spottychick

Absolutely Bashing dogs with bars, twisting their legs to try and break them and tying them to a concrete post in 30 degree heat is COMPLETELY rational behaviour Not to mention stomping on your dog and punching him. Oh the sanity!!

Maybe the neighbour took the photo when he went over to get the dog. I'm sure hope no-one deliberately put him back on that chain once they'd rescued him. He looks like he's been on it for a while.

Oh I didn't see that gallery before. What a gorgeous looking guy he is!! Looks remarkable healthy really - coat, teeth and weight okay, but you can see where he's been hit. I wonder if the dog actually belonged to someone else and was stolen or only recently came into this cretins possession. Whatever the case thank DOG he's safe, he looks delightful.

This is horrific! The man who did this shouldn't be allowed back into society once they catch him. I hope he gets what he deserves when he's in prison. I also want him named. Good luck to Boof with finding a new loving home - I hope he hasn't got any long term injuries from this.

dawwwwww he's adawwwwable

I'd lock her in a glass house in the middle of a paddock in 40 degree heat for a while to teach her what it's like for the dog. Seriously tho, she KNEW about hot cars and what it does to a body, that's why she took the kids inside - what does she think the dog is? a freakin statue? I get so tired of people treating animals like inanimate objects. Get a stuffed toy instead.

Troika's previous owners are the scum of the earth. I loved that movie BTW

I'm trying this with my untrained, unsocialised, fear aggressive dalmatian. At 8 years old he has a lot of stuff to overcome. Mostly he just doesn't pay attention to anything - at all. He's like a hyperactive child or has doggy ADD or something. The thing I noticed most is that this dog does NOT look at you, at your face that is. He only vaguely glances in your direction unless you have treats in your hand amd then he just looks at your hand. I think this is related to his biting because he seems to have no awareness of people and personal space etc (don't misunderstand - he loves people - but only for pats. Once that's done he doesn't pay any attention) So anyway, to deal with a few issues I decided to try running him through this. After 3 days and 5 goes he seems to be working it out and is looking at me for the briefest time - I consider this an acheivement, especially this morning when it only took him a couple of minutes to look at me. He also almost sat down when he looked (but I didn't push that at this stage). THe first time we stood out there for what seemed like half an hour before he glanced at me. I am pleased with his progress, but everything else (eg snapping, pulling on lead etc) is still just as bad as always. One step at a time I reckon. My biggest obstacle here is ME - I have taken to slapping myself on the head several times as I walk away because once AGAIN I've gotten the words wrong - I keep saying "good boy" in between YES and OKAY (at least I'm not saying "Off you go" instead of OK any more LOL) I try not to - honest!!! It's just like this conditioned response in me. So I'm learning too - I don't know which of us is more challenged LMAO

ROFLMAO Wow! The poor doggie! That is nasty. I agree with Nekhbet - looks like undigested matter formed into a hard mass. Perhaps as well as fiber add probiotics to the diet - yoghurt or keffir is good for helping with digestion.

I have a Windchill collapsible bowl. It's made of material and folds up really small and you can clip it on to your belt or whatever. http://www.windchill.com.au/walking_belt.htm (Scroll down the page) THere's a few different ones on the market if you do a google search - not all have clips tho. A friend got one from Chicken Feed (Tassies 2 dollar shop) for next to nothing but it doesn't have a clip to attach it to anything. WOuld probably fit in your pocket tho.

Drooling dalmatian :rofl:

Aren't we humans a sorry pathetic species. With some fabulous exceptions of course, like these lovely people.

Yep he's doing really well!! ANd he looks very happy about it in that last pic What are you feeding him?? Just looking for any tips for my own fat girl LOL

"a drunk kangaroo" Glad to hear you're getting somewhere with your lovely little guy. Have you got some pics???? I've got the same issues with my new 8 yr old - I've been trialling the TOT program and also taking treats when we walk to give him when he walks to heel. That seems to be having some effect but if I don't take the treats with me it's all back to straining on the lead. It's okay, this is going to take a while - I have years of non-training to overcome I'll check out those links too!!

You can get it from good pet supplies stores (who would sell things like barf patties etc) or some vets sell it. The cheapest place I've found it tho is at vetnpetdirect.com.au - even with freight to Tassie it works out cheaper than buying it locally. Kelpie-I Some dogs might go through a detox on it as the good stuff in VAN takes effect and the bad stuff in their system has a bit of a last ditch fit, so they might seem to get a little worse before they get better. This will be even more noticable if you switch to raw at the same time.

I agree. They don't seem to know much about dogs at all. It sounds like someone just wants to make a little money with a lame idea. :D Dogs ate animals in the wild and didn't cause global warming. They don't buy cars, set up farms, log rain-forests etc. They are not responsible for the behaviour of humans or for messing up the environment. I'd chuck it in the bin. My lot don't eat a lot of meat anyway - and actually I'm vegetarian so what they do eat I make up for.... or vice versa or somthing

Mix the VAN with anything you like - pulped veggies, egg, yoghurt/keffir, some ground meat. My dogs will eat it on it's own but not all dogs will like that. My greyhound owner friend just puts the VAN in a bowl with some lamb shanks on top and her dog eats the lot. She doesn't mix it with anything so I guess her dog likes it just as it is. When I had 3 non-stone forming dallys I would generally give them RMB in the morning (and nothing else) and in the evening they got ground meat or fish or cottage cheese or eggs or whatever, pulped veggies maybe some keffir plus any supps I'm giving them and/or VAN if I've got it. You could occassionaly throw some offal in - but I rarely give that to Dally's for breed-specific reasons.

Yeah that's right! My neighbour calls it her dogs "porridge" and soaks enough for a couple of days at a time. It's okay if it soaks for day or so.

I think it depends on the kind of grain and how it's processed. Note that on the VAN website it states the barley doesn't get digested but does provide roughage - the only other grains are oats and soy bean meal (from memory) - I think the soy bean meal is probably the only ingredient I would rather they didn't include. Otherwise it's got some great supplements nicely balanced so you don't have to think about it Its a shame it's got yeast in it - that's one of the top no-no's for stone-forming dallys.

I've used it on and off for years and think it's great. My dalmatian Pepper was raised on it from the age of 6 weeks when I rescued her and she thrived on it. And I used to feed my older girl on it and she lived to 18 and a half years (still reasonably fit and healthy up until the very end) so make of that what you will I've stopped using it now because my new adopted dally can't have a lot of the ingredients in it (being a stone former) but a friend of mine recently started feeding it to her greyhound who has improved dramatically on it - better coat condition, better digestion, better overall health, less pinched nerves/stiffness etc. This dog has always been fed a good raw diet but the VAN seems to provide the rest of her nutritional needs that his owner was struggling to give her before. You will find people here have very strong views for and against VAN but I guess you can only try it and make up your own mind.

I would adopt a dog that age. They can adjust. My old dog lived to 18 and a half and barely needed to see a vet all her life. The only real issue she had was cataracts late in life - but that wasn't a major problem. She was also quite happy with moving house several times in the last few years of her life (even tho she was going blind towards the end) as my work took me from place to place (state to state). I used to watch her "mapping" out the new environment so that she knew where any obstacles were and where the boundaries were and once she'd done that she was quite comfortable charging around as normal. Admittedly she was always with me but my point is they can cope with change, as long as they feel secure and loved. I love older dogs. I don't agree that you miss out on anything taking them on. Hope you can find a lovely home for your senior.

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LMAO How gorgeous! Lilly is beautiful. What sort of dog is she?

I am so sorry to hear this. I too know the feeling of loss you're going through. I had to say goodbye to my own big fella, who was also named Guiness, just a few weeks ago. Rescued him as an adolescent and taught him the world is not the cruel and lonely place he thought it was. He gave joy, loyalty and affection back to me in spades. They become so much a part of you - the hole they leave behind can't be mended Take care.

I have used the double ended lead - but yes, same problem if one is lagging behind and/or one is a little faster. Also have used one dog on belt attachment and the other two on separate leads both on the left when I had three dogs. But the one on the belt attachment was very well behaved when walking.