sandgrubber

Amazing! Hope it turns out to be functional and not a grand schlumozzle. It's sad how much health information is gotten only through whispers between friends, and that's unverified information.

I'm pretty sure that's a setting you have. Yes that is a setting issue. More information please. I posted a 'help' topic but no one seems to be replying. I've reviewed all the settings I can find in my user areas and drawn a blank.

People are saying some breeds are meant to be 'game' but not DA. As I understand it, a 'game' dog is a dog that will accept a challenge. Is that correct? Then how do you draw the boundary between DA and game? In particular, will a 'game' dog attack a dog, such as a typical young, boisterous staffie, who happens to have body language that could be interpreted as aggression?

BUMP. Note you have to register to vote, but there don't seem to be any restrictions on registration.

Just had a couple arrive at my door asking if I could board their dog, a miniature bull terrier bitch puppy. They had just been turned away by another kennel on the grounds that they don't accept 'restricted breeds'. Amazing that any dog professional could be so ignorant! The girl had all the hallmarks of a well bred bull terrier . . . no mistaking what she is.

someone in the BSL forum was asking why APBT's had a bad name . . . it's thanks to yabo's like this one. The NZ authorities should be commended for throwing the guy in the clinker and banning him from owning animals for a long time.

It's easy for such things to get misrepresented. The RSPCA is not one person. It is important to know who the spokesman was, and who they represent. The quote may have been taken out of context. For all we know, they interviewed a volunteer in an RSPCA op shop. Without knowing which act they are talking about, it may be that the statement is correct: "there are no grounds for prosecution". It looks like the council has ample grounds to shut the place down with or without the RSPCA. . . . if I got that sort of report coming back on my boarding kennel (God forbid!), I doubt I'd be in operation long. Not sure I want to take sides on an RSPCA vs. Animal Liberation fight without being clear of the details.

how are there no breaches to the act disgusting Please provide link to article. I like to write to the RSPCA about such things and ask them to explain their position. . . and make them feel exposed to public condemnation for not doing their job.

With Labs, threaten may amount to bring the intruder a tennis ball and look longingly at them, begging them to throw it. Some of 'em are a little protective.

I had this problem on a 2 acre piece. Couldn't afford to dig in chicken wire everywhere so put up some electric fence. Problem solved.

Sad . .. but also frustrating. Have you considered presenting the vet bills . . . and your med bills . . . to the neighbours. Their cat was on your property and it wasn't like they didn't know the dogs were there. I strongly favour cat containment laws. I think one way of bringing them about sooner . . . and getting more people to contain their cats is to hold them responsible for the damage their cats do. Most common damage is probably beating up other cats. Have heard lots of stories in the cattery about big vet bills because the neighbour's cat keeps coming on their property and beating up their cat. Not to mention what they do to birds and lizards.

you may be able to pick up some second hand corrigated iron dirt cheap or free from a demolition company having called the cops on the neighbour's kids doesn't set things up well for a friendly discussion . . . unfortunately a lot of teens are feral.

Swimming doesn't necessarily mean work for the owner. There are dog hydrotherapy set-ups that are sort of like a tread mill . . . the dog stays in one place and they flow the water past it, which forces it to swim. I've never seen one, but they seem to provide a controlled workout.

Should be interesting. Surprising that CM could go undercover. I thought everyone in the dog world knows who he is. Maybe some puppy millers don't worry about behaviour.

I get very bored with seeing the first post repeated every page, especially when it's a long story. I would prefer it if just the link is posted in the first post. Maybe put the story text in the second post, so it won't be repeated over and over . . . I think we may be violating some sort of copyright when we post long sections of text.

I leave bowls down all day long . . . but Labradors are true to their reputation as gutzers; the bowls are empty within about 20 seconds of hitting the floor.

How awful for everyone. Wonder what has happened with the other 12 pups. I can understand why the 'breeder' (read, breeder of sorts) has ducked under the radar. Parvo is an awful disease . . . poor little pup. You're lucky your kids didn't have to go through the agony of bringing a puppy home only to see it die.

I was looking through pound listings to see what dogs jump fences in different places and came across a breed called the Catahoula Leopard Dog -- apparently descended from Native American dogs. Looks like an interesting breed from the Wikipedia description. Has anyone ever seen one? (I grew up in the US and I haven't).

Do they work? No But they make a great gag gift . One Xmas at the office party I put a bottle of the stuff into one of those anonymous gift draw things where you can swap your present with someone else and it moved like a hot potato.

The worms you are most likely to find in puppy poo are round worms. They look more like small bean sprouts . . . not white flecks. I am not aware of any worms that look like white specks. Hard for anyone to say without seeing it. If you are seriously worried, you might want to take a sample and have the vet look at it.

I suspect bite inhibition is part of a deeper set of behaviours, which is to some extent, different for different breeds. With Labrador pups, the inhibition of biting seems to start developing a week or so after their teeth come in . . . until they're five to six weeks you get awful yelps as one pup grabs another by the ear or tail and then shakes . . . with resulting screaming. This normally drops off to nothing by seven weeks, sometimes earlier. Unfortunately, it seems to take another month or two before they put human toes in the same category as puppy tails. I suspect they are actually developing something like empathy during this period (in line with the recently posted Scientific American article on Morality in dogs). I don't think mouthy behaviour leads to biting. Indeed, could be that the mouth-mouth game that you will often see adult Labs playing (usually played with one or both dogs lying down) is what is left of fighting when bite has been strongly inhibited . . . sort of like arm wrestling . . . don't know. Breeding for a soft mouth probably includes, as a side effect, breeding for bite inhibition. It might be interesting to see if the softness / bite inhibition could be eliminated by playing rough tug games . . . but I don't want to do the experiment cause I don't like dogs that bite. The only time any of my dogs has snapped and/or bitten was a rescue Lab I got in the US who hated having her anus touched. She regularly tried to bite the vet when her temperature was taken and once snapped at (without contact) a child who was interested in the hole underneath her tail. Exception . . . almost all my dogs will snap at, bite, and eat moths, flies and grasshoppers.

Not sure what you are talking about. That last sentence doesn't make sense to me. WA's use of kennel zones are unusual by world standards. Few places in the world force hobby breeders into an area that is also designated for boarding kennels, commercial breeders, and rescue organisations. Four years ago very loud boarding kennel was built about 60 m from my bedroom. The EPA recommends 500 m between a kennel and a neighboring residence. Most places in the world require that a boarding kennel that is close to residences at least have a solid, soundproofing wall built around the dog containment area. Not our council. No soundproofing at all. I've installed dual glazing in my bedroom, but the dogs still wake me up at night at times. Other neighbors are worse affected than I. The kennel owner, on the other hand, has solid fencing between HIS house and the kennel . . . and his house is relatively distant to the kennel. Are you saying that 'kennel zone' should mean make all the noise you want, anytime day or night? Even if the idiot locks the dogs OUT of the kennel at night so they won't defecate in the kennel . . . with the result that fence fighting goes on from dusk to dawn. Do you think that anyone who wants to have more than two dogs should have to put up with such disquiet? You think that's good law? I'm now beyond complaining. I just don't want to spend the rest of my life listening to boarding kennel noise. I want a rural property where me and my dogs can live quietly . . .I think most small-to-medium breeders are the same. Leave the kennel zones for them what like them. Or maybe not. The suburbs are closing in around us in the SOR kennel zone. I'd be willing to bet that within a decade they'll close the entire kennel area down because the good people in the 'burbs will be much more effective complaining about noise than those of us who who find it difficult to live with the noise.

The blue tongue defends itself using mimicry -- the big ferocious mouth is supposed to make the would-be predator think it's a puff adder, hence poison. They aren't poison, but their bite can hurt.

I'm sure ANKC is aware . . . they have an active program of watching dog-related legislation. Btw this is a proposed law in Oregon . . . the US is complicated as every state sets its own rules.

Have discovered a whole pile of newspaper articles relating to pets (mostly dogs) in condos. See http://www.petsincondos.org/news.htm http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI143284 Nice to see K9 legal battles taking the form of protecting rights to have animals.