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many thanks, i just KNEW someone here would know

have a litter want to get perantage verified my vet gave me the number of the dept of ag victoria. they dont do it any more. so anyone know who does? thanks in advance

What is a Judges role and responsibilities? sorry deleted the rest of the question. been advised this should be addressed to the board in question not aired in public. soo if you want and like goss, head for the nearst dog show ;) :cheer: :)

my friend went through this nightmare. after most of the litter was already dead and demanded the vet put them on antibiotics since they had no idea and figured what was there to lose, and bingo the deaths stopped. ok never knew why but it worked, soo wont hurt to ask, well in her case demanded.

you sound like my daughter, Jed do as u please although some aloe to stop the itching might help? only my second post on this thread, i just couldnt, too upset for you to play. think grief affects everyone differently. soo glad for you, hugs by the thousand. thrilled your better

its horses too, theres an add on an australian site for a fresian gelding for 1,000. isp number puts the seller in i forget right now which overseas country . n who else remebers the chihuahua's being sold NOT by some one is Melbourne? a few years ago?

know someone lost their dog in the wilds of mendooran. had forgot to finish their puppys shots n thought were safe anyway no dogs in miles of their place. as my vet said, it blows in the wind.

hey thanks. yes it was at night, n there was a bowl of food he was eating when i walked past. ive came often at night before no problem. but never when food was around that i can recall. although he seemed in a general all round bad mood. as he also rolled and really threatened the owners really old boxer who wasnt doing anything to warrant it. n he was nowwhere near the food when he copped it, the boxers owner had to tell him to leave him alone, he wasnt going to let the boxer get up until she yelled at him.

thanks all, i had a feeling borrowng a cattle prod could be more dangerous than doing nothing, but ive got to the stage im afraid now. n my gut instinct is this is not going to end well if i go there while no one is there. much as i hate to let my friend down i dont think i can face it. thanks for helping me formulate what had been just a bad feeling but couldnt get my head round. well maybe dont like the idea of admitting fear. ive never been bitten by a dog despite growing up with a yard full of savage dogs, my dad used to deliberately advertise for wanting to buy savage dogs. as he had a yard where stuff would walk overnight otherwise. soo from childhood learned not to attract their guard tendencies. heck in a couple of months id made pets of most of em. n he used to buy em as fully grown adults, foaming at the mouth on arrival? know this dog from a pup? but this boy it aint working as of this week . normally if i strike a dog on guard i back out of its boundary area n alls well, but this guy has included her place as his boudary area sooo i cant enter and check if im backing off the place can i?

as luck would have it he was home and i immediately went and showed him my hat, not only dented but covered in saliva so looked pretty full on attacked. he didnt seem to understand that to me this was serious, he thought it was funny he drooled on my hat That's terrible. :D did you mention that he bit you? yes, told him i felt every tooth and was terrified he was going to sink them in but didnt. was very afraid the next time he would carry out the threat but he obviously thought i was overreacting as he just didnt seem to understand at all this was just short of outright attack that could land me in hospital :D

as luck would have it he was home and i immediately went and showed him my hat, not only dented but covered in saliva so looked pretty full on attacked. he didnt seem to understand that to me this was serious, he thought it was funny he drooled on my hat

thats exactly what ive been doing and all seemed fine as well that is until this weekend, but this has me scared now. n remember hes known me from a pup? n his behavour towards me has been to ignore me once he saw it was me come out of the car. was there when some strangers drove in the wrong gate by mistake and he went ballastic, they were so terrified they wound up the wondows and fled . so his behavour towards me as up until now been ok. n im talking some 3 years now so why the change?

no thats whats freaking me out, much more chance of winning lotto than seeing anyone at home nxt door

problem is talking rural area hundred acre properties and just cattle fences. no chance its job is to protect the stock, sheep, chooks, geese and calves only its decided its job is to guard both properties come to think of it probably thats how it started, the neighbours geese just love the bigger dam on my friends place soo where the geese go so does the dog

hard to figure what to say. friend is going away on a holiday and i had agreed to go around to check everythings ok at their place for them. their neighbour has a maremma, its known me since the neighbours bought it. it accepts i know its name and when it threatens to attack, i say his name and he calms down, but now its 3 its becoming more agressive, it can access my friends place as it can walk through the fences and it regards both places as its territory. it has bitten i belive some people, but not sure how hard, no one had made a complaint so probably like my hat, grabbed but no damage yet? seems to go for your hands, i keep mine in my pockets and been ok, until now. the other day as i walked past it, fortunately carrying my hat, it suddenly growled and went for my hand and i kept the hat between it and my hand, it grabbed the hat hard enough to squash the hat against my hand and leave dints in it but not bite through the hat. later as i went to walk back to my car it again bounced its feet, growled and went for my hands so quickly buried them in my pockets so he went behind me and bit my butt but didnt penetrate the material although i could feel his teeth. i froze and didnt move until he still growling under his breath finally stalked away and permitted me to walk to my car. im now afraid of what could happen if i go to this persons place when no one is home and this dog is on the property. he is a very big powerful dog and i think im afraid of him now. up to now ive been able to call my friend to call the dog off as he does obey her if grudgingly, he does obey her better than his real owner it seems to me he thinks she is his leader rather than the man who does actually own him? until now i could enter her place when she wasnt home. tell him to go home and he would. now to me anyway i think he has decided im not allowed , even if he knows me and once obeyed me. would carrying a cattle prod to touch him with if he went for me again discourage him or make him really attack? my fear is he would tear me to bits if really angry. hes big enough and the neighbour is rarely at home so no help from that quarter either. not happy

Ho Steve i cant believe such a thing could have happened, no i dont want to believe it. i just cant read the thread. every time i try the tears just wont let me. the worst is she will cope, we have too, all i find myself asking is why should she have too, such things shouldnt happen to good people, but why does such awful things happen . its times like this i say dreadful things to the Lord. I hope she can feel all my/our love flowing her way, so many people admire her so, including me. my darling stringy has crossed the rainbow maybe they are all together. hugs sandy

they are put in the position of either plead guilty or we will bankrupt you, trouble is they then do so anyway, i saw what they did to marion alcorn. once your pleaded guilty its all downhill anyway. check out the megalong story, now where is that link, plead guilty or...... so plead guilty n end up with paying think it was $50,000? http://www.megalong.cc/RSPCA/The%20RSPCA%20EXperience1.htm http://www.megalong.cc/RSPCA/ http://www.youtube.com/user/BlueMountains4Horses http://www.megalong.cc/RSPCA/The%20RSPCA%2...e-Jellybean.htm found this one one ruth downey. the inspector sent the truck laden with feed back to the produce then proceed to shoot her cattle leaving her the calves to raise? http://www.sosnews.org/pdf/The-Ruth-Downey-Inquisition.pdf

how nice. no wonder us mere mortals have no defence against em. have to admit been hoping for quite a while they would do a stuff up against a really high up pollie. pity the poor koala had to die, but murdering skippys best friend may have woken someone up how long before they go back to sleep n forget all about it again is the worry

it can happen so easily too. i spotted a turtle bent on crossing a major highway. slammed on the brakes and got to the roadside fast as i could. it was a quiet time of day so not a vehicl other than me in sight. jumpd out dashed to the turtle n just as i picked him up a truck seemed to come out of nowwhere. dont know who was more terrified, the turtle, me or the truckie. although it was the turtle who weee'd all over me. lucky the truckie had not only good brakes but he had no one in the other lane so veered over there as i ran for it. soooo even if there doesnt seem another vehicle in sight, in the seconds i fixed my gaze on that turtle obviously the truck was comming round the corner, soo dont stop looking left n right every second or u too can end up roadkill

I gather that press release seems a bit too off dog topic to make sense to any of you? the dna of that brahman bull which is bos indicus, has 40 million differences to the europen cattle bos taurus. how has that any reference to dogs. be interesting when they do dna sequence diferent breeds , particularly those from china for instance as apposed to those from europe. every one of those dna sequences can carry a faulty gene. yet here we are with only literally a handfull of tests for dna faults and people are expecting pedigree breeders to be able to produce faultless dogs and those who fail are being branded unethical. nature has no perception of ethical only people use the word. nature abors sameness nature also changes genes, hence the appearance of sports . those that give the inheriter an advantage over the rest of its species thrive, those it handicaps die out. when these animals are the property of a breeder they surely didnt create these genes , they are tying to select for stock that are healthy but many cannot be seen in the recessive state. Its sad the growing culture that if a breeder finds they have fault turn up, the onlookers tend to lable the breeder as unethical? am i still confusing you? if so apoligise for wasting your time.

The unique DNA of a popular Australian Brahman bull will soon be added to the international cow genome databank. Beef CRC CEO Dr Heather Burrow said the Beef CRC, in partnership with CSIRO Livestock Industries and the Victorian Department of Primary Industries, had now completed sequencing of the Brahman genome, along with the genomes of an Africander and Tuli bull. It is the first time Australian cattle adapted for tropical conditions have been sequenced, and the information will be included in new generation DNA markers that producers can use to identify important production traits in animals. “It’s critical Australian producers can use DNA markers that incorporate the genetic variation that occurs in tropically adapted cattle – over half of Australia’s beef production is based in the tropics,” Dr Burrow said. “To date, most of the data used to make DNA markers have been based on breeds which are suited to a temperate climate.” But the Beef CRC project identified over four million DNA variants unique to the Australian Brahman genome, demonstrating the variation that can occur across breeds. CSIRO Livestock Industries’ senior principal research scientist Dr Bill Barendse, a pioneer in the identification of new gene markers for economically important traits of cattle, said the project would help geneticists determine what “makes a Brahman a Brahman”. “The Brahman bull we sequenced was chosen because he has been widely used in Australia and it will ensure that Northern Australian cattle variation is captured in future selection tools,” Dr Barendse said. Brahman and Brahman-cross cattle comprise over half of Australian beef cattle population. Brahmans were introduced to Australia in the early 1930s and proved well suited to the harsh climate and pests of the northern Australian rangelands. Over the past 40 years, Brahmans are estimated to have contributed over $10 billion to the Australian beef industry. But Brahman and other tropically adapted cattle are not as significant for the beef production systems of other developed countries. Dr Burrow said the sequencing of the Australian Brahman bull’s genome, along with sequencing of the Tuli and Africander breeds, was particularly important for Australian production. The inclusion of information about the DNA of these animals will ensure producers can be confident of using the new-style DNA marker ‘super chips’ that are being developed, to work in Australian systems Ok not canine.. BUT read it first then do a bit of thinking. if theres QUOTE "But the Beef CRC project identified over four million DNA variants unique to the Australian Brahman genome, demonstrating the variation that can occur across breeds." makes you perhaps might just might do a slight rethink that a few dozen dna tests for various genetic problems havent even scratched the first millionth ??? of whats out there in our dogs? yet breeders especially registered breeeds are unethical if they dont produce the perfect healthy, no genetic faults pup? get real before there are no purebred dogs

I don't think PETA controls the RSPCA, they are actually competitors for the public's dollar, their beliefs are the same though. Ingrid is honest enough to spell out her agenda. My experience is the RSPCA tells people what they believe they want to hear, contradicting themselves if it means more money flowing in and doing what they do best, killing dogs. Don't be fooled by the TV stars. Apart from that I believe you are spot on with your assessment. I met a member of the RSPCA, she had a letter begging her to sign up as many friends and family as possible for the next election. the reason stated in the letter she had received was that Peta was infiltrating the rspca and if enough rank and file members didnt vote the board was in danger of being taken over by peta representatives. that was about 5 or 6 years ago. somehow i doubt there would be much change, hey if peta can take it over they have millions at their fingertips why wouldnt they? pretty stupid if the opportunity awaits.

this does not make sense, elsewhere i read that the rspca has inhouse legal team??? i forget the wording but to the effect that as some were solicitors and board members some thought there was a "conflict of interest" or something like that? or is that just in one state and not others?

ummph just learned my brothers daughter has bought a new pup, 7 weeks maltese x chihuahua. n funny thing, is sick and want my help dont get it ? if they wanted a new dog i gave them the best dog they had, well until old age caught up with him? had only told em at christmas did they want another, so if the brother of a registered breeder who can have one for free gets a pet shop job what hope do we have for encouraging the rest of the community who want a nice puppy to go to the breeder ? buckley's, perhaps?

no one seems to have noticed the words that the dogs being shot had no escape. if they had no escape then they could not, by the same definition have been "out" to have attacked the neighbours dog either? which somewhat begs the question maybe they didnt kill the dog they were supposed to have attacked as for the pups how on earth could that dreadful man justify killing the obviously totaly innocent in any circumstances? to have a clear concience he it would seem has none