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his grandmother is incredible! my mum said 'oh what happens if he comes over and is all aggressive and a right arse of a dog' .. I'm like, so he'll fit in perfectly then ahh he's the first dobey I've been star struck by

fooo for that stud fee I would consider it monelite LOL ... hmmm I want want want!

the static is not like an electric fence it's like a muscle stimulator. I have tried it on myself, like I said the innotek ones have multiple levels and the lower ones do not hurt

he's in serbia, won multiple titles HD-0, ED-0 7 x CAC, CACIB, 4 x BOB JulesP a friend of mine has a blue and white border male puppy for sale with blue eyes at the mo they're GORGEOUS!

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yeah I can't even IMAGINE the total cost of dog + transport + quarentine + everything else WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH why do I have to be poor

plus the sensation of citronella in the mouth and if it gets in the eyes ... ouch!

when you see a dog for sale that you REALLY want and you cant have it off to have a sooky sooky la la http://www.cobrakennel.com/ anyone going to europe wanna fly him back for me ... call it an early xmas present PWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!! who else has eye candy!

I dont like them. Spray yourself in the face with citronella and see what it's like, bloody terrible and more stressful then a static collar IMO. The innotek ones are pretty weak I dont see why not for a large breed 5mo

I got some lovely warnambool butter the other week, left it on the edge of the kitchen bench. Walk back into kitchen 2 minutes later to see just the wrapper hanging from Diesels mouth he had polished off the entire block I think the best was when OH came home on day and walked into the kitchen to see it covered in flour and our Douge de Bordeaux sitting there with a white face like 'what ... oh this? No idea" He had eaten the flour and a box of cupcake mix OH had to then try and scrape the dog drool/flour dough off his face and get him clean

I have a huge dog with severe HD. I can tell you thin is always better! rememberdiesel.webs.com is his site, he has many problems which we have corrected without surgery and we are looking at having a leg brace made to help him. Natural therapies, acupuncture, exercise and electrostimulation got him from bed bound to running about. Dont give up the tinies have a much better chance then a dog like mine at 50kg

Hagen makes small harnesses for rabbits, guiineas, ferrets etc comes with a lead too

Put the dry food down, take it away after 15 minutes and nothing until the next meal. I;ve never had a fussy dog, big or small. They all learn to eat what is in their bowls or go hungry.

there is a quick in house test for parvo, it costs about $15. Time to change vets.

are you sure the breeder was even registered? If you have the breeders name and contact you can try DogsVic but dont hold your breath with them. I tried to get my bitches papers and they were no help at all.

i'm hearing more and more of this sending home business. Considering it can live in the soil and the dogs would be in the viral shedding stage when they go to the vet why send them home? then we hear "parvo epidemics" in the newspaper. I know a few vets DONT want to deal with parvo puppies due to the mess and the fuss. I think thats poor - who else is meant to deal with it. Plus a dog whos intestinal lining is being decimated by parvo/corona/or both obviously doesnt need anything in there and try to make them eat or drink to unduce gut movement and more pain. Drip, isolation, plasma in the early stages and reintroduce food half a teaspoon full at a time until the dog is better.

I wouldnt let my dog come home, I would be keeping him in the vets with a drip until he was eating properly and not vomiting. I dont understand this trend of a couple of needles and send them home. THe dogs intestines are extremely inflamed and absorption is up the creek! They should be on a drip!

no the ones from ABS also have an extra piece just inside where the nose and mouth is. If you are so concerned keep your dog on a lead whilst out walking and also teach it the 'leave' command. Training a dog to eat only out of its own bowl would be a very useful thing to do in this case.

http://www.absaustralia.com/ordering.htm take a look at the plastic basket muzzles here, lightweight and he can still drink in them

*sigh* I'm not talking about your dog Huski. Why is it when I comment you immediately think my entire post was directed at you. Walk them however makes you happy, I have my way and I use it on many dogs, not just my own. thats what I wrote before maybe you missed it. I have not seen a dog that walks ahead of its own accord (I dont mean commanded to do it) be reliable IMO. Maybe from the owners perspective they are.

exactly. If you look on the website the price is only $500. If you can't afford that then you definately should not be owning a working dog. Just because a dog is a tool on a farm, or in a hunt etc makes it less worthy of getting a proper living situation and care. I remember seeing a working kelpie chained up on a dairy farm. Poor dog had an injured toe, sat in mud all day and the wound was now a deep gaping hole. I reported it, everyone shrugged it off like, oh well its a working dog thats its life hideous lack of respect for the animals that keep us in business in this country. Not everyone is like that I know but it seems to permeate.

I'm talking about the average pet dog. And when you think about these dogs they have a reasonable degree of charge of the situation and a lot of training behind it so really it is not applicable in this discussion. Yes it does depend on more then where they walk but I have a belief that being out in front is not a desirable position - and when it comes to clients dogs with problems the proof is in the pudding. Put them to the side, and by this I do not mean a formal heel, and it helps then focus on their owners, listen and learn more effectively. Particularly when every out of control, narky turd dog I meet is always out in front of its owner as well it doesnt help my opinion. I used to walk 4 dogs at a time up the country roads, all on lead and they were 2 on each side. Cars, horses, roos, nothing meant me being dragged over and considering I had combined weight of about 140kg on the leads they could have easily done it. Let them get ahead, competition ensues. Keep them at my side (and that is not a formal heel, that is simply do not walk so your body if further forward then mine and stay near my side nicely) The only reason your dogs know where to go is from constant commanding until something works - so really they are not paying attention because they want to, it is because they have to. I mean when the dog consciously pays attention to your body language and follows you without having to be constantly told - and that cannot be done if they are ahead, then they have their own agenda unless you have specifically encouraged walking ahead (why I dont know I find it hideously annoying). If I change direction my dog is there, if I slow, they slow too, if a cat shoots out or a dog lunges at us we stay calm and ignore it. I dont have to talk to my dogs constantly, the only time they get spoken to is to be commanded into position if needs be or verbal praise for behaving. It makes recall easier since they are already choosing not being made to pay attention and being rewarded for it. I let them have a sniff here and there but if I let my Malinois put her face to the ground we would be tracking for kilometers. A dog doesnt have to have its face pressed to the ground in order to smell what is going on by the way, their noses are sensitive enough to pick up most of the scents walking nicely. Maybe I'm just speshal. I much prefer my way of walking, calm dog, easy walk, high level of predictability.

just a couple of points here. 1) $50 worth of electric fencing is quite little really, thats not even a small power pack, maybe cover a roll of shock tape 2) not everyone who buys this gear is suitable for a working dog (like to tree changer who thinks oh wow a free dog for my 'farm') 3) if they wanted it to go to a working farm then why not limit it to studs/primary producers/abbetoirs not any random joe blow almost 10 dogs are being given away, if it was 1 then OK free advertising but one a month and then in the newspapers as well? I still dont like the whole dog being given away, worker or not. Its the lure of getting something for free that usually attracts the wrong people to say yep, I'll take it. If you want a working dog that too should be a conscious decision, not simply a raffle win.

No dog I have on a lead is ever allowed to be in front. I do have a 'go' command which means go sniff, and a pee command. How can your dog follow if it is out ahead of you? It cannot. You cannot control it effectively nor have it paying attention to what you are doing. No pull harnesses on an Akita are as effective as a mild breeze. If you're dog is weaving, it is tracking and highly distracted which leads to excitement. I would get a check chain, when your dog shoots ahead do a 180 degree turn, let the dog self correct then call the dog to follow, reward highly for coming to your side. If it shoots ahead again repeat. YOU set the pace, not the dog. Praise the dog for giving you focus, loose leash and staying by your side. They learn very quickly and focus becomes natural, not an exercise you have to work on separately.

you can control prey drive. If my working Mal can do it anyone can supervised interaction and a good trainer who will help with showing the dog no prey satisfaction comes from cats is the way to go