4.9
  Flat Coated Retriever   4.4
  Collie                  4.1
  Belgian Sheepdog        3.0
  Saluki                  2.9
  Siberian Husky          2.7
  Borzoi                  2.4 
  Canaan                  2.4


   Good Luck


    Dennis Guldan
    Bird Dog News
From: krattige@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Kim Krattiger)
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 15:43:44 GMT
Subject: Re: Can you help this dog? URGENT - time short.
Organization: the HP Corporate notes server
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs

tell this guy that it would cheaper to take the dog to the Humane Society
than to pay to get the dog 'put down'.  Maybe that would convince him to
give it up for adoption instead of 'destroying' it (what a disgusting attitude
- like it was a THING, not a living creature). 

Is this man trying to sell the dog, or give it away.  Has he even TRIED
advertising?   Is the dog friendly?  Does it get along with other dogs?
If someone takes the dog, will they get the papers, etc?

I ask because I am in the area, and could concievably take the dog as
a foster owner, until someone is found, but ONLY AS A LAST RESORT!!!!!
I have 2 dogs now, and am not really looking for more.

Let me know what happens or how else I can help.
Kim  (415) 857-8087 (work)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs