Her Majesty Dogmad

It's hard to take anyone seriuosly when they make statements like that You have an English comprehension problem, quite obviously. It says you live in Victoria on your profile. Unless you live in the same place as me - in a suburb in Sydney's north - how can you say that what I'm saying is a lie? I state, again, that I have not had any problems with savage small dogs in my area. My dogs have been attacked several times but never by small dogs, nor were they anywhere nearby inciting violence. Nor were my small dogs inviting those attacks, they were simply walking along on their leads. In every case the dogs rushed at us, sometimes they had owners nearby, sometimes not. Left home with the dogs on Wed morning and right at the end of my drive I was confronted with a loose staffy cross that I'd never seen before. I chose not to tempt fate and took my dogs back inside after yelling at the dog and stopping it in its tracsk as it ran towards us. I tehn went back out to try and catch the dog. I followed it into a new neighbour's yard, back gate wide open. Another neighbour said that they had seen the dog out the day before. What to do with people like that? I said I would call the council and they need to put a collar and tag on their dog and not let it wander to get run over and/or scare people - even those without dogs. My dogs didn't have time to "yap" in terror but even if they did, whose fault would it have been if the incident had escalated. Definitely NOT MINE.

how very sad, hugs to you

Fantastic! Well done, it was meant to be that you weren't successful in adopting until Teddy came along!!

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Save Our Strays need a homecheck done by Wed next week. Please pm me if you can help! Thanks in advance.

I'd say if your large dog is likely to kill or attack any other animal then you muzzle it when out in public. I owned a Lakeland Terrier. He was the most gorgeous looking small dog but due to mistreatment he didn't like men at all, coming into the house. On our walks, he elicited a lot of interest, due to him looking like a fluffy teddy bear. People would just stoop down without warning and put their face close to his. Luckily he never did anything but because I was not going to allow him to - once we saw his behaviour in our house when he bit a couple of male visitors that insisted on trying to pat him even though we warned them, he wore a muzzle in public from then on. I have owned large dogs too and I can tell you that they didn't have an ounce of aggression in them (towards other animals or people) or I would not have adopted them. I'm not interested in owning aggressive dogs, plain and simple but if I should end up with one by accident somehow, then they would be muzzled at all times.

I currently own 5 small/old dogs and then I have 1 or 2 fosters sometimes. I do 3 walks some days, depending on the abilities of the dogs - I have one that doesn't want to go some days! The medications take a while these days. I find that younger dogs require a lot more attention and exercise generally which doesn't suit me. I like to see the old dogs warm, comfortable and loved with all their needs attended too. So many people don't value old dogs but I think there's nothing better.

Well said SM. I'm sick of hearing about savage "yappy dogs" from MyMateJack. Perhaps we should swap houses because I'm sick of medium and large dog owners who don't give a shit about anyone else. Haven't come across any littlies behaving badly in this area.

When my 3 small dogs and I were confronted by an off leash German Shepherd who ran out of its driveway and chased after us, the owners told me it was all my fault because I was walking 3 dogs along the pavement on the lead rather than one - they didn't make a sound by the way. I can assure you that whether I'd had 1, 2, 3 or 4 (the legal limit) there would have been no difference in the Shepherd's response. The owners were extremely abusive as I asked them to get their dog under control. They had no gates to even close so they shouldn't have any dog off leash in their front yard. I called council and they said that dog owners that allow their dogs to do this have no concept of how it affects people unless a dog much larger than theirs threatens them.

Hi - if anyone can help with a homecheck in Crows Nest either tomorrow or Saturday - can you please let me know. Sounds like a great home for 2 Cavaliers but we always check. Thanks in advance!

What an awful story this is from Japan, one woman doing her best to help. There needs to be a massive cultural change and education program by the sound of it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285606/Victims-fashion-fad-Bred-satisfy-celeb-craze-handbag-dogs-hope-courageous-British-woman.html Victims of a fashion fad: Bred in Japan to satisfy a celebrity craze for 'handbag' dogs, their only hope is one courageous British woman Gangs snatch puppies off their mothers from as early as one week old Display them in pet shops where small dogs with painted nails are fashion hit In Japan, breeding dogs even more profitable than drugs and prostitution Dogs rescued from breeders are killed if new owner cannot be found in week Surging forward in desperation after weeks without food or water, these forlorn, whimpering dogs were left to die in filth by gangsters cashing in on the celebrity craze for handbag-size dogs. In another haunting photograph taken minutes after a raid on an illicit breeding den, the pleading eyes of a bulldog whose neck narrowly fits through the wire struts of his cage tell a harrowing story of cruelty and neglect. The malnourished pedigree dogs were unwanted breeding stock for an underground industry netting millions of pounds a year for criminal gangs until their rescue by one remarkable British woman. Left to die: Whimpering dogs that have been used to breed puppies. They were left without food or water when their gangster owner abandoned them in their filthy illicit den Elizabeth Oliver, 70, last year awarded an MBE, has spent 20 years battling against their inhumane treatment by Japanese breeders, and the authorities who turn a blind eye. Mrs Oliver, director of Animal Rescue Kansai, is bravely taking on a complex network overseen by the notorious Yakuza mafia, who have found breeding dogs even more profitable than drugs and prostitution. The ruthless gangs snatch cute puppies off their mothers from as early as one week old so they can be displayed in gaudy pet shops, where small dogs with painted nails are the must-have fashion accessory a Western trend popularised by celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Adele, Donatella Versace and model Miranda Kerr. The dogs are left to breed among themselves in tiny apartments, says Mrs Oliver, originally from Somerset. Then, one day, the breeders realise they have too many and that theyre too big to sell and just go. A lot of gangsters will be arrested for an unrelated crime and the dogs get left behind. Sometimes these places are so filthy you cant step inside. Ive been chasing one breeder for years. When we went to his premises on the southern island of Kyushu, we found dead and dying dogs everywhere. It was absolutely appalling. There were hundreds of dogs crammed into tiny cages. They were underweight, with terrible skin conditions. The breeder had just left them and locked the door behind him. For these gangsters dog breeding has become very lucrative. They were into drugs, guns and prostitutes, but now they are all into dog breeding. One of them tried to attack me; I had to run for my life. He was prosecuted eventually, and he was banned from breeding. The penalty was a fine of about £2,000, not a proper penalty. He is still breeding now. People had been complaining, but the authorities did absolutely nothing. Even when the authorities are persuaded to intervene, the freed dogs face a terrible fate, sent to a mechanised death row where they are allowed one weeks grace for a new owner to emerge. After that, they are gassed in a steel container called a dream box. A Daily Mail investigation has uncovered new details of what is effectively a state-sanctioned policy of extermination. At the animal welfare centre in Tokushima, recently built for £16 million, death-row dogs are placed into a special truck to be gassed off site before being cremated. The impressive building is set in landscaped parkland with a playground and picnic tables on the front lawn. It does a remarkable job of disguising its true purpose. On the day our reporter received a tour, some of the native Japanese Shiba Inu dogs had two days left before the metal bars to the rear of their cages would slide up to announce the end of their lives. Seeming to have a tantalising glimpse of freedom, the animals will then walk unknowingly into a narrow steel corridor in which a separate metal plate nudges them forward. At the touch of a button, they are forced to step into a container called a dream box, which will soon be filled with noxious carbon dioxide. The box, on which the soothing Japanese word for sleep has been written, is lowered into a waiting truck. Once the lorry has moved calmly off the premises, the gassing begins, activated by a vet at a control desk. It takes approximately two minutes for the animals to die and then be driven off for cremation. Up to 20 are killed here every working day. As Mrs Oliver says, Outside its like a Disneyland; inside its like Auschwitz. They have spent millions coming up with a system so they can press a button to gas the dogs, and no one knows where it is taking place. When Mrs Oliver arrived in Japan 40 years ago, she was shocked by how little her adopted country cares for stray and unwanted animals. The tiny, chic dogs are flavour of the month, she says. It has been a boom over the past ten to 15 years. They are all trying to breed the smallest one, the kind of dogs you can fit in a tea cup like Chihuahuas. A lot of them are being bred for unusual colours or markings, too. What are essentially genetic defects are considered desirable. People like that, and they dont think they will have big problems with that dog when they buy it; they just think: Oh, thats cute, it matches my bag. These puppies are shampooed, they are blow-dried and they have their nails painted. But their feet dont touch the ground, so they have no muscles. They can barely walk. Mrs Olivers current favourite among the 180 animals at her sprawling sanctuary for rescued dogs is a three-legged stray nicknamed Wireless. He got his moniker after being found with a wire noose embedded in his leg. Vets at the sanctuary had to amputate the limb. Just one more victim of this sickeningly cruel trade.

I have a lot of terrier experience and find that they are usually very prey driven, especially the Jack Russells and they are very determined. Have a look at a Jack Russell doing what it was bred for - ratting - it is phenomenal - there is probably a video on You tube! My Jack would be the same with a cat. My terriers always disembowel any blue tongues that venture into the yard which is horrifying but they cannot tell the difference between a snake and a lizard.

Oh my....she is gorgeous. I am sure there will be heaps of applications for her. I like how this rescue states that they will take dogs back at any time. Every good rescue will.

I'm all sorted! Rehomed a mistreated little dog to this home and just had an email to say how thrilled she is, she arrived yesterday!

Apart from bones, what else does he eat?

Wow K9Angel, you've made some lovely family memories!

I'm not saying there's a blanket "no" to all dogs existing with chickens but I think that dogs that will kill chickens are in the majority rather than the minority. It is to be expected and guarded against - I like chickens and would rather they are not ripped to shreds by anything, dog fox etc BUT if you put the two together, you cannot realistically expect it all to be OK and punish the dog when it isn't. I've taken surrendered dogs - Italian Greyhounds included - who have had a beating for killing a chicken or other loose bird. It's very wrong in my opinion.

still carrying on .... we don't care what you think as you took totally the wrong side of the argument, right from the word go. Might is NOT right, not here, not anywhere.

I always recommend going 2 yrs either side of the existing dog's age. I'd be looking at 4+ for your dog's friend and I'd let him pick his own friend if possible!

Yay for Jaz, she's a beauty!

I couldn't look at my cat when he killed 6 day-old chickens. I'm not as fond of him as I was and I don't trust him at all. I despise the GSD who visits next door and killed one of my chooks. Its even easier to hate foxes. Sorry but cats kill birds and mice. In Australia they kill lots of other things too such as lizards, possums and so on. It's the normal, predatory behaviour of a cat. If we don't like the natural behaviour of our pets then we shouldn't have them OR we stop their natural behaviour by preventing access to the things they will kill. How did the cat get to the 6 day old chickens? My first Italian Greyhound killed my budgie, years ago. I didn't like him for two days or so but it was entirely my fault as I'd left the cage door open. And believe me, I cried for weeks but it wasn't the dog's fault and I still loved him. If I hadn't then I'd have had to rehome him but that would have been my issue, not seeing what I had done wrong and placing the blame entirely on him for behaving like a normal dog. As for the neighbour's dog killing your animals perhaps the neighbour's letting the dog wander which is awful and who knows what else the dog might do? It's the neighbour's fault though, not the dog's. As a rescuer I'm sick to the back teeth of getting calls from people who want to get rid of their dogs because they've killed some chickens. Normally, the scenario is that the owner's had the dog for years and then decided to go all free range and also that the dog and the chickens should live happily, side by side - just like that. Recently a colleague asked me about mixing her Dachshund with chickens - I said no, it will kill them. What if I bring him up with the chickens from puppyhood she said. I said it could be OK but I doubt it. Guess what? He's still a puppy and he killed all the chickens so now the chickens have their own enclosure.

Look at this story from the UK - a lab ate 79 stones!!! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283913/Dog-biscuits-No-I-prefer-pebbles-Family-labrador-79-removed-stomach-eating-walk-beach.html

We are trying to rehome a Whippet and have a potential home in Gisborne in the Macedon Ranges. This seems to be quite a long way out of Melbourne so I'm hoping we can find someone in the area. Thanks!

Nor mine, I can give you a bullet proof guarantee that none of my dogs would hurt another, even under duress. It would be a different story if my Jack Russell met a cat however and for those reasons she is safely contained within my yard, she does not go off leash down the road - ever, nor does she get taken anywhere near cats.

You are expecting a bit much. Yes, it would be a better world if people would be responsible and there were no dog attacks, wouldn't it?