Leah82

Guilty. I have just a couple that I keep an eye on. The rescue org that I got Sarah through and English Cocker Spaniels Australia. They post lots of other cocker spaniel pics, not just the ones that need forever homes. There's usually at least one 'Nawwwwwww' a day :) here's the latest nawwww https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=689888064355054&set=o.356103141098458&type=1&theater

You'll probably find the person thinks that Bull Terriers are Pit Bulls - every time someone has said that they don't like Pit Bulls because they're so ugly I've asked them to describe one and they describe the classic shape of the Bull Terrier head (which I love!). I think this website is awesome... http://www.pickthepit.com/ I showed it to my OH and he failed miserably. :laugh: I have to admit I used to think Bull terriers were pit bulls when i was younger but Cesar Millan showed me I was wrong

I'm always a bit wary when job candidates start making disparaging remarks about their old work place, it generally means they take no responsibility towards what happened. In this case if what she is saying was true she could have reported it to the appropriate authorities and they would have handled it, there's no need to continue going on about it. The fact that after 2 years she's still lying and making these comments says that she's still resentful about what happened and doesn't take any responsibility for her actions. Hopefully other people see this but unfortunately there are too many people in the world that believe anything they are told. Hopefully business hasn't suffered too much.

Collie's beautiful clip is no more he decided to turn himself into a mud monster last week while we were at work and we resorted to giving him a full clip to get rid of all the, knots, matts and dried up balls of mud stuck to his fur so then I figured I'd give sarah her summer coat at the same time. turns out clipping legs and underside is the hardest part Oh and I probably won't be putting pictures up of either of them for awhile :p

I'm going to hijack my own thread :) I was at my parents farm in country WA over the weekend and got to hangout with their dog Scud the 4 year old mostly kelpie. He's so incredibly chilled as you can see from the photos ;) he just lounges around the house most of the time until you start up the ATV and then it's working time

When we were looking at getting another dog we were looking at both boys and girls but with a preference for girls. Our boy Collie has never met a dog that he's had a problem with but after hearing that a boy/girl combo would most likely get along better we went down that route. I'm glad we did, our dogs are very attached to one another, they even groom each other in the evenings occasionally which is soooo cute :) Plus it maintains a gender balance in the house :laugh: As far as getting a third dog goes, you could always get the opposite sex of the more dominant of the two to try and keep things in balance

I'm at my parents place in country WA for a few days and sitting down with a couple of their friends for afternoon tea, one of them announces that they are going to breed their golden retriever. Their older GR was put down a month ago so instead of buying another dog to keep her company they will breed her a companion, not to mention she has a lovely temperament which should be passed on and just so happens they have a friend with an intact male GR. btw did I mention the bitch was 6 years old *sigh* and not registered of course. Interestingly we were talking later about puppy farms and they brought up the dancing gate saga so they're not totally ignorant but clearly don't see that good breeding practices involve more than just having a heathy environment for the mum and pups.

definitely padlock the gate, install a webcam so you can monitor the situation from work. If your neighbour tries anything it will be recorded and you can report him to the police without involving anyone else. In the mean time hopefully the padlock will keep him away from your dogs Your poor dogs, it's horrible that he has taken advantage of the situation Also why not wanting to scare you even more if he can't get to the dogs he might consider baiting, so a webcam is important

Your parents requirements seem to be very detailed. While there's nothing wrong with that maybe they would be better off looking at the Mature Dogs for Sale section of DOL so they can look specifically for a breed that would suit them http://www.dogzonline.com.au/breeds/dogs.asp Also Pets Haven do have foster carers

Poor guy I wonder what, if any, permanent damage is being done by these episodes? Hopefully the vet has some good suggestions and here's hoping a genetic marker is found soon to prevent this in future generations.

If the condition is heat related would keeping the dogs coat clipped short help? I know there have been posts about not clipping dogs with an undercoat as it can ruin the coat but surely the health of the dog is more important than the appearance at this point.

The only way I managed to teach Sarah how to drop was if I dropped first :p No amount of luring was going to get her to lie down so I had to think outside the box, now she's an expert dropper :)

Great article! What are your thoughts on using a clicker in group classes? Obedience is easy enough to shape at home and show off in class :) but agility is a bit more difficult as I don't have the obstacles at home. Just wondering if it can confuse the other dogs in the class.

I've looked at some noseworks bit and pieces, been meaning to get a couple of cardboard boxes together and getting him finding some treats. Our dog club does tracking training so might inquire about that. Collie and my OH were at the park yesterday afternoon. Collie ends up spending a lot more time looking for his ball these days and my OH got a feeling that Collie was listening to his cues in order to find the ball. He wasn't totally convinced that's what was happening (could have been coincidence) but could be a good sign he's listening more to compensate for the lack of sight :)

We took Sarah and Collie through a few agility obstacles yesterday. Sarah will take some work to get her comfortable and happy, we spent about 15 minutes on a couple of jumps at the 200 height, I then decided to end her session early before she started hating it and me :p, definitely going to need to use the softly softly approach with her. Collie was enjoying the jumps and managed a few goes through the tunnel. Such a shame he's going blind, he's got such confidence and willingness to please Also my highlights for the weekend were the tiny yorkie in the 200 height masters session and the great dane x maremma in the 600 excellent. The roof of the tunnel was bouncing up and down as he was going through :laugh:

Check out the facebook page for more recent lols :p https://www.facebook.com/pages/Text-From-Dog/203679529752766

Until your child is old enough to know how to treat a dog with care (no pulling ears, tail etc) and understand how to read your dogs body language, especially when it wants to be left alone, it will not be safe to leave them unsupervised. At this point neither baby or puppy are old enough to know how to interact with one another safely. You might want to look at getting a play pen and crate for your puppy to keep them separated when the baby is near the ground and you can let your puppy roam around freely when the baby is up high and not in reach. I'm assuming you want both baby and puppy to grow up being best friends but it's a little too early to start the bonding while they are both so immature

While I don't know anything about scent detection of low blood sugar if you need a dog with the drive to sniff things out and that will become a very close companion for your little boy a cocker spaniel would be a good fit. I might mention this to my fiance, his dad has never managed his diabetes very well, they have a cocker spaniel but she's on her last legs. Would only be beneficial if they're thinking about getting another dog in the future.

Poor guy, I'm guessing he was a victim of the "I didn't know he was going to get that big" excuse I'm near by if anyone needs some help with transport etc, would love to take him but unfortunately I've got 2 littlies (compared to him anyway). I have noticed that most RSPCA dog descriptions say the dogs need to be an only pet, gotta wonder about their reasons...

and yes there was a lot of juggling of the 500 height dogs :p we had a good system where the lead steward would tell the scribe which number was running on the way to the exit gate :)

Things went well today, the day ended up being a bit longer as the morning session was held up due to a problem with one of the timing gates. All in all though I had fun, all the dogs got through eventually and I learnt a lot about agility in the process :) I'm pretty buggered now though and I'm up at 7 tomorrow morning to take the dogs to obedience. Afterwards we're going to head over to the agility ring and see how the dogs go with a few of the obstacles.

I've printed out the section I need of the catalogue so I'm really to go tomorrow. Will get there about 11-11.30 so I can watch a bit of the morning session before lunch. Now just weighing up the chair quandary. Bring my own, will there be one there for me or will I be standing up all afternoon? fingers crossed the rain stays away as well

I know a lot of people say a purebred dog without pedigree can never be confirmed as a purebred because there's no lineage details. As far as I'm concerned if it looks like a duck and sounds like a duck, then it's probably a duck. If both parents and offspring are within breed standards then who's to say it's not a purebred. Isn't that the point of breed standards? If I'm at the park and someone tells me their dog is a purebred beagle and it looks exactly like a beagle, who I am to say it's not just because it doesn't have papers?

I'm confused with the difference between purebred and pedigree. From my understanding a purebred dog is a single breed, i.e a border collie from border collie parents that fits within the breed standards but not necessarily from a registered breeder I was under the impression that dogs from registered breeders with a prefix were considered pedigree So all pedigree dogs are purebred but not all purebred dogs are pedigree ...correct me if I'm wrong My understanding too :) So in the above example the owner of the Labrador is right in saying their dog is purebred despite the lack of papers

I'm confused with the difference between purebred and pedigree. From my understanding a purebred dog is a single breed, i.e a border collie from border collie parents that fits within the breed standards but not necessarily from a registered breeder I was under the impression that dogs from registered breeders with a prefix were considered pedigree So all pedigree dogs are purebred but not all purebred dogs are pedigree ...correct me if I'm wrong