Her Majesty Dogmad

Very sad for you, hugs.

I've got a rescue Chi cross here aged about 9 - Primrose. She's very playful, plays all day. With my last foster - a female Toy Poodle - she'd hump her regularly but generally it was after a lot of play so I put it down to excitement. It didn't bother the TP. Now I've got Dudley, also a Chi cross as a foster, he's about 10. He and Primrose play constantly and Primrose always ends up humping him - he couldn't care less and she stops after a short while. I will of course be explaining to new owners about it as I'm hoping to rehome them as a couple, they are cute!

Inaccurate and unfair. Your dog will probably be declared dangerous and guess what. She is. She displayed unprovoked aggression to a human being. That's what you should be focussing on. Your first responsibility is to ensure that this never ever happens again. Secure your dog. Build a run, fence off the gates from the rest of the property. What ever it takes. Your dog can never afford to be unsecured near the gates of your property again. Treat her like the aggressive dog she very clearly is. Next time she could badly hurt someone... or worse. This. You (and I mean anyone) should not open gates which allow your dog to escape, it's similar to walking a dog off the leash down the road - irresponsible. It's common sense. Even if your dog was friendly - which it obviously isn't - it might still run up to someone and give them the fright of their life, attack a dog or a cat. I did a homecheck last week for someone in a similar situation, I was horrified that they weren't even concerned that the dog they wanted to adopt would get out when they opened the gate. The other alternative that they voiced was that they could run their dog over .... hopeless owner.

I'm very sorry for your loss and in such a traumatic way. I hope you can find a way to penalise the bulldog's owners so that they never do this to anyone else. So very irresponsible to cause so much suffering to your dog and you. Hugs to you and your husband.

That's the advice I give people too. I've pasted some links for you on settling dogs in: http://www.rspcavic.org/health-and-behaviour/dogs/bringing-your-new-dog-home http://www.doggierescue.com/settlingin.htm http://www.paws.com.au/NewDog/NewDog.html

Lovely Raelene - maybe you could go on HP's Facebook page "Friends of Hawkesbury Pound" - they do love to see updates from the dogs that were rescued/adopted from there.

Hope so - this is a very dangerous dog. Makes me wonder what the rest of the litter's temperaments are like too ...

Congratulations, a very happy outcome!! Sometimes it's right not to move them on.

My vet's advice (and it is very sound) is that you can't make a decision too early in these cases but you can leave it too long. I've lost around 17 dogs in the last 7 years, none of them went naturally - as much as it caused me immense pain, I did not let any of them suffer needlessly. Please be strong for your dog, sadly they can't tell us when they are in pain but he is no longer able to overcome it and get any pleasure from life. At these times, we only hold on for our own sakes but he will be released from all his suffering, please don't wait any longer.

GRR are fantastic, I'm sure they will help if his owners don't come forward. I've emailed Wendy who runs GRR. I love the Goldies, don't know who could let their old boy down like this.

I asked about the breeder and she was purchased from a pet shop ... I have a foster carer who takes fantastic photos, she's going around to get a really good pic which will be a great help. Fingers crossed I can help in the timeframe.

So sad for you, it's a tough time. I hope that a smile will soon return when you can think of him and have some happy memories. Until then, hugs to you.

Hugs to you Jed, you went through more than anyone should have to.

Ironically I'm on Nexium - can't function without it - so I know how it feels.

Thanks for that, I'll speak to my vet and see what they think, maybe meds are needed!

It's not bile, it's just usually clear liquid with whatever he's eaten in it, I'm feeding them charcoal biscuits for a snack in the morning and it comes up green in colour (as does their poop). They are healthy as in low in fat etc. He's very healthy - I got him about a month ago and got the blood tests done and thorough checks He's definitely not feeling unwell at all, it's not like vomiting, it's no noise or effort from him, just a pool of liquid that appears suddenly. I will be hoping to rehome him but always do so with full disclosure. This is OK for me to manage as I have tiles but if a person had carpet then it wouldn't be great. I just wondered what other people's experiences of reflux were and if any meds helped.

I've got a new foster dog who seems to have a bit of reflux - didn't know it was him, I thought it was my JRT girl who has always done the occasional vomit but yesterday I saw Dudley produce a bit of liquid the colour of the biscuit he'd eaten about an hour before. There was no sound at all. Has anyone else had this and has their vet been able to give any meds or was it improved with a change of diet etc?

I'm trying to help an owner find a new home for her cat - she is going overseas at the end of June and has put notices up in her local area to no avail. Not surprising as they were poorly written with little information and no picture .... She has now sent me pictures and I've asked some questions but the owner is a bit challenging to work with .... She has had the cat since it was a kitten and the cat has been an indoor/outdoor cat but never strayed beyond the yard. It isn't a hunter either and is litter tray trained. She sounds like a real sweetie. At my request the owner took her to the vet last week and had her vaccinated and the vet checked her teeth etc, all good apparently.

Never a good idea to have a ball and dogs off leash like that if any of them are going to guard the ball, it will only lead to trouble. I have a JRT like that, you couldn't let her off the lead near other dogs playing with a ball, she storms in and tries to take it away - not every dog will allow that to happen. Glad it wasn't worse ...

Hope they really throw the book at the a---hole of an owner.

Horrendous and makes me sick. I'm sick of reading about these bloody attacks too. Why people can't keep their dogs safe and secure in their own yards I just don't know.

Rob Zammit at Vineyard also sees a lot of Greyhounds. Depending on where you are, you could contact a local greyhound rescue and see where their vets are. For sighthounds you are best to find a breed experienced vet if you can.

Are they on Petrescue or advertised via VIC Whippet Rescue?

I've often got 3, I do at the moment and just had 4 with a Toy Poodle girl that I just rehomed. It does depend very much on the dogs themselves and breed also comes into play. My JRT is a bit feisty and it's all about managing her so I don't bring in another feisty JRT as that might be an issue. She's possessive of toys as well, when I had my Cattle girl the JRT wouldn't let her play fetch in peace, the JRT would cause issues then so it was all about keeping her on the lead or in a crate whilst the Cattle girl played ball for a while, it was a juggle at the time but outside of the ball issue, it was all fine. However, if there is a problem between bitches that turns into a fight from what I know it doesn't usually end up being easy to resolve and they have to be separated.

Wonderful, thanks for the update!