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I posted this in dog sport but it is sort of related to this. Hound Trailing in Cumbria in the UK. http://www.lhi.org.uk/projects_directory/p...tage/index.html

http://www.news.com.au/national/for-girls-...r-1226038147251 FORGET a man's best friend, in Australia it's more like a woman's best friend and a man's worst enemy, a survey has found. The PawClub.com.au survey of more than 80,000 dog owners revealed four out of five Australian women spend more on their dog than their partner. But it's not just money, with 77 per cent of women surveyed saying their dog also wins more of their precious time. Sunnybank's Tegan Bensley found this easy to believe. She said her dog Banksy was her highest priority and got most of her spare time. "I work 10 hours a day, but when I get home I devote my three hours before bed to spending time with Banksy," she said. Tegan said she also spent most of her spare money on Banksy. "I buy him collars, leads, toys, food, treats and I also put $50 away each week to cover any unexpected medical costs," she said. The Australian Companion Animal Council estimates dog owners spent almost $3.6 billion on their pooches in 2009, a whopping $850 million more than in 2005. Tegan said owning a dog was a big commitment, and should be treated as such. "I think having a dog is like having a child," she said. Tegan said her female friends were just as dedicated to their dogs when it came to spare time and money. "When it comes down to it, dogs need more time and money than partners do." Survey results, which have been broken down by postcode, are available at pawclub.com.au Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/for-girls-...1#ixzz1JLqnN3HH

Revealed: The 5 Most Dangerous Dogs In The World! Posted on 09 April 2011 by admin Email Undoubtedly it’s going to be controversial. Without fear of chicken counting, it will receive a lot of traffic. And without any element of doubt, it might cause ripples but it needs to be out there, for the public to know. We’ve decided to publicly name the five MOST dangerous dogs on the planet. The Most Dangerous Dogs in the World in reverse order: 5. Badly fed dog. Badly fed dog is the animal who’s been fuelled up with a diet fit for an Olympic weight lifter, but who only ever gets to expend about 20% of the calories he takes in. He’s got lots of energy and his mismatched diet can manifest in bouts of sudden energetic rampaging. Badly fed dog would ask you to consider; how you would feel spending your day in an office when every inch of your body is throbbing and twitching as you crave the opportunity to actually use up some of those excess calories. Badly fed dog would be happier and safer if his diet reflected his lifestyle. 4. Never had any friends dog. Otherwise known as ‘totally under socialised dog’. He was a little naughty when he was a puppy, so his owner decided he’d be better off being kept away from all other forms of animal life. He now spends his days obsessing over what it would be like to chase other dogs around and, by George, one of these days he’s gonna actually do it! Never had any friends dog is going to present his owner with a lifetime of problems, he has no social skills and has never had a chance to learn natural interaction through the teachings of his own kind. He’ll meet new dogs and will be about as socially adept as a 45-year old virgin at a Playboy mansion party. He’s going to blow it. Big time. 3. Shouty. Shouty is the dog who has spent most of his life shouting at folks or being shouted at himself. He sees people on his street, he shouts at them. In turn, his owner shouts at him. Shouty presumes being shouted at is a recognition of his excellent work. In fact, hearing his owner shouting in response to his own shouting encourages his assumption that they’re just as upset, anxious, nervous, angry as HE is about the audacity of other people/dogs/pigeons to walk past his window. Shouty is relentlessly encouraged and endorsed in his shouty behaviour and, a bit like no friends dog, shouty spends his days imaging how good it will be when he FINALLY gets his chance to get face to face with the objects of his ire. 2. House proud. House proud dog is SO touchy about people coming to his digs unannounced, he’ll happily maim you for your insolence in trying to visit his abode without obtaining the correct visitation paperwork. House proud dog does a line in dishing out injuries to posties, meter readers and delivery people. Fortunately for house proud dog, his owners absolutely REFUSE to believe he is capable of violence, so leave him completely unattended to dish out his own brand of justice to anyone brash enough to consider entering his domain. 1. Spoilt dog. “That’s mine and these are mine, those are mine, I’m entitled to that, I believe that I saw that first, I lay claim to those, I own all of these, I’m the rightful proprietor of this…” Welcome to the world of spoilt dog. Quite simply, he believes everything he wants, he can have. Woe betide anyone to tell him differently. His timid owners have never had the heart to let him know that in the human world, simply showing your teeth and growling doesn’t constitute a legal contract on the ownership of goods. They let him off and, worse, they let him keep his spoils, which he’ll gather up and place in his own corner of the world. Sadly, spoilt dog is, one day, going to meet someone who is unaware that he has previously laid claim to every possession on earth. Unfortunately, unlike spoilt dog’s owners, this person is going to have to find out the hard way just how deep spoilt dog’s sense of entitlement runs. Really hard luck if it happens to be a youngster, blissfully ignorant to the fact that the shiny ball on the floor is spoilt dog’s most prized possession (at that VERY moment). A few stitches and a spell in hospital ought to serve as a permanent reminder though. [What? You didn't think there was a such a thing as a list of 'dangerous dog breeds' did you? Pffft.] PS: End bsl.

Hound Trailing in Cumbria in the UK. http://www.lhi.org.uk/projects_directory/p...tage/index.html Click on the video library link to watch video.

Nope, 1200cm converts to 39.37007874ft I suspect a decimal point has been misplaced. 120cm = 3.937007874ft.

Despite repeated asking for examples of legal cases or legislation regarding dog signs on properties no-one has been able to provide me with any form of proof. I think the whole "If you have a sign saying "Beware of Dog etc" you are likely to be sued" thing is an urban myth. I'm happy to be proved wrong in this. But if you want to prove me wrong please provide links/references to a documented court case or to current legislation. On another note in the ACT you cannot have the front of the property fenced.

The thing is that unless they are starting out with an adult dog novices aren't competing against GrChs or even champions. Most people start out with a baby puppy and work their way up. This is one of the great things about our system IMO. Beginners and novices get to gain experience working their way up through the age classes. I show a very competitive breed and I have to tell you that my boys class in group and even class in breed wins are exciting to me and keep me going.

Also check out this thread. http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=171748

Yup. 20 dogs between Lochie and Zac then one dog between Zac and Floyd and Floyd is the last dog in the group.

Numbers Toys 1-71 Terriers 73-99 Gundogs 100-153 Hounds 154-177 Woriking 178-226 Utility 227-259 Non-Sporting 260-286

Hey Underfoot, Just saw your post. Numbers are small - I don't have exact numbers here at work but I think the total entry is only about 250. Hound group has 23 entries. I'll post actual numbers tonight when I get home.

As m-j said keep sessions short and fun. Find out what motivates your dog. When I first started training my Afghan I went through a variety of motivators, toys, food, play, etc. Fortunately for me Faxon was/is very food motivated so training was a bit easier. The big one for me with sighthounds is be consistent. Make sure cues are clear and consistent, reward the behaviour you want consistently. I found concentrating on one exercise per training session worked really well. I would work on heeling in a straight line with change of positions for a couple of minutes. Next session might be turns, figure eights, etc. BUT keep training sessions short AND FUN.

Already entered. Who else is going?

Oh really???? Buggar!! Canberra airport is an absolute shamozzle at the moment. We flew two 8 week old pups with Qantas from Adelaide recently and I'm not lying when I say it took Qantas/AAE over an hour to get them from the terminal to us. Something about it being late at night blah, blah, blah and that they wait until all the late night flights arrive before they bring any of the animals over to AAE blah, blah, blah. In the meantime, pups were just sitting on the tarmac. A little bit of jumping up and down from me saw one of the AAE guys get in his work van and drive over to the Qantas terminal and pick them up himself Sorry Mystiqview, I was wrong That's ok. I only found out the rules late last year when I tried to book some pups to Canberra via dogtainers using Virgin. It was Dogtainers who said that Virgin does not fly pets any more into Canberra. Well Virgin flew a dog in to Canberra last Friday and flew it out again on Monday - from and back to Brisbane.

Not true actually. Virgin fly dogs to and from Canberra and you can collect them inside the terminal rather than having to go over to AAE if they fly Qantas. Yes, it is cheaper to fly them with you as they will go as 'excess'. If you have your own airline approved crate, then you can make the booking yourself after you have your flight number and ticket number from the airline. If you have to hire a crate, Dogtainers or Jetpets will meet you at the airport. You can either get them to make the booking for you or you can do that yourself (so long as you know how heavy the crate is as you will be asked when you book). The only thing we have found with Jetpets is that they have a limit on how many animals they will board per flight so you would need to organise it as soon as you have arranged your own travel. We have never had any trouble with either airline although it can be a pain waiting at AAE for the staff to bring your dog over from Qantas. Especially if it's late at night and most of the staff have gone home!! Not anymore. You now pick up and drop off large dogs, at least, to Gate 5. We had to do this over the weekend with an Afghan hound. Gate 5 is currently a PITA to get to from the terminal and an even greater pain getting back to the terminal.

Afghan Hound for: RSPCA Panasonic(?) hair straighteners Audi

A swish of Afghans? Still working on Wolfies. A squash of Wolfies perhaps? Cos when you get more than a couple together thats what happens to everything else.

Troy, I guess my issue was that I only discovered this after entering my results. It not immediately obvious that this is the case. Perhaps if there was a statement, saying "does not apply to class in breed", on the results entry page under Rising star where it currently states: <-- Tick box if total entry was 1000 dogs or greater (Double points apply for shows with entries of 1000 dogs or greater).

Just entered the results for my boys wins at the Canberra Royal - one of the few shows in our area that will have over a 1000 entries and when I submitted the results got this message: "1000 dogs or over - No Double Points for Class of Breed win" IMO this makes it just about impossible for anyone outside of Sydney or Melbourne to have any chance of doing well in the point score. Very unhappy.

Are you a member of your local breed club (if there is one)? Member of: Afghan Hound club of the ACT Afghan Hound Clubs of NSW and QLD Hound Club of the ACT - also treasurer Irish Wolfhound Club of NSW If you are a member, what kinds of activities take place that you are involved in? Showing If you are not a member, why not? N/A What kinds of activities would you like to see more of in your local breed club? I pursue other activities through other clubs/options eg Obedience and lure coursing. Is your breed club involved in Breed rescue? Yup all are involved in rescue.

Or they can just break a window or crowbar a door off its hinges. Locked doors only stop honest people. Most thieves will avoid a house with a dog though. If you lock your gates and have a security system, a big dog door shouldnt be a problem IMO. Exactly. If someone wants to break in they will. I had this argument with a local supplier today who told me that the biggest door they could sell me was 25cm x 40cm because "any bigger and a person can climb through". Well that's all well and good but my dog won't fit through it either! We had a large - Afghan size - dog door made in a screen door. We got the same statements all the time from people - usually tradies. "Won't people get through there?" My response was always "if someone crawls through the dog door they deserve everything they get on the other side." When they thought about this they usually laughed and agreed. If people can't work out the size of the dog from the size of the dog door then they will be in for a surprise when they get in.

I'm still packing the Gummies!

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I love the look of the first sites products. The problem is there doesn't seem to be any contact details anywhere on the site. Go to http://www.karere.com.au/ and there is a contact us link I worked that out just as you posted.

I love the look of the first sites products. The problem is there doesn't seem to be any contact details anywhere on the site. For some reason when I clicked on the link it only took me to a frame. Managed to find the whole website with contact details. http://www.karere.com.au/