Greytmate

I don't think it matters. People who buy show greyhounds know they have show greyhounds and the breeders would be able to inform puppy buyers of what the law is. The worst thing that can happen is a few show greyhound owners allow their show bred greyhounds to be unmuzzled. I don't think the community is in much danger from that.

Yes, in most cases. We were rehabilitating kennel dogs so the dogs would often change a lot while they were in foster care. Some dogs are more easily stressed than others, some take advantage of soft carers, some will behave differently when given a larger amount of exercise, and some dogs just thrive anywhere. As you said, different environment, different outcome. When you are selling dogs into people's homes you want to gather as much information about the dog as possible. If all foster carers were perfect dog trainers, we wouldn't find out as much.

Yes, it's important. It depends on what the dogs needs. When I ran GAP, each dog went to two carers before it was matched to a new home. Different foster carers have different strengths and weaknesses. There are the ones that walk dogs every day and the ones that don't. Ones that have other pets or kids. Ones that don't have any other pets and where the dog will be left alone. Some carers are good at tidying up a dog's coat, providing aftercare, or teaching it obedience. And some are especially understanding of a dog that might chew on door frames and wee on the dining table leg. After initial assessment I would look at the list of homes waiting for dogs, and place dogs in foster care to best prepare them for that type of home. If people with chickens , cats or toddlers wanted a dog, we would want to give them a dog that had been in foster care with those things. If people want a dog that will be alone 8 hours a day, we needed to be sure the dog could cope with that while in foster care. We had around 40 active carers at any one time, so this meant a lot of coordination had to be done to give the dogs the most appropriate foster care. The aim is to increase the adoptability of the dog. There are always some people that want to foster, but are not able to maintain or increase the adoptability of a dog, and so these carers should be avoided if they can't be trained or trusted to provide the right type of care.

In order to go to bed it would be necessary for the dog to have gotten out of bed at some stage prior. That doesn't always happen here.

She was talking about prevention. And I agree with her point. Don't buy a dog unless you are prepared to take responsibility for its entire life. That responsibility would include collecting it if it ends up in the pound. A good education program would be a way to prevent more dogs ending up in pounds, but working with rescue groups isn't as much about prevention, but about a solution. I do question why a dog rescue organisation would have a CEO. Unusual way for a rescue to do business.

Maybe. Doesn't sound very interesting. Is this a TV show or an event you are putting on yourself?

What is the point of this thread?

My dogs love children. One is very gentle with them, one can be a bit rough when over-excited. I'm not sure that I need to say anything more than that. Everyone's dog is different, and no dog should be left unsupervised with children in case their mood changes. And if that happens, I would most likely blame the child. Children can be a bit unpredictable with dogs.

Some dogs have a genetic tendency towards acting aggressive in situations they find challenging. A dog like this can develop aggressive habits, even with an owner who is caring and who socialises their dog. An owner isn't around their dog 24 hours a day, and even if they are, some will inadvertently put them in situations that heighten the problem. Puppies are not blank slates, they all have genetic tendencies and some are naturally more aggressive than others. That's one reason why it's important to buy from a dog whose pedigree is known to contain dogs of good temperament.

I think you would have to ask, because he could ask for it to be removed if you don't. If you take it when you leave you are going to have to remove the ground rubber as well as establish a new lawn in its place. It wouldn't be a nice product to handle if it has been down on the ground for a while. With real lawn,the variety of grass is important, but the way that the lawn is maintained is just as important in making it dog-resistant. The lawn needs to be kept aerated and kept very thick and lush. If it's allowed to compact or is mowed too short or it gets neglected and weedy, then you get erosion where the dogs run. A well-maintained lawn stands up to dogs quite well. I would get turf laid if I couldn't wait for seeds to grow. It would still be important to let it get established before allowing dogs to run on it.

You are not always going to see a physical difference in a dog after it has been adopted, unless it the dog is coated or it is an extreme case, there may only be a minor difference in a dog's appearance. Why not concentrate on showing fantastic looking shots of dogs after they have been adopted, that will appeal to a range of potential dog owners looking for a great dog? Showing images of dogs in terrible condition may evoke pity, but may not be an effective tool if your aim is to promote adoption. It can also induce compassion fatigue in some people and they will ignore the entire message. If the aim is primarily to highlight the plight of dogs in pounds, I'm not sure that showing 'before' shots will illustrate this. You could consider putting infographics in your video that show the scale of the problem, the number of dogs that enter pounds and the numbers that are adopted, as a way to highlight the plight of dogs in pounds.

The RSPCA do still have that register for breed rescue....we are on it in NSW and waiting to speak with the rescue co ordinator for Wacol as she has been away. We have pulled dogs from RSPCA, AWL and Lost dogs home with no problems working with the rescue co ordinators there but most of these have been in NSW predominantly, and then Victoria...this was my first experience in my own local area. I agree with you that I need to develop a working relationship with the local pound and I have asked to register our group with them just as you suggest and I agree with you that is the right thing to do. I did not go in and ask to take the dog.....I asked if I could see the dog to determine it's breed and said if it was one of ours that I would like to help the dog. I still think that is a reasonable request as I have 4 desexed dogs of the breed registered in this shire and a licence to have them..something they could have checked on very very easily as 5 minutes before I had paid the renewal registrations. I have not been doing this for very long and I have a bit of trouble getting my head around people thinking the worst ( from their past bad experiences with people ) and then moving up from there....but I will get the hang of it in time ! Some QLD councils don't have very good attitudes towards multi-dog owners, regardless of how responsible they are. Possibly because there are so many irresponsible ones, keeping more dogs than what they are allowed to and making a lot of noise. Some of the councils view multi dog ownership as a threat to development or a threat to wildlife. Some councils are supportive of ethical rescue, some are supportive of any rescue and some are quite anti-rescue. They view rescue as being something like a Crazy Dog Lady /Hoaders/Market stall holder. Because there are people that fit that description. There are some great rescues in QLD, and there are plenty of dog dealers, and some really dodgy and unethical 'rescues'. Unfortunately your breed is sought after by some people for breeding pig dogs. I don't think you have done the wrong thing at all. I found attitudes surprising when I first came to QLD, and had to do a lot of relationship building. I also had to realise that my own groups' reputation would be tarnished by the actions of other groups around. So many councils in QLD, you will have to find out from each one who to address a letter to and do a big mail out introducing your group and what it does. Also, some councils will not really allow dogs over the limit, even if they are short term foster dogs, so find out what steps you will have to take to allow you to foster at home. Good luck with this.

Might be best to learn a better method to get your dog's attention than to do something that appears quite violent to others. Dogs have very sensitive noses. We didn't see you 'tap' your dog's face, so it's hard to say whether the lady's reaction was warranted or not. I have a dog that sometimes needs his focus redirected, but I do it through very gentle methods rather than short, sharp corrections like taps. Face tapping can lead to some dogs becoming hand shy, and in my opinion does nothing to calm an overstimulated dog.

If the price of any dog is over what the market will bear, then the dog won't sell. The price of anything has to be agreed on by buyer and seller before a transaction will take place. If people don't want to pay a certain price for something, they can buy elsewhere. I don't see how the price of a dog is anyone else's business except the people buying and selling. Nobody should feel pressured to lower prices just because some random person has an issue with it. Go complain to the ACCC if you think that dog buyers are being ripped off or you think there is collusion going on. How people treat their dogs is much more important than how much they sell them for.

This doesn't make sense. If they are a larger group then they are placing a greater number of dogs, so that's a good thing, not a wrong thing. Non-profit means that the profit goes back into rescuing more dogs. All large rescues started out as small rescues, if they have grown into large organisations, are placing lots of dogs into good homes and are attracting sponsorship and volunteers, then they must be doing something right. There is nothing elitist about dogs or anything else costing different amounts of money depending on a perceived value. That's just how life is. If a person can't save up a few hundred dollars to buy a dog, how will they look after it if it needs expensive vet treatment?

This topic was recently discussed by people in the Rescue forum. Adoption Fees A good dog is valuable, and you would have to be fully aware of all the the costs of running a rescue before you could say that a price is ridiculous.

In QLD it pays to build a relationship with the pounds and the RSPCA so they know what it is that you do. Otherwise how do they know you are not just a dealer, picking out the valuable dogs and selling them for profit? The RSPCA had a register of breed rescues that they could call on, I'm not sure if that still exists. The RSPCA still charges a fee to rescue groups, and the dog is desexed and assessed before it is allowed to go. Pounds have their own procedures as to how they sell their excess dogs. They are wary about dogs going to dealers or breeders, so they may have a policy of only selling dogs directly into homes. If I were you I would start writing to these places, and include links to your website, your policies and procedures, and anything else that demonstrates that you are running an ethical rescue organisation. Before you go in and ask to take dogs.

I've seen dogs that have ground teeth because they chewed on wire in an effort to escape. I would suspect that before I could imagine the logistics of getting a grinder into a dog's mouth and grinding the canines down.

The OP started this thread a while ago. Yorkshire / Silky terrier She was given advice specific to her situation and should probably go back and read that thread before asking us for more information.

Keep checking for ticks. I pulled a tick off Woody two days ago. They are out there. I hope it's just a muscular injury and she recovers soon.

Some greyhounds chatter when they are really excited, for a walk or for dinner. They do a different type of chattering when they find a really nice smell, which includes drooling and sucking. There is a name for it, which I can't quite remember.

They are legally obliged to in Queensland where this incident happened. But there is no law against standing on your front lawn and swearing like a bogan.

Why shouldn't they supply a pedigree? These dogs have pedigrees, even if part of them is unknown. The owners are entitled to have the names of the known dogs on their papers. If the dogs are on the limited register, then they can't be used for breeding so their pedigrees are nobody else's concern. Yes, the owners could sue the person who was found to have substituted the dogs, and maybe they should.

What happened was in the past. The breeding can't be undone. It happened five years ago. If I had paid that much money for a pup, I would want a pedigree certificate, and if there are unknown dogs in the pedigree that's what should be written on the pedigree. These pups should be allowed to be shown. Are people suggesting that these current puppy buyers are not entitled to a pedigree certificate at all? I can't work out what it is that some of you want from the ANKC? You want the dogs in question to be de-registered? You want compensation? I would be wanting a system in place to make sure it can't happen again, because the past can't be undone. DNA profiling stops this sort of thing happening.

I think the ANKC should be requiring that all breeding animals be DNA profiled. What has happened with the IW is in the past now, and breeders should be calling for a better system so it doesn't happen again. It is only around $100 to have a dog profiled, a very small expense compared to other costs of breeding.