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Yes. Throughout his adult life he's had mainly Supercoat (tho I guess I'd get the same review!), Bonnie recently and he's also had some other one that I can't recall at the moment. It hasn't been a change and it looks like a speed rather than reaction issue. But I'll try him on something else and see if it makes a difference. They also get chicken necks. The muffin tray is working at the moment and we're back to once a day feeding. Also, the concept of a dog refusing breakfast is completely alien to our house. They would both be very fat dogs if they could open the food bin themselves.

Muffin tray slow-down bowl deployed tonight. I can report that D1's dinner has gone from 15 seconds to about a minute and a half, with no vomit. Thanks all. The only down side is the teflon coating might have a limited life...

Our 9yo lab has always been food obsessed and eats fast, but in the past couple of weeks he's started to throw up while eating. Doesn't slow him down and he eats the sick along with the food. He gets fed once in the evening, mostly Bonnie or similar. Starting today I'm giving him half in the morning and half at night. Is he just getting too old to be eating as fast as he does, or could there be another cause?

I am sure every dog food manufacturer would send research to anyone who asked to show that theirs is the best. I did hear that Iams did some research that was really callous but whether or not this was accurate I really don't know. It did put me off the product though. Yes, I'm thinking of controlled studies not funded by the industry.

There are lots of good published studies on human diet and health impact. Anyone know of any published research into dog diets?

Think we'll end up trying to make one. Don't necessarily want the buoyancy and will try and get a bit more coverage. Life jackets look nice for rougher water mind.

Our 2yo cocker spaniel loves the water, unsurprisingly, but gets cold, shivery and super whiny when she gets back onto the boat. What's the best jacket to keep her warm but would be ok to go into the water? Not sure whether a dog life jacket is the thing, but don't want anything that would drag her down. In the human world fleece lined neoprene would be the thing. Anyone with any experience or suggestions?

I disagree with this. I'm not a vegetarian, but was for a number of years, mainly due to the unsustainability of factory farming at western society levels. We all draw the line somewhere, anything from not caring to being a fruitarian. You don't need to be a meat eater just because there is something wrong in every food sector. It's a personal choice, and every thing we do makes some difference. If you personally don't eat meat, then there is 74kg of animal each year that doesn't have to get killed.

Exactly. Plus no great value in agreeing with each other about how hopeless he is, and that you've won the argument QED. The problem is that from the community persective something must be done following such an horrific attack. Yet from this thread: - BSL does not work - It is impossible to determine what sort of dogs attack Education will not work with irresponsible owners. So then what?

Just to put his view of the RSPCA in context. Mark Coulton: anti-environment protection, pro-pokies. http://www.openaustralia.org/mp/mark_coulton/parkes

I can, but I'm just pointing out the fact that aggressive APBT-looking dogs are particularly scary, and to see a trained one pulling a pallet of bricks and biting a tyre three metres off the ground doesn't make them less scary. I think that Matthew_B pretty well sums up the majority view. Dog attacks get reported in the media only when they are the most severe, ie from the most powerful dogs. People think about this quite simply: it is a combination of powerful dogs and bad owners, so lets get rid of the dogs and punish the owners. Most people agree that dog attacks are preventable - what they want is to take away the weapon from the idiot. Exactly the same as P-platers and WRXs. If you dismiss M_B's view, as has been done at length, then how will you convince everyone else that thinks like that?

I just went back and watched it, and I thought: crap! imagine an untrained one of them on a chain in a bikie's backyard.

Well someone should find out. There are plenty of things we don't know but do research on and get the answer, or something close enough. It might be difficult or expensive, but if it is important to the community (and it seems to be) then it should be done.

Yes it is about breeds - read the papers. And to be honest I have some sympathy, because some just look downright more scary. I am more afraid of some dogs than others, and everyone else is too. If it is nothing to do with breeds then I'd love to see the research stats. I convince myself to fly on that basis, but with dogs I can't access the info. Even that US/Ca report missed the denominator ie how many of each type.

Further on the evidence thing in the other thread pf, one of the things that's always missing is the denominator. Are particularly breeds dangerous? Depends on how many attacks, how many of that breed type, how many of that breed in that domestic situation. Surely there are reliable stats. Have I missed them flicking through the emotive stuff? Also: bull breeds licking faces is dangerous. It was licking its arse or some other dogs arse 15 minutes earlier.