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Has anyone heard of any dog baiting in Adelaide, particularly around the North eastern suburbs? I just heard from a friend of mine who came home today to find one of his dogs dead and lumps of raw meat in the backyard Do the police take this seriously?

Yep, someone who has a purebred cavoodle. Me: It's not a purebred. Her: Yes it is, I paid $1,200 for it. Me: It's a cross. Her: No, he is a purebred. Me: It's a cavalier CROSS poodle. Her: ...oh my god, I got ripped off!!!

Katie, I wouldn't feel guilty. If you cancelled the holiday, you would STILL be feeling guilty because you would let the kids down. Earl will be fine, his vet is wonderful and I am 5 minutes from him if they need me. Have a good holiday - you need it more than ever after this!!! ETA - as much as I adore my dogs, I would do the same thing. When you have kids, you have to weigh both options up. And the kids and you and OH deserve this break!

I found an Amstaff wandering up the road in front of my house. I said "What are you doing out, buddy? come on then!" and he followed me inside. I also found a Samoyed wandering down the road so I opened my car door and whistled and he jumped straight in. I didn't manage to catch a GSD pup. So I watched her and called the council. They had to corner and pole her. Poor thing was terrified.

I am sans kids, so NO WAY am I getting up that early!!!

I don't own a pitty, or anything that even resembles a bull breed, but I'm still really upset by this. Mum has a gorgeous American Staffy and he would be devastated to be locked up in an enclosure all day!

The tan one in the rear?

Ok, someone I know on another forum is panicking. She ha a Staffy X, registered a such under advisement of the Lost Dogs Home, where the dog was adopted from. She's now worried there will be a knock on the door. What do I tell her? She's genuinely worried that she'll lose her dog. Eta- Crap. I just saw a pic of her dog. She's tan and looks a LOT like an APBT to my (untrained) eye.

I would never own a chihuahua or a jack russell. But there are plenty of people that would and do. I wouldn't own an APBT, but that is ONLY because they don't have enough hair for me - I'm a Spitz fan. It'd be a pretty bloody boring world if we ALL owned the same types of dogs.

Can someone also tell me the number of dog attacks in a year, Australia wide? Someone is claiming 100,000 which is ridiculous!

Oh I wasn't saying anything bad about GAP dogs. Gap is a fantastic organisation. Just giving more info The owner REALLY loves her dogs and I think she's worried now. The girl waffling on about the council laws can't cite a single website to back up her claims. I think she's talking out her ass. I am a cat lover as well as a dog lover and I think the owners of the CAT are at fault for letting their cat roam. Mrs RB, that's the site I quoted and interestingly, she hasn't addressed it.

It was in NSW, at night. The dog didn't eat the body, just killed it and left it there. The owner thought it was a possum until she went and had a better look. Oh and dog was a GAP adoptee.

I'm in the middle of an argument on a different forum. Girls greyhound killed a cat that was in her yard, where her dogs were contained. The grey has killed possums twice. Some people are saying "OMG, the dogs are going to eat your kids" :rolleyes: but that's too stupid to get into. Another girl is saying that if she admits her dog has killed animals, even in their own backyard, the dog will be seized and destroyed or get a dangerous dog tag slapped on it. She says she worked for Wodonga, VIC and Burwood, NSW councils in dog control. Is this true? She also says that the council she is in now, you cannot own a dog at ALL. Do we really have councils like this???

I'm in the middle of an argument on a different forum. Girls greyhound killed a cat that was in her yard, where her dogs were contained. The grey has killed possums twice. Some people are saying "OMG, the dogs are going to eat your kids" :rolleyes: but that's too stupid to get into. Another girl is saying that if she admits her dog has killed animals, even in their own backyard, the dog will be seized and destroyed or get a dangerous dog tag slapped on it. She says she worked for Wodonga, VIC and Burwood, NSW councils in dog control. Is this true? She also says that the council she is in now, you cannot own a dog at ALL. Do we really have councils like this???

With the lappie, I didn't care what colour I got, as long as it was a lappie. I also didn't care what sex it was. My favourite would have been a blue girl...and I was lucky enough to get that. Now I'd love a wolf sable...but the chances of that are remote at best!

I was walking two Aussie Shepherd (one black and white) clients yesterday and a guy said "nice looking dogs". I said thanks and continued walking. He said "WHY did you dock that dogs tail?" I said "He's a natural bob tail". He said "well border collies don't COME in a natural bob tail". I said "no, borders don't, but Australian shepherds do". He looked at me and said "I've never heard of an aussie shepherd". I just said "google it". I don't think he looks anything like a border!

Nadia at Aldgate is the vet Leo, the rescued puppy farm poodle used.

So you would allow your dog to kill a person rather than killing the dog???

Nup you are all wrong - well anyone that didn't say Lappies anyhow. Beat THIS for cute!!!

Ok, so Snik isn't actually pretty but dumb, but is an idiot savant? Oh great! I think I better go apologise to the dog and thank her for the treasure :rolleyes:

Well, I bought some plastic doorstoppers to shove under the door yesterday. That worked well. Not. Miss Smarty pants STILL managed to get the door open. Then the lappie chewed all 4 of the doorstoppers. Back to square one. Nothing in my bed last night though. No oranges, no apples. Nothing. I'm a bit disappointed!

Oh I was plenty mad when I came home to the mess. By the time I went to bed, I was over it fully and after wondering why the hell oranges were in my bed, and working it out, I cracked up. It was hilarious.

Funny thing is, the oranges were in the fruit bowl on the kitchen bench. With the apples. The apples are untouched. I hate apples, so maybe the dogs KNOW that and got me the oranges instead. Yes, the lappie has managed to lock herself in the toilet many times. I went out to the toilet last night and thought an alien must have snuck in it. From the outside of the door I could hear "*snort* *Snort* Arr-ooo, oh oh oh". Yep, it was Snik. I suspect she is a "special" dog. A no brains kinda special. She's lucky I love her anyhow.

It seems that a lot have problems with SWF's. I have a SWF and she is not any of the things mentioned here. She mainly ignores other dogs, never starts fights, never runs up to a dog and tries to rip their throat out and never looks like she's even thought of biting a human. I don't know what breed she is, as she's a rescue, but she's a maltese something. Lots of Adelaide Dolers have met her at dog meets and she has never caused an issue. The problem is with the owners of them, not the dog. I don't treat her as a child - she's a dog. She knows it. She knows what she is allowed to do and what she's not. And she behaves far better than the kids. Please don't write them all off as the same! they're not. I don't have any breed prejudices. I have prejudices against the actual dogs, if I have had a problem with them. My mum has an Amstaff that's the biggest, fattest, sookiest boy around. I wouldn't like to try and harm my mum with him around, but he's great with everyone.

Miss Kari (foster) is very smart. She's worked out how to open the laundry door and lets all the dogs in. Unfortunately, the dogs play up when they are running around the house with no one home - hence the locked in the laundry. So when I came home yesterday and heard them barking at the front door, my heart sank. I walked in...to MAYHEM. There was stuff everywhere. One of the buggers (I suspect the innocent looking lappie) had pulled the bin apart and CHEWED it. The lid is buggered. I yelled at the dogs, put them out and cleaned up the mess. Last night, I go to bed. Pull back the quilt. There are three oranges in my bed. Complete oranges. I'm like "WTF?" My first thought was that the kids were being funny. I inspect the oranges and yeah, they are complete all right - with TEETH MARKS! I don't know which dog thought I might like a midnight snack of oranges...