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Haven't read responses but our previous council (greater shepparton vic) was 2 dogs and 2 cats. Our current council is Moira Shire. I am still iffy on the rules, but I think its the same for residential areas. We are classed as rural, so we are allowed something like 4 dogs and 6 cats, or maybe the other way round LOL. I so pay attention, don't I? We still have to register them with the council here and de-register them with the old council. Although I wouldn't plan to have any more than 2 dogs, once we have a stable-r environment (we are in the middle of trying to purchase a house) so like 5 years down the road, if my dream breed became available, its nice to know I am "allowed" to get it rofl. And its also good for the odd stray we may end up with that may be with us till we get a good home. As I had that problem before when I had two private fosters (i.e. it was my responsibility to find them a new home) so since it wasn't under my friends "business rescue" I was told I was keeping one dog illegally, and ended up having 3 days to find it a new home, or else they would of impounded it, luckily the sun was shining upon her, and the lady down the road took a great love to her and gave her a beautiful home, where I still got to see her walking past daily

Yes, it would be nice to see a whole bunch of little fluffy puppies and have a pat, but if they really want to do that, why don't they visit a registered breeder, have a pat and get it out of their system, and if they want money, why don't they try putting their efforts in obtaining dogs into working, or doing a drophsip business or something that actually can't hurt living things. The thing that gets me is it is actually getting really bad in Aus, people are getting these little fluffy crossbreeds that turn into big dogs, then either get out or are dumped. They have then become feral, there is a whole class of feral dogs, especially in the more outback areas, and these are crossbreeding with dingos, so soon enough we may not even have many purebred wild dingos left, just feral crossbred dogs. Try a petting zoo, not a registered breeder. Most would baulk at having random strangers and their children over to "get it out of their system". I could not think of anything worse and the consequences are just far too big. There are a whole lot of legitimate reasons for crossbreeding and breeding unregistered dogs. Being a registsred breeder does not make one ethical, some are but some hide behind those that do the right thing, lumping themselves in with "I'm a registered breeder just like her." I could not think of ANYTHING more terrifying than animal rights groups and the RSPCA being responsible for legislation for animals in this country. Please tell me this is a joke? Dumped medium sized white fluffies finding their way into the outback and cross breeding with Dingoes on a large scale? And these MWF are a whole class of feral dogs? We have wild dogs and Dingoes a plenty and have had some huge problems with them this year, but if there are white fluffy anythings about I havent seen them or heard of them from anybody else. Hi, Not sure exactly what the big consequence you were talking about. Nor the legitimate reasons for unregistered dogs being bred & crossbred, I would love more information/links on this. I may have stuffed up in the word out of the legislation bit. I meant the money currently being hauled in to the rspca could be used for a mass desexing program and to push "clout" which the rspca have to making the courts consider further laws, not for the rspca or any animal rights groups to be in charge of, I think it should be a conjoined thing between the dogs sa/vic/nsw etc and the appropriate state governments. I, myself, also think that putting anyone in the leftwing animal rights category or pounds/rspca/lostdogs in charge of such a program would be very bad, as they themselves are biaised already in certain areas with their own "rules/laws". I never said anything about medium white fluffys. I said they buy fluffy puppies, as per the other thread somewhere, most people these days do not know what a newfoundland, wolfhound, great dane is. And I just meant that they are cute little puppies, my pups a short haired breed, and its still cute, fluffy and little. So they buy these breeds from whereever, have no idea what the animal is (like the surge of adult/teenage groodles being dumped/surrended of late) and once it starts growing they realize it isn't going to stay a little puppy, and that its getting huge, bigger than the little puppy it began with, and stuff like what is currently happening to the dingo population, happens. Its been happening for decades, but its getitng towards breaking point. Heres two links: http://nativewildlifesanctuary.com/wordpre...w-post-dingoes/ http://www.australiaforum.com/travel-quest...-wild-dogs.html

Maybe I am somehow not looking properly, and she was a male the entire time? LOL. I keep checking...but no, looks female to me. When we were on our way out yesterday, she started "humping" my leg, really going for it. At the time, I was "nudging" her out the way of the gate. I.e. gently pushing her backwards and holding her there with my foot, as she tends to try to dart through doors at the last moment and has almost had her skinny neck squished a couple of times, she gets commands at the same time, and if she does it, lots of positive reinforcement. Multi-tasking thats me, anyway, when I moved her back from the gate this time with my foot, she just wrapped her legs round it and started humping. Actually took me till I was in the car to actually realise....umm, did my female just hump me? I flipped her over, as if to confirm that yes indeed she is a female, when I noticed this small amount of what looks like yellow/fluro green discharge sitting at the outer bit of her "ahem" sort of like sick kid mucous. So....can someone explain to me 1. Why my female dog humped me (shes 9 1/2 weeks, so I would think heat is out, does that only leave dominance, that she was annoyed at the upper hand of the shoe keeping her from being beheaded and wanted her power back? ) and what the discharge is? (vaginitis is the only thing I can think of but I thought that looked different?) I haven't noticed any discharge today, nor humping, just the one time for both things, she also had a bath today with Malesab, as she had a flea infection from her previous place, and her skin also had some kind of dermatitis. We waited till the flea stuff had done its job, so now shes had a lovely bath and is nice and clean, so will continue to monitor for any discharge, but thought I would add this incase its connected with something to do with the dermatitis/dandruff/itching. THanks

They usually won't need a furminator whilst they are that young, and in some breeds,even not when they are older. I wouldn't suggest using it that much, as well, as puppies usually dont shed much so if you are being really technical then for the moment they would be counted in the nonsheeding veriety, which you shouldn't use on that type, as you can shed out hairs they actually need. Also don't use it in the same spot, as it can create baldness over time. We have one, the purple one meant for cats, and use it every so often on our birmans, especially their darn tails, they have monkey tails that wrap around you and leave this ivy trail of hair lol. The lady at the petshop said if I purchased this one brush I wouldn't need to use anything else, which is another lot of phooey, luckily I knew that at the time, so just ignored her. I always have a slicker brush, one with the needles as close together as possible and with the little plastic knobs on the end (like hairbrishes sometimes have on the end of their needles) I use this as my main brush, also for my cats (since my dogs are both shorter haired) I have a pair of mainure scissors (meant for humans) these are small delicate, and have a bulbous circle/rounded end, I use this for snipping any mats/poo off and generally todying up. The de-shedder is for shedding, not for brushing, which is why, when you open their packet, you will see something that says similar to "do not use this if your animls has matts, burrs, dermatitis, sensitive skin, blah blah blah, instead they pretty much sounds like they want you to see a professional groomer eahc time before using the de-shedder, so they can be professionally groomed....then you can use the de-shedder. ROFL. Instead, a good slicker brush (like I mentinoed above) and a pair of bulbous/rounded end scissors will do. The Slicker for general everyday grooming/dematting etc, and the de-shedder (once a week to once a month , depending on the type of breed you have) to take care of the extra hair. I would suggest googling the de-furminator and going to their main US? based site, theirs a bunch of videos on there, even inside the packaging it actually tells you to go to there for further manual/video. If you still want one, get the small blue one meant for small dogs/puppies/cats. The one I got from petstock cost somewhere round $55-60. I would suggest a slicker, and maybe something like a zoom groom or silicone glove thing would do for now though hun, once they get a little bigger and ther coats thicken up, then that would be a good time to purchase the furminator, they are very good quality and will last a long time. HTH xxx

I don't hate them, I just think they could be doing a lot "more" with their power, and I think that people that work there should have a love of animals. I used to volunteer there, when I was originally wanting to become an inspector, I got told that the best thing I could do right now is volunteer there for a year or two, at nearly full-time capacity before I would be considered for moving further up in the ranks. So I volunteered the best I could outside my normal job, but wasn't getting up anough hours to be considered, and if I had quit my working job, I would of had no money to live on, thems the breaks. I also couldn't stand-by watching the dogs get euthanised, and it was sending me very very poor lol. At the last minute, I always tried to save a dog, I think I stopped about 10-11 all up from being euthanised from my end (including 5 of them I had to pay adoption fees myself at something like $250 a pop) the other few they let go free, I ended up finding good homes for all of them. Everytime someone came in, I deliberately showed them the ones whom were due to be put down soon. It got to the point where I was stressing about every dog that could possibly be put down, and wasn't "earning my keep" with the roster jobs I was meant to do, instead trying to get every dog adopted, I became a wreck. I also couldn't handle the hoses, lol, you wouldn't believe the amount of muscle and weight you have ot have to use those, I nearly got quite hurt one time with those things! Overall I am not cut out being that close to the frontlines, I have too much empathy, which in that situation, is a very bad thing. I saw dogs whom were happy, healthy chipper and friendly being put down, whilst dogs that had some agression and other problems were kept on extra days. There was also quite a number of times, people had enquired about one dog, asked its approximate due date, come back before then, only to be told the dog had already been euthanised. Those ones upset me the most. I think the last straw was when I was asked if I was willing to do a personal favour for one of the vets. One of the dogs had come in and needed a quite space after her desexing (the owner scheduled the desexing then phoned the receptionist whilst there were doing it to say he didn't have the money and wanted to surrender the dog or something) and the backrooms were full, the vet asked if I could possibly look after her till it heals. I said yes, took her home, pampered her, and of course, fell in love with her, so when she was healed up, they wouldn't her brough back in, and wanted to do their general tests, I explained whilst the testing was going on, that I was planning to adopt/keep her. She failed the temperment test, lord only knows why, as she was a sweetie, and had showed no signs of any aggression. I fought, but no use, apparently the form Ihad signed at the beginning basically said she belonged to the rspca and I was just holding onto her for after surgery care. She got put down, and it broke me. I quit. I never even got to see her again after she went in to the room for the test. I only have only blurry photo of her playing on her big pillow with a toy.

Oh but don't you know? They are "just" dogs *big roll of eyes* and breeding is the new in thing. Its like someone asking if they can borrow your iphone to look at. I think that everyone whom gets an animal from anywhere should be checked to make sure they are all there, a lot of the people that have asked regarding Lila's "entireness" (including a final word of saying "but we'll split the profits!") don't seem to be "all there". I get very touchy on the subject of people whom treat animals as some sort of amusement/novelty/toy. My brother, unfortunately, is one of them. I have watched a great deal of animals go through his hands, without them being seen again. Never dogs though, I guess they are too much of an annoyance to him to begin with. A great deal of rabbits seemed to succumb to one problem or another under his hands And he bought them all for the amusement of his daughter, whom I'm afraid is going to end up showing the same disregard and intolerability that he has shown. Yes, it would be nice to see a whole bunch of little fluffy puppies and have a pat, but if they really want to do that, why don't they visit a registered breeder, have a pat and get it out of their system, and if they want money, why don't they try putting their efforts in obtaining dogs into working, or doing a drophsip business or something that actually can't hurt living things. I just honestly wish I could *do* something, you know? If I had the room and the people, I would take in every stray and crossbreed in the ocuntry, then the monies for pounds, and for places like commercial rescues, and rspca could put their money towards law/legisilations (sp?) and stopping any more crossbreeding apart from where it is medically relevant (and must supply good evidence/reason, which 99.99 per cent of the time there isn't, especially not in the last 100 years anyway) and having all pets (not shows/breeders) desexed. The thing that gets me is it is actually getting really bad in Aus, people are getting these little fluffy crossbreeds that turn into big dogs, then either get out or are dumped. They have then become feral, there is a whole class of feral dogs, especially in the more outback areas, and these are crossbreeding with dingos, so soon enough we may not even have many purebred wild dingos left, just feral crossbred dogs. Whoa, I got way off the subject lol. Thats me when I follow a train of thought, hubby calls it the "Dr House" effect rofl. Anyway, someone should deliver a healthy slap to one of these people to see if its similar to a trance, and they might wake up out of it, lol. WHom do you lobby about changing the laws of Aus in regards to animals though? And does it actually ever work?

We washed it under cold water outside. The vets are opened tommorrow for a short period, so unless the swelling goes down, we'll take her in tommorrow. If she shows any other signs though, I have the contact for the vet on call. Would love to know if there anything else I should watch for, or do for the wound. I was thinking if I cleaned and bandaged it, she would more than likely just attack the bandage? xxx

I spoke to my parents at length, but they are not able to offer her a foster They have had foster dogs through there for a while, and my Dad now has a new job thats keeping him out quite late, and my mother cannot give the time needed for two dogs The last one that went through them was quite a dominant male, so its lessened Bellas excitement over playmates, so they are concentrating on her for the moment. I just wish I was closer to help out. I would try what the other poster said about breed rescue, she looks like a beautiful dog, and I have such a soft spot for border collies. I am sorry I upset that other poster with a word I used, I was daydreaming back to something that happened a while ago, and it hit a raw nerve. Since I am so far away, theres not much help at all I can be, but if theres anything you can think of that I could help out with, let me know and I will try my best. I hope she finds a beautiful new home where she is loved for every second xxxx

hrrmmmph. Thats like the lady on FB on my local buy,swap, and sell. Shes looking for a mala pug? I think it was to mate with her pug x god knows what, because "her dog really wants to mate and she wants puppies" I think I sat there stunned for quite a while. There seriously should be permits to breed a dog. They should start of with something simple, like filling out a 50 page form and submitting to council for a permit. THAT would put most of those people off as there even to lazy to fill out a form. Just something like that, where upon submitting your pretty much guaranteed a permit, as long as you fill out the form, would probably dwindle numbers quite considerably. Most of these people that do this sort of thing, do it because they are bored, want a bunch of cute little puppies that they don't have to look after and whom they won't have to watch grow up. :D A lot of work goes into the gourgeous pedigree puppies that are properly bred, and these ppl just come along grab two random dogs and say "mate!" and think thats all there is to it. I must of skipped over this part, but where did they get their dog from? A lot of breeders from here I know have oral or contract agreements stating if you are not showing/breeding the dog (which then they will usually do a proper brackground check) then you must have hte dog desexed? But maybe I have it all wrong It just makes me sad when I hear people deliberately trying to breed dogs with no thought to the time, stress, money and very much hard work involved. People should understand its a job only for professionals, and that the proper dogs are worth waiting for. There is nothing like a properly bred pedigree dog that has had years of love and dedication put into that breed. And maybe one day I will be lucky enough to own my big beautiful shaggy dream breed. Now that is very much worth waiting for.

Hi Everyone, The dog has had something else happen to her (she is the queen of all mischief makers!) for those that don't know, about 2 weeks ago (this is our 18month old, not the puppy btw) she got into one of our moving boxes that we were bringing in to the house, and munched up some mosquito repellants, a call to the poisons line, vets, hubby getting out of work and a rush to the vets for them to pump her tummy were all fun. Stupid dog has a stomach of iron, and eats everything, but I wasn't taking chances, luckily she was fine, after that she somehow managed to get the flea spray down from on top of the filing cabinet (still cannot figure out how she did that!) luckily she chewed the handle and all she did was spray her cheek rofl. ANYWAY HERES TODAYS PROBLEM: We hjust got back from a quick trip out and noticed a "wound" on her foot. I'm about to call the vets, but since its Easter Weekend, I have doubts as to whether they will be open until Wednesday. Its on her right foot top of hte paw, JUST in front of her "knuckle" its like a swollen mini ball, about half a marble size, the hair there is missing, skin seems to be free and clear of any puncture marks (so I don't believe its anything like a nail or snake) the skins clear, and it looks like if you just kept scratching you hand back and forth till it starts to get those little tiny blood dots, but not bleeding if you get what I mean. Shes not limping, but I think (I may be looking to closely) tat she still maybe more leaning towards her left side, but there is no sign of limping. Its not bothering her, apart from when I tried to look at it, then she kept trying to pull her paw away and was licking it, and doing that mini chomping/gnawing thing on it. Does it seem to warrant holdiay outside of hous/proper emergency care? Shes eating and drinking fine, doesn't seem bother elsewise, her co-ordination is fine, shes has energy, is happy playing and jumping round. Also, should I clean it? What should I clean it with? Should I try to bandage it? We will still see the vets, just what to do meantime? If she shows any other signs, we will become the fastest ambulancein the world and call and wake every vet in the region lol, but Iam not sure i right now it warrants emergency care?

Where abouts in SA are you? Only reason I am thinking is because my parents are in SA, and I hate dog abuse, they dislike it too, They have a whippet x Kelpie female about 12 months old. If shes okay with other animals, and the odd chance you are near them, I could perhaps convince them to at least foster her, and we would get her treated for her foot. My parents are out near Tanunda. They spoil their dog rotten lol, and have been on the lookout for a playmate for her.

There you go, thanks Stormie! I couldn't remember the full details apart from it was normal and the going into "overdrive" when puppys got some sort of upset. I hope Pups okay, and remember to update us

I haven't ead the replies, but just wanted to say a few things. 1. My DH lived over there for a bit, and his family purchased a "meat pup" from the markets, took it home and kept it as a pet. The thing as blind, sevely malnouished, and well I have seen sluaghterhouse cows in a lot better condition, so even if they are used as food, there are still standards that should be abided by. IMO the whole thing should be banned and jail fo doing so. 2. The state of those "crammed" cages is something you can never forget...ever. Imagine you gabage bin, and how sometimes you get to the point whee you jump on cram down the stuff inside, then you still have bits of bags hanging out and the lid doesn't close fully.....thats what its like. The dogs are shoved in there like some sort of squishable tetris, there are dogs upside down, ones with their paws broken hanging out, its absoutely horible and sends rethcing though my system. Some of these dogs you can still see the obvious owners colla on, a lovely blue collar with gold medallion. An obviously cared for dog. The whole thing is sickening, but I don't get most things today, like bulls ball soups where they have the bull run, sheeps eyes or fogs legs being a delicacy. The place in Sydney that has live scorpion matinis and cockroach stew, with lovely ant incecream fo dessert. We are tuning every animal into some sort of delicacy/rite/ritual/novelty. Ok, Ive ranted enough. xxxx

This is MO, and from simila situations including a recent one with our new little girl. If the mucus is like clear spit (like someone just spat on the ground) this is usually the anal sac gland, and is good, it means the puppies system is doing its job. When there is an upset of some sort, sometimes the anal glands go out of whack (I foget the whole scientific version right now) and poduce more than neccessay of the "mucus", this too is normal. If the "mucus" you talking about is yellow o some othe colour, its something else. Soft poos (mild diarhea/pudding poos/formed but moussy/soft formed) are usually the cause of some sot of tummy bug/upset. Has she possibly eaten something in the backyad o on one of her walks? As this is pobably the most likely case. If she is still acting normal, and not dizzy/vomiting or lethargic, and its not watery squits poos, its usually nothing seious, but still should be checked out. The usual thing to do as soon as something akin to this is noticed, is to first give the tummy a "rest" and fast her, usually ovenight is okay for tiny puppies, lager puppies and adults should be fasted fo upto 24hours, to rest the belly, someone here should have moe info on ages and how long. Still provide water every 15 minutes, and keep a good eye on the poos, even something like eating hair of the carpet can get serious as the hair can get wapped aound the intestines/bowels? Please excuse any R's missing fom my typing as my keyboard needs a full clean lol. After tha feasting times feed puppy 3-4 times a day, so small meals frequently, and feed rice & cooked chicken (no bones of course) I usually go the exta step and make it a bit moe stewy by adding fresh cold water and a touch of hydralite (or the doggy equivalent I think is pedalite?) but this is usually unneccessary, my dogs tend to be fussy to drinking any water when they are sick, so this just insures they still get hydration, me being sneaky! The chicken and rice is bland and good for stomach settling. Once you have seen the vet, and if she says everything is okay, she will usually give you a timeline of when to evese back to the normal food. I find keeping a poo diay of exactly when they have done there poos and a big desciption of what it looked like (I usually poke and dissect it, to make sue no woms/hairs etc, gross, but helps) I don';t usually take this notation" in with me, but writing it down helps me remembe it, and helps me give a good summay to the vet. If the vet says its pobably a tummy upset, o similar after a couple of days, if the poo hasn't fomed up, you could ty a little canned pumpkin in its food, pumpkin usually helps with firming up the poos. If I think of anything else, I will come back. Sending you good wishes xxxx

Haven't read the replies but... if they like kids with personalities, they would adore mine! I'm terrible with grammar and with spelling when typing, as my brain exceeds my finger speed ROFL. I have a writers brain where upon what I think right at that moment all needs to be spat out right that second, often with disastrous results towards my spelling, and I hate having to re-read what I write, Jackie French is my idol! Her original book came to the publishers and one person took it out saw all the spelling mistakes and the e's put in by hand (her wombat destroyed the e key) and went to read it out to the office thinking it would be hilarious, next thing everyone in the office is gripped by the book, in 15 years shes written over 100 books, plus columns, articles etc, and all because she can't slow down her typing/reading. Brilliant inspiring woman! But yeah, I must admit when I see ads with either grammar errors or people saying "coms wif a supa suppli" I stop reading lol.