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Oh I'm with you and think it's ridiculous and still can't believe the article is actually not a joke - it's just comical to think about it.

Max is getting a lifejacket so I can stop worrying about her so much when we go to the beach (and she's finally finished growing so she can now have one without growing out of it in two weeks!) and Boston is getting a new bed for the car because he's grown out of his booster seat. Mum's buying those for them, I probably won't get them much because I spoil them so much through the year (haha, who am I kidding, I'll buy them something silly that they don't need!)

Hmm, I wonder if I can teach my dogs to navigate ... my OH doesn't know her left and right so is useless at directions, maybe I can replace her with a pug :laugh:

Max would be "ooh flashy light, must chase" to every headlight and tail light and brake light and traffic light and Boston would be causing all sorts of accidents with his lack of attention span and "look over there, shiny thing!" *swerveCRASH*

Pugs should be a bit pudgy, whereas most vets will see a bit of flab and go omgfatgetitoff ... so yeh, in a way pugs shuold be judged differently to other dogs.

Another two Boston gets are lover boy, because he likes lounging around with his "boy bits" hanging out, and fire hydrant man coz he pees like a fire hydrant :laugh:

Oh That's adorable! Can you plz pm me her details?

The best advice will come from her breeder :) Welcome, I have two black pug puppies myself :D

I've never checked my pugs feet, but if they have webbed feet that makes sense as to the huge holes they dig in the yard ... they are using them as shovels!

The first thing I did was check the date on the article - but nope, not written on April 1st

Yep, mine just somehow end up with multiple nicknames, and they respond to all of them :laugh: Boston is B Man, Boss Man, Buddy or Freakshow Max is Missy or Porkchop

My vet has said this before, that they don't need doing when I know they very much DO need doing, just because she's a pain in the butt to hold, and it really annoys me. Whenever I go to Canberra I get my boys breeder to do both my guys, and even she struggles with them! My girl screams and struggles and pees in protest :laugh:

me too! wow. I have no words. I'll just

Anyone else?

Someone at my work advertised purebred dally pups for sale, ready to go at 6 weeks (in time for Christmas/make great Christmas presents!) only $600 Luckily they linked to their ad on the trading post, so I reported it (usually when people at work advertise puppies I *win friends* by emailing them and explaining why it's not in the best interest of the pups to let them go before 8 weeks of age lol) and they changed their TP ad to say ready to go at 8 weeks, but still with the same "ready by" date At least they are saying they will be hearing tested, makes me hope that maybe they sort of know what they are doing :/

lol thanks. As you'd know a lot of people around St Ives speak Afrikaans so some friends have tried some commands on the dogs (who's names are Madiba & Zindzi :laugh: ) and they didn't respond either, so I'm thinking the dogs just aren't really trained - but one of them did sit when I produced a treat (and then didn't eat said treat) but I think it was a co-incidence as it never did it again I'll pass on Vicki Austin's details to them, thanks for that.

I believe that the OP was saying is that most of the trainers she knows are behaviorists dealing with serious problems. She wants suggestions for trainers that deal with basics and deal with small dogs too. Yes, what megan said. Not sure where you got the idea I wasn't asking for a trainer, as my entire post (even the post title) was about finding a trainer, or training help :laugh:

Pretty much sounds like these two - very undisciplined backgrounds, and unsocialised. The new owners took them out the other day to the kids school, the dogs yapped non-stop at all the people! It's driving them batty. They are sweet dogs, they just seem to think they are little people, not little dogs :laugh:

Actually, my psychiatric and psychologist both suggested I get a dog as part of my therapy - and they are used in therapeutic settings so you may mock it, but its not uncommon. No ones claiming it "cures" anything, but heaven forbid people get some happiness out of something.

So, I don't get it. You're berating people who get stressed and then telling them they should just go home if they're overwhelmed. Basically telling people to give up without trying, even when the odds aren't in their favor. Surely that's the ridiculous part here? And not, in fact, the measures some take to lower stress levels? I'd hate to think how you treat people with clinical depression. What a strange little vendetta you have against people receiving any kind of help. When you actually understand what I have said maybe you can try again. So what stress relief do you feel is appropriate? Excessive drinking? Drug taking? Or just pretending the feelings don't exist and surpressing them until they inappropriately boil over?

I went to the op-shop when I got my puppy and stocked up on old towels for exactly the same reason!

A friend of mine has recently acquired two 6 year old dogs - they look like maltese x shih tzu, from her neighbor who was moving back to South Africa and couldn't take them with her. There is one male and one female, littermate brother and sister. Very little information came with them, luckily vet records came with them and since they are neighbors they are still taking them to the came vet so at least they can get some history from them. The main issue they seem to be facing is the dogs are completely unsocialised. They don't play, either with each other, toys or other dogs, and they didn't really know how to walk on a lead. They are much better on lead now, after being walked regularly, but the one issue they still have is barking constantly at other dogs when they are out walking. It's also started escalating so they are now just barking constantly when they are out around people! They are always on lead, and it's more a "I've just found my voice and I'm goin to use it" sort of bark. As their previous owners were South African, any commands the dog know aren't in english so any training has to be started all over again and the new owners are a bit lost with where to go for help. They don't want to do any group training, they'd prefer some one-on-one help to start with, and I'm not sure of who to suggest as they are SWF's (and I'd feel weird suggesting most trainers or behaviours used on here for big dogs with bigger problems, if you know what I mean :laugh: ). They are in St Ives, NSW but go to Wisemans Ferry most weekends so can go anywhere around either areas. When I took my pugs to meet them, Max my 13 month old pulled all her best moves to get them to play - bouncing around, play-bowing, play-slapping and they just looked at her like she wasn't even there, but didn't run away or anything. So, any suggestions? Thanks :)

Hope he's home soon and feeling better! With advantix in his system, does it mean the tick effects are less severe or anything?

Thought the same thing. And the poster has supplied his/her own diagnosis in his/her own words...'The mind boggles'. Seriously Boggled Mind. :) On a more positive note. I worked at a university that had a Vet School. I'd take our Sheltie to work in order to drop her there for any treatments. The walk across the campus would normally take 5 minutes. But, when I had Shelley with me, I'd get stopped again and again by country & international students. They would pat and cuddle her... & tell me about their own family dogs back home. So I'd aim for a 15 minutes walk on those days! I also read a comment about the military dogs on Australian bases in Afghanistan. It was said that these dogs also do something else, beside their 'war' work. They bring a sense of 'normalcy' in a highly stressful environment, far from home. Most of the soldiers have pet dogs at home. And the presence of these happy and well socialised dogs provide some 'therapy' that had never been intended. Whenever I took my puppy to work when she was teeny tiny, I'd have the big grumpy beefy blokes rolling around with her on the floor, giggling like school girls and turning into big soft marshmallows. I had to go home and get her once when I didn't bring her in, because someone was having a really bad day and came in to see her but she wasn't here - he played around with her for a while and left feeling much better. Nothing wrong with a bit of puppy therapy, whether it be at uni, school, the office, anywhere.

I'll wait for the "Puppy Adorably Mauls Student" headline. "Student injured by visious tongue of licky puppy"