Dame Aussie

Yes it was. If someone had been worried the dog would jump over, reported it and the council had insisted on better fencing, it wouldn't have got out at all, that's all anyone has been talking about.

baby paw to I know!! :laugh:

LGD's seem to respond better to praise, sounds silly but they're just doing their job. If we tell Mo to be quiet he ignores us but if we say good boy he stops :laugh: ETA: Mo is always in at night. He would keep the whole suburb awake with his banshee howls if he were outside!

Size of his paw!!

Yep - the trainers were feeding my Labrahoover from their bumbags - and not just when we were training either... even after I expressly asked them not to... If my dog is doing what is asked of it, and enjoying the praise and/or pat when doing it well, why persist in insisting that it needs to be fed as well? T. Yeah, mine love their food but they don't need it when training. I went to one training classbut never went back as all it seemed to be was stuffing the dogs with copious amounts of luncheon One of my dogs threw up she had been given so many treats. No thanks.

ARGH! Look at her! I'd leave it, it's adorable

Exactly. One of the ones I spoke about occasionally has the gate to its yard open, how do I know that dog isn't going to freak out one day and leave it's yard? Imagine a little old lady with a tiny dog walking past this big dog going absolutely crazy at it with no barrier there?! No I won't report it. but I definitely don't think it's acceptable, Guess that makes me one of those "report happy dobbers" *rolleyes*

That's fantastic!

As long as people are using them correctly, I don't think anyone can say what is "right" or "wrong". It's about what works for the owners and their dogs.

I know what you're saying and I agree with you. It's not that you're going to report the matter, but it can be a bit uncomfortable with a dog or dogs going full bore along the fenceline. But they'd be on their own turf and guarding it as dogs do. Only times it gets more than uncomfortable is when it looks as if the dog could get over the fence . Could be a case for report.... based on question of adequacy of fencing. Speaking only for myself, we've always had side gates and don't leave our dogs in the front yard. Like we don't want them getting into the habit of barking at the passing parade, we want them secure from visitors (like meter readers) leaving gate open, ane we don't want them stolen. Thank you mita. That's all I was trying to say.

Nobody is putting words in to your mouth, you said yourself that "if you are really concerned you guessed reporting the dog couldn't hurt" I would suggest that it could hurt, how would you feel if you arrived home only to find that some faceless stranger has deemed that your dog is dangerous and needed council intervention because it barks when they walked by the dogs fence everyday? If it bothered me, I would walk on the other side of the road, I have a choice in where I was walking, the dog did not have a choice were it is contained. I am not trying to turn this in to an argument, I just think that surely as dog owners, we of all people should be able to see this behaviour for what it is? A dog, doing what comes naturally from safely behind a fence. :-) Could have fooled me......I'll say it again, I WOULD NOT REPORT IT (clear enough?). I agree it's a dog doing what dogs do, never said anything to the contrary. My comment only meant that If Jules wants to report it because she feels unsafe, that's up to her, and she has the right to do so, none of my business.

It can't be that easy as they haven't managed it yet! Once again trying to scale the fence, if it scaled it you would have been "got to" My goodness, talk about "deed not breed" apparently dogs that are now contained but displaying inappropriate behaviour are the targets (shakes head in utter disbelief) if the Government launched a policy that any dog barking at a fence when a stranger goes past should be taken out of the public domain and declared dangerous, you'd all be up in arms. Seriously, perspective! Please don't put words in my mouth. I actually said it isn't something I would report so I dont know why youre getting all excited. All I have said is seeing a dog going crazy and trying to get at me and my dogs is not ideal.

I think Jules is concerned as some can easily escape their front yards. At least that's my concern, we have one dog near us that scales the fence trying to get at us, that is not appropriate.

How dreadful, but I don't see what BSL has to do with this? Poor lady, and RIP little doggy It has everything to do with it. BSL is supposed to protect the community from dog attacks. Victoria has the strongest and most draconian BSL in the country, with hundreds of dogs being seized and killed because of their appearance within the state. Yet horrible, horrible attacks continue to occur. This is a perfect example of how BSL targets dogs that may never be an issue, and misses dogs that are. BSL is designed to eliminate fighting breeds that can potentially cause harm to people.........I don't think the GSD here bit any people here did he? Did you watch the video? They clearly say the dog was attacking all 3 of them.. That she was trying to fight off the dog... Yep, the woman was being attacked too.

Yeah we get a lot of this where we walk. There is one place with a dog (Ridgie Shepherd x) that goes absolutely mental, owner says it will never come out and it hasn't........yet :laugh: Then there's the place with the two Spaniels that scare the absolute crap out of me whenever I walk past, I always forgte they;re there , an APBT, and a few SWF's that go nuts too. I wouldn't do it, I think it gets the dogs too riled up. As for reporting, personally I probably wouldn't as nothing has actually happened, but if you are really concerned I guess it couldn't hurt?

:laugh: That's how Mosley sits.

What WAS that??? A hideous big old foam chair circa 1973 :laugh: i had it for years and we called it "The Thing". I was devastated when she ate it :laugh:

As a puppy Mosley was very destructive, he was surrendered at the pound and we rescued him at 12 weeks and he was already over 10kgs of NAUGHTY. He's great now but back then... He has eaten, in no particular order - 1 mobile phone Carpet in a rental 2 dog beds 1 coffee table 1 house phone Approx 10 books Laptop And Lili does this -

I was worried about that too perse, we were pretty lucky that it seemed to fall off as the nail grew out, and we were really over the top about keeping it clean. Any foot injurioes are SUCH a PITA though. Mo also split one of his pads right open and it took about 2 months to even start healing, I was going mental trying to keep him away from it

Melz I cannot get enough of Cocoa. She is so gorgeous :) I'm living in the wrong state dammit! ETA: Wobbly, your girl is beautiful too, definitely under 12 months in the pound picture!

Mo's was the same, most of the nail came off but the tip was exposed, vet was happy to leave it and it ended up growing back fine.

We had the exact same thing with Mosley, in the end we just took the bandage off and tried to keep him away from the foot and keep it clean and it eventually came good. We literally had it bandaged, then vet wrapped, with the cone of shame, and he STILL managed to get at it! It's sooo frustrating. I hope it heals up quickly.

I see it as their way of being festive :laugh:

Look at them all crowding around the cat....TOO adorable.