Tatelina

Are you interested in a hypoallergenc cow? I"m very versatile.

That would have to be one tiny cow and one large poodle!!

This thread is great...If I could give you reputation for it.. I would.

what if you get the dog to sit first then lure it to a drop using a treat? then once it knows this you can leave out the sit.

Well for my girl...she already is sitting and so close to the ground.

I have a similar (well...not really) problem with my short legged basset X....

She's so close to the ground even if I lure her with a yummy treat she will just follow it with her head and thus far I have NEVER managed to get her to drop.

Kikopup on YouTube has a great tutorial that shows how to do this.

I'm curious as to how useful scenting areas would be?

Not only would the scent probably either drift to cover large areas, but also need to be re-applied...wouldn't a dog just rely on memory after figuring out the floor plan?

I walk my two lappies on a brace lead every morning. It took a day or two for them to get the idea about staying to the left of me, but it works well now.

What's a brace lead?

I walk my 2 girls on my left together. I found the stop-start method on a leash with nothing else really worked. It's VERY tedious though..as soon as one of them makes the lead go tight I stop dead and either wait for them to come back closer to my side so the lease is loose, or I encourage them to come closer by patting my leg or similar.

Didn't take them long to figure out that if they want to progress at a quicker rate down the driveway, they had to both be in line with me.

When they get a bit excited (or sometimes at the start of a walk) we have to stop-start a couple of times but it's great!

No jerking on their necks, it's more enjoyable and I don't risk hurting my back.

Love it!!

Just hope he doesn't get to the stage where he wants her eye contact and does the food spitting method ;)

Erskine Park Show dog grounds would be the place

pretty much every one knows where it is .

Pfft. I've never been there and don't know where in Erskine Park it is.

Hooray!! Sat 12th December at 3pm sounds GREAT!!! Won't be so hot for the dogs then!

Yes yes yes!!!! Make it on a day I can go...I still haven't been to any DOL meet!

Um..should this be in Off Topic?

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL!!!!!!!

ME WANT!

There was a great thread quite a while ago where a fella was making his own and welding it with progress piccies...there was alot of discussion on how to best make it as well.

Spent 10mins trying to find it but couldn't (mainly because we can't search for 3letter words! :D )

And i'm pointing the finger at those who breed purely for profit by advertising overpriced pups with no guarantees and promoting their dog's fearsome reputation. Every photo that accompanies such advertisements shows chained dogs (with bloody heavy chains), and highlights the dog's prowess as a 'protector' - These 'Breeders' are the reason the breed has such a hard time promoting the attributes of the breed - rather they focus on promoting the APBT as a fearsome dog, and a cash cow, because the wankers that are breeding them attract further wankers who don't understand the dog's tenacious nature and can't handle them properly and create ill tempered poorly socialised dogs who unfortunately do attack and create more drama for the legitimate pet owners.

I think you hit the nail on the head there. When you breed for money sometimes the dollar signs blur your vision of what is ethically right or good for the animal. Happens in many different species! Not just dogs.

Ofcourse there are dodgy breeders in every breed of dogs, but the 'rarity' and 'illegal' factor IMO attracts the sorts of people that don't appreciate the breed for what it's worth.

I'm sorry for your loss...

I hope the happy memories stay fresh in your mind!!

Have fun playing at the bridge little man!

And as for Steve and Narelle Hiley, well I wish I had one of those zap guns that make them disappear in a puff of smoke, gone, forgotten forever

or even better an ant hill, stakes, blazing hot sun

Perhaps zap them away AFTER they have paid back what they stole. ;)

Glad the dog is safe.

What a shambles!!

OK, this just happened to my little whippet Feather a few months ago. she had the enema but it didn't work. What did work was electrolytes. The vet said give her 30lms every hour until I went to bed. Instead I continued to give them every time I woke up during the night as well. I am a light sleeper. She ended up getting close to a litre of fluids overnight, for a little dog that's alot. Interestingly she never wee'd once over night, it all went into softening that cement turd. It worked a treat and she did a big poo in the morning. I hope all works out for your boy, you certainly aren't the first person to do this.

How did you make a little grey take that much? Syringe squirt fluid in the mouth? Mixed in with mince?

I found it odd that the kid had apparently only earlier in the day been nearly hung and yet appears to not have a mark on him! I'd be getting my kid checked at the Hospital not making a vid for youtube.

I actually thought exactly the same thing...but then I thought...maybe he was only hanging for a split sec and it was just coincidence with timing?

Regardless...that raw emotion (not the tears...the whole 'fall off a cliff and die' and the whole shot gun thing) to me makes him seem a little unstable.

To uneducated people who want to point fingers at the pitbull, will instantly point fingers to owners like that and say the same thing: 'aggressive breed. Aggressive owners...blah blah' well that's what I think anyway. (Not sure if I made my point clear there).

Anyone willing to take a guess as to why his ears have been snipped? (whatever the technical term for that is)

Is that often done in the states just for the heck of it?

Can't wait to watch this at home...

This is a grrreat thread everyone - love seeing happy people with their dogs!

BIG-DOG-LOVER - your lap dog shot is a crack up!

Word on all three points!!

Luke your photos are fab!! How do I get photographer friends to use me as a model!! hahaha..

I wish I had access to farmers or pest hunters who could provide me with rabbits!

Not only would they be helping the environment but my dogs would be deliriously happy!

*sigh*

Instant gratification society...

And they're not living creatures....they're JUST dogs.

Is this dog showing fear?

Great photo!!

PPS thankyou for always being so informative and helpful.

And everyone else in this thread.