Danois

Inner West has been seeing tick paralysis cases too.

Thai origin products are safe. They have strict standards. It is China made which is to be wary of. I'd be more concerned about their misleading claims like 50% protein.

Sorry can't help here - not an area I have kept up with and I can't advise on specific circumstances - can only give information.

Contact Paypal and ask them??

With all respect to the police (who I have a lot of time for), I would not rely in their advice in relation to civil matters or torts. They do very limited legal training and it is primarily focused on criminal matters. By comparison a lawyer studies basic tort law for 12 months. If you want the legal position based on the wording you want to use on your particular sign then you need to engage a lawyer and not rely on well intentioned but usually misinformed or speculative opinion on the Internet/ forums.

Different kibble in the bag indicates that the manufacturer who is making it (BH outsources it) is not taking a lot of care with their production lines and making sure there is isolation between the different runs they are doing for different people. It's should be one of the basics for manufacturing.

Manufacturers will use a generic meat name to capture the fact that they may have variations in supply from time to time and its not possible to reprint packaging. It is not necessarily a bad thing to use a generic term bit it does indicate that they might not have committed supply of raw ingredients.

Digest is a poor source of protein (compared to other options). AAFCO definition of it is Material which results from chemical and/or enzymatic hydrolysis of clean and un-decomposed animal tissue. The animal tissues used shall be exclusive of hair, horns, teeth, hooves and feathers, except in such trace amounts as might occur unavoidably in good factory practice and shall be suitable for animal feed.

My Subaru XV has heated leather seats. I think the top model Forester has them too.

I knew you'd be along with specifics, thank you! Maybe now the OP will believe it. Except I made a typo on the section number!

Sigh here we go again with a thread on it being illegal. Here is the law: - there is no road rule - in either the national road rules or the State specific adoption of them - that states dogs must be restrained in cars. - Rule 297 (its this number in most States) says it is illegal to have a dog on your lap if you're the driver. - The same rule says that a driver must have effective control of a vehicle at all times and must have a clear view of the road behind you. - Accordingly, the police can pull you over and ticket you if you have an unrestrained dog that is interfering with your control I.e. distracting you. - If you dog was lying on the seat then you would have good grounds to challenge the ticket. - It is illegal to have a dog unrestrained on the back of a ute.

Also, the bigger the dog, the more attention - which I guess is a factor with Danes. We had two eye catching breeds before getting our IW. You would think Salukis and Afghans would be stop in the street breeds, and by and large they are, but the attention we got with them from Joe Public was nothing compared to the number of people who stop to talk about the IW. There is something about Wolfhounds that draws men and their sons from everywhere to look and pat and talk about how their cousin's mate's best friend had a bigger one. (ahem..) When we're out in public doing socialisation walks, I actually just take my dog and leave my OH to it, because I have an internal limit on saddle jokes. My OH is much more patient. Yeah - Danes draw the male attention. Have a super friendly dog too means he will stand there and want attention and people find it very hard to walk past him and not just put their hand out as he's at the right height. Saddle jokes - I just smile these days. While I have heard all the horse jokes before, for the person saying it, its a novelty and I can't blame them for that.

I have no issues with talking to people who stop me and want to ask about Danes. It gives me the opportunity to stress the importance of buying from a registered breeder, doing your research and the availability of rescue. Despite not being raised around kids, he loves them and I love getting the opportunity to show that big dogs aren't scary and how to properly approach a dog. It is just one of those things you have to deal with if you have an uncommon breed.

This is his pedigree - http://www.quintessa.net.au/cgi-bin/geneal.pl?op=tree&index=86814&gens=5&db=Quintess.dbw

Nope - ours is not food related. Tried supplementing it to no avail and he's on an excellent diet. Interesting theory on the belly skin colour.

Let them make the decision. I would make a complaint on the basis that it is not a responsible community message in that it is implying certain breeds of dog are dangerous and this could lead to discrimination against the owners of those breeds and public fear of the breeds. If they consider there is a case to answer then they will send it to the advertiser. Honestly writing to WW will not get much attention - its clearly been signed off by their legal, risk, marketing and Comms people to make it to air.

You can lodge a complaint with the Advertising Standards Bureau about it.

As an FYI Have a copy of a press release from Tony Abbott's office which has announced the abolishment of this committee as part of the cost cutting etc

Not the best photo but it shows the racing strip down the spine and brown sides! I even spoke to the Dane expert on genetics in the US and she was baffled how a solid black puppy turns brown (and this happened before desexing).

Lol my black dog is like this too - identical! Not dead coat and Livamol did not really help. He's from a black x black mating and was jet black until he lost his puppy coat and then it did this.

They are all American brands. The OP was an American article. You get American brands in Oz. You need to check ... some 'American' brands are not made in the USA (eg, many, many, AKC products are made in China). None of these brands are available in Australia.

Report on what basis? You are relying on what someone told someone who told you - complete hearsay. Until you have first hand evidence, nothing to report and you just need to focus on securing your yard.

The advice I gave in my post - from a lawyer... The ACL is actually nicely prescriptive and is not vague as you suggest. If that was the case, the courts become a nightmare as it is impossible to build a solid case law base. You don't need a specialist for this kind of matter - an experienced commercial lawyer is sufficient.

Actually there are a number of inaccuracies in it. Firstly - the ACL is now a consumer guideline. The Competion and Consumer Law Act is actually legislation that is enforceable and able to have actions bought in relation too. And in contract law - it is now about proving a case. In this jurisdiction the onus of proof is simply "on the balance of probabilities". I would take the 'advice' from such helplines with a grain of salt. Only way to get a definitive answer is to get legal advice from an appropriately qualified legal professional.

If you call BS then why post such misinformation online? You are just perpetuating the myths (and making yourself look a tad foolish).