Wobbly

Do they even know which of the dogs was involved? Perhaps she is holding off on euthanising in order to try and figure out which dog/s are the culprits. It's a shame there aren't more resources dedicated to proper investigation of dog related fatalities. There is a guy in the US, Jim Crosby who does this. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/retired-deputy-has-2nd-career-probing-dog-attacks He has a blog which details a lot of his cases and methodology. Very interesting reading, it's a shame there aren't more investigators like this, it certainly seems as though there are enough incidents these days to warrant it. http://canineaggression.blogspot.com.au/

Gorgeous vids! Let him win most of the time, that should make it even more fun for him (you probably already know that, but thought I'd mention it just in case). Edited to get Rudy's gender right (sorry Rude-boy. XD)

I don't think you need to be worried about upsetting the Bully Breed owners, you're talking about the actions of one particular dog here. And by the sounds of it this particular dog's behaviour is unacceptable. People will only get upset when an entire breed is demonised - I don't see you doing that here?

Is he having a little snooze in the shell pool? That's hilarious! What a great dog. :D

Report it. That's the only responsible course of action. Sure the fluffies weren't hurt this time, but what about next time - you might not be there to avert disaster next time. Far worse for Bull breeds as a whole if this dog gets out and goes on the rampage again and does some real damage to someone's little pets.

Wow, I never realised what an amazingly beautiful colour Stan is. What a lovely looking dog he is! That Pap with the ball is just the cutest. XD O wow, poo rollers. My dog will eat it but not roll in it, difficult to decide which is worse really, at least you don't have to bath the poo eaters, but mine's a licker so I'm still not winning there. At least she only really has access to duck poo I guess, small mercies. Jarrah is an inveterate fan of rolling in dead stuff. Whenever she finds something dead, she flings herself onto it and grinds her back & neck into it with so much joy. So revolting. That's really the main reason she's not allowed upstairs or on the beds anymore. If she could promise me to never roll in dead stuff again I'd be happy to lift the no dogs on beds rule. I don't see it happening though. More things she loves to do: Dust bath (especially good if she's already wet) Minding the truck, the opportunity to sit in the drivers seat seems to give her immense satisfaction. Such a rare occasion that she's able to be with other dogs off leash, these two are perfect though, very stable, calm & friendly dogs who are not at all interested in play. Camping, she digs the fire pit too, she loves digging so every time she digs I say "Dig, dig, dig" with the result that now she will dig a firepits (or whatever else you need dug) on command, very handy trick.

Haha I will have to take her one day, we call her little princess precious paws because she's reluctant to even get her dainty little tootsies wet on dewy grass on winter mornings, I wonder what she'd make of snow? After the initial shock she probably would adore it.

Haha tlc, your dogs have lovely fluffy coats! I bet they had a ball! We're all about sunshine. Life's a beach: Life is also a river (you can just see Jarrah's little head in the middle of the river, she LOVES to swim): When there's no sunshine to be had nothing beats snuggling up by a heater in a sleeping bag:

It really is the most awesome spot, we are so lucky to have it. I'm insanely jealous of your back yard, mines all on different levels, so playing fetch the ball bounces down hills into inaccessible spots and zoomies there calls for some pretty tight turns. My yard would be more suitable for serious rock climbers than doggy antics. Yours is big and green and grassy and open and just amazing. I'd be worried about taking my dog to the snow, bully breeds have such skimpy hair, I'd worry she'd be cold - great fun for dogs with lovely fluffy coats though I bet. XD

You could get a water pistol and squirt the little monster, I've found that to be quite effective on little dogs who rush us. They learn to avoid you pretty quick after a squirt or two. XD

We have yappy dogs next door, drives me nuts. I was always really worried they'd teach Jarrah to be a nuisance barker but I've really kept on top of her, so mercifully she only barks when appropriate. IDK if you can claim it's "dogs being dogs" and give them a free pass on it. Rolling in dead stuff, eating poo, sniffing crotches - and so many other unacceptable habits are "dogs being dogs" but we train our dogs not to. For me, the noise pollution of my dog barking at passers by is every bit as unacceptable and I don't allow it. I do cut my own neighbours some slack on it because I know they try their best to keep their dogs quiet, and I appreciate the effort I see them make.

Wow, that makes me really appreciate what I have here - a big sandy ex quarry with 3 huge dams, which we mostly have all to ourselves, only 15 mins drive away. We are so lucky. I take my dog there almost every day. I need to get some new photos of her there though, these are a bit old now. I always forget to take my camera, I will try to remember tomorrow. I've never bathed my dog - don't need to she swims every day. XD Some gratuitous shots of the best dog walking spot in the world. Walking on water Aquatic zoomies: Zoomies of the more traditional land based type, on the nice soft quarry sand:

My dog is pretty enthusiastic about most things. Swim fetch is a huge favourite. She'll also go out and collect any litter that might already be floating around. Keep Australia beautiful like.

Hey Ruth. :D Yeah I put it up here as soon as I found out about it. Looking forward to seeing you! That's a great idea! You don't have to have a dog to attend. You could always borrow one of Ruthless' Bullys. XD

There's always one isn't there... It's difficult when neighbours have dogs with no manners, my neighbours have constant barkers, they're such cute little dogs (Cavs), but the noise is so annoying sometimes I want to throttle the owners. Can you carry Cougar past the dog? If it's only a little dog, then even if it jumps it won't be able to reach Cougar when you're carrying her. Cougar will then know that she is adequately protected by you from being harassed by the dog.

Yep great post Corvus, if you ever wanted to embark on a second career you might want to consider diplomacy. XD

Yeah, another problem for Bull breeds apart from the fact that there is just so many of them in pounds, is that a multi-dog household with bullies might need a little more management than a multi-dog household with other breeds. I know I'd love to foster (and ofc I would foster a Bully breed, probably resulting in a foster failure XD), but I'd need to build infrastructure like dog runs for when I wasn't present to supervise interactions. I think there's probably quite a lot of Bull breed fans in this situation - we'd love to save lots of them, but practical considerations like ensuring the peace is maintained when we aren't around to supervise make it too difficult.

She really is beautiful, and what a perfect temperament for your household. It looks like she had a tough time before you (and your very lickable sheep) came into her life. Lucky you, and lucky her, a really serendipitous meeting for you both.

Hope little Daisy is recovering OK from the ordeal and doing better now YG.

I had a mixed experience with the pound staff where I adopted Jarrah - the desk staff were terrible, one girl informed me it was good I didn't live in the area the pound serviced because it meant the dog was no longer their problem. They chipped her as black, she's seal, but if they didn't know about seal, chipping her as liver or brown would have been a more accurate description. She's not the colour she's chipped as. :/ On the other hand the lady who brought me around the pound to meet the dogs was lovely, and clearly very concerned for the dogs' future welfare. She pretty much gave me the 3rd degree, and her reservations as to whether I could provide the right home for Jarrah were pretty clear. She seemed quite torn - she wanted a home for the dog very much, but I see in retrospect she wasn't convinced I was experienced enough to manage the crazy bundle of hyperactive, manic, unsocialised, nut case Jarrah was at the time. I'd say all in all she was very caring and concerned for the welfare of the dogs, and very astute. That pound has a massive amount of dogs go through it, and a horrific number of them are PTS, I wonder how long such a caring lady could withstand that emotional strain for? Depends on her coping skills I guess. I guess you can get a mix of personalities at a pound, like anywhere else. There's people who really care and people who don't so much, people who are good with the emotional pressure the job entails and people that aren't so good at dealing with it. OFC a breeder has a duty of care to any dog they've produced, if they can't take the dog into their home they need to burn the candle at both ends to find that dog a good home, and comfortable secure accommodations for the dog while they're arranging that home.

It's amazing how much training zonks a dog, Saturday afternoon after our obedience lesson I was kind of tempted to check for a pulse... Zoomies and walks works as a great energy release, but an hour of trying to behave is utterly exhausting. I found a really great youtube clip on the internets the other day you guys might be interested in seeing. Brief synopsis - Very, very fear aggressive dog at the start, very polite, nicely social dog by the end. Particularly interesting to me was in the pack socialisation parts of it, the dogs were never actually playing. All those dogs, all interacting nicely, but obviously all taught not to take off lead time with a bunch of other dogs as an opportunity for rough & tumble.

Wow, perfect specimen of the exceptionally rare Orange Guardian Dog. Tough to beat an OGD for awesome, she's beautiful. :D :D :D You really did get lucky. Here's the links Perse, maybe they will work for you? http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/63386_527417383952408_1554676906_n.jpg http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/521729_527418127285667_1816746748_n.jpg http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/554127_527418520618961_22201921_n.jpg I've been trying to teach my dog to be good with stock, easier said than done when you live in suburbia. We went to the local pony club a few times and a lady there tethered up a bombproof pony so we could sit next to it for a half hour and watch all the other ponies do their pony club thing, which stood us in good stead when we were travelling around Australia. I've never really had a good opportunity to introduce her to sheep though, all the ones I've ever come across are a bit too flighty to present a viable opportunity. How did you manage to get her good with chickens? They just look so much like dog toys, and probably smell reminiscent of chicken necks too. I'd never considered the possibility of getting my dog to be chook safe, I'm not sure how to go about it. I'd love her to be a completely stock safe dog. Not an essential life skill given where we live, but it'd be awesome anyway.

I've watched your progress with Justice in the reactive dogs thread, Snook, and what you've achieved has been absolutely awesome! It's incredible what a transformation a dedicated owner can achieve with the help of a really great behaviourist. "D Really amazing, inspiratonal stuff.

Unskilled at what I started training seriously in 1974 and won my first trial entered in 1977 OMG dog trained on a choker though Given that dog training isn't the rocket science many like to make out it is, in 38 years as I have experienced, you do tend to learn something about dog behaviour believe it or not :D This post is just one of hundreds of your efforts that are so incredibly risible, the only possible conclusion is that you're labouring under the Dunning-Kruger Effect. What you're saying here is that your solution to the problem of dog aggression in a Bull breed is to put the dog in a prong and let him lunge at another dog so that you can "teach it some consequence"? You seriously think that "a good ol hard as nails bull breed" in full fight drive is going to notice your silly little prong collar any more than he'd notice a harness or perhaps a politely phrased "please stop"?? 38 years of dog training and that's your solution?

An "expert" in this context is someone with a proven history of successfully rehabilitating large numbers of dogs displaying human aggression. Fan club is not a factor, proven track record is. A dog that displays human aggression is at a real risk of losing it's life if the situation is not adequately addressed. Human directed aggression by pet dogs is not acceptable in today's society. Do attempt to engage some semblance of critical thinking before posting.