KatrinaM

I'd hate to see anybody die, but id like to see more testing before its widespread use. A vet told me yesterday it's 100% that you can't catch hendra if youve been vaccinated. Yet the horses still shed the same antibodies as a horse with the disease. Bats aren't a problem where I live but I'd still like some more information before I vaccinate. I'd like to know how dogs catch the disease and if having vaccinated horses test positive can lead to having dogs that test positive.

My concern is that we use it on breeding animals and find out it is like West Nile vaccine. I'm on the fence for now

Thank You!

I'm looking for a company who provides DNA testing for merle, could somebody please point me in the right direction??? Cheers Katrina

Because ANKC breeds have never been subject to BSL in Australia - except for the GSD, dobe, Rott, mastiff, bull mastiff, bull terrier, Neapolitan Mastiff, great Dane, Anatolian, mareema, greyhound etc etc.

Bull mastiffs-beasts-bulldogs-now American bulldogs. That's almost a change an hour! The owner was begging the police not to shoot his dogs, from what I got one dog was still threatening him at that time?? I still think the police handled the situation appropriately, it would be a difficult situation to assess and make descisions on quickly.

Pretty sure my two crippled for life mastiff types didn't care that they were attacked by a pack of non bull breeds that are traditionally associated with being good pets, especially since one of them will probably require amputation of his leg even after 18 months of rehabilitation. Irresponsible owners suck, regardless of the breed they own, any dog is capable of doing damage. The poor guide dog would be just as dead if a pack of beagles had have threatened and caused her to flee into traffic.

These dogs are chameleons, earlier they were Bull Mastiffs, wonder how many times they will change their breed!

Maybe a dog chiro would be worth talking to, sounds like start of dementia though.

Your thinking of Catahoulas Rural pug.

Hunting dogs are not taught to kill, it is a misconception.

As I thought it would be, lumping responsible hunters in with people committing acts of animal cruelty, blatantly disregarding the law and APDHA and DPI guidelines to support Clover Moores push for the banning of hunting pigs with dogs. Imagine all dog breeders lumped in together, the worst puppy farms in with the most ethical of breeders and the 730 report having a feature on why dog breeding should be banned. This is no different. I fully support the punishing of people who make these videos though, it is very disturbing, they certainly are not what conservation hunting is about!

It looks to be a one sided report Byron an animal rights perspective, kind of like making a show about puppy farms and then saying that breeding dogs is a terrible thing to do. I hope I am wrong though and it turn out to be an unbiased report!

How is the ranger standing around grinning in photos if they were taken some time later? I have ended plenty of suffering with a bullet, I've also found two cats lying injured beside the road in town and taken them into the vets to be euthed.not mine, one was probably feral but it makes no more sense to drive all the way home to put them down with a gun than it does to bring an animal in or get the vet out when suffering needs to be ended as soon as possible. I don't have a problem with him shooting them, he could just show some respect for the animals and the public.

Or they are being a bit careless with the truth. Vets are required by law to report all suspected animal cruelty. An autopsy would have provided evidence of this and any other injuries. It is convenient that the dog had to be put down due to "psychological issues" before it was properly assessed and evidence collected which would lead to a potential arrest oratthe least help police with a case. It all sounds a bit fishy to me and so many people are alarmed and no doubt living in fear.

If there is evidence of animal cruelty, and it is reported then authorities would be conducting these autopsies themselves and taking photos such as in the wolfhound case several years ago. All I can see at the moment is building vigilante hysteria and genuine fear over something which may or may not be happening and absolutely no evidence let alone charges.

So where is the evidence of one single dog stolen and used as a "bait" dog? Why are their none of these bait dogs bodies with the teeth ground down ect being officially autopsied and the results publicly released/handed to the relevant authorities like Tanks?

Black Russian Terrrier!

It mostly means that, however some don't get that meno when they recover from surgery!

Is there any actual evidence that any other dogs beside tank were stolen or is it just rumour and heresay so far? Tank wasn't used for fighting so not sure why there's a fighting ring connection or why dog fighting losers wouldn't just get giveaway dogs from the Saturday paper and notice boards rather than go to the trouble of stealing them. Lots keeps changing about the story.

That's the last I heard too. Somebody said above they were upset when they thought about how he died so I thought it must have been established

Has any more information been released about Tanks autopsy yet? I guess thee must be if his cause of death has been established.

Or that's what you call a whiney BC puppy??

Sorry Smooch, I saw the original post on the tank face book page. It specifically referred to a sixteen berth dog float. I honestly doubt dogs are being skun alive or even stolen in vast numbers. Most are just escapees and it's easier to blame a dog thief than your own incompetence as a pet owner.

A one tonner with a sixteen berth dog trailer travelling along the highway - sounds like John Marsden who has a business transporting dogs.