LGD Puppies due in August

[misfitmorgan]

The large breed breeders i know wean at 5-6weeks depending on moms condition and how much solid food the pups are eating. The one breeds bull mastiffs and St Bernards, and she mixes up bowls of formula with rice cereal and water and gives it to the pups if mom is getting to thin and needs to be taken off nursing duty.

 

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I believe I'm behind on posting pics. These are from today and videos, too.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Forgot to mention also.....

You can chip your own dogs. We chip ours, its $8 and that includes lifetime registration. Our vet wanted $75 per dog to chip plus the $30 per dog office visit fee. We decided to do it ourselves. I'm not a cheap skate but im not paying over $300 for something i can do myself for less then $30

We used Pro ID mini....it's what our vet uses(i saw all the pamphlets) and it is universal read by all scanners.
5 pack is $38.75

 

[samssimonsays]

I can't take the cuteness overload. I want one so badly... Sigh. Just not the right time. In like 5 years, maybe

 

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Forgot to mention also.....

You can chip your own dogs. We chip ours, its $8 and that includes lifetime registration. Our vet wanted $75 per dog to chip plus the $30 per dog office visit fee. We decided to do it ourselves. I'm not a cheap skate but im not paying over $300 for something i can do myself for less then $30

We used Pro ID mini....it's what our vet uses(i saw all the pamphlets) and it is universal read by all scanners.
5 pack is $38.75

I will ask how much it costs and then I'll order it if it's too much. I think it was like $32 for my horse's chip alone. It's been a long time since I've had a dog chipped.
Only comes in 5, 25 or more packs, guess I'll have enough to chip my cats, housedog and adult LGDs too!

 

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Oh, can the mini chips be used on mini horses?
I don't want to buy 5 large ones for just the 2 tiny horses....Vet showed me where and how he put it in. Said they sometimes wander by the skin or pop out no matter what on horses. I guess because of the placement at the mane, nowhere else for it to go but right out. =/ People ride and drive horses, so other locations aren't great.

I give my own vaccines and other shots, so it shouldn't be too hard, other than the thick needle and maybe having to beg DH to hold them for me.

Do you think getting the scanner a well would be worth it? The chips come with a card for the puppy buyer to register, but do you think they will want proof and want me to scan and check it?

 

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Went out late to let the pack of fluffs out before dark. But they were soooooo hyper! Had to beg momma to go into their pen so they would go in, then only 4 could be tricked, lol.

They went further tonight. Some odd noises, so parents kept running off to bark. When it got more serious, the fluffs all came back to a smaller circle around me. I feel like a puppy nanny, lol!

 

[misfitmorgan]

Oh, can the mini chips be used on mini horses?
I don't want to buy 5 large ones for just the 2 tiny horses....Vet showed me where and how he put it in. Said they sometimes wander by the skin or pop out no matter what on horses. I guess because of the placement at the mane, nowhere else for it to go but right out. =/ People ride and drive horses, so other locations aren't great.

I give my own vaccines and other shots, so it shouldn't be too hard, other than the thick needle and maybe having to beg DH to hold them for me.

Do you think getting the scanner a well would be worth it? The chips come with a card for the puppy buyer to register, but do you think they will want proof and want me to scan and check it?

I dont really see why the size between mini and standard chip would make a difference. They have the standard size for livestock and they have the equine chip..which has a mini chip option that i assume is the same chip as the mini for pets. They both use a 15ga needle for the mini versions. All their chips come with an anti-migration coating.
I have never heard of anyone wanting "proof" a puppy is chipped. When they take their pup in for their first check up the vet is gonna scan the chip anyhow for their puppy records.

DH kept joking that we were gonna harpoon the dogs....but i dont think it was much worse then any other shot, they dont like any of them. The typical vaccine needle for puppies is a 25ga so this is a fair bit bigger but seems much smaller then a 12ga.

FYI also if the syringe is still the same.....the needle auto-retracts for disposal. After you instead the chip into the pet/livestock if you push the plunger again the needle will retract in completely. We freaked out cause we didnt know it and thought somehow the needle fell off lol.

Each chip comes with sticky labels with chip number which is handy. We put one on their records file we keep and one on the registration card. A reader might be handy to have around but i dont think anyone is gonna make you "prove" they are chipped and if they are maybe you dont want them to have your pup.

 

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Wow, so vet wants $80 per chip, includes chip registration.

Asked on FB about chips and seems like there are tons of brands and some do free registration or w/e. I'll research them a bit more before deciding which to order.

Made the 2 appointments for the pups next week for wellness and first vaccine. Seems like buyers want the vet to do shots, so I'll keep deworming, but let the vet vaccinate, even though it's double what the shot itself costs at TSC.

I have a buyer for 2 brother pups, lady who bought all my wethers this year. Then a possible buyer for another male pup.
So leaves 2 girls and one boy.

 

[Latestarter]

Doing math (sound of an old cash register in background)... counting on fingers... In computer voice saying "it does not compute"... 10 pups, 2 to one buyer, 1 to another = 3, subtracted from 10 = 7... So 2 girls and one boy left = 7? I'm so confused....