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This puppy is from champion lineage and is considered 'heavy boned' so I think that puppy in the above picture is way too heavy and thick set, looks almost bulldog cross with that chest.

I believe she did. I'm not sure what happened but I know that officer moved out of town shortly after as everyone hated him.

I've seen a few cases of hemorrhagic gastro recently.

I know an old lady who was fined for having unsecured shopping on her backseat. For real! Some cops need to up their fine records or something and take advantage of unknowing people.

I have a Subaru so put mine in the back area then secure their leads in the door when I close it then tie a not in the lead so it doesn't slip back into the car. Also have a cage divider for the back of the car but haven't put it back in for yonks.

I know a lot of insurance companies won't cover your house if you own pitbulls in the USA (not sure of states or if it's nationwide) and I thought the dogo was on the list as well.

Pretty sure Dogo Argentino is on the list of breeds that insurance companies won't cover your house if you own one.

Ok thanks mate. Didn't want to leave my boy behind :) It's not the breed, it's the owner. No worries. You'll find it quite expensive though as they go by weight. Good luck and hope you find somewhere nice.

Taking an Aussie dog to america is a simple process and usually no quarantine is required, bringing it back however will require quarantine.

I second Comfortis and 2 weeks after comfortis mine get Advantix as well.

That's no good! I hope they did a parvo test! Thinking of you all and the poor pup

No one is saying that small dogs shouldn't be at dog parks. People are saying that the behavior of this particular small dog was that of a dog that didn't want to be there at all.

Beautiful looking but too much dog for me. Have fun in America. Which area are you looking at? I lived there for a while.

I've seen someone let their dog into the park and walk back to their car talking on their phone and looking through their car for something. The dog was a pretty toey border collie and snapped at a few dogs who went to meet her (those dogs were promptly called away). I don't get some people.

I second that even though the husky itself may just be behaving like a regular husky another dog could be stimulated by its normal behaviour and act inappropriately because of that and then pack behaviour could quickly set in and the situation could escalate very quickly. Hence the reason I don't do dog parks.

would most likely be a hunting mix of some description :) And I would say that dog is definitely a pitbull then if it's the dog on the wiki pitbull page :laugh:

Bullarabs don't have long hair, they are a smooth coated hunting type. They aren't an actual breed per say but they are a definite type. I have a bullarab girl and she is a huge sook. She's 40kgs at 9 mths old, about as tall as a greyhound and very stocky. That dog 'looks' like a pit type dog but without knowing its history it's impossible to say what breed/s it is, it could be kelpie cross sbt, viszla cross etc for all we know. ETA- Super gorgeous looking dog!

I haven't had much to do with them, so assumed it was an inherited behaviour as well. The only time I've ever been near a standardbred is to ride one a few times and they are super uncomfortable. :laugh:

Bad analogy. Standardbreds are trained to pace and harnessed when racing to ensure they do. Outside of harness racing, every Standardbred I've seen has trotted normally. You're also talking about a physical trait, not a behavioural one. Not every bull breed will demonstrate dog aggression. But owners need to know to watch for it, particularly as the dog reaches adolescence and not to put their dogs in situations that may trigger it. Managed well, such dogs may NEVER aggress which is the ideal. But for many dogs the potential is always there. Drives me nuts to see people ignore their dogs hardwiring. Whippets get surrendered for killing chickens and cats. Why give them the opportunity to do what comes naturally to them???? I feel your pain. I have the same thing with people contacting me because their pet working dogs are rounding everything up or exhibiting manic herding behaviour like circling or nipping the kids' ankles. And people don't want to listen when you start talking basic dog behaviour, they just want the dog gone. But that's another tangent...

Was that to me or Kajtek? Think it was to her but just checking. :)

So this begs the question. Are there some behaviours that can be quelled by raising the dog a certain way or will the congenital behaviours always be there? Say a trotting horse was bred to race but raised as a trail horse, would that horse still naturally want to trot or is that a an inherent but equally learned behaviour? The horse was born with the genes and ability to trot but will it do it naturally if raised not to? I guess I'm asking is inheriting dog aggression enough to warrant even the best trained/handled dog being watched like a hawk? If pushed to their threshold will they naturally lean to dog aggression? Interested on views.

This thread is quite interesting.

I'd argue that it may be the pug's physical attributes that make it unlikely or unable to do some sports. Not discounting the fact that it may not want to if it was built differently.

It might have been her new brightly coloured flower collar that caught his attention and her general awesomeness of course lol.

What I love about DOL is that we can have a healthy debate and disagree, and most of the time it doesn't go further. I think some people get a little bit too impassioned about someone else's opinion and remember that's all it is...someone else's opinion..