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My neighbour runs 150 head on 400 acres and lose a few calves to wild dogs. And also my own dog got eaten a couple of years ago - as do many domestic dogs around here. The wild dogs are mostly dingo looking with a few brindles with white collars (like border collies white markings). One a few years back looked like an English mastiff (face mask, colour and height) but was skinny. Even though there has been an intensive baiting program the last few months a pack still lives here. Dogs work in a pack and also alone. We saved a calf a while back that was being attacked by one single very large dingo looking dog. Even the neighbour chasing it on the tractor didn't deter it. If followed the injured calf and mother all the way to the yards. She was split from the herd so I doubt a LGD would help in that case. The problem I see with LGD is that the cows tend to leave the herd to calve and so makes them vulnerable to attack. Maybe more suitable for a smaller farm but wouldn't work here. But I do question one thing - if you have a dog fence to keep the LGD in, why doesn't the same fence keep the wild dogs out. If you had a pack of LGDs (enough to cover when herds split) do they just stay with the herd and not wander. If they did here they would die the same way wild dogs do - lead poising.

How can anyone be scared of a baby schnauz? With their little faces with beard hair going in all directions. I love those faces.

Last weekend a lady ran and screamed from the wolf she saw walking past on a lead. Nope, just a well behavioured black 5 month old German Shepherd who just looked at her antics and sat down when I stopped for her to get over her fear. She pleaded with me not to let him go near her. I hope she doesn't see him in a years time - she will pee her pants. When we go to (used to go to due to holidays) school to pick up my daughter the kids love him and one little 3 year old there to pick up older brother (toddles up) and just holds him around the neck crooning 'ogg ogg ogg'. He has been going there since 8 weeks so everyone knows him and loves to do high fives and just sit beside him and pat him. Most kids are appropriate in meeting him as they have a dog appreciation afternoon in Prep and Grade 1. Ones that are too forward are often shown by the others what to do. It is really nice to see children train children. I love watching kids and dogs together in harmony. And as all here I'm sure, hate watching those youtubes of anxious dogs reacting to children.

Oh no don't throw it out. You just made me shudder. I would love it if no-one else has offered to give it a home. Will be interesting finding more about the dog.

I used to have a dingo cross. She was a 'normal dog' when we lived in suburbia but when we moved to the country she turned into a dingo. Ocasionally she would bring back wallabies to eat. This was before the days when you locked dogs inside fences (ie 25 years ago). After the second wallaby I did start locking her inside at night. Apart from that she was a great pet - smart and easy to train, good in the house, clean, good with dogs and people. I don't see a problem with having them as pets as long as same rules apply as for any other dog.

Googled it. This website goes through colours including what they are calling chocolate. http://rightwayranch.wordpress.com/heeler-colors/ . Be aware before you go there they also breed standard, minitaure and toy heelers.

The police officers couldn't change what the guy did - he chose the waves and night-time. So the cops (or myself if I was a cop) couldn't change that. The lights - well for the camera crew it was a bonus as it made for great news footage. Not sure if it benefited the cops or not - probably did. And he couldn't slip away iunder cover of darkness so I think that was the right decision. Use of jetski - also in my opinion a good decision. Lets the cops arrive at the guy still fresh so they could arrest him more easily. All I said was the dog shouldn't have been used in that situation. The handler (or his superiors if they made the decision) should have put the dog in the car when they decided to make a run through the waves to arrest the guy. It wasn't a snap decision as you (or someone else here) said they were waiting for hours for him to come out so it wasn't life or death when both the decision maker has to take a risk to save lives. I entirely agree with you that the dog seemed in the footage to perform as expected. And the outome is as expected - arrested guy and injured people due to a dog being used in an inappropriate situation. The handler met the guy first and dog arrived after the fight was on so he had no idea who he should have been focusing on. He plowed into the fight and did what he was trained to do. I am leaving this thread now as I seem to be upsetting someone who I agree with - weird. But I guess that is what forum posts do sometimes.

I agree. The dog did very well and did it while treading water some of the time. I just don't think it should have been there for that arrest. There was enough human cops flailing around in the water and to add a dog to the mix just made it so much more dangerous for everyone. He had no idea who was supposed to be the aggressor and who was supposed to be the one arresting the aggressor. They were all fighting in a big pile. All were aggressors in his eyes. And he did his job trying to break up a fight as he has been taught. In that situation I bet he didn't even know which one was his handler - until they came out of the water and he allowed his handler to pull him out of the mess. I don't think anyone here thinks the dog is a bad police dog - he was just a weapon deployed that should have remained uncocked for that situation. I would also put money on some of the injuries sustained by the police officers to be also from friendly fire from their buddies. Very difficult to see anything with water and spray and lights in your face. Was that also misdirected aggression or just missing the target and getting a buddy instead? Maybe a bit of both - no-one knows. If the situation had been a guy in the water, a handler and a dog (with the lights so we could see the action) and the dog run in front of the handler to stop the guy. And when the dog does his job, the guy gets arrested by the handler. But from the footage it was much more exciting than that. I just watched it again - I assume the cop was the one approaching from the left with a helmet on?? and the crim was the one with some sort of material in his hands. As for the dog if he has had the right training and right blood lines, I agree, he would have gone to sleep in his crate soon after and forgotten about it. This leads to another question - I have seen many PP dogs get trained, have participated as well, and watch countless videos. How much police training goes into this type of situation (ie a pile of fighting bodies - some cops and some crims)? I have never seen a handler go infront of his dog punching a crim in the mug repeatively before the dog arrives on the scene. I don't imagine it is ever done. This is as opposed to having a dog stop a man with the handler behind the dog, generally egging it on. I will find out and report back. I hold nothing against the cops either - I just think the handler just made the wrong decision about whether to include his dog in the arrest.

I called the police idiots not for doing their job but for putting a dog into a situation that it probably will not be effective and the result that happened was easily preditable. The dog was doing the best he could and showed courage but had no chance in recognising who he was meant to be interacting with. With four men in a pile (or was there 5) and only one being held down and pummeled, there was a very good chance a police arm would be bitten rather than a crim. A decision should have been made to crate the dog in the car before going into the surf. It is the handlers responsibility to use the dog to the best of his ability and to not endanger it without a reason. Also pulling a drugf..ked man from the surf for stealing something I don't see as important enough to endanger the dog in that way. He wasn't needed there and didn't help (obviously)and the bloke already had 3 police on his back. Now if it was a situation in which a dog could be useful and was serious enough to risk an injured dog - by all means use it - even if danger exists. My reading of the video was that the handler went out on the jetski and approached the guy from the opposite direction and the dog ran from the beach. That is why they were separated. But maybe that is wrong.

Watching these idiots on the news last night made me so angry. Expecting a dog (any dog) to take down a man in pounding surf where it is swimming and the handler and man are fighting while trying to stay upright in waist height water with a helicopter light shining down and waves washing over everyones heads. That is unfair expectations on a dog wether it be very well trained or a liability that miss-directs its aggression easily. It would also be an unfair expectation of any of the other pplice to not connect with other cops in the rediculous situation they put themselves in. The dog should never have been sent in there. If you haven't seen the footage - find it - just lunatic use of a dog-resource and bad decisions. I'm glad the idiot handler got hammered - maybe he will rethink his abuse of his dogs skills in the future.

I have seen two signals used - a rabbit ears and wiggle the ears (hold fist up with palm facing the dog and straighten two fingers and wiggle fingers towards dog and hold a fist with fingers towards dog and explode fingers out like a star. I use the first one. No idea why or where I got it from.

I keep an eye out and predict when the dog will bark and slip a speak command in and hand signal just before the bark comes out. Then reward. It was easy for my new pup as he always barks at himself in mirrors so I just plonked him in front of the mirror and waited with a clicker.

I am intrigued now and googled 'urinating on your dog' - my god - here is the first time it is mentioned. I didn't go any further as I now feel creepy even googling it When is it ok to pee on my dog? Demki asked 5 years ago last updated 2 months ago My dog keeps peeing in the house, and it seems to be out of spite. I am trying really hard to play the alpha male role. Would I be going too far if I peed on him as punishment, in order to assert my dominance as pack leader? Answer Best AnswerAsker's Choice Kimberly answered 5 years ago Ive actually done this and IT WORKED!! Do it in the same spots your dog does, he will get the point after a week or so of you wetting the carpet... lmao. Asker's rating & comment 5 out of 5Thanks so much!!!1! 1 Comment . Other Answers (20) Oldest Bonzie12 answered 5 years ago First question, new account, possible troll???? You won't teach your dog anything by peeing on him except that you are incapable of housebreaking him. Taking him outside to go to the bathroom more frequently will help. You should be taking him out every 30 minutes or so. If you aren't doing this, no wonder he is peeing in the house. 3 Comment . Rico answered 2 months ago Better late then never :). I actually spoke with a military dog handler and he says they have done this plenty of times to establish dominance. All the people saying no, well they aren't completely right because they are giving you their opinions of how to train a dog with conventional methods. I've heard it worked but haven't had the chance to try it, I'd say go for it next time you have a puppy. I take mine out every thirty minutes to an hour and he still pees everywhere. Keep in mind a small puppy has smaller bladder so it really won't matter in the beginning the reality of it is that it will happen. I wouldn't try it on my pup simply because it's a husky and they are stubborn as hell, plus the guy who suggested I try it told me Huskies probably wouldn't be very responsive to it lol. Source(s): Military dog handler Rate Comment . Billie answered 5 years ago Do you want your dog to follow the ways of you, the so called 'pack leader'?! He might think you want him to pee on you! Just take him out often and praise him when he pees! Praise goes much further than abuse! We were told that if we rolled up a newspaper and smacked the floor around our pup when she peed in the house- that would break them. And apparently it did. She has been the best little house pet you could ask for. Just get a grip and spend some time training. Rate Comment . ~*,-./♥ koko ♥/-.,*~ answered 5 years ago OOOOOK never! Dont pee on ur dog thats just sad. lol. to be pack leader, you have to stand up tall, as tall as u can. to get it to pee out of the house, every hour or so, take it outside, and bring treats. Tell it "Get Buisy", "Go Potty", anything. If it 'doesnt have to go' keep trying until it goes potty. When it goes potty, reward it. Give it a treat, tons of attention, you will soon be the leader Source(s): Master dog trainer Rate Comment . Romy answered 5 years ago Way to far. lmfao. but kind of funny. Thats not how you show your the alpha male. Only punish him if you catch him in the act. If you don't punish him then he wont know what your punish him for and it will just be confusing for him. NO! putting his nose in it is NOT the right way. just say NO! BAD! and put him outside. Clean it completely up I mean COMPLETELY or else all your training work will be wrecked because they go pee when they smell pee. get NATURES MIRCLE :) :p Rate Comment . Matt C answered 5 years ago OMG HAHAHAH YOUR QUESTION HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! IT IS NEVER OK TO PEE ON YOUR DOG. to show that you are pack leader you have to take her outside more to pee when she looks like she is about to go in the house. and use the *cht* technique man.. sheesh it sounds like you watch the Dog Whisperer so you should know that Rate Comment . miss women answered 5 years ago ummm, that is just mean. You are supposed to train the dog to go outside not pee on the dog for peeing in the house they dont know any better. That is why you train them. Some people shouldnt be pet owners. 1 Comment . baree33090 answered 5 years ago Dogs don't do things out of spite. If you pee on him, you'll just be the one who has to clean it up, and it won't work anyway. 1 Comment . Bety Boo answered 5 years ago This question is hilarious! Please don't pee on the dog I don't think you'll assert your dominance that way. Watch the Dog Whisperer maybe that will help. :) 1 Comment . Red Pony answered 5 years ago You must be really bored or really stupid. Either way, get off the computer and do something constructive. 1 Comment . Reece Braveheart Aussies answered 5 years ago .http://www.midwesthomes4pets.com/Informa... Crate training is better, your idea is just silly. Rate Comment . the_beautiful_e answered 5 years ago The dog won't under WHY your peeing on him. Source(s): DOGGY! YAH! Rate Comment . Jay Sherman answered 5 years ago What kind of a question is this? Source(s): It Stinks Rate Comment . laurel l answered 5 years ago no,Win he gos put his nose in it and say no and put him out side. i hope you are playing . Rate Comment . RuthAnn answered 5 years ago It's OK, but it won't solve your problem. Rate Comment . $arah(APBT owner x3) answered 5 years ago LMAO...peeing on your dog is not going to gain you "leader" lol proper discipline will though. 2 Comment . boogersniffer answered 5 years ago Good theory, IMO I think it would work. Rate Comment . yournamehere answered 5 years ago wtf is up with this question? you're tripping Rate Comment . hi answered 5 years ago what?! Do people really do this?! Isn't that a little harsh?!?!?!?!? Rate Comment . TanteL answered 5 years ago Dogs do not pee on each other to establish pack order. That's ridiculous. Sounds like he just does his business wherever he happens to be when the urge strikes. You need to change that way of thinking. Buy him a Vari-Kennel, crate him when you can't watch him and at night. When he urinates on the side it will run down the wall and he'll have to lie in it. I doubt he'll do this more than once. Invest in some Nature's Miracle to clean up; it kills the scent of his urine. Male dogs, especially, like to pee on old pee. Start carrying his favorite treats in your pocket or by the door you take him out. When he does his business outside, say, "Hurry up, good boy"! When he's finished, tell him, "Good hurry up!! Good boy!!" and give him treats. Make a huge fuss over what he just did. Do it every time for at least a full 60 seconds. He'll think you're insane, but he'll take the prize. Trainers call it "jackpotting" --you're impressing on him how GREAT it is when he goes outside. When you catch him making his mistake in the house, IGNORE him. Don't look at him, don't let him interact with you, turn your back if he comes near you. Don't talk to him. If he'll follow you without a command, walk away to another part of the house or outside; when he's there, too, just step back inside and shut the door, separating him from you so you can clean it up. Once the mess is cleaned up, the incident is over. Act as if nothing happened. Treat him as you would if nothing had happened. Keep on taking him out often, on a leash, so you notice when he does his business, so you don't miss a chance to jackpot him. While you're at the door, you say, "Want to go hurry up? Do you have to hurry up?" I prefer the keyword "hurry up" to "go potty" --it's so much more dignified. :) Eventually, he'll connect the keyword "hurry up" with relieving himself, and he may even go to the door to cue you. The first time he does that, jackpot him while still in the house, and then walk him outside and jackpot him again.

I have had a couple of male dogs which I have temporarily looked after which did try peeing on my girl, both when she was a baby pup and as an adult. They didn't get away with it, or not when I saw it, anyway! I assume it was part of an attempt to find their place in a strange situation. I may be completely wrong in my interpretation, though, and in any case I wouldn't assume that even if my interpretation of dog/dog behaviour was correct that it would work between human and dog. See that I understand - a sexual thing. Goat bucks pee on themselves and on does when she is in season, as do bulls with cows. The males then seem to play around with the pee (and also with the females pee) to get horny I guess. A group of bulls in a paddock will drink each others pee, do the lip-up-in-the-air-thingy and get a hard-on. But a dominant person peeing on a dog to show dominance I just don't think is relevant. I have never seen a dog show a dominance attitude and pee on the subservient dog. Has anyone????

Even if you wanted to do it and believed the theory that still doesn't make any sense. The subservient dog sucks up to the boss dog by licking and grovelling. If I spat in a dogs mouth it would mean I was the subservient dog sucking up to the boss dog. I have been told that men can pee on a tree to make the dog pee as well. But do it higher up to prove rank. But again doesn't even agree with dominance theory. The tallest dog is not necessarily the dominant dog so height of pee should be irreverent. Stupid people. And these are meant to be the smart species training the dumb dog species.

But didn't the mother try to get the girl from the dogs mouth and stab it to death. Doesn't sound like she could have confused which dog attacked.

Kelpie pups, 3 males, 1 female. Pure bred by registered breeder with Dogs Queensland who is also qualified dog trainer. These pups are being well socialised to kids, chickens, cows, horses, dogs, car travel, different environments etc. They will have commenced puppy basic training classes with The Dog School. Father of pups was chosen for his exceptional temperament and colour, mother is registered for breeding with appropriate genetic testing done. They are being sold without papers. These puppies will be great family pets and excel in obedience / agility etc. OK here is the add with many variables changed. I don't really care one way or the other, but seems this is against the rules.

I thought that registered breeders (ie from Dogs Qld for example) are not allowed to breed and sell pups from registered dogs and not register them. Also are you allowed to sell unregistered puppies out of a registered bitch but by your limited register dog. Just for interest sake. Lots do it according to Gumtree so why don't Dogs Qld (or whatever state body) just check and remove their registration status - if it is indeed not allowed. Or is it something that no one really cares about as there are more important things to worry about.

Hope someone can use this rental. When I had a rental property I told the real estate I would only take someone with dogs. She said I couldn't do that as it was discriminatory. So I said, ok give me a list of applicants and I will decide. With 7 tenants the only one who ever did damage was a couple. All others with dogs and kids looked after the house.

A thing to think about - if you report it, can it come back onto you. Are you safe and are your dogs if Mr A..H... knows you reported him? It is a very difficult spot you are in - leave the poor dog to be abused or report it and get you and your dogs abused - or worse.

Or it can go like what happened to my partner with his first wife. Dog was bought by her daughter who since left home - so technically her dog I guess. But in their hearts (dog and hubby) the dog belonged to hubby. Hubby leaves but lets wife keep dog so the children don't lose the dog as well. Over the next 12 months the dog is used as a pawn by the wife. Regular calls stating 'unless you give me more money I will kill your dog'. So after many threats including one after she leaves fireworks scared dog outside and he injures himself trying to go over a fence, so she tells the children 'dog will have to be put down as daddy refuses to pay for his vet bill'. So after one nasty outburst of dog killing threats hubby organises transport company to pick up dog and bring him home to us. Dog and owner are beside themselves with joy. But then he is a pawn again, this is a doosey. She says on the phone after a fight over settlement (she wanted to keep the house but he continue to pay the mortgage???) she suddenly screams out 'don't kill him please don't kill (insert dog name)'. Hubby realises the kids are listening and she is performing for them. A few years later dog is now gone and kids are adults. One told me recently, that the knew mum was lying as dad would never kill his dog. They just lost what little respect they had for her. Separation is terrible for all so we have already discussed who gets who. It is clear cut - no one is shared.

I assume it is the same with dogs as horses in that the colour pattern may also be not the same. I have seen pictures of cloned horses and the clones although the same base colour (ie chestnut or black for example) as the original, don't have the same white pattern. The arrangement of white is determined by the conditions in the womb and not genetics. With horses it seems to be they want to bring back the genetics to breed from successful dead studs and not produce a stud like the original. So they don't actually care if its temperament is the same just that its genes can be used to strengthen modern lines. Very different from what it seems pet owners would be looking for. It is creepy for that purpose and I wouldn't consider it in the least. I think each pet is an individual and cannot in any circumstances be replaced or should be.

I had to PTS my dog a couple of days before my daughter was born. Not a good time for anyone. This dog was not a children-friendly dog - I would say she would be a children-dangerous dog. She was unstable and was from 8 weeks old but as we have good fences and no children visiting her temperament was manageable. She got sick and ended up at the vets for a stomach x-ray. He didn't find any stuck bones but found she was chockers full of cancer and recommended PTS. Before this DH and I had decided to re-fence our yard and make a locked secure part for her so she and new baby didn't interact. How could we PTS a healthy dog that has never actually done anything bad but we both knew her an a child would never coexist? But wasn't to be, which was a blessing in disguise really. Her best trick was an amazing play dead - taught when I first started clicker training. She would jerk her head sideways, fall on her side, then twitch one leg, then lie still. The night my daughter was born and we had both gone back to the hospital room. The baby was laying in the plastic cot-thingy (so you could see through it) and I was sitting on the bed thinking 'what the hell do I do now - puppies are easy but this is a human baby'. The baby looked directly at me and moved her head in exactly same way that my dog had done a million times. And I swear her eyes looked just like my dogs. I actually said my dogs name out loud in surprise. And then felt like a real idiot. Human babies are even meant to see a distance at the age (a couple of hours). But I do believe it was my dog coming back to say it will be ok. Another story beyond the grave. My much-loved MIL died last year. At xmas time a clock made by her husband before he died chimed a few times - both loved Xmas and it was a time every year when she visited us. It hasn't been wound since he died 12 years ago. Then on the anniversary of her death it chimed again. We just said it was her coming to check on us. A few months ago I went to a clairvoyant (which I have never done before). She said the person who you lost last year comes to visit and likes to tell you she is there. I burst into tears at the time but am happy she does that.

Everyone with donkeys knew. They use their forelegs to smash strange dogs. Apparently, they don't miss. The saying is with donkeys if they kick at you and miss - they meant to. Many people around here have donkeys running with their cattle for wild dog protection. My donkey runs with cattle and horses but mainly stays with the horse herd so not much use to keep dogs away. Wild dogs are a huge problem. Last year we lost a few calves (and my dog as well) to wild dogs. We saved one calf who was attacked and kept him and his mum in a yard with the donkey for a few weeks for protection. The pack knew he was here and hung around watching. I heard a funny story a while ago. Apparently, a nativity play (in the UK) had the kings leading a donkey. The rest of the actors upfront of the stage with baby Jesus on a black sheepskin. The donkey saw the 'dog' and pushed past all the other participants (pushing a few off the stage) and grabbed the black 'dog'. Baby Jesus (a young girl) was thrown in the air and the donk killed the dog in a very violent fashion. Then dropped the torn remains and stood there looking at the carnage, many of the viewers were running and screaming in horror. My own donkey, Gracie, is good with dogs she knows. When she first arrived I let the dogs out for them to meet (on the other side of a fence). Dog 1 ran up and immediately froze as donk put her head down and just stared at him- eye to eye. Dog bolted back to the car and jumped back in - he knew she was serious. Dog 2 refused to get out of the car. They came to an understanding and both species would walk around each other but not acknowledge the other. Occasionally a dog will bark or give a bit of a chase to the horses, but never with the donkey. Another thing about donkeys is they are great kids ponies. They are calm and don't have the flight reflex of horses. So if they get a fright they freeze. Gracie can be not ridden for months and then ridden and be a quiet as a lamb. She is not fussed on adults (coming from an abusive past) but very gentle with kids.

Initial cost?? Size of yard and exercise you plan to do. I suggest a boxer and rotti requires more than the frenchie. Size - Do you want a dog to pick up or a big dog? Just a few thoughts