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Your tone is grating.

Mary picks good names for her dogs though. I mean seriously, who thinks of a name like "Wump" best name ever lol!

Wasn't it $1.5 million, the most expensive dog in history?

Yep that's a maremma

a JRT and then a kelpie on the floor beside the bed. I've tried to bring my other kelpie Torque in at night but she is very uncomfortable inside and prefers her kennel, much to my disappointment.

I would never in my life promote wolves or hybrids as pets. They are dangerous and unstable IMHO and freakin' HUGE. If they decided to attack which they often do, you're screwed.

That's how a lot of people get dingoes apparently, finding them after the mother is shot by a farmer. That's how my friend got her pet fox.

I didn't get to pick Kaos's registered name, he is WKC registered, the breeder chose. Awww, that's highly unusual! At least it's a good name.

Oh ok, makes more sense.

He really said they were like a St Bernard...I'm kinda worried. I'd liken them to a Maremma but 100 times more protective.

Actually dingoes die because farmers shoot them mostly. Your post seems highly emotive and irrational.

Eclipse is the best name ever...just sayin' :D

I think a JRT would be up to the challenge :laugh:

Thank you. That's my old boy Boss, he wasn't quite right for me so he's working on a cattle station in QLD now, suits him much more lol.

With WKC kelpies the pups remain unnamed until the new owner picks them up and then the papers are filled out and sent away, the names are usually the stud prefix and whatever name the new owner picked. Not sure about ANKC or others. I know a lot of kennels name their litters not sure if it's official or a way of record keeping.

Probably best to read the thread before saying blanket statements like that. Dingoes are nothing like wolves or Wolf hybrids

Grrrrr! I can't say anything else without getting in trouble for all the swear words

poor girl and dog. I wonder if the Bull Terrier had ever shown aggression before. Just wondering why she let her puppy get so close to a large breed and why the owner of the terrier let his dog get so close to a strange puppy.

Same with most of middle america, it was rare to have fences.I stayed in Wisconsin and iowa for quite a while and hardly anyone had fences and dogs were always inside. Also in America they have cougars, coyotes, bears, skunks, raccoons and all these give a dog rabies or death. I'd crate my dog over there too.

Hey eyeopener, I think I know you in RL :) If you're who I think you are then you have some VERY challenging breeds of dogs. I think for your set up on the farm and the dogs you have you've done a really good job at containing them and still giving them what they need in terms of freedom. Sadly not everyone has the land and set up you have and also have dogs that can be challenging for different reasons, separation anxiety, over guarding by barking, howling, digging, fence jumping etc and because of where they live (suburbia or townships) leaving for work and leaving this dog free is asking for trouble. a dog on a farm if it escaped would probably stick around but with all the smells and noises in a built up area, it's going to take off. When I go away for periods longer than 5 hours I lock my kelpies up because the guy across the paddock has sheep and I'd hate for my dogs to bark non-stop at the sheep or hurt themselves trying to get at them, or heaven forbid somehow escape and get shot chasing the sheep. Most people here on DOL are very aware of what their individual dogs need in ways of exercise and stimulation, just because they have a breed that is known for their high energy doesn't mean their particular dog requires the same activity as another of that breed. I understand where you're coming fro though in relation to dogs being locked up most of the day and then not getting adequate activity to work off the excess energy and I also don't agree with that. I honestly however don't think it's a problem on this particular forum but I know some American forums advocate crating for extended periods of time.

Habituation perhaps? Or maybe she's a homebody

My greyhounds aren't caged all day nor are the vast majority of greyhounds I know. However most racing greyhounds are. There are a lot of pet greyhounds around nowadays. I meant racing greyhounds, I've never met a pet greyhound, apart from a few used for hunting but they were also caged. EDIT: Actually I have met a couple of pet Greys but they were at the vet so I have no idea how they were kept at hoe but I imagine inside :)

When I was in Oregon I went to a TM breeder's and played with the puppies, they are the most gorgeous dogs and on my list if I ever become/marry a millionaire.

I know working dog people that have their dogs kenneled all day until they get ran every after noon or used for work. I have working dogs but they just walk around the yard all day as I keep them separate from the sheep property. I don't know anyone apart from working dog people or Greyhound people that have their dogs caged all day.

Our friends breed working kelpies and recently had a litter from very balanced dogs, all pups were fine except for one that is very fearful, from day one it would struggle to get away if touched. they've taken it to the vet and there's no medical reason for why it behaves this way, just temp. So you are right, I think it happens in domestic dogs as well. But with wild or semi wild populations of canines it would most likely be switched, one quieter pups verse many wilder ones.