IMPORTANT NOTES FOR PUPPY BUYERS
FEEDING.... I use and recommend "Optimum" puppy food. Tinned formula is fed from 4 weeks of age and the matching dry food is added/offered from 6 weeks. I also use VIP Gourmet pet roll and puppy roll as all of my dogs just love these products. I have had no problems with the diet and health of my puppies since using these foods and am happy to endorse them. My adult dogs have a complete balanced dry food formula in preference to meat these days as I am very suspicious of the amount of hormones and growth additives added to chicken and stock feed. These additives can affect your dog when digested from the raw meats that are available for pets today and even human meats come from force fed (feed lot) cattle and sheep so do contain preservatives, additives and hormones. I feel much safer using a proven cooked formula made specifically for my dogs and tested for quality with added vitamins and minerals. I am also NOT a fan of the raw chicken neck / wing diet as I personally have lost 2 dogs to choke from unchewed chicken necks. These were adult Italian Greyhounds who knew to chew their food but bolted the necks whole and died when the bones became firmly stuck in the throats. Undigested small bones from chicken can also cause bowel impactions so although many may recommend this style of feeding, I do not so if you must feed raw meat please get it minced and realise that raw chicken has little or no iron content so a suitable vitamin and iron supplement would also be needed. This way of feeding may suit a bigger dog with larger oesophagus but not small breeds in my opinion.  My dogs love the rawhide chew bones and strips and these are wonderful for their teeth as well as the larger beef marrow bones to gnaw when cut longways in half.
VACCINATIONS ETC.... I prefer to vaccinate my babies no earlier than 8 weeks and preferably at 10 weeks so please realise that I do not allow them to leave until age 9 weeks at the very earliest. I use a standard C3 vaccine as the more complicated ones containing extra components have been known to cause reactions in some babies sometimes affecting their immune systems. These extras can always be given with the later booster needle if required. Puppy can be microchipped at vaccination time if it is requested as currently it is not compulsory in SA and some other areas, alternatively you can chip your own puppy when it is a little older using your own vet. Current charge for chipping at my vet is $40.00au.
TEMPERAMENT.... I have had many would be Iggy owners ask about the problems associated with having a male dog as a pet. My answer is and will always be that I feel the male dog makes a much more stable pet. He is easier to housetrain, He costs less to desex at the vet and he usually has a very happy, relaxed, loyal approach to life. When you have a male as a pet he will look up to you as his leader and will follow you like a shadow. I find boys faster to learn and once desexed at around 6 months of age I have found that they become soft and affectionate with their owners. The female is sometimes moody especially around season time and occasionally sulky and withdrawn if she does not wish to follow the lead. I have found that they are not always as outgoing as the males preferring to be entertained and coaxed rather than wanting to please as they are more self contained and independant. If you have a mixed pair the female is usually the more dominant. You will need to spey your female at age 6 months to prevent unwanted seasons in the home and to deter male dogs from coming to call. If you really want a female for your house pet please realise that in many cases the breeders of this elegant breed need to retain the best girls for their programs as this is still quite a rare breed and although excess males are reasonably easy to source you may have to wait in line for a suitable female.   
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NOTE.
Parvovirus is a devastating viral disease that often strikes unprotected dogs with fatal results. It is found in all States of Australia and all too often it is our young and older dogs who are the worse affected. All puppies from my kennel are vaccinated for parvovirus along with their distemper and hepatitis needles before being rehomed but there are a few facts that you should be aware of. When your puppy is born it is protected by its mothers antibodies which are transferred through the placenta, colostrom and milk supply. These antibodies stay in the puppies system to around 10 weeks of age (according to my vet) giving protection of varying/diminishing degrees to the puppy. When you purchase a puppy at age 8 weeks the vaccination supplied which contains live bacteria is attacked by these maternal antibodies which reduces and in some cases negates the protection offered by the needle. This is why a vet will advise another (booster) needle at 12-16 weeks of age. Many puppy buyers do not take their new baby for these very important needles and therefore leave their dogs at risk. I am always happy to hold the puppy a few weeks longer than usual if a later more viable vaccination is required. My own personal puppies are not subjected to vaccinations prior to 10-12 weeks of age when it becomes more viable and offers better protection but they are kept isolated during this time. Parvovirus is a devastating illness and young puppies often do not survive so there is a need to be especially careful when taking young partially protected babies home at 8 weeks about keeping them away from other dogs until the second needle is given and protection is obtained. Obviously most puppy buyers want a cute baby to look after but think about it, when all is said an extra few weeks do not make a lot of difference in the puppy's life and can make all the difference if the vaccination has not taken strongly.