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I'll keep that in mind, my friend cocker x is pretty soft natured also.

A friend is looking at different options for her cocker spaniel x, and this is one of the kennels she was recommended by a friend. She lives on the northern beaches. Wondering if anyone has experienced them first hand? Knows anything about them, their owners and staff? Any help is greatly appreciated

Probably true!

Ok! I'm on my way to making a video on these myths, so I've gone through all of them, and these are my the ones I think I will address in the video. Any other really common or really funny myths people have to add? If a dog wags his tail, he’s happy A wellness indicator in a dog is how dry/wet hot/cold their nose is. Feeding a dog raw meat will give it the taste of blood and make it want to hunt & kill ( Love this one) "Soft drink bottles full of water will stop dogs peeing on your garden." Because the dog will know it's fresh water and so won't pee or poop there or Because dog's can't see clear things, so they think the water is suspended in the air, and get scared. The bull breed "lock jaw" myth! GSD's, Rotties, Pittbulls have been known to turn on their owners due to a chemical imbalance in their brain, If you hold a pug upside down their eyes will pop out. If you let your dog take a tug toy from you - you will lose alpha / leader status in that dog's eyes. (even if the dog brings it straight back?) or If you play tug with a dog - you encourage aggression and dominance behaviour in the dog. Apparently the Stafford's skull needs to "be" split.....eg, you split its skull yourself.....or it can die as the brain grows too large for the skull. And then there are all these which are just so random that maybe I should add them too. To do with Looks If the roof of a dogs mouth is black or has black markings means he/she is stupid. OR I have heard that if the roof of the mouth is black it means they are a pure breed OR if your dog has pigmentation in their mouth it means they will become aggressive. OR the black roof of mouth meant the dog was really smart Don't trust a dog with orange eyebrows. Only dogs with three hairs growing out of the freckle under their chin are any good as pets. Dogs with light or yellow eyes are evil. Any dog with wrinkles on it's forehead will attack you

Rovers are silent as well. As soon as you start crying at the smell, he starts wagging his tail. The bastard.

Sitting on couch watching TV, and dad starts gagging "Oh god! Whats that smell!!!?" Rover wags his tail innocently, wafting the fumes towards us all. It was like someone had set of a gas bomb, even Riddick ran for cover :cool: . Anyone else reckon their dog could be used as a lethal weapon?

:cool: Sexy I may do riddicks nails now... just for fun...

I would do it, my dad would murder me. I did paint rovers nails silver once though :cool:

What do want out of your dog? Is that what you have? Then be happy !!!

We need some photos !!!

Hmm... It's true. Okay - car is full! No more! *thinks they won't notice her tying herself to the top of the car super sneaky-like...*

I didn't go through the fuss with my dogs either. Both dogs it was, in you go, door closed, then I would walk away. And both my dogs love their crates.

Winterpaws will be disappointed now, No beautiful Grace for her :D

Nothing really stresses out either of my boys. We do have a routine we follow daily, but if you break from that general routine they don't have any problem with it. They'll try to remind you with some general lurking that its time for Walk/bone/dinner ect, but if it doesn't come, they tend to just settle down and wait. No problem.

;) Sneaking out at night to water them..

Soooooooo Cuuuuuuuuuuute

Yaaay Charlie !!!! I'm sure little Emmy is definitely part of the solution !

Just because a dog will happily play with other dogs doesn't necessarily mean they won't fight back if attacked. So your aunty's dog was off lead, and the other dog was on lead? I don't think that will go down well with the council. Unless you can prove that the other dog attacked first? This is another example of the result of surgery on puncture wounds.

I have heard 2 conflicting ideas when it comes to this, I think you should keep your dog on lead until you're in the park, keep them under control and when they are sitting, you then let them off lead. But I've heard you should take your dog off lead before entering the park to prevent fights?

I think rover just happened to open his crate, and then when he tried to get back into it he accidently locked it....... Or maybe thats what he Wants me to think Poor Flute

Sneaky puppy

Say what??? One of my dogs somehow managed to get to the Christmas presents one year and eat all the foil-wrapped chocolate santas that had been taped to the gifts, somehow leaving the foil in tact. There were a few disappointed faces on Christmas day, which I thought was hilarious. As in, he was sitting on the floor Outside of his locked crate. NINJA!!! Thats fantastic. I'm glad I don't have the only ninja He's too big to be that sneaky. He does too! Great photo Bec. What dogs? I don't see any dogs...

I seriously think my dog Rover is the sneakiest ninja dog around! Reason number 1, he can get of a bean bag, walk across tiled floors, without any sound (including letting his martingale and metal tag jungle, or nails click on the floor) to sneak into the kitchen and troll for leftover bits that may be on the floor. Or to lie behind you silently so that you will fall over him when you step backwards and hopefully spill all the food you've been chopping up onto the floor. Reason number 2, the way he gets Riddick to play! He'll lie on his back, eyes closed, apparently fast asleep.. and then when Riddick wander innocently past he snakes out his head and grabs one of his back legs and flips him over Reason number 3, he somehow managed to get out of his locked crate, and when we came downstairs the crate was Still locked!!! NINJA! Anyone else's dog a sneaky ninja?

I tend to agree with you. My idea for a video isn't going to contain complex explanations as to why to do things. Its just for the average pet owner.

I don't think this will work, simply because a lot of other people will bring toys. (I understand resource guarding, and I have witnessed fights over things as small as sticks .) Maybe, Don't let your dog harass or try to play with a dog who is playing with a toy. Eg. fetching a ball. And, if you bring a toy for your dog, and your dog becomes aggressive towards other dogs over the toy, remove that toy. And if you know your dog becomes possessive over toys, don't bring them.