Pet Expo?

TechnoPool

anyone here going?

ive read the FAQ and as long as i comply with the Control of Dogs Act , ie my GSD is muzzled and on lead at all times i should be fine bringing him right?

adser53

yup as long as you comply with the law (stupid as it is) you can bring him

Are you Mason on Irishdogs btw? Not stalking, just saw the same post there

antomagoo

hope to head along alright, muzzled rottie in tow

adser53

sorry meant to add that I was planning on going with Kai, my akita pup, but she's never been muzzled (nor do I even own one) Does the law state that Restricted Breeds have to be muzzled after a specific age (i.e 6 months & up) or do they have to be muzzled regardless of their age? I don't want to go and get refused entry or be nabbed by a warden

TaraR

Dont forget that your dog must have a clean bill of health ie his needles, kennel cough free and you may be asked by a animal welfare officer to show your vet cert to prove this

andreac

adser53 wrote: »

I was planning on going with Kai, my akita pup, but she's never been muzzled (nor do I even own one) Does the law state that Restricted Breeds have to be muzzled after a specific age (i.e 6 months & up) or do they have to be muzzled regardless of their age? I don't want to go and get refused entry or be nabbed by a warden

Afaik Adser, they dont have to be muzzled until at least 6 months of age but im not 100% on it.

antomagoo

not sure how strict they're going to be adser but you might as well have a muzzle with you just in case they do pick you up on it

adser53

andreac wrote: »

Afaik Adser, they dont have to be muzzled until at least 6 months of age but im not 100% on it.

Cheers Andrea. I thought that myself but I went through the C.o.D act and all the ammendments yesterday and didn't see it anywhere

Might have to buy one to be safe....or pretend she's just an oddly shaped norwegian elkhound

TechnoPool

adser53 wrote: »

yup as long as you comply with the law (stupid as it is) you can bring him

Are you Mason on Irishdogs btw? Not stalking, just saw the same post there

are you following me :P

adser53

eh....no.... *scurries away*

Chris_Heilong

When I was up at the National show centre last tuesday I saw some Akitas that I am sure the owners are planning to show at the expo(they said they were trainning for a show on the weekend), they didnt have a muzzel and I think if they do bring them to show then they wont have a muzzle also.:)

I am bring my pom, he is generally good with people but from what I hear there will be lots of little kids at this and I worry it will make him nervous with all the girls running over "oh he is just like a teddy awwww!":eek: Hope my dog can hold it together.

TechnoPool

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

When I was up at the National show centre last tuesday I saw some Akitas that I am sure the owners are planning to show at the expo(they said they were trainning for a show on the weekend), they didnt have a muzzel and I think if they do bring them to show then they wont have a muzzle also.:)

I am bring my pom, he is generally good with people but from what I hear there will be lots of little kids at this and I worry it will make him nervous with all the girls running over "oh he is just like a teddy awwww!":eek: Hope my dog can hold it together.

Luckily there is always kids of some sort running around with my fellah, even if they are me! so he's fine that way! but he's a monster so kids tend to stay away

andreac

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

When I was up at the National show centre last tuesday I saw some Akitas that I am sure the owners are planning to show at the expo(they said they were trainning for a show on the weekend), they didnt have a muzzel and I think if they do bring them to show then they wont have a muzzle also.:)

I am bring my pom, he is generally good with people but from what I hear there will be lots of little kids at this and I worry it will make him nervous with all the girls running over "oh he is just like a teddy awwww!":eek: Hope my dog can hold it together.

Nope, thats not for the Pet Expo, its for the IKC dog shows that are on this weekend. The classes are ringcraft for the dog shows that are on most weekend. Nothing to do with Pet Expo.

Chris_Heilong

Thats a shame, hope the IKC dont steal away all the best show dogs, would like to see some at the pet expo.

TechnoPool

anyone go today?

crotalus667

andreac wrote: »

Afaik Adser, they dont have to be muzzled until at least 6 months of age but im not 100% on it.

thats bull , there is no age when they do not need one so under the RB act if your bringing a day old puppy to the vet and it is in public going say from house to car on the street you can still be fined for no muzzel:rolleyes:


ps

one of the lads was in contact and was told it is being enforced

Sigma Force

Was pretty good, the odd stand I didn't agree with but all over plenty to see.

After subjecting our dog to the KC vaccine the vaccination cards weren't even mentioned or asked for ...

Sorry I put him through that now, but he did get loads of treats to make up for it!

tk123

Guineapigrescue wrote: »

Was pretty good, the odd stand I didn't agree with but all over plenty to see.

After subjecting our dog to the KC vaccine the vaccination cards weren't even mentioned or asked for ...

Sorry I put him through that now, but he did get loads of treats to make up for it!

Was it packed? Our guy was meant to be in the canine games with DTI but cut his paw last week (not the pad) He's allowed walks on his lead and the vet said he could go and ramble around. I'd love to go and support our class but i don't want people to think i'm cruel having a pup with a bandaged paw at it!!

lrushe

Had a brill day at the Expo today, I think the whole bring your own dog thing created a great atmosphere. It made people who might have just walked by each other stop and chat about their dogs. Brook wore her Dogmatic collar which passed as a muzzle so that was good, though I did see a white GSD x Husky cross unmuzzled and also a black Pit Bull, not sure how they go in? There is a poster on the way in of all the RB's like a wanted poster and a guy going up and down the queue making sure RB's were muzzled
Saying that though once inside people were so friendly, Brook was the only Rottie I saw, I had more than a few people come over and hug Brook telling me how much they loved Rotties. Other than some GSDs, one Pit Bull and a Rhodesian Ridgeback doing agility with DTI I didn't see any other RB's, don't know if other owners were put off by the muzzle thing or maybe it was just that it was a Friday and most people were in work.
I've been to the previous 2 Expo's but I have to say this one was my favourite. Stalls were great, people were friendly, all in all a good day!

Sigma Force

So true Irushe, having a dog there is a great ice breaker. There was a sea of Chihauaus (can never spell it) and great Danes as well.
Was one of the best pet expos so far though.

@tk123 people started to pour in a bit later around 3 ish but it wasn't so packed that you couldn't move around. Traffic getting there was good too but I can imagine tomorow and sunday will be really packed.

TechnoPool

do i need to bring any paper work or anything like that with me vaccination wise?

ferretcrazy

Hey, went today with 2 dogs and 2 kids in tow:eek:, had a great day, much better then last year. come home with bags and bags of freebes, my kind of shopping, and got the pup chipped for free from dspca:p, lots for kids too and they had a ball...:D we were not asked for any vaccinations cert.

crotalus667

TechnoPool wrote: »

do i need to bring any paper work or anything like that with me vaccination wise?

you need their card or a photo copy of it

lrushe

crotalus667 wrote: »

you need their card or a photo copy of it

I wasn't asked for any certs, didn't see anybody else being asked either.

lrushe

Guineapigrescue wrote: »

There was a sea of Chihauaus .

I was part of that sea with my little Chi

crotalus667

lrushe wrote: »

I wasn't asked for any certs, didn't see anybody else being asked either.

you still have to have them incase your asked

TechnoPool

sure ill bring it along just in case, heading down on the sunday!


thanks

Sigma Force

lrushe wrote: »

I was part of that sea with my little Chi

lol which one was yours?

chiko1958

Have to say it was a great day overall. Myself and my puppy Dakota (Sib. Husky) had a ball.. 1st time there also, and will return. Even the socialisation aspect for the dogs is great!!

Chris_Heilong

Yeah dogs had a great time and I didnt see one agressive one in the bunch. Even the Jack Russels were well behaved:D

It took me a while to find the free micro chipping and I almost gave up but found it in the end. Copuld not go to the cat exibit because I have my dog with me but from what I heard it was only 3 cats stitting around doing nothing. Liked the fact that people had ferrets with them I didnt know they were aloud to come but the dogs said hello to them anyway. Lots of free goodie bags;) and saw some great poms of all sizes(I had a Pom with me today too)

Didnt see anywhere that visitors could enter dogs into games. Will go again tomorrow.

suraheg

Hey,

Went today too, and lasted about an hour at it! Went to find some cute things to buy my jrt (who was very well behaved!) but I couldn't find much! Mollys.ie had nice stuff though. There were a lot of handbag and random stalls.. I wasn't asked for my vacc cert either.

scudzilla

Went down today with Miriam and Brodi, pretty good, got loads of Freebies, sitting having a coffee by the entrance to indoor arena and 2 young (18ish) girls opened boxes of Pedigree Dentastix, the one's that are €2.50 in Dunnes, i guess they were finished when they gave them all out cos they gave about 15 to everyone!!!

Wasn't asked for any proof of vaccinations, good job as forgot to bring them

Here's a few pics

Brodi playin wit a new friend



Taking part in the Training Exhibition, anybody can do it, good fun





Standing watching the Puppy's play in the 'Puppy Pen', and as they only had 2 dogs the lady asked how old Brodi was, i cut 6 wks off her age and said 7.5 months so she went in, took her 5 mins before she was millin it out with her new pal Bailey








All in all a great day, €12 to get in but well worth it.

lrushe

Guineapigrescue wrote: »

lol which one was yours?

She was the little brown and white one with a Rottweiler as a bodyguard

TechnoPool

went today wasn't really impressed at all , it is heavily focused on toy and smaller dogs with the out fit stands n all that, and there seemed to be nothing happening anywhere for the 2 hours i was there.

username123

I went today and thought it was much better than last year - really liked that people could bring their own dogs. Thought the stall selection was a lot better this year, less of the jewellery and totally non animal related stalls.

Gave a few bob to the usual places I support - I always enjoy a bit of banter with the Pet Therapy people and their dogs. Thought the DSPCA staff were both unprofessional and cold, no interest in having a chat with people - have found that with them anytime I visit their centre - they just give off an arrogance and are not interested with engaging with people. Im actually considering pulling my monthly donation from them and giving it to somewhere else due to their staffs manners.

Met some lovely people, liked the guys with the Cat Palace furniture, very chatty and friendly - amazing cat furniture, and also liked the Ferret Sanctury ladies, have met them before, very nice.

I met some lovely people in the breed village as well. Plus plenty of randomers who were happy for us to pet their dogs.

Favourite dog of the day goes to the greyhound who was with the Pet Therapy people, she was such a soft hearted sweetie, and the 2 Cavaier King Charles Spaniels I met in the breed village.

Also had a nice chat with a reptile guy and hats off to the people at the entrance with the various horses, dogs, bunnies, etc who let us hand feed a lamb and were brilliant craic and a great welcome to the expo.

All in all a good day out and Ill be going again next year.

Chris_Heilong

It was good today, but was better yesterday, everyone just seemed more friendly yesterday and the mood was ruinned by the wind:(

Saw a lovely long haired Akita, I didnt even know there was a long haired breed of Akita. My dog was also not in a good mood today and didnt even want to try any of the samples, usually he wants to eat everything. Saw a great Malamute near the gate on the way in also. I have attached 3 pics one of my Pom and the other 2 are of the Akita and Malamute I saw.

koneko

Brought our two youngest, Deekin and Riddick, 6month old Sibe Husky x Alaskan Malamute boys, had a great time, they were really well behaved and loved meeting so many different dogs (Deekin has a crush on a Bernese Mountain Dog now), lots of freebies too. Definitely would go again if it the same next year, and will be looking into Tails 'n' Trails, lovely peeps

*Hank Scorpio*

Does anyone have a list of the breeds that were in the breed village towards the back of the main hall?

I saw a dog there earlier today and can't remember what breed it was. Really want to read up on them. They were a few stalls down from the Great Dane stall. The breed was something like H..BERGER/BURGER I think. There was only 1 dog there.

Went with my 1 year old Scotty today, btw. She was very nervous. Poor little thing. Disappointed not to see any other Scotties.

Sigma Force

It is true I guess that a lot of it was based on smaller breeds but some of the stalls would of had stuff for bigger breeds but mabey not as well advertised.

I would love to see more things like t-shirts and stuff, there were some nice onces but I found it hard to get the size I wanted for our young one. Some really funny ones that she would of loved but not in her size.

I'd love to do a stall at it next year going to think about it and see.

username123

*Hank Scorpio* wrote: »

Does anyone have a list of the breeds that were in the breed village towards the back of the main hall?

I saw a dog there earlier today and can't remember what breed it was. Really want to read up on them. They were a few stalls down from the Great Dane stall. The breed was something like H..BERGER/BURGER I think. There was only 1 dog there.

Went with my 1 year old Scotty today, btw. She was very nervous. Poor little thing. Disappointed not to see any other Scotties.

It was Leonberger - see this wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonberger

There were 2 of them there when I was there, but one was wearing a pet therapy hi vis - dont think he was part of breed village - just visiting.

TheSockMonster

I really wanted to go but we had too many dogs in the kennels. Maybe next year!!

Niamh Horan

The dogs were Leonbergers. I see that they were on TV for their pet therapy work. I see also from the Leonberger club of Ireland there are only 2 registered breeders

Here is the link for the pet therapy.

http://www.irishleos.ie/peatatherapydogs.htm

Cherry Blossom

Hi Niamh,

As you're new here can I just explain that it's considered bad form to drag up old threads.

However seeing as you've done it now anyway, who's going to pet expo this year?

tk123

We are we are!!!!! I booked a holiday ages ago and found out afterwards that pet expo is on the day after we get home - phew!!! I'm excited for this year because I know what to expect. He had a cut paw last year so we couldn't stay that long and i was worried about him getting the dressing wet etc. He actually got the dressing wet just as we were leaving so off to the vets when we got home and we were there at least an hour as they were running late - he was crashed out on the floor asleep in the vets lol. We should have an API meetup lol!

Themadhouse

I went last yr with a Maine Coon and a british short hair. The staff were amazing especially Alison who was very attentive and got her photo taken with my huge fella! It's in oct this yr I think which unfortunatly is in the middle if cat show season so I'm not sure if we will attend. Pity, I enjoyed the day!

ISDW

I doubt I'll go this year, but I've only just seen Chris Heilong's photos, and I am in the second one:eek:

That red and white mal is lovely, and his family adopted a dog from me last year.