Loving my Oldies

I think you need to know their motives first. :) Boronia if you don't know these girls or know where they live, I'd suggest a letter to the editor of your local paper just to alert parents what was happening. Is it 18? I thought it was 16? But maybe I'm thinking of volunteers at pounds. ETA: A couple of years ago I thought I had something tatooed on my forehead because I was asked this by two neighbours ..... the mothers that is. One on behalf of her son who was going for the Duke of Edinburgh Award (of some sort), she thought dog walking would be okay because he "wasn't good with people" ; and the other on behalf of her daughter who despite living across the road from me for years and seeing me countless times out with my dogs had never approached me to pat them, but on the contrary behaved as if I had 1/2 dozen slavening Hounds of the Baskervilles on the end of my leads. It goes to show that people really have no idea and think that a dog is a piece of meat to be handed around willy nilly with no thought as to his/her personality or needs.

I guess in the face of so much irresponsible arrogance and sheer stupidity on the part of many people, we have to be alert for all sorts of events when we are walking our dogs, sadly. As quite a few people have now said that they see these dogs out a lot of the time, broken fences, improperly secured gates, it did make me wonder if other dogs/people have been attacked or even "just" rushed by these dogs. If the Council doesn't take the appropriate reaction in the face of the injuries to you, Maddie and Stan, they would have just shrugged their shoulders at anything less - or so I am making a huge assumption that would be the case. I'm not surprised you had a melt down earlier.

Please consider going to the media with this, HazyWal . I wonder what triggered this attack? I also wonder whether it has happened before, but, as with you, Council seems to be reluctant to take it to a just conclusion and so no one every got to hear about it. Good luck with your plans.

A Belgian in a raincoat . Gorgeous George. He looks such a lovely laid back boy. Many many happy years with him

Really, there can be only one answer . . . . . . Drum Roll . . . . . . . . Steve's Calendar Tea :laugh: :laugh: I rinsed Bunter (he has the longest hair of my tribe) with it and he glistened.

Thank goodness no broken bones, HazyWal, nevertheless still a bad result for you. All it would take for peace to reign is for the relevant bodies to implement the Companion Animals Act. Few council officers seem to have any will, or commitment, or sense of civic duty, or pride in a job well done.

Oh, that gave me a little tear . I certainly hope you have Isla and Felix for many many years, mfch. Rover was the oddest little boy and I just loved having him. I'll see if I can find my thread about him.

They both look beautiful, mfch. I've only had one poodle and that was a black toy whom I adopted when he was a few weeks off his 17th birthday. I was lucky to have Rover (yes that was his real name :laugh: :laugh: ) for three years before age claimed him. Yesterday when I was out walking I saw two little apricots toys. Gorgeous. I was hard pressed not to snaffle them and run. :D :D

The minute you have him home :laugh: :laugh: Too true.

OMG! No way does he look happy and comfortable. Would be a crime for you to keep him. :laugh: :laugh: Beautiful beautiful dog.

Well said, Hankdog.

Ha ha ha, I knew that was coming. It's a fine, almost invisible line, between saying an action is stupid and saying the person is stupid. Anyway, I still believe some posters went all out in the wrong way and instead of talking sensibly and nicely to the OP, a newcomer, tried to crack a nut with a sledge hammer and/or to show off their superiority. Here you had a young woman, all excited about moving onto acreage, with her beautiful dog and looking forward to having lots of conversations with other dogs lovers and instead she was shot down in flames by people who should know better. What a shame. She sounded lovely.

Ya gotta larf.

I realised that there was a chance of that, Rebanne, and it has been done to death. I am referring to the people I see around here. :) :) I think all this supposition as to what happened and who did what or didn't do what, and who was where, etc etc etc is just so much twaddle. In the final analysis, a woman has been severely injured through (as far as we know) no fault of her own and, as usual, posters come out wanting to blame the person who was attacked.

that lump is nothing. And good news regarding Jazz.

Yes, some one was :)

Perhaps my use of the words "scott free" was inconsidered. What I meant, was that despite the severity of the attacks on HazyWal's dogs and consequent injuries to herself, the woman and her dogs are going to be unaffected, except for the fines. Maybe not scott free in financial terms but certainly scott free in terms of being held responsible and being seen to be held responsible by the relevant authorities.

Maybe, perhaps, it might be the case. NO ONE HERE KNOWS or if they do, they aren't saying. All this speculation about extendable leads, where the jogger was in relation to the dogs ..... just so much blame the victim b*llsh*t. Makes me so angry. Oh and as for dogs the size of Greys and Dobes being on extender lead, come and walk in my area, Amax-1. Extendable leads are the vogue for all sorts and all sizes of dogs, but only one breed of human: stupid.

It won't be long before he is bigger than Isla and they may have to swap: Isla in the crate and new puppy out. :laugh: :laugh:

It is no wonder that some people end up taking the law into their own hands. If the laws of our country can't provide us with justice, where do we turn? Naturally, I am not talking about revenge; I am talking about the perpetrator taking responsibility and making amends. HW and her dogs have been severely injured, physically and emotionally and financially, and the perpetrator is allowed to shrug her shoulders and walk away scott free.

Stunning, amazing, gobsmacking, jaw dropping.

Atta Boy Lots of treats due to him.

I'm sure you will get lots of help with the specific questions, but I have have one, no two, things to say: 1. Congratulations. Groomers down the road from me breed standards and some of their dogs are truly beautiful in looks and in nature. 2. You won't screw up, just don't overthink it :laugh: :laugh: Oh, just thought of a third: 3. Have FUN

I'm so out of the "rescue world" now that I don't know what this means. Is Mel a transporter taking the dogs to various rescues/foster. It is a long time since I've had that wonderful feeling of going to a pound and releasing a dog for myself, another rescuer, or to take him/her to the airport. Just to bring me up to date, thanks :) :) .

HW what about a letter including photographs to your local, State and Federal Members, and the editor of the local paper? Including information about how the Council seems to absolve itself from these issues?