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It’s also quite possible that it’s not cruciate ligaments. Some smaller breeds are very prone to avulsion fractures of the hind legs. This is where the ligaments pull flakes of bone off at the insertion points.

Can I play too? This is my little princess, Kitty. My first show puppy in 8 years and a completely new venture. I'm totally in love with this little charmer. She has my heart firmly in her tiny paws!

It's not albino. It's dark eyes in a light dog which appear red in dim light. It's not red eyes on a white dog. "Large, round, but not protruding; set well apart; centre of eye is on a plane with lowest point of ear and base of stop; dark or ruby. Light eyes in light colours permissible." I have 3 Chihuahuas, a white and two reds. The reds have dark eyes, black pigment and green eyes in dim light. The white has lighter pigment (snow nose) and ruby eyes. But to look at, they look dark.

Actually you kinda did……you said that you couldn’t expect to apply consumer laws that apply to handbags and toasters to dogs…..you actually can.

Not nice at all. You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar!! But FYI, you’re actually wrong. In consumer law, dogs are classed as “goods” and the same laws apply as for handbags and toasters.

Throwing this out to the wider DOL community…… scenario is Chihuahua littermates, 2 x males. Went to new homes at 14 weeks, now 17 weeks. Both puppies live in same household but have different owners. Puppies are fed separately but have access to each other during the day for play. At night both choose to go to own areas of the house, own beds and own owners. They have to squeeze between the bars of baby gates to do so, so it’s a very conscious act. The same automatic separation applies when sitting on the couch watching television. Each puppy is normally found next to, or on, their human. one of the puppies is taken out regularly in the car with his human and will soon be starting at doggy school (albeit beginners because he’s too old for puppy classes). both puppies play well with the other critters in the house (doggos and kittehs) and know their names. Is there anything else that can be done for these guys to eliminate the risks of littermate syndrome?

Funny that this topic is current… I had a memory pop up on FB that’s kinda relevant. I was watching my son play rugby with my occasionally reactive rescued American Bulldog (RIP ) on lead (council recreation area so leads required anyway). We were sitting well away from everyone and my boy was happy, relaxed and comfortable. Next thing, he’s literally attacked by an off lead bull breed dog who roared in his face and then attached herself to his jowls (pierced straight through it was later discovered). Her f-wit owner was screaming that my dog attacked his, despite the fact that my boy didn’t even get up from where he was laying at my feet). Luckily I had witnesses and the idiot was reminded in no uncertain terms that his dog was off lead (in an on-lead area) and was the aggressor. They advised the f-wit (rather bluntly) that the dog be removed from the situation or the council and police would be called about the aggressive dog. My poor boy was (despite his very large physical size) quite rattled after the event but soon recovered from his woes with generous gifts of steak, hamburgers and snags from the club BBQ. He earned many brownie points that day because of his level head and sensible attitude.

Harnesses!!!!! The worst thing that could happen to many (not all….but many) dogs. I am currently in Hobart, dog sitting my youngest son’s manic, brain dead Cocker Spaniel. My son has finally grasped the reason why I never put dogs on harnesses while he was growing up! Unfortunately, he caved in to his partner’s wishes and because she’d only ever had dogs on harnesses….he opted for peace. So now, while his owners are away, their dog is in boot camp and is learning how to walk nicely on a lead, sit calmly on a grooming table and sleep in a crate without throwing tantrums that upset his female owner so much that she’d immediately let him out!

No. Just no!

Wrong country for that. Freedom of speech doesn’t exist here and freedom of expression isn’t freedom from consequences.

It has.

I found it interesting that when the story first broke, the animal control officer was quoted as saying that the dog was able to be identified as a pit bull because it had white tips on its toes And again for the gallery…..bull breed jaws do not have the mechanism to “lock”. Bull breeds have very powerful masseter muscles which provide incredible bite force. And that, coupled with a determined mind can create untold damage in a fight situation.

Two wrongs don’t make a right. Pay up, move on and don’t make the same mistake again. simples

Have always fed chicken necks to dogs and cats from early in their lives. Freezing them slows many piggies down and hitting them with the meat mallet changes their shape so they’re less likely to be a choking risk.