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We have some eye opening going on馃憖馃槉Four of Leas "Stormchaser" Litter - who stayed calm for a sec and did not expertly wr...
09/10/2025

We have some eye opening going on馃憖馃槉

Four of Leas "Stormchaser" Litter - who stayed calm for a sec and did not expertly wriggle themselves into the common big puppy blurr馃檮

They were born on the stormiest day in September... and will be fast and agile - no couch potatoes. Just like Heelers should be馃憣

Photos shown are all trueblues. Males and females.
There are 4 others ... next time lucky with good pics of all of them馃檹

If you want to know more about them - send us a pm馃槉

馃АEcho馃АDriving home as my first sterilised dog.She was not "spayed". She was sterilised with a OSS - O***y Sparing Spay. ...
09/10/2025

馃АEcho馃А

Driving home as my first sterilised dog.

She was not "spayed". She was sterilised with a
OSS - O***y Sparing Spay. One O***y left in situ, the other and the uterus were removed.

Where? In Wairoa.... of all places.馃憣馃憣馃憤馃憤
Two Vets and I reached an agreement - They were able and given the opportunity to do this procedure for their first time on Echo.
Win - Win -Win

She will be hormonally intact but sterile.

Echo is 6 years old and now retired. She will still come into season and smell like a 6 year old senior dog. She will have all hormones needed for a healthy body and immunesystem.

I am super happy to be part of the team that will hopefully one day put spay and castration into the "Once Was Box" - to be thrown out.

Echo is doing well 馃А馃А

Exciting times ahead!It wont be much longer and Saguenay will show what she is carrying around at the momentSaguenay - S...
09/10/2025

Exciting times ahead!

It wont be much longer and Saguenay will show what she is carrying around at the
moment

Saguenay - Seal colored Heeler
Otomo - black based merle (M265) - tri, 3/4 Heeler

When "things" are not available here in New Zealand...they fly in from half around the world...and passed inspection by ...
06/10/2025

When "things" are not available here in New Zealand...they fly in from half around the world.
..and passed inspection by the sniffer dog team 馃ぃ

Thank you muchly to the lovely sender鉂わ笍鉂わ笍

Dogs are domesticated. They have nothing in common with wolves anymore...???Think again...When dogs are able to be dogs ...
06/10/2025

Dogs are domesticated. They have nothing in common with wolves anymore...???

Think again...

When dogs are able to be dogs and not dressed up and trained circus animals, when they can interact naturally and are not entertained with ball throwing machines, squeak toys and boredom breakers... When they are fed naturally... they are VERY much like their wild ancestors.

I see this every day here

Top Photo - Voyageurs Wolf Project (link in comments)
Bottom photo - domesticated dog, Callanish Heeler dog Clan - Tomo (one year old male).

鉁达笍Miss Snappy (Saga) learned a lesson today.Her single attempt to go for my pants a while back taught her to better not ...
06/10/2025

鉁达笍Miss Snappy (Saga) learned a lesson today.

Her single attempt to go for my pants a while back taught her to better not repeat THAT nonsense again.

But some of the younger dogs let her snap and dont tell her off.

This bombastic senior female - Mitch - is not having a snappy wee thing nipping her. She taught her several lessons today - inclusive throwing and mouthgripping her.

And yes. Saga has learned her lesson - see photos.
She wanted to run with the dogs and got too close to Mitch.
Who instantly showed Saga what she thinks of her ... and what her intentions may be.
Saga probably thought... Oh fk THAT! and quickly disappeared herself.

Saga now also keeps her distance to the other dogs. Digesting her lesson. She is neither scared of the older dogs nor shocked nor will feel mistreated for life.
She has learned to be more respectful.
She is a quick learner.

The Video that the screenshots were taken from in comments. fb doesnt allow to post videos and photos together on a page.

06/10/2025

A young boy shows that he respects the more senior/higher ranking male.

This ritual is always started by the younger one. Not the more senior dog.

The senior may react or not.
The end is indicated with a body shake.

For a human it comes across as rather idiotic. Especially when the frequency and intensity and length is intense.
In the video you see the tail end. The woole pancake wriggling went on for about a minute. Even tho Busta ignored his son.

When your dog comes to you when you sit down and tries to get into your face and behaves ridiculous and cannot be stopped... Thats what you are looking at.
The dog shows you where sees you - which position you are in.

STOMACH ACIDITYDogs have highly acidic stomachs, with a pH that can drop below 2.0 during digestion. This helps them bre...
05/10/2025

STOMACH ACIDITY

Dogs have highly acidic stomachs, with a pH that can drop below 2.0 during digestion.
This helps them break down meat and bones effectively. This acidity is also strong enough to kill most harmful bacteria they might ingest.

In a healthy dog the extremely acidic environment in the stomach does what?
鉃★笍It activates pepsin and other enzymes to break down protein
鉃★笍It helps to digest meat and bone efficiently
鉃★笍It kills bacteria, viruses and parasites in food
鉃★笍It signals other organs (ie gallbladder, pancreas) to release enzymes and bile
鉃★笍It ensures proper timing for digestion and elimination

This high acidity is one of Natures great tricks to keep a dog healthy - by ensuring proper digestion and control of parasites/bacteria/virus.

And what does the human do?
The human ensures that this acidity in the stomach gets watered down to near alkaline conditions - so that digestion doesnt work properly and noxious invaders can enter and end up in the guts - where they then crate havoc.
How?
By putting the dog into a constant state of dehydration.

Making the dog very thirsty - so that he drinks enormous amounts of water during the day.
As in: "50-70ml of water per kg body weight daily for general functioning with additional requirements during hot weather or when performing high levels of work" [quote: 'Animal Welfare Act / Code of Welfare / Dogs']

Excuse me?
An idling Heeler of 25kg shall drink 1.2-1.7 liters of water every day? More when active or in hot weather. As in 3liters maybe?
That's ridiculous.

What does such amount of water do to the acidity in the stomach?
It waters it down to alkaline. You dont need to be a Scientist or an Expert to understand that.
Do people think the water flows around the stomach or shoots through the stomach in a sort of magic tube? Are people not aware what stomach acid is for?

So by applying this "General Information" stated in the Animal "Welfare" code - you make your dog ...unWELL. Unhealthy. You literally destroy the functionality of the digestive system.
Nicely opening the doors to the Magic 4:
Vet/Pharma/Insurance/Prescription Diets.

And the reason for this?

Dry biscuits/kibble.
Dry "foods" are the main reason why a dog lives his life in a constant state of dehydration and has the mentioned need of excessive amounts of water.

If you feed your dog Species Appropriate - Meat of variety with bone and some fruit - the amount of water while idling is close to... ZERO.

My dogs dont drink on a lazy day. But NOT because I have no water available - but because they are fed mainly fresh meat (Species Appropriate). They get fed at night and sleep through the night. They dont stir. They dont drink (the water level in their containers remains the same) and when I open the doors in the morning - they dont run to the next water bowl. After eating and 8-10h of sleep they should be thirsty? No. Not when the food has the right and natural moisture.

Now have a guess what happens when I would feed my dogs a bowl of [oh so healthy and balanced] kibble at night.....


A very interesting article written by DANA BRIGMAN ---銆媔n comments

Excuse me? How am I gonna get in there???Saga - Missus Supercheek - not impressed
05/10/2025

Excuse me? How am I gonna get in there???
Saga - Missus Supercheek - not impressed

鉁达笍Daily Racing Games鉁达笍Up n down the property, around the shed, around the house and ...repeatThis goes on for hours... n...
05/10/2025

鉁达笍Daily Racing Games鉁达笍

Up n down the property, around the shed, around the house and ...repeat
This goes on for hours... no wonder they sleep like rocks and in the morning I get the stink eye for waking them up

Leas and Henris pups are getting more and more stunning every day... What a combination! 12 days old and starting to ope...
04/10/2025

Leas and Henris pups are getting more and more stunning every day...

What a combination!

12 days old and starting to open their eyes soon.

Lea is a rather small Lady with a BIG personality.... just what you expect from a Heeler.
And Henri ll - he comes with the Landmaster good looks (and panda eyes) and a very person oriented, polite and willing to please temperament.

Cant wait to see these pups grow馃槏

Der Wolski... looking a bit bored... guarding the gate... And then Dilber found him...Wolski was "made" 14 years ago... ...
04/10/2025

Der Wolski... looking a bit bored... guarding the gate... And then Dilber found him...

Wolski was "made" 14 years ago... he got castrated when he was 1.5 years old since I had no plans for Heelskis popping up.
All his life he was able to service the girls who stood for him. Preferred partner was Mene - they even "did it" after Mene was cesar spayed [yes. Spayed Mene came on heat incl. swelling and mating when another girl got hot]. So I found a Castrate knotted to a Spay.
Explain THAT please馃馃

Well... many years down the track, Wolski is still onto it. Now he fancies Menes great granddaughter. AND... SHE FANCIES HIM.
Why would a two year old girl on heat go for a castrated old bugga? Castrated as in... nothing there....???

So much for "snipping will turn them neutral".
Haha

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