sandgrubber

<br /><br /><br />These are similar, but more options http://www.luckypet.com/ You might also get your local engraver to do a little rectangle with two holes in the ends and rivet it to the collar.

Amazing! Every pup I've had has done it several times. I've always just lived with it and let the behavior extinguish naturally. My present pup also steals the brush holder, and I'm beginning to wonder if she'll ever give up. Maybe it's a Lab thing?

Do they all do it? Is there an easy solution?

I once placed a six month Lab pup that I had run on and decided not to keep. The pup was used to me, her mum, her gran, and a few other dogs, plus people who come and go. Got a call the next day saying that she had hidden under a bush in the back yard and would not come out. I went out and called the pup, who was happy to see me and came out from under the bush. Recommended keeping her inside for a few days. Within a few weeks she was much loved best friend to her new owner, curling up to sleep with the cat, and going everywhere in the car. I hope your pup is like this. Sometimes it's just the shock of first adjustment. Sometimes pups rebound pretty fast.

I perhaps have overkill on mine. He is chipped and wears his local council tag and I used to have engraved tags with phone number and name...but Scout kept on losing every engraved tag after a week or so and they're not cheap. So went to the newsagent, got a plastic luggage tag in a colour that complimented him - printed out his name, home phone and mobile numbers, laminated it and inserted. He's had the same tag for 5 years now and has never lost it once and the tag only cost $1.50. He wears his collar 24/7. The plastic tag is large and like this one only yellow I prefer the flat tags with holes through the ends so they slide onto the collar itself and lie flat. These don't dangle and can't fall off. (Right hand side on this ad: http://www.jefferspet.com/product.asp?pn=0029542&green=9F1C31FD-69B4-56B6-06D5-60319F3A31EB ) I don't know where you can get these in Australia. I would think paying your council registration fees would do real well as proof of ownership.

Nothing. Sometimes they have to be left alone. They whine and carry on at first. Then they get used to it. Usually they sleep the whole time. (Mine have the run of the house and a doggy door that goes out to 2 fenced acres . . . so compared to most of the dogs in the neighborhood they have it good). I'd suggest building up to it for future events. Go away for an hours. Then an hour more, etc., so they get the idea that the separation isn't forever. If you've got a barker, it wouldn't hurt to tell the neighbors what you're doing. Most people will tolerate a temporary disturbance but get upset if they think it will go on and on and on.

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I'll bet most of us do without a lot of eating out and going out to have more time (and money) to spend on our dogs.

Awful, great they were caught out. But hardly "one of the worst cases of animal cruelty in history". The standard mink farm is pretty much as described, except the minks end out slaughtered. For the matter, cage chickens, or many pig operations, work on similar lay-outs.

+1 If there's an irony of DOL message here, it's that there are a few people who are hasty to judge. There are also a lot of generous spirits.

At this point, you don't know whether the problem is more your dog or dogs, or a neighbor with very low tolerance. If I were you I would ... in addition to other measures to reduce the barking . . . have a chat with the council rangers and explain that you received an anonymous note and are happy to work with whoever sent the note to address the problem, but that you need more information on what, specifically, is going on.

Me too!!! Marie (the older girl) is my first Fauve and she goes nowhere. Astra (the younger girl) is my 8 year old daughter's dog and they are as close as Marie and I so she can't go either. If we can't get them back together with time then we'll simply spend the rest of their lives managing them. Are these the same two that were sharing pups? Have you kept pups? From the lovely shots you have shown in the Breeders' forum, it seems like there's a lot more to your pack dynamics than described here. Not that I have a solution. But the cause (and hopefully, a solution) may be outside of what you have described here.

I am fortunate when it comes to income stream...having been a saver all my life and made a few fortunate investments. But minimum wage here is $7.79/hr, so even people with full time minimum wage jobs find it hard to afford vet bills. I do what I can by buying wormers and heartworm meds in bulk and giving them away to people who can't afford them...and offering to include others in bulk purchase orders from internet suppliers. I would imagine many others would be willing to do the same.

It happens. My repro vet, when I lived in WA, once mentioned that he had a few clients who did routine back to back breedings and sold every other litter unregistered . .. thus avoiding kennel club restrictions on frequency of breeding.

I wish the article gave better references. Though there are legit concerns about vaccinations, anti-vaccination nuts abound. I hate articles that make strong statements and provide no real evidence. If someone says 'research' has shown, they should, at least, provide some sort of handle that lets you check out the research. One reference to a book by a wholistic vet is not adequate by my standards.

I don't know the place. It looks huge. I would ask about who will be staffing over Xmas and what experience they have with dogs. A Boston is potentially at risk of serious heat stress in a large kennel setting at Xmas. I don't need to tell you about Perth summer temperatures. The bad part is that all kennels get very hectic at Xmas and it is hard to find qualified help. So the potential of a situation developing where the dog is stressed out and gets ignored is there. Especially so with a large kennel. Also note that some (many?) kennels double up dogs in the runs at Xmas because space is at a premium, and Xmas is the big money earning period of the year. If I were you, I'd be looking very hard for someone who will take your dog on as a private border in their house.

If there were several pups in the litter and yours was the only one to get sick, chances are the pup picked up the virus somewhere outside the breeder's premises. If other pups came down with it, it's clear that the infection was contacted at the breeder's place. Parvo is so deadly and so feared by breeders that even low life BYB's fear it, and will take preventative measures where they can. An uncontrolled epidemic will put you out of business as a breeder.

We have a friend who got a failed Labrador from the blind school for a pet..........he was an awesome pet dog who was partially trained and for our purpose was pretty well bomb proof to noise, but he wasn't strong enough for a guide dog in noise to the high standards they require which caused him to fail their selection process. My dog at the time was terribly storm and noise phobic and we had a good chat to the trainers about it and they claimed absolutely 100% the phobia which is fear of noise was a genetic nerve weakness which the breeders who supply guide dogs actually breed to prevent it by only using breeding pairs of high nerve strength. It makes sense as it wouldn't be a good situation for a guide dog to freak out from a storm or loud noises when the poor owner is blind and reliant on the dog's stability. While noise sensitivity may not be heredity, I do think strong nerves have a genetic component. Storm phobia and gun / fireworks phobia often go together. Gun dogs, at least in the times when they were widely used for hunting, were strongly selected not to be afraid of guns. No Lab breeder worth their salt would breed from a gun-shy (or thunder shy) dog. I've know a few Labs who were storm aggressive . . . ie they went out into storms and attempted to drive away the thunder by barking at it.

Another not recommended tactic that has been known to work is the flying tackle. I did this once in adrenalin drive mode. I was unhurt and it probably saved the life of a smallish dog being attacked by a large staffy X. After the fact I was shocked that I had taken such a risk. However, having a 70 kg human land on its back will stop many dogs. I once mentioned this to a GSD breeder who said she had often used a flying tackle on her own dogs and it was effective. I once made a fight worse by spraying water on the dogs. Two GR bitches. Turns out the fight started with resource guarding, where the resource was an active lawn sprinkler. For water loving dogs you may need a fire hose for water to have any effect.

I'm trying to compile a family medical history cause I'm seeing a new doctor. My sibs say "osteoarthritis runs in the family". But it doesn't seem to be particularly focused on one set of bones or another. An aunt here with crippled hands, a hip replacement for my father, Mum had a lot of aches in her shoulders. I seem to have stiffening of vertebrae L2 or L3. With dogs we seem to consider the hereditary risk as specific to a particular joint, and focus heavily on hips and elbows (though I've seen crippling arthritis of the forepaws and I gather some dogs get bad arthritis of some vertebrae). I'm wondering, is there a fundamental difference between K9 arthritis and human arthritis? Or is the human version subject to heredity in specific joints, and we just don't look at it that way.

Good move. The same has been done by US with military dogs. If there had been problems I'm sure it would have made headlines. Pts'ing dogs is a horrible thing to do to their handlers. Btw, If you want RAAF to come out all caps in the title, enter it as R A A F.

They are all American brands. The OP was an American article. You get American brands in Oz. You need to check ... some 'American' brands are not made in the USA (eg, many, many, AKC products are made in China).

Private dog parks may be a good solution if you can find one. (Or if you have a chunk of land, you might consider starting one). I pay to belong to a members-only dog park. 14 fenced acres with two ponds, a sprinkling of toys, and a lot of shade (and squirrels). They are militantly anti-BSL, but aggressive dogs who are not controlled get kicked out (basically, if you get a lot of complaints about your dog, your dog gets banned). My guess is people whose dogs become targets (I've never seen this happen but it probably does) don't stay long. The outcome fits in with what AlphaBet states. The park is dominated by gun dogs and hounds (the dominant type in the bush hereabouts. Hounds often work in packs, and aggression is not approved), gundog x hounds, Bostons, a few standard poodles, boxers, Danes, sight hounds, sibes, and crosses of all the above. Some herding dogs (mostly BC's and Aussie Shepherds....they have an agility set up). Few terriers, bull terriers, or mastiffs (other than danes). Few lap dogs other than Bostons. A couple Dobes. My dogs (Labs) were afraid of the Danes, but it didn't take long for them to figure out that they are just big, not dangerous. Too far away to do you any good, but I think the OP's dog would fit in well.

In case you miss the Made in China, here's the BAD LIST

see also http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/search?q=dog+fight (I like the artwork in this one. Says pretty much what people say in DOL discussions)