m80
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Apr 26, 2015
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- Location
- Derbyshire, High Peak
- Car
- Viano ex long, 651 2014. S211 646 2009 (till the Gov't drones blow 'em off the road)
Apologies to those that have no interest, please treat this as just another one of those nuisance threads.
Very, very tenuously to do with cars, as pooches often travel in 'em.
But there has been some interest here in hound ownership of late, and we have been actively looking for an additional to our family.
Things have changed since we bought our Pyrenean pup in 1982, some good, but not all.
It's a minefield, I'm already well aware of unscrupulous puppy farming, bitches that are bred at an unhealthy rate for instance.
The international trade is questionable. I've seen 1st hand a Caucasian driven to the UK from Russia (although that can never be confirmed as with much of a breeders information). Out of a cage on arrival, it's legs and muscles had suffered. There was a slow recovery due to hydro therapy, but the animal was a phycological mess up.
I imagine that here there is a good pool of knowledge to help me and those that might consider this.
Worming, does this come with evidence?
Vaccinations, what and when, and what evidence should accompany?
Pedigree evidence / history (if that's important to whoever)?
Kennel Club registration, for a show dog is this essential (I think I know)?
Breeder suitability / qualification. The relevance here is not to encourage the bad ones.
Hip displasier scores (what do they mean), I've seen those expressed as 6/9 and up to 106?
Training (different breeds seem to respond to different techniques).
The EU passport might be interesting to some, and the evidence required such as the chip, does that have a certificate / registration?
Very, very tenuously to do with cars, as pooches often travel in 'em.
But there has been some interest here in hound ownership of late, and we have been actively looking for an additional to our family.
Things have changed since we bought our Pyrenean pup in 1982, some good, but not all.
It's a minefield, I'm already well aware of unscrupulous puppy farming, bitches that are bred at an unhealthy rate for instance.
The international trade is questionable. I've seen 1st hand a Caucasian driven to the UK from Russia (although that can never be confirmed as with much of a breeders information). Out of a cage on arrival, it's legs and muscles had suffered. There was a slow recovery due to hydro therapy, but the animal was a phycological mess up.
I imagine that here there is a good pool of knowledge to help me and those that might consider this.
Worming, does this come with evidence?
Vaccinations, what and when, and what evidence should accompany?
Pedigree evidence / history (if that's important to whoever)?
Kennel Club registration, for a show dog is this essential (I think I know)?
Breeder suitability / qualification. The relevance here is not to encourage the bad ones.
Hip displasier scores (what do they mean), I've seen those expressed as 6/9 and up to 106?
Training (different breeds seem to respond to different techniques).
The EU passport might be interesting to some, and the evidence required such as the chip, does that have a certificate / registration?