MolassesLass

Hang on, what are you asking about? I read your title as asking about puppy farmers and that's what I answered. Did you mean to ask BYB or puppy farmer?

Another thread on this is here.

This. Even if he was perfection personified, I would rather get similar lines and work back up.

If you are looking to try the type used in comps. (chosen to fly a long distance well and be safe for pooch) and can't get to a club, check Amazon. I've bought from "The Wright Life" disc shop through Amazon a number of times and can recommend it. Here is the list of exact models approved for use in Australia, there are other discs suitable for dogs that aren't on that list for various reasons. I've found the Hyperflite K10's most forgiving of a crappy throw, they flatten out easily but don't give me as much distance as a Frisbee brand Fastback.

I would reply - a lot of effort seems to have gone into it (even if pup is written as pub all the way through).

My dogs are free in the house but can't get outside. I go to bed around 9:30pm and get up at 7:30am. My dogs will wake me if they need to go out in betweem those hours (whether it's for a pee, poo or a vomit). When I have pups under 6 months I will set an alarm for 2:30am for a let out until they get the hang of asking.

I have only owned one Bullmastiff so far but I didn't notice any difference in his guarding by age. My boy is very friendly with people, he will wiggle greet some strangers that come to our door but others he stands still and observes and other times he barks and gets very angry. The important thing is that he listens to me when I tell him to stop. That said, when we're not home, it's a totally different story - he still isn't a big barker (which is good as I live in the 'burbs) but he will bare his teeth and make his intentions clear. I tested him out because I wanted to know. We have a specific Bullmastiff thread here, you should come over and post some photos.

:confused: ;) Oh the irony!!!! Made my day Moselle! Gosh, what would we do without loonies in our lives.

How (very) dare you say I am fat and have grey hair! Nope, I tried it but I just can't see the satisfaction in making up what other people say and then getting mad about it.

Not as long as those who believe in "deed not breed" (like Mr Linke) are supported. In fact if everyone thought like Mr Linke, BSL wouldn't exist for the pitbull either.

How (very) dare you say I am fat and have grey hair!

Yes, lets indeed punish the deed and not the breed and please let us not point the finger at other breeds of dogs likely to have been responsible for this attack. There was no pointing of the finger nor claims that it was likely that the attacks were carried out by dogs of the given breeds or a CROSSBREED. It said "could have been". Perhaps you are unaware of the meaning of the word "could".

I think what he's said is wonderful really. By my reading, he said: - Breed is usually not established fact in news reports of attacks - Punish those who have been shown to do the wrong thing (dog and owner) rather than having BSL The only possible thing I could have an issue with is using "Mastiff" when he means the general catch-all term for a block headed dog rather than the actual Mastiff breed. But that's being a picky, dog elitist. He didn't mention those breeds (along with "crossbreeds") because he was saying they are viscous breeds but because they are breeds that look similar to what a Pitbull looks like.

While I do know it is possible for it to happen, I see no evidence of BM in that dog. Just because a dog has a blocky head and wrinkles does not mean it's a Bullmastiff.

My Logan likes to dig the bed - our bed or his dog bed, or a couch if all else fails. :D He balances on his back legs while his front go together and every time his feet land for a dig he lets out a yip. I really need to get it on video.

I don't have a problem sharing but in this case it was a whole neck meant for the dogs and I just cut the meat off the bone for him. Was a pain to defrost quickly though (tooth extraction wasn't planned so I had regular dinner out).

Thanks all - went with lamb chop meat and he was very happy.

One of my pooches had a molar tooth out today (about half way along the top jaw). The vet nurse said to feed "chunky meat type food" for the next few days so things don't get in the hole which I thought was clear enough at the time but now I'm home, I'm not so sure what qualifies. Would chicken frames be ok or are the small pointy bones going to be bad? Did she maybe mean, steak chunks (i.e. no bones)?

I usually feed my dogs at 7pm and so they have become conditioned to run to the back door when the Neighbours ending credits music comes on. So clever, yet so dumb at the same time.

I'd be renting one from a company like JetPets - airline approved crates (like in the photo on the link) are not really suitable as an outdoor kennel.

Riiight, well, thanks for the random piece of information corvus.

I think the buck stops with the breeder of the "faulty" pup - the breeder of the parents has no say in what happens (unless they still own the dog) so it is not fair to blame them for anything. In your example, if the dogs were sold with hip score results that are under the breed average and the litter turned out badly, then I would say "bad luck - such is breeding". If the dogs were bought with no hip scores or with bad hip scores then that was a really silly thing to do. Also, if it was known that these two dogs had previously had a litter, did your friend ask for the details of how that litter turned out? Not asking this would be silly too.

But you can only do so much with a puppy that isn't fully vaccinated. I know one of the toughest things for me to handle when bringing home a new puppy has been handling the fear of unexpected things. I don't know what the puppy has seen and what they haven't. All I can do is assume that it's going to be scared of just about everything. I've seen plenty of new puppy owners dismayed and bewildered because their puppy is apparently afraid of the world. Eh?! What are you trying to say?

This says more to me about the breeders of dogs than anything - I can't think of any responsible breeder who DOESN'T already know that it's important to expose their pups to everything they're likely to encounter in life before 8 weeks.

It's explained here, it was a (very happy) surprise to me too!