aussiecattledog

Hi all :) I managed to find the Vetbasix sunscreen, but couldn't find any virbac. I also found another product called Petkin Doggy Sunstick but it didn't have in the description if it contained things to stop licking. (My dog's a BIG licker) Thanks for the help guys

Thanks sheena, i'll check it out

Hi all, just a quick question. A family friend of ours owns an old lab (georgeous boy too) who's got a pink nose, and they explained to me that was because it got sunburnt and now they have to put sunscreen on it. I've noticed on my dog, a white Australian cattle dog (or Blue heeler) cross Kelpie that there isa slight discolouration of her nose. Do i need to buy her some type of dog appropraite sunscreen to prevent burning? If so can anyone recommend a brand and where I can buy it from. I do wonder though if sunscreen would actually do anything, since i'd expect her to lick it off as soon as i put it on. Thanks

Thanks for the information guys! :) Thanks HugL, i don't think I'm doing THAT well but I try my best. Before I even knew i was going to get a dog I spent most of my time researching and learning on the hope i would get one - paid off I think. I bought her a new toy yesterday actually, but I think I might buy her a raw hide chew to train her with the cat instead, she LOVES those. I should really segregate them a lot more now that you guys mention it, we leave them unsupervised together a lot more than we probably should. I should probably have mentioned my dog's an outside dog (parents decision - but she seems fine and I practically live outside as well anyway :p ) and the cat gets put outside for a lot of the day so he can do his business - and also so we have less fur to clean up. But there are heaps of places in our backyard the cat can get to without the dog getting in (Under the decking, the chicken run, vegetable garden and side of the house). Still, I might have to make extra sure they are segregated as much as possible, I don't want a horror story of my own either :quote: I have a cattle dog and his prey drive kicks in when he sees the vacuum cleaner, mop, broom or basically anything that moves. I move him away before I start the activity now and yesterday when I started the lawn mower, even though he was inside, he still barked but this time he only barked a couple of times. It's taken 12 years to get to this stage. :quote: (how do you get those quote boxes?) :laugh: I have the same with mine, she especially hates the lawn mower, but that's fear based rather than prey drive (I'm still working on that, might take me a while). She's gotten over the broom (finally!) but sometimes she gets a little excited and tries to have a fight with it - I have one broom from when we first got her thats been nibbled in three places and bents awkwardly at each nibble. :laugh: Still use it though.

I'm a first time dog owner and relatively young, so I didn't make the best choice of picking out a breed to suit our home. Our dog's a blue heeler cross Kelpie, and while we've managed to take care of most of her breed traits we still have an issue with prey drive. She's generally very well behaved, very smart and obedient just like her breed is meant to be, and (thank goodness!) not very destructive any more, and she doesn't play bite either. BUT, of course like all puppies she still misbehaves. :/ that's puppies I guess. She's fine with the chickens, we've seperated them from each other and she doesn't even bother trying to get to them, she used to get a little annoyed when I gave them food of course but that's no longer an issue. The bigger problem was always the cat. He's an older cat, which made it harder, a and sometimes a BIG wuss, and we didn't go through introducing them very well either, all mistakes I will definately not make again in future. II shouldn't have gotten a high prey drive breed to mingle with a cat. Of course I understand it is possible for any dog breed to mingle or at least respect other species but being a first time dog owner I could have chosen an easier option. The dog's 10 months old now and as time goes by we have had less and less issues with them and I'm sure once the dog's matured and neutered she'll calm down a lot more and hopefully get along a lot better. However I still plan to actively train both of them to co-exist a lot better. They don't always have issues, for the most of the day they ignore each other and mind their own business, the cat has his spot in the backyard and the dog hers, the cat tends to stick around the fence and sleeps most of the day or hangs aorund the chicken coop where the dog won't bother him. But the dog sometimes will bark or try to chase the cat if he tries to walk across the backyard or sticks around her bed area which is near the back door. She used to chase him over the fence heaps but we've managed to control that behaviour a lot more and the cat is learning to gain more confidence around the dog also. I'm continuing to work on that, I can call back the dog now when she starts to pester the cat, which is generally mostly friendly behaviour, like walking around him, sniffing ang wagging her tail, and hen she gets a little annoyed and starts to bark I correct the behaviour, bring her back to my heel and get her to sit-stay. Is this an appropraite method for this issue? The main problem however is when we put the cat inside the dog tends to get frustrated and barks at him. We've been calmly discplening her when she barks and rewarding her when she's quite, or putting down the blinds and ignoring her but we haven't broken the behaviour entirely yet. I don't plan for the cat and dog to be the best of friend's but I would like some tips on how I can at least stop the dog from pestering the cat when he's inside the hosue and in view. She gets especially annoyed when I play fight with the cat, like play biting or chasing after my feet, she gets pretty worked up sometimes when he does this, she seems to think I'm in danger or something. I'd appreactiate all advice. Right now I'm sitting beside my dog and the cat's grooming himself not far away. :) hopefully it'll be like this all the time.

Also another question, there's a dog down my street who seems rather fearful around other dogs and its often in the front yard (which has a secure fence), what would happen if someone was to put their hand through the fence and the dog bit them? Of course I'm not planning to do this, I stay clear away from fearful and agressive dogs, but I'm just curious.

OSS, again in Brisbane. Bloke with evil intent, broke thro' a locked side gate in a suburban house. Walked straight into a German Shepherd. Not any GSD.... the unlucky bloke had picked the home of a police dog handler. Handler was upstairs having a shower. Bloke took off, pursued by the police dog, who cornered him against a fence. Neighbours phoned the police who came promptly & took over from the GSD... who amused them by jumping into the back seat of a police car. All explained when dog handler came running up the road, having heard the sirens. Thanks everyone for the information, and the stories. Some of them are very entertaining We have two gates on our property running up to the backyard. Our dog got out once in a bad storm back when we had one gate and being 6 years old it broke and she got out, but we had no issues, turned out she had taken herself for a walk along the route i had been taking her for the past week, probably out looking for us since no-one was home, found a nice man who realised she wasn't with an owner and drove her up to the lost dogs home. Now the gate's fixed and we put another, smaller one up behind it that actually doesn't open, so to get in you physically have to climb over it to get. I think during the summer holidays when my dad comes to live with us we'll put a lock on the big gate and put up a sign to inform visitors we own a dog. She can't get to the front yard so they're safe from our dogs licks. :) I think I'll continue to do some reasearch on this, it's very interesting and I'm sure it pays off to be very informed on this kind of information, owning a dog and all. And talking of dog stories I found one on a pitbull cross who stopped two intruders from stealing a baby from a families house when they knocked the mother unconcious with the hilt of the gun. I love hearing these stories, especially when they involve pitbulls or rottwielers or the like.

Here's another one: hahaha :laugh: i love seeing a big dog get all submissive around a cat, its really quite funny sometimes. my cat is a big wuss though, he steers clear of our chickens! Oh I love the malinois breed, your dog looks beautiful Personally I've always wanted a belgian malinois or tervuren, or if not that an anatolian shepherd. I just love shepherd dog breeds, no wonder I own one.

haha i love those :p i think i definately need the one that says "and the cat isn't trustworthy either" cause a lot of my close friends are afraid of my cat :laugh:

Thanks everyone! I looked up the Domestic animals act for victoria (I didn't know what to serch prior to getting the information you've all given me) and it states similar to what you wrote for NSW melzawelza , it says: "In any proceeding for an offence under this section, it is a defence to that offence if the incident occurred because- (a) the dog was being teased, abused or assaulted; or (b) a person was trespassing on the premises on which the dog was kept; or © another animal was on the premises on which the dog was kept; or (d) a person known to the dog was being attacked in front of the dog" I guess I won't need a sign, I don't want anyone thinking my dog would bite anyone, she's far more likely to lick them to death :laugh: That's kelpies allright, looks like it'd be a pleasure to own three @Koalathebear. Maybe I might just put a "Dog on premesis" sign up, that way people know there's a dog, especially since my dog's not that much of a barker and you could never tell we have one anyway, she can't come into the front yard or the side of the house. Seeing what my teacher said I thought it would be better safe than sorry but since its covered under legislation if my dog injures someone tresspassing on my proprty than its ok. No way I'd let her bite anyone anyway, she can stick to her chew toys.

Opps i made a typo, I meant to say "she knocks them over or even bites them because we aren't supervising then we WILL be liable". Sorry about that.

Hi everyone, So in class yesterday we were discussing laws and the topic about being liable if your dog bites someone popped up. Our teacher told us that if you have "beware of dog" sign somewhere on your property than if someone tresspasses and your dog injures them you won't be liable for their injury. She said without a sign warning people you own a dog, even if someone is tresspassing on your proprty with the intention to break the law, like stealing, if your dog injures them you are still legally liable. I was looking into this today, but I found no solid answers of laws saying if this is true. Of course coming from my teacher I believed it, and I want to buy or make a sign to put up on our front gate, but I've heard people saying how having a sign still doesn't make you legally liable if it injures someone, or that having "Beware of dog" just makes it sound like you are admitting you own a dangerous and/or aggressive dog, which I've heard people say on discussions on other dog forums that this will make you liable anyway, because you are stating that your dog IS dangerous. Can someone please help clarify this for me? And what happens if you have a sign up, say on your front door, but the person attempts to break in from the back of your house, is injured and DOES NOT see the sign? I want to put a "beware of dog" sign up on our property, not because our dog is aggressive or frightnenly dangerous, but because I'm worried that our neighbours kids might jump the fence when we aren't there to play with the dog and she knocks them over or even bites them because we aren't supervising then we won't be liable. And i wouldn't be suprised if she was aggressive anyway towards a tresspasser, I mean its only instinct for a dog to guard their territory after all. So will putting that sign up make me not legally liable if my dog bites or hurts someone on our property without our permission, or just serve no purpse and make it seem like my dog is aggressive? Thanks for the help

She chewed on the plastic a bit but didn't appear to eat it - only the glue. She's fine, thank goodness, just wanted to make sure I wasn't risking anything (we made that mistake with one with our previous pet rabbits... I didn't want a re-occurance) Thanks for your support.

ok thanks :) I feel a lot less worried now. I just wanted to be EXTRA sure I wasn't risking anything

Also she had eaten her dinner (one and a half cups of dry dog food) about 3 hours ago, would thia affect her at all?