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Run free Nelson... your human loved you so much... T.

I'm allergic to cats - they make me break out in hives... Doesn't stop me petting friendly ones though - I'm a sucker for punishment I suppose. I do prefer the "nature" of most dogs over most cats. Dogs seem to be more eager to interact with humans than most of the cats I've met. T.

Once you have the images uploaded to your Photobucket album, put your mouse over the image (on the Photobucket website) you want to share here, then click on the link with the [ img ] tag - that will save the link in your computer's clipboard - then come to your forum post here and right click and select Paste to insert the link to the image in your post. Feel free to hit Reply to my post with the tiger pic and see what the forum post will look like with the link to the picture. T.

So Ellie was originally from a rescue?? How long ago though? It could be an issue taking a dog back if it was adopted out as a puppy and came back as a 6 year old with need of some socialisation training... Ellie was not difficult for me to handle on the lead when a cattle dog came out to it's fence barking it's head off at us. She was excited and wanted to go over to to other dog, but the fact that she corrected with a tug and a "come on Ellie" has me thinking that she was more interested in trying to play with the other dog than to respond unfavourably and attack it. She is 33-34kgs, so an experienced hand would have her working on lead really well without paying any heed to dogs screaming swear words at her from behind their fences. She has shared accommodations with another dog in the past, so I'd think that maybe with the right doggie companion who could keep up with her play drive, she may actually be fine. Then again, a more mature person or persons who wanted a faithful, loyal, and loving companion dog might be a perfect home for her too. I could see her living out the rest of her days being a thoroughly spoiled princess... T.

I use Easy Thumbnails - free image resizing software that will happily do batch resizing. I resize to 1024x768 using a bicubic algorithm and set the jpeg quality to 80% - all of my images come in under 200k and are still very nice quality to be viewed on a PC screen. Nice size for sending in emails as well. I them upload the resized images to Photobucket - I have a paid account there so I can store as many images and have lots of available bandwidth for people viewing them - and post the img links in the forum posts... once you've done it a few times, it's dead easy... honest! The following pic is only 78kb... T.

Actually, she is pretty calm and tolerant when you get her off the rope. She happily let me put the harness on and walk her around the yard sedately. Didn't pull or anything - but I've noticed that a harness will have that effect on quite a few dogs - it's having something across the chest that seems to slow them down a bit. I've used a long lead looped to hang in front of the chest before, and that works well to stop pulling too. I have a sneaking suspicion that Ellie would be a lousy guard dog though - she's way too friendly... lol! T.

I think her overwhelming desire for companionship is what causes her to react to other dogs barking or lunging at her. I sensed no actual aggression from her at any point. She is a genuinely NICE girl who just needs a home where she can have company, be that human or another stable tempered dog to hang out with. T.

We recently had a Tibbie boy stay for a couple of weeks. He had great recall and would initiate his own sit up and beg if he thought it would get him a treat at dinner time. He also learned to jump into the trailer on the ride on lawnmower and ride up to the house rather than running behind it like the other house dog... one smart little lad. We also taught him to chase the wild rabbits, but he never managed to catch one... *grin* He also had a teflon coat - mud would drop off once he was dry... T.

Do a Google search on "Wandering Jew" - check out the pictures. If you have anything in your yard that looks like that, then it could be part of the issue for your poor dog. It's a bugger to get rid of too - I usually rip up as much of it as I can, then pour sump oil over the bits I can't rip up. Slows up the regrowth a lot. Does your dog eat from a metal bowl? I had a Rotti boy who would break out around his mouth in pimple like sores after eating from a metal bowl - we changed his bowl for a ceramic one and his mouth area cleared up nicely. T.

I've got a bit accrued but haven't opted to be paid yet... T.

You know we are going to need video footage when they start to walk around and chew on each other... and we want sound so we can hear their cute puppy growls and barks too... Charm is doing an awesome job with them - they all look so content. T.

No-one can go to the bathroom here without at least one 4-legged chaperone... *grin* I'm sure they are just making sure that no-one falls in and goes where the poopies go... lol! T.

My 2 girls are desexed - doesn't make that big a difference if it's learned behaviour, or the dogs simply don't like sharing with each other. Every fight they've had was when I was around, so it appears that I may be the catalyst. Simply easier and safer to keep them separated for me - and it didn't take long to establish a routine that we are all comfortable with. Knowing what both of my girls are capable of with regards to this behaviour means that I feel it would be irresponsible to rehome either of them - so we HAD to make the separation thing work - the alternative solution was to have one or both pts, which wasn't an option I wished to explore at all. My girls would get along just fine for months at a time, then out of the blue and over seemingly nothing, they would decide that they just had to kill each other. Each time there was a different trigger, so it's hard to predict what may set them off. Separation at all times is not that hard to learn to cope with really - especially when the other options aren't ideal. I couldn't live on edge wondering if today will be the day they decide to have another fight. T.

Mini poodle? If you don't treat them like little princes or princesses, they don't mind getting their feet wet - and they love doing all sorts of tricks... T.

Zeddy reminded me of one of her rituals this morning in the bathroom - she likes watching the water go around after you flush... err! Pickles' fave one is trying to climb on your lap when you are using the loo... *sigh* T.

Hi - both dogs are crate trained, yes. This was a great suggestion, thank you. We've crated them for various reasons previously but it hadn't been a thought to use this as a management method. We are just looking now for a crate big enough for the dog - as we live in a remote area we will have to buy online. Know anywhere good? Thanks again Have a look at this site... http://shop.vebopet.com.au/store/xxlarge-48-collapsible-metal-pet-dog-cage-crate.html That's their large one... my Lab has a 42" one (next size down, and it could comfortably house 2 of her. I had a Dane cross foster boy in a 48" one not that long ago, and there was heaps of room for him in that. Vebopet crates are pretty sturdy too. Cheers, T.

Tears streaming down my face watching that first clip... beautiful! T.

Well - Ellie was an absolute delight to travel with... like she'd done it heaps of times even! Harness on and buckled into the seatbelt clip, she settled on the back seat and enjoyed looking at all the sights as we drove to the vets. She only thought about poking her head into the front once, and I just said "no" and she took up watching the sights go past from the back side windows instead. We got to the vet early, so I went and told them that we didn't know how she would react to the small dog that was there, and that we would happily wait outside the clinic until her turn came. The other dog went into the consult room, and one of the clinic staff said they would take Ellie out the back to do her test - no dramas there, Ellie happily went with her and behaved well. When Ellie came out and I was talking to the clinic staff, the small dog came out of his consult - luckily I had Ellie on a shortish lead, because the little dog was not very nice, and started trying to have a go at her - I asked the owner politely to shorten her dog's lead (had him on one of those stupid retractable things and let him do whatever he wanted... grrr!) as we didn't know exactly how Ellie would take to being attacked. Ellie was quite interested in the feral fluffy, and I'm sure she wasn't overly happy at whatever he was barking at her - however, she was very easily corrected and her attention focused back on me and the pats I was giving her for correcting so well. The clinic had 2 kittens in a large play cage, and I showed Ellie - she looked and sniffed - and then one of the kittens hissed at her and she jumped back and lost interest really quickly. Another round of "good Ellie" pats for that effort - and she wasn't too sure about going up to the kitten cage any more. I have a suspicion that if one ran, she'd probably chase it though... She was happy to have the harness put on and walks on it like a charm - didn't pull at all. Rach - if someone wants to foster or adopt Ellie, you can give them the harness too, OK? I'm really impressed at how obliging Ellie is. I was a total stranger, and she let me put a harness on her, put her into the car, go to the vets and get poked and prodded, then had a walk around a few blocks when we got home for good measure. She would make someone a very faithful and loving companion dog I reckon. T.

I had a Koolie cross foster pup who used to be the best poo scout - he'd go and find one and sit by it until I picked it up, then he'd rush off to find the next one for me... I miss him! piperspal - Milo hasn't changed much since he came to live with you then? Hahaha! He used to take great delight in tormenting my 2 older girls until they played zoomies with him - and considering he was all of about 2 kgs and the girls are 30kgs each, it was an hysterical sight watching him trying to keep up with them... Trouble likes to play zoomies - she is the queen of zoomies, and teaches all of my foster pups the arcane art. She also has a weird ritual for doing her poos - has to find just the right spot, then turns twice clockwise, then 3 times anti-clockwise, then assumes the position and gets on with it - this can take a while too because the finding the right spot is another arcane art apparently... Zeddy is pretty normal - she just does the turning 3 times clockwise before settling down to beddies. Pickles... god, where does one start?? To be fair though, Pickles does have a brain injury and walks funny so she has an excuse for almost every weird thing she does... lol! She's a perpetually happy girl which is all that matters... T.

Have either of your dogs been crate trained at all? Do you think they may take to a crate well? I have 2 girls here - a Lab and a Rotti cross - who have had a few fights where the Lab was definitely trying to kill the Rotti cross. I have one of them crated or confined to a room whenever the other is loose. Both dogs had never seen or been in a crate until just after the last fight about 18 months ago. They both had to have cage rest to let their wounds heal, and they coped brilliantly. Both of them get on with my other dog just fine, so there is always a playmate for the one that isn't confined. Not to mention that I also foster pups for rescue, so there is always something or someone for them to play with... lol! They are fine sniffing and licking each other through the crate too. They would most likely go a while just fine together and then something would trigger another fight - and quite frankly I don't need to have my dogs hurting each other, or the hefty vet bills two 30kg dogs can rack up when they try to kill each other. It's a total PITA to keep 2 dogs separated at all times, but we have gotten totally used to the routine, and it's second nature for us all now. The upside is that both dogs get equal one-on-one time with me - and they really love that part of it. I also feed all 3 dogs separately - in different rooms. T.

I'm off soon to pick up Ellie and get her to the vet for her appointment. I have a large harness, one of my own strong leads, and a bag of yummy treats... I think we will get along just fine... *grin* T.

This one should be framed... amazing shot! I still want the fawn boy... he's stunning! T.

The "useless things" I buy for my dogs (all year around) tend to get shared with my fosters anyways... *grin* I have an interesting concept for you Little Catdog... maybe you'd like to help out at your local shelter, pound, or rescue... maybe foster a dog yourself? Many people here on DOL do that too... all year around. T.

No probs dogmad... I'm looking forward to meeting Ellie and making friends with her... she sounds like a complete darling. T.

PUPPIEEEEEEEEEES!!!! SQUEEEEEEEEEE! How cute are they?? Another hand up for the fawn chubby... he's gorgeous!! T.