mantis

Oh, yeah!! :) triple yeah! so you two obviously don't ignore me :D I do, oops.

Many years ago when I was driving to work on busy Victoria Pde, a car hit a possum, I stopped my car & picked it up & took it to work with me. Fortunately he wasn't badly injured, so I took him home & after a few weeks put him out in my backyard which had lots of gumtrees, the cheeky little bugger used to come to the backdoor for food for ages. :laugh:

That's fine by me if it can prevent any newcomer who has come to the forum for advice being castigated and conescended to by others. Especially Dogmads obsession of bagging big dogs & especially Bull breeds. As soon as I see a thread by them, I know what it will be about. It's upsetting seeing that on a dog lovers forum.

What a wonderful story. So many people these days wouldn't have bothered even stopping their cars, the man deserves a medal.

HA HA, that is so much like Kenny & his Mum. My ex actually jumped into the river to get Kenny's Mum out of the river because she was struggling, but didn't want to get out. Her big wimp of a son, didn't want to go out to toilet if the grass was wet.

How beautiful those doggies are & what wonderful ambassadors for their breed.

Exactly, it's like closing the barn door after the horse has bolted. Councils don't enforce the laws now, which is why there are still dog attacks, enforce leash laws & proper fencing, dog attacks would drop significantly. I'm also for people having to get a license to own a dog.

Once again no helpful advice, just bashing big dog breeds.

I have the opposite problem, I have a Staffy that I have to walk late at night, because there are so many off lead little dogs who's owners think it's cute, that their dogs run up to & have a go at big on lead dogs. It was the same when I had my previous dog, the council do nothing when it's a complaint about a small dog.

Did she take the ribbon to the police? They could check it for finger prints.

Unfortunately, by the time I retrieved their balls, Kenny had demolished them. A ball doesn't last long with a 45kg dog, who is left alone. :laugh:

That's absurd. Kenny would have been in big trouble, because the next door neighbours kids used to jump the fence to retrieve their balls. They stopped doing it after a couple of weeks, because they couldn't stand Kenny licking their faces & running off with the ball, wanting them to chase him. They used to come to my door when I was home & ask if I could throw it back over the fence. Poor Kenny lost his playmates.

I also can't understand people wanting to let their dogs off lead in State forests. How much time have you spent in a state forest? After the raping they get from logging a few dogs running around is the least of their problems. My daughters house backs onto a State forest. They have 2 x JRT's that they don't allow to go into, unless on lead.

Really? You have more faith in this corrupt organisation than I do.

I also can't understand people wanting to let their dogs off lead in State forests.

Yes, I was threatened by an owner on Christmas Day when I politely asked him to please put his dog's lead on. Dog was huge and had charged me and my little dogs with no attempt from the owner to control it - it was terrifying at the time. At least you weren't visually impaired like this poor man. The fact that he was nearly knocked off his feet by a little unrestrained dog, would have been horrifying for him. Just shows that there are moron owners of all size dogs. If you have no control over your dogs, whether big or small, keep them on lead.

Please Troy, give us a "like" option.

Hope they are found soon, at least they are microchipped so hopefully that should help.

Me too. :thumbsup:

I live in a block of Public Housing units, fortunately we are allowed to have dogs/cats. Once it wasn't allowed, but they have realised that older people need pets for their well being. Unfortunately, private rentals are getting more & more anti dogs.

Nope I agree, but unfortunately when I was a kid, we used to go hunting & killing snakes & we would nail them to the fence of the corner house. I changed my ways after we killed a Tiger snake & then saw a baby one, the others were going to kill it, but I wouldn't let them & I picked it up & took it home. I kept it for over a month, before an adult friend, took it off me & drowned it in hot water, RIP little snake.

So why mention the breed then? We both know why.

But there really isn't, when you take into the account how many 'bull breeds' [we're talking about a few breeds and, I assume, crosses here] there are that are never a problem and don't make the headlines. I'd love to see accurate statistics that show this country has a major problem with bull breeds, as opposed to a major problem with education and community safety. Every dog, of any breed, attracts incompetent and irresponsible owners. Yes, bull breeds are very popular in general. And the fact they're not in the news multiple times a day attacking someone or something just shows how the majority of owners are capable, educated, and well equipped, and how the majority of dogs are not a problem. We have to remember that bull breeds and their crosses [again, so many breeds in that] aren't some magical unicorn species of the dog world that need extra special ownership. They are dogs, first and foremost. What people need to look at is individual dogs within breeds that may need specific environments and owners. There's no point looking at the pounds to tell us where there's a problem. A huge percentage of dogs in the pounds are crossbreeds of unknown genetics. And then there's the fact a huge percentage of crossbreeds in the pounds are happy, friendly, well-adjusted dogs that go on to find homes, which clearly shows the problem was never with the dog in the first place. So no, I don't believe we have a major problem with bull breeds in this country. I also don't believe we have a major problem with dangerous dogs, considering the percentage of attacks across the board is so low. Don't waste your time PlanB, some posters on here have an agenda & will continue to bash Bull Breeds. Sorry Mantis but I disagree. I have the only breed that is muzzled by law, try walking a couple of greyhounds that if attacked cannot even defend themselves, you reckon your nervous? Say what, haven't you heard of BSL? Kenny had to be muzzled in public by law once BSL came in. That's the reason I only walked him late at night. If BSL had have come in before the attacks on him, he would have been badly injured, because the last two dogs that attacked him, were as big as him. I also only walk Cougar late at night, because if she is attacked & fights back, she will get the blame because of the hatred of her breed.

But there really isn't, when you take into the account how many 'bull breeds' [we're talking about a few breeds and, I assume, crosses here] there are that are never a problem and don't make the headlines. I'd love to see accurate statistics that show this country has a major problem with bull breeds, as opposed to a major problem with education and community safety. Every dog, of any breed, attracts incompetent and irresponsible owners. Yes, bull breeds are very popular in general. And the fact they're not in the news multiple times a day attacking someone or something just shows how the majority of owners are capable, educated, and well equipped, and how the majority of dogs are not a problem. We have to remember that bull breeds and their crosses [again, so many breeds in that] aren't some magical unicorn species of the dog world that need extra special ownership. They are dogs, first and foremost. What people need to look at is individual dogs within breeds that may need specific environments and owners. There's no point looking at the pounds to tell us where there's a problem. A huge percentage of dogs in the pounds are crossbreeds of unknown genetics. And then there's the fact a huge percentage of crossbreeds in the pounds are happy, friendly, well-adjusted dogs that go on to find homes, which clearly shows the problem was never with the dog in the first place. So no, I don't believe we have a major problem with bull breeds in this country. I also don't believe we have a major problem with dangerous dogs, considering the percentage of attacks across the board is so low. Don't waste your time PlanB, some posters on here have an agenda & will continue to bash Bull Breeds.

What the hell is your post about? I usually find your posts confusing, but this one tops them all.