~Anne~

And when looking at those stats think of the influencial factors. For example - are crossbreed dog owners equally represented in statistics of dogs that have attended training. Are crossbreed dogs more likely to be owned by people who do not contain them.

I have to say that this sums it up in a nutshell.

Too many assumptions are being made for your proposal to be logical or sensible. The biggest and worst is the assumption that cross breeding is creating aggressive dogs, purebred breeders all know what they're doing and that the introduction of intensive controls, legislation and policy can be implemented and costs recovered through payment of fines.

Every time I see new posts I come in to look hoping for some news.

Restrict his access. My dogs have never been allowed free range of the house when I am not here. I use a baby pen fencing system to restrict them to a certain area.

My Boof will actually raise his hackles and bark at people through the door. When you open the door his hackles drop and he wags his tail and greets the visitor in a very friendly pug like way regardless of who they are. It would be interesting to see if they would declare him 'menacing'.

Sorry to hear it was Grade 2. Bruno is young too, isn't he? Boof has only had one that grade 2 and the other 4 were grade 1. We also have the possibility he has a MCT on his spleen. There are many threads in the palliative care section and in here about MCTs. Many of us have experience in this area. It seems it is pretty common.

:laugh: You described my Olivia to a tee although she can't hear me. So in this case, I can't ever have effective voice control even if she was an angel because have is deaf. Boof is good boy and comes when called I'd say about 70% of the time.

How confused and stressed he must be. I hope he is found safe and well. I know they can search the database by his address, rather than number, if he is chipped and if his address in the database is known.

Agree with this. We go on regular holidays and we always get house sitters to look after our house and pets. I haven't used anyone from DOL though. I am lucky that people who have adopted from me over the years, and with whom I developed a friendship with, have always offered. They bring their pugs and enjoy the change of scenery for a few weeks.

Navey in the dog room when he first came into rescue in February 2009

RIP Navey. Navey was a little rescue Pug who came to me in 2009. I'm not normally one for great sentimentality or one who uses descriptions such as Angel. But how do you describe a woman who flew from Port Douglas to meet a blind, deaf rescue Pug in the hope she could adopt him. Naveys life before his adoption was tragic. Keithea more than made up for the love he had missed out on. He was never alone again. Below is a blog post I wrote when he first came into care and before he was adopted. Run free little pug. Snuggle up to Monte for me.

Yes, they can express the anal sac intentionally and they do to mark territory and perhaps for other reasons. I am not sure just how controlled the action is though. Dogs can also defecate and urinate, as you already know, on demand to mark territory.

Oh how very sad. I am so sorry. RIP Smudge. She was obviously very much loved and had a beautiful life with you.

MUP I hope you get well soon.

My mother in law has a rescue dog. She is some kind of terrier. I'd guess at silk cross perhaps Maltese but that is only a guess. She doesn't shed. She doesn't smell. She needs little grooming. I also once, a billion years ago, had a little Maltese cross Silky and she was the same. She didn't need much grooming either. I've seen well bred Mlatese who have hair down to the floor and they would obviously require a lot of grooming but the average garden variety Maltese that seems to be in abundance appears to hav much shorter hair that is not as silky and therefore would be easier to maintain. I think the argument that if you go non shedding you get high grooming is baseless I guess is what I am getting at. Im sure there are those who are non shedding that have high grooming requirements but many are not and to say "non shedding has grooming requirements shedders don't have" is false.

Have you never looked at a celeb picture and wondered what they looked like without makeup? I see nothing bizarre about wanting to see the real side of breeding . . . as opposed to the cleaned up side. Hope to follow up with the week six to eight mega-mess when they're eating solid food and mum is getting tired of cleaning up. I think people, other than breeders, need to understand what is involved in raising a litter of puppies. Pictures taken just after cleaning up don't do the job. So you think people are curious to see the mess of breeding? That's even more bizarre.

Oh no. I am so, so sorry. He was a handsome boy and obviously much loved. RIP Satch.

Olivia was a rescue bitch who came to me after a call from Vet. She was going to be euth'd because of recurrent UTIs and her propensity to develop struvites stones due to the alkalinity of her urine. Before coming to me she had two surgeries within 12 months to remove stones from her bladder. The vet reported to me that the stone removed the second time was as large as a small mandarin. Olivia was badly infected and her back end was stained yellow from her urine. To cut a long story short, after she came to me she continued to develop infections and her urine showed crystals relentlessly. We admitted her once again and we took a sample directly from the bladder while she was under. In my discussion with the vet we spoke about the theory that the infection caused the alkalinity. It's a chicken and egg thing and there are views from both corners - the infections cause the alkalinity vs the alkalinity causes the infection. We decided to put her on long term antibiotics with the view that the infection never really cleared. We knew exactly what bacteria it was through the direct sample. She went onto prescriptives kibble and voila. It's been almost 5 years and she has not had a crystal or infection since!

Wow, talk about judging people. I can assure you I am not lazy but if I ever get another dog or even cat it will be non shedding. I have no allergies I simply don't like the mess. How arrogant are your statements! To assume people who don't want mess are lazy. I mean seriously?! That's as bad as saying people who don't mind dogs that shed aren't house proud. Good grief.

It states they are working with the council. Has the council supported the removal of the dogs financially? If not, then they should. The council is saving a lot of money by allowing a private organisation to clean up something they are ultimately responsible for.

What a bizarre thread. The concept of the thread is totally lost on me.

That looks like it would be really handy Andisa.

Would the Maltese be inside with its anxiety issues and the staffy outside? Maybe they should look at crating both inside or sectioning off an area for them inside? (assuming they get a second dog). Might they be just adding to their current issues if they add another dog?

I've seen dogs react the same as what you are talking about. I believe they are submitting to a leader. In the case of a trainer, they have knowledge of behaviour traits and temperaments as well as other clues that would allow them to assume leadership control in a short period. Many dog owners have no conceptual understanding of canines or their behaviour and so they would lack the ability to assume a respectful leadership role in such a short period of time.