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Me too! I really like the name though and that movie is Hilarious. I have a 7 month old Golden Retriever, jealous that you will be experiencings fluffy, gorgeous Golden Retriever Puppyness.... make sure you take heaps of photos and especially videos because they get so big so quick, my boy is 28kg already! (and he's definitely not fat) Everyone else's puppies sound so gorgeous too

Just wanted to say that I hope everything went ok with the litter

I chose Murphy, I think it suits the little fella and it is a strong name and one that isn't very common....

I agree with all these things, before we got our puppy I was definitely opposed to dogs inside, dogs on the bed etc because that's how I was brought up. But we have Snowy Pup inside with us most of the time when we are home now, even if we just have the back door open and he knows he can come in if he wants most of the time he is happy to sit on the back deck or come in and lie on his blanket and play with his inside toys. I definitely didn't want dogs on the bed but now when we get up in the mornings Snowy comes inside and up onto the bed for cuddles. He sleeps outside but we have an old high-set queenslander and all under the house is covered and dry and partially built in so it's like he has his own granny flat!

Oooooh Baby puppies! Here are my favourites and their meanings Girls Aislinn (pronounced Ashlinn I believe) - a dream, vision or inspiration Avalina/Evelyn - lively, pleasant Bonnie - pretty girl Ciara - black and mysterious Enya - Little fire Keelia - Slender, fair Kella - Warrior Mairin - Goddess of the sea Seanna - God's grace Shylah - Strong, Loyal to god Boys Arturo - Noble, follower of thor Bryant - Strong Carney - Warrior Finian - Handsome Kael - Mighty Warrior Kierney - Warrior Maddox - beneficient Merric - Ruler of the sea Oscar - jumping fighter Ronan - A pledge Tierney - Lordly Torin - Chief Not sure if you saw the thread I posted on a couple of months ago, I used to live with Andrew (Nadsy) and Sapper (formerly Dimples) they are doing great and Sappy is so so massive now

Congratulations, he is such a cutie! :D

I would really love it if we got a little present on our puppy's first birthday. I might have a different perspective about puppy buyers, myself and my boyfriend bought our first puppy in October from a breeder and I have been in contact with them a couple of times, just photos a few weeks after we got him home, at christmas and recently because he is 6 month old. At first I was hesitant because I thought it might bother or being annoying to the breeders to get emails from me. Maybe your other puppy buyers feel like this too? My breeders were excited to hear from me (as far as I can tell) and seemed to enjoy getting updates. I think I have contacted them maybe 3 or 4 times since we got our dog, no problems jsut keeping them up to date... Maybe people don't realised that some breeders really do want to stay in contact and will be interested in the puppies' lives and don't want to bother anyone...

Thanks heaps for clearing that up for me, that makes a lot of sense. I will definitely be passing along the recommendations of behaviourists I have gotten from here to my friend and hopefully they can sort it out.

Yes the other dog is a male as well, pretty sure he is an Amstaff, they are both desexed. Just a quick question for those who have responded and don't agree with the behaviourist's advice, why is this? Genuine question, I have no idea about dog training or psychology or anything...

I just watched it online as well and completely loved it. It is so unbelievable the stuff that some dogs are capable of.

I assume so, she said that she had called up a behaviourist, I don't think she knows any in a social capacity so I am guessing she got a recommendation from her vet or from a friend. I could find out. Should she maybe call another to get a second opinion?

I don't think keeping them seperated would work where they are as they are just on a regular suburban sized block in Brisbane which wouldn't be able to be split into different areas properly due to the position of the house and while the dogs are inside/outside dogs I don't think they would be able to keep one inside all the time. My friend was told by the behaviouralist that if they decide to rehome him to make sure he goes to a new owner that doesn't already had a dog because although he has been good with dogs in the past (before this issue) they wouldn't want to cause problems in the new home if Harley tried to assert his dominance against an existing dog.

Hey Everyone, I really hope no one flames me for this but I have some friends who are thinking that they have to rehome their 3YO desexed Male SBT called Harley, I don't think he has papers. He is a great dog in most respects, really well trained and obedient, good with kids and most dogs but they are having problems with him and their other older SBT. The older SBT has always been the dominant one or the boss one but the younger one seems to be vying for top position lately and has instigated a few fights with the other dogs which has resulted in costly vet bills. My friends are concerned as they have a 5 month old baby and they really don't want to give up this dog because they love him but they also don't want him to be hurting the other dog or possibly putting the baby at risk. They have talked to a Dog behaviouralist about the issue to try to work it out and they have suggested several things like making sure the older dog always gets fed first to show the other one that the older one is the boss dog, the behaviouralist told my friend that she could come out and do one on one training with them and that it would have to be done with the one person (either my friend or her husband) to be consistent but my friend's husband is in the army and goes away often so wouldn't be able to do so and as my friend has a 5 month old baby it's a bit hard for her too. They really love this dog and they really want to find a good home for him, they have told their vets about it and they are keeping an ear out for people interested but I was wondering if any of you guys had any ideas on what they should do. If they can keep him they really want to as long as it's not putting the other dog or their family in danger (say if they were outside and the dogs started fighting for example). Thanks

Thanks everyone for the tips, I will try the vicks thing next time I think because I'm sure mum already has that in the cupboard, if that doesn't work I will see if mum would mind having most of the pot plants in an area together so we can barricade it off, if not I will try some of the other tips, the water balloon idea sounds good too, I will just have to pay attention and make sure I get the popped balloon as soon as he pops it or he will eat it This forum is great for tip and handy stuff to know, even if you don't make your own post, I have been just looking at all the posts to get ideas on stuff, recommended it to the other people at my puppy class in case they have problems or want to learn stuff too

Thanks for the tips everyone, I will see if I can get some of the stay off garden stuff from the supermarket or a pet store tomorrow, we are heading home then so it won't be an issue for a little while. Yeah he never does it when we are out there with him, just sneakily when we are inside... still love him to pieces though

Hey Everyone, I have a 6 month old Golden Retriever, he has a lovely habit of ripping up pot plants. This isn't an issue normally as we don't have a very nice garden (mainly just lawn and trees) and don't have pot plants but when we stay at mum's place it is a problem. I understand that he is just a puppy and just playing and I tried searching for posts that would help address this issue but mainly all I could find was advice to fence off the area, with pot plants this isn't really suitable. It would also be hard to move all the pot plants to a safer area when we come visit because there are heaps of them and some are quite heavy. Has anyone had success with the products that claim to get puppies and dogs to stay off gardens? If we catch him in the act we can say 'NO' but if we don't see him there is no point doing that as he won't understand why we are mad or disciplining him right? He has heaps of stuff to play with in the yard as I bring his toys up and there are always heaps of palm fronds that he can play with and drag around the place (these seem to be his favourite toy) and we take him to the beach every day and stuff. Maybe I will have to not bring him up to Visit mum till he is a little bit older but I don't really want to have to do that as he loves it up here and mum loves seeing him... Would really appreciate any help and advice you guys would have for me.

I like this Idea, my boyfriend is in the Army also and he is in the Combat Engineering Regiment and the rank of private is called Sapper so one of his mates called his puppy sapper. I like the idea of finding out his batallion or regiment and their saying or motto, might find something in there too...

My friends just bought a blue SBT puppy as well and at first I was a bit iffy but they then said that got him from a registered breeder and most of the litter were the regular brindle colour and there was only two blue pups and I'm pretty sure they were charging th same for all pups, so I guess not all people selling blue puppies would have to necessarily be bad or unethical...

I watched it because I wanted to see all the cute little puppies, but the advice that he was giving out was pretty crappy. Not that I saw, it didn't really mention anything about where to get puppies from at all.... His toilet training advice was pretty crappy I thought...

Hey I have a 5 month old golden that has gotten a couple of hot spots, the first time was pretty bad and we took him to the vet as he is our first dog (that hasn't been a family dog) so we didn't want to do anything wrong and weren't sure what they were. The next time it happened though we used Curash straight away (after reading all about it on here) after cleaning it with some diluted dettol solution and it cleared up really quickly. I also bought one of those furminator brushes because our Snowy's fur is so thick and we though that it was probably keeping a lot of moisture in his fur as it has been so rainy here lately and he loves going swimming and stuff and since we have been using the furminator he hasn't had a hot spot (not 100% sure it's due to the fuminator but I definitely think it helped). I read that you have an under coat rake so it might be a similar thing... Hope it gets better for you!

This made me cry so much, don't know how people can do that although there are extenuating circumstances... poor little doggies, all the ever do is love their owners and want to be with them all the time...

Hi guys, I only recently joined DOL and I live in Brisbane... can I come along to the meet? My 5 month old Golden loves the beach and it would be great to meet some people from here...

I was curious about this too today as I was reading that other post about the lady with the pup with mange. I had absolutely no idea about it. I just did a topic search and found this thread Blue Staffy Thread It explained things a bit for me....

It makes me happy that everyone on here is so involved and happy about Andrew and Sapper. He deserves some happiness after all the crap his total witch with a b ex-fiance put him through. The boys went through a lot over there and it's nice to see people supporting them.

Well the talk at the moment, nothing set in stone yet, is that they will be going back over sometime next year (2012). Andrew and my boyfriend Tim are in the same section and would be going together. I would be more than happy to look after Sapper as well as our dog Snowy that we have now if he wants me too and we have heaps of friends who also have dogs and would help out if Andrew or I needed them too. We're a pretty tight-knit bunch with all the boys in the army and the girlfriends and wives and stuff so there will definitely be someone to look after Sapper, when the boys are away we all look after each other and I know a lot of the boys that went to afghan last year are not keen on returning so there will definitely be someone willing to help out