Kajirin

In SA... 66—Liability for dogs 1 (1) The keeper of a dog is liable in tort for injury, damage or loss caused by the dog. (2) It is not necessary for the plaintiff to establish— (a) negligence; or (b) knowledge of the dog's vicious, dangerous or mischievous propensity. (3) However, the keeper's liability is subject to the following qualifications: (a) if the injury, damage or loss results from provocation of the dog by a person other than the keeper, the keeper's liability (if any) will be decided according to the Wrongs Act 1936 principles; (b) if the injury, damage or loss results from an attack on the dog by an animal for the control of which the keeper is not responsible, the keeper's liability (if any) will be decided according to the Wrongs Act 1936 principles; © if the injury, damage or loss is caused to a trespasser on land on which the dog is kept, the keeper's liability (if any) will be decided according to the Wrongs Act 1936 principles; (d) if the injury, damage or loss is caused while the dog is being used in the reasonable defence of a person or property, the keeper's liability (if any) will be determined according to the Wrongs Act 1936 principles; (e) if the injury, damage or loss is caused while the dog is in the possession or control of a person without the keeper's consent, the keeper's liability (if any) will be determined according to the Wrongs Act 1936 principles; (f) the keeper's liability (if any) is subject to any other defence available under the law of tort. (4) If the plaintiff's negligence contributed to the injury, damage or loss, the damages will be reduced to the extent the court thinks just and equitable having regard to the plaintiff's share in responsibility for injury, damage or loss. (5) In this section — keeper of a dog means the owner of the dog, or if the owner is under 18 years of age, the child's parents or guardians, and includes a person into whose possession the dog has been delivered; provocation means— (a) teasing, tormenting or abusing the dog; (b) any act of cruelty towards the dog; © attacking the owner of the dog, or a person towards whom the dog could reasonably be expected to be protective, in front of the dog. Note — 1 At common law, the keeper of an animal was strictly liable for injury caused by the animal if the animal was ferae naturae (ie an undomesticated animal). If the animal was mansuetae naturae (ie a domestic animal), liability was dependent on proof of scienter (ie knowledge of the animal's dangerous or mischievous propensity). These rules were abolished by Part 3 of the Civil Liability Act 1936 which provides that negligence is the basis of liability. This section, however, qualifies the Civil Liability Act 1936 principles by imposing strict liability in relation to dogs subject, however, to statutory qualifications.

Mine sleeps in the bed with me, under the covers and steals my pillow. Usually snores and gets Saint Vitus dance [often get a paw in the face when he's doing that if he's facing me]. But he loves to snuggle, always has. Great bed warmer in winter :laugh:

Hmm wondering as they come up deregistered as of the 26/5/2013 on the ASIC website under the business name of REAL ESTATE LOCATIONS PTY LTD. Yet on the ABN site they come up as Active from 10 Jan 2007 and GST Registered from 01 Jul 2008 Apart from that never heard of them before.

Who the hell punches a horse in the face?? That's the kind of guy you'd like to hear about in a news story where his "awesomely trained" horse kicked him in the crotch and his genitals unfortunately had to be removed... Made me immediately think of the movie Far and Away when Tom Cruise punched the horse in the face when is was rearing up and the like and he wanted a horse to race to get a flag for land.

Saw that ad this afternoon for the first time and though 'what'??!! Wasn't impressed with the commercial either. Starts off with a bulldog walking up to a chihuahua and then the voice over says something along the lines of does your pet need insurance and then the chihuahua yelps when the bulldog moves closer. Then there's the insurance spiel and then the final scene with the bulldog moving closer again to the chihuahua.

can use google put in [insert breed here minus brackets] site:www.petrescue.com.au and results will show

Can kind of see where ear tattooing could come in handy with a personalised number and letter code [letter code could represent state/breed]. Do they still do that with GSD's or is that now old technology??!!

Scout has a large Evil Cuz, he killed the squeaker in it relatively quickly from over dooshing [front paw slamming] it. The Dexter Elephant on the other hand, has remained squeakable and he dooshes it and chews it a lot. But again it's rather heavy and he has to be careful with it inside.

Yep, it's registered! :D Now, if a scanner can find it on Scout, and the number is readable, everything will be absolutely perfect! :) ETA Oh, and your contact info is up-to-date. Yes the info is all up to date and new mobile phone number added [did that when I got the phone] :)

Had checked that site a few years ago and comes up with the AAR registration for Scout :D ETA when you posted it the other day I rechecked and still comes up in their window Take it this is what you mean by registered...

+1 Same with me, my boy's has been in for 7 years and not had it tested to see where it is or if it picks up.

Scout has the habit of swinging his kong on a rope and letting it go so it shoots up on the roof. Have to use a mirror attached to the extendable tree branch lopper - locate it in the gutter and carefully grab the rope with the lopper to bring it out without cutting the rope

Do find with the kong tennis balls, the plastic squeakers pop out easily after a few retrieves and chews [might've been a few bad batches though...I buy the 3 pack ones]. So happily squeaking to silent air huffing noises lol. Wondering now about the JW isqueak balls or similar, or if he'd just kill them as easily.

http://www.sapolicenews.com.au/component/content/article/4-news/18761-a-lifesaving-partnership.html

There are a surprising number of dog toys out there that look a bit 'suspicious', or maybe I Just have a dirty mind :laugh: Steph & Huski ~snorts~ pmsl :laugh:

A common tennis ball lasts a minute or 2 before Scout cracks it open like a walnut. Kong tennis balls last a bit longer. His solid Kong ball has lasted for years [but it's too heavy to play inside with as he likes to toss balls to chase them].

Semi rural here, next door have a Maremma, working line Kelpie and 2 Maltese x Pom. Other neighbour has a mini Poodle. Neighbour up a bit more has a Maltese x. There's a Dalmatian way down the road [see him at the fence line] and then the others I see around are Cattle Dogs, Kelpies and mixes there of. I know there's a Siberian Husky around as he got out once and ended up here.

There really needs to be one national registry so all scanners work and scan the chips properly

Working kelpies on my [now deceased] friend's father's farm were retired to being house dogs. If the kelpies failed in stock work they were rehomed as pets. The one I remember with fondness was old Fazz, he lived until he was about 18 and ended his twilight years as the house dog, happily basking in the sun and enjoying his retirement. Always had a lot of respect for my friend's Dad.

Very true, technically the RSPCA and the current owners if Mia have done nothing wrong. If I was in the same position and had legally acquired the dog through adoption and then heard what had happened, I'd have no qualms in handing the dog back to the previous owner. It's up to the new owners as to what they do and what decision they feel they can live with.

On microchipping, when Scout got his done the vet tattooed an M into his right ear [his was done at the time of his desexing] - don't know if tattooing is still done here or not. His is registered with the Australasian Animal Registry [AAR]

I printed out two of the same info so the tag can be read from either side - cut it down, laminated and put it in. The tag flap has never popped open since I closed it.

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

On reading this particular story, I had to vote yes to returning the dog. My conscious would not allow me to continue on keeping the dog, as I would empathise far too much with the previous owner. Especially after the previous owner had had the dog for so long. There are always more dogs in need of homes, I'd just make sure it was a surrendered dog next time around - rather than a stray put up for adoption.

reminds me of the place I worked at as a teen, the head groomer would just superglue up massive cuts in the skin