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I have one who will eat kangaroo and one who can't stand it. She actually 'dry reaches' when smelling it!

I'm not sure what the 'raw egg thing' is! I feed my dogs a raw egg about once a week, two have the shell as well (I break it up with the egg) but one doesn't.

Update on Will. Looks very RR cross to me! In the video the vet says that it was probably the best thing that happened to him, sadly I would have to agree. http://www.news.com.au/national/will-the-puppys-new-girlfriend-is-a-beauty-named-bonnie/story-e6frfkvr-1226233668151#ixzz1i3owNuZO

I found it here. Not sure if this is where the OP gets it from. Love the flavours, sounds like something I would eat!

So much wrong with that statement it is hard to know where to start! Am I the only one reading it as, if I get attack by any other breed other than a pitbull, it's not as serious? So therefore the consequences for the owners is less?

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You can see from my quote that is taken at 2.55pm and now the same article has been updated at 3.55pm which now states that authorities have confirmed that it is a bull terrier cross. Probably a bit of back tracking there, not unusual for that paper. Fair enough, was just putting the quote up to stop the pit bull comments. Sorry if you thought I was having a go at you I still find it horrific they keep dragging up the attack on the 4 year old who died, it must be horrible for the parents to see that everytime there is a dog attack --Lhok No apology necessary! Just find it interesting that their first thoughts go to pitbull and are quite happy to run with it. Other articles often say breed unknown... It appears that they are happy to take the first eyewitness that they come across and run with their version until they get the correct one! I agree about poor Ayen, it must be horrible for her parents, you would think that the journalists would be a bit more respectful and not include full blown pictures of her and her family. Our council rangers won't come out after four pm for a wandering dog unless it is an attack or the dog is injured. This is something that we should be looking at changing IMO. As well as a graduated fine for every time a dog is found to be wandering. Rather than singling out breeds.

You can see from my quote that is taken at 2.55pm and now the same article has been updated at 3.55pm which now states that authorities have confirmed that it is a bull terrier cross. Probably a bit of back tracking there, not unusual for that paper.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/dog-mauls-tot-good-samaritan-in-burnside-attack-in-melbournes-west/story-e6frf7jo-1226197826630 Rather long story so I didn't quote the lot, but the picture shows a bull terrier cross and the dog is registered as a bull terrier cross, but somehow authorities have confirmed it is a pitbull cross? I'm confused Hope the toddler is ok

Aggressive, dangerous, out of control dog. From my experience anyway ;)

A friend I had up there always had air con on 24/7 for most of the year, so if your dog is an inside dog, you should be fine! Her power bills were enormous

That is so beautiful. Nothing warms my heart more than a rescue dog who finds happiness.

It would be an easy argument to win especially as at a guess I would think that about 99% of people just pop down to Bunnings and buy a sign. A lot of these type of law arguments are based on what a 'reasonable' person would do. Also I have never actually heard that one of these signs being used against a dog, has anyone else? It seems like an armchair lawyers opinion edit: Mrs RB sums it up nicely, I typed and didn't hit reply before going to another site!

That's interesting, years ago when I was in remote WA, our JRT x ate a lasagne tin foil dish (not all of it). We watched and waited but he was fine! Due to our location, there was no vet for over 1000km so he would have met a sad end had he had a reaction. We joked that he could produce some silver bullets but we found nothing! Obviously he dissolved it, things you learn.

Hi GoldenGirl85 - the program is tailored to each dog's personality/behaviour and does require you to complete a questionnaire specifically designed to give Steve this feedback so the program I have for Skye would not neccessarily fit others. It is all about learning the triggers for your dog's behaviour and practising within their comfort zone before taking it "on the road". Skye was neither food nor toy driven in a reactive state so consequently I had a dog that I could not take in to a training class let alone walk past other dogs on the street without a reaction - she had no ears and her only purpose in life was to either play (as a puppy) or aggressively react to other dogs in the near vicinity. Skye is also not fear/aggressive so consequently it has all been about embracing the drive she has and finding her passion which is a tug toy. Due to the training I have done with Steve's guidance (we live in WA so all our communication is by email) Skye is now seeing me as more valuable than other dogs and she is coming along in leaps and bounds. I honestly cannot praise this program enough - Skye is my 5th GSD and my most challenging so even with the experience I have had with my previous dogs, I was at a loss as to how and make it work for Skye and me. Thankfully we have found the answers. Is very good you is having improvment, but you saying is better for the email training that hire trainer in person yes? Surely I thinking must be trainer in WA to help on this problem? Joe I don't know any of SkyeGSD circumstances but being from WA I know that most of the trainers here are extremely 'positive' and food driven trainers, not that there is anything wrong with that but if that has been exhausted there isn't a lot of choice to switch to a different type of training. Also, WA is a big place with a small population. I live over 600km away from the nearest dog trainer that can help with behavioural problems.

I have found it here. I haven't used the site and there may be others. http://www.greenpet.com.au/products/PETZLIFE-ORAL-CARE-.html

Have seen statements from Councils saying that they won't accept DNA evidence, but it can be used by a lawyer as breed evidence, so I don't think they would take it even if a vet gave them the same DNA evidence that you could hand them Well, I don't think that it will be long until Victoria has it's first court case.

I understand that people don't really trust the DNA testing, and I have seen posts saying that it won't stand up in court. But would getting the vet (as an independent person to say that this DNA comes from this dog)to do a DNA test satisfy council?

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/breeder-ordered-to-pay-for-sick-puppy/story-e6frg143-1226134213489 A COURTROOM battle over a sick puppy named Eddie has cost a backyard dog breeder more than $5000. Fay Armstrong was ordered to pay damages over the dog she sold to a customer after it became ill. She appealed the decision but this week the District Court threw out her bid to have it overturned and also ordered her to pay additional legal costs. Ms Armstrong, 57, this year became the first person forced to sign a declaration to never sell diseased animals following numerous complaints about her breeding operation. The landmark legal action was lodged by Consumer Protection. Last year, Ms Armstrong was told she would have to compensate Fiona Schneider for the money she spent on Eddie and for the distress the sale caused. In 2008, Ms Schneider bought the golden retriever pup from Ms Armstrong, who claimed the dog was a pure bred and had been vaccinated. But a few days after the sale, the canine became sick and required substantial veterinary care. It had contracted parvovirus. Ms Schneider told PerthNow she had launched the legal action after Ms Armstrong refused to take any responsibility for Eddie's condition and also refused to pay half the medical bills. In November 2010, a magistrate ordered Ms Armstrong pay $4779.19 in damages. However, she appealed the decision. This week, District Court judge John Wisbey dismissed the application and ordered she pay additional legal costs. Ms Schneider said she was pleased with the latest ruling but feared the battle may not be over. She explained that in court the 57-year-old threatened to take the matter to the Supreme Court. "I understand why people don't want to take legal action in cases like this," Ms Schneider said. "This has gone on for three years. I am still trying to get the original costs. "But I did it because I just felt I had to stand up to her and I didn't want this to happen to anyone else. "If she had of agreed to pay half the medical bills I probably would have left it but she dug her heels in and I felt she shouldn't be allowed to get away with this."

Just a question regarding hayfever, is it the same symptoms as humans? My big girl has been sneezing a LOT the last couple of days, this morning she had what I can only describe as a sneezing fit but seems ok now, just the occasional sneeze. She doesn't have a runny nose or watery eyes, that I can tell anyway!

No they were only attached to each other not the owner,he was riding ahead on his bike and they followed behind. Not something that I would do, the possibilities of things that could wrong are too high. But as I said, would be no good for my dogs who manage to get themselves tangled up with separate leads held by separate people.

Why don't people recognise their limitations? I would love a fluffy dog, they are gorgeous but I recognise that I am not the type of person who likes to groom so I stick to short coated breeds. I am not even that bothered by my own hair!

Were the dogs attached to the bike as well? I am thinking that if I put a tether between my dogs without a lead to lead them, they would soon get tangled up and wouldn't get too far

I also have this problem, sigh. I also drive my dogs out bush and walk them there. My issue now is that I feel bad that I am not getting them out and about with random people enough. They are almost 2 years old and I feel like I am letting them down socially. I have just started walking again in our area with a stick (about once a week) but I really have to work myself up to it! Also, why is it that the bigger dogs will cower away from a stick, but the smaller dogs just keep coming? In my experience anyway.

Wow, is Ms Crawford the work experience student? Surely if, as the HeraldSun, has said on many occasions that there a hundreds of pitbulls running around, why would bikies spend thousands importing more?? 102 'staffies' brought into the country, no indication of breed, were some peoples pets? 29 brought into WA, 31 into NSW last year seems to indicate that NSW actually has the highest number of imports (I know that that was last years numbers). Her story says that WA is the import destination for these 'staffies'. 19 so far in WA this year (highest in Australia), but no mention of how many in any other states (could be 18 in Qld for all we know). Can't believe she was paid to write that and an editor chose to publish it, just embarrassing for them.