Remarkabull

When no one is home my 2 Bulldogs are outside and the 2 small dogs are inside (although sometimes the JRT chooses to stay out as well). When someone is home they can choose to be wherever they want. They have access to the who,e house and all 4 sleep inside at night. If we are out after dark all 4 stay inside. All 4 dogs can run together and we have no problems :)

She is gorgeous! They make the best faces, my girl has an awesome 'poor me' face :)

I use a cement mixing tray from Bunnings. It's heavy duty plastic and is low and wide so can't be tipped over and the dogs can hop in it if they want to :)

Come on now, no need to back away from it now. Take my comments in their most literal terms, however I am willing to state I do find you an arrogant person, that can be directly associated with the stereotypes myself and others have mention for your sheer disregard for the law and the community you live in. One of those other anuses I have state will see you and your disregard to the law and ask themselves why can't they do the same. It is not up to your judgement when and where the law should be obeyed or enforced nor to give yourself or anybody else the privileged that the law does not apply to you. It does not matter You think your dog is good. It does not matter if your dog IS good. It does not even directly have to do with the behavior you or your dog has in public, What if a bunch of self righteous complainers see you and your dog and report you repeatedly to the council who then impose the law of no dogs in business districts causing your cafe to enforce a regulation of no dogs with a distance of a human consumption premises. And it was all done cause they got a few sly pics of your dog loose and the council had enough of the complaints which would have been unwarranted if you had just clipped a loose lead to his collar.?? You seriously think the haters care if your dog has a lead or doesn't have a lead on as it sits under the table at your local cafe? Who is more of a menace, my dog who sleeps on my foot as I eat my omelet or the two white fluffies on lead, off their heads, barking and trying to tip over the table they are tied to? (True story) Yes Razor dog haters do care if your dog is leashed especially in a cafe, as well as the insurance company of the cafe owner if anything goes wrong. Some people do not like dogs of any type and do not like them being in the front of cafes. Not everyone owns a dog and there are people who would like all dog laws to be very tight indeed. In that cafe you are one incident away from helping them ban all dogs from cafe fronts. If one of those fluffy dogs bites your dog and he reacts guess who will be blamed, the person with the unleashed dog. It's common sense really. In all your waffling on you seem to have forgotten to answer the question. Who is more of a menace, my dog who sleeps on my foot as I eat my omelet or the two white fluffies on lead, off their heads, barking and trying to tip over the table they are tied to? When are you going to understand, its not about menacing, out of control dogs! The law is the law and when people continuously disregard that law then they will bring in even more. It doesn't matter how amazing your particular dog is Razor, the point is there are people out there who have fears (warranted and not, it doesn't matter), people who are petrified of dogs, people who just want to go for a walk and. Not have to worry every time they see an off lead dog and wonder if it is going to approach or not. It's about common decency and empathy for others. I LOVE my dogs. I also think they're special and I can't for the life of me understand how others don't feel the same, but not everyone does of course so, for the comfort of others I don't take them everywhere and I keep them on a lead so they don't cause anyone concern. Just to answer your above question, both of you are being inconsiderate and rude. If I owned the cafe I'd ask the lady to remove her yappy, out of control dogs and I'd also ask you to put your dog on a lead.

BYB bull breed crosses and also lots of Pei and Pitty crosses. There is also a lot of small fluffy cross breeds. Although, in my street there is a Dobe, a couple of Pointers, an ACD, 2 Boxers, a Malamute and a couple of Chi's and Cav's as well as a good mix of the above.

I just wanted to make it clear that I am not at all frightened when I see off lead dogs, although I certainly keep a close eye on them I don't descend into panic. My dogs are friendly and well socialised but I still don't want random dogs just running up to us out of the blue. I used to have a DA dog and my main concern was for the off lead dogs that approached us. I was once walking said dog, with another of my dogs and as I was walking past a house 2 little dogs came running at us flat out. The owner had them loose in her front yard and when she yelled for them to stop one did but the other kept coming. This little dog meant business and was not coming to say hello. I lifted my dog by the collar (all 30kgs of her) to keep her face away from the little dog but the stupid bloody thing leapt at her face and bit her. As expected she grabbed it and shook the sh!t out of it while it was screaming bloody murder. I managed to make her let it go and quickly took her home and then I returned to the house to check on the little dog who was fine, not even a puncture wound. I was abused and blamed for the entire incident and given the usual crap of 'what if it had been a child' etc. So, for me, fear has nothing to do with it. It's just about respect for other people and doing the right thing by everyone else. It's really not a big deal and I think it says a lot about a person when they continuously do something that they know may cause distress to others, especially when its against the law in the first place.

Applying this logic , if i am a superb driver and have a high performance car, I should be able to drive it at any speed I deem appropriate provided I accept the consequences of my driving. And bugger what other people want eh? Bugger the fact that I may cause concern to others who don't know me or my car or my driving. What about the consequences of your risk assessment FOR OTHERS? I hope at least that you carry a leash with you and use it if requested to by oncoming dog owners. This exactly. It doesn't matter that the bond you may have with your dog is so special or that he may be the most perfectly behaved dog in the whole bloody world, other people don't know that and it has an effect on them. When you are doing something, that is illegal, and is possibly causing distress to others and you continue to justify it to yourself and others then that's just selfish.

What about crossing it with a 'white head terrier'? There is a lady on FB selling pups and the sire is a White Head Terrier and that sounds very exotic and rare! Even better if there were Blue Head Terriers :D

I think the thing that really p!$$es people off is the sense of entitlement that people have about having their dogs off lead. Like they're somehow different from the rest of us. I know MY dogs are friendly, and wouldn't hurt anyone and I also know that they have pretty good recall and would never just run away from me but the people out in public don't know that do they? I don't think its fair to the person who is terrified of dogs or the person who has a reactive dog and they are just trying to go for a walk but have to be on edge the whole time and gauge wether or not the off lead dog and its owner approaching them is going to be ok and just walk past quietly or if its going to cause a problem. Like i said in a previous post, I'm not particularly worried about off lead dogs, most are friendly or at least not seriously aggressive but I think its just common sense and decency to have them on a lead unless in a off lead area, for the safety and comfort of others. Not to mention that non dog people don't need any more to complain about and get more restrictions put in place for those of us with dogs.

Depends where the dog show is being held. I've been to a few on public grounds and there were people there with dogs that were not there for the show, myself included once or twice :)

I'm not scared to walk my dogs but I often get the sh!ts at how inconsiderate or just plain useless other people can be. There is a lovely 'lake' near me that has a walking path and kids playground etc and lots of people walk their dogs there. Problem is plenty have them off lead, let them dive ino the lake and terrorise the ducks. Just a few days ago I was walking past the playground and a young crossbreed that was tied up to the playground equipment broke free and attacked a Lab being walked on lead. The Labs owner kicked the other dog and it then came at my dogs but backed off when I stood in front of them. Turned out the dog was with about 4 kids, no adults present and they had no idea how to control this dog. The kids were scared and hopefully this will be a lesson they learn from but who knows? My dogs are bull breeds and although they couldn't fight to save themselves they are at least of decent enough size that I'd have time to do whatever I needed to do to stop an attack (id kill another dog if i had to) before they could be killed.

You can find them on Facebook. Search for NT Leather & Stuff :)

I just had to share this pic of a wallet I had made for my husbands birthday. The dog pictured is our 5 month old Australasian Bosdog 'Arnold'. I think he has done a great job and I can't wait to pick it up later today and see it in the flesh.

It wasn't said to me but I overheard a woman comment as I was walking my 2 Bulldogs past her house (end of my street) "ohh, they're female, we should mate *insert name of generic brindle bull breed cross she was holding on to* with them". I managed to stop myself from saying "over my dead body". Not to mention one of the dogs I was walking is a 5 month old, male pup.

I hope Scout recovers well. Silly dog, what was he thinking? I couldn't be in Dog Squad because if someone stabbed my dog I'd shoot them. I have a much higher regard for the life of a dog than some moron that would hurt them and I'd be a liability to the Police Force. I really hope the police dog recovers too.

Why can't you switch to VAN now? They make a puppy mix and as I have a 4 month old pup here all,of my dogs are being fed this and doing great on it. My pup has been on it since around 10 weeks of age (I started them on kibble but he and his mother don't really like dry food and will walk away from it)

Most I took after whelping box was cleaned Mostly because I'd put them on FB and I suppose I didn't want to gross people out. You're right though, we shouldn't hide the messy side of it :)

Another messy one

I have a couple of messy pics

Not sure about the 'love' thing but I think it can also be relief that someone is giving clear signals and they know what's expected of them. I do some dog grooming from home and I have a number of clients who always seem surprised that their dogs are well behaved without them staying with them. One lady in particular bring 3 small fluffies (2 female, 1 male all entire) and her favourite is the oldest female who is the top dog of the 3. She told me that she loves her more than the others and that its her baby but I have witnessed this dog snap, growl at and just generally ignore this woman. There is no respect there at all. Yet the same dog will wag her tail when she sees me and is perfectly behaved while being groomed and often gives me a little lick or kiss on my face when I'm leaning c,lose to her. She has never growled at me or given me any kind of trouble. I think its as simple as I'm giving clear signals to her and by the way I move and handle her she just knows that I'm not going to accept the behaviour that her owner does.

Simi is my dream dog. She has a great temperament, gets along with other dogs and animals and doesn't require huge amounts of exercise. She doesn't shed a lot and is the prettiest girl in the world. We are completely in love with her and the breed and for the foreseeable future they will be the only breed we will have. This is Simi and Arnold, who is turning out to be as wonderful as she is :)

My first instinct would be to save the dogs too. My reasoning is that my husband and children can swim so unless they were in immediate danger of drowning I'd help the dogs first too. I would also urge my husband to help the dogs before me.

How does anyone know you and your dog are different to any other dog or any other person when they see your dog off leash? If I saw you walking your dog off leash I would take steps to do everything I could to avoid you and your dog and the area you were walking in - so you get to do what you like in that area and the rest of us don't ? How does anyone seeing you walk your dog off leash understand that you are different to them and that they shouldn't also walk their dog off leash in this area ? I have a repsonsibility to keep my dogs and my family safe and a dog off leash is a risk which I shouldn't have to consider - I cant afford to take your word for it that your dog is not going to hurt me or them because the consequences are too great and you already prove you are a high risk because you dont follow the law and could care less for other people and their dogs. And no Im not for people being penalised or having their rights removed because some dont do the right thing - thats the whole point. I can no longer legally take my dog places and do all I used to be able to do with my dog because people like you dont follow the law and more and more laws are introduced. I have dogs and I love them - couldn't live without them but I don't like your dogs and I dont want to have to be manipulated into where I go and what I do by people who think they have more rights than me to free enjoyment of my community. Say what you want, try and justify it all you want - fact is unless its a designated off leash area its against the law and if everyone had followed laws about keeping their dogs restrained we would never have heard of BSL. Where's the like button! This is exactly the point. How does anyone else know that your dog won't rush to them, or that its not aggressive? You are inconveniencing people no matter how amazing your dog is and you dont seem to give a rats a#* about it either. I too would do everything possible to avoid you and everyone else with their off lead dogs as I can't tell you how many times I've heard 'it's ok, he's friendly' or 'she just wants to play' and the said dog is anything but friendly and is trying to incite something a lot more than play. Some of you may remember a few years ago I posted about breaking up a bad dog fight while out walking my dogs. An older SBT (being walked off lead) had approached a young SBT X being walked (on lead) on a public footpath and started mauling it. When we came across this scene it had been going for a while and my hubby took our dogs home and I went to offer asistance. I separated them pretty quickly (despite being told to f%^k off by the owner of the SBT) and advised the owners of the younger dog to get it to a vet ASAP as it had a horrific wound around its neck and throat. The owner of the attacking dog kept saying over and over that 'he's never done anything like this before' and 'he's 9 years old and never attacked another dog'. I told her that she was a fool for having him off lead and that this was her responsibility to pay for the other dogs vet bill. Two days later, as I was driving to work I saw her walking the same dog, off lead

My heart dog was not my first dog, nor was he a childhood pet. I don't think its the age you get them but the way they make you feel and the bond you have with them. I have loved all my dogs very much but I do have much stronger feelings for some more than others. Sarge was the most amazing dog I've known and I can't imagine ever having a dog like him ever again. Almost 7 years since hes been gone and it still hurts and i still miss him. I do believe that you can have more than one special dog though. It's no secret at my house that Simi is my favourite out of my current dogs and Arnold (Simi's son) is a close second.

No. It is irrelevant how well behaved your dog is. It is against the law, yet you frequently do it? It's not acceptable even if you have the most perfectly behaved dog in the world. Why can't people understand this?