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Virtual candle lit prayers and healing vibes sent on their way to Jed --Lhok

On the weekend I was able to attend my first show it went sort of like this.. On Saturday I was nervous so I got to the grounds early, I unpacked my equipment from my car and made my way to a perfect spot near the ring. Set up was a breeze and I had some time on my hands so I went for a wander to look at the competition. There was plenty of beautiful dogs the tallest hounds to the tiny chihuahua, on my way back to my camp I got myself a coffee and had a look at the schedule. The day passed and there was much to be done I waited till my breed was called and took off to the ring. Camera in hand I got plenty of pictures to look at and saw some very good looking dogs. At the end of the day I was exhausted but happy. I think I will get into showing.. once I get my show quality dog --Lhok p.s Thanks to all who made my day letting me photo your beautiful dogs and asking all my newbie questions

I will be lighting plenty here, Lhok - there will be one for you Thank you so much --Lhok

I would love to light a candle for Jed, but however I don't have anything to light my candles with at the moment could someone light a Candle for me? I am still sending my prayers and wishes to her however --Lhok

it was filmed from a bunch of countries, but mostly (from what I can tell) the USA a lot of the imagery comes from PETA and HSUS (again my own conclusions) as stated in the credits at the end. --Lhok

I think we like to think animal abuse like the dog in the dumpster only happens in third world countries or in the middle East, but it doesn't. It happens everywhere, I remember in Sydney maybe last year the year before a kitten was set a light and thrown into a mail box and apparently a few people were involved. It happens here in the Western countries too. Just the other month a cockatoo in my area was nailed to a sign post with drivers driving past the bird and no one stopping. Abuse happens everywhere. Earthlings paints a very narrow picture of society and how we interact with animals. If we did what earthlings would like us to do it would be to stop eating meat, stop wearing anything that comes from an animal, no animal testing in science and no pets. Is this a society you would want to live in? --Lhok

Voted other Mainly because I see benefits for both and I personally don't believe the government should be telling me what is best for the dog I know so well. The Doco Earthlings from what I saw holds the peta line of mandatory spay and neuter and also from what I saw it was using footage taken from USA shelters which doesn't really apply here. Just my two cents --Lhok

Voted Not Sure Because I honestly don't know too much about the whole situation regarding BSL and I am currently looking into researching it a bit more for understanding. I would like to think though that one day anyone could own any dog breed they liked. --Lhok

At the risk of being flamed.. I just finished watching Earthlings and yes I was appalled by the behaviour displayed by those people in the film how they were treating animals. However the whole film just felt like another campaign method for PETA. The doco was supposedly to be about societies treatment of animals yet all I saw was how appalling we can be towards animals and nothing about how animals are loved and respected and are a important part of our society. --Lhok

Hmm After reading some of the things here I quite possibly could be considered a time waster, due to contacting people about breeds as I research and really scrutinize whether my life can accommodate the dog. This is because by the time I have considered things it is usually months down the track and I feel silly about going back and contacting the breeder again. --Lhok

Just a quick note to say thanks to all that have replied so far It's been a very interesting read ^_^ --Lhok

It's that type of comment I find myself wondering about, the amount of people that I have heard in the vet clinic I volunteer at that say they want a blue staffy is incredible. --Lhok

I have a black lab kelpie cross ^_^ but yeah I don't really have a preference having said that my two foster failure cats are black as well so maybe the colour chose me --Lhok

Reading the Blue wei thread and after hearing people looking for a particular colour for their dog I am curious as to why coat colour is important for choosing a particular breed of dog. So I'm asking did you consider coat colour when you got your dog and how overly important is it? --Lhok

Imagine the horror if you weren't wearing shoes People can be so disgusting --Lhok

Just noticed from the link you put up that all comments have to pass moderation for posting Maybe it's just awaiting moderation? either way it is a great and well written reply --Lhok

Or maybe it doesn't smell enough ;) --Lhok

Can I change it to 2? or has the order already been placed? ^_^ yay then put me down for 2 --Lhok

I am wondering now about Dire wolves Maybe our dogs are a divergent from that line considering they were cousins or something I was half asleep when I was trying to watch a doco about them edit to make sense --Lhok

I'll Take one please ^^ --Lhok

Shadow Spark --Lhok

:) --Lhok

Haichiko Toto from the wizard of Oz I know he isn't a dog but the Fox from both fantastic Mr Fox and farthing wood friends and the Wolf hybrid from the White Fang movie

Thanks for the reply I don't know how BSL is helping because to be honest it doesn't sound like it is. I asked the question as I don't know a lot about BSL and one concern of mine was what would happen after BSL is gone if one of the dogs the government is trying to prevent people owning certain breeds what the potential backlash could be if they were involved in an attack. --Lhok

A rottweiler killed someone, a mastiffx killed someone. Gov hasn't banned them. I don't believe that the APBT is more likely to kill someone that the dogs which have already killed people. Don't forget, a purebred APBT has never been responsible for a fatal attack on a person in Aust. Why should that change if the bans were lifted. They didn't kill anyone pre-bans. APBT are the same as other dogs. Not worse, not better. they are not generally HA. Hmm maybe I should have been a tad bit clearer.. All I was meaning to ask about is if BSL is ended, just say hypothetically a dog attacked and was labeled as a dog from the previous dangerous dog act list for whatever reason. I was wondering about the governments reaction to such a thing, assuming the worst it will make them feel that BSL was justified and could make it worst for everyone. Do you see this as a potential problem? I am no supporter of BSL even though some of my questions and comments may be taken that way, I'm just not very good at putting my thoughts and ideas across, so my apologies about this. --Lhok