grumpette

Good Girl. :D

Yep NR and Dee were both wagging the day prey drive restraint was taught. It is a great thing that they have other talents, and owners willing to learn and manage

Just like in Babe. I so love that film, espesially after being introduced to herding :D Sorry

Absolutley brilliant news. I am so very glad that things are working out for you both. Oh that is such a familiar pose

Grumpette we have 3 and trust me with dogs they are no help, my lambs were taken last night by foxes in the same paddock. A neighbour had his alpacas all torn to bits in one night only a month or so ago by dogs Donkeys are better but still can get injured they can also pick up sheep and toss them behluka, when I was living on 134 acres with sheep, cows and horses, there was a period over a week where sheep were being attacked and killed. Chunks of wool were missing from the dead sheep. The farm manager and owners thought that it was my Rotty, which was impossible because when not with me, he was locked in the house. They were walking down the paddocks one morning after I notified them of another sheep down, when they saw a sheep fly through the air. They looked again astounded, only to wittness the shetland pony in the paddock with some sheep and mares pick up another sheep and fling that one through the air. Needless to say the pony went and they used another one to bring their mares into season, in seperate paddocks away from the sheep

Robbi have you thought about a couple of alpacas to guard the sheep? Another idea is to put a couple of signs up saying "Wild dogs in the area, baits laid" and then warn the new neighbours. This has worked for a few stock owners around here. The next step has been to shot the offending dogs when the moronic owners still don't contain their dogs. One poor owner lost 26 lambs and 4 ewes last year

Whippets wuv Wotties too

... so true Nek. I can also recommend Glenn. I can absolutely vouch for Glenn's knowledge and experience with Rotties. :D So wish that he would come back to Victoria. I would also like to commend Cartersmum on being a responsible owner by seeking advice and ensuring that her dog is not able to cause harm to others. And to say how gorgeous is your dog.

We desperately need to upgrade to a king sized bed as three Rotties and two humans don't fit on a queen sized bed. Come to think of it, we need a five seater couch as well as only two Rotties and one human can fit at the moment and the OH ends up upstairs to watch the TV :laugh:

I suspect that the links were in the article that Rozzie cut and paste. Nothing malicious intended by it :)

And people wonder why kids get bitten - how can they learn if their parents won't let them!! That child should have been told to stay home for the day if the parent objected, it is unreasonable to do what was done. My dog gets taken to schools and if we were told those arrangements at the time of booking we would say that we would either not bring the dog or that we would not be able to accept the booking. If you did not compromise as Topoftheheap did, and did not accept the booking, then all the other children would have missed out on receiving the valuable lesson that the Responsible Pet Education program teaches. The lack of a dog would have just re-enforced the fear that dogs are dangerous and should not be allowed anywhere near children. I see the above situation as a perfect opportunity to disprove some bad myths about dogs and teach children and parents how to be safe around dogs. It is the same situation when visiting mutlicultural schools where some students/parents may not want to interact with dogs for religious reasons or because of bad experiences that they have had with dogs in their country of origin.

I am so in love with Ziggy. Personality and great looks

This was our stall at the Dog Lovers Show over the weekend. We had the most amazing group of dogs and handlers over the three days who all did our breed extremely proud. They were all absolutely brilliant ambassadors. A huge thank you to Sam with Fire and Flint, Denise with Stone and Arwyn, Katrina with Merlin and Bella, Lisa and Kira, Louise who handled Fire, Stacey with Naja and Lotus, Joanne with Cruiser and myself and Zephyr. A huge congratulations to you all on a brilliant job. I was really happy to attend the show. We had a great space that was well set up and there was plenty of space for visitors within and outside the stall. It was brilliant having the gardens as the toilet area because it meant that there was no awful smell due to only having a small area for all the dogs to toilet, like has happened at other expos/shows that I have been to. It was well set out and I even made a few great purchases that thrilled the dogs left at home :D

Zeph and I will be there on Sunday. The biggest problem I have with the organisers was the stipulation that all dogs over 6 months had to be de-sexed Thankfully Dogs Vic fixed that problem. They also require a copy of your dog's current vaccination certificate or a stat dec stating current vaccination/worming/fleaing status. It is rather difficult for those of us that are only vaccinating tri-annually. They also require that exhibitors have Public Liability Insurance (Dogs Vic members are covered for this I believe as it is a VCA sanctioned event) pet insurance and proof of registration. I think that the organisers have been ill advised in many respects. Hoping to pick up a couple of birthday presents for Zeph and Baylee :D

SC both Zeph and Tank were temperament tested through Dogs Vic and are part of their Pets as Therapy team. You can find some information on their website below. http://www.dogsvictoria.org.au/GetInvolved/WhatisaTherapyDog.aspx Where Zeph and I go we were also temperament tested by Kintala, so we are accredited by both organisations. http://www.humananimalinteraction.org.au/the_kintala_club_inc_pet_facilitated_therapy_training As with Baylee and her involvement in DPI's Responsible Pet Education program, I waited until Zeph was mature, around 3 years of age, and he had a lot of basic obedience training. I also made sure that he had been socialised around people of all ages and mobility levels before we considered taking the temperament test.

There are breeds of sheep that are bred for meat because they have heavy muscling and are lean, like Texel sheep, and there are sheep that are bred for mainly wool, like Merinos. Then there are crosses, like Border Leicester X Merino sheep that produce good quality carcases as well as fine quality wool. However, young Merinos can also become spring lamb, usually the males. So as you can see sheep are very similar to cows, some breeds are dairy cows and others are beef cattle.

Another thing to consider when wanting to walk several clients' dogs together is pack dynamics. The way that dogs behave and interact changes with every new dog that is added to the situation. One dog may be quite placid on its own, but it could be a lot bolder with other dogs to back it up.

Instantly brings this episode to mind http://www.jerrypournelle.com/reports/jerryp/dogsinelk.html#dogs There is just something about dogs and timing :laugh:

Baylee will be 11 years old in two weeks time (12th May) hence her walks are more wobble than whizzing these days. The residents absolutely love our visits and I get to meet some of the most amazing people, including one lady who will be 101 years old tomorrow :D

Dear DD OMG what a huge compliment. I thank you for the very kind words and sentiments. From Baylee the Chief wobbler Taken on Wednesday at the nursing home celebrating Zephyr's 4th birthday

Kira injury toll: ear puncture, cut lip, gash on paw, bit of blood all over (probably not all hers) 3 year old daughter injury toll: tears, shock, some nightmares & a fear of taking her doggy for a walk in case 'scary doggies come back' Kira was over it pretty much next day once she calmed down, no scars or anything, but Edie still (few months down track) regularly mentions scary doggies biting Kira As the topic title says..... I am so sorry that the beautiful Edie has been affected so badly, but so glad that Kira is OK. I really hope that Edie can learn to enjoy walking her doggie again without fear. I am so sorry

Good advice fuzzy82 - it shouldn't have to be, but you have to use common sense when it comes to your dog's safety. Sometimes common sense and avoidance don't work because of the stupidity of the other dog owner. Today I was walking all three of mine, all on lead and perfectly under control, and we had stopped to talk to a good friend and her kids (the kids would not continue to walk home until they got a pat :D ). I saw a guy approaching us with his heeler X on lead, so I moved over and put all the dogs on a drop. Well he diverted and continued to walk straight for us intent on letting his dog meet and greet mine I asked him if he could keep his distance and my friend stepped in front of the still dropped and calm dogs. Thankfully he diverted again and passed at a distance. I mean who the hell is stupid enough to allow their dog to greet three random large dogs at once Later that day I took each of them, one at a time, to the local market and they got to play with a gorgeous brindle staffy X, a kelpie X and a SWF with no drama or trouble Do you think he approached you because your three were calm and perfectly behaved? If he was looking to socialize his dog then your three would have appeared to be perfect (to him) even though it was far from that for you. SchnauzerMax, he may have but I was not prepared to risk pack mentality taking over. Zeph is quite social but can be cocky. Dee is generally wary due to being attacked before. They tend to be bolder when together. Baylee is old (nearly 11 years old) and can growl if bumped during play due to arthritis. So three on one is just plain stupid. If I only had Zeph then maybe, as he has been taught to drop when meeting smaller dogs so that he is not so intimidating to them. Dee would only get to say hello if it was a male that was not too forward.

OMG RSG was Kira OK?

Good advice fuzzy82 - it shouldn't have to be, but you have to use common sense when it comes to your dog's safety. Sometimes common sense and avoidance don't work because of the stupidity of the other dog owner. Today I was walking all three of mine, all on lead and perfectly under control, and we had stopped to talk to a good friend and her kids (the kids would not continue to walk home until they got a pat :D ). I saw a guy approaching us with his heeler X on lead, so I moved over and put all the dogs on a drop. Well he diverted and continued to walk straight for us intent on letting his dog meet and greet mine I asked him if he could keep his distance and my friend stepped in front of the still dropped and calm dogs. Thankfully he diverted again and passed at a distance. I mean who the hell is stupid enough to allow their dog to greet three random large dogs at once Later that day I took each of them, one at a time, to the local market and they got to play with a gorgeous brindle staffy X, a kelpie X and a SWF with no drama or trouble