Two Best Dogs!

If it gets rejected, you can usually write up a statutory declaration and get it stamped at a local police station and combine it with the Vet letter verifying the microchip number. That’s how I got around a bunch of microchip paperwork mess.

Aww I am so sorry that he has passed away. He was clearly a very handsome dog. His face promised lots of fun times. If you don't mind, would it be okay for you to link his profile? There's a small group of embark "bull arab"* dog owners and its interesting to see the similarity of the results. A lot of dane, mastiff, bullterriers, wolfhounds *bull arabs as in the more generic term used across pig dogs and rescues, not bull arabs from the bull arab registry

That makes a touch more sense - it reads like the rescue will continue operating under the other people? The pet rescue contact is different to the person who was hoarding/overwhelmed/cutting costs but that could mean anything from one person to multiple people (I notice the fb page is gone). I'm glad someone called it in before it got too bad, but I do wish articles like this would publish the reason it got so bad if known? Then maybe can raise awareness more on spotting when someone is getting overwhelmed or cutting costs or hoarding or moving into a sort of "rescue mill" and intervene faster. I'll assume those two dogs are pet dogs - but hopefully the RSPCA will still check in to make sure she has capacity to care for the two and they dont get treated like the rescue dogs

That’s horrible, I’m so glad someone spotted this before the animals numbers got any higher. Especially in all this heat :’( Im confused by the last line about approved animals. Does this mean she will still be acting as a “rescue” or is it more privately owned animals aka pets?

There's quite a few catahoulas - purebreds and crosses of - in the farmer hunting dog groups. Especially up QLD way but down here in Victoria too. Nobody wants to leave a dog behind on someones farm land. I'm forever hoping to grab one second hand as a bit of bush hiking safety backup (specifically the garmin T5 au as its radio frequencies dont conflict with the search and rescue frequencies)

I wish when the councils / rspca / police etc asked for help with situations like this - that they would post screenshots of just the people involved so you’re not forced to watch the video over and over to see if you recognise the person. Edit. Just read a news snippet that the person has been identified and the dog has been found too. Behind a paywall so no other info

I reckon as soon as you get home - play with him yourself. Don’t wait for him to start barking at you for it. Use the toys, toss treats in the garden, tug, fetch. It’s likely he just wants your attention and at five months old he kind of needs it too. He’s only a dumb little baby after all. When he is later quiet after you have played, give him lots of calm pats or treats so that he can learn quiet time is also nice and fun. Have strategically placed bowls of treats out of dog reach around the house so you can quickly give him one when you notice him being quiet.

You could make a note to yourself to ask the vet at the next vaccination? of course if it suddenly gets worse or seems to be paining her, go there ASAP.

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I loved watching him go! Even with the little jump confusion. I do wonder how he would go in outdoor settings and variable weather but this was very enjoyable to watch one running and jumping about.

I saw this one? There was also this one last week, although this dog didn't die thankfully: https://www.examiner.com.au/story/5875743/dogs-extremely-dehydrated-after-spirit-of-tasmania-journey/?fbclid=IwAR0CSd7cxCEhfa0dg8RKWvHmy-KxWr0YCC-RWKHUGhKq6VOAX5er6HVXbrg I think DOL is the place that helped me decide years ago to never use the Spirit, after that person lost all their rotties :'( Between these guys and the polo ponies, I really hope the Spirit starts re-evaluating how they transport animals. They noticed the dog in strife but didn't do anything, not even inform the owner. He was dead, but they didn't tell the owners for 7 hours? They don't have a vet or anything on standby.

Oh wow, poor baby and mother. I hope the baby makes it and doesn't have lingering memories or scars. I also hope the other greyhound (who wasn't involved) goes to a safe home if they're not comfortable being around it anymore. *edit* while reading the news this morning, I ran across this article. https://au.news.yahoo.com/brave-mum-saves-daughter-1-traumatic-greyhound-attack-083314005.html It just adds a bit more information: The dog's owner (the dad) says this dog hasn't shown warning signs previously It escaped it's cage/pen and attacked the toddler (or mum and toddler at same time? unclear) Toddler is undergoing plastic surgery :'(

I think this warrants going in here instead of normal news spot, as it is upsetting to see: There's no written article yet I think, but the video shows someone doing "alpha rolls" on a dog, but they're like picking the poor thing up and dropping it on its back on to the ground, grabbing it by legs and flipping it, holding its head down etc. The poor thing ' Facebook summary: The owner of Diamond Dog Activity Centre in Salisbury South has been caught on camera being heavy handed with a staffy she was meant to be looking after. The incident has left the dog's owners furious and vowing to never return. The latest in 7 News at 6pm. News article came out: https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/video-of-dog-thrown-to-ground-in-day-care/news-story/80ca2bc53bf2c02ebd8ab1b1d282f072

oh tdierikx, I am sorry she must go. What a lovely send off for such a beautiful girl. Treats, all the treats! Hoping this day is having lots of smiles on both your parts.

I am using daycare to brush up on (one of my) dogs socialisation ;) I was very picky, and am currently trialing between two different daycares. One is run by dog trainers, and newer. While the other is not run by dog trainers, but is long established with lots of local insight. When choosing the day care I aligned a lot to these blogs: https://www.dogdecoder.com/is-doggie-day-care-right-for-your-dog/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-01/dog-daycare-the-secret-life-of-pups/9662418 (I know! Shock horror a news article being informative on both pros and cons!) and made sure they'd let me do spontaneous inspections (have done on both already ;) ) No cons so far, but I'm keeping an eye on T2 and his overall mood to make sure he is not being negatively affected or picking up bad habits. So far nothing much, except that he is being more confident with big dogs (we had some incidents on lead with big dogs scaring him which has damaged his confidence recently) and his "separation from me fears" seems a bit less intense (one day he just couldn't cope with having me at a distance and not getting to me. It is...odd). Those are why I enrolled him so win/win So I'm going to let him stay for now. Currently we are once a week but I am thinking once a fortnight and then maybe once a month. If he seems to lose interest or enjoyment, I will stop. Both daycares have been honest about his promising-but-not-perfect behaviour and whats he's up to and send me videos so I can judge his body language too. Currently he is loose and curious and inviting to play T1 obviously is not day care suitable so I haven't even considered it for her. She is too big, too energetic, too rough, too unsocialised, too triggered by movement for it to be enjoyable or educational. It would just make her and the other dogs and the handlers stressed if not unsafe.

I have this poster printed out at home because it covers warning signs, what I can do and when to go to the vet all on one page: http://agriculture.vic.gov.au/pets/dogs/dog-health/heat-and-pets i did have one day last week (42c!) where I was getting quite concerned about thistle so we all took a room temperature shower to help her cool down. I even took her temperature and that thermometer is now clearly marked for dogs only after where I put it!

Your situation sounds really complex and unique - but you’re getting in the right people to help you manage it best and identify what is going on. On ways to feed and keep separated for your safety and other dogs safety - a remote food dispenser might help reduce the safety risk as you do not need to manually put a bowl of food down. Would still get the food ready out of the dogs sight until your VB can help.

Oh man that's horrible. Just adding to the choir - record and document everything you can with photos and videos. Contact your local council range and local police for advice on who you can report to in a remote location and what you legally are able to do in your area. Even though they are not immediately close to you, they can advise you on what you're allowed to do in your local area. The ranger may be distant but it is also their job, by contacting them you can get this dog on the radar and have them schedule a visit - that is better than no visit or awareness at all. Your local police can certainly come check the dog in an urgent situation (e.g tied up without water/tangled up without water). Call them on the local number - they can talk to your neighbours and / or seize the dog for you to avoid you having to do the confrontation. Record everything with photos and videos where possible. Those are your best evidence. Avoid anything illegal, as it will come back to bite you in the ass and won't benefit the dog in the long run. However if you happen to glance out your window and see the dog immediately drowning/strangling you are absolutely allowed to run over and free it. Then knock on the door and politely let them know their dog was strangling, and do they want help setting up a dog run.

Awww I hope it goes well and he settles in easily

The penguin site will just send you to their sellers, who are all sold out. Bookfinder is the site you want to use, and to search by ISBN if you're after the 2010 book and not the 1992 book. There is currently one result but it's the old 1992 book being sold under the wrong details, so a false flag. Otherwise, just check the link every other day for new or used ones popping up: https://www.bookfinder.com/search/?author=&title=&lang=en&isbn=9780670073597&new_used=*&destination=au&currency=AUD&mode=basic&st=sr&ac=qr Being it's a bookstore selling it on ebay, no harm calling to confirm if it's The Kelpie or Australian Kelpie: the essentials

I really hope they can identify what exactly was so unique about this food (and/or its combination with other factors) to have caused it.

Mine are called “simple solution” the medication we are on is incurin! It requires a vet prescription but my vet clinic kindly allows me to book refills over the phone then go pick up. Dosage varies dog to dog.

I’ve found most vets are quite happy with you calling to clarify medical advice or ask a question. They might not be able to answer straight away if there’s an emergency going on (fair enough in my books) but they’ve all been quite good at getting back to me and phone calls are free compared to a visit! eg. Thyme is my first male dog...so yesterday I called to get a phone description of what is acceptable swelling and redness post-castration lol. It went in to a lot of detail but I appreciate the run down as I didn’t know if the morning swelling was normal or not.

AWwwwwww! In a year when they wake up the same way, you will have the most perfect comparison picture.

I bought a reusable dog diaper from pet barn I pop it in the wash in the morning. Then I dint have to remember to buy pads because it has an inbuilt one! Works well alongside medication to keep T1 dry and her beds pee free.