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please walk him EARLY , not long after sunrise before the sun has time to heat up the ground!! That's the sensible thing to do. It sounds as though your poor dog is getting burnt and sore feet .....

and walk him EARLY in the morning before the sun heats up the footpath!!

Snickers....you have good taste, but Aunty needs to clear the buffet table ! Too much of a good thing, & all that !

How old is your dog ? How long have you had him, and where did he come from ? (breeder, pet shop, rescue, etc )

That dog is huge in comparison to a small child, and looks very different to 'her' border collie

Awww..perfect

Thank you for the update, Nick.

It's just that so many people have never learned, or have forgotten that dogs CAN be aggressive ..they have a different way of behaving to humans - and need to be understood and treated differently .

Our dogs love grass when they can get it (dry part of the world ) they graze like the sheep some days! LOL

Fixed it - here... LINK

CORRECT LINK A Murray Mallee woman accused of keeping 300 dogs in squalid conditions on a puppy farm has told an Adelaide court the animals' maintenance was her ex-partner's responsibility. Key points: Kerrie Fitzpatrick is on trial accused of animal cruelty offences She told the Adelaide Magistrates Court that she was not responsible for caring for the dogs The RSPCA told the court that inspectors found dead rats in the kennels Kerrie Fitzpatrick, 45, is charged with animal cruelty offences including ill-treating an animal and failing to comply with animal welfare notices in 2018. She and her former partner Colin Ross were allegedly found in possession of over 300 animals during an RSPCA inspection in October 2018, despite the local council permitting the breeders to own no more than 100.

What a lucky little dog!

Leilah was enjoying her "nose work " ..and she makes a wonderful model on the red cushions!!

So glad Winnie has found her family Lilo is just beautiful! How lucky are you! Hope the injection went well ... they are such little injections , you should do well.

Good one!!

Socialising means learning how to behave around other dogs . What she is doing is learning the wrong way, and getting a massive "feel good" hormone kick from it. You and she need to practise a LOT of no ball training at home /classes, where praise/success can also give her that feel-good hit .. At present it's like expecting an addict to kick a habit by taking them to a place where everyone else is indulging - including them!

That annoys me ..... *thinks back* I deliberately used to call Kieran 'puppy' in public, as he was a 45 kg 36 inch high brindle beast ...and could appear scary to some ..so , he had flowers painted on his collar, and was nicknamed "puppy" we got lots of smiles that way

My brother, "The Boss'. who absolutely abhors the 'fur baby' thing often say to his dogs if they are barking or acting up "Daddy will come out there" ..but NOT because he sees them as his offspring - LOL just because "daddy" is seen as the purveyor of discipline ....

me either ...

Four years of Rottie 'Heaven' ENJOY!

He looks amaazing!! His Dads must be so proud They have done well . You gave him that huge boost of a good start - and they have now given him a home and all the TLC he can ever hope for . What a lovely story .

link to graphic video but amazing story . "Jacqueline Durand's face was nearly erased two days before Christmas and one day before her 22nd birthday. It happened when a dog sitting job in Coppell, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, went terribly wrong. The instant after Durand opened the front door of Justin and Ashley Bishop's home, the dogs were not like the "lovely" dogs that she said she had met once before. The dogs dragged her from the front door to the living room. Lucy, a German Shepard mix, and Bender, a boxer and pitbull mix, pinned her down, tore off her nose, ears, lips and cheeks to the bone. "I thought I was going to die," she told CBS News."

Aah..didn't notice that thanks. Great footage .

the vet may need to do skin scrapings to find out what is happening ... skin problems are usually frustrating. Best of luck.

Well, I had absolutely no idea! Thank you for that very informative read - and the fascinating little bit of film ! Did you notice the brawl(dogs) at the end of the race ?