MinPin Owner

Interesting. I just got my kelpie spayed and the cost was $320. I thought it was quite expensive compared with previous dogs. She is 2 yrs old but not on heat or anything. Same cost at the vets in the next town when I rang up to ask.

Sheep are being removed today. I am well aware of gun safety.

We didn't shoot them, that is the point. We discussed it with the owner first and his dogs were tied up when the second attack occurred. We did not tell the ranger about that attack as the property owner will be paying for the sheep that were injured by his dogs. Sheep have been agisted there for 5 months and there are 930 of them. No previous issues with dog attacks that we are aware of.

The owner was not there at the time of the attack, and we had not thought to discuss the possibility with him prior. The first attack was his two dogs so that complicates it even more. I doubt he would be willing to give permission for us to shoot them.

The attack was reported to the ranger and I will ask him when he gets back to us. Just thought someone here might have been in a similar situation.

It's legal if the attack is on your own property but I'm not sure if that still applies when it is on someone else's property...

Just wondering if anyone knows what is the legal standing if agisted sheep are attacked by dogs? Our sheep have been attacked twice by two different sets of dogs. 3 had to be put down the first attack and 5 from the second attack. The sheep are agisted on someone elses property. The first attack was witnessed by the neighbour and two of the three attacking dogs identified. Dogs owners were warned and the two dogs were tied up. Three days later the other dog and a fourth one were seen by us in the paddock attacking sheep, covered in blood. We followed the dogs home (could not catch them) and informed ranger and dogs owners. Just wondering what our legal standing would have been if we had shot the dogs in the paddock, considering the attack was not actually on our own property? We did not have a gun in the ute or that is what we would have done. Wouldn't have liked to shoot dogs but if we caught any on our property killing sheep that is what needs to happen. Thanks for the advice.

My Min Pin puppy is 4.5 months old and we put her outside to go to the toilet before we go to bed, usually about 10:00 to 11:00, but she usually wakes up at between 4 and 6 in the morning and will whine to go outside. Every time she whines I get up and let her out and she needs to go straight away, so I don't mind getting up when she is doing the right thing and telling us she needs to go outside. Sometimes she will stay asleep though and not whine and it doesn't seem to bother her until we get up (about 7:00 or later on weekends). Sometimes after she has gone to the toilet in the morning she is allowed in our bed for a cuddle, which I was worried would make her wake up earlier and earlier so she could get in our bed, but that hasn't happened.

Slightly off topic but not all dogs hate being on the back of a ute. My huntaway kelpie cross sheepdog puppy (9 wks old) loves riding on the back of the ute. She is tied up so she can't fall off and she sits there and watches everything or curls up and goes to sleep.