Rebanne

cause it started innocently enough, one day Hank was bored or something, you responded, Hank liked it, tired it again and before you know it you have a behaviour. :D

to me this is totally different and I think might be a slight case of anxiety.

He's trained you very well hasn't he :D Just put him outside and leave him to it. If he whines to come in too bad, ignore him. Or if you must let him in, then the bone gets put away for another day. Hank is controlling what is happening not you.

I never had a problem when I had only female German Shepherds.

what do you mean make it last longer? It reads like you are trying to cut down on costs already, are you sure you can afford to adopt this dog? You can't make food last longer, you feed what you need to feed to keep the dog healthy. You can feed a different dry food if you want but you still need to feed an appropriate amount.

Glad all went well with Harry. Fingers crossed his recovery is smooth for you both :)

Nothing special, they may get a big bone, but my dogs are able to be left alone, for hours, if needed.

if this was my dog I would move heaven and hell to get her back. No if, buts or maybe's. The rightful owner has turned up, it was not their fault the dog was in the pound system long enough to be put up for adoption, it is not the pounds fault nor the new owners. But that dog is mine and I would be getting her back no matter how nasty it got. Years ago I did ask the question about what would happen if a dog was adopted out and then the owners turned up. The answer was the dog would have to go back and we were instructed to tell all new adopters if the original owner turned up within a certain time frame ( which I forget ) then they would have to hand the dog back. In fact it was on the paperwork they signed that they would give the dog back.

You have judged the owner and found her guilty, it is written in all your posts how it is her fault. Do you not think she is kicking herself right now. How do you know that the person she has trusted has done this job for her several times in the past, with no problems? How about the trusted person got ill and they trusted someone else? How about the owner was a twit and trusted someone she shouldn't and now because of misplaced trust she deserves to lose her dog? What would the dog choose????

The loving owner that left her with someone who couldn't even be bothered to tell her the dog was missing? How do you know the dog doesn't have a better quality of life with the new owners? Mia hadn't been off the property for 7 years. How can you hold the owner responsible for someone else's actions? It defies logic. She hasn't any control over the other person unless he was a remote conrolled robot and she held the remote!! Only she knows how well she knows and trusts the person that she left the dog with - I am assuming not very well. As I have mentioned before, I have been asked by a neighbour I only knew to say hello to to "pop over" and feed her dog for two weeks. She didn't know me or if I would call her if I went over to feed the dog one day and it had escaped the yard. How do you know this wasn't a similar circumstance? We don't know all the facts so it is unfair to say it is a cut and dried case of "give the dog back". The owner is the responsible for the situation - the dog wasn't chipped and she didn't leave the dog with someone trustworthy. Was someone staying with the dog or just feeding it? The family who went to the RSPCA, chose a new family member and went home to enjoy her is at fault?? The defies logic to me. Talk about a great way to stop people wanting to adopt a dog How do you know it's nothing like your scenario? Personally all this crap about turning people off adopting a dog is just that - crap. If they really cared for the dog they would return it. So what the dog wasn't chipped, not everyone agrees with them and if it wasn't a requirement of the council where her dog was registered then the owner has broken no laws. So what there was no collar or tags, lots of people don't agree with that either and the usual law is they have to be worn when off the owners property, if the dog is not off the property they don't have to be worn. So what it never got off the property, thousands of dogs don't and most of those thousands are perfectly happy with that situation. And no it is not the new owners fault but they should man up and do the right thing and return the dog. Lets hope your dog never get lost and then adopted out. Collars and chips are not fail safe means of ID.

The loving owner that left her with someone who couldn't even be bothered to tell her the dog was missing? How do you know the dog doesn't have a better quality of life with the new owners? Mia hadn't been off the property for 7 years. yes the loving owner who has cared for Mia for 7 years. The loving owner who trusted someone to care for her dog and who didn't. I worked in a pound for 10 years and had a well loved dog turn up, supposed to be cared for by a trusted family friend. We kept the dog for well over it's pound time before PTS. We couldn't believe the owner would not be looking for this lovely old dog. When the owner came back from holidays the only reason they knew the poor dog had ended up in the pound was because they found an old copy of the paper where the dog was listed. It was elderly and they thought it had wandered off and died. Trusted family friend never looked for it cause the food they were putting out was being eaten, they assumed by the elderly dog even though they hadn't seen it in days. The owners thought they were doing the right thing by the dog by leaving it in familiar surroundings. I dealt with the owners, I had them crying on my shoulder, they were devastated all because they trusted a family friend. So it happens. Mia belongs back at her home.

I feel really sad for the poor dog. So what the new owners think they have bonded with her so much they can't return her. What about the dog? I bet I know who Mia would pick and it wouldn't the be the nice kind hearted strangers that have been caring for her for 9 days. It would be her loving owner of 7 years. So if the new owners were actually that nice why would they not put the dog first? I would.

yeah there are but what if your dog gets out and while out it snags itself on something and it releases the collar .. the dog wont have the id attached to it after, Seen it happen with our cat in her cat run many times with hers. breakaway collars are useless. I tried them on my dogs and they were pulled off multiple times when the dogs played. My dogs only wear collars when we are out and about at a show or on holidays.

Me too And I as well.

lovely Alyosha!

I'll disagree with Maddy and say bloat is a real worry in greyhounds, though I too have never had one get it nor any of my German Shepherds when I had them. I do know of several show bred greyhounds that have had bloat and some have died. Any deep chested dog is at risk. Feeding out of a raised bowl used to be in, then it was out, now I think the feeling is it makes no difference. However I feed my raised only cause it's a long way down for them. I had a speed eater and used a slow go bowl for him which worked very well. No enforced exercise before or after a meal, feed them twice daily and step in if they decide, as mine often do, that a nice game right after eating is a good idea. Read up on Pannus and Thyroid problems. Both fairly common in race bred greys, easily controlled, and shouldn't put you off a dog that is suitable for you in every other way.

Excellent!

Sold a male dog from the pound once that the vet thought had been desexed by a farmer. All was well until a little bitch (desexed!) joined the household. Turned out the dog was entire with both testicles firmly tucked up in the tummy.

must admit I wouldn't even consider not asking for a tattoo when my dogs are desexed.

I think there is also a walk being organised in either Bendigo or Ballarat. plus the GAP Xmas party is soon as well as well as GSN's party. GSN GAP

what do the owners of the aggressive dogs do when they have a go at your dog?

you need to separate them unless supervised for now until you get some profession advice. Two visit's to the vet is at least one visit too many.

agree

excellent news!

For my backyard I just spray them a couple of times in spring. There are none on the slipping track where I take them running.