sausy.dog

What a fabulous idea!

Sending positive thoughts for you and your gorgeous hound. Hope all goes well.

You need to get help with your boy - contact his breeder they should be able to step up and help you - that is what we are here for !!

I think he has been described as a dobe x in other threads.

I am curious, what is his mix?

Your dog needs some training. Antagonising (as you put it) anybody is unacceptable - he sounds like a dominant dog and leaning on people while they are eating is not ok. Letting people throw food at him is also asking for trouble. I think you need to speak to a professional and come up with some strategies to manage and train him or you are heading towards having a dog that will unmanageable in social situations, especially a large, dominant breed like a dobe.

Sorry for your loss. RIP Blake

Thank you everybody, it has been a rough couple of days.

I cannot believe I am writing this post. We lost our gorgeous dach Elly over the weekend taken too soon in tragic circumstances. She was the reason I found this board and although I don't post often I have found it a fun place to come and read and see what's happening.

So we are a family of five in mourning. And I truly don't know how I am going to get through it.

RIP Elly roll. We loved you so much.

I would not sell a puppy to someone I disliked but my dislike isn't about race, sexual preference, religion etc. It would just be whether I perceived the person could provide a good home or not.

We have an indoor only cat, am yet to convince oh that he needs to build a run, so for now our cat lives inside. I also have a cat crap obsessed dog however with very short legs (dachshund) so I keep the tray in the bath. Seems to be working well.

Don't let him off the leash until his recall is more reliable. I would probably do some recall training on a long rope.

Not all people love dogs and there are people that will give him a nasty boot up the backside for doing that, you really cannot afford to have him off leash around strangers while he is doing this.

Pewithers I have seen what two Anatolians can do to someone pigs in a short period of time, I am sure maremma's are capable of similar if they decided to. If your dogs roam and they get shot YOU are responsible for that.

Unlike other dogs, the Maremma is a guardian breed. Unlike other guardian breeds, the Maremma "tasks" as a last resort. Unlike a Maremma that is not raised properly, they are simply not interested in chasing down other animals.

I am excusing here the puppies that were overly playful with the penguins they were ignorantly placed to guard in Victoria.

The best, and classically accepted, description of the "the Maremma is 'aloof' -- disinterested but not inattentive.

To witness a Maremma's responses, on property in comparison to off property, is truly something to behold.

In three years, with adult and puppy dogs, they have had the run of five acres and the adjacent surrounds without incident.

However, I digress.

Purely, by chance, while out riding my bike, I found a fence that was an absolute masterpiece.

There were two paddocks for goats, one 150 x 25 metres and the other much larger.

The tension posts and stays were without exaggeration, Beautiful.

The square fence wire, parallel and perpendicular at all points.

A single strand of barbed wire ran 1200mm above the ground all the way around both paddocks.

I was shocked and stunned at the work that had gone into such a magnificent fence.

This is a dog fence.

My point is: if you are serious about protecting your livestock, then a half hearted, I'll just shoot the dog if it gets into my yard, is contemptuous of both the livestock and the dog or any other animal. I am not sure, that in the current environmental climate, we can afford that luxury any more.

So what about the 'chooks'?

The idiot should have shut the gate.

Lesson: don't let this person look after your chooks.

ETA I will get some pictures of the goat fence. It is something which should be shared.

Errrm, no, that is a goat/sheep fence. Farmers do not spend money and time making fences to keep dogs out because that simply isn't feasible. If it has the added bonus of keeping dogs out then thats great but the main aim is to keep the livestock in. We have just gone to considerable expense to make a similar fence but on a stock fence there are always going to be places where a dog can squeeze through, or if they are big enough jump over. And if one is unlucky enough to get caught in there harassing our sheep it most probably won't get home again. Thats the risk people take if they let their dogs wander.

Still weird if you ask me, even as a joke.

I agree. Just an attention seeking gag.

I agree also.

I think it is a recognised colour in Australia - my understanding is that double dapple is not.

I do have to admit though that leroy was pretty cute and I was amazed at the extent they went to to fix him considering as previously mentioned, most livestock just get shot when they break a limb. I suppose that the show would offer some form of remuneration to those ppl who are starred on the show so maybe Leroy's surgery was funded, otherwise that surgery would have cost thousands of dollars!

Then again the animal farm lady seemed pretty attached to him and I believe her animals are pets rather than livestock so maybe she did pay for it.

I seriously doubt she did pay for it. The lamb was underweight and so was the other one on her property that we saw just glimpses of. Lambs are expensive to feed but it should be done properly and those two didn't look like they were being fed the correct amount. If she can't do that then I doubt she would have the cash for a serious operation like the one Leroy required.

I think the standard smooths are a bit cheaper than the minis. We got ours for around $750 and have seen others similarly priced. When we got ours we were also looking at minis and they were all at least $1000. I would have paid that much but we found our standard and really liked her breeder. No regrets whatsoever.

Is she desexed? If she isn't, could she have been got at? Trying to think of a reason why she is going under houses.

I was thinking the same thing. Sounds like nesting behaviour.

We have been claiming working dog expenses for years. My oh works in agriculture industry.

I don't think that sounds like marking. When dogs mark they only wee small amounts. A big wee just sounds like he needed to go to the toilet so went there and then.

Something in the story just doesn't sound right anyway. You don't ask permission before going into a restaurant, you don't go up to them and say that you want to bring your Guide Dog, is that ok? You just walk in because you're allowed to (same if you're in a wheelchair or use crutches or a walking stick.) You don't ask permission.

I can't really imagine them walking in and going "I want to bring my Guide Dog, is that allowed?"

this is not the first Adelaide restaurant that has refused to allow a guide dog entry. maybe these people knew this and just wanted to make sure that the people working there knew the dog was coming in.

maybe they thought it would be easier to explain before the dog was in the restaurant

Thats what I thought also. Maybe they just think its a courtesy to let the manager/staff know even though they themselves are aware that its law that their guide dog is allowed.

There was a case a few years ago where a man was refused to take his guide dog into a taxi and I believe he actually lost his court case (just going off memory here so could be wrong) in SA so our state does have some catching up to do in this area.

I also find it funny but I can imagine how upset you would be if you were the owner of the "gayde dog" *inserts posh Adelaide eastern suburbs accent*. :D

I realise there are some seriously uneducated people out there but this is unbelievable.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/gay-dogs-not...u-1225857841237

Gay dogs not welcome, diner told

A RESTAURANT that refused a blind man entry because it thought his guide dog was "gay" has been ordered by the Equal Opportunity Tribunal to pay him $1500.

Woodville North man Ian Jolly, 57, was barred from dining at Grange restaurant Thai Spice in May last year after a staff member mistook his guide dog Nudge for a "gay dog", the tribunal heard this week.

A statement given by restaurant owners Hong Hoa Thi To and Anh Hoang Le said one of the waiters had understood Mr Jolly's partner Chris Lawrence "to be saying she wanted to bring a gay dog into the restaurant".

"The staff genuinely believed that Nudge was an ordinary pet dog which had been desexed to become a gay dog," the statement said.

Mr Jolly and Ms Lawrence were refused entry to the restaurant - which displays a "guide dogs welcome" sign - even after providing staff with a guide dogs fact card.

At an Equal Opportunity Tribunal conciliation hearing on Friday, the restaurant agreed to provide Mr Jolly with a written apology and attend an Equal Opportunity education course, in addition to paying him $1500.

Mr Jolly said while he was happy with the result, the embarrassing incident had dampened his enthusiasm for eating out at restaurants. "It gives you some comfort that Equal Opportunity is there," he said.

"But I always have that fear now, when I go out.

"I just want to be like everybody else and be able to go out for dinner, to be left alone and just enjoy a meal."

Thai Spice refused to speak to the Sunday Mail when contacted for comment during the week.

The tribunal is also set to hear another case where a visually impaired man was refused entry to a city restaurant because the chef was allergic to dogs.

The man, whose identity is being kept secret by the tribunal, said the manager told him he could not bring his guide dog into the restaurant unless he had permission from the police.

The manager also told him he could not come in because the chef was allergic to dogs.

A date for the conciliation hearing is yet to be set.

Equal Opportunity spokeswoman Corina Mulholland said there was an increasing number of disability discrimination issues being reported to the commission.

In the last financial year, the commission received 499 disability related inquiries, and it has already received 440 inquiries from July 2009 to mid-March.

It predicted a 23 per cent increase in inquiries relating to disability discrimination compared with last financial year.

Clever boy. I think he's trying to tell you something. You can feed him a balanced raw diet, without having to feed him dry. By the way, you should not be feeding him raw and dry food together in one meal because the rate of digestion is not the same. If you must feed the dry, feed it by itself. DOL has a section about raw feeding, so why don't you read through some of these threads and judge for yourself.

Could you please point out some references to support that statement? I would have thought that different raw foods are also digested at different rates. I would be interested in doing some reading on that.

Don't know the rules but there should be some.

I had the horrifying experience of driving down the very busy Main North Rd here in SA last Thursday. The scruffy white ute next to me in all the traffic had 2 Kelpies loose in the back. One of them was going ballistic. Barking & running from side to side like a lunatic, almost falling over the side. Heavy traffic.

So lunatic driving, yes I have your number plate, be thankful that the police station near there was shut when I pulled in to complain.

If there aren't any laws there should be

There are laws in SA. All dogs in back of utes are required to be tethered.

We have a dog box which is great for long trips. Its not always on there though so for short trips our bc is tethered on the back and dachie rides inside.

Mind you, doesn't mean the offspring won't work assuming it is being bred to another working dog.

True, the offspring may work. But is very unlikely that they would be better working dogs than than the bitch. Isn't that what breeding is all about? improving the quality of what you already have?

Not necessarily if the bitch is a fantastic working dog. If its equal that might be all that someone is after, improvement might not be the goal. I don't necessarily agree with what you say regarding that it is unlikely to be better than the bitch. I have seen plenty of fantastic working dogs out of average parents but equally so duds out of great parents.

This is in no way an argument for breeding that particular dog. Just anwering your question.

And the dog apparently does not work.

aah- that was to be my 'excuse' - that the dog was a brilliant worker, and so could perhaps pass that on...

are 'koolies' a trendy type dog to own these days?

That was going to be my answer too. Mind you, doesn't mean the offspring won't work assuming it is being bred to another working dog.

But if the whole reasoning is 'good natured and healthy', then no, it shouldn't be bred. Lots of good natured, healthy dogs around, dime a dozen really. Many of them in pounds and rescues already.