Keira&Phoenix

Awesome story. It is so great to see a country who has so much BSL still (although it is dying over there now) using APBT's for these sorts of roles. They are such a driven dog and they love to work, they are perfect for these sorts of things. Thanks for sharing.

Court finished. Decision will be made this Friday at 11 am. Poor Lennox is still stuck in prison while they drag this out.

I am so sorry Jase, you gave him a great 8 years, I am sure he went knowing what true love and a kind hand was. RIP Old mate

My dog had surgery on a luxatting patella, she was back to normal (ie not favouring the leg) in less than 4 months. I would be concerned. Dog may just need some good hydrotherapy to build the leg back up without to much impact. Did a specialist do the work or just your regular vet? I would suggest you go back and see them and possibly get a referral to a good chiro vet or physio and organise some hydrotherapy, it works wonders.

Thinking of you both! Come on Mindy pull through, your Mum loves you and needs you.

Just wanted to add, I do lure coursing here in QLD and the dogs are definitely not muzzled. Actually their collars are taken off as well, they race with nothing on to stop the possibility of your dog getting caught up in the lines that run the lure along. Most dogs are run separately anyways unless you have two dogs that you want to run together.

Exactly Danni. Not a great start.

I do not count what I have been told by VERY good friends as hearsay.

Sounds interesting. Best of luck finding doggies to take part.

Sorry K&P, but I have no idea what you are talking about. Please direct me to any quotes, links or posts where anyone has said or even ALLUDED to pitbulls being a lost cause. Considering I myself am an avid pit bull fan as are a large percentage of the people in the group, I fail to see how you have gotten that impression. Just because people are choosing not to do the same old thing over and over again hoping to get a different result, doesn't mean that we believe pit bulls are a lost cause and we are t in it for them. On the contrary, NOT focusing exclusively on pit bulls is what we believe a better result for that particular breed and ALL other breeds. If you feel that holding a pit bull rally and speaking about pit bulls for three hours will provide a positive result for the dogs and inspire change in the public and the government, then I'm sorry but you are looking at the situation with blinkers on and these laws will be around forever. Oh I am not saying hold a pitbull only rally. I am all for an Anti - BSL rally about protecting ALL breeds of dogs who are in danger, 100% behind that. We will only succeed in saving the already restricted breeds with the help of breeds who are on the chopping block and breeds who are on the chopping block will only succeed with the help of already restricted breeds. I was just pointing out that a large group of people that I know who are PB people have come back saying that people have been not so much anti pitbull but just basically saying that Pitts are a lost cause etc. Sorry I missed the exact spots where it happened as I have been mostly absent off FB but will see if I can get them to show me where it was.

Dog aggression and human aggression are two very different things. ETA - Do you know what breed of dog it was that attacked and killed the pup? Just curious.

Unfortunately I think certain comments in these discussions and rallys have turned Pitbull owners away from the particular rally. There has been a lot of "pitbulls are a lost cause", not really a helpful view to have when we are all supposed to be sticking together and working together for ALL dog breeds.

SK -I purchased a 42" crate from all pet homes. It is decent quality but the 36" that I just bought off a friend is definitely stronger and more durable, not sure where hers came from as it was her parents for their Lab from years ago. I guess it depends on if your dog is going to try and escape or not? Neither of my dogs have really put it through the ringer TBH.

I have heard some horror stories from B&T places similar to Black Obsessions, this has included "helicoptering" a dog ie: spinning it around you by its lead and collar. Not nice at all. So please make sure you research if you do decide to go with a place and ask to watch some of their training sessions to get an idea of how they work. Erny gave you some great advice. I think you really need to decide if it is going to work for YOU. Are YOU willing to put int he effort afterwards. I assist in classes with my dog trainers, I general help out with the reactive dogs. Now I can take the leash from the owners of reactive dogs, hook the dog up to me and have a completely different dog within 10 seconds, because the dog and I do not have the same emotional connection and because I know what I am doing, as soon as I give the dog back we revert to the same behaviour unless the owners can take on what I have shown them and work hard on it and even then it will not be an immediate effect.

I think the OP discounted them because a) they said they were not going to use the dog for showing and b) they indicated that they knew nothing about the breed and provided no reason for wanting that particular breed. If you want to become a show/breeder then you research the breed before you start looking to buy.

Huga!! So sorry I was having a mental blank when you said who you were! What a coincidence we ended up standing next to each other during the Dock diving!! Great photos. Was a really good day and have to congratulate whoever organized the event and set it up, it was really well done, definitely the best dog/pet event I have been to so far this year.

Thanks for sharing. I have heard the story and will be saying a prayer to the doggie gods that sweet Lennox will be going home. Hopefully all the public support and support from celebrities will help to set him free. Best ofluck to Lennox and his owners today.

I was told Safari was in this year. Do you have any of the following models Mrs Deshonko

Awwww what a cutie!!! :D Good on the man for helping it.

I like this idea. Put pictures up on public notice boards, in community halls etc etc etc

Oh Minxy you should definitely come, I would love to see Kyojin again, I bet he is heaps bigger than the last time I saw him!! Big bear he is! Mish will definitely introduce myself before squeeeeing over your puppy..........ok maybe there will be a little squeeing before introductions :D

Naww! How gorgeous, its always fantastic to meet breeds you don't see often.

Oh yay will be good to meet you Alyson! Thanks Daisygirl. Yeah where does the shuttle bus go from, just in case?

Oooo, will look out for you and Sid (mostly Sid as I know what he looks like )

With this in mind. This will hurt owners too. Because now how is Melissa Brown (who got the letter from the Council, the letter which is a couple posts above) going to get a Vet Cert saying her dog is an Amstaff and take it to this meeting? So no the AVA won't be helping the Govt but really leaves anyone with crossbreeds in the lurch seeing as they have no one to say there dog isn't a PB. It's a lose lose situation.