@thunderbird8588:
Congratulations to you , Orchre and Java. Sorry Vanda didn't win anything.
What do you mean by leased a Dog please ?
thunderbird8588, leasing a dog is done at bit all over the world, but it is quite common in Australia. The owners of this bitch have allowed us to 'lease' her for an indefinate amount of time. We have her here, train her, (well, when I put a bomb under Mr Saba's derriere !!!), feed her, pay Vet costs for routine things, (which reminds me I must get her Vaccinated ;)), pat her entry fee's for shows etc, etc… We paid her flights over here, the breeder pays the flights home. She will be going to the breeder when we go O/S, and if I can prise her away from the breeder, she will be coming back to us when we get home !!!
The agreement I have with her owners is that both parties have her till either,(1) we want to send her back, or (2) her owners want her back. What we will do is at a later stage we will get a bitch off these breeders possibly at some time late in this year, or early next year, for free, depending on their breeding plans.
Her owners are on notice to move fairly soon, depending on work, so for them to have 1 less dog to move is a bonus for them.
Hope that makes some sort of sense...