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There's theraputic and then there's snipping a bit of the dog's tail off to get a better set in the show ring, which is what the motion is about. that is not what the motion is about. It is about restricting what a person can do with a dog legally purchased and imported from another country. It is not illegal to own a docked dog in this country.

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I regularly fed chicken necks to my greyhound pups, they were great, sitting in a semi cirle around my feet as I fed them one by one using a pair of tongs :laugh: Little needle teeth! But I have fed them to big and small dogs including one dog with no teeth, he just swallowed them whole.

I use aspirin. I have used it short term and long term (as in a couple of years).

Just to be clear, I don't think the folks in SA intend to force anyone to desex dogs based on a temperament test. The wording they used at the conference was "strongly encourage" desexing. I honestly think it was more to do with mixed breeds than purebred dogs, and I got the impression the temperament test would be completely voluntary and a way to essentially be exempt from whatever measures were being applied to encourage desexing. I'm guessing those measures would revolve around registration fees, which is already being used as incentive to desex dogs. Painting this as a black and white picture just isn't accurate. I think it is pertinent to point out that one doesn't really get to decide how research gets used and how it doesn't. Once the research is done it can be applied to all sorts of things. It might add fuel to one fire and quench another all together. If it sounds like it could help pounds, it probably could. But we don't get to refuse people interested in using it as leverage to encourage desexing access to it. It's the nature of the beast. Personally, I think we can't shy away from research because we are scared how it might be used. It's the only way forward. Personally I can be concerned with how research involving my dogs is used. I am not going ahead with it if I believe it will be used to make people desex their dogs based on some sort of temperament test that I thought was being used to help dogs in pounds. How a dog behaves in a pound can be miles away from how they behave in a home, being walked around the street. People should not be penalised by higher rego fees or whatever just cause their dog doesn't pass some temperament test.

This was on OzShow, something about there were already 4 votes against it so it couldn't be voted in? I will certainly remember who put the motion up and will not be voting for that person!

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Well I will now be seeking some anwsers from LaTrobe before I allow my dogs to be tested. I was all for helping pounds etc understand dogs/greyhounds better but I won't be party to any attempt to force people to desex their dogs just because they don't pass a temperament test.

yes and that breeder made an example of, but no need to punish the good ones. The good ones who dock tails? the ones outlaying huge amounts of money to import fresh bloodlines, the ones who do actually have to dock a pup/dogs tail due to genuine problems. If there is any real proof that some people are breaking puppies tails just so they can be docked then they need to be punished.

yes and that breeder made an example of, but no need to punish the good ones.

I don't see the problem either. Disgusting that some people would actually break the tail on purpose. 3rd hand info

up to 2 hrs a day of exercise is not that good for a 5 1/2 month old pup. And if nothing else it just make her fitter. Mental exercise is very tiring. Teach her tricks. Tricks include sit, come etc alongside high fives. Throw in some scent discrimination, retrieving, hide and seek items.

I would be questioning why I needed so much ear cleaner for my dogs.

easier for them, quite possibly ..but it is the same shock in a little canine body , regardless of who does it . yes, they may have more equipment, stitch neater, and be able to get blood/fluids in faster etc if needed ..but there is still the same amount of blood diverted, the same cuts, and the same organs removed , which cause the halting of hormones etc . That's all ...a spey is a spey . Glad you're holding off if she's in season , and hope it all goes well :) exactly

I think the difference here is you're talking vet I'm talking Specialist small animal surgeon. I was worried about the situation and he was very nonchalantly telling me that he could do it not a problem and not to worry if she comes into season they will do it then as well. These guys are used to small intricate procedures. I don't think we can lump all vets with the same policies and rules in this instance. whoever does the surgery there is an increased risk to the dog being desexed whilst in season.

Poor little Feather. You nearly put me off taking mine down but I think it is important for all the poor displaced dogs that end up in the pound.

Take sun screen for you and shelter for your dog.

That's good news Caz.

My greyhound bitch Fern is one such Princess. Fern is now 6 and 1/2 and at the beginning of every winter we have this battle. She nevers pees in the house though, just holds on for hours and hours, which is not good for her. I have my fingers crossed that this year she may finally remember that I always win :laugh:

All greyhounds come from the same gene pool, my show bred bitch had a longer pedigree history then my racebred dog. People just took some dogs into a couple of different directions.

Have to get Greytmate or GapVic to answer this one. It's quite rare and does not, AFAIK, exsist in the showbred lines. I hadn't realised it didn't exist in show lines until someone mentioned it in another thread, I had assumed they were part of the old gene pool. Apparently not though. who knows where it has popped up from, not saying it doesn't exsist in the showbred, just never seen or heard of one. It is rare in the racebred of which there are hundreds of thosuands world wide it would be so much rarer in the showlines. I think it is a mutant, same as the white spotted dogs. I think they all go back to the same line as well.

Have to get Greytmate or GapVic to answer this one. It's quite rare and does not, AFAIK, exsist in the showbred lines.

Showpony, is this what you're alking about with the sleeping area? Wanderer Gazebo Hub Dome Tent - 3 person Looks great! Wow that looks handy! Might have to keep that one in mind for sure! I think there is one though that actually sits under the gazebo? (basically encloses the gazebo). Oztrail has one that goes under the gazebo roof, enclosing the whole gazebo

I have only used the walky dog, attached that to a harness and still had a lead attached to the collar as well. Worked well for us.

I remember seeing a program about the Battersea dogs home and they had a grey with the same colouring. At first they thought he may have been mistreated and the white spots were because of scarring but they soon found out it was his actual colour. I've also seen another program or article about the colour but can't for the life of me remember where.