Rebanne

Yes I am open to suggestions I will run greyhound past the big chief :D we only walk every second day at the moment because we have a huge back yard which backs on to an open field with abit of bush so most days I just open the gate and have a walk around there. Then the other days we walk to the beach. no to a greyhound then, no letting them loose to run around in the bush.

I think the point was: it is up to the owner to protect their dog, to make their dog feel safe, no matter what is happening around it. I posted the link to the article to make people think about just how rude are they and their dogs. I know I cringed inwardly when I read it the very first time, I know it opened my eyes very wide to how others viewed my actions and those of my dog. I know it made me a much better dog owner.

go for it! Suzanne has a lot of great article etc at http://flyingdogpress.com/

yep, an oldie but a goodie, it's an amazing article

Article should be read by all dog owners

I had Fern done 3 years ago and all she needed was to be permamently idenitfied by microchip. When I got the results back from the reader there was a form with them asking for a full copy of her pedigree so they (the vets?, AVA)could enter it all on their database. I didn't bother as Fern would most likely have been the only greyhound on it. So you could get your dogs xrayed and scored then and I don't see why you can't get it done nowadays.

yes Warrior is the boy I have kept, the brindle boy, now know as Merlin, has gone to live with his sister at Kanati Whippets

Merlin (who was Stirling) won on Friday but otherwise it is Warrior :D Cutest baby Beagle won group every day.

Ok..so if I put both names on the SAE, and sign "for" the other owner...and make a list of the sec's that want seperate SAE. Thanks all. The separate envelopes bit is printed on all Vice schedules. Both names would be very helpful.

Big congratulations to Vanessa on Lucian gaining his last points for his champion title!

so you invited her to come sit with you? You don't have to sit with people from the same breed, not even the same group. When everyone turns up from our friendship group there are at least 3 different groups represented by the dogs, we have had dogs from 5 different groups under our tent city It's only very recently I have had the pleasure of sitting/showing with someone who owns the same breed as me.

you can send in an entry without actually attending. I just call it a donation. I send away to maybe 3 or 4 shows a year in this way. Helps keep them going so I have choices still next year. eg I am going to Echuica this weekend, Henty is on so I sent them a doantion. Next year might be in reverse.

you wait until you have a dog with a bad back or neck jumped on by 35 kilos of out of control mutt. You wait until your dog is turned into a shivering mess because it had 35 kilos of out of control mutt jump on it. I will protect my dog from illmannered dogs and owners by what ever means I see fit. It's why I also walk locally carrying a riding crop. I could care less what you think I should or shouldn't do, control your bloody dogs, stop using their breed as an excuse and there will never be a problem.

just do it! I knew no one, knew nothing, my only advantage, if you could call it that, was I had trialled in obedience and agility, so had a very vague idea of what was going on. And it was very vague. I sat down with total strangers who were only too pleased to help me out. I told the steward I was new to all this, in fact told the stewards at my first few shows I was a newbie. Honestly the stewards and judges were all so nice and helpful. The people I talked to and sat next to were the same. I'm not part of any in crowd, but I have a good time, after 5 years, quite a few people recognise me and we nod and smile at each other, I have made friends and we all sit together, people will help me out if I need a hound holder or a handler. Even people I don't know. It's not that hard. I don't know why some people make out it's a big conspiracy against them, I've enjoyed it since day one. I'm quite happy to sit on my own with my dogs if no one else I know is there, I usually strike up a conversation with the nearby people, I am happy to read a book, whatever. It's my day out and I enjoy it. I don't rely on other people to make it fun for me, I do that myself.

I never mentioned kicking a dog in the head, suggest you read the posts more carefully. Humping another dog is a very quick way to start a fight and I won't have mine injured just because of a very rude dog. Not to mention 35 kilo's of "puppy" throwing it's self onto another dogs back, head, wherever is not going to help the dog being jumped on. Defence is protecting your dog from another dog's behaviour.

not a funny little story at all but a nasty little story. As a first time show secretary last year I can tell you it's not bloody easy sorting out owners/handlers/payers etc whent there may be 3 or more different names to be sorted out for one dog entry. There is the owner on the entry form, the envelope is addressed to someone else and the cheque is signed by yet another person. Multiple that by quite a few and it's a massive headache. In one case I had about 4 different breeds of dogs, all owned by different people, with the numbers going to someone else and the yes the cheque was signed by yet another person. It might be your hard earned money but it's the volunteers helping out at ground level who pay in blood, sweat and tears. Instead of making fun of them maybe you could help out instead and then you'll find out just what a good job they do.

as long as the weather is reasonable will be here as well

looking forward to these shows!

actually one of my greyhounds walked very nicely in a haltie, never tried to rub it off, as he matured it was needed less and less, no extra training done by me, he just grew up

I disagree - you should have control of your dog by now with recall but labs are hyper excited etc for longer than 17 months... lots of dogs are hyper excited all their lives but they are not puppies all their lives and it should not be used as an excuse for poor or rude behaviour. I can't put up the link to Suzanne Clothiers excellent article " He Just Wants To say Hi" as it appears the web site is currently down, but all dog owners should read it.

walkers like me are not in the minority, threads have been done before about how far you would go to protect your dog, nearly all who responded said they would kick or hit another dog. As for a 17 month old lab being called a pup, that's just an excuse. I reckon the sniffer dogs, guide dogs, assistance dogs etc would mostly be doing a full days work by then.

I got mine from Ebay, the USA site, can't find the actual buyer

Warrior was shortlisted for baby at the hound club show on Sat. 4 months old. and he won't be able to do this for much longer

well then let this topic go