Tracking Champion Mimmtrix Hubert Xardiko At Britfedl E.T. import Sweden

"Xardiko"

12th March 2001 ~ 2nd May 2012

Tireless Protector
His Faithful One

Constant Companion
Always Ready To Come

Faithful Listener
Second To None

Playful Buddy
Looking For Fun

Unbeatable Snuggler
Warm Like The Sun

Unconditional Lover
Licks By The Ton

Inexhaustible Pleaser
Love On The Run

Sweet Slumber Dear Xardiko
Your Work Is Now Done.

He crossed over to Rainbow Bridge.

He is sadly missed by me, those who knew him but most of all Richard.

He is in ours hearts.

He is in our memories.

He is pain free.

He runs free.

I have been toying with the idea of turning 'green' and getting solar installed on my roof for all my power needs and any left over can go back into the grid.

I've been toying far too long ... I missed the 66 cent rebate which went down to a tiny 25 cent rebate, so I need to get a wriggle on but ... huge BUT!

So many options on every single aspect of going 'sun power'. Inverters; a wazillion choice, Panels; a further bazillion choices and it goes on.

About the only thing I can say do your research before you sign up for anything.

The little I have found out:

• Make sure the company you are dealing with will be around beyond just the 'boom'. If you have to claim on warrenty, will the company still be here to honour it?
• If you think you can expand later, think again. You need the same type of panel to add to an exisiting system unless you were clever enough to buy an inverters with MPPT (maximum power point tracking).
• If the deal sounds like it's too good to be true then it's highly likely that it is. Look closely before you sign up. This brings me to this clip from Today Tonight.

[Quote - Melissa Mandeville]

We have a terrible, heartbreaking situation in Upstate New York with Frank Popolizio’s Southside Kennels located in South Worcester, NY.

The Otsego County SPCA has been called in, as well as N......Y State Troopers, to remove over 130 dogs that are staked out w/barrels for shelter and no bedding in the barrels in subzero weather.

The dogs are emaciated, eating their own feces, and in horrible physical condition and unable to fend for themselves. There are vizslas, GSP’s, Weimaraners, and Rhodesian Ridgebacks in peril that I know of. There may be other breeds at this puppy mill as well.

Please help me get the word out to the neighboring rescue people. The Otsego County SPCA is overwhelmed with the number of dogs they are going to have to take in and they have asked for help.

The director, and contact person for this SPCA is a lady by the name of Liz Mackey: her phone number is 607-547-8111. This is a Cooperstown, NY number and the SPCA is located just south of Cooperstown.

Thank you for any help you can lend in this sad situation.

[/Quote - Melissa Mandeville]

This seems to put into words what I – and I am sure many others of the silent majority – think! It was written by Mrs Jenny Bell of South Australia to Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott:

To Julia Gillard (Prime Minister) & Tony Abbott (Leader of the Opposition) ...

You BOTH Worry me ! ( In fact both of your Political parties worry the hell out of me !!!)

Over the last three years, I find myself becoming more and more fearful of the pair of you, and between you, you are turning this country into a place that I no longer feel at home in, or feel a part of! I watch you in parliament, and no, not just the two of you, but every politician that I see, stand up in parliament sneering at each other, and acting like children !!! (..and if you were my children, I would be ashamed of you all ... What an example to set!)

Although you would like us all to believe that you are putting the needs of this country at the forefront, NEITHER of you are doing that, you seem more interested in "one-up-manship ", in scoring off each other, & denigrating each other, to the detriment of this country & its people !!!

It seems to be all about YOU as individuals, and not about what you can DO for this country !
It is fast becoming a place that I do not recognize, as the place I always thought, was the best place in the world to be !!!

But no longer !!!

You are not listening to the people of this country !!!
And here in South Australia , your counterparts are afflicted with the same disease - is it endemic in all politicians ?

I am watching the deterioration of living standards in this country, (and according to you, on a world stage we are doing better than most countries ... REALLY ???) ... And yet the gap is widening between the "haves" and the "have-nots" . I see our homeless on the streets, our hospitals under-funded, and understaffed, our health system is an absolute mess and a disgrace ... And yet I see multi-millions of dollars being sent off shore, in aid to other countries, before attending to this country's needs !

I see the "selling off of the farm", in large amounts, to foreign interests, (In Every State ) including water rights to foreign interests too .... And WHY...?

Especially when you go to great lengths to tell us that water is a finite resource, & supposedly, we must ALL be careful with how we use it, so that we ensure we have it for the future ?

Foreign interests "Fracking" for coal seam gas, and riding rough shod over farmers' rights to their own land, AND USING QUESTIONABLE CHEMICALS. (You don't even KNOW what chemicals they use), and possibly causing damage to the water table in the process !!!
And those foreign interests I believe, do NOT have to pay anything in royalties back to this country, for the first five years of their tenure ... IS THIS CORRECT ???

A Carbon Tax,( which you KNOW is just another tax with a "Starting Point dollar value") which will make NO appreciable difference, to carbon emissions, AT ALL!

A tax, which in spite of all your arguments FOR it, you are doing alone, when other major countries will NOT & DO NOT embrace it, or believe in it !

All that it will do for this country is put working families and small businesses behind the eight ball, .....what planet are you on, if you think that your few hundred dollars a year, will make even a scrap of difference to the effect of the carbon tax on people ?Blind Freddy can see the holes in that argument !!! Do you really think we are that dumb ???

The CONVOY OF NO CONFIDENCE was real !!! ..and I haven't spoken to even ONE person, who would not have liked to be there if they could, but the tyranny of distance and /or work was the only thing that kept them away, ( myself included ), .. and you KNOW that only a part of the convoy was actually allowed to be in front of Parliament house and ON VIEW ... the rest were streets away, unreported by the media !

For Mr Albanese to stand up in parliament, and call it "THE CONVOY OF NO CONSEQUENCE ", in his sneering tone, shows just how out of touch with the people of Australia , you really are !!!! WE WOULD HAVE ALL LIKED TO BE THERE !!!

DEFENCE ........ Because Americans are our Allies, and we support them in Wars, ......... Korea , Vietnam , Iraq , Afghanistan , ..... and you have sent our soldiers to those places, and our soldiers fought for you, and for Australia ........ some coming home with terrible physical injuries, and some with devastating Mental Injuries as well ..... BUT WHERE ARE YOU, WHEN THEY NEED YOU ?????

Veteran's Indexation to CPI only is a disgrace ... and is something YOUR Labor party Julia, used as an election sweetener, to get the Veteran's Vote ... BUT YOU LIED (Again) ! You never had any intention of honouring your election promise to them ... and it WILL come back to bite you at the next election !!!! (And Tony, Liberals were NO BETTER, Howard had more than 10 years to "fix it " and didn't !)

Veterans are not alone, they have families, friends and supporters, who are heartily sick of the deception your party perpetrated on them ....AND THEY ALL VOTE !!!!

THEY are your obligation, first and foremost ..... and it is not your first obligation to give aid to every man and his dog overseas first !!! Look after your own FIRST !!!! Is this what you call SALUTING THEIR SERVICE ???

Have you any idea , how sickening it is for our Vets to see you both, ( Labor or Liberal ) turn up to the funerals of our current young vets for a photo opportunity, to be seen to be "caring " in the public eye, but only to turn your backs on them all, when they need you ??? (Just ask Breanna Till an Afghanistan Soldier's wife, how CARING this government is !!!)

And in light of what you DON'T do for our Vets .......Let's talk about Multiculturalism ......People have come here from other countries, for a better life, for more years than I have been alive ( I am 65 years old !) ... my own family migrated here in 1883, from Germany , and did find a better life ...

Pre & Post war immigrants have came for a better life, and settled in and became wonderful contributors to this country, as did those who came here after the Vietnam War, ... all have contributed to the rich diversity of this country, and some descendants have even fought FOR this country, and they have become Australians and were glad to be ..and they had NO handouts from our Government either, ...they worked hard for everything!

I have never before had a problem with all, or any, race of immigrants coming here ...

.......However , I DO NOW !!!

Please tell me why we have areas like Lakemba, where police do NOT, & will NOT go, for fear of their life ?
Please tell me why we can no longer have religion in schools, for fear of "OFFENDING" someone ? (The latest little gem is that they are not having, or being funded, for "chaplains " any more , but "Counsellors "?)
Please tell me why religious Christmas observances are no longer allowed in some schools for fear of OFFENDING someone ?
Please tell me HOW Christmas decorations in some stores might OFFEND someone ?
Please tell me why we have to have segregated days in some swimming centres, for fear of "OFFENDING" someone ?
Please tell me why we have some RADICAL clerics demanding Sharia Law in this country ... when if we were in THEIR country, this would NEVER be allowed ?
Please tell me why our laws need to be changed, so as not to OFFEND someone ?
Please tell me why we are fast becoming a MINORITY voice, in our own country, because of POLITICAL CORRECTNESS ?
Please tell me WHY Australians cannot legally wear a face covering bike helmet into a bank ..and yet it is ok to wear a Burqa which covers the whole face ?
And please tell me WHY, when those people who want asylum here, can wreck our detention centres, as in Villawood , and STILL be accepted here ?

SO , in light of the above, WILL BOTH OF YOU ......Please tell me WHY, when some of our Vietnam Veterans FINALLY received (in the last 6 months) the recognition that they should have had after the Vietnam War, (and which they received from the USA & South Vietnam, during and immediately after the Vietnam War), that the families of those Veterans, were refused assistance by this Government, to attend that award ceremony, and yet this Government ....flew , accommodated , and even took on bus tours , to the the families of asylum seekers, after the funerals of those who were killed in the boat which sunk off Christmas Island ?

What does that say, about just who are this government's priorities ?

The Australian people that I speak to have genuine concerns about becoming a second class minority in our own country, and the reasons for it, are some of the above, ..... Are you so blind that you cannot see this ?

And no , I am NOT racist !!!..(if I did not like Catholics or Protestants would I be considered racist ?) Of course not !

Why is it, that if we object to what is happening in our country ... we are immediately labelled RACIST, in an attempt to shut us up ?

We are fighting Radical Muslims, in Afghanistan & Iraq , are we not ?I hear you say, yes but the Muslims we have here are "Not like that " .. well how would we know ? ...do we hear ANY of them coming out & speaking AGAINST radicals ?? I haven't ...have you ???

Islam is not compatible with ANY of the values that we hold here in Australia ! .....Are not the experiences of Britain , France , and the Netherlands an example of that? Why do you think it would be any different here ? We even have an Australian born "radical ", whose message is that Australia WILL become a Muslim country, under Sharia Law, & that we had "better get used to it ".

Will both of you grow some "Balls ", and start sticking up for this country and its people ???

We are the people who put you where you are, and PAY you to look after our interests ! ... And you are NOT doing that, by any stretch of the imagination !!!

I would appreciate an answer, from both of you, if only to convince me that once again, I am not talking to a brick wall !!!!!

My darling, loving mum,

I miss you.

I love you.

I love you with all of my body, with all of my soul and with all of my heart. My words can not tell you what you mean to me.

All that is good in me is you, mum.

All of it.

You have shown me what compassion is. I will try harder.

You have shown me what forgiveness is. I will forgive more.

You have shown me what sacrifice is. I will sacrifice more.

And you have shown me just how important all of these are through all of these wonderful friends who have gathered today to be with you on your final journey, who have all helped me throughout this sad time.

I am so blessed you lived with me, mum.

You cared for me so lovingly just as though I was still your baby girl. You cooked the most beautiful food, you made the best lunches for me, you did all the washing, you fed all the cats and the dogs.

You cared for me when I was sick and you cared for me when I was not. Your love for me shone each day in all you did for me.

I will miss the warmth of our home, I will miss the lights inside and at the porch, I will miss the noise coming from inside when I arrive home.

But mum please do not worry for me. I will be OK, I will.

This is your most important journey and I know the Angels are helping you now to reach your final resting place. I know you have no pain any more and I know we will be together again, mum.

I love you mum.

Your daughter Svetlana.

The Herald Sun newspaper (Satruday 26th June 2010) had an insert; Pedigree Special Feature - the test.

Clearly nothing more then a 'different' approach to advertising by Uncle Bens, makers of Pedigree dog food.

It is very well done in that any new dog owner would be unequivocally convinced commercially processed dog food is the best way to feed . . . NOT true of course!

The front cover of the insert asks a question:

What is the No.1 ingredient in PEDIGREE?

a) Meat. b) Meat. c) More meat.

Seems Uncle Bens acknowledges that dogs ARE carivoures and by that acknowledgement alone, Uncle Bens tells us meat is best however NOT processed meat as Uncle Bens would have you believe.

Think about it for a minute or two.

There are no ovens, stoves, BBQs, microwaves or any other cooking equipment in the wild; just freshly killed prey eaten as its caught by the dog so why would anyone, with this knowledge, feed their beloved dog commercially processed dog food?

The manufacture of this type of food takes all the best out of the meat Uncle Bens use which Uncle Bens then puts back in plus some colour and flavour for good measure!

Ever think about the health issues facing your dog?

Ever think that is could be all that processed dog food filled with colour and flavour that is not quite natural?

Ever think about the dreadful state of your dogs teeth and the bad breath?

Ever think that all that artificial stuff added to dog food maybe the cause?

I sure have and I stopped slowly killing my Weimaraners.

Zeta is my very first prey fed Werimaraners. Raised on this type of diet since she was 7 weeks young and she will be 5 years young this coming November. She has the most gorgeous pearl white teeth and NO smelly breath. She has only ever had one bath in her entire life; the one her mother Ally gave her when she was born AND she has no 'woofy' odour. Sure she is a bit dusty because she likes to landscape the back garden but she is not smelly.

Further to Zeta, 2 years ago I raised my first litter (of 11 puppies) totally on prey feeding. You can see them on YouTube

Please do not be taken in by the dog food manufacturing companies; feed your dog what nature intended; raw!

The upside is so high you will be amazed

I am an avid Dr Phil fan and watch him everyday. A few days ago I watched with even more interest as Dr Phil talked with parents who constantly fight in the ear shot and birds eye view of their children. It really is not rocket science to work out what that environment will reap; we are all a product of our environment.

Dr Phil mentioned a poem; Children Live What They Learn by Dorothy Law Nolte (1924 - 2005)

What are your children learning?

You all remember a short while ago I added Hank to YouTube and to the Vic/Tas Rescue Page on my web site. He had lots of vistorswho wanted to love and cre for him.

Many thatnks to everyone.

Hank, now Gandalf, lives in Queensland with the Munro's and from all accounts is very happy as they are with him.

Hank needs a caring and loving new home.

He is a gentle 14 month young male who is dexed and was about to be surrended to the RSPCA because one partner in a relationship did not love dogs.

He has been with me now for a week and is so sweet. He gets on well with my two girls, Zeta and Swanky. He also gets on with male dogs . . . all he wants is to play and be loved.

Read more about Hank here.

Please contact me if you would like to arrange a visit to meet Hank.

Congratulation to Judy and Tony Glover of Feldjaeger Weimaraners located in Queensland, Australia on their wonderful history making Best In Show win with their beautiful Longhair bitch Australian Champion Feldjaeger Quite Th Miss at the 4th Australian Weimaraner National.

Once again, huge Congratulations to Judy, Tony and all the Feldjaeger gang up north.

P.S. She happens to be Swanky's mum

The 4th Australian Weimaraner National is just around the corner.

Weimaraner Club of South Australia Inc will once again host the National and I am sure it will be just a fantastic as was the 2nd National.

Sadly I will not be able to attend because of a change in career which sees me in a new job starting 12th April however my good friend Richard Boots will be taking his dog Tracking Champion Mimmtrix Hubert Xardiko At Britfeld ET Import Sweden "Xardiko" and he will also take my Feldjaeger With Precision "Swanky".

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend in South Australia.

Feldjaeger With Precision a.k.a. Swanky is a Star. She takes the lead role in a video on YouTube showing what carnivores need to be fed.

Take a look at her movie star page here.

You can see a few more video clips of Swanky here.

She also has a photographic portfolio located here and more images can be seen on Picasa Web Albums.

Check her out, she really IS cute.

I am pleased to report the Spring Clean of my new and re-vamped web site is complete as of this post.

It has taken a while . . . mmmmmmmm would the 300 something pages have anything to do with that? Me thinks yes

Now that is over new pages can be added.

I have a few of those to come so stay tuned to the Britfeld Channel

Mid last year a wonderful lady got in touch with me from South Australia. She had been researching vaccine reactions in dogs and came aross my web site along the way. Her name is Elizabeth Hart and she lost her dog to an adverse reaction to vaccination.

Elizabeth became passionate and committed to do something to make a change to the crazy vaccine protocols we have in Austrlia.

She wrote a number of articles and a submissionn paper in an effort to get this change into 1st gear.

I am fortunate indeed and honoured beyond words to have Elizabeth's permission to include on my web site.

The new pages can be found here:

• http://britfeld.com/vaccine-consumer-voice-submission.htm
• http://britfeld.com/vaccine-unethical-practice.htm
• http://britfeld.com/vaccine-over-vaccination.htm

Thanks Elizabeth for allowing your work to be reproduced on my web site.

Cheers

Sally j

Richard Hayden of Fairbanks Alaska but seeking dogs throughout the US, most recently in California and Florida
Phone number: 907-378-2807
Email: flyingrichard@hotmail.com

Richard Hayden is currently seeking dogs throughout the US, from rescue groups, shelters, and from private individuals via sites like Craigslist. Rescues and shelters are often impressed that he is willing to adopt at such a long distance and assume that someone willing to spend so much money to get a dog must be a good home. According to some of his information he lives in an RV with three German Shepherds. In other applications he states he lives in a house with a yard. Sometimes he says he has one dog, in other cases no dogs. He is an experienced con man and knows what to say and how to work the system. He has groups of devoted followers on Internet forums who think they know him and believe that he’s a good home.

The truth is very different.

He has adopted countless dogs that have since disappeared. At least 3 dogs from rescues have died within weeks of arrival in Alaska. He told the rescues that two of them died of cancer (after being in perfect health and vet checked prior to sending) but he has been unwilling to produce any veterinary references to support his claims. The third dog supposedly drowned. He has adopted several other dogs from Anchorage and Fairbanks animal control that have since disappeared. He has potentially gotten many other dogs from Craigslist and similar sites.

He usually has multiple ads in different cities running. He will typically back off when rescues and shelters request a home visit or reference checks but is savvy to adoption screening systems and is good at manipulating well-meaning people to pull dogs for him. He flies a small plane and sometimes comes for dogs himself, in other cases he has them shipped to Alaska.

He prefers German Shepherds but is known to have taken Labs, Pit Bulls, and a Malamute mix. The dogs he gets are always large breed spayed females. He prefers dogs that are overweight with passive, docile temperaments.

Please crosspost widely! It is especially important to warn shelters who may not typically receive these alerts or be as likely to do the home visits and veterinary reference checks that would immediately expose this person.

Britfeld Artica a.k.a. Tinker Bell is back at her birth home for a month of enjoyment with her Aunty Zeta and distant relative Swanky. She started her second season and needs to be away from Digger for obvious reasons, DAH!

She is just delightful.

I haven't seen her since her 1st season when I looked after her so it is wonderful to see her now that she is an almost grown up adult (with a puppy brain, LOL).

She was the smallest in the litter of 12 whelped and I am yet to measure her height which is my only consideration question mark for breeding from her.

She is such a neat package with all the right bits doing all the right things . . .

. . . she moves like a dream and has a delightful temperment, like her mother and her Aunty Zeta.

Diesel and Candy arrived last Friday for a short flying visit for two nights.

It was fun and games with 4 adult Weimaraners; Zeta, Tinker Bell, Diesel, Candy and 1 Weimaraner puppy; Swanky.

They all got on like a house on fire.

No dramas, everyone played together and slept together.

Feeding was interesting but I decided to feed one at a time away from the others to avoid any mishaps.

Diesel and Candy have just gone home so just the three girls left.

What a night!

I drove to Tullamarine Airport with my best friend Karen and her 9 year young twins on Wednesday evening.

All was going great guns until I missed the turn off for the airport as a result of changes to that particular intersection. And over the West Gate Bridge we all go. Poor 'Lee' the male voice on my Garmin., He seemed to be stuck on "recalculating".

We should have arrived at least 1/2 hour before Tony and Swanky landed . . . but that was not the case. Tony called to let me know he was standing at our pre-discussed place and I told him we were some what mis-placed.

We ended up going to Tullamarine Airport the scenic route by circling the outskirts of Melbourne City and arriving about 1/2 hour later.

Next nightmare was locating the Virgin Blue Frieght depot.

After doing one full circle through where I had already been to pick up Tony, we ended up going in the right direction but not before having to do an about face to park the car. I left Karen and the twins in the car while Tony and I went looking to the depot . . . we walked over to the left and asked where the depot was, to be told it was way up the other end. Of we go all the way to the right to be told it was all the way to the left.

I am just about having a seizure . . . ranting and cussing  with every step, wondering how my poor little Swanky was.

The plane landed about an hour ago.

At last we were there, just needed to find someone to tell us where she was. I fully expected unbareable crying to be heard from Swanky. Not at all, she was fast a sleep in her crate when the man went over to get her. She bounced out of the crate and licked me. Of course I gave her a big cuddle then we started to walk back to the car.

Swanky was so good on the way home. She only cried for a short while then went to sleep.

She slept the whole night but woke me up early for a toilet call.

What a good baby she is.

Swanky is 8 weeks young today 

This past 8 weeks seem to have taken sooooooooooo long to get here and this coming Wednesday evening I will meet Tony and Swanky at the airport when they arrive on the 2030 flight from Queensland.

Swanky is a very special puppy for me and I can not thank Tony and Judy Glover of Feldjaeger Weimaraner enough for allowing me to be owned by Feldjaeger With Precision a.ka. Swanky.

Swanky will share my home with 3 cats; Smokey, Fonzi & Mimi, 1 Weiamaraner; Zeta and 2 humans; my mum Barbara and me of course.

At the start of 2009 I decided to re-vamp my web site. You know; a little Spring clean and the timing couldn't have been better with the start of Spring a few dayas ago in the land of down under Australia. Many of the original content is already here; just click on the tabs up there, yeah those ones. The puppy order form has a few issues but if all else fails you can whiz an e-mail to me until the form is sorted out.

Still a fair way off being totally re-vamped but there is quite a bit already done; just a little tweeking here and there and the job is done.