Mrs Rusty Bucket

I think the good and the bad points about greyhounds can apply to any dog that doesn't get enough training or the right training. A cattle dog could be perfect - but untrained - it could be a stock killing disaster.

I think that's always a dilemma - how far do you go to set a safe flowing course, and how much do you expect people to train their dogs to work out a safe approach or entry for themselves... Last week the mini courses we were working on all had the finish and the start being the same obstacle - which slowed down the transition from one handler to the next because you couldn't line up and start while the other person was gathering their dog. Note this was a beginnerish level class - and some of us were better at that stuff than others. But even masters competitors have varying levels of skill about finishing and moving off the course.

Can you send some of that this way? Still dry as here. Tho I don't yet have my new rain water tank connected to the down pipes - but that's getting a little off topic PS perfect night for a class on training in front of the telly... nose touches, collar grabs sit pretty back up spin, twist give/geddit speak, sing, paddle perch work some stretch work (depending how good your back up the furniture is)

Theres rescues for GSP though some of the breed clubs http://gspclubsa.weebly.com/-rescue-service.html you might also want to contact the gundog club http://www.gundogclubofsa.org.au/ Even if he's not ANKC pedigree - there might be someone connected with those guys who can help you find a home (or training).

bear x horse (has horse neck).

There's lots of cattle dogs in rescue too. here's one: So cute. http://www.petrescue.com.au/listings/357190

German short haired pointers and viszla aren't 30kg I don't think. The girls, especially are a little smaller. Tho I'm completely biased towards cattle dog. The stumpy tails have a shorter coat if that's important. Tho I do have to explain to mine that she's not welcome inside after rolling in mud. Fortunately for me her coat is close to Teflon unless she rolls in something oily. I have a cousin who has horses and greyhound and a whippet... I have other cousins who have JRT or staffy or JRT or Staffy... ie they alternate between the breeds and a "weekend" farm that is used for raising the calves from the dairy industry... ie the JRT loves being out and about in the paddocks. Only hazard is you'd better spot the red belly black before he does.

I think dogs are the one critter that pays attention to what we're looking at. That said, she'd rather look at me than the jump I've just pointed her at... even tho we've practiced every night - I stand off to the side and she has to look at her dinner - not me (cue is "where izzit?") before I give her permission to eat her dinner... I feel like maybe I have to paint a jump bar with peanut butter or something...

I think my evil hound would rather do back side tunnel entry whether I want one or not... I like the idea of practicing round the clock entry crate games. I keep meaning to get out the crate(s) and practice the stage 4 and 5 stuff.

This is the page of instructions for getting a dog rehomed from pet rescue http://www.petrescue.com.au/library/articles/help-i-need-to-rehome-my-pet and this is from silky rescue. http://www.seniorsandsilkies.org.au/rehoming-your-dog.html hope you get this sorted.

It would be interesting if the owner was here to put their side of the story.

I think the biggest hold up for 2x2 weaves and my training was 1. I could not figure out how the dog knew "which end" to go in when there were only two poles. I had the 2x DVD but I hadn't seen the Derrett handling DVDs so a lot of the handling arms and shoulders and feet stuff didn't make any sense to me. 2. she didn't have any kind of toy retrieve. And initially wasn't all that keen on it as a reward at all. Only wanted food. So I kind of used hand targeting (sometimes with food lure) to get her to weave. She gets it now but her head is up (cos that's where my hand was). So we now need to get her head down. And also build duration so she does all the poles nicely every time. And independent entries could use some work. So I'd probably go again with about four poles because that really defines the ends for independent entries and for signalling a particular end to enter. There's someone here in SA (Dol member too) who lines her dog up between her legs. As lead steward - I'm always surprised because I think I need to get out the way but I don't... Pretty sure I can get Frosty to do this. At the moment I use hand targeting and RZ (re-inforcement zone) heelwork (she does backwards, forwards, rotating and sideways on both sides) to get her lined up. And I always check where I want her pointing when I'm walking the course (because early on I stuffed that up for us). Really nice A frame - Tunnel discrimination on the video. If I ran on the right side of the tunnel with the A frame and the dog on the left - she would make her own choice about which obstacle to take... she likes being up high so that's currently got more value than tunnels.. Last night - she decided to cross from the tunnel mouth I was pointing at in front of me and zip over into the tunnel mouth over there behind me... argh... no idea why that was a thing. Shadows maybe. Or the other end smelt better?

Sooky it seems to me like you really need help training and walking the puppy (or both of them). Do you have any friends that are close enough to help with that? Usually horsey people have a whole tribe of back up people who are willing to help if you just ask - because there's always going to be a time when they will need the favour back... even if you're moving. It's a kharma thing I guess. how many months off a suitable age to desex for the puppy? There might be one of the rescues on pet rescue that could help with advice too. Strategies for rehoming. Eg you sell on gum tree but charge enough to cover the cost of desexing and do that first. ie get the money at the vet, with the dog and arrange for the buyer to pick up from the vet... maybe. Vets can be good places to advertise. They have notice boards. Or places you and your friends hang out (I guess with babies and horses - that might be a bit limited).

I think I would teach round and round a pool noodle or tall bucket (helps to be a little bit taller than the dog's head or that the dog would jump over or on). After that interacting with weave poles (or two buckets or sulo bins or pool noodle uprights) would be easy. I think it would be smart to teach the dog the concept of weaving or going around an upright thing first with not very agility like equipment so it's not learning about being slow and uncertain near agility equipment, then generalising a weave around bins or buckets - to weave poles would be easy. And good strength and flexibility helps - because otherwise after a couple of repeats of bending back and forth - a dog can be a bit sore and uncomfortable. And not doing it to death also helps. Eg do five to 10 attempts per session then do something else like play or a different kind of game or something else the dog knows well. Had a very interesting experience last night at my new dog club. Got told my dog was fast a lot... she wasn't when I started... Well she was very good at shutting down, going sniffing and leaving work. Fast if there was a possum around. I watched one of the other students in the class have the same problem but she didn't want to talk to me about it. And the instructor would give us feedback but allow us to ignore the dog (almost require it because she didn't give us the opportunity to "park the dog" first. And then I saw her working her dog. No wonder she thought mine was fast. But the things I want to sort - she was very good at helping with. So overall I had a fun training night.

I think Mudgee had a blanket ban on dogs - not allowed on any oval used for sport or that was mowed by council because they regarded that as an occ health and safety problem for the sport players and council mower operators. And ignorance (I didn't see the sign) has never been an excuse. I'd be pissed at the SWF owner. but it often happens if you get ten people see the same thing, they will come up with 10 different versions of what happened.

When I was in hospital - I mostly looked forward to visits. Yes it's sad when you go but brings much joy when you're there... He's just trying to train you to stay...

A lot of dog attacks don't get reported because the other owner would drop themselves in the poo if they did eg dog off lead in an on lead area jumps on the head of an on lead dog - and gets bitten... they're not going to report if their dog isn't hurt. If the dog was shaken - its possible it has internal injuries that don't show up straight away but the longer the owner waits to go to the vet - the harder it is for them to prove your dog caused those injuries. And council can't really do anything if nobody reports it. So somebody has reported seeing this but they can't say how hurt the other dog was so council could only do something about your dog out of bounds... but not the actual attack probably. You're doing all the right things so a good council animal management team would want to reward that. Hopefully you fix the fences (test them if possible ie get someone the dog likes to go on the other side of the fence and call them - tho there is a risk of injury to the dog from jumping a fence - when it lands). Some dogs can clear 6" without touching it so you just want to check the roller system works. Some dogs aren't usually mastiff x - more likely to be herding dogs that jump every day for a living.

Hi Brightstar I'm not entirely sure. I was thinking me (like me too) and la - like singing lalalala me-la but it would be really hard to make mi la sound different unless you rhymed "la" with cat it could be meh lah too. Hmm maybe I should look up my german text. Trying to think of another german word with mi ... berlin - pretty much burr - leen. but with a shorter ee sound. Found a youtube german reading the alphabet. It's ee or at least capital I is ee as in free... I was thinking similar to "miller" but "meelah"... more girly. Does that help? I don't think it matters as long as you can yell it and not get any humans responding. Way too many dogs called Sally and Molly if you ask me.

That's three votes for Milla - mine, yours and DDD :)

I can't remember if it was here or on Facebook I read a story about a dog that got blocked up by a silicone patty cake pan - 2 years after it had eaten it. Go figure. Sometimes it can be what the dog ate recently and sometimes it's something the dog ate years ago and now it clags the system up...

roll top fencing... DIY http://badrap-blog.blogspot.com.au/2010/02/march-is-fix-your-darned-fence-month.html PS if you think 6 foot is enough - watch this and here's a Houdini beagle for good measure but they're a bit smaller and more agile than a mastiff cross. Tho a mastiff is pretty good at the head butt until gate fails technique.

Definitely a $ fine for dog unregistered. Not sure about the desexed thing. There are some council areas - mostly in Victoria that require a permit to own an undesexed dog. And many councils give a discount for a desexed dog (eg charge extra for an undesexed dog). In NSW - I think they still have "life time registration" for a dog. Not sure what happens if you move to a different council area if you have to re register for life time or you can just transfer. Or if they bother with discounts for desexed dogs. Eg if you buy a puppy that is whole - and you wait two years (maturity) to desex (based on current knowledge for best bone and joint development) - you'd want to register before the dog was 2 years old. You'd miss out on the discount. OP = Opening Poster or the person who started the thread (or in this case - their friend who has now joined the thread - the person who posed the questions and needs the info - confused yet - you're not alone). SWF = small white fluffy BC = Border Collie GSD = German Shepherd Dog GSP = German Short Haired Pointer... Do we have a glossary thread in here anywhere? IYC = Its Yer Choice (game) ANKC - Australian National Kennel Club - and registrar for Pedigrees. Eg when someone says their dog is "Registered" most people in here will think with ANKC and it's a Pedigree. But most people advertising on Gumtree mean - with their local council. (that's probably too much but sometimes I get carried away). I'm sure if you build the fences up - all will be well.

Everyone who knows a keeshond would enjoy this agility brace - the keeshond are just before 8 minutes in. PS there's a lady in SA doing really well at Obedience with Keeshond.

I'm glad we've got some sensible updates. Glad the westie and its owner are ok. Feel a bit sorry for the Rotti owner. I know a lot of extremely gorgeous well behaved rotties that I could not imagine doing anything like that. well maybe a burglar who came over the back fence of their home might be in trouble but nobody out and about in a public space. Even one they visit regularly. I know one rotti that I cannot trust but I don't think it's a pedigree, and I think most of it's problems are at the other end of the leash. There's lots of things I'd love to go to the media about - but they tend to make stories into over the top dramas and often in a way that helps nobody but themselves. Some people handle that better than others and I'm glad both dog owners have chosen to inform us via other methods.

If the ranger does come - make sure the dog is secured in the house. don't let the dog out to meet the ranger and don't let the ranger in the house. NSW is not as bad as Victoria was for seizing dogs but different rangers do different things and they can't go into the "residence" without the owner's permission. Do discuss what all your options are and make sure you get any notice of intention or anything like that "in writing". Afterwards (or during) - make notes of what you said and what the ranger said - just in case the lawyers need it. Don't blame the other dog or owner. Owners of small white dogs tend to think of the dogs as harmless... so they think they can do whatever they like. The ranger should know about the reserve being "no dogs"... it's not your job to say how he deals with the other dog owner. Maybe ask how the other dog is doing - but I guess you know that already. Do discuss what you need to do to make your yard secure, and see if that will be enough to satisfy the ranger that nothing else needs to be done. I'm guessing it could have been any sort of critter on the other side of the fence - the key thing is your fence is improved so your dogs cannot get over it or under it, or otherwise escape. Check your entire fenceline for signs of digging too. Before the ranger shows up.