u/Kokichi-Oma_Senpai

Considering one as my next show prospect, how yappy are they really?

Ive called 53 times over the past month. It won't let me link my tfn to mygov and says I need to call the ATO but the ATO won't fucking answer? Like I've tried calling every time of day from 8am - 6pm. Every day of the week. I'm actually so frustrated, and then every time you call it goes over that same bs and then you gotta enter your tfn and dob which you can't even copy and paste? Genuinely how the actual fuck am I supposed to get a hold of them? I just want my tax return 😭

The breeder would have to be one that titles, health tests and has contracts obviously. I have a chihuahua and I am a vet so my hours are quite long. I have rescued 13 senior cats, my last one recently passed (a shelter persion - even without papers it was very obvious she was a persion, no cats face is that fucked up without human breeding) who died mid last year - I only had her for 6 months before she passed, she was estimated 18 when I adopted her.
Honestly after her I'm taking a break from seniors - my heart can't take it anymore and needs a break :(. I still want a cat but do you guys think I'm better off with a breeded cat or a rescue?

Cat breeds I would adore: devon rex, sphynx, donskoy, cornish rex or an american curl, they aren't popular in my area so I've met very few. Any suggestions?

Ps: if this isn't allowed ill take it down

Dupixent saved my life. I was looking back at old photos today and my skin now is nothing like what it used to be, i stayed on dupixent for 5 years and came off of it (due to cost, location ect) about a year ago, now obviously we don't have a cure only treatment but it gave my skin enough time to fully recover and heal, reset my life. Now - do I get more flare ups now that I'm off of the medication? Yes. But are they anything close to what they used to be? No way! I genuinely get 8 hours of sleep now without waking up to blood soaked nails and sheets, i no longer have to worry about itching infront of someone and them thinking I have a disease, I no longer have high anxiety whenever someone looks at my skin. Genuinely it saved my life.
If you're able to and have a good doctor I cannot recommend it enough. Even off of it now my skin is still 10000x better than what it was 5 years ago. Now putting moisturiser on doesn't burn because it's going onto open wounds, my skin isn't blotchy and flaky, I just have so much self confidence back. Honestly right now its the closest thing I've had to a cure, tried every steroid, cream, diet and medication under the sun and nothing worked as well as this one.
People here would understand the struggles, all I can say is that im so glad that the battle is over, dealing w the occasional flare up is so much better than what it used to be X
It's a small victory in my life that I truely will never take for granted.

Dupixent saved my life. I was looking back at old photos today and my skin now is nothing like what it used to be, i stayed on dupixent for 5 years and came off of it (due to cost, location ect) about a year ago, now obviously we don't have a cure only treatment but it gave my skin enough time to fully recover and heal, reset my life. Now - do I get more flare ups now that I'm off of the medication? Yes. But are they anything close to what they used to be? No way! I genuinely get 8 hours of sleep now without waking up to blood soaked nails and sheets, i no longer have to worry about itching infront of someone and them thinking I have a disease, I no longer have high anxiety whenever someone looks at my skin. Genuinely it saved my life.
If you're able to and have a good doctor I cannot recommend it enough. Even off of it now my skin is still 10000x better than what it was 5 years ago. Now putting moisturiser on doesn't burn because it's going onto open wounds, my skin isn't blotchy and flaky, I just have so much self confidence back. Honestly right now its the closest thing I've had to a cure, tried every steroid, cream, diet and medication under the sun and nothing worked as well as this one.
People here would understand the struggles, all I can say is that im so glad that the battle is over, dealing w the occasional flare up is so much better than what it used to be X
It's a small victory in my life that I truely will never take for granted.

Ok only thing I wanna know is how cuddly they are and realistically how much energy am I in for? Its between a pap and a chihuahua 2 very different breeds

Ok would a breeder be considered unethical if they bred before the major title? I'm getting a chihuahua and 90% of the dogs all have major titles but the mum of her next litter is a few points shy of her championship. She still health tests, temperament tests, owner screens, contracts ect.
Only reason she's breeding before she gets her championship is because her next has been delayed and her heats come early. Is she now a backyard breeder?

I am not American but I've seen a lot more people start shifting to UKC. I have seen some of the shows online and I am baffled by how poor the conformation is on a lot of the dogs that get titles. Like genuinely some of the UKC 'champions' I've seen wouldn't even get a single point in other shows.

I've also seen how you can reregister a dog formally on limited papers to then have full papers without the breeder even knowing. I have also seen that a 3 generation pedigree is accepted..

Now I'm asking people this: why would anyone show or register with UKC? Genuinely everything I've seen about the registry has been a red flag 🚩. I've also seen the way that they support puppy mill registries?? Also have seen how quickly they accept breeds unlike any fci aligned club. What is the purpose of UKC? Genuinely curious.

So my friend wants a pigging mutt - she's set on it for purpose of pigging. Due to the type of sport pigging is theres no real titles the dogs can get to prove that they're good at what they do (the parents) but both parents are tested genetically and for hip/elbow dysplasia as they are large dogs. I have seen both parents on a pig and they're both amazing (with well over 1000 pigs each). Now she wants to get a puppy from them (parents belong to a mate), blokes never bred before but was considering it - hence why i told him to get the health testing done. We are Australian so these dogs are bull arab mutts. So im just wondering is this backyard breeding or can it be classed as purpose bred mutts? - also there will be return contracts and every pup would exclusively go to a purpose home, they aren't pets as such.

I know some people are against pigging using dogs but when you're out in country and taking proper precautions (vaccinations, proper gear ect) it can be done safely as feral pigs destroy everything and using dogs is the most efficient way. I do a bit of pigging but she and this bloke do a lot. He's been doing it for about 10 years and has never had a dog injured because of precautions.

Now look, if people say it's backyard breeding I'll talk to both of them and there won't be any breeding because none of us wanna risk contributing to the shelter population but because of the purpose of this, is this ethical?

Mind you I show dogs, I would call myself an ethical breeder (every parent has major conformation titles + sport/breed specific titles, health testing, temperament testing, owner screening and return contracts) but this is a situation where because of the lack of titles you could even get for this type of area is the return contract, health testing, temperament testing and proof that they can do their job good enough?

End of this year ill be getting a prospect, I've been showing dogs for about 10 years (long hair miniature dachshunds and border collies but I've stepped away from those breeds due to not liking the direction of how its going). I'll be getting a chihuahua, I have never shown in the toy group, whats it like? Any advice?
In all honesty im not looking to breed, I'm just in it for the showing aspect - in all honesty will most likely just do desexed conformation + obedience + rally titles.

So im on DSP studying at uni, in November (early) I'll be moving back off campus and will be staying with my friend for a month and then we'll be getting another place. I won't be on the lease for that month but I'll be paying her my portion of the rent and utilities (this obviously does not include food or anything like that).
The issue currently is that her lease is for 1 tenant so we most likely won't be telling the landlord as I'll only be there for 2-4 weeks before we hopefully move into a new rental (if everything goes smoothly and we find a place) - obviously if we exceed the 2-4 weeks I'll be notifying the landlord as then its past the guest phase in the eyes of the law.
Now im not expecting to receive rent assistance during this time but will it then be taken away from me for when we move into the new place? Thats like my biggest concern. During those 2-4 weeks I'll just be paying her directly which I don't think is evidence for rent assistance without a rent agreement.
Now im just wondering whats the best way to go about this? Like what do I report? What do I say? Will I be able to qualify for rent assistance again once I'm at the new place? Ect.

So im currently classed as independent - i am 18, living on uni campus 4 hours away from home and I currently get some rent assistance (roughly ~$200 per fortnight) at the end of this year ill be moving into my friends house for 1-2 months - paying some rent but I won't formally be on the lease because her lease ends ~ 2 months after I move in. I can't go back and live w my parents for those months because of work placement - need 4 weeks of 38 hour weeks veterinary placement and the vets back home are small and aren't big enough to be able to take the amount of placement students that need to do placement.
After her lease ends we will be moving together in a bigger house - with her boyfriend as well (so theres 3 of us). So then I'll be paying enough for rent assistance once again.

My main question is will I keep my independence if im not formally on the lease? Also what would I put her house as (like temporary or like term.?). I don't work because of how difficult university is - I'm in vet tech trying to get into vet science so I need a 6.0+ gpa (DI-HD average), a lot of experience, 100% attendance and even then it's EXTREMELY competitive to get in.
I currently get $1075 per fortnight (total), without rent assistance I'd get roughly $850 per fortnight but if I loose that independence it drops significantly - to about $550-$650. It was incredibly difficult to get independence so what should I do?