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Hi all. George (8.5yr old Lab /Staff Cross) has been put on fish oil tablets for his arthritis. And I love our vet, he is an absolute magician - however the Antinol Rapid he’s recommended seems insanely expensive for what it is. Are there other fish/mussel oil extracts that people are using for their dogs in place of Antinol? I would Google… but I’ve chosen to reactivate a decade old forum account instead… so I guess that shows how much success I’m having with the Google machine

Thanks! I've given My Silver Wombat a go

Hey guys, has anyone ordered dog tags online before? I've googled but most of the sites I'm seeing look a bit dodgy. I'm just looking for a bog standard laser engraved tag that I can hang off a collar - and being the incredibly social butterfly I am, would prefer to do that online so I don't have to stand in a shop while they dust off the machine and make small talk about how they don't know how to operate it.

Steve if you actually *disable* PMs on the board then (to my knowledge) people get a different error message when they try to PM you (that PMing you is disabled and not just that your inbox is full). If you do that and pop a message to that effect in your signature (with your email address) you might stop some of the confusion.

It shows Instead of the post. I find it almost more irritating than just skimming over the post because you *know* they've said something stupid under it. And you *know* that you'll waste time clicking again to view the post. And you *know* you'll be more irritated when you find out that you were right and it was just rubbish. And then you have to fight the additional urge to reply because they've just annoyed you even more :D Anaaaad it doesn't seem to work on the lo-fi version of the board.

Lot of argument at the time about how "purebred" the panda shepherd was. The middle shepherd was a dilute (liver) blanket black/tan. Can also get a slate dilute colour in them where the black becomes a blue colour.

Geez Troy's keen for cooking isn't he?

Portable cat enclosure $34.95 +P&H --> http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/p/cat-fun-house/ Portable cat tunnel $49.95 + P&H --> http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/p/deluxe-outdoor-cat-walk-run/

I wouldn't read much into 'received treatment at hospital". Any break in skin - a graze - would 'receive treatment at hospital'.

If you don't give the council the tag numbers, they can't contact the owner until the ranger gets out to collect the dogs and find the tags themselves...?

"Oh Edmund, can it be true? That I hold here, in my mortal hand, a nugget of purest Green?" Wish my garden was... well, alive like that.

Maybe he didn't? This --> "RSPCA ACT Chief executive, Michael Linke, who owns an american pit bull terrier, said it was a much maligned breed and that the dogs which attacked Harry could have been mastiffs, staffordshire bull terriers or cross breeds. that you keep repeating, isn't written as a direct quote of what Mr Linke said. It could well have been that he said that it may not have been an APBT and was asked directly by the writer whether it could have been a mastiff or staffordshire. He might have replied to that "Yes, it could have been any type of dog, even a crossbreed". Paraphrased by a writer it could end up being written "Mr Linke said the dogs could have been mastiffs, staffordshires or crossbreeds".

OKAY. I was just clarifying because you were saying that you'd changed it ONCE AND ONLY THE ONCE!!! and I read it that you'd changed it at least twice from your previous post. As for being OBVIOUS, I honestly have no idea what your point is. It's sort of like someone has said "Have a free pony" and everyone else is saying "Ooh! A free pony! I don't have to pay! By jove what a brilliant state of affairs!" and you're standing in the corner bashing out "I DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR THE PONY, THIS IS CONFUSING, WHY SHOULD I PAY FOR THE PONY". I'm not sure that you've understood what was said by Mr Linke or the context he said it in?

Then how does it prove detrimental to the pure breeds he mentioned?

That's a fib, you've changed it at least twice. Once to change the question, a second time to remove a question. ETA: And how could you add the results of a previous poll to this one if they were answers to a different question? Why exactly do you think saying "it could have been x, y or z breed" is detrimental to any of them? If he'd said "It could have been a poodle or a maltese or a crossbreed" would you be so worked up over it?

Only if people misinterpret what was said or take it out of context - either deliberately or through ignorance.

I'm glad things are looking up for you Jed You're one of the consistently sensible posters on here and I've always admired that. Perhaps she just meant that not everyone posted wishing you well? That doesn't mean you weren't in their thoughts or that they meant any malice towards you, just that they didn't know what to say. FWIW, I didn't see anyone 'not' wishing you well, if that makes sense.

It was a needlessly dramatic and ridiculous thing to say. Of course I saw humour in it. Evidently we're all doomed to be eaten alive by 'attack dogs' anyway, so why not have a giggle before my arms are ripped off? You talk about BSL like you were the sole person fighting against it, but it was over-emotive, deliberately ignorant and uninformed dribble (of similar calibre to what you're spouting about 'attack dogs' now) that drove the legislation in the first place. You don't seem to be taking in any of the posts made by people who are actually involved in the fields of protection and associated dog sports, so much as twisting them to suit your own warped perception that anything described as drivier than an unconscious pug is a killer. The word 'aggressive' isn't just a description for hostile or violent behaviour. Thesaurus.com (for want of a better example) also offers assertory, bold, brassy, cheeky*, cocky*, come on, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, flip*, forceful, fresh*, get up and go, go after, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy, pushing, pushy, sassy, shooting from the hip, smart alecky, smart*, strenuous, tough, vigorous, zealous... Schutzhund and other areas of so-called "protection training" revolve around insanely high levels of obedience and control over the dog before they move onto bite work - which makes up a tiny fraction of what they're trained to do. One of the most important aspects of bite work is teaching the dog to let go. A dog that's aggressive in the way you keep describing would not be able to do that. What you're describing as an 'attack dog' is no more a protection trained animal than my local butcher is a dentist. *Any* dog in the hands of an idiot could be "trained" to be the sort of 'attack' animal you keep describing. That's not an issue with GSDs, protection work, the ANKC or any other topic raised here except for irresponsible dog ownership.

What, like David Attenborough? Peering through gaps in a broken, graffiti covered fence? "... and here we see the bogan discovering the 'pitbull' for the first time... he immediately commences 'attack training' on the untamed beast..." There's a whole world of difference between a well bred dog trained properly in protection (or any other sport) and a malcontent in "the hood" with an uncontrolled snarling mutt.

'Aggression' doesn't just mean 'wants to kill everything in its path'. I can be rather aggressive in my pursuit of chocolate, but it's very rare that anyone gets hurt in the process. The context of that ad in the OP reads to me that they're referring more to a tenacious, hard-headed type of dog. If it said "guard dog, very aggressive, ate three children for breakfast this morning then mauled a granny and her shopping cart", that'd be different. There's nothing to be gained in dumbing down the language of an advertisement to make them less offensive or more appealing to the 'public'. They're not the sort of dog that is suitable for the average owner and to make the ad sound that way would be misleading (and potentially dangerous) to all parties involved.

Erny, I don't mean to sound rude or dense (but that'd only make me the average DOLer anyway *boom tish*) but maybe the reason you haven't had much real response to this thread is because the OP doesn't... make much sense? Is it a carry-on thread from another subforum? It assumes that the reader knows that the "proposed law" exists and what it is and something about a report, but I'm guessing that the problem is that people don't know and aren't aware (which is why this thread is here to tell them to write in to their local gov members about it?)

She's likely to be in hospital (and probably homeless) for some time given the extent or her injuries and the damage to the house. In the short term the money would probably be better to fund the care of the animals in the current locations. They don't really need beds etc, but they do need food and veterinary care.

Would you have let Archie "bound" up to a bigger dog that was growling back at him? There are a million and one threads here about people going to off-leash parks and other dogs running up into their dogs faces while the owner says "Oh but he's friendly". Those threads never end well, regardless of the dog's intentions.

Given The Muckery's recent articles on BSL, I would put my money on it turning into a "all pit bulls are evil" story. It won't stop the owner of the aggressive dog from taking it out and letting it loose, it would only be another boot to responsible pit bull-type dog owners (and they're going to be getting more than their share over the next twelve months). I hope your Aunt's dogs recover without too many ill effects.