german_shep_fan

hey everyone I emailed Geelong council this morning and recieved this reply "The recent legislation changes have not introduced any new breeds into the restricted dog declaration requirements other than including pitbull cross breeds. The main reason for the change in legislation was to bring forward the date for the requirement for dog owners to register a restricted breed, previously the legislation provided an amnesty for owners of a restricted breed to have their dogs registered by 30 Sept 2012 and the recent changes reduced the amnesty to 30 September 2011. After that date it will not be possible to register a restricted breed dog." Either this person is wrong or the council are doing the dirty on staffie owners!

hey everyone I emailed Geelong council this morning and recieved this reply "The recent legislation changes have not introduced any new breeds into the restricted dog declaration requirements other than including pitbull cross breeds. The main reason for the change in legislation was to bring forward the date for the requirement for dog owners to register a restricted breed, previously the legislation provided an amnesty for owners of a restricted breed to have their dogs registered by 30 Sept 2012 and the recent changes reduced the amnesty to 30 September 2011. After that date it will not be possible to register a restricted breed dog." Either this person is wrong or the council are doing the dirty on staffie owners!

I don't think they have commented yet

Thanks very much Snook

I hardly got any sleep last night, im so worried over this. I don't live in vic but we all know what a nanny state qld are, the gov will be sure to follow

I have posted to my FB page too. Thanks german_shep_fan. Does anyone have any idea how to post it so that the gif works and does the slide show of the images without people having to click on the link? No worries Snook. Sorry i don't know how to make it work properly on fb :/ Wanted to ask you, someone on another thread said you posted an article abt dog bites being on the rise in brisbane? i couldnt find the article but would be interested in reading it. Thanks very much

Please do! They might contact GSD national council and get the word to the other state clubs ect

Do you think the GSD council of Aus and the vic club even know abt this?? I am in half a mind to let the QLD club know as well. I am a little scared of contacting them though, not sure what their reaction will be.

I have no idea. For the moment I am trying to find out from others who were also there if that is exactly what was said as I want to double check first before I start contacting my State and Fed members. If i find out more I will post. Please tell us as soon as you know anything new. I hope you don't mind, i have reposted what you said on the discussion page. I can remove it if you don't want it posted. I am SO worried for my shep and all others mentioned

Reposting this comment from the "In The News" thread "I heard something today which is frightening. The source of this information is highly regarded both in the dog world and within Govt's. The Vic Govt is planning on adding MANY other breeds to the list including GSDs Rotties, Dobes...AND they are working towards a total ban on the breeding of all dogs as well as the stopping of dog interests such as in showing dogs...for the eventual outcome of no dogs in Victoria once those who are alive now have died out. This I believe is on paper now and is being kept on the QT from everyone finding out so they can bring it into eventual fruition . I think we all need to band together...every dog owner possible....to fight this!"

The media obviously knows something we don't! Maybe that Bill that is sitting on that piece of paper just waiting to be pass through??

Maybe even as far as dol goes post it into the general discussion forums ect so everyone here can see it and start spreading the word? Contact the GSD club in Vic and all the other breed clubs who are on their list? Even the national councils of these breeds ect, ppl need to know, we need to make sure they know we are not going down without a fight!

Do you think we should go viral with this info?? Get the word out there? Do you think it is appropriate to post this on fb? the person who said this seems confident that this is for real

With a 4 million human population and with a possible 1 million dog owners/dogs(?) within that...there would have to be bites happening from time to time......but now with that child being bitten and dying a few weeks ago....the media are going to JUMP on every single little thing they hear in regard to someone (or dog) being bitten. I heard something today which is frightening. The source of this information is highly regarded both in the dog world and within Govt's. The Vic Govt is planning on adding MANY other breeds to the list including GSDs Rotties, Dobes...AND they are working towards a total ban on the breeding of all dogs as well as the stopping of dog interests such as in showing dogs...for the eventual outcome of no dogs in Victoria once those who are alive now have died out. This I believe is on paper now and is being kept on the QT from everyone finding out so they can bring it into eventual fruition . I think we all need to band together...every dog owner possible....to fight this! I knew this would happen ( I am almost in tears reading this. I was srsly thinking of getting another GSD for my boy but i don't think i will bother now. How many yrs till the gov brings this in? QLD is sure to follow ( Get one! To not is giving in and giving up ! FIGHT! Get another Shepherd and FIGHT for the breed and your right to have them. I WANT to, but i don't want her to have to live in a cage in her own yard or never be allowed in public without a muzzle ect. I WILL fight when this happens, but i just feel like no matter how much we protest, the big dog haters will be louder and gov seem to have already made up their mind to go ahead with it Maybe we need to inform councils and state leaders ect they wont be getting our vote when they support shit like this!!

You should read what is being said on this thread. It IS a nightmare! They will ban all these breeds in good time, i can just see it http://www.dolforums.com.au/topic/226575-yet-another-dog-attack/page__pid__5492853__st__45#entry5492853

With a 4 million human population and with a possible 1 million dog owners/dogs(?) within that...there would have to be bites happening from time to time......but now with that child being bitten and dying a few weeks ago....the media are going to JUMP on every single little thing they hear in regard to someone (or dog) being bitten. I heard something today which is frightening. The source of this information is highly regarded both in the dog world and within Govt's. The Vic Govt is planning on adding MANY other breeds to the list including GSDs Rotties, Dobes...AND they are working towards a total ban on the breeding of all dogs as well as the stopping of dog interests such as in showing dogs...for the eventual outcome of no dogs in Victoria once those who are alive now have died out. This I believe is on paper now and is being kept on the QT from everyone finding out so they can bring it into eventual fruition . I think we all need to band together...every dog owner possible....to fight this! I knew this would happen ( I am almost in tears reading this. I was srsly thinking of getting another GSD for my boy but i don't think i will bother now. How many yrs till the gov brings this in? QLD is sure to follow (

I honestly don't think the majority of people in the community rate the impact on dog owners as any kind of priority in this issue. Of course they dont care Im just so worried this hysteria will spread to my favourite breed and they will be on the chopping block before much longer as well

I wish they would just stop reporting on dog attacks completely atm, its only making things worse for all dog owners Its awful what happened to this man and his dog, and i feel bad in saying this, but at least it wasn't an "expected" breed. Maybe now the uneducated will wake up and see that ANY breed of dog can be dangerous. Again im not saying i am glad a dog from this breed was involved, just saying it goes to show any breed even the media portrayed "family breed" can be dangerous in the wrong hands

Posted on FB, praying for a safe return

Awesome thanks for sharing I posted that and the Pitty winning the Bravery award to my fb

Thats exactly what i am worried abt! I am so worried that it will be less than a yr b4 our beloved sheps are added to this bloody stupid list!

& what would you have done if the dog was not an angel after that ? The next step ? I have been a groomer & would not have my dog groomed by many people I have seen doing this job. I have let people watch while I have done their dogs & there is absolutely nothing I would do behind their back that I would not do if they were there. Christina, you are exactly the kind of groomer that I would confidently take my dogs to. While I understand the need for disciplining dogs if they are not cooperating with grooming, I would be really annoyed if a groomer treated my dogs like angels while I was there and waited for me to leave to discipline them. There is a groomer in my suburb that is like that. I don't take my dog for grooming as he doesn't need clipping ect but this groomers beahiour towards dogs in public that i have seen leaves alot to be desired, so i would hate to see her behind closed doors. mate took her dog to be clipped last wk and he came back "rather groggy" according to my pal, so god knows what she gave him without my friends consent!

Im so sorry for the loss of your beautiful young girl I know how hard it is to lose them when they are old so i can only imagine the pain you must be feeling to lose her so young. Thoughts are with you and your partner. Im sure she will be waiting for you at the bridge

Im just personally not ready for that yet. I know that sounds mean to my boy but he goes to the dog park to see his pals nearly every day and I still cry over my girl all the time. She was my pride and joy, i owned her mum and I picked her out the moment she was born. I am still getting used to not having her around

Ah thank you However been there done that the friday before last lol We for a chiropractic visit as i knew he was sore in the back end and he had slipped his pelvis. All is good now in that regard However doesn't seem to have made any difference re the diaherra. See the funny thing is, some nights he is fine on a certain food then other nights he doesnt seem to handle it at all. This is why the vet now thinks stress is playing a big role