TsarsMum

oh i know this one too well. we thought oh its a nice day lets take our dogs to the beach. I NEVER let my dogs off i had a rotti and more for the stress reasons of letting him off i just did not do it. so we have a nice walk down the beach, on the way back there is a beagle totally loose cant see an owner there is people 100m plus up the beach. so we move away from the beagle up to the deep sand and up the track. so we get a little way up the track and the beage is following so i yell someone come and get there dog (they would have been 50m or so up the beach) and no one comes so im trying desperatly to keep my dogs from anywhere near this dog my rotti is extreamly domminate with other dogs. anyways my daughter tries to catch him as he goes up too her nope, next min my dog had him pinned to the floor (with a halti on) did not hurt it or nothing, i think it was more like a back off now i have had it. i just called his name he let go was less then 10 secs this all happened and finally the dog run off and left us. i was so so mad, i do the right thing and this damm beagle owner could have had there dog killed if my dog was not so obediant. (i think he did it as it was a protect the kids and me) he never hurt it but just told this dog to go away. then some guy was trying to call it but i dont think it was the owners i think they just knew the dog. this beach is dogs must be under control at all times. i was soooooo mad

Sorry i have not read all replys but this is how i feel. 1. i think that if they dont ban puppys in shop windows they should at least make a size restriction. I have seen large dog breeds sold in our local and it just scares the pants off me, one was a pure masstif (thats what they advertised it) and that makes me freak, this is a huge dog and people may not realise the size it will grow and how well it needs to be trained. 2. they need to be held accountable. i know of a lady who fell inlove with a dog in the window and was told oh it will be small to med dog oh not this thing grew to bigger then my rotti. she was not happy but loved the dog so it worked out ok. i love the idea of shelters joined to pet shops. also the person who said about breeders and people looking at pups. I have been looking into a few breeds (i narrowed it to 3 then 2 and now im getting a samoyed ) Now one breed i basicly did not even get replys from breeders (good way to show your breed off) my mate has one and she had the same she nearly gave up and after 1 year she finally got one and it took alot of dedercation. me i was like well ill look eles where thanks. I emailed another breeder and got 1 worded emails back i email a few times and thought nope not bothering with this. i have a few that would email me and then just not bother (i had lots of questions and being a mum i forget and get distracted so email is best) NOW i have found my pup, this breeder has emailed me back answered my questions, send me pics, even skyped with me showed me one of the pups and and older pup. and this is where my money is going. and i CANT WAIT :D

Hi all, well im about too enter into the world of the samoyed with putting down the deposit on a pup. so so nervous. I lost my rotti last year and after deciding between this and another rotti we decided on a samoyed. so i have about 6 weeks to wait. but thats ok