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  2. https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/rental-crisis-forces-pet-owners-to-part-ways-with-furry-friends/452d7e85-1fe8-4bbd-88f2-619e6d67d713
  3. Adding to what Schnauzer Max said you've also got a lot more people backyard breeding as a side hustle with certain breeds and colours and they are just moving those pups on quickly with no socialisation or training. All the dogs we have fostered recently have been 1 - 2 years old and had zero leash skills. 2 were/are also reactive to other dogs (one due to limited eye sight). People are getting these cute puppies without any training or socialisation and the problems just increase as they get older and stronger. They think they naturally know how to leash walk and behave when off leash with other dogs. We had one who never seemed like he'd even been in a vehicle before. Whether it is laziness on the owner's part or a lack of of knowledge about what can be achieved with training, too many dogs are deteriorating in backyards and then surrendered as too much or problematic for the owner. Very sad and not their fault.
  4. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68689823
  5. Perhaps the age of the dog and the owners usual habits of letting it say hello to passing dogs is part of the reason. Some dogs are more sociable than other dogs. And in my experience going to the Dog Park and playing off leash in the Dog Park has a lot to do with it and the dog's expectations.
  6. I think it is a lot of things in combination - increase in dog ownership, using harnesses instead of collars and leads (you might as well hook up a sled and get them to pull something), more dog owners not really knowing what they are doing and choosing inappropriate breeds, etc. Most of the lockdown times, you could still walk your dog and get about but people who got a dog for companionship during those times most likely would not have got a dog in normal times and probably didn’t even give a thought to training it.
  7. I've been thinking it was lockdown combined with a spike in dog ownership.
  8. I’ve been helping out a friend walking their medium size cross breed and he is leash reactive. I’m pretty sure he just wants to play with other dogs he sees on his walk but he lunges and tries to drag me even onto the road if the dog is on the other side. The dog can be as far away in his sight and he starts up. I’ve been working with him but something I’ve noticed is that there are so many leash reactive dogs about. Is it because they have been allowed to greet dogs on walks before? Is it dog parks? Harnesses? I’m sure it’s many things but it just seems like I’m noticing it more and more. This dog used to go to the dog park so he sees another dog and expects to be able to play with them I believe. Do you see this too when out and about? I am lucky with my own dogs. They have never been allowed to greet other dogs on walks, although sometimes a dog will come right up. They have never been to the dog park and show little natural interest in other dogs thankfully so that’s why I wonder if it’s those things since dog parks have become so popular.
  9. I just had a look today after the wildlife people called it clickbait. Calendar, book and GFM https://www.gofundme.com/f/peggy-and-molly-interspecies-friendship? https://www.facebook.com/peggyandmolly/videos/660238976117619/ Makes it a lot less wholesome for me.
  10. Yesterday
  11. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-29/easter-holidays-camping-pet-dog-emergency-first-aid/103635462
  12. hopefully it will lead to maybe better breeding - less exaggerated back length etc ...they are great little dogs
  13. Thank dog for someone showing some common sense rather than dogged adherence to stupid legislation. This was the only solution to providing the best welfare outcome for Molly. And shame on the people who doggedly pursued having him taken away from the only safe place he's ever known. I certainly do not advocate that people look to taking on native wildlife as "pets", but in cases where it has happened as a result of humans caring for a sick/injured animal, and that animal has decided of it's own free will to stick around, then there needs to be some process in place that looks for the best welfare outcome for that animal, regardless of what strict legislation advises. In this case, letting Molly stay where he feels safe, and his needs are being met, is the best welfare outcome. T.
  14. They were originally meant to be hunting terriers. Their shape allowed them to easily get into a den or burrow to attack the fox or rabbit
  15. lovely photos LG, he looks like a real goof +
  16. It's been raining constantly up here and 'someone' has been going stir crazy without his walks (he did make us walk him one day in the rain even and poor D fell over and did a mud skiddy!). Today there was sun and mischief! PS He's had 2 lots of people interested in him. One has a housing issue and the other an unexpected health issue. So sad for him but maybe something will still work out with them.
  17. https://www.9news.com.au/world/robotic-police-dog-shot-multiple-times-credited-with-avoiding-potential-bloodshed/d1d022f1-9fce-4625-9f35-f3b7a05e3ccf
  18. ABC just posted this https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-28/molly-the-magpie-peggy-the-staffy-have-premier-in-their-corner/103645134
  19. Oh dog, don't get me started on the "hero rescuers" that yell at people to not take strays to the pounds or RSPCA. Watching these people then scramble to "find room" to take on any stray cat that looks even vaguely like a purebred (and most obviously someone's actual pet), while ignoring the average tabby moggie en masse... grrr! Quite frankly I have no objection to anyone sharing their lives with a wild animal, if the arrangement is not detrimental to any of the participants, which is the case with Molly and his family. DESI have the power to grant a license to Molly's family and to return him to the life he knows and loves... just sayin'... Molly DOESN'T have to be caged for the rest of his life just to prove some point. T.
  20. And to hell with what is the actual best welfare outcome for Molly... we must stick to the law regardless he'll actually be WORSE off that if he'd been left where he was... FFS! Here's a link to the "expert wildlife carers" whose constant reporting of Molly's lifestyle caused him to be taken away from everything he's ever known and doomed to be caged for the rest of his life... https://www.facebook.com/wildanimalsaustralia/posts/pfbid0hzHgCnDWirrRh7WRTtt9Cz6QuRw8B1dkKgC6bdCRToHxpe8LT3FzmYDH4jGAKwPVl Feel free to share the link to the above far and wide, so everyone knows what bastards they are. T.
  21. Last week
  22. So now he will be living in a cage forever, without the only family he's ever known. I truly hope he makes new friends. I can see the thinking behind seizing him, it's law and legislation. Wildlife should be wild. Bad example to others. All that is true. Same as when we get upset that people keep stray pets they find without following proper procedure. Although, from what I've seen on social media, lots of people have wildlife they let into their home and they are free to come and go also. Why are these people being made an example of?
  23. https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/animals/horrible-nations-fury-after-magpie-taken-from-family/news-story/1100c7fad0eff46625c53af5d1bde937
  24. https://www.9news.com.au/national/dachshunds-under-threat-as-germany-proposes-ban-on-breeding/433f71e8-4939-43ea-82a8-c67b6a8fd8d4
  25. It was also on the news, Premier Steven Miles had some good stuff to say, video here in this 7News linkie https://7news.com.au/news/queensland-premier-steven-miles-weighs-after-instagram-star-molly-the-magpie-seized-c-14108682
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