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Thought folks on DOL would be interested in this series of classic paintings that include dogs. Unfortunately they're not correctly captioned, but the paintings are quite beautiful. http://the-toast.net/2015/10/27/dogs-i-would-like-to-own-in-art-even-though-they-are-probably-dead-now/

"TWO dogs responsible for a savage attack on a Sunshine Coast jogger were “looking for an artery” as they bit at the fallen victim, a court has heard. Dog owner Christopher Mark Ryder was today dealt a severe $13,000 fine for the frenzied mauling in bushland on May 23 which left the victim with broken bones and injuries all over his body. It is only the second time a Queensland council has successfully prosecuted a pet owner on the higher charge of grievous bodily harm, following a similar case in Caloundra less than a month ago." http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/two-dogs-responsible-for-savage-attack-on-sunshine-coast-jogger-looking-for-artery/story-fnn8dlfs-1227144737461

"What will a dog do for a tennis ball? You’ve seen them at the airport, you’ve seen them with the police on the telly and now there is a crack squad of sniffer dogs at Carnarvon Station Reserve in the Brigalow Belt region of Central Queensland." http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/offtrack/what-will-a-dog-do-for-a-tennis-ball3f/5855072

Some great photos of dogs in the Kukur Tihar celebrations in Nepal: "Diwali, one of the great celebrations in the Hindu calendar, is a five-day autumn festival generally known as the festival of lights. Each day has its own focus, and specific observances vary from one denomination of Hinduism to another. Regardless of regional and denominational differences, Diwali is a period of gift-giving, storytelling, and recognition of the relationships humans have with all things. In Nepal, Diwali is called Tihar. Similar to other Diwali observances, lamps are lit at night during Tihar. The festival of lights celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, of knowledge over ignorance, and the dissolution of barriers that separate humans from authentic experience of the world. Nepalese Hinduism is unique in dedicating the second day of Tihar, Kukur Tihar, to the worship of dogs." http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/diwali-dogs-festival-of-lights-nepal-kukur-tihar And some more Kukur Tihar photos here: http://atallyn.tumblr.com/post/100749124494/nubbsgalore-for-nepalese-hindus-today-is-kukur

"The fight to save big Bruce from death row 2nd Oct 2014 THE owners of a declared dangerous dog are taking on Ipswich City Council to save it from being put down after it attacked a meter reader in their backyard. Despite displaying eight signs warning that a dangerous dog was on the property, the Energex meter reader entered two series of gates to access the meter at the back of the Denmark Hill home where he was bitten by the dog. Council seized and impounded the dog after the attack in August and it is set to be put down on October 16. Owners Kev and Chris Thomas set up a Facebook page this week to help save their dog Bruce from being destroyed. They will be appealling the decision before the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal." http://www.qt.com.au/news/facebook-followers-try-to-help-save-big-bruce/2406269/ ... And this update: "Dog owners take fight to save Bruce to court 14th Oct 2014 OWNERS of a declared dangerous dog are taking their fight to the courts to save the pet from being put down and have called for changes to the State Government's dangerous dog laws. Ipswich City Council seized the Thomas family dog, Bruce, and issued a destruction notice late in August after it bit an Energex meter reader who had entered two gates and ignored four dangerous dog warning signs to read the meter in the backyard. Energex has confirmed to The Queensland Times the property was logged in their system as having a dangerous dog on site but the owners were not given any notice of a meter reader having to access the backyard of their Denmark Hill home." http://www.qt.com.au/news/dog-owners-take-fight-to-save-bruce-to-court/2418187/

"Brisbane City Council officer slaps dog owner with $227 fine for not having her dog on a lead at 6am" I can't believe this woman feels hard done by. Leash your dog in public! I'm glad that council are out there fining people, I'm so sick of my dog (Lab x SBT) harrassed by off leash dogs. It's usually small breed dogs in my neighbourhood too, with owners who think it's cute that their aggressive swf tries to attack my large dog. http://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/south/brisbane-city-council-officer-slaps-dog-owner-with-227-fine-for-not-having-her-dog-on-a-lead-at-6am/story-fni9r1nj-1227090052956

Here's our fella in his hoodie from Baba Pooch: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BabaPooch

Our guy has one from Baba Pooch - custom made, polar fleece - beautiful! https://www.etsy.com/shop/BabaPooch

Hi everyone, Long time listener, first time caller. We've adopted a 2 year old Staffie / Lab cross in January and he's leash reactive. We've done a training class for reactive dogs which has helped enormously - we use LAT, "leave it" and "let's go" pretty much every day, and it's been great. It's becoming second nature to him and to us, so that it's now very rare that we run into problems. Just reading this comment though, I had to reply. We also had the same problem, people with "friendly" dogs that would insist on approaching our dog on walks. Our guy would go totally off his brain and then we'd get nasty looks and comments ("bogan staffie owners...."). Our trainers offered us some great advice though, which works every time in these situations - tell the approaching person with the "friendly" dog that your dog has kennel cough. Watch how quickly they recall their dog and stay out of your way. It's been great reading everyone's stories and experiences though. Unless you've owned a reactive dog, you just wouldn't understand. And we've had our fair share of hilarious moments. Like we live inner city, and one day we're walking along our dense, tiny little inner city street and there appears from nowhere a horse and carriage. Suffice to say, we were totally unprepared and it took him a few days to recover!