samoyedman

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/robotic-pet-ownership-to-rise-in-an-overpopulated-world-professor-says-20150512-ggzrd8.html

http://news.domain.com.au/domain/real-estate-news/japanese-museum-features-architecture-for-dogs-20150425-1mreql.html?rand=1429933436547

Bit of a harrowing read: http://www.smh.com.au/world/tibetan-mastiffs-the-latest-victim-of-chinas-slowing-economy-20150417-1mnrs6.html

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-17/dogs-owners-share-similar-bond-to-mothers-babies-research-finds/6402168

Same story with video of Brutus moving here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11515340/Neglected-dog-who-lost-paws-to-frostbite-given-prosthetics.html

What a wonderful story. :) http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/colorado-dog-prosthetics-legs-30092201

When the media closed in on him outside the court he shouted at them "someone told me to do it!" implying he wasn't at fault or responsible.

It's on ABC news tonight. Apparently his girlfriend has another pregnant bitch :-(

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/man-charged-after-puppies-bashed-to-death-in-kurri-kurri-20150312-142eyk.html A man has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty offences after allegedly killing nine puppies that had been advertised for sale online. The 25-year-old man was arrested at a home in Kurri Kurri, about 35 kilometres north-west of Newcastle, on Thursday night and is due to face court on Friday following the deaths of the Bull Terrier cross puppies, which were believed to have been aged between six and eight weeks old. Police will allege that the owner of the 11 tan and white puppies had placed an online advertisement offering the animals for sale on March 5. When the puppies had not sold nearly a week later, the owner offered the puppies free of charge to the 25-year-old, who allegedly collected them about 4.30pm on Wednesday. Police allege the 25-year-old drove to bushland near McLeod Road in Kurri Kurri and began to kill the puppies by hitting them on the head with a rock. He then allegedly threw their bodies into the bush. A man who was out walking his dogs told police he saw a man stopped by the side of McLeod Road, taking things out of his car, swinging them around, hitting them against something and throwing them into bushland. He yelled out to the man, who allegedly drove from the area with five puppies still alive. The RSPCA arrived at the bushland a short time later to find five of the puppies had died, while another died on the way to a vet in Cessnock. One puppy survived, and has since been nicknamed Lucky by vet staff. The RSPCA appealed for help to find the alleged offender on Thursday afternoon. Following that appeal, police arrested a man at a home in Heddon Street in Kurri Kurri about 8.20pm on Thursday. He was taken to Cessnock Police Station and charged with serious animal cruelty, aggravated animal cruelty and resisting arrest. He was refused police bail and is due to appear at Maitland Local Court on Friday. The man allegedly told police that four of the five remaining puppies were destroyed, and the fifth was "re-homed".

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-12/woman-calls-for-re-investigation-into-greyhound-mass-grave-on-c/6305394

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/victoria/legal-history-high-court-to-hear-melbourne-death-row-dog-case-20150213-13e6ry.html

OTOH this breed is arrogant and headstrong. I'm convinced they think they're the ones in charge. I've come across a few breeds in my time but none of them compare to the samoyed when it comes to stubborness. :laugh: For that reason they mightn't be best option for first time dog owners. Its easy to get carried away with their beauty and playfulness, but unless you keep a firm hand, they'll soon have you under their paw!

PITA vs PETA Another funny. Must change the thread title. :laugh:

How do you measure something like 'far more responsible dog owners and general public' in Europe Lhok? What are they doing differently to us?

http://www.smh.com.au/national/dog-attacks-most-common-in-melbournes-northern-suburbs-20150118-12st18.html

Tell me about it. It's on my clothes and bedsheets. It gets in everywhere no matter what I do. But I knew that before I got my samoyed. And what's a little bit of hair between friends. :)

Interesting tidbit about this thread; it has by far more views than any other breed in this forum. I never knew sammies were so popular :)

Fellow samoyed owners, at what age did your dog mature? By that I mean slow down a lot and not be as puppyish. My fella is 8.5 years old and still like a pup. He still gets the zoomies when we return from walks and wants to play, chase other dogs etc. Does any other breed stay as playful as long as the sammy? :laugh:

Good one. Made me chortle. :)

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/04/sarah-palin-peta-facebook-photo-row-trig-eat-dog Sarah Palin has responded to criticism from the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) over a photograph she published of her son Trig stepping on a family pet. “Dear Peta,” the former governor of Alaska and Republican vice-presidential pick in 2008 wrote in a statement published on Facebook. “Chill. At least Trig didn’t eat the dog.” In response, in a cutting reference to the politician’s infamous struggles with questions on world affairs, Peta president Ingrid Newkirk said Palin’s words showed she “knows Peta about as well as she knows geography”. Palin also claimed hypocrisy from Peta over its treatment of the comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and President Barack Obama, saying the latter “revealed he actually enjoyed eating dead dog meat”. The Facebook post that caused the initial controversy showed Trig, 6, who has Down’s Syndrome, stepping on the family’s black labrador, Jill. “May 2015 see every stumbling block turned into a stepping stone on the path forward,” Palin wrote. “Trig just reminded me. He, determined to help wash dishes with an oblivious mama not acknowledging his signs for ‘up!’, found me and a lazy dog blocking his way. He made his stepping stone.” Sarah Palin’s post shocked some viewers. Sarah Palin’s post shocked some viewers. Photograph: Facebook In response, Newkirk said: “It’s odd that anyone – let alone a mother – would find it appropriate to post such a thing, with no apparent sympathy for the dog in the photo.” In her reponse to Peta, Palin said: “Hey, by the way, remember your ‘Woman of the Year’, Ellen DeGeneres? Did you get all wee-wee’d up when she posted this sweet picture? Hypocritical, much?” The picture Palin referred to was posted on the Facebook page for The Ellen DeGeneres Show in July last year, and showed a toddler stepping on a dog. The accompanying caption reads: “Well, that’s one way to reach a sink.” DeGeneres was Peta’s Woman of the Year in 2009. Palin continued: “Did you go as crazy when your heroic Man-of-Your-Lifetime, Barack Obama, revealed he actually enjoyed eating dead dog meat?” In his autobiography, Dreams From My Father, the president wrote about eating dog meat – which he said was “tough” – in Indonesia, in his childhood. “Peta simply believes that people shouldn’t step on dogs,” said Newkirk, in a statement, “and judging by the reaction that we’ve seen to Sarah Palin’s Instagram photo, we’re far from alone in that belief. ” Palin was John McCain’s running mate in his defeat by Obama in the 2008 election; she quit as governor of Alaska in 2009, to become a star of reality TV and the extreme right of US politics. In her statement to Peta, she continued: “Aren’t you the double-standard radicals always opposing Alaska’s Iditarod – the Last Great Race honouring dogs who are born to run in wide open spaces, while some of your pets ‘thrive’ in a concrete jungle where they’re allowed outdoors to breathe and pee maybe once a day?” For Peta, Newkirk said: “Palin’s Facebook response shows us that she knows Peta about as well as she knows geography. Yes, we campaign against the Iditarod because when the dogs aren’t being driven – sometimes to death – most live chained or inside cages for their entire lives. “And we’re a vegan organisation, so we sit on pleather couches, wear stylish vegan kicks and consider fish friends, not food. (Also, by the way, we just sent a case of vegan caviar to Vladimir Putin – and no, you can’t see his house from yours, Ms Palin.)” Peta did not doubt the care given by Palin’s family to Jill who, Palin concluded, was “Trig’s best buddy … loved, spoiled and cared for more than some people care for their fellow man whose politics may not mesh with nonsensical liberally failed ways or don’t fit your flighty standards”. “Jill is a precious part of our world,” she said. “So is Trig.”

8 years old today.

Can you imagine a bunch of white coated laboratory types with compasses in one hand amd clipboards in the other recording this stuff? What did they tell their kids when they asked what did daddy do at work today? :laugh:

Must be powerful magnets around throwing her poo needle off

Who knew this? Lost in the bush? Get your four-legged compass to crap! :) http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/03/science/la-sci-sn-dogs-poop-compass-magnetic-field-earth-20140103