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I love it the first few times but we were there for about four hours and I would have had about 50 conversations about her in that time, 12 sets of photos plus about 30 kids that wanted to pat her. It's like taking a side show for a walk! I turned around at one stage and there was a couple standing behind us taking photos of her and I had a momentary urge to give them a serve about not taking photos without permission, and then I realised she was a dog not a child and that would have sounded a bit ridiculous

Oh and seriously, stop calling my dog FRED!!!

I'm almost at the point of not taking her anymore. Not that Josie finds it traumatic but I just want to walk without literally every second person stopping us or commenting to each other as we walk past, for some reason it makes me uncomfortable having people talking about her behind my back. I also had one girl argue with me and say is that a beagle? No, she's a basset hound. Ih no, she looks like a beagle to me, we were going to get a beagle but then we moved on to land and there were too many fleas and ticks you know? Yes, but she's a basset hound. Oh well they must look the same, they have the same long ears... head--->wall

At the risk of sounding like one of those supermodels who has a massive whinge because it's such a burden being beautiful because they can't go anywhere, blah, blah, blah... Gosh I wish we could take Josie out for the day without literally every second person stopping us to pat her or take photos! I have learnt to not make eye contact anymore with the people who comment as you are walking past, that's an open invitation for cuddles. She loves going places with us and just chilling out. I took her with me today to watch a local triathlon and she'll happily just lean against my side for hours while I watch but I don't think I saw any of the triathlon due to everyone stopping to ask for a pat, or ask about the breed or the twelve! sets of photos that were taken of her... Anywho, that's my white whine for the night :laugh: Anyone else suffer from the burden of an interesting/particularly gorgeous dog? Oh and off topic but today Josie got to meet a Petite Basset Griffon Vendeen, I was thrilled to meet one in the flesh. poor Josie didn't know what to make of her shaggy cousin though :laugh:

I carry a bandage and would pressure immobilise if possible, if not possible I'd pick my dog up and carry her as far as humanly possible to avoid her having to walk(given that we are more likely to encounter one on a walk away from home) and get her to the car and straight to the vet.

There is always the other option that it was a pit bull, just because it's a pit bull doesn't make it a killing machine. I've met some absolutely lovely pit bulls and I've met some absolutely appauling ferocious little fluffy lap dogs. Just because it is a breed that has a 'reputation' in the general public doesn't make it automatically a bad dog.

American Staffordshire Bull terrier most likely Dogmatic

Interesting RMS, it was a curly coated retriever that attacked my best friends son and put him in hospital.

Basset Hound Basically they just lean against your leg and look sleepy LOL They do generally speaking adore children though ,something about being short I guess, and are happy to meet friendly dogs. Most are very tolerant but can feel overwhelmed by in your face pushy dogs, they generally won't react angrily but may look visibly upset by a pushy encounter and try to get away. They love running with the pack, mine has never been one for chasing a ball but loves to run alongside the other dogs while they chase one, woofing happily the whole time.

Aggressive encounters towards either myself or my dogs that I have had to deal with have included: maltese terrier shih Tzu X miniature poodle husky English staffy Labrador blue heeler going by that list i'd say the issues are pretty across the board but in reality I've found most staffy types to be quite friendly. Goes to show that you can have issues with any breed, better to learn to read the body language of other dogs and make realistic judgment based on the individual

I've shipped flea control from overseas before, never had an issue with it getting through customs

A hot water bottle is fine, just make sure it's not too hot and wrap it in an old towel.

I had a feeling that was the reason, doesn't help those who are at the other end of the scale and know what they want though, catch 22 I guess.

Good thinking, will give it a try

Damn, what a turn off...

OK I've looked but I can't find it. Is there a way you can put in a breed or even just a keyword to narrow down the search on petrescue? I get frustrating looking through the site because I don't have time to sit and look through 36 pages of dogs on the off chance I'll find one that's the breed or X of that I'm interested in finding.

Check out your local op shops, here they aren't allowed to sell second hand doonas for human use so they all get chucked in a big box as dog blankets and sold for $2 each, my dogs have the cushiest beds ever now!

Harnesses are extremely hard to fit on my basset hound, I've yet to find one that is comfortable on her, a flat collar on the other hand is comfortable and as she walks well and generally doesn't pull I don't see it causing her any harm.

Yvonne maybe tied the two together with an elastic band or something and then play some games to get the new one smelling and feeling right.

I find this statement a bit odd, greyhounds aren't being killed for their blood, they are being killed because they are the by product of an industry that does not have a need for them and is unable to or uninterested in retraining and rehoming them. If they must be euthanized I'd rather their blood go to good use but I'd rather they weren't needing to be euthanized in the first place!

Actually the food point is interesting, I always feed a high quality kibble whereas I'm pretty sure there is a lot of pal, etc in the houses of my aunt and brother. All our dogs sleep inside but I also suspect I spend more time using a shedding rake on mine to put the fur un to the bin rather than have it fly around the house. I might suggest that next time they are up this way we go to the local greyhound races and just hang around outside for a while, simply because the owners all just walk their dogs in the car park and often stop for a pat, chat to the locals about their dogs, etc so it would be a good chance to meet a heap in one place and see how he goes with them.

I don't think they want to adopt, they were looking at fostering only. They do go away once every second year or so for usually 5 or 6 weeks, so fostering is better for them in the sense that they can avoid taking on a new dog leading up to the time they are going away and then they are available again when they get back. It seems he's OK with some breeds but not other so I suggested to my mum that they could look at breed rescue, it was at that point she mentioned greys. Like I say he's completely fine with my dogs, doesn't even get a sniffle but my dogs aren't massive shedders whereas the goldie and the cocker shed heaps.

I'm rather surprised they didn't have one too. Even just a small general first aid kit that would be multipurpose for handlers and dogs. I'm SES and I always carry a small pocket size kit in the leg pocket of my pants with a bandage, gloves, space blanket, etc. I've never had to use it but it's there if needed and I'd say I'm less likely to be injured than a police officer!

So I was chatting to my mum earlier and she was saying how down the track(realistically probably a couple of years away once she finally retires) she would look in to doing foster care. They used to have an poodle X which my dad was fine with and he's been fine with my dogs being there, cuddles them and everything(kelpie and basset) but my brothers cocker spaniel and my aunts goldie give him hayfever and hives. So it seems that some breeds, mainly mid coated ones I guess, set him off more than others(funnily enough they set me off too, as well as jack russells for some reason). She's very fond of greyhounds so she was saying that as long as they didn't set dad's allergies off she'd gladly foster greys. So I'm curious whether they grey people have noticed how good or not good greys are for people with 'sometimes' dog allergies?

I'd go for distinguished and dress him up in one of those tuxedo and bowtie fronts, turn him in to a 'true gentleman'