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Sounds like you are already attached to her

Lol i love it

I wouldn't recommend a harness at all they are designed for a dog to pull for example sled dogs and search and rescue dogs. Harnesses will just make him want to pull. A normal collar and training training training

ive seen this one on ebay

hoping for good news from the vet

Where i live i personally wouldnt leave dogs in the car with windows up as it is to humid and hot, the other day i seen a 4wd with an akita in it, the window down enough so he could stick his head out but still he was panting heavily. He had an owner with him so i assume the wife or girlfriend just made a quick stop.

That is horrendous!!! I hate the attitude "well close enough is good enough". That is the same reason we have a litter of Greyhound X Whippets down here looking for homes - because they are pretty much the same anyway aren't they??? Arrgghhh! The other week I seen whippets x border collie apparently good working pups

Hahaha have you had a little nibble

You'll get there. I waited 21 years for my first dog. I then owned the best Doberman in the world, well maybe I was a little biased. Well i want to get the best dog but you never know what your gonna get with dogs to many to choose from

Poor pooch how can anyone say thats okay it looks so painful

again - sorry!! We met a spectacular brahman bullock at a recent ag show - he was a riding bullock an part of a show. Tied up peacefully eating his hay - my five year old daughetr was absolutely smitten!! I couldn't drag her away - she had to keep going back just to gaze into his eye and stroke his face again and again - he was enormous!! Im just so sorry i am again lol We often had little kids come up to our sahiwals and ask for pats of course our bulls were the sookiest on the planet and loved the attention. Some little kids were so frightened and i nelt down to there height and showed them it was okay :D. We could also sit on our bulls bums while they were laying down lol this Asian tourist was just amazed and she wanted to sit on him and get a photo lol i think i have seen that guy that rides the brahman although there could be more than one. I just loved going to shows all the interesting people you would meet i guess its the only thing about school i actually miss :D

A year or two and i should be able to get a puppy, ive been waiting for 7 odd years lol

Me too!! I fell inlove with a bull at the ekka last year because we showed a heifer for this man and the bull was across from her and he was the sweetest bull and perfect looking to me he had the big broad head , the boy that showed him told be to be wary as he head butts i said umm well he hasnt head butted me yet im pretty sure he only loved me cause i kept sneaking him little bits of hay

And ear cropping isn't an "unnecessary surgical procedure"? It serves one purpose only in the Dobermann - cosmetic alteration for the owner's preference. Yeesh. You're not changing the shape of the ear - you're removing ear and forcing it to grow into a different position. Where's the "benefit" for the dog? x2 thats what i was trying to say you always word things great

I never had GPs when i was younger for the pure fact i liked to have dogs over GPs and mum didnt think it was a good idea having a dog, cats and GPs. Its very sad what has happened and i feel sorry for your step daughter. Either a new better hutch or no more GPs like others have suggested.

Stupid people :mad Poor dog

Thinking of you and your pooch, its so worrying when they are older i hope for the best

our family moved in with my nan and she has a jack russell x fox terrier and he used to chase cats out of the yard but when i bought the kitten home he melted and kisses her and my male cat to be honest i think it depends on the dog itself.

Agreed. I'm moving to Europe in a couple of years and I will finally hopefully be able to own my cropped dobe As for the desexing, if you can last until 2 years with an undesexed male dog and managed to cope, I'm not sure that you'd need to worry about it. To be honest with you, I've only ever had female dogs desexed, I've also seen the studies posted and I just don't believe it's necessary or better for the dog health-wise. If you can control your dog and stop him from reproducing, I don't see the need and I prefer my dog to be as nature intended. For anyone who then says, "yeah but you want to crop their ears," that's because dogs originally all had upright ears, we just thought it made them look cute to selectively breed for floppy ears, so I don't see that as the natural state. You say you like your dogs to be as nature intended but you want a dobermann with cropped ears? Dogs born with floppy ears should keep floppy ears. Born with tail should keep the tail thats the way nature intended after all . As for desexing i cant really say, but i have found this thread very interesting to read Re the bolded section. There is no such thing as a 'natural' dog with floppy ears - they were selectively bred for the same way we've created heaps of variants, and it is my opinion that this was done to the detriment of the dog - as it results in poorer hearing and an increased incidence of ear problems/infections. As such, I would elect to have my dog restored to a 'natural' state to undo the damage done by human interference. I would not touch his tail, and that was actually one of my selection criteria when choosing a breeder (at the time, many dobe breeders were sending their dogs overseas or interstate to have the procedure). I didn't think it's cruel, but unnecessary and was unlikely to help my dog given the nature of the life I intended for him to lead (ie he's not going down any rabbit holes, and he's not going to be used in dog fighting/people attacking - which is my understanding of why dogs were initially docked). I don't believe desexing would enhance the life of my dog and hence for me it would be an unnecessary surgical procedure, which would in turn have the side effects of exposing him to several new potential problems such as increased chance of obesity and bone cancers. I still advocate desexing to the masses because there are too many dogs, and overpopulation is one thing desexing can treat. But there is no denying that it will change the growth patterns and end product - people who can train and contain their dogs just need to decide what sort of dog is best for them. I just think its unnatural thats my opinion if they are born with floppy ears i dont see how its unnatural. But thats how you see it so i guess everyone is different.

I stayed at home and gave max a trim around the face, he didnt like it but i won

In our council i think they say you should have a warning on your fence if you have a dog with any breed? that way if a person comes in its there own fault because they ignored the sign? Im pretty sure that wouldn't be the case. Police etc must be able to access you in your property.. Well the person i heard that from must be wrong

In our council i think they say you should have a warning on your fence if you have a dog with any breed? that way if a person comes in its there own fault because they ignored the sign?

You think they would be more against cross breeding and poor breeding considering the majority of the dogs that end up in shelter are crossbred or poorly bred. I have nothing against crossbred i have one but i rescued him from a shelter about to be put to sleep in a few days, this is why i dont like BYB because most of them end up in shelters when they are out of the puppy looking stage like my poor boy . Just upsets me especially with the working breeds once they hit that 8mnth to a year you see them in a shelter truly saddens me.

its sad really.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Magnet-Beware-Dog-C...5#ht_4434wt_754 I want this one