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OMG! They know where to come, don't they?? He's going to be a stunner if you can get the grease out of him - the owner wouldn't recognise him methinks... T.

An excellent decision made... you won't regret it... There are lots of very good ethical SBT breeders here on DOL... I'd definitely be looking up the breeder pages here and getting into contact with some of them. T.

Not a mix I would have picked to "breed" - but he's kinda cute in a very strange way... The propensity for something to go horribly wrong with such a mating would put normal people off trying this mix, surely? I've seen what can happen between a GSD and a Foxy... not pretty - and all had to be euthed. T.

Run!! Away!! Now!! If she doesn't have a prefix BEFORE the pups are born, then she won't be able to register them. NSW law requires all pups to be microchipped at point of sale - BEFORE going to new homes. If she can't (or won't) provide health certs for both parents, then I'd be looking at another breeder who will... T.

Don't panic until you find another one, OK? T.

*BIG GRIN* That is too funny! T.

I agree with Nekhbet... My 2 girls get along fine together normally, but we have had 4 very serious fights in 3 years. Enough is enough, and they are now no longer ever free together. Both get one-on-one time with me in equal numbers of hours per day - we have a new routine, and they are coping with that just fine... I would even say they are actually more happy about the new arrangements than the old ones - with the added bonus that they can never hurt each other again. My girls are my responsibility - and I don't think it would be fair to rehome one or both after seeing what they can do to another dog if the wrong trigger was set. I raised them from puppies, and they are both lovely well adjusted souls in public - but they just have a thing for each other sometimes... grr! T.

My girls have never fought when alone together - they generally just lie down and sleep until I get home... it's only ever been when I'm home that they have had any of their big fights. Both of my girls are desexed, and both have alpha tendencies. There is a 6.5 year age gap between my girls, but the older girl is far from infirm. You feel so totally helpless when it happens because two 30kg dogs ripping into each other and refusing to stop are impossible to break up - you pull one back out of the fight and the other stupid bloody dog keeps coming... grrr! Currently, my girls are separate. One is crated when the other is allowed to run loose, and I take turns with them being loose/crated. They are fine with that arrangement and the crated dog doesn't show any aggression while the other is free - they will even lick each other through the crate, but I don't encourage that. I'm actually pretty amazed at how well my girls have adjusted to the new arrangements - seeing that neither had been crated before in their lives... T.

There is hope... yay!! T.

My girls recently had their fourth fight in about 3 years - each of those 4 fights resulted in at least one dog at the vet for expensive cleaning up and suturing of wounds sustained. The latest fight had both dogs nastily injured and both were at the vet for 2 days. That was nearly a month ago now... I have decided that I'm not going to let my girls run together any more. It's fiddly and a real pain in the derriere, but having them try to kill each other over some stupid little thing is an even bigger pain. T.

Fingers crossed that Jarrah continues to behave himself and uses his "chosen" bed in his normal spot every night now... *grin* T.

Heaps of woofs and licks for Penny from my crew... and positive healing vibes from me... Fingers crossed it's just a little bit of bruising that will settle overnight... T.

This is totally AWESOME news spottychick!! You will now have to give both of the brilliant babies an extra cuddle from me, OK? T.

What happens if you put the crate and bedding he's been in/on while on holiday in his normal sleeping spot? Will he go it it and lie down? Worth a try... The new spot is near or in direct line of sight of the door. He may be guarding you from something he senses - and the door is the only entry point to the room. It is school holidays here at the moment and feral teenagers roam at night... *grin* T.

Ummm... I was cuddling a near-term pregnant rescue dog yesterday, and we were having a very cool discussion about how she wasn't going to be doing anything silly like trying to have her babies at some ungodly hour and keep everyone awake. She was very attentive... *grin* T.

All the dogs in my street are either pet shop bought or rescues... not one from a registered breeder. There is a registered breeder of Cockers and Staffies in the next street though... lovely dogs! They also show, and the wife is a show judge. T.

The world is a better place with you in it Jed... don't you ever forget that, OK? So glad to have you on the mend and back with us here on DOL... I've missed ya babe!! T.

Oh man!!! I always get the warm fuzzies when I see your boys with the fosters... You and your whole family have that special something - that's for sure!! T.

He's also a bit of a cutie, isn't he? Attitude is everything... T.

My mother used to do that, but my dogs have the good sense to ignore her, so she stopped trying... *grin* T.

There is one lovely saying... "If you can't say something nice, then best not to say anything at all" If you come across a complete moron with an uncontrolled dog in a public setting, screaming abuse or telling them to get lost isn't going to help them at all, is it? Maybe a different approach like expounding the virtues of the local dog training club might be in order? And throw in how much fun the dogs have in training, and how it really wears them out mentally and physically... *grin* I don't tend to harp on about where dogs come from... but I do mention that I foster puppies for rescue - which leads to other opportunities to explain how my fosters came to be in my care. Works really well when I'm in public areas with said pups behaving beautifully... which then also shows people that not all dogs who have found themselves homeless are "broken"... Plenty more, but my brain is frozen at the moment... T.

My vets do... and if they are the ones havin g to help my baby take it's wings, they cry while they are doing it... then we have a hug and a cry session together. I've been known to buy my vets flowers after they have helped one of my dogs to the Bridge... T.

Going for the legs is designed to make the other dog go down. When the other dog goes down, it exposes it's soft underbelly... you work out the rest... It could be that your small dog is going for your larger dog's legs because that's the only place it can reach... my girls are of equal size and weight... T.

Do you think she may be sensing something about the man that you don't know about? I had a Rotti girl that would act really out of character when she encountered sick people - a mate's dad came over once, and Blossom went all funny, barked a couple of times and wouldn't go near him (and she'd previously been fine with him) - my mate's dad had a heart attack a couple of days later and needed triple bypass surgery. Six weeks after the surgery he came to visit again, and Blossom was all over him like a rash - total tart city as normal... T.

Hahaha! Check out Luki asking his big mate to come play... and the big puppy is looking like a good game of zoomies is about to start... *grin* It's also lovely to see Jack smooching his little heart girl Jasmine on the couch... T.