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Yep that's the one! So relieved. Was a brilliant effort by a group of strangers to get this dog home.

I also posted this on Lost Dogs and cats of melbourne Facebook page. The dogs owner went to search the area. No news.

HazyWal, it is where melbourne zoo is, near parkville and flemington.

Sorry! melbourne

Hoping someone can help. Just went past royal park station and saw a brindle whippet ( or larger Iggy) standing in the bush next to the tracks. It had a collar and tags and looked so scared. Please pass this on to anyone in the area.

Eurasier?

I'm with Kavik, recipe for disaster and they do happen. Dogs killed by other dogs, chased onto roads, people bitten trying to fend off dogs not to mention the number of behaviour issues like Snook mentioned. Sounds dramatic but it pays to be aware. It can be good fun but I feel for it all to align with good owners and good dogs and no-one else interrupting is too rare. I avoid off lead dogs at the park unless it's a one on one and I am confident in how the other dog and mine will interact. Shudder when I see young pups being thoroughly traumatized, you know who's going to grow up the next park bully. But back on topic I believe, the lists at the start of this thread are all great and if everyone followed these dog parks would be much improved.

Thought I was going to vomit, that was awful footage. Such a relief that GAWS is in new hands. Not sure i'm going to enjoy hearing from the commercial breeder....

Anything by Konrad Lorenz gets my vote =) This thread is going to deplete some savings.. :laugh:

Good on you for trying to avoid the situtaion and getting your dogs attention in an effective manner. I would have done exactly the same. Trying to explain to someone their dog is behaving rudely is very tricky. Hard to do it tactfully especially when you're trying to avoid said dog getting to your own. And yes Flexi-leads in busy streets are a really bad idea. No problems with them or a long line in an open park, fields, woods etc.

Hi Katdog, I was asking about undercoat rakes on here recently. Didn't want to go furminator route for the potential damage to top coat you mentioned. I bought a rake very similar to the picture and am very pleased with it. It really does only remove undercoat and very thoroughly. I use it for my Labrador and moggies and I can see the coat is less dull. Happy grooming!

Thanks and yes construction is important, I prefer not to need to replace. Decisions :D Thanks again!

Thanks Vehs, Not certain on dogs except Central Asian Ovcharka once I get my space! My prefences tend to be double coats. Glad to hear you don't think price makes a big difference :)

Hi all, Am doing some shopping around for undercoat rakes. Currently would use it on a Lab and the cats but I expect to own more double coated dogs in the future. There seems to be big price differences between the professional grooming brands(over $40) versus the 'pet' brands(around $12). Is there a big difference? Do they all have rounded tips to avoid cutting coat or irritating skin? Is the length of teeth important? Did try a search but didn't find anything, if there are threads on this please direct me there. Thank you for any and all opinions!

I have a 12 yr old Lab and 14/15 yr old terrier mutt. Benefit of two oldies together is they both need shorter slower walks but the combined meds bills for joint issues and heart problems is huge! Next time I'd try for a slightly bigger gap.