Rach...

I don't know about the person who 'bred' my dog (I use the term loosely since she is BYB before I knew any better) but I know my girl was socialized like crazy from day 1 with other dogs and I have put a lot of time and effort into training her and getting her to the point where she is now. Yet she will start on dogs for no reason at all, even a dog she has lived with her whole life. I almost scream when I am walking her and I have off lead dogs run up to her, I shouldn't have to muzzle her if I have her under control and walking on a path. If it looks like it will be a tight squeeze to get past the other dogs I will move of the path and ask her to sit so that the other people walking can get past and we wont have any dramas. In reply to the thread I would not let her offlead where there are other dogs! Its asking for trouble, we own a muzzle so if we have to take her into a situation where we arent sure (our vets waiting room is tiny) we have the option to know she cant cause damage. We went for a 4km bush walk the other weekend and i muzzled her cos I could not see the track ahead of me and didn't know what would be coming around the corner and when we reached a lake where there was other dogs she was allowed to play on lead and muzzled in the shallows she did not react to any of these dogs at all she was just intent on doing her own thing in the water. My dog has proven she can do damage to another dog (my own) so we take a lot of precautions with her, she is given off lead runs because being a heeler her energy level does not diminish very easily. She loves being able to hoon around in the field near our house, which we can only go off lead in at the moment because it isnt summer. Soon the snakes will be out and I will have to walk her at ridiculous times or just do lots of on lead walking which does not tire her out at all. My girl is all guts and won't back down for anything, I love her to no end! But I know being aggressive isnt nice for her cos she gets so stressed at times. She still deserves to be able to have fun and be a dog which is running around and doing zoomies and being with us out and about.

I hope the pup doesn't run into any social problems (coming from someone with a BYB blue heeler who has her fair share of behavioral problems)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY!!!!!!!!!!

anyone know any good sites relevant to Australia on Artificial Insemination in dogs? Outlining the pros and cons of it?

I have to say, Shyla makes an amazing model

Kelari is definately adorable! Good meeting some others today and thanks for all the help especially Emery and Wazzat

myself and a friend from tafe will be at the show saturday to make a start on our breed assignment XD I wont recognize anyone apart from Wazzat though haha

Buddy (Blind 9 year old Pomeraninan) Is walked in either a harness and lead or just a flat collar and lead depends on where we are going and what kind of mood he is in Maizy (Dog Reactive 20 month old ACD) Is walked on a chain martingale and lead, both are rogz. she could be walked on a flat collar but buckles and snaps all scare me and im scared they will snap! we have had that happen when she is throwing one of her tantrums. She was walked on a check chain but we graduated up cos I felt she doesnt need it, sometimes she will forget her manners and we will go back to using it for a little while to remind her.

oh should have said that yes, you just like the photo

http://www.facebook.com/HoundstoothStudio#...id=177830156207

I adore this one of Ruby so I sent it to her along with one of Maizy and one of my cat

Rubystar! I forgot to mention I used a picture of Ruby for my portfolio for this photographer so if I get this I'll be able to partially thank her hahaha

Buddy is inside most of the day anyways as well but will wander towards the door and i will let him out or he is outside already. He will probably go outside for the last time for the night around 7pm and then he is inside until i get outta bed in the morning, which since im on holidays can be around 11am. If I sleep in mum usually lets him out of my room though. But he is more than happy to sleep in my bed for as long as he can

I forgot you were getting a puppy GR!!! and I'll be more than happy to photograph puppies im used to dogs trying to eat my camera

puppppieeesssss <3 I want puppies to take photos of hahaha

its what I keep getting told, lets just hope I can find something even small for a little bit of money. If I can get my license I'll be able to keep my current job

Ive been trawling seek and applying for everything I can and probably cant as well.. Dad has also prepaid for 6 driving lessons

you guys might be looking at the new work experience kid of a top notch photographer no luck in finding paid work though hahaha

gremlin.

i knowwww.. I pretty much lost my job tonight =( so it really sucks pay rates went up apparently an 18 year old is too expensive to have on. explains why i havent been given shifts for 3 weeks though. I have to either get my license and become a driver (which even that will take time) or do a thousand things and have 150% upsell which is close to impossible. I'm over being flat broke

I do none I just take my camera to as many doggie things as possible ahhaha

its fine for the off topic hahaha Rubystar and I went quite of track earlier. I am trying to make it so I can make it out to either the show on saturday or riverside gardens. Hopefully more the show, just have to see what is happening in the way of work for me.

I dont think so haha I saw some of the pictures of some of the dogs in other ones and they didnt look to breed standard at all, i think they just have to purebred and not puppies haha

ohh i forgot about the name change haha polytechnic is swan i think. Murdoch is now Challenger Institute of Technology.... I dont think I will ever get past calling it tafe the new name is too long. Our lecturer was saying a lot of people did that going to K9 EDIT: I think we are supposed to for copyright and other reasons, I am quite happy to take them because it will give me alot of practice with photographing dogs

I was actually worried about the Corgi one hahaha