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My desexed bitch humps either of the 2 desexed bitches at times. My entire male (must get him done soon)never humps.

I agree with the media suggestion. They should lap it up.

Same here. I have never had any problems. My dogs just seemed happy to be wherever we were. I have not had to work outside the home though.

That was the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo. That doesn't happen at our own fish markets?

My 4 blue heeler x stay here in their 90mtr circumference dog yard with huge trees, garden shed with their beds, clamshell pool of water, a gravity fed drinking trough, snake netted and my FIL or a trusted friend comes daily to check and feed. They have dry food available 24/7 at these times and our carer feeds them a bone each and replenishes dry food and water as needed.

We are a nation that eats (not everyone) our national emblems. Whilst I abhor what this restaurant is doing we do have to remember different countries..different mores. We can be looked badly on for eating roo, giving it to our dogs even if they are in plague proportions. It is all to do with perceptions. I am NOT saying this restaurant is right in doing what it is doing.

Oh I do hope he is reunited.

Publicity works very well. Poor dog having to go through that.

I am so glad that the soft approach has been taken well with her. Long may it continue.

VERY interested in this idea.

I am on 500 acres, the snakes are welcome to all of it bar where we and the dogs are. We have the repellers..hmm, not sure about them as well as netting around the dog's 90mtr circumference dog yard and also the back yard. We have had numerous run ins with some snakes over the years and they were let get away or shot, whichever was the best alternative at the time due to ours or dog's placement in the different scenarios. I have played very very loud base on fully thumping music inside and stomped around the house hoping the one I saw go under the house would not like the vibrations. I have watched out the window as a snake wends its way into the paddock next to the house. If it is incoming only meters away then too bad. As long as their end is swift then all is good if it has to come to that. Beats driving an 70km to the vet for anti venom or observation which has also happened a few times.

Lots of road kill ones here (out at woop woop) and 2 spotted close by the house but it looks like the netting may have deterred them from the dog yard. Tracks were lost when it went onto grass. In May my dogs were seen playing with a rbb, off to the vet and tested..all ok but my male tested positive for death adder!!! I was in Queensland at the time, hubby at home in NSW. Hubby said he hadn't seen one here in about 20 years. It has to have happened when they took off for 8 hours which made us put up the dog yard REALLY fast to contain them 15 months ago.

I had the females desexed at just before 6 months of age. My vet will not do it before then. My male ACD is now 14 months, still entire. There is nothing that he can impregnate (on a farm, good dog proofed security for all 3) so he will be done when I get around to it. My late ACD had testicular cancer at aged 10. We got it all and he lived till he was 14. That is the reason that Bandit will be desexed.

Awww, so cute.

Ti tree oil? I know it is good as it got bubblegum out of my hair and off my skin when I was a kid but am not sure of the safety of it for dogs. Maybe ring your vet and ask?