~*Shell*~

Congratulations Bec!!! I love those moments. You've done miracles with Daisy!! I'm the same with Zero - I rarely let him off leash. It's pretty safe at training because Zero is night blind at a distance so if it's not under the lights, he usually can't see it very well. The other night though I had him off leash for a run around with Riddick and Zero starting heading toward to the carpark, kind of squinting into the distance. Suddenly a rabbit ran out from behind a tree and my heart jumped into my mouth (i thought that there was no way he was going to recall off a running, fluffy, delicious rabbit!) but the second i called him, he turned and came back to me. I know he saw the rabbit and i know he was about to take off after it but he came back to me anyway! I don't think i could have shoved more food in his mouth than I did!

I haven't had a problem yet and I have been shooting on a 450D so can't crank the ISO up much higher than 200 without it being really noisy. That being said, I have very steady hands. Now that I can shoot on a higher ISO (i upgraded my camera which should arrive tomorrow), I don't think I'll have much of a problem. When my hands start to shake more (which I think will happen), i'm sure i'll have to upgrade the lens but hopefully that won't be for a while!

Just makes me want a greyhound even more. We were lucky to meet a few GAP greyhounds when we were in melbourne - they were just gorgeous!!!

This :p mine is the non IS version though

Is he standing behind you laughing right now? Maybe he just wanted you to start a thread on DOL about the weird behaviours he's been exhibiting. Maybe he's actually an evil genius.... It's probably just habit. I could pretty much walk Zero without a leash on our walking route - he knows where he's going!

Get the puppies around you before you do Mysticpaw!! I practically had Zero in my lap throughout that movie. I bawled my eyes out!

This is Zero all over - awesome breeder, ended up in a bad situation, extremely dog aggressive, wouldn't let people near him, used to growl and snap at you if you handled his paws or touched his collar, took him to see k9pro, had a massive turn around and now he's an awesome dog again. I put a lot of that down to good breeding and early (very early) socialisation. It wasn't naturally in his nature to be like that if that makes sense. That being said, i think nurture plays a huge part - the wrong dog in the wrong home can be a massive problem.

Have you thought about buying it online? I have both dog and cat food delivered straight to my door and it often works out cheaper than buying it instore. I pay more for Mow's (my cat) royal canin instore than I do online + delivery. If i buy it with Zero's Artemis (which i do because they always seem to run out at the same time), it's $5 postage for the 2 things together and it gets here within a couple of days.

Thanks! I'm pretty happy. It should arrive this week sp I can't wait to try it out!

Kirislin: Canon 7D, 50mm 1.4, 100mm 2.8 Macro, 70-200mm 2.8L IS Bellatrix: Canon 5D Mark II, 50mm 1.4 (and the 1.8), 24-70mm 2.8L, 100mm 2.8 Macro, Speedlite 580EX II JS: Canon 1000D, kit 18mm-55mm & 55mm-250mm, 50mm 1.8, Speedlite 580EX II SchnuzaeryBoy: Nikon D80, Nikon D700, 50 1.8, 18-50 2.8, 28-80 3.5-4, 24-70 2.8, 70-200 2.8, SB-400, SB-900, 1.4x TC, 2x TC Becandcharch: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, Speedlite 580EX II and a kit lens I dont even know what it is as I never use it! persephone :point&shootonly here Fuji finepixS8000sfd and a sony cybershot DSCN1 Ellz: P&S only here too: Olympus SP600UZ and Sony Cybershot DSC-S650 MavericksMission: Canon 450D, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Evolving: Canon 500D, 50mm 1.8, 18-55mm & 55-250mm Mish13 : Sony A700, 16-80 F3.5,90mm F2.8,11-18mm F4.5,18-250mm F3.5, 75-300mm F4.5, 50mm 1.8 (Bellatrix, you have my dream camera) CrazyCresties: Lumix TZ65 and my Canon (which is still in storage for another month!) 350D 18-55mm kit lens, 70-300mm and 500mm Tamron mirror lens (about 20yrs old from my old Minolta but works with an adaptor!) Belgian.blue: Canon 550D 18-55mm & 55-250mm .. very soon a 50mm 1.8 and a Sony Cybershot P&S eta: Just purchased a 50mm 1.8 and a Lowepro Versapack 200 AW biggrin.gif Fattima: Nikon D90, kit 18-55mm & 55-200mm Clover: Nikon D40x, kit 18 - 55mm, 55 - 200mm & nikkor 70 - 300mm. MTD : Sony A350 , 55-200mm, 18mm-70mm , 50mm 1.8 SammieS: Canon 7D, 18-200mm but I think I also want a 50mm soon! DMA: Olympus E-30, Olympus E-420, Zuiko: 14-42mm, 12-60mm SWD, 18-180mm, 70-300mm; Sigma: 24mm, 30mm, Olympus EX-25; Canon PowerShoot A590; Canon AE-1, 28-70mm, 85-200mm Ripley: Canon 50D (I've not even used it yet! Was a present from my husband 2 weeks ago); Canon 30D, Canon 300mm f/4 L, Canon 1.4 teleconverter (don't need to use it though), Canon 50mm 1.8 (I hardly use this lens either), Sigma 17-70, Sigma 10-20, 2 ND grad filters, a newish Fuji pocket digital + underwater housing which I am going to sell soon and a Canon DSLR film camera that I probably won't use again. eta: Husband has an Olympus DSLR E500 with kit lens if anyone wants to buy it, not many shutter clicks on it at all Linda K - Canon 5dII, 24-70L, 85 1.8, 50 1.4, 135L, 16-35L & Nikon D700 50 1.4G TerraNik: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.4, a couple of kit lenses that I rarely use, Speedlite 580EX II Tlc: Nikon D80, 50mm 1.8, kit lense 18 - 135, speedlight. Panasonic fz50, nikon coolpix P&S RottnBullies: Canon 40D, 50mm 1.8 ValleyCBR: Olympus e420, Zuiko: 14-42mm and Zuiko 40-150mm LucyCharzie: Canon 1000D, 18-55mm, 50mm 1.8 Ravyk: Canon 550D, 50mm 1.4, 60mm 2.8 macro, 18-250mm, Panasonic Lumix FZ-28, Panasonic Lumix FT1 [waterproof] Firestone: Canon 450D, (I love) and today I laybyed the Canon 50mm 1.4 can hardly wait CareyJ: Canon 450D, 18-55mm, 55-250mm, Lowepro camera bag, Sony Cyber-Shot DSCTX p&s Poocow - Canon 350D (need an upgrade!), kit lenses, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm. Next purchase will be a Speedlite. ~*Shell*~ - Canon 5D Mark II, Battery Grip, 50mm 1.4, 50mm 1.8, 70-200mm 2.8L, 580EX II Speedlite, Canon IXUS80IS

Hahahahaha - funnily enough that's what everyone's been asking. I'm now the proud owner of a 5D Mark II

Cross posted from here: http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=206201 but i thought it might get more traffic here. Hey guys, I've just upgraded my camera and so I'm selling my Canon 450D twin lens kit. It was bought from harvey norman a couple of years ago, has very few signs of wear on either the camera body or the lenses and has not seen much rough handling. I haven't had a problem with it since I bought it however, it can sometimes be tricky to get the computer to read the camera when it's connected via USB (hence the memory card reader being included, so you never have to hook it up). It comes with the 18-55mm kit lens, the 55-250mm kit lens, memory cards, a canon camera bag, a memory card reader, canon wireless remote trigger, extra (canon) battery and everything that came in the box. It takes nice photos (if i don't say so myself) and would be perfect for someone just starting out. A few examples of shots I've taken on it in the last few weeks: A nearly identical kit was sold on ebay for $600 a couple of weeks ago but I'm pretty flexible so make me an offer!

Apparently they were sending them out between thursday and sunday of last week so some of them will still be arriving today. If you get home and don't have it today Huga, drop them an email.

If there is a problem of keeping the other dog inside at night because of space, why not buy a crate? Zero loves his and will voluntarily go and put himself in it when he's had enough. If i'm going to friend's houses, I always take it with me - usually there ends up being a couple of dogs sharing it with him. He loves the company. It's an easy way for him to have some space without him spreading himself out or wandering from place to place.

Boo ;) But... on the other hand, yay. Cos it will be the next month we are in Melbourne for the MDBA awards drinking large quantities of wine celebrating your victory Lol not celebrating mine, celebrating yours! Either way, there will be large quantities of wine to be had!

There's a reason that there is always the rivalry between canon and nikon - they are so very hard to choose between because they're both great brands who have awesome cameras. Personally, I'm a canon girl because i like the feel of them in my hands, but i know nikon people and they say exactly the same thing about their cameras!

Not me (unfortunately)

Awesome!!! My new camera arrives next week so now I'm trying to decide if I get started with the 450D and wait for the new one to arrive or if I just try to hone in on what I want to do with the briefs and start next weekend. I think it's going to be a lot more theatrical for me this year than last year so I'll have to get my butt into gear organising some things

Oh no! Sorry to hear this Jen! Sending big husky hugs to you and rover for a speedy recovery (and some for Riddick too).

Spoilt doggies!! I've never given Zero a turkey leg! Might have to be something he gets at christmas. What a great price!

Zero doesn't do puppy dog eyes, just crazy eyes: And "oh shit i'm in trouble" eyes: This is about as close as he gets (excuse the colouring - it was taken during the dust storm):

I got mine today too!

Thanks Julie!! I was so confused to start off with when I spoke to you - i thought you were calling me about someone I'd nominated, not that I'd been nominated myself! Who knew my little pound puppy (I don't think I mentioned that he's now a Delta dog too!) could turn into something so wonderful, especially since so many people told me the kind thing to do would be to put him to sleep. He'll be getting a bone or two to celebrate tonight!

I own one, not that Zero needs it but I mostly just wanted to see what it did. Worked well on a friend's rescue dog but we only used it a couple of times because Jude was alright. She was half way through learning the loose leash walk though so i don't know if it was the collar or the previous training. It was a probabaly a combination of both.

If mine hasn't arrived by this afternoon, I'm going to.