Staffyluv

It was very quick and easy to make. It was just done with iCloud pages. I already had the pictures and there really isn't a lot of writing on it. I think it took about 15-20 minutes. Then you email it to yourself as a PDF or word doc and then I just saved as a jpeg file as well. I would be happy to show anyone interest how to do it.

I suppose I should have put she is microchipped but it is mandatory here and as she is via a rescue - I just assumed people would understand that I have her chipped.

I know DD.. Everyone that meets her just loves her. She really is a very sweet dog. I wouldn't normally recommend a staffy type dog as a first dog for someone but she is so easy going that she would be OK for someone as a first dog.

Haha, HD, Jake cracks me up :laugh: That looks more like it sas, I might look at getting one of those.

Thanks guys, I have redone the poster this morning because I forgot the CPR banner across the top It is all fixed now. I have it in jpeg and pdf so if anyone wants to share it please let me know and I can email you either or both to share on your facebook or anywhere else. Thanks again for the input :)

Thanks, I knew there would be something (I did it in a few minutes this afternoon before I picked my son up from work).. I will fix it tomorrow and send it through to CPR

The first time we tried it at obedience, he was terrified of it so I didn't push him. A few weeks ago, he was watching a couple of the dogs he really likes go through, so we let him off and called him through straight after one of them went through and he went through, no problem at all. Then he came back through and went again - I think he turned around and went back through about 4 times before I caught him to let others use it.. :laugh:

Awe thanks guys. I have sent it off to CPR to add to pet rescue as I think they do most of their advertising on there and their own website.. I just thought I would post it up here and get some feed back, in case I could change anything that would make it better.

Wow that is cheap.. I was thinking about getting one for Zig but I think these might be a bit small and maybe not robust enough for a staffy running through at full speed.. :laugh:

I thought so - they are only small, so would only really be any good for puppies and little dogs.

I did a quick flyer up for Zipp this afternoon as she is ready for adoption now. Opinions please - have I given enough information, should I have more on there or is it best to just entice a prospective adopter in and then spill the beans on how super she is :) Edited to add the new flyer with CPR and missing 'A' before the word crate :) Zipp 20.9.13 by jamoore photos, on Flickr

Linky I thought I would post this here in case people don't frequent the training thread and might miss the opportunity to buy a tunnel for their pup to play in :) Just $19.99 is a great buy if you play games with your dog (or cat)

As a foster carer I completely agree. But I wish you luck in finding a solution. As sad as it is for you and your family, maybe as Rebanne suggested you might have to consider rehoming the pup permanently. Just saw you agree with Rebanne..

Change direction, as soon as she walks past you (in front of you) change direction - go left or right or turn right around and go in the other direction. She will soon learn that walking 'with' you is far more pleasant. I also call mine if he gets to far out in front - I say 'come back to me' and he does. If I am turning on him, I say 'left' or 'right' or 'about left' or 'about right' (the last two are turning back in the direction you were coming from, not just like turning a corner. I tend to have 'formal' walks and 'casual' walks. I expect he will stay by my side (formal) when we are on a busy street or passing someone. I don't expect him to stay beside me all the time - he is a dog with a nose and there are so many awesome smells and things to check out on a walk. Also to the OP, a 30 minute walk at heel would drive my 2 year old around the bend - he would do it, if I asked it of him but it is a very long time for a dog to concentrate on one thing. As others have said (and I did see you are cutting the walks down, great news) 30 minutes is a long time for a puppy. When teaching puppies, I think it is a good idea to vary what you do. For example we might spend 1 minute on heeling at my side, then a minute or two playing with a tug toy, then back to heeling or staying, dropping or sitting.. Vary the training and they stay much more interested - add games into the training. Look at that (LAT) is a great program and I think there is a link to it at the top of the training thread. Good luck with your pups :)

Same, we always have these and kangaroo in the freezer in case we run out of the food in the fridge that is bought week to week.

I would still be having the lump aspirated - one of the things mast cell tumours are famous for is coming up and going down in hours or overnight or a few days.. I have a standing rule, after my experiences, all lumps are aspirated - all of them.

Kate is awesome - she used to work for West Queanbeyan Vets back in the day and went out on her own around 2005 or there abouts. Hamish and the team at West Queanbeyan Vets are awesome, not the cheapest around but not the dearest either and they care about the animals. Not sure what they charge for titre testing but we did talk about it one day because of Ollie and his other treatments when he was alive.

I think this is where they make a lot of their profit. If you compare the prices online there is a big difference - sometimes three times the price through the vet. Or even more! I recently paid $25 for 200mls of liquid paraffin, in the supermarket it is $3.15! & $15 for an enema, at the the chemist the same one's are $15 for a box of 12! Live and learn I guess. My vet writes me prescriptions to take to the chemist if they are cheaper than he can supply..

There is only one thread on this forum that isn't available to the public.. Everything else can be read by anyone, at any time. What gave you the impression that this was a secret forum?

Thanks guys - it has been a long and sometimes hard road but I can see such a difference in Zig from when we started our journey together. As for Zipp, she was always going to come first - she is amazing and will make an awesome pet for a family (it will be a bonus if they have kids over about 8 because she is still a puppy at 9 months old and can be a bit full on).. Because she trains 'with' Zig, she copies him - so she does long stays already. She heels like she has been doing it forever and she is even starting to do returns (finishing after a recall where they come back behind you and sit at heel position).. I really have to do her write up for the website, while the work is all fresh. I will only let her go to a home, where she is inside and part of the family, preferably they will have another dog, maybe some bigger kids and will continue her training because she has some unreal potential for obedience and could really go all the way to the top. The assessor we had for her, usually only does the higher level dogs assessments and he was stoked with her. He said her focus is amazing for a dog that has only just done beginners obedience. He even come to watch me do the assessment with Zig in advanced.. He gave me a lot of pointers on the day to improve things with Zig. The assessor Zig and I had was really tough on us but she said that he was one of her favourites on the day :) She also told me that most of the problems with Zig are my issues and I need to do some stuff to get him over the line easier.. I can't wait to get him into novice now - I was thinking about holding him back and redoing advanced but the assessor told me that was the wrong thing to do because she thinks he is more than ready for some more challenges.

You obviously feel my last post was aimed at you, it was aimed at everyone who feels its ok for off leash dogs to be walked in on lead areas, if you fit into that description then I guess you are part of my target. I have not picked apart your posts, despite the fact you seem to have picked apart mine earlier on in his thread, and called me contradictory, which is a lot nicer than when someone on this forum called me crazy, but to be honest none of those labels really bothers me. What I'm attempting to point out is that the very people you support, could be the very people who help stricter dog laws be put in to place, its very simple for you to be part of those restrictive laws all you have to do is NOTHING. Let all the perfect off leash dogs sail passed you and say nothing, or you could go one step worse and congratulate the owners but if you really want to help society, you could compliment the owner and say "You do realise this is an on leash area don't you, I wouldn't want you to be fined". By doing nothing you are enabling the off leashers to take away our (and your ) freedom to walk our dogs. It will happen, google dog attacks and new dog laws, I am not making this all up, it will affect us all. Its not to late if everyone abides by the current law and makes sure our dogs are kept secure and on leashes where required and that stops most of the dog attacks it can only help us stay with the law we have. I'm not attacking you I just think there may be a downside to walking off leash dogs that may not have occurred to you. I know this is a small forum and does not reach a lot of people but its been worked out if you tell one person, and that one person tells another the word will spread like wild fire. In political circles its accepted that if one person writes a letter or an email to an MP on a subject that means 500 people feel the same way, which in their eyes is 500 votes. Taking that a step further if a group get together to try to stop dog attacks and get new laws made that make parks no dog allowed, we are all sunk. Off lead dogs don't just piss off other people with dogs, its not just dog walkers that get attacked. If you see an off leash walker, ringing the police won't help or the council, they want a name and address, just reminding nicely that this is an on lead area puts the thought in their heads that people are watching and caring what they do, they may tell you to F off but they still heard you, words that are said or written that you know apply to you are never forgotten, human beings are very susceptible to suggestion. All the off leash walkers I've encountered I've said very nicely (apart from the ones with scary dogs, I haven't been too nice then) "Are you aware this is an off leash area" and I haven't seen them since. They don't know who I am, perhaps I work for the local council, what do you think? You can't make people care about the law but they do care about being fined. Steph don't take this personally its not meant that way. You quoted me - if you were not responding to me, then don't quote me.. Edited to add - in my opinion, there isn't a downside to walking a well trained/behaved dog off lead. I wouldn't do it but I have seen a few and to be honest, they are a non issue. You don't have to lecture me on the problems of outdated dog laws - I have been a dog owner and a member of this forum long enough to know what is and isn't OK.. So you spend your spare time making sure all the off lead dog walkers in your area are aware it is an on lead area or they can be fined - good for you.. I have much better things to do with my time - like enjoy my walk with my dog, instead of worrying about something that is of no concern to me (remember I am talking about well behaved/trained dogs who don't run off to meet me and my dog - they simply go about their walk like I do).. If the dog was off lead, menacing and appearing dangerous - it probably wouldn't have an owner with it in my neck of the woods. So in this case, I would put a call in to our local ranger and let them know there is an off lead dog at such and such location. Now that owner should be fined.. Not the one, causing nobody any harm, minding his own business.. No wonder we can't take our dogs anywhere anymore.. If you have aren't too concerned for you dog. I'm happy for you. But some other people on the forum are more vulnerable and have more fragile dogs due to age, illness, size etc. SO I do see why they would be concerned. I've had a dog that was very capable of defending herself. She could easily kill smaller dogs if she wanted to. But breaking up a fight is just an inconvenience on my walk. Nobody wants to deal with this stuff every time they duck out for a walk. I just think we shouldn't have to go out of our way to make things more convenient for people who want their dogs to be "free range". Why some people believe they deserve special rights? I don't know. I'd like to see what happens if there are NO leash laws- may the best dog win... losers can R.I.P. Where the hell did I say I am not concerned for my dog?? Where huh? I am very concerned for the well being of mine and every other dog/animal.. I have on more than a few occasions put myself in front of my dogs and between a charging dog and my dogs. I would do it again in an instant - I am not afraid of a charging dog. My experience tells me that in my town, where I walk my dogs, that the off lead dogs that come running at us are invariably tame and a growl and get lost is enough to get rid of most of them. Just a couple of weeks ago, I lifted a GSD off my staffy cross and tossed her.. It isn't the first dog dispute I have broken up and I dare say (because I own a dog) it won't be the last one.. My staffy cross is extremely submissive - he tried to out run her but she caught him and he just curled into a ball.. My last dog had mast cell cancer for over 6 years, we lost him in October 2011 after a good long fight with chemo, holistic therapy and finally just palliative care... So much for me being not concerned about my dogs. Also where did I say that I wanted leash free laws - I have never said that either.. I agree that people are flouting the law by not leashing their dogs. No one wants that but you can't make people do something they are not going to do - law or not... All you can do is dob them in.. I am not going to repeat any more of what I have said a dozen times already. You are going to choose to pick out of my posts what suits you and your argument..

You obviously feel my last post was aimed at you, it was aimed at everyone who feels its ok for off leash dogs to be walked in on lead areas, if you fit into that description then I guess you are part of my target. I have not picked apart your posts, despite the fact you seem to have picked apart mine earlier on in his thread, and called me contradictory, which is a lot nicer than when someone on this forum called me crazy, but to be honest none of those labels really bothers me. What I'm attempting to point out is that the very people you support, could be the very people who help stricter dog laws be put in to place, its very simple for you to be part of those restrictive laws all you have to do is NOTHING. Let all the perfect off leash dogs sail passed you and say nothing, or you could go one step worse and congratulate the owners but if you really want to help society, you could compliment the owner and say "You do realise this is an on leash area don't you, I wouldn't want you to be fined". By doing nothing you are enabling the off leashers to take away our (and your ) freedom to walk our dogs. It will happen, google dog attacks and new dog laws, I am not making this all up, it will affect us all. Its not to late if everyone abides by the current law and makes sure our dogs are kept secure and on leashes where required and that stops most of the dog attacks it can only help us stay with the law we have. I'm not attacking you I just think there may be a downside to walking off leash dogs that may not have occurred to you. I know this is a small forum and does not reach a lot of people but its been worked out if you tell one person, and that one person tells another the word will spread like wild fire. In political circles its accepted that if one person writes a letter or an email to an MP on a subject that means 500 people feel the same way, which in their eyes is 500 votes. Taking that a step further if a group get together to try to stop dog attacks and get new laws made that make parks no dog allowed, we are all sunk. Off lead dogs don't just piss off other people with dogs, its not just dog walkers that get attacked. If you see an off leash walker, ringing the police won't help or the council, they want a name and address, just reminding nicely that this is an on lead area puts the thought in their heads that people are watching and caring what they do, they may tell you to F off but they still heard you, words that are said or written that you know apply to you are never forgotten, human beings are very susceptible to suggestion. All the off leash walkers I've encountered I've said very nicely (apart from the ones with scary dogs, I haven't been too nice then) "Are you aware this is an off leash area" and I haven't seen them since. They don't know who I am, perhaps I work for the local council, what do you think? You can't make people care about the law but they do care about being fined. Steph don't take this personally its not meant that way. You quoted me - if you were not responding to me, then don't quote me.. Edited to add - in my opinion, there isn't a downside to walking a well trained/behaved dog off lead. I wouldn't do it but I have seen a few and to be honest, they are a non issue. You don't have to lecture me on the problems of outdated dog laws - I have been a dog owner and a member of this forum long enough to know what is and isn't OK.. So you spend your spare time making sure all the off lead dog walkers in your area are aware it is an on lead area or they can be fined - good for you.. I have much better things to do with my time - like enjoy my walk with my dog, instead of worrying about something that is of no concern to me (remember I am talking about well behaved/trained dogs who don't run off to meet me and my dog - they simply go about their walk like I do).. If the dog was off lead, menacing and appearing dangerous - it probably wouldn't have an owner with it in my neck of the woods. So in this case, I would put a call in to our local ranger and let them know there is an off lead dog at such and such location. Now that owner should be fined.. Not the one, causing nobody any harm, minding his own business.. No wonder we can't take our dogs anywhere anymore..

Jesus, I didn't say I didn't think it was not serious to break laws - read my posts... If you want to pick my posts to pieces read the whole thing in the context it is meant - don't pick out bits to suit your agenda (whatever it is).. You know if you read slowly and concisely you will get the gist of most of my posts. I said, there are loads of people out there that don't care about the law or what you want or need.. Next time I see a perfectly controlled dog off lead, I will congratulate the owner on such a wonderfully trained animal - BECAUSE it doesn't bother me that the well behaved/trained/controlled animal is off lead.. If it bothers you - go dob it in.. You can't make people care about the law - all you can do is dob them in.. If you want to spend your life dobbing every single off lead dog owner into the local council, then go for it.. I for one, have much better things to do with my life than dob every dog owner in that looks like it has a dog walking off lead..

I don't walk him off lead in on lead areas. We have an off lead park here in town as well as a few other off lead areas that we are allowed to do this - as a reasonably responsible dog owner, I make sure I use these areas. The dog park took a while to get right - there have been a few incidences up there with aggressive dogs. When we go, we go with a group of dogs that we all know and are happy to play together. Our local park is very vacant around 6am and a few times, I have had him off lead in the oval (as do loads of people here doesn't make it right by I did it and I admit it freely). But I haven't for a very long time. Only because his recall wasn't the best and I didn't want him running up to just anyone. And because he is a bull breed of unknown origin and they have a bad enough name without adding to the problem. I don't like unknown dogs running up to me and will scare them off or cross a road if need be. So the short answer to your question is no, I don't walk him off lead in an on lead area. But I don't really care if other people do - I just go somewhere else.

The case being made in this thread is that there are by-laws which determine what SHOULD be done with dogs. And for good reason. Irrespective of any individual's experience or opinion. Dogs in public places should be leashed. It's not a matter of opinion, nor what one person or other thinks is 'acceptable'. Neither you nor me. Which is why council's have sensibly made it a law. And yet again, I reiterate: There will ALWAYS be people who don't give a shit about what you want, the laws or anything other than their own little world - ALL YOU CAN DO IS REPORT THEM.. We don't have the power to do anything else other than report them. So report, report, report! There are laws against drink driving, murder, rape, child abuse etc - but we hear about it every single day - the people who commit these crimes don't care.. There are so many people in this world, who don't care what the law says... I don't think it is acceptable, I never said it was, anywhere in any of my posts, for people to have their dogs off lead in a public place (but to me, in the grand scale of life, it isn't that big a deal - I am happy to cross a road or take a chance and walk on by). We all live in this world together, neither you or me, will never change people who flout the law like this - no matter how many times we dob them in. So, live defensively - go to places you know are safe, there are less off lead dogs etc etc etc (loads of suggestions in mine and others posts right through the thread)..