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http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local...ps/1960696.aspx Death row survivors now pin-ups BY CLAIRE LOW 06 Oct, 2010 09:00 AM Say hello to the cutest pin-ups in town. These dapper doggies are among the 12 gorgeous faces of ACT Rescue and Foster's new calendar, to be launched on Saturday. The organisation, better known as ARF, spares dogs on death row in the pound in the Canberra region. Since its inception in 2001 it has rescued and re-homed more than 1900 dogs. ARF spokeswoman Wendy Parsons described the organisation's work as complementary to that of the RSPCA. ''Ninety-eight per cent of dogs that end up in the pound are good dogs. They're there because their owners have been irresponsible and not looked after them,'' she said. The calendar, called ARF Best Friends, is the fourth of its kind and its sale is expected to raise about $7000, all of which will benefit rescued pups by paying for desexing, vaccinations and microchipping. About a dozen such dogs are available for adoption right now. Photographer Melynda McDonald said conducting a doggie calendar shoot came with its share of challenges. Some of this year's rescued pooches were so shy it took a great deal of patience and treats to get them to relax for a photo. One got into the studio and began to jump up and down for the entire session until McDonald got out a toy to calm it. In previous years, a doggy model relieved herself on set. ''That was an unfortunate situation because she then sat down and wagged her tail around. Everyone got covered in wee. That was not fun,'' McDonald said. The ARF 2011 calendar launch is on at the National Library of Australia forecourt from 11am-noon on Saturday. Calendars can be bought at the launch or at Fosterdogs.org. For more on this story and other Today column tidbits, see the print edition of The Canberra Times. . ACT Rescue and Foster calendar dog stars Jess, Bobby (below) and Kev (further below). Photos: MELYNDA McDONALD

That's awesome news KL. Way to go Chloe! Here's wishing you both many months of no news!

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-c...0-1225928134279 Man charged with trying to kill police dog From: AAP September 23, 2010 7:47AM Increase Text Size Decrease Text Size Print Email Share Add to Digg Add to del.icio.us Add to Facebook Add to Kwoff Add to Myspace Add to Newsvine What are these? A MAN has been charged with attempting to kill a police dog in Brisbane. A police spokesman says officers were attending a domestic violence incident when a 43-year-old man allegedly assaulted them in Banyo, northeast Brisbane last night. A police dog was deployed but the man then allegedly grabbed the dog by the legs and threatened to kill it, police say. Police managed to overpower him, releasing the dog. It is being taken to a vet today to be treated for an injured leg. The man received dog bite injuries to his legs and received treatment at hospital. He is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today charged with attempting to kill a police dog and for assaulting officers. Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/man-c...9#ixzz10KTlAm4v

All my Border Collies have been water mad and would swim at any opportunity. One of them used to body surf on the waves She would also put her head right under the water to pick up rocks from the bottom of a river or dam. Another one would spend hours "rounding up" our ducks and geese in the dam. If they actually got out of the water, he would herd them back into the water so he could swim again. I have never had any problems with them going too far though ETA - I think the only time I have ever had a heart stopping moment was when one of my dogs was a youngish adolescent/puppy and was swimming in the creek. There was a low level crossing across the creek and he swam over to the crossing to get out of the water, but got stuck in the current and got dragged under the crossing through the drain pipe. The crossing was only one lane wide, but the time it took him to travel that distance seemed like an eternity. I was beside myself thinking he would get stuck in there or there would be a stick jammed in there or something. It was probably only 30 secs that he was out of my sight, but boy! I only ever let him go on the downside of the crossing after that.

Do the different brands just fit, or do you need to make modifications to them? I have wahl km2 clippers and wahl blades, but admit I have looked at a few others and wondered if they would just fit on. I previously had Thrive clippers, but to use wahl or oster blades, I had to modify them to fit

Henna looks like a feral pig in that first photo, just the way her head is down. She is stunning

great photos. Love the Falcon Do they still have the monkeys in that park in Launceston (no idea what the name is sorry)

Different in every state and territory. Stray dogs are held for 7 days in the ACT before they can be put up for adoption or are put on the destruction list. If they are surrendered by the owner, they can be put up for adoption immediately and on the destruction list immediately.

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I'm sure if my cats used a litter tray, or went into the backyard to do their business, he would be eating it too. But they let me know when they need to go outside and they stay out of the backyard. Max would happily chase them if they ran , but when they are inside they just glare and he settles for sniffing their bums, sometimes daring to get in a quick lick.

I just bathed Max, then gave him a blow dry. As he is renowned for immediately rolling in dirt, digging holes or going for a swim after his bath, I brought him into the lounge room. Now his dilemma begins. One cat on his left on the couch. One cat on his right in front of the heater. One rug which is inviting him to roll and rub his face after the bath. He sat. He looked at cat on the couch. He looked at cat in front of the heater. He gazed adoringly at the rug. He stepped left. Looked at the rug. He stepped right. Looked at the rug. Walked onto the rug. Looked left. Looked right. Lay down, looked left, looked right. Rolled onto his back, looked left, looked right. Oh blow it, the cats bums can wait. And gave himself up to the joy of sliding around the rug on his back, smooshing his face into it and doing that ecstatic growl as he rolled and rolled and rolled. The cats both raised their heads, sniffed, flicked their tails and went back to sleep.

They weren't picked out as the offending dogs.

All cats have four legs. My dog has four legs, therefore, it must be a cat.

Well, the two dogs that were taken to DAS for the ID parade were not picked out by the victim as the offending dogs. So, either the carer/owner of the dogs was very mistaken about their potential or the victim really didn't get a good enough look, wasn't sure enough, has embellished their memory about what the dogs look like, or, quite possibly, there actually are two other dogs in the general vicinity that fit the description he provided but nobody else has seen them or is going to own up that they have them. Hmmmm. I know which scenario makes the most sense to me.

isnt DAS locked down for Parvo? I believe so? I don't still have the paper available. The ID may not have been occurring at DAS, but DAS rangers will be conducting it. I will check when I can read the paper again.

There is an update in todays paper, (not online unfortunately) saying that a man who is looking after two dogs believes they may be responsible and has taken them to DAS where they will be put in a Doggy ID Lineup for the victim to view and see if he can identify the responsible dogs. Be interesting to learn the outcome of that ID parade.

The only legislation that I can find which seems to deal with it in the ACT is the Animal Welfare Act 1992 13 Electrical devices A person commits an offence if— (a) the person administers an electric shock to an animal; and (b) the person administers the shock using an electrical device that is not prescribed by regulation for use on that kind of animal. Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both. When you go to the Regulations, it has a Schedule of devices Schedule 1 Permitted uses of electrical devices on animals (see s 5) column 1 item column 2 permitted electrical device column 3 permitted species of animal 1 electro-ejaculator cattle and sheep 2 electric stock prod cattle and pigs 3 electric fence animals other than poultry or domestic animals So you can't use an electric fence for dogs in the ACT. I imagine it would be covered under similar Legislation in each state and territory

Well if rangers, media and the general public hadn't got it wrong so many times when it comes to identifying any dogs, people wouldn't question it constantly. If your dog had been put down because it was deemed it looked like a pitbull, maybe you'd ask the questions too. People want and demand clarity when it comes to these issues because there is so much at stake, not because they have rose tinted glasses on, and think that all pitbulls are angels, i don't care what breed done what as long as you know for sure what happened. I do not believe that rangers are the closest thing to psychics. They suck, in fact, when it comes to identifying breeds and should never be put in a position of making assumed and poor guesses! I also find it completely appaling that innocent dogs resembling pitbulls have been destroyed. Even purebred pitbulls have their place in society and should not be destroyed simply because of their breeding. And yet you're prepared to accept that a person who doesn't deal with dogs every single day, who saw two dogs attacking his dogs, was likely highly stressed at the time of this incident, HAS identified them correctly? I'm in Canberra - where the attack occured. People can be amazingly inaccurate about what they see under conditions of extreme stress. I've seen only a handful of either breed here but I can tell you that a lot of dogs get lumped under the term "mastiff" by those unfamiliar with dog breeds. I'd say both dog and owner are lucky to be in as good a shape as they are - two dogs hell bent on destruction could do far more damage than appears to have been done here. One would think that someone like Mr. Linke would be somewhat able to identify certain breeds. Once again, he is in no position in steering people's suspicion from pitbull to staffy, to mastiffs, etc etc. He should have remained neutral. In making such a statement could simply serve to make people think that what they think is a pitbull could possibly be a staffy, mastiff, etc. I'm sure that if Michael Linke saw the dogs, he would be much more capable of identifying them than the victim in this attack. However, he didn't, and like everyone else here, has been provided with a description of them, from which he has stated the breeds "could" be. Not that they are. They could be.

Dr Crowhurst wasn't even in the ACT when the attack occurred and didn't witness the event. His son did. Yet he is reported as saying "two pit bulls forced their way into his Hawker backyard and set upon their three-year-old dog, Harry" And the remark that two days later the dogs are still on the loose. Apart from saying that the rangers didn't find the dogs when they first attended, there is no indication that they are still roaming and causing problems? The Crowhursts don't say that they have seen the dogs again. Nobody else has reported that the dogs are roaming. Hawker is a pretty affluent suburb, with long term residents. It doesn't have an itinerant population and I'd be willing to bet that if the dogs were local, the neighbours will all know who owns them.

There is actually quite a bit more in the hard copy article "RSPCA ACT Chief executive, Michael Linke, who owns an american pit bull terrier, said it was a much maligned breed and that the dogs which attacked Harry could have been mastiffs, staffordshire bull terriers or cross breeds. He said ACT Legislation requiring people to hold a licence in order to keep a dog that had been declared dangerous by the DAS registrar was better than a blanket ban on any particular breed. Any dog is capable of any act, irrespective of its breed and that type of legislation (as exists in the ACT) doesn't single out any one breed as being more dangerous than any other, he said. We are 100 per cent opposed to vicious dogs in our community... Pit bulls are subject to ownership restrictions in NSW, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria"

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local...an/1888776.aspx Pit bull attack prompts call for ban The owner of a Maltese cross that was mauled by two dogs, believed to be pit bulls, says they are as dangerous as guns in a suburban street and should be banned. It was only last week that anaesthetist Paul Crowhurst helped treat a toddler who had been savaged by a pit bull in Queensland. Then on Saturday, the day before he was due back in Canberra, his own son was bitten while trying to rescue the family pet. Dr Crowhurst said two pit bulls forced their way into his Hawker backyard and set upon their three-year-old dog, Harry. ''In my view these dogs are just as lethal as a gun in a suburban area,'' he said. ''They are savage dogs and they have no place in or anywhere near a residential community.'' His 23-year-old son, James Crowhurst, said he heard Harry whimpering and went to investigate. ''There were two black American pit bulls quite literally ripping him apart,'' he said. ''I then bent down and picked up Harry to get him away from them, and when I was standing back up one of them lunged at my face and bit me under the jaw.'' He rushed the dog to his car and drove to the Animal Emergency Centre in Fyshwick before going to hospital to be treated himself. Almost two days after Harry nearly became a dog's dinner, his assailants are still on the loose. Rangers searched the street and nearby Pinnacle Nature Reserve at the weekend but did not find the dogs. For more on this story, see the print edition of today's Canberra Times. I hate this sort of reporting. Fortunately, DAS and RSPCA are totally against BSL and as far as I know, there is no support in Government either

I went and saw that show about 22 years ago. Haven't heard anything on the news about it though

I got it 2nd go on that test. There are an awful lot of dogs you would never see in Australia on that list, including all the banned imports.

Maybe one of them has caught a rat or mouse and that is all that remains of it

This has been causing quite a bit of discussion over in one of the rescue threads. http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=200329 I'm interested to know how other pounds deal with parvo outbreaks - what their quarantine procedures are, do they continue to take in strays, do they release dogs that have been held during the incubation period? http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local...us/1884563.aspx Pound to kill seven dogs in hope of stopping virus PHILLIP THOMSON 14 Jul, 2010 12:00 AM Seven dogs will be put down by ACT authorities this morning as an animal rescue group lobbies to stop them being killed. The ACT Department of Territory and Municipal Services is trying to stop the spread of the deadly parvovirus. The canines will be euthanised this morning because they were exposed to another dog which had a confirmed case of the virus. More than 30 other dogs at the Domestic Animal Services pound at Symonston have been quarantined. The temporary health measures at the dog pound include disinfectant foot baths and keeping the public out. Three dogs have already been euthanised at the facility after catching the the easily transmitted virus in the past month. Maree Sheahan from Canberra Pooch Rescue said the seven dogs did not need to be killed today. ''These are perfectly healthy dogs,'' she said. ''The pound have now said they will die rather than be given a chance to go on to lead wonderful lives with new families.'' The virus is highly contagious and can be passed between dogs via the faeces, hair or feet as well as via contaminated human clothes, a department spokesman said